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The King's Sacrifice - A Game of Traps
Black's bishop is alwaysextremely important. White can't even take the king here because an h four and h three is coming in. The attack, primarily by black, done by the two pons in the night. And ikar is actually preparing to sacrifice his knight for a pawn,. just so that he can continue his attack and open up the position. If you don't do that here as black, and don't get some kind of attack, you are completely lost on the queen's side. So it's one of those do or die moments.