Actually, you could have exploited the discovered attack with 7. Nb5 (threatening Nc7) Qd8 (7...Qb6? 8. c5 Qd8) 8. Nxa3, winning a pawn and forcing back the queen. For some reason Rybka favors 7. bxa3, though.
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Eebster wrote:
Actually, you could have exploited the discovered attack with 7. Nb5 (threatening Nc7) Qd8 (7...Qb6? 8. c5 Qd8) 8. Nxa3, winning a pawn and forcing back the queen. For some reason Rybka favors 7. bxa3, though.
Oh... Your right I could have exploited the discovered attack...oops. Thanks!
14.Bxc3 was a mistake because you gave an escape route to the previously trapped night (14...Nf4 and then either capture on d3 or retreat to g6). A better move would have been 14.Qxc3 and then taking the trapped the knight.
Working together, you and your opponent were able to get him mated in 23 moves. 
You need stronger competition.
I thought you did a pretty good job discussing the game, but you left without comment one of your opponent's largest errors. (And if what there is to learn from this game comes from studying your opponent's moves, they are a lesson in what-not-to-do.)
I think Moves 17...f6? and 18...fxe5?? are absolutely terrible moves on his part. Maybe he's trying to open things up for his Queen but why? He is behind in development and his King is still in the center -- This is literally a Chapter One textbook moment (Vukovic's Art of Attack in Chess is the textbook I'm thinking of) for a mating attack. Your attacking chances are so ripe that this is a situation where you would want to look for pawn sac's (and even piece sacs) to open files and diagonals to get at his King -- but with 17...f6 and 18...fxe5 your opponent saves time and does the work for you.
Yeah, yeah I know that my opponent needed some work but this was fun all the same. As a result of black's lack of development, waisted tempos and more I was able to pull off a clean win. So what do you think?