I played a game a little while ago and it was really the first game I've played where I felt any confidence in what I'm doing. I felt like I knew the right move a lot more often than in the past and I had a plan for what the hell I was doing! I've been doing a lot of reading on tactics (Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess) and have been spending some time with the tactics problems on chesstempo.com

While I'm feeling generally good about the game and it's fresh in my head, I'd like to post it and tear it apart a little bit. I made mistakes, that much I know, and I would like to find them. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I found another one. Instead of 18...Qc6+ I should have played 18...Qd4+.

Interesting but weird game,

your opponent used weird losing opening moves, and your giving your bishop for free on Bh6 for like 5 moves..

but great job.

Yeah, weird happens when players aren't of the level where they have read loads of theory. I'm just happy to make fewer tactical mistakes then I did yesterday. Baby steps, you know?

On 16, Ne2 is winning his queen.  But your move was fine even though, when your attacking, you don't want to trade queens.  Not to mention white hung his queen anyway. 

You opened quite well.  Idealy, moving more than 2 pawns in the opening (and there are times where this doesn't apply) is bad.  White made four pawn moves, two of which weakened his king's position: f4 and h4 which created the hole you saw on g3.  You developed your knights and made two sound pawn moves: e5 and d6.  That said, you moved your king's knight again before you were fully developed, but i say, why not.  All of white's pieces, except the queen's knight are sitting at home.  Furthermore, white returned the complment moving the queen's knight again.  

It looks like you're sticking to king's pawn openings.  These are great openings for getting a tactical sense. 

Maybe after 8 Nf2, Ng3 was strong.  Then, if he takes the bishop, you're taking the rook with a nasty attack starting at Qxf2 as, after Ke2 black wins another piece, the king's on the run, and white stumbles trying to get out of the way because he is undeveloped.  Well done. 

Maybe I've overlooked something, but shouldn't 35. Qa2+ lose your rook? Instead I'd have played:

35. Qd3+

36. Kc1 Re1+

37. Kb2 Rb1+

38. Ka2 Qb2++

All of white's moves are forced. I enjoyed your game though. Well done.

4.Nd2?.....exf4! -+ black is up a pawn     if   5.Ne4 (threatening Bxf4)

..................g5    supporting the extra pawn on f4

Later in the game  after  5.h3.....................exf4 -+ is even stronger for example

       ....................exf4       6.Ndf3....Nh5

I know you wanted to kill your opponent but you need to learn to take whatever advantage you can as early as possible and milk it to its fullest never assume your opponent will play innacuratly

Nice game though !

6... Qh4+

after 6...Qh4+     7.g3 hangs on     for example        

 7.g3........Nxg3     8.Nf3 +-

cyarstl-mteh -- you named yourself after a very, very harmful drug?  Mix the letters, but we all know what you mean.  My goodness.

Who would take advice from a meth user - or promoter (and by your name you are promoting it)?

The moves do not lie jollyplayer many players have taken my advice and I am always eager to listen to other players advice no matter who they are or what they like so why don't you look at panapawns game and help a brother out by giving him some advice on his game like he requested?

  Or maybe thats just the amphetamine psychosis talking lol

13 ... g5 was suboptimal - you could have both openned up a line for your bishop and scarfed up a pawn with dxe5.

I love 14 ... b5  if you understood what you were doing there.

After 15 cxb5 .... you can win his Queen (without him being a doofus) by nxf3+

(his king has to move, and nothing protects his queen from the disclosed attack).

One other comment on etiquete - unless you have your opponent's agreement It is usually best to not include your oponent's name in the post. Just put ??? for the opponent - tell him you are going to post the game, and if he wants to let us know who the opponent was, he can reply to your topic.

Thanks for the thoughts. About 14...b5, I did it to protect from check in a way that was not quickly worked around because that pawn was already defended by my knight. Is there more to it that I don't know about?

Also, thanks for the tip on posting opponents' names. I'll remember that for all future postings.