I was so excited to be up material on a 2000+ rated player! However, I went from floating in the coulds to mated in a matter of moves. I feel as though it was an exciting game (at least in my books) as I had a strong attack going and he quickly countered with an assualt of his own. What are your overall thoughts on the game and my overall play? Also, did you see anywhere where I could have improved enough to make the win mine? I appreciate your time!

Regards,

Steve

(BTW, this is the first game I have posted, so let me know if I went about everything the correct way)

Interesting game!  :-)

You were playing very well, right up until the disastrous 23.Nxh3? after which, unfortunately, you were dead. 23.Qf3 would have kept you on top, with a decent advantage. Oh, well! You have two jobs now: 1) take heart, because you played a good game, and 2) make sure you understand exactly what went wrong here, so you won't commit the same blunder again!

Whoops! My bad! I quit looking at your game after 23.Nxh3 because I assumed that your opponent had checkmated you, starting with 23...Qg6+. But I was wrong; he missed it. You should have made the most of your new life with 24.Kh2 where you're winning. After 24.Kf1, it's prettty close to even. You messed up at the end, but it was very complex. I'm not sure I would have done any better with White playing over the board, with the clock ticking