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It's amazing how white takes advantage of blacks uncastled king.
Belous, Vladimir (2524) vs Javakhadze, Zurab (2444)
Date:2021-01-15
Event:Round 3, Charlotte Winter Invitational
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne5 b5 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. d5 Bb7 10. Ne5 exd5 11. O-O Qe6 12. Bf4 g5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxg5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nd5 Qg7 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. Qd6
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@mchill said
It's amazing how white takes advantage of blacks uncastled king.
Belous, Vladimir (2524) vs Javakhadze, Zurab (2444)
Date:2021-01-15
Event:Round 3, Charlotte Winter Invitational
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne5 b5 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. d5 Bb7 10. Ne5 exd5 11. O-O Qe6 12. Bf4 g5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxg5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nd5 Qg7 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. Qd6
@mchill saidI'm probably missing something obvious here Pondy, but at move 13 why did black not just chop the hanging bishop?
It's amazing how white takes advantage of blacks uncastled king.
Belous, Vladimir (2524) vs Javakhadze, Zurab (2444)
Date:2021-01-15
Event:Round 3, Charlotte Winter Invitational
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne5 b5 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. d5 Bb7 10. Ne5 exd5 11. O-O Qe6 12. Bf4 g5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxg5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nd5 Qg7 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. Qd6
@ponderable saidI'm sure Geoff (greenpawn)will have a look at some stage.
@venda
@Mchill brought the game, I just put it to that format. For it looks like an error. But then the higher rated players might know better.
The post that was quoted here has been removed16. Ng4 would threaten 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. d6 Bxg2 19. dxe7 (confining Black's king while threatening 20. Qd8 mate, and therefore seemingly better than 19. Rxe7+) and 20. Kxg2. 16...0-0 would permit 17. Nh6+ and 18. Nf5, and if 16...Nbd7, White might continue 17. Nh6 anyway. So, 16...Nxg4 17. Qxg4, and 17...Kf8 seems necessary, so that 18. Ne4 Qxd5, and the knight is pinned because there is no discovered check. Then 19. Qxf4 (threatening 20. Qh6+ and 21. Nf6+) 19...Qc6 (probably necessary anyway once a White rook reaches d1) 20. Rad1 (threatening 21. Rd6 Bxd6 22. Qh6+) 20...h6 (20...Qg6 21. Qc7 Bc6 22. Nd6 Bxg2 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Nf5+) 21. Bf3 (unpinning and thereby making 21...Bg5 ineffectual), and White might follow with Re3... or Bh5...
Maybe Black has a way to consolidate after 16. Ng4. But based on what I've looked at thus far, I can understand Black's reluctance to play 13...gxf4.
@Duchess64
I agree with your 18 Mar '21 02:31 post and am convinced that Black should have played 13...gxf4.