@Blunderprone: Yes, my past was THAT vivid and rehab only cleared up the toxins.

LOL. From the pieces you’ve shared from your past, I completely believe it! Obviously enough brain cells are left so you can maintain a high level of creativity and sense.

Fueled with an over active imagination and passion for game 2000 years old, I apologize for my colorful annotations that merit no scientific backing other than pure entertainment. With that, I present:

Dark side of the Egg

This game gives me a flashback of a classic song by Pink Floyd from the Dark side of the moon called Time. Add to this an old stoner’s bad advice of watching Wizard of Oz with the sound off while the music plays in the back ground.

The chimes intro of the song rings when 7…Qc7 is played. It seems harmless but this is like the scene when you see the appearance of Almira Gulch, on her bicycle who later becomes the wicked witch. You know something isn’t quite right with that lady. Later, this witch shows her green face in the center of the board.

Playing 13 e5 is the start of the dark clouds forming. Do you hate pawns that much? Old school evaluation of opening suggests that you were building up energy around attacking e5 ( professor Marvel offered some sage advice to Dorothy as she was running away adhering to Past, Present and Future)). Black was targeting e4. Ne5 was more accurate that was good insight. By the time you were playing 14. c4, it looked like the house was spinning and lifting in the storm as Dorothy on d3 lies backwards and unconscious on the bed.

“I’ve got you my pretty” says 17…Qxe5. Now you are in the land of the munchkins. Why didn’t you play 17 Qxg5? You seem to make short order of her fireballs though and pick up a rook with your tin man. I think it was wiser to grab it as well than the a5 move… otherwise “ you run and you run to catch up with the sun.”

26. Bxd5 I think would have been better than 26 Qe7. “ Every year is getting shorter” says the song… but for the dark side of the egg… this means every exchange will benefit you since you have material.

The flying monkeys come with 28…Nb4 but it’s an idle threat. I did like the good witches prior move to e5. But your were “shorter of breath” with 30 .d4. and “one day closer to death” with 31. Qa5. Better might have been 30 Rd2 followed by 31 Rad1 perhaps… Rally troops to enter the emerald palace.

The game played itself as the witch poured water on herself… 35… Rxa6? Soon enough, Dorothy was back to consciousness and looking at all her family and friends with a new light after that.

Yes, my past was THAT vivid and rehab only cleared up the toxins.