Chess Mentor lesson 868

The position occurs in the game Kasparov-Anand Reggio Emelia

The teacher gives the correct move as . .N d7d5.

But White's bishop can take the knighgt at f6 and it looks as if Black retakes with

the g pawn leaving the gap and doubling pawn and doesn't it look as if

White's Queen Bishop and Knight can storm the king?

Any comments on this? What don't I see?

Your question is answered in the teacher's comment on that very puzzle:

Note that 2.Bxf6 can be met by 2...Qf4+ (2...Nxd3+ is also good) 3.Kb1 gxf6 (more interesting than ...Qxf6) when the e5-square is covered and Black's Queen is very well-placed. 

I guess I would have done that in a regular game.  I see I am not ready to jump in to a new setup in the time frame given. Recently I have not been playing blitz at all.

Thank you for pointing out the teacher's closing comments.

An ancient chess sage once told me:

"If you wish not to look like a patzer, don't ask a question about something that has already been answered... especially in Chess Mentor!"

You have not only broken this rule, you have done the thing explicitly stated *NOT* to do. Shame.

OK OK enough already. I'll keep my mistakes to the game board

You're all just attempting to look smarter.  Is that good?  The fact that you play chess isn't enough to do the trick?

What are you talking about? I wasn't trying to look smarter. I just quoted a passage.