Jerome Gambit: Still Advancing... (Part 2)

 

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perrypawnpusher - joro_videv

3 d/move, "Giuoco Piano Game" tournament

Chess.com 2022

It is time for White to find a way to mobilize his "Jerome pawns". I decided to counter Black's dark square Bishop.

13.Be3 Bb6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rae1 Bc6 

Now there are two annoying enemy Bishops...

The truth is that winning for White with the Jerome Gambit usually requires at least a little bit of help from Black. That is not forthcoming this time. 

16.Bxb6 axb6 17.f5 Qg7 18.fxg6 Nxg6 19.Rf5 Ra5 20.Ref1 Raxf5 21.exf5 Ne5 

White's Kingside pawn majority is not enough compensation for the sacrificed piece.

22.Ne4 Qxg3 23.Nxg3 Kf7 24.Ne4 Rg8 25.Kf2 Ng4+ 26.Kg1 Ne3 27.Rf2 d5 28.Ng3 Rg5

 29.Re2 

This drops a pawn, but it doesn't matter. The win for Black is close to a technical matter, especially given that the time control was 3 days per move.

29...Nxf5 30.Nxf5 Rxf5 31.d4 Bb5 32.Re1 Rf4 33.c3 Re4 34.Rxe4 White resigned

I was seriously out-played by my opponent, joro_videv.