I think the real turning point of the game was when Epistatis moved the queen to b7. I tried f4 in the opening because I initially wanted control of the g6 square if Epistatis brought his knight out. When I was playing this game, I kept forgetting about the threat from the a7 pawn.
Not so much a "turning point" as an unfortunate choice.
I thought the board was fairly even until then
Good Game, you played very well.
"I thought the board was fairly even until then"
I think it all started with a weakness of the light squares for black, continued with leaving your strong knight alone instead of exchanging it, then moving the queen somewhere where it does nothing, being completely passive and also leaving your strong queen instead of exchanging it, rather going with the rook in a pin for no reason, not retreating the bishop just allowing you to take it, moving the king in the wrong direction where it is unsafe, leaving both rooks pretty much unguarded and uncoordinated. There is a lot that came together. It has few to do with "only the queen move". More like a suicidal game, waiting for you to kill him...
"I thought the board was fairly even until then"
I think it all started with a weakness of the light squares for black, continued with leaving your strong knight alone instead of exchanging it, then moving the queen somewhere where it does nothing, being completely passive and also leaving your strong queen instead of exchanging it, rather going with the rook in a pin for no reason, not retreating the bishop just allowing you to take it, moving the king in the wrong direction where it is unsafe, leaving both rooks pretty much unguarded and uncoordinated. There is a lot that came together. It has few to do with "only the queen move". More like a suicidal game, waiting for you to kill him...
"Bla Bla" but good game that is it
The turning point lies earlier: 17..Ng6. Nd5 is much better placed than Ng6, so black should have traded 17...Nxd5.
good game
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