Before I start I want to stress I was playing as WHITE.

There doesn't seem to be an analysis tool on the live chess section and I was wondering what people made of the following game. I played white. I think my opponent made two mistakes (seems to have been unwilling to exchange his queen) but otherwise I could do with help in analysing the game.

Hmmm... the game's that bad it isn't worth the bother?

well, first of all 1...d5 isn't sound as an answer to c4, then you lost couple of tempos by 3...Qd8 retreat and 4...Bf5 move, which he replied with e4, that put you back in development...then 6...a6 wasn't necessary especially that early in the game when you had only one piece developed, and 7...Nc6 was also a slip, which he could have replied with d4-d5 chasing your knight, gaining more time while developing, also notice that you moved your queen again for the third time. perhaps you were aiming for castling long with all this...then comes the blunder Qc8 Qxa5 which gave away a piece.

my humble opinion is work on tactics and follow the golden rules of opening:

central pawns (one or both), light pieces: knights before bishops, castle as soon as possible (king safety), then comes the queen and that would be sign that your development is complete: when your rooks are connected.  

You know I was playing white right? This sounds like good advice for black. I don't think I played well as white. I think my win was fortuatous considering the initial poor opening by black. Thanks for the chase idea but I thought my opening was OK. I thought it was my middle game which was weak.

As far as the game goes, I don't think there's really a lot to say.  I mean, you played fine, and your opponent hung a piece.  The end (pretty much).

Two things I did want to suggest though (this is mainly about the position after Black's 21st).

1) e4 is a better square for the knight than the queen.  You then have two huge holes to contemplate (c5 and d6);

2) in such a position I would be more inclined to play on the queenside.  You have two good kicks (a4 and c4, once you've protected the d-pawn).  I'd keep my king bundled up and work on stuff over there.  Eventually Black will have to castle kingside (when he loses his h-file attack, such as it is) or leave the king in the center, where it will probably croak.  Anyway, pushing the pawns in front of your king is the only way he'll ever get counterplay.  Of course, you're a piece up here (with a bind as well) so he doesn't stand much of a chance, even if you do let your kingside get a little drafty.  But I think it was safer not to take that risk.

Oh, and here's one other thought:  22 Bc1 (to reroute it to a3).

I'm afraid my skill with inserting diagrams is somewhat limited. I'd have to delete the diagram and start again. I think the remark at the start should suffice.

lol  

ok then Qd5 itself was dubious, since he could have exchanged queens, and your initiative would have been minimal.

later on no need to rush especially with your king's pawns, you were a whole piece ahead, so just go for exchanging & exchanging, i wonder why you never played a2-a4 to break down those pawns and open up some lines on the Qside,  

and instead of Bd2, Bg5 was better, and the same thing goes for g2-g4, Ne4 was a better alternative, hitting all those sensitive squares (d6, c5). you could have placed your bishop outside the pawn chain by Bc1-a3 manouvre, too.

Whoa...deja vu (I guess he must work as an interpreter or something). :)