PAWN RIOT VS The Forum Move 13

This is a continuation of Thread 103007 .

PAWN RIOT has just submitted 13.Bxc4, leading to the following position:

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
This is a continuation of Thread 103007 .

PAWN RIOT has just submitted 13.Bxc4, leading to the following position:

[pgn] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 [/pgn]

I am going to just recapture here.
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What about b5/e5?

Originally posted by jonrothwell
What about b5/e5?

Why allow him to preserve the bishop just to advance a pawn?

b5 allow Bxb5, saving the bishop and gaining another pawn
e5, allows Bxf7 Kxf7 and then Nb3 or Be2....after b5 he is up a bishop and pawn, after e5 he is up a pawn and our king is a little exposed

13. ... Rxc4

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