I have been playing over the FICS games of chessmanjeff that appear in The Database in 2012 and 2013. In 33 games - there must be more by now, as The Database is current mostly through February 2013 - his score is a bit better than even, which is pretty good for a disreputable opening with many refutations. I was drawn to two draws that ended thusly:
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| chessmanjeff - flexomat, blitz, FICS, 2013 |
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| chessmanjeff - gniKssehC, blitz, FICS, 2013 |
In the first, Black ran out of time and White had no material to mate. In the second, White ran out of time and Black had no material to mate. The "equalizing injustice of chess" and all that.
Somehow, it was encouraging to see the following position - familiar to everyone in the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde, but apparently not to all defenders - with Black, to move, resigning.
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| chessmanjeff - xxNexus, blitz, FICS, 2013 |
