Here's what I think were your most obvious mistakes:
5.a3? looks like just a waste of time. He'd never in a million years want to bring his Knight to b4.
15.Rf3 looks OK, but Nd2 seems more sensible. Not trying to attack with just a few pieces. Rg3 & Qxh6 is a pretty meaningless threat.
25.h4 is a nice idea. I'm curious as to if you saw 25...h5? Of course 25.Re1?? fails to 25...h5 followed by Bf2 after both Rg3 & Rh4, so well done for not playing that.
I didn't look any further.
I am wanting to know how you made the chess game to post here? What software? From the analysis board here? Please tell me as I have been trying to find how to do this with games I have played in the past that I have saved to word document. Thanks
Use the board icon in the top left hand corner of the "Post your reply" box and follow the instructions. You can insert PGN text or make the moves manually.
Use the board icon in the top left hand corner of the "Post your reply" box and follow the instructions. You can insert PGN text or make the moves manually.
Ok I found that but now how to save the game to an email to a friend that he will be able to click the forward arrow and see the game as it was played? I really appreciate the help. thanks
Do you mean a message on chess.com? If so it's the same way. If you mean something like yahoo!, I guess you could just download a program like SCID (free), save the game on that and send him the file on an attachment.
Thanks and I found and downloaded SCID but can not find where to paste my PGN I have saved and copied from my word documents? I tried to read the help items but still don't understand. It says you can paste your PGN into the scids import window or opening a PGN file in Scid. I can't find the import window or how to open the PGN file in Scid. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
For individual games, have the pgn in you clipboard buffer (cntrl+c), then in SCID under the "game" menu select "paste clipboard text as PGN game" -- this takes you to a little window where you still have to click "import" but if you've got any errors in the error window it won't import.
FYI -- there is another free database prog: Chessdb -- it is built from SCID. Chessdb has some functionality that SCID doesn't (and vice versa) ... SCID is really more attractive in many ways... but I think Chessdb is on balance the better program. Chessdb uses the same process for importing PGNs... but it's much easier to copy a pgn from the pgn window (trying doing it in SCID... it's a horrible pain -- impossible I think, unless you know your keyboard shortcuts... but maybe someone can point out an easy way to do it I don't know about.) Anyway, you might way to switch to Chessdb before you get too used to SCID.
Some general ways for you to improve your play based on what I noticed:
1: You have a keen sense of tunnel vision. You see your moves, but often fail to notice that your opponent has a strong reply. It's not often that an opponent will cooperate as nicely as this one did and play the moves you want him to make! To fix this, keep an eye not just on your strategy, but your opponent's best possible replies.
2: Related to number 1, but you have a real tendency to make 1 move "threats". These threats are very easy to spot, and very easy to defend against. They should rarely work against a player your own level, and as you progress to stronger opposition they'll stop working even in games of 5 minute blitz! Making a 1 move threat by itself isn't bad. However moving a piece from a good square to a bad one to make that threat is. If you want to annoy your oppponent with obvious tactics, make sure that once he defends them, you'll be in a better position than you were before "threatening" something. This either means the "attack" is actually moving a piece to a better square with gain of tempo, or forcing an opponent's piece to a poor square :).
3: As far as I can tell (from reading your annotation) you notice strengths in your position far more than you notice your own weaknesses. I don't just mean forgetting that your rook was en-pris. I also mean stuff like the bad bishop you had mislabeled as strong, and your not noticing the vulnerability of your dark squares (I point both out in my annotation). Spotting your own weaknesses is never pleasant, but it's critical for an honest evaluation of the position. This may contribute to your sense of tunnel vision from 1. After all, if you haven't assessed the position to see where you're open to attack, you'll never see your opponent's attack coming!
Overall this was an interesting game! Thanks for sharing. My analysis is in the comments.
I won, but tell me maybe where I could have gone better.