I could claim to have calculated this but instead I will give a more honest stream of consciousness. Recall that a neutron bomb kills people while leaving the furniture standing …
GuestARTI - GuestBLJL, FICS 2/12 game
1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, d6 3. d4, exd4 4. Nxd4, Bd7 5. c4,
I like to get this lock when Black gives me enough time, and then fianchetto the king’s bishop.
5…Nc6 6. Nc3, Nxd4 7. Qxd4, Qf6
Black has cleared out his queenside to castle his king safely on the quiet side of the board, and offers more exchanges. Safety first, and above all, don’t lose a miniature! Now as for my queen … with some general ideas about dark squares and fianchettoing the queen bishop, the right square just feels like …
8. Qd2, O-O-O
His queen on f6 is on a pretty good square actually, it stops me from playing g3 because of Qf3 (if I’d chosen a light square for my queen I would not have had that problem, maybe I picked the wrong square), so before he plays Ne7 I want to try
9. Nd5, Qe5
but now he’s attacking my e pawn. His queen has some good center squares but it seems rather far from the queenside.
10. Qa5
and I observed with some amusement that he’s finished. I was pleasantly surprised and I suppose he was surprised too.
10…Qxe4+ 11. Be2, b6 12. Qxa7, Bc6 13. Qxc7#