Yes agree that there is no excuse for making such an error like this. A similar error is made in "Winning Chess Strategies".
Just a bit sad that you have to read books using a computer to avoid blunders made by author!
Error in book and annotated game in Megabase
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Jan 13, 2011
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rigamagician wrote:
16...Rxd4 17.Rxd4 b5 drives away the queen.
Correct! Sad that the author missed that!
In my megadatabase.
I am currently reading Chess Blueprints by Yakovlev when I got to game No.5.
The author asks the reader if Nd4 is a good move. He points out that Nd4! is good. I turned on Rybka and it showed a losing combination and that Nd4 is not a good move. I had to find to game in Megabase to be sure that the position var not a print error in the book.
The game is with minor annotations in Megabase and I was surprised that the move Nd4 once again was not pointet out as error.
I must admit that what started to look like a great book suddenly turned to be more doubtfull. I know that human made plans might not always be the computers 1. or 4. choice, but an error like this, should be avoided in books, especially when the specific move is used as teaching.
What would have been the correct move for black?