Saturday, April 4, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Beware Threat Position

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    In the two piece-setups above, from Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) games, with Black to move, the threat is clear: ...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Besting a WGM

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Chessfriend and regular contributor to this blog, Yury V. Bukayev, sent the following online 5 10 game against a Women's International M...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Blindfold

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  For a calm, thoughtful video, from a player who has also experimented with blindfold play, check out  "Refute the Jerome Gambit Easil...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Out-Stranged? Post Script

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                                                                                                                      As I noted in the prev...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Out-Stranged?

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One of my games in the "The Italian Game" tournament at Chess.com has started 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 g5!? Wow. I guess that's...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Panikin_Skywalker, Again (Part 2)

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                                        [continued from the previous post] Panikin_Skywalker -  nyanners, casual bullet game, lichess.org,  ...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Panikin_Skywalker, Again (Part 1)

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We have met Panikin_Skywalker previously . As I wrote, then One more note: Depending on how Black defends, the Jerome Gambit can present as ...