Please analyze my game.

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I want to improve my skills. Feel free to show me my mistakes and give advice. Thanks. 🙂

on move 21, bh6 looks good.

Other than that, you seemed to do ok. You picked up a knight early on and then agressively swapped off. Your opponent didn't really try to hinder you.

I'm not sure about playing f5. I suppose you were thinking that your opponent would capture and then you be able to trade off a bunch more material. When that didn't happen, you'd given white a passed pawn and you had no need to.

Nice finish, though.

Phil.

25) .. f5? doesn't look good.
White could win the pawn with 26) xf6 (en passant)

Also on move 19 you could have played Bxe5 winning the pawn.

Adje.

Adje,
you are spot on. I will upgrade my opionion of f5 from 'not sure' to 'bad idea'

Phil.

I wonder about 5. ... exf3 ep. If you had left your pawn on e4 and supported it with d7-d5 or f7-f5 I think it could have been a real thorn in White's side and badly hindered any counter chances be may have got. As it was White didn't really put up much of a fight and did nothing to prevent you swapping off once you were a piece up.

29...Re4 pinning the Be3 & attacking e7 looks a bit stronger than Be4+ as you're cutting counterplay
30.Bd2 (or f2) would be the only feasable reply, then you can take on e7 which frees you up considerably.

Apart from that you played fine I think - going up & then exchanging down, creating structural problems on some of the exchanges such as 14...Nxd3.

You had an easily won game anyway & finished smartly 🙂

Thanks. 😉

play stronger opponents...this will dramatically improve your game although your rating might suffer.

Originally posted by aginis
play stronger opponents...this will dramatically improve your game although your rating might suffer.

If you really want to improve your game post a loss.