Jerome Gambit: Antonio-bot (Part 3)

 

                                               [continued from the previous post]

perrypawnpusher - Antonio-bot

Chess.com, 2023

This is the conclusion of my game against the Chess.com bot, Antonio.

Antonio's comments are in brown.

31.e7

Someday, my laziness is going to get the best of me. A little thought would have found 31.Rf8+ Qxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qg6 h4 34.Qf7 checkmate. 

31...Nxe7 32.Rxe7 Qc8 33.Rff7 Qg4 

34.Qxg4 

There goes the queen. Oh well.

My need to "simplify" allows me to miss the Queen sacrifice at the front of a checkmating sequence: 34.Qxh7+ Kxh7 35.Rxg7+ Kh8 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Reg7+ Kf8 38.Be7+ Ke8 39.Rh8+ Kd7 40.Bg5 checkmate 

34...hxg4 

Gotcha! 

35.Rxb7 Rc8 36.Ne4 Rf8 37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 

Anthony will hold out until the very end 

38.Nxd6 g6 39.Rxh7 g3 40.hxg3 a5 41.Nb7 Kg8 42.Rc7 Kf8 43.d6

I'm starting to get a bit worried here.

43...a4 44.d7 Kf7 45.d8=Q+

Uh oh. I better find a good defense.

45...Ke6 46.Qd5 checkmate

Wow! You're able to put together some pretty moves. Can I have another try?

Why not? Some players do better against the Jerome Gambit the second time around. - Rick