[Event "North American Open"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2005.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Mitchell, R.O."] [Black "Maynard, Dewey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2192"] [BlackElo "2098"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. f3 {last book move} d6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Ng3 (11. e4 Nd7 $14) 11... c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe2 Qd7 (13... Nd7 $5 $15) 14. Rd1 Qa4 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} (14... Qc7 15. Rb1 $11) 15. e4 $14 h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 16. e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd7 $4 (16... Nh7 $142 $14 {was possible}) 17. Bc2 $18 Qc6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 (18... f5 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Rad8 $18) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ (20. Rd6 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nxc4 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 $18) 20... Ke7 21. Qxg7 Rg8 22. Qxh6 Nxe5 (22... Ke8 {is still a small chance} 23. Rd6 Qc8 $18) 23. Bg5+ Rxg5 24. Qxg5+ f6 25. Qg7+ Nf7 26. Ne4 (26. Bg6 Rf8 27. Nf5+ exf5 28. Re1+ Qe4 29. fxe4 Nxc4 30. exf5+ Nce5 31. Rxe5+ fxe5 32. f6+ Ke8 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc6 36. Qe8+ Kd5 37. Rd1+ Kc4 38. Qa4+ Kxc3 39. Rc1+ Kd2 40. Rc2+ Ke3 41. Rc3+ Kd2 42. Qc2+ Ke1 43. Re3#) 26... Nxc4 27. Qxf6+ Kf8 28. Ng5 Nce5 29. Bg6 (29. Re1 Ke8 30. Rxe5 Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Rxe6 a5 33. Rxc6+ Bxc6 34. Ne6 Bd7 35. Qf8+ Kb7 36. Be4+ Bc6 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Nc7+ Ka7 39. Nb5+ Ka6 40. Bxc6 a4 41. Qb7+ Ka5 42. Qxa8#) 1-0