This is one of the first few games I played on this site, (I didn't really start playing until a few weeks ago). This game went completely against my "playing style" as it was a big fat stand off right to the end while I usually exchange pieces and have a lot more room to operate and overall less to think about! Anyways, let me know what you think. Thanks!

that was funny

Hey, you had a good position there before move 20, when you started your suicide pawn rush, leaving your king unprotected.

Part of the problem I'm seeing is that your kingside pawn structure got really, really extended and wasn't able to support and protect your king.

 Also, fairly early on, the B file became and open file for you.  If you had been able to move your kingside rook to that file and influenced what was happening on queenside, then it may have allowed you to make something happen.

The A, D, and E files were the only ones that were really locked up.  That left quite a few that were open and able to be worked with.

In this situation, I would have solidified my kingside defense and tried to exploit the queenside opening a bit more.

Yeah, I agree that you did look good before turn 20.  A pawn march like that isn't ALWAYS a bad thing, of course... but look at what you were marching into.  You were pushing 3 pawns against 2, with a queen and a knight supporting (and a bishop looking on, wishing it could help) against the support of a rook, a bishop, a knight, and a queen. 

ah yes i see, that was pretty suicidal and move 20 wouldn't have been a terrible time (i think) to take the half-open b-file. Thanks for the insight guys!

AwalKB wrote: ah yes i see, that was pretty suicidal and move 20 wouldn't have been a terrible time (i think) to take the half-open b-file. Thanks for the insight guys!

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 I was looking now at the position a bit deeper now. Taking the b-file is an option, as your c-rook is doing nothing on his current position (the c3 pawn is already protected by the Knight). Another try could be exchanging queens, at the price of having doubled pawns. I think this wouldn't be too bad for white here, because black queen is much more active than yours. Once queens had been exchanged, I would focuse my atention on the f-file, which would be open for your c-rook.

ah yes i see what you're saying

 thank you again