Analyze with me!
In the game below the fold, at what point did White (me) cinch the win, and was there ever a point at which I was just toast?
My 26th move is tricky because of Black's eventual threat of Qf4 into Qd2. My 21st move also feels very LAGgy (loose-aggressive), to borrow poker terminology.
[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matt B."]
[Black "Carlos C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 h6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ng4 Bxf4 13. exf4 Na5 14. b4 Nc4 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. g3 Na3 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. g4 Nd7 19. h4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 f6 21. g5 fxg5 22. O-O-O gxh4 23. Rdg1 Rf7 24. Qh5 Kf8 25. Rxh4 Rxf2 26. Qg6 Qf7 27. Qh7 Qg8 28. Rxh6 Qxh7 29. Rxh7 Ke8 30. Rgxg7 Rd8 31. Rh8+ Rf8 32. Bg6# 1-0