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Black to play and blunder!

Black to play and blunder!

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I'm tired of these White to play and win diagrams so here's something different. This was an OTB game I played yesterday as Black against a 1700+.

Black to move

How did I blunder? Many guesses welcome! The one who guesses correctly gets a street legal Ferrari Enzo.

BTW: Note, that the move must still have some logic. Don't say something like Qxd5. 😛 Moreover, it doesn't completely throw away the game, it just hands White the advantage.

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maybe ...e4 then he played bxa6?

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You could have handed him some pawns in many ways... e.g.
Nc5
Bxc5 dxc5
Nxc5
or you could have simply played h6 and given him your f-pawn. Did you lose a piece?

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...Nc5, Nxc5 dxc5, Bxc5 forks knight and rook?

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Originally posted by ChessJester
maybe ...e4 then he played bxa6?
...e4 Bxa6 PxQ [or just ...QxN] BxQ RxB picks up a piece for Black.

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So you're asking us to find a logical blunder?

This'll be harder for the more skilled players rather than the lower rated players like myself. First move I saw at first glance was e4 or exf4. It could be a blunder I don't know, but that's what I would've made if I had 1 minute left on my clock

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Not sure if it actually is a blunder, but first dubious move i could think of was Nb5 🙂

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Originally posted by Testrider
Not sure if it actually is a blunder, but first dubious move i could think of was Nb5 🙂
It actually looks averagely sound.

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...Nb5 gets my vote.