Hey guys - just wanted to post a game I just finished on Live - tell me what you think!

a little rough here and there but great job finding the rook for a knight and a rook trade and the free bishop. i think this would be considered blunder exploitation. good job

Why was 20 forced? d3 is an option.

Your opponent made a mistake on moves 12 and 13. Qxd4 would have given him a significant advantage over you. The pawn giveaway on move 15 you caught. 17. Ba4!? would have been an interesting attempt to promote the c-pawn while attacking the rook. Most likely continuation: 17...Ba4 18.b3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qxb3+, with enough compensation for the bishop. You made a huge blunder on move 18, missing Qxb2#. Blunder on move 22 with the bishop en prise, at this point you wouldn't have much of a chance of beating an equal rated opponent. White's capture on 26, although indeed incorrect as you pointed out is not a huge error, considering white's already dominating lead. 28...Kf7 was by no means a bad move, Nxf5 would be a blunder as Bxf5 cannot be answered by Bxf5 because of the pin. 29. Kd2 was fine for white. 33...Rh3!...nice attempt but simply answered with Rg3. White blunders away his significant material advantage with Ke3, but still has the lead. White blunder on move 38 sealed the deal for you. Quite a bit you can work on from annotating and reviewing this game!

Wow, I knew there was something going on there with a pawn... when that clock ticks down second by second it slowly drains your brains :P Thanks for pointing out Qxb2#, though. Now thinking about it I meant 28..Kf7 because I had seen the pin then, but not when annotating the game :x As for 29. Kd2 I'm not sure why I put the ? there...

Nicely done.

Np stryik thx for posting the game