Could you please analyse this 19 moves - game?

Hi,

   I was very badly crushed in this game:

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=324818012

Could you please analyse this game and tell me which of my moves were wrong and what should have played instead?

Should I have played 4...Bxb4? (But, otherwise, I will lose a   a pawn because of b5 and then Nxe5 after I move my knight). I know that I should not have taken the knight in move 13.

Could you please post analysis in the game viewer? I am really sorry that I don't know how to do it myself.

Thanks a lot.

Nobody here? Perhaps requesting for posting the game viewer was too much.  Then could you please just point out the bad moves without a game viewer?

That game was funny, black blundered so much

Thanks a lot Clavius. 

Now, if instead of 7....Bb4 I played 7....Bb6, then, if my opponent plays d5, threatening my knight, where should I move it to? What will the possible move sequences thereafter?

Thanks a lot again.

I may have a lower rating that you, but if I may say so, I think that boxing your king-side castled king with your queen and rook with an open h file which is being controlled by white's rook and a queen not far from checkmate was a very bad idea and your worst mistake. Next, during the opening, after you accepted Evan's Gambit, the better move for your bishop instead of c5, would've been e7 in my opinion to make your bishop flexible where it could easily move to attack or even defend on white or black's king or queen side. To add, in many analyses, Bc5 is generally not recommended for black. If you want to know the specifics, just search up Evan's Gambit on Youtube, and the video by jrobichess is very helpful and informative. Lastly, I don't believe that trading the bishop for the pinned knight was necessary. Though I don't know your motives for that specific move, I think that preserving that pin and capatilizing on the fact that one of his knights is imobilized may have benefited your game greatly. I hoped this helped! 

Thanks atticus. But, in my OP, I admitted that taking the knight was a mistake. (I hope that I will never ever do such blunders now onwards )

Trading the bishop for the knight was indeed a mistake which I regretted just after making the move. Actually, I was  expecting a3 (threatening my bishop) by my opponent then.

Now, if I play Be7 instead of Bc5 as you suggested, don't you think that d5 will be adding a lot of pressure as I couldn't then play Ne7 and Na4 and Nb1 looks bad.

Your problems in this game stemmed right from the opening. on move 4 he plays this b4 move sacrificing a pawn.  However after move 8 he has more than compensation for it.

4. after b4 much better would've been just moving back to Bb6.  This puts your really nice dark squared bishop on a good diagonal eyeing his weak f2 pawn.  This leaves an odd looking pawn on b4 and he will eventually push his d pawn leaving a really weak square on c3.

Taking the pawn wasn't horrible though.  But after c3 I would've just played be7 to prevent the pawn from further being harrassed so you can continue to develop.

7. now on move 7 he has 2 strong central pawns and he is still harrassing your bishop which you decide to move a 3rd time playing bb4+?  He then develops his knight and you trade his knight which is doing nothing and is pinned to his king for your bishop which would be a useful piece.  This was a horrible exchange and you just help him develop his other bishop.

9. now after Bxd2 he has 3 minor pieces developed and 2 very strong central pawns. you have one knight developed and no good way to challenge the center at this point.  This is more than compensation for that pawn.

11. look at your position after his 11th move.  you have absolutely no center and nothing developed.  Is it a shocker to you that you lost? lol.  castling was probably your best move at this point.  getting your king out of the center since you are so far behind in development.

13.  taking the knight was obviously a mistake opening up the h file for his rook.  At this point your position seemscompletely lost. I would've just played e6 freeing my light squared bishop and giving my knight a square to go to

15. f6?? this was the move that lost the game. why would you open up the diagonal to your king, not to mention that you hang the knight.  re8 was better giving your king an escape square. and I think you could have held it.  

I'm not a master by any means, but that was just my take on the game.  Hope it helped.

Thanks mattyf9

To answer your question, if 7...Bb6  8.d5 then 8...Na5 to chase the Bc4 is ok. What might then follow could be 9.Bd3 Nf6 (continuing development) 10.Nc3 d6  11.O-O O-O and Black is fine due to White's backward e-pawn on an open file making a good target and his king is now secure.

HUGE BLUNDERS!!!!

Yeah, I think your worst move was certainly taking the knight and opening up the h-file.  The fishing pole trap is very common!

And what others are saying about Bc5 not being great in the evans gambit is true.  I do, however, disagree with Be7 being better.  Best is Ba5, keeping the pressure on white's position. I'll play an unrated evan's gambit with you, if you'd like!

ok

yes it seems your problems all stemmed just because of the idea of b5 kicking the knight and losing the e pawn.  Review opening principles again.

@kenpo: I was responding to atticus_raven :)

That would be pretty fun mottsauce :D

Sorry, I wasn't sure who you were talking to :P