18... Nxf3?! Not sure if that is good or not... however, as a general rule of thumb, avoid unclear sacrifices when you are up material ... before that move you were up a pawn and had the initiative, after that it is unclear.
20... b6? a blunder. you lose your bishop and the game ... bxf2+ saves the bishop... bxf3 might be even better
Hi Sicillian Hobbit! What time control are you playing at? Because the move I'm fixated on is your nh5. Forget the fact that its undefended, where is it going, what is it doing? There is just no logical idea there that I can see, the knight is more useful on f6 than on the rim. "Knights on the rim are dim" is a saying for beginners. I think what happend was you were playing at a quick time control and couldnt come up with a plan and more or less just made a move. Been there! So the pace was maybe too fast for you? H6 as Stavros suggested, and maybe a6 is ok too. Ne4 may not be good, but it should be looked at.
Thank you all for the input. I think the problem is that I am always going for the King straight from the opening...I need to be more patient. Time control was not an issue (90minutes)...I am not analyse enough, I think the clock is "annoying me" I am looking at it to see how much time I take for a move and if I am ahead on it.
Maybe I shouldnt have mentioned the clock, because it does take playing experience to get a feel for what an appropriate plan is. Thats something that will come naturally, and asking for help here on games will only help. But yeah, during the game, ask yourself what the plan behind a move your thinking of is. If the thought was that nh5 would help you attack the enemy king...I'm not seeing any scenarios there where thats true.
As far as improving at tactics, Chesstempo.com is like the tactics trainer here, except that the free account at chesstempo arguably has more/better features than a paid account here (as far as tactics). Its a lot of fun and will help. The initial rating assigned to accounts is too high for most beginners, so you may get 6x in a row wrong until it starts giving you problems of the right strength. (One of the few flaws left in a beautiful set up over there.)
Hi all, I am learning chess and haven't played many games. I enjoyed the game that I have shared although the final suicide. At some point I had a good (?) position attacking the King; would you please help me analyse and comment? Is there any move/s that I could have played better or something that I have missed? Thank you for your help.