A Pawn Too Far

Ashburn's scjohnson went a pawn too far with 9. Nxe5, and our KYLion lit the dynamite. Some nice tactical possibilities ensued and White was compelled to resign after 16 moves. The win brings the club to a score of 2-1 in our match. Fritz analyzes below:

[Date "2009.10.18"]
[White "scjohnson"]
[Black "KYLion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (30s)"]

{E11: Bogo-Indian} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. b4 {last book move}

e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 ??

(9. better is Bb2 = {is just about the only chance}) 9... Qd4 -+ 10. Bb2 (10. Ra2 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qxe5 11. Nf3 Qh5 -+ (11... Qxe4+ ?! 12. Re2 Bxb4+ 13. axb4 Qxc4 14. Bd2 -+)) 10... Qxb2 11. Nd3 Qd4 12. f3 (12. Be2 {does not win a prize} Nc6 -+) 12... Nc6 13. Rc1 (13. Nb3 {is not the saving move} Qc3+ 14. Kf2 Nd4 -+) 13... Rd8 14. Nb3 (14. Be2 {praying for a miracle} Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc2 -+) 14... Qe3+ 15. Be2

15... Ne5 ! {Deflection: d3} 16. Rc3 (16. Nxe5 Rxd1+ {Deflection Pinning}) (16. -- with the idea of Nxd3+ {Wins material}) 16... Nxe4 ! {Decoy: f1} (16... Nxe4 17. Qc1 (17. fxe4 Bh4+ 18. g3 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Bh3#) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 -+) 0-1