1.e4   c5   2.Nc3   Nc6   3.f4   g6   4.Nf3   Bg7   5.Bb5 To remove the knight, the only threat against c2. Thus freeing my queen to sneak to the kingside. 5... a6   6.Bxc6   dxc6   7.O-O   Nf6   8.d3   Qc7   9.Qe1   O-O   10.Ne2   Ng4 Seems like a loss of tempo to me. 11.h3   Nf6   12.g4   e6   13.Qh4   Kh8   14.Ng3   Ng8   15.Rb1 Here you see a good demonstration of my problem. This move took me 25 minutes, while it accomplishes close to nothing. I have a good position, but the attack has grinded to a hold. There is no immediate tactic. What I finally did was implementing a simple DLM plan: freeing the bishop to move it to a better place (to c3 for instance). But why on earth do I need 25 minutes for that? 15... Bf6   16.g5   Bg7   17.e5 Making f6 impossible, restricting the bishops 17... Ne7 (Pg8e7 Kg1h2 b7b6 Pf3d2 Pe7d5 Pd2e4 Pd5b4 Pe4f6 Lg7xf6 g5xf6 Pb4xc2) -0.30/12 7 TS Please ignore the comment at blacks move 17 18.Bd2   Nf5   19.Nxf5   exf5   20.Qf2   b6   21.d4   Rd8   22.dxc5   bxc5   23.c4 To keep his bishops behind bars 23... Be6   24.b3   a5   25.a4   Rd7   26.Qe1   Qd8   27.Kh2   Rd3   28.Qd1   Qd7   29.Qc2   Qd8   30.Rf2   Rd7   31.Be3   Bf8   32.Rd2   Rxd2+   33.Qxd2   Qxd2+   34.Bxd2   Kg7   35.Kg2   Be7   36.Kf2   h5   37.h4   Kf8   38.Ke3   Bd8   39.Kd3   Bb6   40.Kc3 Here I agreed a draw since I'm in serious time trouble. White is better since ha can attack c5 twice, while black can only sit and wait. Of course it is important not to unleash black's bisshops. ½-½ draw agreed 1/2-1/2