It takes all kinds...

Wandering through the updated New Year's Database of Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+), and Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.0-0/4.Nc3/4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+) games, I stumbled across two players with similar names: GriffySr and GriffyJr.

They had played games from 2001 to 2010, and had FICS  ratings as high as 2366 and 2136 respectively.

Heavy hitters!

The Griffys' score with White was a blistering 99%: 33 wins, no losses, one draw (in a winning position). Their score with Black was nearly as good: 90%, from 26 wins and 3 losses.

Most of their games with White were attacks against the Semi-Italian Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6), and they defended brutally against the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) – some games were of theoretical interest.

I guess I wasn't too surprised when I looked into the players a bit deeper, and read

GriffyJr and GriffySr are identical Crafty binaries with hardwired search depth.

I'd already discovered GFcrafty to be a silicon-based member of the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde, too.

Well, as they say, "It takes all kinds..."