Jerome Gambit: Battered But Unbowed (Part 2)

 

[continued from the previous post]

perrypawpusher - Chess Titans

2022

If I was going to refuse to resign, I needed to at least develop my pieces, which I proceeded to do, even at the cost of some material.

17.Nc3+ Kd6 18.h3 Bf5 19.d3 Rae8 20.Bd2 Nxh4 

21.Na4 Bf2 22.b3 Nf3 23.Rf1 Bd4 24.c3 Nxd2 25.Kxd2 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Bxh3 27. Rf3 Bf5 

28.Nb2 Kc6 29.Nc4 Bc5 

It was time (again) to see how much "contempt" Chess Titans had for a draw.

30.Na5+ Kb6 31.Nc4+ Kb5

Oh, well, no draw by repetition.

32.a4+ Kc6 33.Na5+ Kb6 34.Nc4+ Ka6 

As above, but the King probably should have returned to c6.. 

35.b4 Re2+ 

Programmers of early computer chess engines worked to make their programs stronger. Now, with the top engines playing at super grandmaster level, the programmers have to find a way to make them accessible to the average club player, by making them weaker. See "Artificial Ignorance (Part 1)"

The text move is very human like, which is not a good idea in this situation.

36.Kd1 Bxb4 

Another slip. You might guess that Chess Titans was experiencing time control issues, but we were not playing with a clock.

37.cxb4 b5 

Black has to do something about the checkmate threat.

38.axb5+ Kxb5 39.Kxe2 Bg4 40. Rxa7 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rc8 

Now I had the extra piece. True, Chess Titans had the protected, passed pawn; and that made me wonder, how good was it in endgame play?

[to be continued]