[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.02.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Smith, Aaron"] [Black "Hamelrath, Ed"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E30"] [WhiteElo "1678"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {E30: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Qd3 {last book move} Nxg3 (7... d5 $5 $11) 8. hxg3 $14 d5 (8... Nc6 9. e3 $14) 9. a3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c6 (11... Nd7 12. e3 $16) 12. Rd1 (12. Nf3 Nd7 $18) 12... Qd5 (12... Nd7 13. Nf3 $16) 13. Nf3 $18 Nd7 14. e3 Nb6 15. Bd3 f5 (15... f6 16. e4 Qd8 17. g4 $18) 16. Nxg5 Qxg2 17. Rh4 Nd5 (17... Rg8 18. Ne4 $1 {Decoy: e4} Nd5 19. Qc1 $18) 18. Qc1 (18. Qd2 Nf6 19. d5 Rg8 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 O-O-O $18) 18... Nf6 19. Ke2 Ng4 (19... Qd5 20. Rdh1 h5 21. Nh3 $18) 20. Nh3 (20. Rxg4 $5 hxg5 (20... fxg4 $4 21. Bg6+ Kd7 22. Be4 $18) 21. Rxg5 Bd7 $18) 20... Bd7 21. Rg1 Qd5 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Ng6 Rh7 25. Ne5 Qe7 26. Rgh1 (26. g4 O-O-O 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. dxc5 Rf8 $18) 26... h5 $16 27. g4 (27. Kf2 $5 $16) 27... hxg4 $14 28. Rxh7 Nxh7 $2 (28... gxf3+ $142 {and Black can hope to survive} 29. Kxf3 Nxh7 $14) 29. fxg4 $18 O-O-O 30. Qf1 Re8 $2 (30... Nf8 $142 $18) 31. gxf5 exf5 (31... Nf6 32. Rh6 Rf8 33. Ng6 $18) 32. Bxf5 (32. Nxd7 {seems even better} Qxe3+ 33. Kd1 Ng5 34. Qxf5 Qf3+ 35. Qxf3 Nxf3 $18) 32... Nf6 (32... Nf8 33. Rh8 Kc7 34. Qf4 Bxf5 35. Nc4+ Kd8 36. Qxf5 $18) 33. Rh6 Kc7 (33... Rf8 {does not solve anything} 34. Rxf6 $1 {Deflection: f6} Rxf6 35. Bxd7+ Kb8 36. Bf5 $18) 34. Qh3 Bc8 (34... Bxf5 { the only chance to get some counterplay} 35. Qxf5 Rf8 $18) 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 (35... Qd8 {cannot change destiny} 36. Bxb7 $1 {and the rest is history} Kxb7 37. Rxf6 $18) 36. Rxf6 $1 {Skewer: b7, h3-h7} Qxf6 (36... Kb8 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 37. Nd7+ Kc7 $18) 37. Qd7+ (37. Qh7+ $142 {nails it down} Kb8 38. Nd7+ Ka8 39. Nxf6 $18) 37... Kb8 $15 38. Qg4 Qd8 39. Kd3 (39. Nd7+ Ka8 $15) 39... c5 40. Qf4 Ka8 41. Nc4 cxd4 42. exd4 Qc7 43. Qxc7 {White has a mate threat} Rxc7 44. a4 Kb8 45. b3 Rh7 46. Ne5 Kc7 47. Kc4 Kd6 48. b4 (48. Ng4 $5 $17) 48... Rc7+ $19 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. a5 $2 (50. Ng4 $142 $17) 50... Rh7 $19 51. Ng4 Rh3+ 52. Ne3+ Kc6 53. Ke4 Rh4+ 54. Kf3 Rh3+ 55. Ke4 1/2-1/2