Attacking a castled king.

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Hey All,                                                                                                         
I recently had a game where I made an early attack on a kingside castled position.  It required that I weaken my own kingside position and sacrifice my good bishop, plus I could not see a possible way for a guaranteed checkmate, but I did think that the most likely outcome would have put me in a superior position.  Now my opponent blundered in the attack giving me the game, so I guess it kinda worked.  My question is if he had not blundered would my attack have even been worth it?  Are the positional weaknesses created by my attack worth the weaknesses that I created in myself?
                                                 

7...h5.  Sets up my kingside attack by keeping my knight protected.  All he has to do to disrupt my attack is h3.  A move that both stops my plans and gives his king an escape later, so not even a weakening move on his side.  With that possibility in mind would I have been better off forgetting about attacking to focus on developing?  

8...bxh2+.  Since there is no guaranteed checkmate is sacrificing my good bishop worth it in this situation?  Am I really gaining a superior position worthy of sacrificing my good bishop like I think I am?

13...Qxg2.  I did think this was the most likely outcome from attacking his kingside position.  So I'm wondering if going for this position with the sacrifices I made worth it.  Or should I have just sat back and continued developing my queenside and take advantage of the fact that my opponent is a bit behind? 

 

Thanks for the input,  

 

Chris

Edit:  ...I apologize for the top section being centered.  Not sure how that happened and I don't see an option to change that.

MrAwEsOmE12

ummmmm i dont know....u played brilliantly though in that game setting up multiple checkmate possibilities

wuhw23

if he'd played re1,you'd play qh1 mate

AndyClifton

At first to tell the truth I didn't think much of it...but the more I looked the better things got (and all because of White's logjam development btw).  If nothing else, you've got perpetual check right now, and if he say tries to prevent that with 14 Nc3 then 14... Nd4 threatens mate in 1.  Then there's the comical 14 Rg1 Qe4+ 15 Kf1 Nh2#.