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This move should wake everybody up! The knight on g3 has been passive,
but that was assuming that it could not leap to this square! The idea is 25
... gxf5 26 exf5 and I think White recovers the pieces, as if 26 ... Ng7 27 f6
Ne6 (not 27 ... Ne8 28 Qg5+ Kf8 29 Qh6+ Kg8 30 Rxe8+) 28 Qh6 and White
threatens Rd1-d5-h5 (30 Rxe6 is not threatened because 30 ... fxe6 covers g7).
I believe that Benjamin's 23 ... Ne6 was hasty; the Black knight should have
remained on g7 for defensive purposes for another one or two moves.
Meanwhile, if Black does not take on f5, the White knight will probably just
end up on d4 at some point.
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