If he plays 18. Bf3, I currently plan to reply with 18. ...Nfxd5 19. Nc(d)e4 (19. Nxd5 Bxd5) ... Qc7.

If he plays 18. Nc(d)e4, I can reply with 18. ...Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd5 20. Bf3 Qf5, and that last move seems to parry all threats.

Perhaps there is smth I did not see but I have stared at the board for too long, so I'll just go ahead and play what I had planned. GL me.

I am still playing a little materially here, even though I could scarifice for position. I am a pawn down and it goes against my nature to exchange until I've won that pawn back. Perhaps a weakness, we will see.

So it occurred to me that Rd8 just seems much better than O-O-O so scratch that.

Here I'm considering a few options. 11...Rd8 and 11...O-O both seem like simple/natural moves. I think 11...Rd8 is better though given my king, while in the center, won't be under threat anytime soon and developing my rook helps me maintain initiative. There is an argument to be mad that down the line the king side rook would be better suited on d8

My other consideration is that c4 seems to be a bit of a nuisance for me because with my Queen on d7 my knight is effectively "stuck" (Ng4 doesn't seem like a great move to me because after 11...Ng4 12. Qf4 h5
13. h3 my knight is forced back to f6

All that to say I've begun analyzing lines where I meet c4 with b5. This seems to complicated the position a bit and although I seem to end up with an isolated pawn I don't think it worsens my position all that much.

I have yet to make a decision. I'll probably take a bit more time to decide and ultimately bitch out and go 11... O-O

Qb4 is a threat for him here since I need to keep pieces on the board. I looked at Be6 for a while there hoping it worked. If he took it i think I'd have a queen and a pawn for a rook and 2 minor pieces in a position that didn't look that bad for me, but I think he just has Ke8. Id have to play Bc3 to prevent the threat of Qb4 and the attack looks like it's fizzling with me pieces moving backwards and his K getting safer. I think he'd have time to coordinate and consolidate. Rd1 looked similar. Back to Ke8 and I'd be forced to play Bc3 again. So Be7 keeps his K exposed and makes Rd1 a threat. Kc8 might be forced. Then I can play Qc4 to keep his N pinned and Qe6 becomes a threat. Still probably won't be enough but I still have pressure.

bleh. this is deeply uncomfortable. im starting to think 14...Bd7 was a fairly big blunder and I didnt spend nearly enough time on it after being confident that I took advantage of his 11. Nxd5 blunder. I was trying to just make the safe solid developing move but it looks like it was a mistake. Now I think Im in a fair bit of trouble and I may even be worse.

I dont think I have much choice other than Kc8 here. It sucks that my rooks wont be connected but I have to get my K out of the center. I'm not worried about 17...Be6+ Kd8 since my K would be safer on e8 if he lets me get back there. I need to get my kingside rook to d8

These bishops are scary as **** though

1. e4 c5
2. Nc3 g6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Qxd4 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Qa4 Bg7
7. e5 Ng8
8. Bf4 f6
9. exf6 Nxf6
10. Bc4 d5
11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. O-O-O Qb6
13. Be5 Nf6
14. Rh-e1 Bd7
15. Rxd7 Kxd7
16. Bf7 Kc8