Annotated Chess Game 7866295 by lucifershammer

Some casual middlegame play rescued by a nice finish.

1. d4 Ng8f6 2. c4 c5
I've never played the Benoni before.
3. d5 g6 4. Ng1f3 Bf8g7
Perhaps 4... e6 was better.
5. Bc1g5 O-O 6. Nb1c3 a6 7. Qd1b3 d6 8. e4 Nb8d7 9. O-O-O
Opposite castled kings calls for a vigorous response.
9... Ra8b8 10. h4 b5 11. h5 Nf6xh5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bf1xb5 Bc8a6
Sharp play ensues. This calls for careful calculation.
14. g4 Nh5f6 15. Rd1e1 Nf6xg4 16. Rh1g1 Ng4xf2 17. Qb3c2 Ba6xb5 18. Nc3xb5 Nf2h3
Now Black goes a piece up.
19. Rg1h1 Nh3xg5 20. Nf3xg5 Rb8xb5 21. b3 Qd8a5 22. Ng5xh7 Rf8b8
Perhaps 22... Ra8 was better.
23. Re1e3 c4 24. Nh7g5 cxb3 25. Qc2f2
! Threatening Qxf7#
25... b2 26. Kc1b1
Stops the pawn march but traps the King.
26... Nd7f6
Defends the h7 square.
27. e5 dxe5 28. Re3xe5
?? Losing instantly. Now the a-file cannot be defended.