Can I get an exclamaviatch?

I understand if this is just basic tactics to you players over 1200, but this was the first time in recent memory I used some concrete calculation (albeit only a few moves) to win material, so I'm proud of it.  If it's too pedestrian for you, :-P

My opponent was so ticked, immediately after the game, he blocked me a posted a note on my profile: "uses program, stay away."  That's when I know I've done well.

Good game, KissMyRook - I think you played it well :-) . I'm just curious what time control you were playng? Nice of him to accuse you of cheating at the end, as well :-)

A couple of things I noticed though: 7..g6 seems to trap your opponent's Bishop against his own pawns. You can win material with 8.g4, although he will win 2 pawns for it and expose your King. Although, after 8.g4 Bxg4 9.hxg4 Nxg4, 10.Ng5 looks fairly nasty, double-attacking both the Black Knight & f7.

I think 26.Nf6+ would have been quite nice as well, because there you force him to give up the Dark-squared Bishop, which seriously weakens the dark squares around the King. Also, I'm not sure there is any good escape square for the Black Knight there either.

I saw the bishop trapped, but thought a net gain of one pawn was insufficient compensation for exposing my king, although after looking at your line, maybe I was wrong...that looks really bad for black.

The computer asked for 24. Nf6+ as well, but to be honest I didn't even consider it.  I thought that he would actually fall for the tactic and take the bishop.  This is another problem I need to solve - I can clearly see material gains and losses, but I'm unclear on positional things like weak color complexes.

Thanks for your input.

Nice game T!

Thanks.  My 6th grade teacher probably deserves all the credit.

Can't you play 27 Bxe5 right away?

Wow, yeah, I could have, didn't see that. Thanks for pointing it out!