advice please on a lucky win
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First of all, 21. Qxf7 Kd8 22. Qd7 mates in two.
Yikes! That was a bad miss - thank you for pointing that out.
im a mediocre player myself... thank you for the well annotated game... i dont see why you think 15... h5 is a mistake on his part... i think his mistake is on the next move... correct me if you think im wrong, but 16...0-0 makes alot of sense too. the rook would protect the pawn on the d file and bury the king away from trouble (again, im a mediocre player myself, so take what i say with a grain of salt).
nice catch ricardo!!! i didnt see that at all either!!! i would have been more eager to grab the free gear on g8!!!
thank you pawnpower - I thought ...a5 was a mistake because I expected him to take the immediate knight and be up a piece. Is that inaccurate do you think?
If he had followed up by castling like you suggested, I would have been hurting even more - I'm glad he didn't castle.
23. Qxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kc7 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. Nd5+ Kb7 27. Rxb8+ Kxb8 leaves you a rook, knight and pawn up in the endgame, and the enemy king is lone with pawns, an easy win.
That's another great point - I think I was too worried about his bishop to look for the obvious move there (and on move 21 as well) - thank you!
I am a mediocre player at best, and got myself into some big trouble in the middle game against my opponent. A few moves of mine are under specific question, but in addition, I would be very interested to hear what some of you would have done differently, and why. I was proud to pull out the win after he failed to capitalize on my tactical blunder by capturing my knight, but I set up a position that was dangerous in many more instances than just that one queen move. Please see my annotations for details, and thank you for any comments!