[Event "Friday Night Fun Returns!"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.07.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Hamelrath, Ed"] [Black "Kovalic, Jeff"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "1766"] [BlackElo "1814"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {E44: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. d5 {last book move} d6 9. e4 e5 ( 9... exd5 10. exd5 c6 11. Be2 $11) 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3 a5 $14) 12... Nxf6 13. O-O Bc8 14. f4 (14. Qd2 Nd7 $11) 14... exf4 15. Rxf4 { White has a new backward pawn: e4. Black has a cramped position} Qe7 16. Qd3 Nd7 {Black has a cramped position} 17. Raf1 Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3} 18. Qg3 {Black has a cramped position} Ng6 (18... a6 19. h3 $15) 19. R4f2 a6 {Consolidates b5} 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xg4. The knight feels good on e5} 22. Qe2 Rae8 23. b3 Qd7 24. Rf5 Re7 25. Nd1 (25. R5f4 Rb8 $11) 25... Rfe8 26. Nc3 c6 27. dxc6 Nxc6 ( 27... Qxc6 28. Nd5 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 $11) 28. Qf2 $14 f6 29. Nd5 {White threatens to win material: Nd5xe7. 'the knight is the knight!'} ({Instead of} 29. Qxb6 Rb8 30. Qxa6 Rxb3 $11) 29... Rxe4 $2 (29... Rf7 $142 $14 {would allow Black to play on}) 30. Rxf6 $1 $18 {Decoy: f6. .} Qd8 (30... gxf6 31. Nxf6+ {Double attack} (31. Qf5 {Decoy})) 31. Rg6 Kh8 $4 {Black falls apart} (31... Rf8 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Rfxf6 Ne7 $18) 32. Qf7 Rg8 (32... R4e7 {is not much help} 33. Nxe7 Rxe7 34. Qf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kh7 36. Rxd6 $18) 33. Nf6 Rh4 34. Nxg8 (34. Nxg8 Qxg8 35. Qc7 $18) 1-0