Hey guys, this is a game between me (White) and a friend who's rated just below 2000. It starts very positionally and turns very sharp very fast. I end up winning a piece for two pawns and I misplay the ending to an agreed draw. Please let me know what you think.

Any comments, analysis,...?

A nice game. My sympathies for missing 28.hxg6! I find it hard to forget about those beautiful "might have beens" moves.

You won the battle of the opening, obtaining the 2 bishops and a small lead in development at no cost.  8.Nb5 looks like an interesting alternative. I think 10.Bb4 would have been strong. I think you lost a bit of time with Nd4 (Bc3 perhaps), and the game was pretty even by move 15. 

You are correct that 20.Raf1 would trap the queen, but at the end of your variation, isn't the position still pretty balanced? You jumped on 23...Qg3 beautifully, and it's a pity that you missed the killer move.

I think you underrate your chances in the final position. I believe you still have winning chances, although I can understand why you must have been fatigued.

In the post mortem we discussed Bb4. It turns out that Nd4 was a position mistake that I missed because what I intended was to lure my opponent into playing e4 after Nd4 e5 Nxc6 bxc6 Bd4 e4 Be2   and I thought that I was great here because his light square bishop is awful. What I missed was Bg4! and now f3 is no good due to Bh5 and now I have some serious weaknesses in structure and if Ba6 then Bc8 and its a draw if I dont trade or concede with Bf1 and then really what am I doing? 

Im very disappointed that I didnt play hxg6 because I actually seriously considered it in the game. I seriously miscalculated though because I forgot in one line that my g pawn covers f7! and so I thought he had an out and I didn't play it. As soon as I played Rgg1 I noticed that it worked and I had to take a long walk. In the post mortem I showed my friend and he was completely shocked because he didnt even consider it.

In the final position I am actually worse. The two connected passed pawns are worth much more than my piece because of the akward discoordination of my pieces. I missed that 40. dxe5!! wins although I still eventually have to find the move Bg6! later to win but its still a win. I started to calculate it but I had a few minutes left on my clock and I made a rational decision not to chase a potential ghost and try and play solidly with Rc1.  If I had maybe 20 minutes left I may have found it.

I must say that DxE5 line is beautiful.  It's unfortunate that you didn't play it over the board: it would have made a spectacular finish.  (Same applies to hxg6!)

Still, it was a well played game against a very strong opponent.  Nicely done.