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Originally Posted by Sholar
Nice, just saw this thread.
Edit--I was too slow to look at the game, I see Tex already mentioned everything, but at least I can remove the spoiler tags :-)
Opening was a little odd...forgetting about Ra2 stuff, I think earlier Bg5 leaves the bishop adrift.
Exchange sac seems a touch ambitious, but with the pawn, bishop pair, and central control there's reasonable compensation (20.Rxe4 with a safe edge for White sort of refutes the concept though). Following up with f5 might have been good, too, but things were going well as played (maybe some uncertainty about where to put the knight) until 28...d4 which seems like a mistake.
24.Nd4 would have been cute, too...Black probably should have avoided that.
Agree completely about 28...d4. I was getting pretty low on time at that point, and it was a very poor move. Things were ok until then. The problem with the whole exchange sac is I was having trouble finding play after that, more than "just defend the central pawns". Couldn't find much more to do after that since white was essentially without weaknesses.
And good find, 24. Nd4 would have been good. Houdini pointed that out, too.