I think I saw a few moves that definitely would have helped me out. But since the people in the forums are definitely better at analysis than I am... I'm throwing this out there.
31... Bh3+ I said I couldn't go back, but that's not entirely true.
I could have played my King back and interposed with my Rook/Queen setup. However, that probably would have been met with Re8.
Hello, here is what i could find:
6. Qe2
i would play cxd4 (for a strong center)
7. Nbd2
i would en passant that pawn: exf6. It pins the knight to the king and opens up the important e-file
10. b3
Good. In my opinion the strongest move in that situation, but i would have taken that pawn on c3 earlier
11. Bd2
Definitly the best move in that situation, or i must be missing something...
12. Rc1
Maybe try Bd3 ? Dunno, it attacks and defends there..?
I am not very experienced with the ponziani, but I think you messed up moves 6 and 7 and those lead to all the other mistakes mentioned above by wizzkey.
The following are links to two youtube videos on the ponziani:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZLHeKWhTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebPhpnio8Y&feature=related
I find them quite good. Also, I bet if you ask the creator of the videos about this, he can tell you exactly what you should have done.
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