That's the position I get to rather quickly after the rather random rook sacrifice. I love the threat of Rxh8+ and Ne6+ combining a sacrifice with a winning the queen with a mate threat!
If you want PAWNRIOT to have all the fun, go for b4, but the position will be giving black more headache than counterplay.
23...Qc5 also looks completely fine to me man. For instance, 24. Qb2 Rc6! (Uh oh) 25. c3 (only move, 25. Ka1 Rb6 26. Qc3 Rb4 looks like trouble to me....) Rb6 26. Nb3 Qxc4 with a strong attack. The c3 pawn is a huge problem, and ...a5-a4 is a problem. Your king is a mess.
Originally posted by ptobler No - really, I'm sure he has - this has (reasonably) recently become a critical position in the Dragon - as can be seen from NIC Yearbook 85
Wait my friend, I really agree with TONY and you and robbie and Paul, and I already voted 15. ...b4!
my intended line 18...Rc8 19. h5 Be8 (with the idea of ...Nd7-b6) leaves Black in a huge amount of trouble after 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Nf5!
However there is another way for Black:
18...Rb8+ 19. Ka1 h5 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Rb4 d5! 23. exd5 Nd6 24. c5 Nb5! and Black is okay.
There is an analogous line when White does away with 18. h4, and tries to force the knight to an inferior square (e8 blocks the rook, h5 is out of play, and d7 is occupied by another piece), which I believed to be critical for a long time, but now that I've found this line I think Black's fine: