Thanks I tried to post the game the first time and it just posted a picture instead, so I put that up.
Analysis of a Beginner's Chess Game
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You really learnt the rules just two weeks ago? Of course you don't look like a master, but not like a total beginner either!
Hello, I played this game as white against the chess.com computer at the 1200 level. I’ve only been playing for 1-2 weeks in between studying for finals so I am not that adept at identifying the optimal moves in certain positions. As a result I find that all my wins invariably result only after I eliminate all the opposing pieces and mate the king with a queen and rook/rook and rook combo at one of the sides of the board. Besides analysis of my play in general, I would like to know if any possible mating opportunities came up during the course of the game which I missed. The queen offered herself to me at one point during this game and I suspected it was because there was a possible mate which I was missing but I couldn’t identify it. Any advice/analysis is welcome and thank you in advance.
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Computer - Medium"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5 Bb4 6. Ne5 Qg5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. bxc3 Qf6 10. Nxc6 Kd7 11. Ne5+ Qxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 13. Re1 Kc6 14. Ba3 Kd7 15. e4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf5 17. Rb4 f6 18. Rab1 fxe5 19. c4 d4 20. c5 Rad8 21. Qd2 Kc6 22. Rb7 Rhf8 23. Qb4 d3 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Rb8 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Rxb8 27. Rxb8 Ne7 28. Qb3 Kd7 29. Qb5+ Nc6 30. Rb7 e4 31. f3 exf3 32. gxf3 g5 33. Qd3+ Kc8 34. Qa6 Kd7 35. Rxa7 Nxa7 36. Qxa7 Kc6 37. Qb8 h6 38. Qh8 Kxc5 39. Qxh6 Kd6 40. Qxg5 c5 41. Qd2+ Kc7 42. h4 Kc6 43. h5 Kc7 44. h6 Kc6 45. h7 c4 46. h8=Q Kc5 47. Qc8+ Kb5 48. Qb2+ Ka4 49. Qa8#