A tactical game

Very nice game! The last move of luring away whites queen is a nice tactic... but I can't recall the name of it? I believe it begins with a 'd'.

That would be 'deflection'.

Thanks for your kind comment.

Very nice game and lovely tactical abundance!

Generally I find that more open games favour white due to a presumed initiative advantage, as opposed to a closed game which seems to favour or at least give black better equalizing chances. But espeically in the Scicilian, I find that white should try to open up the game more, especially on the king's side to counter the solid defenses of the Scicilian.

For instance I found white's 6th move rather weak - attacking the knight would have been better, and better still would have been trying to exchange the bishop for one of your knights. Afterall, we saw what damage your paired knights did in the mostly closed game! Particularly at the end.

Just a general thought I guess, otherwise, great going and it was a pleasure to run through!

Thanks for your comments

6 Bg5 would result in the Najdorf opening instead of the Scheveningen. 6 Be3 is a quieter move although it has plenty of potential venom too :-)

Overall, we both made errors in the game but White made a big one with 29.c3??

It's worth looking at possibilities around move 31 for White eg Qg5+ was suggested by Rybka in a subsequent analysis I made of the game. This seems to offer drawing possibilities.