This took me TOTALLY by surprise! Where did I go wrong??? 

Some simple rules you forgot to remember:

1. Develop your pieces. (You never developed your dark squared bishop.)
2. Castle your King to safety. You went on the attack with your knight before your king was castled.

In addition, your queen move looked very odd. Your queen didnt have much business on d6. You should have played Be7 instead and castled.

ya when u brought out ur queen it was too early and it blocked the bishop's path.

Thanks guys. I had something going on in my head about a Queen's side castle and attacking on his king side but you're right. BAD development. Its just that mate took me totally by surprise! WALLOP!

 

Ouch!  

Your goal in the opening is to: (a) develop pieces, (b) control the center, and (c) bring your king to safety. d5, Nf6, Nc6, and e6 work towards those goals. But 5...h5? was very weak.  It doesn't develop, it doesn't control the center, and it  creates a hole on g5 which your opponent exploits.

 

After 6.Bg5 you decide to break the pin. If you hadn't played 5...h5?, you could have played 6...h6! to break the pin. But you still have options, like 6...Be7 and 7...Ng4. You play 6...Qd6, which blocks your bishop and places your queen on a vulnerable square.

 

These two poor strategic moves are like dousing your position in gasoline. It doesn't kill your pieces, but it makes them very easy to kill. Now your opponent plays 8.Nc3, threatening 9.Nb5. You miss the tactical threat and play 9...Ng4? He goes ahead and plays Nb5!, forking your queen and the mating square c7!

Thank you guys.

Besides everything that was said above, I think you should have played 3...c5 then 4...Nc6. Probably followed with e6 Be7 0-0 , or g6 Bg7 0-0 whichever setup you like best. The move ...c5 (before moving the knight)is often good in semi-open or closed games like this one was.

h5????..please don't do it again

freefma75 wrote: h5????..please don't do it again

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 WEAK wasn't it???

Click on LEARN/Chess ariicles/ beginner. There is a lot on opening there.

Guys, I'm in the same boat, I think I have my opponent right where I want them, just a few more moves and I have won the game, and low and behold, they all beat me. I don't know why I can't finish them off, and its happening all the time. I'd like my game play looked at to see if you can off me help, but I do not know how to post my games. I've tried to follow the instruction on the wizard but, it does not work, Help me please.

 

Post some games and we can help you.

This the problem I cannot post games, I don't know how.

Try posting in "Help & Support" forum.

I liked 1.g3 and then developing your bishop and knight, then castling on move #5. Is that a sound development or is that somthing that might get you into trouble against a strong player?

I'm personally not fond of playing g3 followed by Bg2.  In most cases that i've seen your bishop is stuck as a defencive piece and attacking with it can be fatal!

I find that I really need to watch the knights, because their irregular movement patterns can be a lot tougher to predict than some of the other pieces. By putting your queen in striking distance of the knights (combined with the high value of the queen) you set yourself up for a setup to either lose your queen or lose the rook.

i speak on the behalf of non-experts...the movement of the opponent was in fact great...i would see it...i guess...

early Queen!