[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: DM vs. Pocket Fritz (Shredder) in 10-minute: What did I miss?

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
DM vs. Pocket Fritz (Shredder) in 10-minute: What did I miss?
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   A week or two I was out for a walk and decided to renew my old
   "friendship" with my Pocket Fritz*. Here's how the opening went in
   this G/10 encounter:
   1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nd7 8.Nc3
   dxc4 9.d5 exd5 (novelty) 10.Nxd5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxd5 12.Bxc4 Qxe5
   13.Bb5+ Nc6 14.Re1 Be4 15.f3 Rd8 16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Qe2 etc.
   Black is slightly better here, but despite being a pawn down and short
   of time, I was able to hold the draw without too much trouble.
   (Black's lousy queenside pawn structure was what I counted on,
   rightly.) Nevertheless, I was a bit disgusted and certainly confused:
   I felt after 10.Nxd5 and my clever 12.Bxc4 that I simply must be
   better! Yet it's not at all obvious where White could have improved,
   especially without the assistance of a computer.
   See what you can find (without using Fritz, Rybka, Shredder, etc.);
   I'll offer my thoughts in a few days.
   *In fact it's a version of the Shredder program, written by Shredder's
   author, but is called "Fritz" for (presumably) marketing purposes.