[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.08.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Funny Dragon \"Perpetual\""] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B77"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "44"] [GameId "2078920160420974"] [EventDate "2024.08.15"] {[%evp 0,44,18,18,41,50,82,51,48,48,48,23,70,55,68,30,28,22,44,26,41,-2,21,27,40,-3,84,78,79,82,85,58,110,43,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 (10... h5) (10... Ne5) 11. Nxc6 $16 {Much rarer than 11.Bb3, but possibly better.} bxc6 (11... Rxc6) 12. h5 Be6 13. Bxe6 (13. h6 $5) 13... fxe6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bh6 (15. O-O-O) 15... Rf7 $2 16. Ne2 $2 (16. Bxg7 $142 $18) (16. Qg5 $142 $18) 16... Bxh6 $2 {Please don't take any of this as a serious attempt at analysis; again, it was me having fun moving the pieces around, playing impressionistically. Here, for instance, the capture was "played" because of the surprising idea that follows.} 17. Qxh6 {(?) This allows Black to force - well, not strictly force, but at least steer in the direction of - an unusual repetition. Repetitions against semi-trapped queens isn't unusual, but the way in which the queen is stuck is uncommon, and the Black queen's role in all of this adds to the rarity.} (17. Rxh6 $142 $18) 17... Rh7 18. Qxg6+ Rg7 19. Qh6 Qa5+ $1 {This takes g5 away from White's queen, so that she can't staircase her way out of trouble.} (19... Rh7 $2 20. Qg5+ Rg7 21. Qd2 {allows the queen to escape, and if Black regains the pawn it will probably come at an unacceptably great cost to his king.} Rxg2 22. O-O-O $18) 20. Nc3 (20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rxg2 $11) (20. b4 Qxb4+ 21. c3 Qb2 $15) 20... Rh7 21. Qg6+ Rg7 22. Qh6 Rh7 $11 *