faster check mate if 19... Qxg2

i am not sure that you could save the knight, but 11...Nb4 keep the material even?

Sure 17... Qh3 is winning altough I feel that two exclams may be bit excessive as this move is not that exceptional (there's no sacrifice involved and it's very obvious as well as this kind of threats need to be alwayss checked first).

You have to understand that I do not find gems like this every game or even every other game; for me this doesn't come easy and I have to work really hard to find those kind of moves. I would like to say that particular move took more time for me to find than all the other moves in the game that I played although I don't have the time stamping to prove it; it definitely took a lot of time, that I know for sure. For better players above me, this kind of things might be routine and might not even get a single exclamation point, but for me, I was excited when I found it.

After 2... e6?! 3. exf5 exf5 the pawn on f5 looks a wasted move and moreover a weakening. The main idea of the Dutch 1... f5 is to control e4 so the laws of logic dictate that you must take with 2... fxe4. White will sure have compensation but at least you have an extra central pawn to show for it.

I was thinking that I did not want to release the tension between the pawns so early and open up my f-file when I was not ready to defend it adequately, at least that's what went through my head during the game so that is why I chose my move; I am not sayiing that it was the correct move and I figured that White does have "compensation" for the pawn so I would not gain anything really.

6... f4 7. 0-0 fxe3 8. Re1 Qd8 should be good for you, I think. Therefore 6. Be2 is better option for white - it doesn't matter that much that white looses time with Bd3+Be2 as your queen is not that well placed in e7.

I missed that move as I was not really thinking in good chess mode for the most part on that day, but the pin on the Bishop should have been obvious; I should have seen it and taken advantage of it. More than likely my opponent missed it as well; I did know that I had many mistakes in the game as you saw because I was behind in material before I managed to win and even the final sequence contained mistakes even though it was a winning line. Thanks for pointing it out and for the comments.

 At a quick glance, I cannot see the idea behind that move; maybe you have the lines to show that? Thanks.

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is there a reason you didn't play 6...f4 ?