I was black in this game. I had a good position but had to offer draw because I had little time left.
My main plan was to deliver a kingside attack and avoided the trading of pieces, since he played a few slow moves.
A few improvements I could think of:
20. ... Ne6 instead of Ne4, since I can still push f5 and avoid trading of pieces
I also missed that 26. ...e3 could be played!
And I missed 27. ...g4! I was low on time (~ 3min) before the time cut at 30 moves.
Thanks in advance!
Great game!
My guess is that since you employed the French in this one, you don't often meet exd5. You handled it very well, and White definitely left something to be desired. Be3? h3? Nc3? These were all strange decisions by White in the opening. Probably avoiding your preparation, but even then not knowing what to do. I think you were focused in on opening the kingside too early to see that your Rooks were spectators very early on. General as it may seem, you probably could have gotten a much more favorable position if you had thought about ways to activate them first. Maybe a plan like b5, a5, and Ba6 at some point could have been a way to go about. It makes sense to want to punish your opponent for many inaccuracies, but I don't see anything that you can immediately do. Another point I'd like to touch on is when you played 16. Ng5?? I can understand not wanting to trade it off, but his Bishop on e3 is worse than the knight on e2, and they're both worse than the Knight on e4. So allowing Bxg5, (Which I know why it was not played,) is not advantageous. In fact, it allows White to obtain an equal position. Another decision that I think breaks strategic principles was your decision to play dxe4, rather than Bxe4. I know that concrete variations outweigh generalities more often, but entombing your bishop on h7 seems strange. Bishops need open diagonals. dxe4 closes its diagonal. To save a bit of time, I would have snapped Bxe4 off in a blink. the final moment to touch on was your decision to play Rd8. You played f5, g5, g4, and Qg7 with clear intentions of attacking on the Kingside, so you should open the kingside. g4 is intended break. If your opponent was ALSO in time pressure, you can snap this move off in a blink as well even if it's tactically unsound. g4 is not a move anyone would want to see because you're threatening to open the White king, and then White could resign after that. In the eyes of a computer, maybe it's good, maybe it isn't, but in the eyes of an opposing human in time pressure, it's definitely good based on the psychological side effects it will certainly have. Allowing Nd6 equalizes the game. If your pieces weren't much more active than White's, that Knight on d6 would secure an advantage for a while, and the only thing you'd have to think about is how to neutralize it, while White does whatever they want. The rest of the game is clearly just a bullet/blitz game. Tough result I imagine because your advantage was clear several times throughout the game, but this is Chess. I doubt that this game will determine the result of other games to come.
"had to offer draw because I had little time left"
What if he does not accept? It is weird to offer a draw in a won position.
Yes you missed 27...g4 and 28...g4. Your moves 27...Rd8, 28...b6 and 30...Rb8 stray away from your plan, but can be explained by your being short on time. What previous moves did you spend so much time on? If you are short on time, then it makes sense to stick to your plan.
What was the time control? Did not you have time to find 38...Qh3 or 39...Qh4 threathening ...Rg8 and ...Qh1#? Sometimes a quick move prolongs the win and a prolonged think leads to a quick win.