[Event "2014 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 6"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2015.09.20"] [Round "-"] [White "An old friend"] [Black "michel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "CAN"] [WhiteElo "2014"] [WhiteRD "124"] [BlackElo "2377"] [BlackRD "63"] [GameID "387489"] 1. d4 { An old friend: Hello again. Best of luck! } 1... Nf6 { michel: Hi, good game. } 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O e5 9. e4 Be6 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nc5 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Qf1 Bd3 17. Qf2 Ng4 18. Qd4 f5 { An old friend: Got myself in a tangle. Well done! I'm not sure f4 is the right plan. } { michel: Me too. But 17.Qd1 is playable. } { An old friend: I think it is, yes. I'm not sure how to approach this opening. In principle White should be better but I'm not sure if 5.Qb3 is the most testing try for the advantage, and even if it is, if the idea of 9.e4 10.d5 11.exd5 is the right continuation of playing for the advantage. What do you think? Anyway, I hope I'll meet this variation again one day and explore it more. Best wishes for the rest of the tournament. Kajetan } { michel: The black queen is not worst in c8 and Qb3 do not help the g3 plan, wich is good, Michel } 0-1