Here's a game that just ended. It ended in a checkmate without struggle, as my opponent clearly didn't take more than a second or two to make a move. (I was blitzing too, but blitzing, not bulleting.) But my goal on this site is to understand the basic strategic ideas in chess, especially in the QP openings, and I did wonder about these in this game, and I want to ask about them. What I was thinking is in the pgn.
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bf8g7 3. Ng1f3 {I wouldn't mind this transposing to the KID.} c6 {Is this going to be some kind of Caro-Kann? I know nothing about it.} 4. c4 {I also have means to claim d5.} e6 5. Nb1c3 d5 6. Bc1g5 {Hoping for Nf6. If f6, my understanding is that he's weakened his kingside, and my bishop is going to the h2-b8 diagonal. If Bf6, I'm exchanging.} Bg7f6 7. Bg5xf6 {K.} Qd8xf6 8. e5 {I don't if this is a good move, but seeing my opponent making moves extremely quickly, I thought there was a chance for 8... Qf5 9.Bd3 Qg4 10.h3 Qxg2 11. Rh2.} Qf6d8 9. cxd5 {I think I needed to take here, because I felt that 1. I needed to open the c-file for my rook, and 2. if he took, my bishop would end up on c4, and I thought I would have to move it again because that wasn't were it belonged.} cxd5 10. Bf1d3 {Which is where I thought the bishop belonged. It has no business on e2, because black's DSB is blocked by a pawn so it won't be pinning my knight any time soon. And my bishop has a better view of the board from here.} Ng8e7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd1d2 {Here's the moment that scares my all the time. I have to connect my rooks so I have to put my queen somewhere. But where? There are so many squares! I chose this one because there's a mating threat in it, and it actually worked. But I have no idea how to choose the square in a strategically sound way.} Ne7c6 {I've no idea what this was for.} 13. Ra1c1 {I always try to do this. Open the c-file, put the rook on it. What to do with it next is a mistery.} Qd8a5 14. Qd2h6 {OK, let's see if he sees the threat.} Nc6b4 {No, he doesn't.} 15. Nf3g5 Rf8d8 16. Qh6xh7 Kg8f8 17. Qh7xf7 1-0
