We need more amateurs to post their annotated games.

i will soon!

piravi:  When I put this game into an engine, it doesn't have white has having a bad position up until f3. Before f3, it has both sides as being equal.  

@inmaniac: maybe, i don't know. i thought i had a good positon with a strong knight in the centre. i thought white would struggle to drive away the knight from the centre and that i can build around it (I am not as good as the engine though)

in this game I didn't follow any theoretic line, in the last week, i recolected all the openings I played against and tried to find 2-3 mobves in advance...of course I can't play so many games to cover everything, so as the GM's say becomes a jungle pretty soon or the amateur. So, I started to play pushing pawns forward like in a pawn war mini game and at first interact with my oponnent plans, and when the ocassion works try to get advantage.

In the end, I ended up with the bishop pair + a rook.

Hope you like it

Here's another game, although unfortunately no one analyses my games

A game won by a happy accident.

2.d3 is not a good move. After d takes e, white loses his advantage.

If he captures back with the pawn, you can take his queen. He will have to recapture with his king, resulting in a king stuck in the middle of the board (castling is not allowed anymore).

In any other continuation, white will be just a pawn down.

(Interesting detail: I put this position in rybka, and with best play from white, it will be game over after 57 moves )

here is one on a longer time controll with my notes from the game as well as post mortem analysis

Thanks for your comment.  In future I will go for the pawn Queen exchange straight away if this crops up.  Still working on my openings, really appreciate any tips, thanks.

ok i dont know how to show game plays like everyone else but here goes

20 minute game

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g4 h6 5. Nd5 d6 6. b3 Be6 7.Nf6x+ gf6x 8.Bb5 a6 9. Bc6x+ c6 10. Rg1 Bg4x 12. Qd3 Bf3x 13. Rg8x Bh5 14. Rf9+ Kf8X 15.e5x e5x 16. Qd8+ Rd8x 17. Bh6x+ Ke7 18.Rd1 Rd1#

Here's a great guide to posting your games by BadGambit http://www.chess.com/forum/view/help-support/a-guide-to-posting-your-games-on-chesscom  

Any comments on this game then.  I hope I have given a bit of thinking into my moves.  I was black and lost.  I also have shown some alternative moves that were considered. 

any comments on the game in post 432

jetfighter13 here is my analysis although others may think a bit different.  I think your opponents move on 12 b5 is a bad move.  It weakens the pawn structure on that side.  It does attack your queen but there is nothing backing it up, enabling you eventually to gain a pawn. 

As noted I think some of his king side pawn moves made little sense. 18 g6 and 19 f5 leaves the king exposed. 

Overall I don't understand why your opponent just traded the rook when he was down in material. 

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Here's a recent game that I played. It's quite interesting.

There is nothing wrong with 1 g3 it does not deserve a ?!.  2. b3 white is just playing a hyper modern opening nothing wrong with it.  White can even play a hippo setup