Jerome Gambit: In Four Diagrams

My latest Jerome Gambit game against a Chess.com bot was a draw that ran 95 moves. I don't think I am going to bore you with the details.

Except, I did say that I would share all of my Jeromes, didn't I?

Oh well, okay, I will put the naked game at the foot of this post.

But the whole story can be told in 4 diagrams.

perrypawnpusher - Isabel bot

Chess.com, 2023

White to move

After 22 moves, I was better, being up a pawn and having a better pawn structure. An atypical Jerome Gambit position, but you can't have everything.

Black to move

39 moves in, however, I have mangled my chances with the White pieces, and am clearly lost.

Can you see my one possible saving factor?

White to move

After 44 moves it is clear that I know something that Isabel bot does not - the effect of Bishops-of-opposite-colors on a pawn endgame.

The position is drawn.

Instead of making my 95th move, I claimed a draw. 

Sort of.

It turns out that in my game vs a bot, there was no option to do that. No button to push.

Nor did the bot acknowledge that the position was drawn.

We could still be playing, as far as it was concerned.

But, really: drawn.

I probably should feel bad about weasling out of a loss against a poor, innocent bot - but I don't. I've relied on opposite-colored Bishops before to escape my just desserts.

Readers might want to do the same, some day.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Nc4 9.Qd5+ Ke7 10.Qxc5+ Nd6 11.e5 Qf8 12.O-O Kf7 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 cxd6 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.d4 Re8 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.c3 Re2 20.Rf2 Rxf2 21.Kxf2 h5 22.d5 Kf6 23.c4 b5 24.b3 bxc4 25.bxc4 Kf5 26.Kf3 Ba6 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.g3 Bxc4 29.Kf2 Rc5 30.h3 Bxa2 31.Rxc5 dxc5 32.Bc3 g6 33.Ke3 Bxd5 34.Kd3 h4 35.gxh4 Kxf4 36.Bf6 Kf5 37.Bg5 a5 38.Kc3 Be4 39.Kc4 d6 40.Kb5 Ke6 41.Kxa5 d5 42.Ka4 c4 43.Kb4 Bf5 44.Kc3 Ke5 45.Bh6 Ke4 46.Bg7 Ke3 47.Bd4+ Ke4 48.Bf6 Bc8 49.Bd4 Bxh3 50.Bf6 Bg4 51.Bd4 Bd1 52.Bf6 Bh5 53.Bd4 g5 54.hxg5 Bg6 55.Bf6 Bf5 56.Bd4 Be6 57.Bf6 Bf7 58.Bd4 Be6 59.Bf6 Bf7 60.Bd4 Bh5 61.Bf6 Ke3 62.Bd4+ Ke4 63.Bf6 Bg4 64.Bd4 Bh3 65.Bf6 Be6 66.Bd4 Kf5 67.Bf6 Kg6 68.Bd8 Bf7 69.Kd4 Kf5 70.Bf6 Be6 71.Bd8 Bf7 72.Bf6 c3 73.Kxc3 Ke4 74.Bd4 Kf4 75.Bf6 Be6 76.Bd4 Bf5 77.Bf6 Ke4 78.Bd4 Bg6 79.Bf6 Kf3 80.Kd4 Kg4 81.Bd8 Be8 82.Bf6 Bf7 83.Bd8 Kh5 84.Bf6 Be8 85.Bd8 Bf7 86.Bf6 Bg6 87.Kxd5 Bc2 88.Ke6 Bb3+ 89.Ke7 Bd1 90.Kf8 Bf3 91.Kg7 Bd5 92.Kh7 Be6 93.g6 Bf5 94.Kg7 Bxg6 95.Be7 Bh7 draw