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tpr

It is no blunder. Black is winning anyway.

kindaspongey

[Site "https://lichess.org/hLuDnKoh"] [White "KVR16"] [Black "najdorfplayer48"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d3 a6 5 Bg5 b5 6 Bxf6 exf6 7 Bd5 Ra7 8 Nh4 Be6 9 Bxe6 fxe6 10 Qg4 e5 11 Qe6+ Qe7 12 Qxe7+ Bxe7 13 Nf5 Bf8 14 Nc3 g6 15 Ng3 Bg7 16 Nd5 O-O 17 O-O Nc6 18 f4 Nd4 19 fxe5 fxe5 20 Rxf8+ Kxf8 21 Rf1+ Kg8 22 c3 Nc6 23 Nf6+ Kh8 24 Nd5 Ra8 25 Nb6 Rf8 26 Rxf8+ Bxf8 27 Nd7 Bg7 28 d4 cxd4?? (-4.81 --> -1.53) Blunder. exd4 was best. (28...exd4 29 e5 Nxe5 30 Nb6 Nd3 31 Ne4 Nxb2 32 cxd4 Bxd4+ 33 Kf1 Be5 34 Nd7)
It seems that, after 28...exd4, the win would have been a lot easier than 28...cxd4 29 Nb6 etc.

[Site "https://lichess.org/hLuDnKoh"] [White "KVR16"] [Black "najdorfplayer48"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d3 a6 5 Bg5 b5 6 Bxf6 exf6 7 Bd5 Ra7 8 Nh4 Be6 9 Bxe6 fxe6 10 Qg4 e5 11 Qe6+ Qe7 12 Qxe7+ Bxe7 13 Nf5 Bf8 14 Nc3 g6 15 Ng3 Bg7 16 Nd5 O-O 17 O-O Nc6 18 f4 Nd4 19 fxe5 fxe5 20 Rxf8+ Kxf8 21 Rf1+ Kg8 22 c3 Nc6 23 Nf6+ Kh8 24 Nd5 Ra8 25 Nb6 Rf8 26 Rxf8+ Bxf8 27 Nd7 Bg7 28 d4 cxd4?? (-4.81 --> -1.53) Blunder. exd4 was best. (28...exd4 29 e5 Nxe5 30 Nb6 Nd3 31 Ne4 Nxb2 32 cxd4 Bxd4+ 33 Kf1 Be5 34 Nd7) It seems that, after 28...exd4, the win would have been a lot easier than 28...cxd4 29 Nb6 etc.