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1.d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 b6
6. f3 Ba6
7. e4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Na5
9. Qe2 Qc8
10. Nh3 c5
11. d5 e5
((12. f4 d6 13. fxe5 dxe5))
I don’t see the danger here yet. You’ll be able to make a protected passer, sure, but I think it’s overextended. I don’t see it marching anywhere anytime soon.
1.d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 b6
6. f3 Ba6
7. e4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Na5
9. Qe2 Qc8
10. Nh3 c5
11. d5 e5
12. f4 d6
13. OO
There is danger (for both sides), but the d-pawn is not the threat (yet!)
First, let me say thank you for playing this game against me. When I got married last year, life got too hectic for chess, and like most habits, when you stop it’s hard to get started again. Because of this game, I showed up at my local chess club, and ended up beating a player rated 150 point higher than me! So I now have the highest rating I’ve ever had! I’ll show you that game in a separate post.
1.d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 b6
6. f3 Ba6
7. e4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Na5
9. Qe2 Qc8
10. Nh3 c5
11. d5 e5
12. f4 d6
13. OO
13…Nb3 ((14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rfxc1 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4))
In the very first moves of the game, I said I have to attack the light squares and control the dark squares- that is, I want my pawns on the dark squares. So I’ve taken my “knight on the rim”, as they call it, and traded it for White’s good bishop Then I’ve tried to undermine the control of the White’s light squares by swapping queens. If glee refuses the trade, the queen will have trouble finding a good place to go. So assuming he trades, we’re not good bishop-bad bishop with White getting compensation in his extra space and open files for his rooks.
My goal will thus be to crack open files for my rooks and eventually just attack the pawns while he defends them.
Here’s the other game I won today:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Qc2 b6 13.e5 e6
14.Rfc1 Bb7 15.Ng3 Rac8 16.Ne4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Bd5 18.Nd6 Bxc4 19.Rb4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxc8 b5 22.Nxa7 Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Qe7 24.Rxc4
bxc4 25.Qxc4 Bd6 26.Nc8 Qd7 27.Nxd6 Qxd6 28.Bc5 *
Quite the hiding. You were a bit ring-rusty last time I saw you. 
Just a note… One can copy the moves from the form:
1.d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
…and paste that into the Box below the Absorb FEN/PGN button at Chess Board Editor - Apronus.com. Click the Absorb button and you have that game.
CAUTION: If you enter moves the site doesn’t understand (OO rather than O-O for castling, for example) those moves are ignored. Since one side will often castle immediately after the other, the game will simply continue with both sides uncastled.
Example:
1.Nf3 Nf6
2.g3 g6
3.Bg2 Bg7
4.OO OO
5.Nc3 Nc6
Illegal moves will throw a warning, but the above example is a PITA.
I made sure the castles were accurate!
Glee Chessic Sense
1.d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 b6
6. f3 Ba6
7. e4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Na5
9. Qe2 Qc8
10. Nh3 c5
11. d5 e5
12. f4 d6
13. OO Nb3
14. Rb1 Nxc1
15. Raxc1
(if 15. … Qg4 16. Rf3)
Ah, now I would have described your Knight on a5 as “A thing of beauty and a joy forever.”
Although any knight has less choice on edge of the board, in this game your knight was very safely placed and attacking my weak pawn.
As it’s wasn’t clear how good by bishop on c1 was going to be, I would have kept the knight on the board!
I’m delighted that your thirst for chess has been reawakened. 
(The game you give was exciting, but Black just went too far by playing Nxe5…)
GAME …through move 15 (assuming move 14 for chessic sense) and amending move 15. for glee to R"B"xc1.
OK, glee, I’m going to ask for help here. I’m looking at:
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Qg4
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- Rf3 Nh5
- Rcf1 exf4
- Nxf4 Nxf4
- Rxf4 Qxe2
- Bxe2 f6
- Bh5+ Ke7
- Be2 *
…which leaves me with two underdeveloped rooks but solid pawns and a nice-looking bishop to attack your three islands. I can’t tell who’s wining this position.
I also see…
- Rbxc1 Qg4
- Rf3 Nh5
- fxe5 dxe5
- Rf5
…where I’m losing a pawn to the zwischenzug Rxe5!. So what if I try to put my queen on a4? Well, you just calmly play Bc2 and I’m kept out.
So here’s what I’m thinking: I need to castle. Queenside would be better since you already have three pieces and an advanced pawn on the kingside along with an easily opened file. I’m in a space crunch, but my pawns are healthier, so if I can trade knights and/or queens, I’ll be better off. If I can restrict your pieces, that’d be good, too. But how do I fight on the f file after the pawn trade?
I hope this isn’t going too far…
I’ve linked the spurs that CS is asking about separately, within the quote.
I’m also including a clean, linked moves list with no move after RxN.
Righty ho!
After 20. Bxe2 f6, you’re fine.
Although I’m ahead in development, my rooks have no way in, my bishop is blocked and my c4 and e4 pawns are weak.
I’d much rather be Black in this position.
Yes - well spotted on Rf5! when I’m a comfortable pawn ahead.
And note that if you play … Qg4, but don’t play … Nh5, I have the idea of f5 and Qe3, trying to trap your Queen.
If 15. … Qd7, I can consider 16. a4.
This prepares a5, giving me pawn levers on both sides of the board.
(If 16. … Qxa4 17. Ra1 wins a piece.)
Well that’s a lot to reply to!
I agree you need to link your rooks (although in a blocked position like this, you can often get away with ideas like sending your king to c7.)
Castling K-side is risking a big attack - whether I play fxe5 and use the f-file; or f5 and g4 with a pawn storm.
Castling Q-side is safer - but I do have the a4-a5 idea…
Of course you’d like to trade Knights and Queens. (Sometimes you get kibitzers who say “Just exchange pieces” - but they don’t tell you how. :smack: )
At present you have no hope of competing on the f-file. But I don’t have an immediate breakthrough there either.
Hope this helps…
That’s really helpful, especially for spectators without easy access to a board.
Thanks! 
1.d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 b6
6. f3 Ba6
7. e4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Na5
9. Qe2 Qc8
10. Nh3 c5
11. d5 e5
12. f4 d6
13. O-O Nb3
14. Rb1 Nxc1
15. Rbxc1
…Qd7.
I’m preparing to castle queenside and use my pawns as fighting pieces. My near-term goal is to find a way to make your bishop permanently bad. As it is now, the threat of fxe, making a passer, is still dangerous, so I want my queen where she can stop that threat the best.
Here’s another interesting game from last Friday. At move 61, we both have under 5 minutes on our clocks and we’ve been at the board for almost 5 hours already. I stopped recording, so the moves aren’t perfect after that. No one hung any pieces, for example. I did win a pawn when he realized my knight had outmaneuvered his bishop and it couldn’t give either possible check safely.
I like how my queen goes to d3 three times in the middle game and later, it combines with my other pieces to protect my exposed king from all fronts.
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 b6
3. Nc3 Bb7
4. Nf3 e6
5. Bg5 Be7
6. Qd3 d6
7. e4 Nbd7
8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O e5
10. Be3 Ng4
11. Rfd1 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 Bf6
13. d5 g6
14. b4 Bg7
15. Rac1 Nf6
16. c5 Ng4
17. Qd3 Bh6
18. Rc2 bxc5
19. bxc5 a5
20. cxd6 cxd6
21. Nb5 Nf6
22. Nd2 Ba6
23. a4 Rb8
24. f3 Nd7
25. Nc4 Nc5
26. Qa3 Bxb5
27. axb5 a4
28. Nxd6 Nb3
29. Nc4 Nd4
30. Rb2 Nxb5
31. Qd3 Nd4
32. Rdb1 Rxb2
33. Rxb2 Qa8
34. Ra2 Qa7
35. Kf1 Rc8
36. Bd1 Qe7
37. Rxa4 Qh4
38. Nxe5 Qxh2
39. Ng4 Qh1+
40. Kf2 Bg7
41. Rxd4 h5
42. Ne3 Be5
43. Rc4 Rb8
44. d6 Bf6
45. Qd2 Bh4+
46. Ke2 Qg1
47. d7 Kh7
48. Rc8 Qf2+
49. Kd3 Qg3
50. Rxb8 Qxb8
51. Nc4 Qb5
52. Qc3 Qxd7+
53. Qd4 Qb7
54. Qb6 Qe7
55. Qd6 Qa7
56. Bb3 Qg1
57. Ne3 Qb1+
58. Bc2 Qb5+
59. Nc4 Qe8
60. Qd5 Qe7
61. Nd6 f6
62. Qb7 Qxb7
63. Nxb7 Kh6
64. Nc5 Kg7
65. Ke3 Bg3
66. Nd3 Kh6
67. f4 Kg7
68. Kf3 Bh4
69. f5 g5
70. g3 g4+
71. Kg2 Bg5
72. Nb4 Bh6
73. Nd5 Bg5
74. Bb3 h4
75. gxh4 Bxh4
76. Nc7 Kh6
77. Ne6 Be1
78. Bd1 Kh5
79. Nc5 Bc3
80. Nd3 Bb4
81. Kg3 Bc3
82. Bxg4+ Kh6
83. Nb4 Bd4
84. Nd5 Bb2
85. Nc7 Be5+
Hope I got that right…