HELP!!!!

Hey, I played this game at the Colorado Open in september 2010, and I would like you guys' opinion on this position:

Should I have played Qxa3, or something like Qc7?

Yes, looks like 1...Qxa3 is the best move. 2.Na4? Nxe4 and white has no way to win the queen. 3.Ra1?? simply hangs the rook (3...Qxa1 4.Qxa1 Bxa1).

Actually after 1...Qxa3, White plays 2. Rb3, that forces Black to play 2...Qa6,

then White plays 3. c5!; and Black is in for some trouble.  So it would be best to play 1...Qc7 and then 0-0.  1...Qe5?! trying to centralize the Queen or transfer to the kingside is very risky as it encourages a kingside pawn blitzkreig exploiting the position of the Black Queen

So, 1...Qc7.  What is your move?  If you can set up the position.  I am still too new at inserting these diagrams.  If you can't, then I will try but it may take me a while.

Yeah, here is the way that the game actually went:

ljschess, in the actual game did you consider the move Rb3 if you had played Qa3?  Na4 in order to trap the Black Queen is an illusion that actually gives Black alot of counterplay in the center.  Abandoning the White pawn on d4 is a crucial mistake.

Abandoning the pawn on e4 is a crucial mistake is what I meant to write.

In your game 4...d6 is a playable move.  The problem with it is that it allows White to play 5.c4 establishing the Maroczy Bind pawn structure and thereby taking over the initiative.  One of the main reasons that Black players choose the Sicilian Defense is because from the very beginning they want to challenge White for the initiative in spite of the fact that White has the first move.   A move more in keeping with that fighting spirit as Black would have been 4...Nf6 attacking the pawn on e4 which prevents White from playing c4 immediately.

Yeah:

Have been out of town on business.  My move is Ng4

f7f5:  If after 1...Qxa3 2.Rb3  you as Black play 2...Qa5, then White will play 3.bxa5 

The only move, according to the posts, that you have made after my ...Qc7 is Be2.

I do see where you and ljschess both posted 0-0 after my post of ...Qc7, but that 0-0 post is also after your Be2 post.  As far as I am concerned your move was Be2.  

 My move is Nf6. 

tonydal:  maybe your lol is because you know what I know about this position.

markkong:

The diagrams you are posting are wrong.  The d-pawn is on d7 and it is actually on d6 in the game we are playing.

That was really important for us all to know, mark