Weird chess game!

I'm thinking of joining the ICC again. I had a membership years ago and let it lapse, though I still play the occasional game as a guest. I just checked and their fees are reasonable, so even if I don't play even every month it still may be worth it re-join. Regardless, I owe them after playing as a guest for so long.

In any case, I just played a really weird ninja game (which I won). I let myself get under time pressure fairly early, so I was under pressure for most of the game, but I performed well even given the complex position Here's the PGN:

[Event "ICC 3 6 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.03.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest674"]
[Black "guest2242"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[Time "15:44:38"]
[TimeControl "180+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. a3 a6 8. b4
b5 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. bxc5 Qxc5 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4 Qb6 13. Bd5 Nc6 14. a4 b4 15.
a5 Qc7 16. Na4 Bb7 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. c3 bxc3 19. Bxc3 O-O 20. Rb1 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Bb4 Nd7 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Rxe7 Nxb6 27.
Rxe8 Rfxe8 28. axb6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Re5 30. Bxd6 {Black resigns} 1-0

One strange thing is that I never moved my queen.

Gotta give the final position:

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