I had to google 'Jammy So and So' because I didn't know what it meant [Brit slang - lucky]

Very sorry to hear about your loss Jo.  

aw man, that sucks... cancer's horrible  

I give you my condolences.  

I experimented with 9...Qd6 a few times. I now believe that this is an error as the Queen just becomes too exposed to attack. I've been playing 9...Qe8 in my other games as Black.

Wow, what a very lively game! Joanne, that's nice risk taking in the opening. ***** Sorry, for your loss. ***** I apologize for not having the time to go completely through this game. It seems worth the effort. I may come back again.

the difference between this move and a move like Qe8 is that the light-square bishop is now tied down to the knight's defence

I think 11. Na3 is a stronger move as it threatens 12. Nc4, forking K and Q--immediately showing why 9...Qd6 is problematic.

11.Na3 is much better untateve. Good call. In fact, it's winning for White. It leads to a possible mating net! 11. ... Qd5 12.d3!! leads to a very interesting position...12. ... c5 13.Nc4+ Kc6 14.Ne5+ Kb6 15.b4! White can sacrifice pawns to gain better position against King and Queen using his other bishop and rook on the home squares. I don't see a forced end here, but I can feel it with every bone in my body. It's there somewhere.

and attacking the Black Q. Did I mention that 9...Qd6 is an error?

No, don't take the pawn. You're being greedy and it cost you. 12.d3 instead and you get your other bishop in play. You've got his King on the run and suddenly you pause the attack...that's a no, no. ***** Yes, 9. ... Qd6 is an error.

I looked at 13...Nf6 but then 14.Be3+ c5 15. Bxc5+ Kc6 16. Bf3 and the Queen has problems.

12. ... Qb4 is problematic for White. Black had a chance to reverse his fortunes here...or at least make it an even game.

So many of my moves during this stretch of the game had to do with keeping my Q. There were so many traps I could have fallen into. I rejected 14...h5, 14...Kc6 before moving 14...Rc8 to support the pawn. I was also hoping to exchange that Rook with the N on e6 and the LSB.

As Black, I liked the active N for inactive Bishop trade. I felt it also helped bring my Rook into the game.

The exchange on f8 has to be wrong - your gut feeling wasn't playing you false there, Joanne. Oddly enough, I'm not that happy about 16.bxc5+ neither - and that also is a hunch. Let's look at that first. A possibility here is to unite the rooks by 16.Ke2, which protects the d-pawn as well, making c2-c4 possible. Now if 16...Rxe6, this ensues: 17.c4! Qc6 18.b5 Qc8 19.Bxe6, winning the exchange, and maintaining a powerful bind on the position. After having played 16.bxc5+!? (it's not actually a bad move) 16...Ka6 17.Nd4! attacks the rook, and threatens to follow up with 18.c4. Black looks to be in a terrible mess after just those couple of moves!

Another trap was laid by joanne here. One of my goals was to trade off some of White's pieces to slow down the attack--But if 19...Nxe4 20 dxe4 with discovered check by the LSB and the loss of my Queen.

The dreaded masked battery. More prosaic was 19.Nc3, but that move would have driven back the enemy Queen.

my plan with 19...h5 was to get my N to g4 and try and exchange off a Bishop.

Does 20. cxb6+ Kxb6 21. Rab1+ Kc7 22. Nc5 lead anywhere?

Looks good, nuntar. But here's another possibility: 21.Bxb5+ (with the idea 21...Kxb5 22.Nc3+ winning the Q). So: 21...Kb7 22.Bxc6+ (Probably better is 22.Nc3) Kxc6 23.Nc3 with a distinct material plus to White.

And again, 9...Qd6 has long lasting problems.

...And Joanne's actual choice is pretty good too! Quite a luxury, having 3 good moves (at least!) from which to choose.

look at White's spatial advantage! awesome!

I had worked this out in one of my lines. I was okay with this as it removed one of White's attackers.

White need not have been in such a hurry to exchange on c6, though it looks OK enough. I much prefer (after 22...Kb7) 23.Rfe1. This threatens to take the rook anyway, but also protects the e3-bishop, whilst threatening to open the e-file line for the rook. Meanwhile, the other rook stands ready to leap into the b-file. So: 23.Rfe1 Rcc8 24.Bd2 Qf7 (to keep watch over e7) 25.Rab1 (threatening 26.Be8+ - another masked battery) and now, if 25...Ka8, 26.Be2 threatens 27.Bf3+; whilst 25...Kc7 26.Ne4 Nxe4 (say) 27.Ba4+ Kb7 28.Bd3+ (more accurate than 28.Be8+ or 28.Bc4+) ...Kc6 29.Bxe4+ ... need we go on? White would have had a terrific attack.

I was really pleased with 24...Qc4. For the first time in this game, I felt like I had some counter play.

A very clever move. Black isn't out of it yet, by any means!

That was my thought/plan. At worse, I was hoping to win a pawn back.

Instead of 26.Rd1, I think I might have tried 26.d5+, now that the Black Knight has relinquished his hold on d5. If then 26.d5+ Kc7 27.d6+ exd6 28.cxd6+ Kxd6 29.Rad1+ with plenty of open lines (29...Kc6 30.Rd4 or 29...Ke7 30.Bxa7).

I didn't want to take with the Q as I wanted to keep pressure on White's N. Additionally, I was looking at a potential Ne3.

Suddenly it is Black who has the play! Also deserving of an exclam is 30...Rxf4(!) as, although it ought not save Black with best play, it does offer White a very plausible way of going wrong. Called for was 31.Rfd3, maintaining the integrity of White's game, and continuing the central pressure. After 31.Rxf4? Black becomes very menacing...