My intention was to write something of an introduction as JMack recently invited me to join this group, but I was unable to see how to contribute as an original post.  The game in question brings up the problem of d4 openings.  I know I'm much more comfortable responding to e4.    There's a series of book published by EVERYMAN CHESS, the Starting Out series that I have found to be better for people of our level then most books.  Chris Ward wrote the Nimzo-Indian book and John Emms wrote the Queen's Indian book.  They make lots of sense, but essentially the defense seems to hunker down on the sixth rank, not taking a very strong stand on the fifth.  The Slav responds to d4 with d5 with the attention of playing c6 very soon.  AT my level these would be modern defenses when I don't immediately contest the middle don't hold up very well.  By the sam token I've tried to develop the Sicilian as a response to e4.  But again I seem to end up defending from the 6th rank instead of the 5th and tend to get crushed.

I tend to like theory, opening books are appealing, but I'm frequently sloppy and impatient playing and I'm sure the weakness I should be addressing is tactical as opposed to opening theory-- but alas sooooo much work.  Thanks to JMack for inviting me and hopefully I can be a contributing memeber.  If somebody shows me how to post it as an original post I'll write something more along the lines of an intro.

bruhudson (Bruce)

The mistake I see you made Moe was going after his bishop without first developingyour pieces.  It also killed any chance of castling king side in the future. I would have ignored his bishop on g4. I would have left the knight on f3.  My next move would have been either pawn g3 so i could move my bishop to g2 allowing me to castle, or moved bishop to g4 threatening his c7 pawn.  Hope that helps and thanks for sharing.