I dont see how any of those 3 are a huge difference maker in your game. But for me? Im playing ...Bc3 doubling the pawns, creating a weakness on c3-c4, and minimizing whites queenside pawn majority. Now you have ...Na5 taking advantage of the hole on c4. You can bring your rook to c8 adding more pressure.
Your move ...Bd6 doesn't do anything, and it allows white to play f3.
You always want your moves to do as many things as possible, and for your pieces to be as active as possible.
I am trying to better understand positions so that I can more easily develop a plan and identify candidate moves. This position has me confused. I see it as I have more kingside space and want to attack there, white wants to break on c4 and dissolve my center/undermine my space advantage and open the board up for white's bishop pair.
The computer loves Bxc3 almost a whole pawn better than what I played, Bd6. It also likes Ba5 as the second choice. During the game I dismissed the capture the doubled c-pawn seems to make the natural c4 pawn break easier. Bd6 feels like it is starting to use my kingside space to build something. I feel like I am fundamentally not understanding the strategy here as the computer is basically telling me to do the opposite of what I think the position is calling for. Can anyone help?