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21. Ra5
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Winning a pawn |
 
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21... Nh5
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This move does nothing to assist black's attack, white's king is solidly defended, blacks best bet would be to attack White's splintered queenside pawns with Bf5 |
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22. Nxb5
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White gets greedy, better would be Kh1 in order to win the Bishop |
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22... Rf6
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Here was black's best chance to defeat white, and he missed it. Much better would be Rxf3! After Qxf3, Bg4! winning the Queen |
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23. Kh1
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This accomplish's nothing, after Rxf3 white still cannot recapture with his pawn because Qg2#! |
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23... Nf4
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Black once again misses his chance and offers a tradeoff which makes his Rf6 move even worse because now the rook will move again |
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24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. gxh3
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Black's attack is gone, he has lost his chances on the queenside and kingside, his board will now quickly fall apart |
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25... Rxf3
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A useless sacrifice as the Bishop is no longer needed to defend g2 |
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26. Qxf3 Rf8 27. Qe2 Rf4 28. Qxe7 h6 29. Nxd6 Rf6 30. Rg1
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While both players made mistakes, his kingside attack would have not even had a possibility of working had white played correctly. Black lost this game because of one move. 4...Nf6?? The best lesson that can be learned from this game is; always study an opening before using it. Gameknot has an excellent databse available to all players, and it is not breaking any rules to view the database during a game, so use it if you are not sure what to play during the opening. |
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