alternate move

I didn't see any warning against posting games that aren't your own, and I didn't see another forum that would be better than this one to post this question, so here goes. This game is taken from David Bronstein's book, Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953. I've included Bronstein's annotations. My question is in regard to one move in particular; at move 25, I think White could have done better with Rfe1 instead of what was played which was Rde1. If the black queen retreats, White wins the c4 pawn. If the black queen takes the f4 pawn, then White begins a powerful attack with 26. Rd4. Regarding my question, Bronstein has no comment.

I wasn't surprised that Bronstein and Najdorf, as indicated in Bronstein's annotations, found lines playable alternate to the ones played in this game. I was surprised after I downloaded StockFish and had it analyze this game. It found nothing to comment on until move 38 when White plays Qh4. StockFish's comment:

StockFish (score -6.26 at depth 25) thinks this is not a good move.

StockFish then provides an alternate line that leaves Black with a less decisive advantage and goes on to find a few other moves that it didn't like. Here is the game again with the StockFish analysis (and the Bronstein annotations included as well).

I wasn't able to figure out why the pgn file stopped after move 38. Here is the rest of what StockFish had to say about the remaining moves:

38. ... Nc3  {StockFish (score -3.87 at depth 25) thinks a good move has been missed} ({StockFish suggests:} 38. ... Qd2 39. Re1  {(score -6.26 at depth 25)} )
39. Qg4 h5 
40. Qh3  {StockFish (score -22.86 at depth 24) thinks this is a blunder}
({StockFish suggests:} 40. Qg5 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nf4 42. Bc1 Qxa2+ 43. Kg1 Qxg2+
44. Qxg2 Nxg2 45. Bb2 Ne3 46. Rc1 Nxf5 47. Rc7 Bd5 48. Rxa7 Bh6 49. Kf2 b5
50. Ke2 Bf4 51. h3 Kh7 52. Ra6 Ne7 53. Rd6 Bg5 54. Bc3 Be6 55. Bd2 Kg6 
{(score -3.71 at depth 25)} )

40. ... Ne2+

41. Kf2 Qd2  {StockFish (score -10.38 at depth 27) thinks this is not the quickest
way to win} ({StockFish suggests:} 41. ... Nf4 42. Qe3 Nd3+ 43. Ke2 Ba6 44.
Bc3 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Qxg2+ 46. Ke1 Qxf1+ 47. Kd2 Be2 48. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 49. Kxe2 Qe4+
50. Kf2 Qc2+ 51. Kf1 Qxc3 52. a4 Bxe5 53. Ke2 Qc2+ 54. Ke3  {(score -27.87 at depth 23)} )

42. Qe3 Qxe3+  {StockFish (score 1.25 at depth 34) thinks
this is a blunder} ({StockFish suggests:} 42. ... Qxb2  {(score -12.00 at
depth 26)} )

43. Kxe3 Ba6 0-1

I hadn't considered 26. ... Qh6 but yes, Black would benefit from the exchange more than White would. Maybe 25. Rfe1 merely gives Black another chance to blunder. I agree with what you said about your second line, beginning 25. Rde1, although it's scary to open up g7 directly in front of the king like that.

I love to have the good examples of classic games; that's why I also like to read annotated tournament books.