In Imitation of Q

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.02.23"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "carrobie,robbie"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2012.02.23"] [SourceDate "2012.02.23"] 1. e4 e6 {the idea is of course not to play the French defence, but to play the Queens Indian. We shall play in Hyper modern fashion. Personally i dont believe in the strong centre, we seek to control the centre and then undermine it with our pawns.} 2. Nf3 b6 {preparing our bishop on the long diagonal, where it naturally belongs.} 3. Nc3 {rather interestingly, white delays playing d4} Bb7 4. d3 {mmm, it appears logical that if white is going to create this pawn structure, his bishop would have been better on g3 and the kings knight on e2, its probably a matter of taste though and planning on playing f4.} Bb4 { why this move now and not ...Nf6? well, i dont want to give white the option of playing Bg5 which may occur after an immediate ...Nf6, my plan is to exchange the queens knight for my bishop and play ...d6, ...e5 and ...f5} 5. Bd2 Nf6 {are we afraid of e5, no way} 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 {and now we must challenge the centre} 8. a3 {there seems no point to exchange my bishop for whites queens knight now, the pawn structure has changed and thus my original plan has been abandoned in favour of another.} Be7 9. e5 {gaining space with tempo, but as every Frenchie knows, his pawn on f6 is welcomed with warm gloves!} Nfd7 10. d4 {ok, black now has pawn breaks at f6 and c5, good a strategy!} c5 11. Be3 {mmm, the bishop becomes a rather huge pawn} Ba6 {and this was my idea to swap off whites good bishop for my bad one. White can block it with Nb5 and a4, but i dont think the knight can be held on b5 for very long, anyhow, that didn't happen.} 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 {good, i have exchanged my rubbish bishop for a good one} 13. dxc5 {here i was faced with a dilemma, which piece to take with, but seeing the potential for a fork and after having been chastised in a previous discussion on the topic by people taking my comments out of context and other personal insults, I took towards the centre, cant say if its good or not. It certainly gives a greater central presence, but leaves the rook pawn isolated.} bxc5 14. Nb5 d4 15. Bf4 Qb6 {mmm, cant think why i played this move, i suppose it forces the defence of the night.} 16. a4 Nb4 {and now the night has an outpost and the annoying b5 knight can be kicked.} 17. b3 a6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 {exchanging my now rubbish bishop for an awesome knight!} 19. exd6 e5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxd6 22. Nc4 Qd8 {this was a woosie move, ...Qg6 was better, keeping the queen active, i suppose here it guards the squares of the knight, but what can the knight really do?} 23. Qd2 Re8 24. c3 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Qd4 {here ...Qd5 was also possible, maybe even better, but my idea is to create a passed pawn after a queen trade. Which is exactly what happens.} 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Rac1 d3 28. Rfd1 Re2 29. Ne3 {ouch this unfortunate move leaves black with all sorts of possibilities} d2 30. Rb1 Nd3 31. Kf1 {better here was ...Rxf2 and doubling rooks against the unprotected knight, but i decided to simplify to a winning ending.} Re1+ 32. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 33. Rxe1 Nxe1 34. Kxe1 Re8 {I cannot explain this move, dont know what i was thinking, in fact, i probably wasn't thinking, that's why i played it.} 35. Kd2 f5 {this is a horrendous move, one of those adrenalin infused moves one makes when one has two minutes left on the clock.} 36. Nc4 Rd8+ 37. Ke3 g6 38. h4 Rb8 {undermining the knight} 39. Kf4 Rxb3 40. Ne3 Rb4+ 41. Kg5 Rxa4 42. h5 {and here it appeared that the rook pawn cannot be caught} Rg4+ 43. Nxg4 fxg4 44. Kxg4 a5 45. Kf3 a4 46. hxg6 hxg6 *

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 {Great. I knew this existed but I know nothing about it.}
5. Nb5 {I know this is played.}
5... Qxe4+ 6. Be2 {Now I'm expectng 6...Qxg2 7.Bf3 and Nc7+ comes.} 6...Bb4+ {I have 7 ways to get out of this check. But after I have handled the check Black still needs to do something about Nc7+. For the sacced e-pawn I want a concession. Kd8 or him defending c7 with his Queen. So this rules out the automatic 7.c3 Ba5}
7. Bd2 {Looks best and hides a trap. (Always go for the trap.)}
7... Qe5 {My concession, a Queen on an open file defending a pawn. I don't need or can ask for anything more. Apparently 7...Kd8 is the better move here.}
8. O-O {Re1 is coming, this sparks off a mini developing race.}
8... Nf6 {Will he make it?}
9. Re1 O-O {Black tucks the big out of the way just in time. But I get a free move.}
10. Bd3 Qxb2 {She is not gettig out of there alive.}
11. N1c3 Ne8 {Black was more worried about me playing Nxc7 than I was. This sets it's all up nicely for a neat finish.}
12. Rb1 Bxc3 {The Queen is lost so Black tries to make her as expensive as possible.}
13. Bxc3 Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qxa1 15. Bxa1 d6 {Look at those beautiful Bishops. Nothing is holding h7 but the that Knight on e8 is holding g7. Time for a three piece sac, check, check, Rook lift and mate.}
16. Nxc7 Nxc7 {That's the Knight pulled away from the Kingside. g7 now hangs.... Tally ho!}
17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 {The old double Bisheroo sacrifce.}
19... Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Re4 {The Rook lift mates.}
21... Bf5 22. Rh4+ Bh7 23. Qh6 {1-0 and not even a 'well done' or 'good game'.}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {If now Black chops the Bishop.}
7... Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Qe5 {Give me Queens defending pawns on an open board any day of the week.}
9. Nc4 {Hello Queenie....}
9... Qxb5 10. Nd6+ {Goodbye Queenie.....}