you are right
it seams that your opponent had a lot more better and stronger center than yours
but u won beautifully
thx for the game
OTB Reti -- a hypermodern ho-down
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way to bash up that engine 
RainbowRising wrote:
I agree 110% that e3 was the mistake. Perhaps you should analyse that and find blacks best move, and if he could continue the pressure and win.
Yeah, he deflates his own tires with e3 -- but it's not a normal blunder is it? I mean, what I like about this game is there's almost no tactical play in this game from top to bottom! It's not like e3 instantly loses lots of material. I think this game shows you that two class players (we're both provisionally rated, but I'm guessing we're b players) can play a game in which strategy, not tactics, is the decisive factor. We can quibble and say e3 is a tactical point. Ok, yes some vision of where the tactical opportunities are would keep you from making that move... but really, when people talk tactics they generally mean combinations and material winning manuvers, material losing oversights. e3 isn't that kind move. The mistakes in this game are misplaced pieces and lost tempi and over-extended pawns and in the case of e3 an impatient release of pressure. (e3 is like a patzer check but against a piece -- He kicks my bishop *ouch*-- but in reality all that Bishop really wants to do is move -- to b4. Black's correct move, as verified by engine analysis, was the exact opposite: a5 preventing Bb4!)
*Edit*
Ok. So Ive been letting my chess engines chew on the position at 18.f3...and it's seems clear that at engine level play (not sure how relevant that really is for most us!) the position is unclear. Black hangs on to razor's edge initiative and White bobs and weaves and counter punches.
Here's Stockfish v stockfish analysis -- decisively indecisive -- but not drawish! I think its interesting difficult chess. Wish I could play like that 
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Speaking of theory... does anyone have recommendations for White against the advance variation of the Reti gambit?
This is from a local OTB tournament game. 30 minutes each. Don't let the move list scare you. This game ended at move 29 -- the last 40 some moves are me blitzing out the ending (successfully!) against my chess engine.
This game is classic Reti (although not terribly accurate at first) -- My opponent develops what appears to be a truly crushing advantage in the center -- only to see it crumble to dust, undermined from the flank. Comments welcome. I have no doubt there are improvements for both players, aplenty.
I hope you like the annotations.