Analyse this game please

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Black was higher than me in rating before the game. Any helpful suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=668062004

after qxf7 d5 wins a piece

Very nice game. I like the fact that you are aware that pieces can capture backwards. You could have worked the same tactic (discovered attack against the Black Q with your Q with check with your B) right after Black's 18...Qc3 19.Bxf7 Bxf7 20.QxQ(c3), and Black has lost his Q and f7 pawn for a White B. A little later when Black played 25...Ke7 why not 26.Re1 pinning the B at e6. I'm sure you can figure out the continuation.

Thanks Yaroslavl, I thought I had to remove the Black Bishop from its diagonal. But as you have pointed out correctly I could have done it earlier and better. I also like the pin of the bishop you suggested.

Any more help?

You might want to look into move 4 for black.  Nxe4! 5. Nxe4 d5 where black has gotten to an equal game already.  Usually, white will play 4. Ng5 if they want to be tricky, or 4. e3 if they want to be safe.  Good luck!

I don't understand. Won't playing Nxe4 for Black mean I can take his knight with my knight and therefore earn a free knight for an advancement of pawns and development?

Play these moves on a demo board:  4. ...Nxe4 5. Nxe4 5. ...d5 6. Bxd5 6. ...Qxd5.  Black still has a pawn in the center, white does not.  Play a game as white, and you'll feel how frustrating that is.

After he played d6 I think you should have played a3 preventing that nasty pin. Also #11g4 is really overaggressive and is weakening your king's safety. #19 h4 looks like a blunder to me. It allows Qh3 for black which seems menacing. Obviously you had a winning game because he didn't spot that discovered attack on his queen.

OOh Thanks, I see now. I'll make sure to use this tactic in the future.

Thanks, I don't understand the a3 move. the 11. g4 was to make the bishop move to remove the pin and therefore move my knight to trade and have a sneaky checkmate avaliable. And I now realise h4 was nto meant to have been moved and I should've done that discovered attack earlier.

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A better move than 6.b3 is 6.Qe1. As you get stronger you will discover that if Black plays 6...Bxc3 7.bxc3 he may have succeeded in doubling your pawns. But that doubling is insufficient compensation for having given up the minor exchange by exchanging his B at b4 for your N at c3. The reasons that it is insufficient compensation are: 1.You now have the very powerful weapon of the B-pair in an open pawn position where the Bs are free to hem in the Black enemy Ns and pawns. The Bs effectively support your advancing pawn mass. They are also very effective against an enemy pawn majority with simultaneous hemming in of the enemy Ns. The B-pair can defend and attack on either color square. And, let's not forget that 2 Bs together with any other pawn or piece are a mating force. 2. 6...Nxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 (the center fork trick does not work.) I will leave you to analyze why the fork trick does not work.

I will post more analysis a little later.

Thanks for the trap, I used it as white in the last game I played as follows:

Gets rid of pesky center pawns - as advertised.  Watch out for exceptions to the rule.  If the bishop or knight can move away and capture, check, or threaten a rook or queen it doesn't work.

Can you show traps when playing Dragon Sicilian or French Defence or perhaps even Scandavian?