I said that you, along with MDL4, agreed with VyboR that 17.Qxe4 was a bad move, which it isn't true at all and is simply ridiculous.
It's winning, but isn't moving a rook to the d-file better?
Exactly. But not as good as mate in one. Anyway, what the hell has all this to do with the main topic? You Game_of_Pawns took a random game and you proved what?
It's winning, but isn't moving a rook to the d-file better?
This is pretty embarrassing, but I missed that. Part of me says that I should now take back what I said but the reality is, the move still isn't that terrible for the same reason that caused me to miss the better one; it is completely and very easily winning.
I regularly miss things like this, but I will always go on to win. I see a move that leaves an easy to play position with a completely winning advantage and I just play it. This is not in any way the same as being overconfident and blundering. The common saying that tells you to look for a better move when you see a good one is idiotic. That is how you lose on time.
Thank you for pointing that out. I can't believe I missed it, but I know why I missed it, and I know that 17.Qxe4 is ten times the move that the uncriticized 15.Bg5 is.