[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moe."]
[Black "Bainbridge DeWeese"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qa4+ Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. b4 b5 16. Be2 a5 17. a3 Be5 18. O-O h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 axb4 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. Bxb5 Kd7 26. Nc4+ Kc7 27. Nxb2 Bxb5 28. Ra7+ Kb8 29. Ra5 Be2 30. Rd5 Nc6 31. Ra4 Rf8 32. Nd1 Bb5 33. Ra1 Nxb4 34. Rd6 h5 35. Rb6+ Kc7 36. Ra7+ 1-0

Around move #20 I saw the idea of trading off the b1 and a8 Rooks and then pinning the bishop to the king and trying to skewer the king to win the rook on h8. He then made the blunder by moving Kd7, but even if he played 25. ... Ke7. (25. ... Kf7 looks like it trades bishop and knight for bishop) then Nc4 looks rough for black.

After 21. ... Nxe5


After 25. Bxb5 which threatens the skewer the King with Ra8+:


Any further thoughts would be appreciated

Just like most games, it seems to me that your opponent gave you the game with 25 Kd7. It seems to me that he would have been much better off with 0-0 or moving the king to either e7 or f7. He was already supporting the bishop with his knight on e5.

If he would have exchanged rooks with you, 0-0 would not have allowed you to take his b5 pawn.


Moving the king into a discovered check with Kd7 is a huge blunder. You punished him accordingly.