Move 20
 

richs' plan continues:

19. b6 Nb5
20. Bg4 f5
21. exf5 Nd4 (up another spawn)
22. Qd3

Is anyone against 20. Bg4, so pinning Black's knight against Black's queen?

It's all our plan! I looked pretty extensively at this line and feel good about it. But if any one has further input, that would be great!

I like Bg4 at this point, pinning black's knight as Paul noted.

Queen from c2 to a4.

retina, Bg4 pins Black's knight to d7 and doesn't allow them to move Ne5 which would require us to move our knight on the c file.

[QUOTE=richs;403936]retina, Bg4 pins Black's knight to d7 and doesn't allow them to move Ne5 which would require us to move our knight on the c file.[/QUOTE]I thought the queen would threaten the knight on b5. So we make black move it or lose it.

But then Black might move Nc3 and fork our e file pawn and bishop.

Bg4 looks fine to me. Will be able to have a better look on Sunday when I get home.

Let's play Bg4.
We could play Qd3 now but that is just move order.

I suggest that we go ahead with Bg4. We have about 24 hours to deadline.