Hey all,

haven't posted in a while - but I'm happy to say that it's only because I've been too busy playing!!

Had some real fantastic games recently, both wins and losses, even nice draws, but this just fresh one felt good - I mated in 20 moves against a much higher ranked player.

The question is: did I win due to my tactical advantage or was my opponent's last moves only blunders? (i.e. did he have a way to save himself?)

I liked the game, though seriously question black's pawn grabbing with the queen - always asking for trouble. Though the game was natural enough - but can I get some analysis on the merit of this white system?

thanks a lot:

He should not have taken on g2 after he castled... could he have defended it? Maybe... but he would have been on a very slippery slope

thanks, that's what I thought, so it all comes down to the pawn-grab on g2 eh?