instead of doing 13. e5, attack white pawn with rook. if queen white falls for it, you couldve lost a rook but gained a queen on the wite side.
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paulgottlieb,
Many thanks, your comments are both insightful and helpful. In particular, I now clearly see why 30. ...b5 was awful. It's the kind of positional and strategical thinking that I need to bring to my game.
Jason
grantski56,
Thanks for the reply. If I was to capture the pawn with the Rook as you suggest, Black could then capture the Rook with his Bishop. This would leave me an exhange down.
Jason
I think white missed the win with 15. Nd5!. For example: 15. Nd5 Nxc6, 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6, 17. Bxf6 Qxf6, 18. Bxc6 wins a piece.
I don't think you would be better if you haven't exchanged queens. White has more space, and can chose between say Rd1-d3-f3 or Kh2+Bh3 plans, and black position is cramped and he has but a few moves. All the authorities say in a cramped position exchange your pieces.
Final position is much better for white, because of: a) passed a pawn; b) more space for his pieces; c) he can open the position on king's side with f3-f4; d) black bishop is tied not only to the defence of d6 pawn, but also to e7 square f.e: 37... Bf8? 38. Rxc5 wins a pawn. All this, however, is due to uninspired play from move 27 onwards. Black just moved his pieces (what's the idea behind Kh6?) without a plan (if we don't count as plan b6-b5, which gave white a passed pawn and could have been played at once). I'm not sure if white's advantage is enough for a theoretical win, but in a OTB game it is much easier to convert such advantage to win than to defend black position. However, seeing how white played in this game, I think that the game would have ended as a draw.
Any advice, comments, on the this game is much appreciated. In particular, despite my last move, was this a position Black could win or even draw? If not, were there any key mistakes that led to a losing position?