Why is this move wrong?

In the following five minutes blitz I played:

Originally posted by amolv06
In the following five minutes blitz I played:

[pgn][Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Café"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aum"]
[Black "Amolv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.09.23"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {2} c5 {1} 2. Nf3 {1} Nc6 {1} 3. d4 {1} cxd4 {2} 4. Nxd ...[text shortened]... , but why is this move so far superior to Re8? What am I missing here?

Heh, sorry about that. I don't want to have to hand-edit that so I'm going to go ahead and post the position before the move in question.



Black to move.

a quick thought Nxe6 Rxe6 Bc4 is an uncomfortable pin and you allow white the bishop pair

I guess that makes sense. I wish I had a couple of other engines to see if they concurred with Fritz' opinion. I'm not sure why, but I think my version may be messed up. It's Fritz 11, but I've seen it miss winning moves, mates in 4, etc.

Originally posted by amolv06
In the following five minutes blitz I played:

[pgn][Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Café"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aum"]
[Black "Amolv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.09.23"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {2} c5 {1} 2. Nf3 {1} Nc6 {1} 3. d4 {1} cxd4 {2} 4. Nxd ...[text shortened]... , but why is this move so far superior to Re8? What am I missing here?