Opening Report (Part 1)

I decided to have ChessBase8 give me an Opening Report on the Jerome Gambit, based on The Database. I got a whole lot of information, and I was only dealing with the first few moves...

Maybe I'll ask it, later, to look deeper.

Opening report

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

9062 games in 'TheDatabase'

1. History

Earliest game:

Jerome,A - Shinkman,W, 1874
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qf6 9.fxe5+ Qxe5 10.Qf3 Nf6 11.d3 Ke7 12.Nc3 g5 13.Rf1 c6 14.g3 d5 15.Bd2 Bg4 16.Qg2 Rhf8 17.h3 Nxe4 18.Bf4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rxf4 20.Nxe4 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 and Mr. Shinkman announced loss of the Queen or mate in six moves. 0-1

Latest grandmaster game:

BlackDemon (2563) - wkw (2662)
FICS , rated lightning match, 2009
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d3 Rf8 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5+ Kg8 11.Rxf8+ Qxf8 12.Nxc6 Qc5 13.Qe2 bxc6 14.d4 Bg4 15.dxc5 Bxe2 16.Nd2 Bh5 17.e4 Nb4 18.c3 Nd3 19.b4 a5 20.a4 axb4 21.cxb4 Nxb4 22.a5 Nd3 23.a6 Ra7 24.Nb3 Bf7 25.Rd1 Bxb3 26.Rxd3 Be6 27.Rd8+ Kf7 28.Rb8 Rxa6 29.Rb7 Ke7 30.Rxc7+ Bd7 31.Kf2 Ra5 32.g3 Rxc5 33.Ke3 Ra5 34.Rb7 Ra2 35.h3 Ra3+ 36.Kf4 c5 37.h4 c4 38.Ke5 Rd3 39.Ra7 c3 40.Rc7 Kd8 41.Rc4 Bb5 42.Rc5 Ba4 43.Ke6 c2 44.Kf7 Rd7+ 45.Ke6 Rc7 46.Rxc2 Bxc2 47.Kd5 Rd7+ 48.Ke5 Re7+ 49.Kf4 Rxe4+ 50.Kf3 Ke7 51.Kf2 Kf6 52.Kg2 Kf5 53.Kf2 Kg4 54.Kg2 Re2+ 55.Kf1 Bd3 56.h5 Kxg3 57.h6 Re3+ 58.Kg1 Re1# White checkmated 0-1


Latest game:

Wall,B - Filipmihov
FICS, 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qg3 Nf6 9.d3 Ng4 10.0-0 Qf6 11.c3 Bxf2+ 12.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 13.Qxf2+ Nxf2 14.Kxf2 Be6 15.Nd2 Ke7 16.Nf3 Rhf8 17.h3 Rf7 18.Bg5+ Kd7 19.Kg3 h6 20.Bd2 g5 21.Rf1 Raf8 22.c4 c6 23.b4 b6 24.c5 g4?! 25.hxg4 Rg8 26.g5 hxg5 27.Rh1 g4 28.Ng5 Re7 29.cxd6 Kxd6 30.Rh6 Kd7 31.a4 Bf7 32.a5 b5?! 33.Bf4 Rg6?? 34.Nxf7 Rxh6 35.Nxh6 c5 36.bxc5 Kc6 37.Nf5 Re8 38.Bd6 Rd8 39.Nd4+ 1-0


2. Players

a) Strong grandmasters who used this line as White:
Fritz 8   Result=6/10 2003-2008 Elo-Ø: 3076 games: 10
Shredder 8   Result=3/3 2006 Elo-Ø: 3376 games: 3
Crafty 19.19   Result=2.5/3 2006 Elo-Ø: 3025 games: 3
Yace Paderborn   Result=2.5/3 2006 Elo-Ø: 3126 games: 3
Hiarcs 8   Result=2.5/6 2002-2006 Elo-Ø: 3076 games: 6
Yace   Result=0/1 2001 Elo-Ø: 2878 games: 1

b) Other notable players:
perrypawnpusher    Result=210/253 2004-2012 
Petasluk    Result=152.5/243 2004-2012 
UNPREDICTABLE    Result=127/247 2007-2011 
HIARCS 11.1 UCI    Result=100/100 2008  
mrjoker    Result=84.5/136 2000-2010 
MrJoker    Result=84/108 2011-2012 
DragonTail    Result=83.5/345 2006-2011
stretto    Result=82.5/187 2006-2011 


3. Statistics

White scores badly (44%).
White performs Elo 1350 against an opposition of Elo 1393 (-43).
Black performs Elo 1392 against an opposition of Elo 1349 (+43).
White wins: 3838 (=42%), Draws: 265 (=3%), Black wins: 4944 (=55%)
The drawing quote is very low. (0% quick draws)

White wins are short (31).
Black wins are short (30).
Draws are long (50).