My Game Against Wally??

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Hi everyone! So I had lost a few games to the 1800-rated bot Wally (he always plays those aggressive openings!). I finally was able to win--with the black pieces and on challenge mode--but he made some weird moves, in my opinion. I have copied the game below. On move 11, he moved his king so he could no longer castle. On move 13, he gave me a chance to take his queen (Botez gambit, anyone?). On move 28, he didn't take my rook when he easily could have. Those were all blunders in my opinion... but when I looked at the engine analysis afterwards, all three moves were shown as either "excellent" or "best." Am I missing something? And more importantly, did I play well, or did the bot "let me win?" Here's the game. Thank you everyone!!! [Event "Vs. Computer"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023-01-16"] [White "Wally"] [Black "violinman99"] [Result "0-1"] [Termination "violinman99 won by checkmate"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. Bxd5 Nxd5 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qf3 Nxf4 9. h4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Kd1? (now he can't castle!) h6 12. g3 Nd4 13. Nxf7 (Botez gambit!) Rxf7 14. Rf1 Nxf3 15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. h5 Bg4 17. Ne2 Nd4 18. Re1 Nxe2 19. d3 Rf3 20. hxg6 Rf6 21. Be3 Nf4+ 22. Kd2 Nxg6 23. Kc1 Rf3 24. a4 Qh4 25. Bd2 Raf8 26. Ra2 Rf1 27. b3 Rxe1+ 28. Kb2 (why not capture my rook?) Re2 29. Bc1 Nf4 30. Kb1 Qe1 31. a5 Kf7 32. a6 Nxd3 33. cxd3 Rxa2 34.Kxa2 Qxc1 35. d4 exd4 36. axb7 d3 37. e5 Ke6 38. b4 Kxe5 39. Kb3 Bd1+ 40. Ka2 Rf2# 0-1