What a catastrophe! It was as if his Knight was as good as your queen! Thanks for posting, you can obviously see the funny side and we can all learn a lesson about complacency.
Defeat I can be ashamed of
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Actually, I was quite angry with myself when in move 26 I realised what I had done. If I had 25.Qxd8, black would have to choose between losing the other rook or capturing the queen
One thing you can do when you are waaay ahead on material (like a queen and 3 pawns in your game) is to think "what is my opponent's only hope" and then take that away from him. Since trading the queen for two rooks at move 26 still leaves you way ahead and also takes away his only hope, it's a good practical move.
One reason for the downfall in this game is that your rooks never got active. In essence, you were playing 2 pieces (Q and N) against 3 pieces (2R and N).
yea dont feel bad we all mess up every now and then. just remember to always ask yourself what are my options. thats what always helps me when i play.
Ouch... Yeah move 25 was where you could have sealed the deal. 25.Qxd8 ...Nxd8 26. Nxg6 ... black resigns.
I can see how that threat would be hard to see at first. You probably should have dealt with the threat of the doubled rooks as soon as it was shown. Nothing looks wrong with 27. h4.
That was a really ugly game from both sides. You had several oppurtunities to take of his rook with your knight..why didn't you use them?
Your opponent could've also takes the pawn quite a few moves back and won..
I have had many a games where i was ashamed...its a learning process..these arnt grandmaster games...so happy learning.
The biggest mistake here was that I started winning and stopped thinking.