I'd appreciate some analysis of this game. Considering that my opponent was rated 200 points higher than me I believe I played reasonably well (?). One of my issues is a fear lof m oving my pawns forward.....I seem to play defensively. Another issue is mounting an attack. I had some plans in this game but all fizzled. Perhaps someone cound show me how I could have mounted an attack.

I have annotated it myself so you would know my thought process.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Lew

Thanks for this interesting game. I'm not expert, but you're welcome to whatever insights I have.

White's 5.c5 is an aggressive attempt to grab a lot of space on the queen side, but it leaves him vulnerable to a counterattack in the center. One aggressive line of your own is 5....e5, hitting the base of his d4-c5 chain. if 6.dxe5 Ne4, his c-pawn is weak, and if he tries to save it with 7.b4, you play 7...a5 and continue shredding his Q-side.  It would be hard for you to come up with this plan on the fly, but you should keep the idea of counterattacking against the base of the enemy pawn chain in mind. Your 5...e6 was a bit passive.

I think around moves 7-8 you wanted to play some combination of Nc6 and b6, hitting his d-pawn and chipping away at his advanced pawn. You don't want to allow him to build up a big space advantage without challenging it. Sometimes it''s not enough to just develop your pieces. 

On move 9, if you look closely you will see that you were afraid of ghosts. There is no threat of Bxh7+ because your Nf6 is always a reliable defender of the h7 square. In fact, eveWhen the Queen is behind the Bishop, it's not that easy to mate. You should have just played 9...Nc6 with a pretty good game. 

Your comment "Attacking h2" after 19...Qc6 is confusing; was it a typo?  And after 22.b4, did you really have to take? What about Bg7, putting his weak d4 pawn under fire? You could follow up by swapping on c5, playing Rb3 and doubling rooks on the b-file. Looks good to me

I think you missed some clear wins near the end. 27...c2 looks deadly, as does 28...c2. At the end, you seemed to lose your head a little. Exchanging Queens was exactly the wrong way to go.; You were the one with the attack, he was the one with all the passed pawns.

Skakmati:

52... Rf8 53. Rh7+ Kb6 54. Rf7 Re8+

52...Rf8? 53.Ra6! Kb7 54.Ra4 Ka8 55.Ke6 is zugzwang.

Thanks guys. Very helpful.

You played well, but here are some mistakes that you can fix next time:

1) When you are ahead in material, forget about attacking, but play defensively by limiting any possible counter-attack. The only area where your opponent have advantage is in the Queenside (passed) pawn majority. You should have put more effort here after you win the Knight.

2) There was no way to mount an attack on your opponent's King. Before doing an attack you should know what makes an attack work (you should plan the attack). You need to have more attackers and less defenders. You need your opponent's King be exposed. In your game there was no "sign" of this.