I'm pretty much a hack, but in case my impressions are at all helpful, here goes...

The opening was an unqualified success for White: the Maroczy bind is only intensified by the White Bishop on g2, as Black's main break with ...d5 is extremely difficult to achieve. However, things started to go south after allowing 13 ...Ng4, snatching the lovely e3 Bishop.  Simply 13. h3 (or earlier) would have prevented such things and was well worth a tempo to play.  Also, 16. Kh1 is a serious mistake, not simply because the King isn't well placed on h1 (especially should an endgame arise), but because it is was the prelude to a completely unwarranted Kingside attack that, without a dark squared bishop, wound up seriously weakening White's position.

Though the rest of the game more or less illustrated the problems noted above, White was nevertheless granted a few opportunities to recover control of the game by re-focusing on the Queenside (21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Bf1, for example), where Black's weakness lay.   However, White was determined to open the Kingside with moves like Bh3, f4, and f5, and that singlemindedness was ultimately his undoing.  Could it be that the reputation of the Sicilian as an opening where White attacks Black's King (and not vice-versa) was deceptive in this instance?  If so, perhaps that's the major lesson to learn here: chess is rarely simple enough to adhere to such stereotypes!

- GB

Enjoyed this v much, as it is typical of the kind of game I play - when I am playing well.

You need feedback from better players, but one observation I made was that you kept changing plans.

You open with the English and then jump to Sicilian then decide on a Marcozy bind, and then randomly push Kpawns, then start having to defend, then...There is no narrative/story/plan to which you were working to. OTOH, your opponent just played quiet, even passively, waiting for you to open up the position for him, so he could unleash his pieces.

While I much prefer your ambition to his passive approach, it seems to me that an overall plan was needed. But I reemphasise: I am not a good player.  

I really enjoyed following along in this game. Your explanations were clear, and made good sense. Hopefully, we'll see more such games and analyses in future posts. Thanks for submitting.

Thanks for sharing the game with us.