Quote Originally Posted by CoccoBill View Post
His Q was in d4, mine in f3, there's no Q takes Q. I guess he had some vague idea about a queen cannon to g1 but that obviously doesn't work, in d4 he's at least threatening my f1 rook. I expected him to move Qa4 to still control the d7 square and have ideas about dislodging the c3 pawn. That open diagonal allowing me to check was his downfall. I spent a lot of time figuring out how to cannon my Q to c7 after Bg3 since that's mate, but couldn't figure out a way to do it safely.
Sorry my bad. Yeah d4 is an ugly spot for his Q.