Is white down a pawn?

I do what I do and get away with it because the players here move fast
(I'm guilty of that as well but not as often as my opponents) also they
have a huge game load which encourages them to move even faster.

In that last game, here with Black to play. White has played 10.0-0-0.


I would have moved quick here and played 10...b5 within seconds.
Any attack on a King here, sound or unsound is usually a win. 10....b5 kicks it off.

And from the other side of the same game. (White to play).


White played 15.Qc3. Not a clever idea to line up your King and Queen
like this when Black will have Rc8 within one move. 15.g4 looks good.

I can see a Queen winning idea. Here Black to play.


The e4 pawn is bait you played 20...Qc5 intending to answer Qxe4 which covers c2 with Ba2+.

Here (Black to play)


You played 23...e3 Good. opening the Bf5 diagonal. I would have done that.
Open diagonals are more than pawns, especially a pawn that needs piece protection.

But here (Black to play)


You forgot why you played 23...e3. The open diagonal. You now played 27....Bh7?
How about 27...Rc8. Always look for a reason not to defend or retreat a piece.

For instance In that position after 27...Rc8 you would need to consider White
playing 28.Rxf5 Rxc3 29.bxc3 When White has a Rook on the f-file and a light
square Bishop. So f7 will fall. But a Queen v B & R with all those loose White
pawns and an exposed King means you can chomp a few pawns then look
for a way to sac the Queen for the R & B. Black should win that line.

Then here. Another attempt to win a Queen.


You played 29...Rc8 with the threat of b5 . You have just put a piece on an
unprotected square with a check in the position (I did that recently ).

White saw through your trap and played 30.b3 so when Black takes on f7 it is not a check.
You then played 30...b5 and it was you who had walked into a trap.

Me - docjan RHP 2019