After Rc7, Black certainly calculated ...Bxa4. But unfortunately it was not good and Black remains minus 1 pawn. But before that, Black should not sacrifice pawn with ...Rad8?! He had ...Bb5 with following ...a4, and White would have had slight edge, but no more. Miezis was too much self-confident. And before that, ...Ba6 was mistake. He should have tried ...Qd5 and find out later what to do with light bishop.
At 25:52, Black might have been tempted to play ...Be2?!, but after Qxe2 Black cannot play ...Qxc6 because of smothered mate: Qxe6+ Kh8, Nf7+ Kg8, Nh6+ Kh8, Qg8+ Rxg8, Nf7# Well, not big deal "per se" but this is typical place for mistake in blitz (not here in rapid though), namely, to forget that opponent's piece CHANGED the place. If you figure what I mean.
After Rc7, Black certainly calculated ...Bxa4. But unfortunately it was not good and Black remains minus 1 pawn. But before that, Black should not sacrifice pawn with ...Rad8?! He had ...Bb5 with following ...a4, and White would have had slight edge, but no more. Miezis was too much self-confident. And before that, ...Ba6 was mistake. He should have tried ...Qd5 and find out later what to do with light bishop.
At 25:52, Black might have been tempted to play ...Be2?!, but after Qxe2 Black cannot play ...Qxc6 because of smothered mate: Qxe6+ Kh8, Nf7+ Kg8, Nh6+ Kh8, Qg8+ Rxg8, Nf7# Well, not big deal "per se" but this is typical place for mistake in blitz (not here in rapid though), namely, to forget that opponent's piece CHANGED the place. If you figure what I mean.
Ending sucks
i am astnished how many weak players have a title Gm this guy Normunds is a level of mk. he does not know elementary rules of chess!!!!
That's stupid to make assumptions like that based on a single rapid game