The game featured an interesting idea in the French Winawer Variation for White.
The initial moves were
[Event "?"]
[Site "queenalice.com"]
[Date "2008.02.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scorpion Queen"]
[Black "Technical Draw"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 (probably not the most popular variation in this line) 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Bd3!?
This is the idea, White sacrifices a pawn in compensation for better development and an attempt to exploit the poor position of Black's King side. Black is not too happy on the Queen side either and in some lines loses a tempo with b6 to protect the b7 pawn in case of Rb1
However, the compensation seems just about enough with correct defence.
10...c4 11. Be2 Qxc2 12. O-O Qg6 13. Qf4 Qf5 14. Qg3 Qg6 15. Bd1 Bd7 16. Qf4 Qf5 17. Qh4 Nbc6 18. Rc1 h5?!
This was perhaps unecessary. Black could have considered 18...Qg6 and after 19.Bc2 Nf5 20.Qf4 and now 20...h5
The move 21.Rb1 which is suggested by some Chess Engines actually seems to be inaccurate due to the trick 21...Nfxd4! 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Qxc2 24.Rxb7 Be8 25.Rc1 Qg6 White's attack and compensation for the pawn has been extinguished
Position after 25...Qg6 in the analysis variation
White should probably try 21.h3 which is a suggestion of my friend Eyal who is extremely helpful with analysis and with whom I had the honor of drawing a game in an interesting Consultation Team battle which I will post soon.
After 21.h3 Nce7 22.Qh2 h4 White has the move 23.Bf4!
This move eluded me earlier as the idea is not obvious but now g4 is a serious threat and on hxg3 White can play fxg3 when g4 is a threat again, this means Black has to retreat his Queen by Qh7 to unpin the Knight on f5 so White retains the advantage it seems.
However this is a very complicated line and there may be improvements.
Going back to the game White continued
19. h3 Ng6 20. Qg3 h4? 21. Qh2 Nge7 22. Bg5 now the h pawn falls and White is well on top with a winning advantage 22...Qh7 23. Nxh4 g6 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. Nf3 Qh6 26. Ng5 (here perhaps Bg5 was stronger) Nf5 27. Qf4 Ke8 28. g4 Nce7 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 1-0
