Saturday, July 2, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Long, But Not Longest



Very recently posted is the YouTube.com video "Jerome Gambit Xiphos (White) vs Koivisto (Black) - Computer Chess" which shows a 113 move loss by White with the Jerome Gambit.

That is a long game, but the longest Jerome Gambit in The Database is stockfish_20060616_x64_modern - fruit_2.1, 2020 (1-0, 158).

Although computer vs computer games tend to be longer than human vs human games because the machines often play on in "lost" positions up until checkmate, it is significant that the second longest Jerome Gambit game in The Database is the human vs human latemate - fadaro, 5 0 blitz, FICS, 2015 (1-0, 157). It must be noted that Black lost on time - each player having less than, on average, 2 seconds per move. 

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