Polugajewski Lew. Sizilianisch: Morra gambit bis scheveninger. Moderne Eroffnungstheorie 4

Berlin: Sportverlag, 1982. — 262 p.The following variation of the Smith-Morra Gambit is one of my favorite opening lines with White:
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O a6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 b5 10.Bb3 Ra7 11.Be3 Rd7 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Qxb5 Nf6 15.Rxc6 Bxc6 16.Qxc6 O-O 17.Ba4 e5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Rxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxd7 Qxd7 21.Bxd7 Rd8 22.Ba4 Rc8.Upon trying to evaluate the final position, I observed that white must give up the pawn on e4 in order to be able to make use of the two passed pawns "a2" and "b2."In the aforementioned position, white can prevent the a4-e4 rook fork by playing 23.f3; however, that would delay the maneuver of white's king from g1 to close to the passed pawns.Instead, if white chooses to go with 23.Kf1 Rc4 24.Bb3 Rxe4 25.Ke2, white's pawn loss could be compensated by the rapid shift of the king from the K-side to the Q-side.