Annotated chess game

Instead, 12.Ne4 was favorite.

There was a great deal to be said for 12...dxc3 - after all, wasn't that why the d-pawn advanced?

This is 'one out' chess: neither player is really looking carefully into the consequences of their moves. Once again Black can wipe out the material deficit with 13...Qxd4ch, etc.

No. The bishop has not been saved, and the chance to equalize the game has vanished. Better was 13...Qxd4 14.Kh1 Qxc3 15.fxg4 Nxg4.

Creative, but yields Black too much after 14...Qc7, I think. Better was 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Bxf5, with a winning game.

Oh dear: Black really isn't attending. 14...Qc7 was the caper.

It is a fork, the knight and c-pawn both being 'en prise' and under attack from the Queen. The rooks can not be said to be under attack, as they protect each other, and the Queen is very unlikely to want to take either.

It is a fork because the knight and c5 pawn are not protected. So whether the rooks are protected a not is irrelevant. However, Nd7 protects both the knight and the c5 pawn. However that is only temporary, since after Rfe1, Black has to give up the c5 pawn soon. So I would play Kg7 and just let White take the pawn.

I could see this coming. I could suggest 18...Kg7 as a better move, but a whole queen down spells doom for Black.

It is a fork, but for obvious reasons (I think) not a very meaningful one.

Here I'd play 21.Rae1, but the text is fine.

Without looking, I suggest 22.Rae1!