Help with game analysis

Can someone please help me analyse this game Game 13746944 ?

Looking over the game I think my opponents moves 17. a3 & 22. h3, helped gain me the initiative. Would my Queen side push have succeeded against alternatives ?

@trekkie said
Can someone please help me analyse this game Game 13746944 ?

Looking over the game I think my opponents moves 17. a3 & 22. h3, helped gain me the initiative. Would my Queen side push have succeeded against alternatives ?

I would say your opponent's 15.cxd5 was his first major blunder. All it did was activate your white bishop making it a very good bishop.

I have no idea why he traded his central knight just to let you get a rook lift, he obviously did not take your f6 knight.

He did nothing to fix his bad black bishop but traded queens with you instead.

Then your opponent decided to let you take his bishop with a pawn. That did not make much sense.

You did an excellent job of taking advantage of your opponent's bad play.

@Eladar Thanks

After 21.... c4 from what i can see White's bishop can't be defended. If

22 Bxc4 Bxc4
23 Rxc4 !? leads to checkmate with 23 ... Rd1

At the time I thought 22 Bxc4 was bad for white but I had know idea of what would be better. I am trying to improve my understanding so i can improve my game

@trekkie

10. ... Qe7 is an error that loses a pawn to 11. cxd5 exposing a rook attack on the now undefended c pawn.

After 11. Ne5 Rad8 as in the game 12. cxd5 still works against the c7 pawn but there is another more deadly line possible although not absolutely forced:

@ragwort said
@trekkie

10. ... Qe7 is an error that loses a pawn to 11. cxd5 exposing a rook attack on the now undefended c pawn.

After 11. Ne5 Rad8 as in the game 12. cxd5 still works against the c7 pawn but there is another more deadly line possible although not absolutely forced:
[pgn]
[FEN "3r1rk1/pbpnqppp/1p2pn2/3pN1B1/2PP4/2RBP3/PP3PPP/3Q1RK1 w - - 3 12"]
12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. ...[text shortened]... Kh8 19. Rh3 g6 {and now the neat wrap up!} 20. Bxg6 Kg8 21. Bh7 Kh8 22. Bg8 Kxg8 23. Qh7 1-0 [/pgn]

@trekkie said
Can someone please help me analyse this game Game 13746944 ?

Looking over the game I think my opponents moves 17. a3 & 22. h3, helped gain me the initiative. Would my Queen side push have succeeded against alternatives ?

Thanks everyone. Given me a lot to think about

@trekkie said
@Eladar Thanks

After 21.... c4 from what i can see White's bishop can't be defended. If

22 Bxc4 Bxc4
23 Rxc4 !? leads to checkmate with 23 ... Rd1

At the time I thought 22 Bxc4 was bad for white but I had know idea of what would be better. I am trying to improve my understanding so i can improve my game

@KingMe

Bc2?

But at this point white is in a bad place. He needs to open some space for his king.

I was thinking Be2 to keep black tied down to defending c4. Something like 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Be5 f6 24. Bc3 which would end up looking like below