After the previous blog post, "Repeated Face Palm", where again I took a look at the dubious 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5?!, I had the most bizarre thought: What if White played Ng5 a move earlier?
Like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Ng5?
Nobody would do that, would they?
I would have to name that the "OMG Variation".
Much to my surprise, a quick look at my files presented me with 360 game examples - with White scoring 25%.
I suspect that only part of that was due to the fact that the average rating of White was about 100 points below that of Black, in which case White's general expectancy would be 36%.
Checking the lichess.org website, I was flabbergasted: there were 1,442,385 OMG Variation games (!), with White scoring 36% - as the Elo differences would predict.
Two players opening with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Ng5 were rated over 2900.
I think I am trying to scare myself back to the Jerome Gambit...
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