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16...Bxh4 17.Rh1 Be7 18.g5 b5 19.a3 Qb7 20.Qg2 a5?!
Too slow. 20...h5!? 21.g6 f5.
21.gxh6 gxh6
22.Rxh6!
Oops.
22...Rf8
On 22...Rxh6 23.Qg8+ Bf8 24.Nf5 wins back the rook, preserving a much better position.
23.f5 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nd5 Nxb3 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Nxb3
White should have had a winning advantage, but his much higher-rated opponent eventually escaped with a draw.
Andrey Volokitin-Alexander Bortnik
Loo 2014
Black to move
A brave decision from Ukraine's star.
20.fxe3 Qe8 21.b4?
Ukraine's former rising star goes wrong. Now the a5 -knight will soon have a more active future.
21...Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 cxd4 23.bxa5 dxc3 24.a6
24...Rxa6!
A double exchange sacrifice!
25.Bxa6 Bxa6 26.Nc1 d4 27.Nd3 Bb7 28.Nf2 Bh4 29.Rf1 Ne6