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25. Bb1
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Would accomplish nothing after 25...Qh6 (26. Qxd4 is possible, but the f4 or h4 pawn would soon be captured), and doesn't even defend the pawn, as will be shown. Better would be Ne2, defending f4 and attacking d4. (Trading those pawns would be advantageous for black.) |
 
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25... Bxf4
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I was thinking of the game continuation, but better play by white would have cut my advantage, as the next note will show. Better would be Qh6, planning to trade the d4 pawn for the h4 pawn. |
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26. Bxg6
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After 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxg6 hxg6 or 26...Qxg1 27. Rxg1 Rxf4 28. Rg4 Rxf3 29. Ke2 Nd8 30. Rxd4, black would only have a minor advantage. |
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26... Bxd2 27. Bd3
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Probably the best location for the bishop, with the possibility of Bc4 or Ba6. |
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27... Be3+
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Sometime in the next few moves I should have gotten my knight into the game with Nd6. |
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28. Kg2 Bxg1
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Trading my active bishop for white's passive knight was not worth the one pawn I should have won. |
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29. Rhxg1 Rxf3
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Hoping to take advantage of the discovered check, which I ended up doing. |
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30. Be2
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Attacking the bishop with Rac1 would have avoided losing material (30...Rxd3 ? 31. Rxc6 Rxa3? 32. Rxc7 and 33. Rxb7 is obviously no good for black) |
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30... Rxa3+
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If white had immediately forced the rook trade the game would have been drawish; I would have been better not winning material with something like Re3 . |
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31. Kh2
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Better would be protecting the bishop with Kf2, which would have forced the rook trade. |
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31... Re3
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Keeping the rooks on by attacking the bishop. |
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32. Ba6
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Finally black is forced to play Nd6. I don't think Bg4 is any better as a5 is fine for black. |
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32... Nd6 33. Rac1
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Better is Rgc1 since it leaves open the future possibility of Rxa7. |
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33... Rc3
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Better would have been trading the bishops instead with 33...Bb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5. The game shows how well the rook overmatched the knight, so my chances probably would have been better keeping the rooks on. The doubled pawns are also annoying for black. |
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34. Rxc3 dxc3 35. Rf1
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A waste of time with an easily spotted mate threat. White would be better to play Rc1 immediately, or even better, Bd3, after which would follow 35...Be4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 or 35...Bb5 36. Bc2. |
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35... g6
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I was thinking it would be better to move the king to Kg7 while also advancing the g pawn slightly, but moving the king laterally first with Kg8 may have been better. |
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36. Rc1
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Now Bd3 is not as good because the trade can take place on b5 instead since the bishop would be pinned. |
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36... Bb5
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The only way to avoid losing material. |
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37. Bxb5
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Also possible was 37. Rxc3 Bxa6 38. Rxc7, with Rxa7 to follow (the knight cannot stay on b5 without trapping the bishop since Bc8 would lose the bishop). |
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37... Nxb5 38. Kg3
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Better would be Kg2 to avoid the tactic described in the next move. |
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