Although it is certainly possible that I missed something here, I think that 14.Ng5?? loses to 14...Nb3! 15.Ne6 Nxd4 16.Nxd8 Nc2+! followed by 17...Nxe3!

...preparing to Nb3. Black's postion doesn't seem all that bad, now. Did white miss something? White didn't make any comment about Ng5 (the dsb is pinned). --- Thank you, alex, I should have seen it.

If 14...g5 then QxB is winning

now ...g5 threat is renewed

I wanted to play Nb3 here and force the exchange on the d3 square later on. but decided against it. i think in retrospect it would have been better suited to my game

And he's having a new way to take on c5, once you've chosen to trade your bishop for his knight..

white missed an interesting exchange sac with 15. Bxc5!? Qxc5 16. h5!(the point is the enterprise rook on h8) 0-0 17. Nd4! and white is swarming.

Very interesting indeed, I had not considered that during the game...

...this allows black to win a precious tempo on the diagonal if g5. This move was mentioned earlier, and still is a possibility.

Black seizes the chance.

Now one can think about g4, but it seems to me that white will win the pawn (starting with h5) in the near future.

...and pressure is put on c4. A most complex game!

...but what a weak c3...

This sort of game, with pieces scattered all over the place, is probably the most exciting and entertaining, to play and to watch.

Agreed!

I'm glad I was able to get tickets! great game and annotation. Thanks Alex. Hope to see more.

Wow! Everything can happen. What would the machine say? Black can choose to counter the white's fork by winning an exchange by its own with Bc2 but... will it be safe? Was black aware of this knight's jump when taking the pawn? On the other side, black has g4, setting a threat to the white knight.

Black is defending. I still take white.

It is interesting how the activity - if not the focus - has swung from the left-centre (c- and d- files, through the e- and settles upon the extreme right flank. Like the sweep of a machine-gun.

...and covers the check in case of Rxe7+, Bxe7, Qxe7+, Be2, Re8, Ng1...

It is very interesting the cool blood black has in not taking advantage of Bc3+ in order to exchange some pieces, making some white piece to retreat to defend. But while the white kinght can exchange it, it only makes black weaker...