An interesting game from today’s Tashir tournament

Peter Leko 'deserved' to win today, playing a speculative knight sacrifice which so nearly came to working.

Position after 19…h5 (threatening to trap the knight by f6) and 20 e4!? (permitting f6, which was played)

I have lightly annotated the game (whilst watching the ending of Anand-Carlsen).

My analysis is here. It isn't the last word on the game, but might be interesting nevertheless. Peter played a classic attack on the black squares, with opposite coloured bishops, and just failed to see some winning opportunities.

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