Here is the ninth training game from Sacrifice Theory. The Bishop mentioned in the previous post (see "Jerome Gambit: Sacrifice Theory").
#9 Training Game, Gambit, Ryabova
2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8
A strong defense for Black, first mentioned by Alonzo Wheeler Jerome, himself, in analysis published in the July 1874 edition of the Dubuque Chess Journal.
7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qg3 Qf6 9.d3 Kf7
Instead, NN - NN, Training game #2, 2024 continued 9...Be6 10.O-O h5 11.h4 Ne7 12.c3 Kg8 13.Bg5 Qf7 14.d4 Bb6 15.f4 Bc4 16.Re1 Kh7 17.Nd2 Rhe8 18.f5 Bxa2 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Nf3 Kh8 21.Ng5 Qb3 22.Qf3 Qxb2 23.Qxh5+ Kg8 24.Kh2 Qxc3 25.Rxa2 Qb3 26.d5 g6 27.Qxg6+ Rg7 28.Qe6+ Kf8 29.f6 Qxa2 30.fxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qf7+ Kh6 32.Qh7#
10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Bg5 Nf5
Bold. Reckless. Perhaps the game was played at high speed.
Safer was 11...Qg6.
12.exf5
White is not afraid of opening the e-file, despite the upcoming attack on his King.
Stockfish 16.1 recommended, instead, 12.Qf4 Qd4 13.Qf3 Rf8 14.Be3 Qb4 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.exf5 when 16...Re8+ could be met by 17.Kd2, and if Black recovers a pawn with 17...Qxf5 18.Qxf5+ Bxf5, the game has quieted with White holding a pawn advantage.
12...Re8+ 13.Ne4
13.Kd1 was okay, too.
13...Qe5
Black avoids 13...Qxb2 - for now.
14.Bf4 Qxb2 15. O-O Bxf5 16. Nxc5 dxc5
The computer assesses White as being more that 2 1/2 pawns better. I can't quite see that. It must be looking at the Queenside.
17.Rab1 Qxc2 18.Be5
And the Kingside.
18...Rg8
Black had to play 18...g6 or 18...Bg6, but in either case White would still be better.
19.Rxb7 Rac8 20.Bxc7 Qa4
Black hopes to get his Queen to assist in his defense, but it is too late.
21.Ba5+ Bd7 22.Qg5 Kf8
Seeking safety, but there is none.
23.Re1 Rh8 24.Qe7+ Kg8 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qxd7 g6 27.Bc3 h6 28.Qg7 checkmate
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