I also thought this is the best move here - even thought may attack ends here because a5 makes it more shine than a6 which i looked at Tuesday reaching that (similar) position, but seems there is plenty of complications left; will give you my thoughts (and moves) about the current position tomorrow, [must ] going to bowling+dinner now. Have a good day, Anton.

Ok, spent my last minutes awake today with this game (guess i'm a little addicted ) and clicked through all the potential queen-squares available... Qg7 and Qe3 could be excluded quickly, Qf4 is not that good, Qc1 a lot better yet losing complexities, but final decision was difficult between the two remaining candidates Qd2 and Qg5... still i'm not to happy that i needed two moves to bring h4 in - which basically means you got one development move more than i would like to admit you , on the other side -with your excellent Nd7 and following- there was no chance to bring it in a single move (or i missed one of course).

>> most likely O-O in this position is objectively better
> Actually, I agree with you. Through the years the h4 attack on the KID or Pirc set-up has always been a strong way to go about the attack. The engines like castling better, but they would.

Yes, king-attacks always attract my fantasy. In case of castling king-side i most likely should have done this way earlier, maybe putting in a positional a4 to stop your march on the queenside and leaving out h3 for it as Be2 was in place... think that would be ppipper's style.

> I wanted to continue with queenside expansion, but it is what it is.

Lets wait and see, the advanced pawns may be pretty useful in the endgames to come... one never knows.

> Already this shows your human influence.

Thank you, i'm enjoying games and communication with you very much. Enjoy analysing!

12. Qxh6 Ng4 13. Qg5 *