Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 1)

 

Kevin O'Shaughnessy shared with me the games of a Jerome Gambit tournament that he hosted at Chess.com last year. 

(You can see another practice tournament with 3 of the same players, mentioned in an earlier pair of posts, here and here.)

The games are quite interesting. The players show familiarity with various strategies, tactics and themes of the Jerome.

Let's start with the crosstable.

Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament  2023

 

                                   rating   1          2          3          4        Score

1. Duckfest                1610    **        11        11        11        6.0/6

2. KevinOSh             1633    00        **        11        11        4.0/6

3. Chioborra             1398    00        00        **        11        2.0/6

4. LemonOtter42      1006    00        00        00        **        0.0/6

 

The average length of a game was 25 moves.

White won 6 games and Black won 6 games.

Play was largely balanced: White was, on average, 8 rating points higher than Black.

However: The higher rated player in each game won 10 times, the lower rated player won 2 times.