Dave (from the UK) wrote:
wrote:

http://likesforests.blogspot.com/

http://www.drkirkby.co.uk/chess/MyChessViewer/

I like the mini-board on yours. I'm using a blog because it's free and
avoids web design. I looked at one of your recent games, dated 8/8/2006
(g8wrb-jjeanjean).

With 19...Nxd4, your opponent made his pieces sitting ducks along the
a1-h8 diagonal. Bf6 was a logical follow-up, and you saw that, but you
played 20.Nb6+ instead.

You wrote, "I intend Bf6, but need to avoid Nxc2 which threatens my
Rook. So I move my knight and call check". How does Nb6+ avoid Nxc2? As
you see, he plays that a couple turns later anyway. All Nb6+ achieves
is to move your knight into danger. If your opponent had replied
20...Kb6 you would have lost your nice fork.

On move 24, you wrote: "Black should have played 24...Rxb6 to win the
knight". You just played 24.Be5+, so he had to escape check... he
couldn't play Rxb6.