good comeback in the french, advance variation.

Great game. Very nice opening and closing moves. Thanks!

This is not a good game.  You should have lost and lost badly.  There are so many correct defenses that leave black with a decisive advantage(such as 23. Kg7).  You got lucky but at least you finished strong.  Nice job not giving up.  Work on you tactics and don't bring your queen out early.

ouch, that hurts coming from you, champ. I am working on my tactics( the only thing I am working on) and plan to get better and make less mistakes.the reason i posted this game was because it felt more satisfying than a 'material advantage simplified into winning endgame' scenario because i thought I'd lost from the outset and I posted this just after playing. perhaps it was better suited for the 'game analysis' forum.

and you're right, 23...kg7 does ruin my plans entirely.