hanging-h2 pawn....proves costly??

Any suggestions on where did black go wrong in the initial game?

should black have not gone for the pawn early on? and rather developed??

I dont think i played bad after taking the pawn .....the game was forced upon me!

Clearly that means that taking the pawn was a bad idea.

The thing was, that c7 square was extremely weak, and until you moved your king away (preferably by castling), your queen was needed to protect it. By moving your queen away, you allowed him to force you to keep your king in the center with 10. Nb5, and all of a sudden the d6 square was also weak, and they became extremely good outposts for the knight and queen. You definitely could have lasted longer than 16 moves, but White would still have the better game.

On a more tactical side, 11. ...Nxe5? just looks like a complete blunder, and White capitalized on it. You needed your queen back there...BEFORE he brought his queen in. After he was able to bring his queen in, you were tactically screwed.

I agree that queen was needed to protect the c7 square but that means that taking the h2 pawn was a bad idea!

If not cud you suggest moves for black which brings him right back in the game after qxh2.........

Thank you very much for your reply ..:-)