I've been going through the 10th game of "The Mammoth Book" (Lasker - Napier, Cambridge Springs 1904) & in page 58 there's a variation in which we reach the following position & it says that then it goes 17. Rh2 Bxd4 giving black a massive attack.
My question is why doesn't white play 17. Nf3 instead? I've tried to find a defect that makes Rh2 better but I couldn't. Could you please help?
Hi All!
I've been going through the 10th game of "The Mammoth Book" (Lasker - Napier, Cambridge Springs 1904) & in page 58 there's a variation in which we reach the following position & it says that then it goes 17. Rh2 Bxd4 giving black a massive attack.
My question is why doesn't white play 17. Nf3 instead? I've tried to find a defect that makes Rh2 better but I couldn't. Could you please help?
Thanks in advance