One of the advantages of the Dunst is its transpositional qualities. Turning into a closed Sicilian (1. Nc3 c5 2. e4), king-pawn game (1. Nc3 e5 2. e4) and other openings, besides its independent lines.

Yes. Then the tried-and-true Dunster plays 2. e4!? d4 3. Nce2 and we're already underway for an eccentric hypermodern middlegame.

That's right, 2. e4 would be the natural follow up move!  

I think white should have taken the lion's share of the center with 4. e4 though, transposing into a Grand Prix Sicilian. He probably wanted to cautiously hew as closely to his opening stratagems as possible, however, regardless of black reply.

This game was a sort of experiment I had read in a newspaper called 'The Sniper' I think. it was the set up g6, Bg7 and c5... it was my first try at this though.

White could have transposed into a kind of Sicilian grand prx attack without ...Nc6 with 4.e4.

Before Steinitz, yes. Except the good Rev. John Owen, who was known to be found of hedgehog formations and 1. ...b6!?, his namesake approach to the opening, and Henry E. Bird, who played a number of eccentric variations, including Sicilian Dragon variants 100 years before they became trendy!

It's be nice (from white's POV) if black overlooked that, though e5 is often an optimal post for the knight anyway, especially in these Bird/Stonewall formations.

the pawn loss was a mistake, of course... as was the next move!

17. ...Rc8 I think is called for. 17. ...Qc7 is also playable. Playing 9. ...Qc7 (instead of a prophylactic 9. ...a6) sent him on the path of losing tempi and delivering his queen to this goofy b8 square in the first place, and in turn is crossing him up.

"Grind" is a term I'd more associate with endgame precision in technically won positions. In a middlegame with the heavy artillery still on the board, I think its important to continue to play as actively & creatively as possible with a minimum of counterplay allowed from one's opponent, and keep up the pressure (which you seem to do).

well, to be honest I had little to no plan as Black here - there were no areas for attack in White's camp, for one thing...

If I would hazard a guess, creating room on the f-file for the a1 rook to eventually join the battering ram? (Rf2-f4, Qf1-f3, Ra1-f1). Your queen's rook is the only uninvolved piece in your pressure on the enemy kingside, after all.

Since the f-pawn is pinned, its a good move to increase pressure, though considering the lackadaisical placing of black's army there was no need to rush things, IMO.

It's a good policy to assume your flailing opponent is always looking for chances to swindle and counterpunch, and especially if he makes a non-obvious move in a middle of a capturing or seemingly "forced" sequence, like this one.

I think I'd made a miscalculation with my Bc8, thinking it'd be an even exchange, else I would have played this a move earlier... if White had still played gxf5 after Qe8, then perhaps Black could have won it later

Come on man f6+! wins

31.Qe1 was what I was expecting and I had planned 31...Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Ne4 [else Qe7+ is crushing] 33.[rook move] Qf3+ followed by Rf4... it certainly would have put pressure on White!

No. The murderous Re7ch! still beckons...

indeed

Guilty of the same crime you had earlier with fxg6 - playing on auto-pilot. Still, this was a great move which halts Black's attack, and White would still have the advantage at the end of it

His eyes probably lit up in glee at snatching your queen without casting a glance at his burning house that'd already licked up the stairways and boiled the doorknobs.

I was so excited about winning a lost game too... lol  And as for Rf1, Rfxf7+ would have mated anyway

A pretty counter-combination that steered the enemy monarch into a mating net with the rooks, and pawn. Seems the 19th-century romantics didn't spin in their graves so much, after all.

A very entertaining game!  

Indeed, the 19th Century masters probably smiled at this ending. Thank you, x-machine, for a great ending. It was caused only because you didn't give up.

In my opinion white was never in trouble and had the win bagged the whole time. And that wasn't exactly a queen sac, it was a won game, but the Qg2 move was forced anyway. All other moves lose immediately. Anyway well played and very interesting opening.