As white, i've been here, and what he's trying to do never worked out well for me. the plan is to unpin the knight by getting the queen to e3. that takes at least one move too long.

If the queen takes the bishop, I'll play Nd4 attacking the queen.

and the queen goes home. That's 3 wasted moves. for white.

this was a silly move by me. I suspect I thought the bishop on a4 was hung. GP would say that I need to have a good think.

still not quite sure where I'm going with this. Moving all these pawns this early seems imprudent. I'm lucky I was ahead in development. (And I do mean WAS)

discovers on the queen.

moves it back to where it started.

not too keen on this move by white, it forces my queen onto an open file, reconnects my rooks and puts my queen and d4 knight in unison.

saves the bishop, but this allows for some play which makes white quite unconfortable.

white can't take the g4 knight because then qh4 is checkmate. I pondered this move for a long time. I'm not sure what white's best response is here. pushing or capturing with the c pawn would pin my f pawn and activate his bishop.