Tournaments Update

 

My play in the second Chess.com's "Italian opning rapid players" tournment has come to the end.

Although the top-rated player, I will finish fourth (not all the other players' games are completed) with a score of 12 - 4 - 6. 

Tadeasek200 is running away from the field with a score of 19 - 0 - 1, with two games left to complete.

I managed to play 2 Jerome Gambits - wins against BIJAN_H_F and diegorocha82 - and 2 Noa gambits - draws against Tadeasek200* and Serega40.

In the meantime, I have 2 games to complete in the Chess.com "Not only the Italians plays the Italian game" - both against JAMARTINO, which will decide second place.

Also, I have scored 2 - 0 - 0 in the third round of the Chess.com

"BISHOP'S OPENING CUP 2025". As I mentioned in "Jerome Gambit: Games Update"

My hope is to play a number of Abrahams Jerome Gambits, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+, a line that I have not tried before, but is worth exploring.

So far, no luck in being able to play an Abrahams Jerome.

*- My opponent made a mouse-slip that would cost him his Queen; I immediately offered him a draw: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 e4 8.Ng1 Bc5 9.N1e2 Rf8 10.0–0 Kg8 11.d4 Bd6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.Qd2 h6 15.c4 Qh4 16.c5 Be7 17.Nf4 Nd8 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Kh2 c6 20.Qe2 Bd8 21.Qg4 Qxg3+?? ½–½