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The Jerome Gambit: We Know What We're Doing (Sort Of)
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Thursday, August 6, 2015. We Know What We're Doing (Sort Of). I chuckled when I was putting together the earlier blog post, " Opening Discussion, Not Quite Closed. The idea that there were several very good moves to be played in an opening position, and I chose none. Of them - and won. The game, anyhow - seemed very appropriate in a Jerome Gambit blog. At the Hastings Chess Congress in 1937 Emil Josef Diemer created a stir in a game with an English ge...
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The Jerome Gambit: Checking Back
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. When I reported on the game. AreWeThereYet - metheny, blitz, FICS, 2009. 0-1, 28) in ". Watch that last step. Taking a look at the nameless opening line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. Which immediately got a Jerome Gambit-style twist, 4.Bxf7 Kxf7 5.Nxe5. I neglected to mention that the two played again four days later, with the outcome quickly reversed:. AreWeThereYet - metheny, blitz, FICS, 2009. Standard, FICS, 2011. And wind up...
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The Jerome Gambit: A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 2)
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Friday, January 22, 2010. A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 2). Let's continue to take a look at a strange variation of the Jerome Gambit. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf. That we started with yesterday – see " A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 1). JG Tourney4, Chessworld, 2009. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. 4Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6. This can't be good, can it? 7Qg4 Ke7 8.0-0 h6. 9Nc3 d5 10.Nxd5. Jecree - larsgoran, FICS, 2008. Black has an edge.
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The Jerome Gambit: A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 1)
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Thursday, January 21, 2010. A Strange, But Intriguing, Path (Part 1). If I face the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. Any time soon (not likely; see " I expected better. I'd like to try out a relatively new, but strange and intriguing opening idea. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5. 4Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6. What an odd move! Yet, there are 10 examples in the New Year's Database. And White only scored 30% in those games. As I've noted. Critical was...
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The Jerome Gambit: Watch that last step...
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Thursday, November 26, 2009. Watch that last step. I was logged onto. Waiting to challenge "metheny" to a game – a Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. I hoped – when "AreWeThereYet" got to him first. I hung around and watched the first few moves – and then settled in to enjoy the whole game: a fun battle, with a lesson at the end. Blitz 10 0, FICS, 2009. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. Sac the Bishop, sac the Bishop, sac the Bishop. A) 7Nx...
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The Jerome Gambit: The Other Side
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Sunday, November 16, 2008. Sidran - Vong, 1992 (see ". Was only an eyeblink look at the Jerome Gambit-style response to the 3.Na5 defense in the Italian Game. Strong? The line deserves further attention. IECC email, 2001. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5 4.Bxf7 Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6 6.Qh5. In our previous game we saw. 6Qg4 Kf6 7.d4 d6 8.Bg4. Sidran - Vong, Compuserve email, 1992. 7Kxe5 8.d4 Kxe4. 9Be3 Ke5 ( 9.Kxe4? White needed to find 10.g4! I've been researchin...
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The Jerome Gambit: Huh?
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Monday, October 31, 2011. Looking through a recent blitz game played at FICS. Starting with the nameless variation that can become very Jerome Gambit-ish, I came to the last move and said "Huh? I searched for another, similar game, hoping that it would explain things to me. When I came to the last move I shouted "Eureka! I probably should have said "Huh? Blitz, FICS, 2011. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. While it is true that White's best response is.
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The Jerome Gambit: It Worked -- This Time
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Tuesday, December 29, 2009. It Worked - This Time. After eight years (or more) of studying the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. And kindred lines, I still have solved only a piece of its complexity. Luckily, most of my opponents have solved even less. Blitz FICS, 2009. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. I have looked at this line (see " Offside! And " The Other Side. But never faced it. 4Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Ke6. BunkerBuster - Ricdah, FICS, 2007.
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The Jerome Gambit: It Takes More Than Just One Move
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Monday, May 2, 2011. It Takes More Than Just One Move. I have to take my openings more seriously. That's funny coming from someone who has been blogging here daily for almost three years, but what it means is:. I need to be more prepared for opponents who, more and more, are. Prepared. suprise alone won't work. Blitz, FICS, 2011. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5. I have called this " A Line of Play Everyone Should Know About. Is good for a small advantage.
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The Jerome Gambit
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1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7 .and related lines. Monday, August 23, 2010. You don't tug on Superman's cape,. You don't spit into the wind,. You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger,. And you don't mess around with Slim. You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce. If Bill Wall does you the favor of giving you "Jerome Gambit odds,". A favor and try not to match tactics with him. It can only turn out one way. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7. 5Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.Be3 Be7 8.c4. No hurry, no error.
