interesting position from SSDF

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From a recent match Arasan 21.2 - Komodo Dragon:

[d]2r2rk1/pb2qppp/4p3/1p6/1PB5/P1R1PN2/6PP/3R1QK1 w - -

Black has just offered a pawn with .. b5. If White takes, he can get two minors for a Rook after 1. Bxb5 Rxc3 2. Rd7 Qe8 3. Rxb7.

Arasan took the pawn (Bxb5) and lost. The longer-term consequences of the pawn capture are foreseeable, but you have to go quite far into the PV before it starts to look bad for White.

Best move appears to be Ne5.

The game:

[pgn]
[Event "SSDF-match"]
[Site "Sundsvall"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Arasan 21.2 x64 1800X"]
[Black "Dragon by Komodo x64 1800X"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "3279"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.12.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "40"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O d5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nfe4 16. b4 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 Ne4 18. Qf1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 b5 20. Bxb5
Rxc3 21. Rd7 Qe8 22. Rxb7 Qc8 23. Rxa7 Rc1 24. Ne1 Qc3 25. Kf2 f5 26. g3 Rd8
27. Be2 g5 28. Re7 Qf6 29. Ra7 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Kg2 Qg6+ 32. Kh3 Qh6+ 33.
Kg2 Rf8 34. Qf3 Rxe1 35. exf4 Qg6+ 36. Kh3 Rg1 37. Ra5 Qh6+ 38. Rh5 Qxf4 39.
Qxf4 Rxf4 40. Rc5 Kg7 41. Rc3 Kf6 42. Bb5 e5 43. Rg3 Rxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Rd4 45. h3
Rd1 46. Kf2 Rb1 47. Bc4 Ra1 0-1
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