Ah, he played Qxd4, that makes more sense. In which case he probably played his best move. He has better moves in theory but this is a special kind of "bad" move, one that has poison. It's a trap, and it's probably all he has to give him a chance of winning. White's position with a knight on d4 is surely far superior to black's, even though white is only up a pawn. Probably something passive is black's best move rather than Qxd4, something lame like Qd8, but that's just a slow and painful death. There is a lesson here and that is if your position is getting hopeless, finding these kind of bad moves can turn a loss into a win. Black did well here.
edit - oops, his knight is hanging, so his "best" move is surely just Nd5, which doesn't defend against Rc8, forcing the king to g7, which is along the diagonal with the queen and rook. White is winning rook for bishop at least. Qxd4 was definitely the way to go here. Either you take the queen or he resigns.
Originally Posted by wufwugy
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