Blunder was right move
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after 36. .. hxg6, white can just play nf1 with the intention of going to ne3 next move. If .. f4 then qxe4 looks like white can stop the promotion. This is just a case of inaccurate play from white.
Looking at it from the other side, I can see that he should have played Qb5.
hey arrowplay, it looked like a blunder but i think not. if i were playing your game, i would have done the same thing. i have played guys who sacrificed more pieces than you did and they beat me black and blue in the end game. i think your opponent became overconfident when he took your queen's panties. many players do so. i say good theory and brilliant execution. congratulations.
In this game both my opponent and I thought that I had blundered by trading my queen and a rook for two rooks and a pawn at the center of the board. Even though my bishop was trapped and lost, it was almost impossible for me not to discover a strong attack that overwhelmed him. Very good game at this level. If only I had seen it, then I would have much higher rating.
When White played 25. h4, I replied by taking his pawn, setting off an exchange that looked bad for me. It went Rxd5. 26. Rxd5 Qxd5, followed by 27. Rxd5 and Rxd5.
My opponent then made a comment about me having a "strange plan". With his pawn push to h5, it looked as if my bishop, too, was lost. I thought about resigning, but decided to fight on. Almost immediately my position looked unstoppable.
A good lesson illustrating the strength of having the center.
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[White "stoofvlees_friet"]
[Black "Arrowplay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1333"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[TimeControl "15|0"]
[Termination "Arrowplay won by resignation"]
1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bb4 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Nxc3 b5
11.Bb3 b4 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.d5 c5 15.Ba4 Ne5 16.Qe2 Qd6 17.Rad1 f5 18.b3 Rac8 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qe2 c4
21.Rd4 a5 22.Bb5 c3 23.Rfd1 Rc5 24.Ba4 Rd8 25.h4 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.h5 Rd2 29.Qe1 Rxc2 30.hxg6 hxg6
31.Qd1 Rd2 32.Qf1 Nd3 33.Qb1 c2 34.Qxc2 Rxc2 35.Kh2 Rxa2 36.Nf1 Rxf2 37.Ne3 Ra2 38.Nc4 Rxa4 39.bxa4 b3 40.Kg3 b2
41.Nxb2 Nxb2 42.Kf2 Nxa4 43.Ke3 Nc3 0-1