E47 Nimzo-Indian Defense
Rubinstein Variation
1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
e6
3.Nc3
Bb4
4.e3
0-0
5.Bd3
Re8!?
[>=5...d5=
; & 5...c5=
are most common.; For 5...b6
see Rose - Massey : Union County Championship 1977 in my 2008 PGN archive.]
6.Nge2
Nc6
[>=6...d5
7.0-0
dxc4
8.Bxc4
c5
; 6...c5
]
7.0-0
e5
8.d5
Nb8
9.Qc2
d6N
[This varies from the 9...Bf8
10.a3
a5
11.Rb1
Na6
12.e4
c6
13.Bd2
Nc5
14.b4
axb4
15.axb4
Nxd3
16.Qxd3
cxd5
17.cxd5
d6
18.f3
Bd7
19.Be3
Ra3
20.Ra1
Qa8=
of McMahon - Welling : London 1996; 9...a5N
10.a3
Bc5!?
is less consistent with ...Re8 but seems playable : 11.Bd2
Na6
12.Ne4
Nxe4
13.Bxe4
g6+/=
/\14.Bxa5?
f5=/+
]
10.Bd2
c5?!
[>=10...a5+/=
etc.]
11.Ng3
Bxc3
12.Bxc3
Nbd7
13.f4
Kh8!?
A good move for Black is hard to find.
14.fxe5?
[This gives Mark the e5 square. 14.Ne4
Nxe4
15.Bxe4
would've kept a clear plus.]
14...Nxe5
15.Nf5
[>=15.Bf5
/\Nxc4??
16.Bxf6+-
]
15...Ng8?
[15...b5!=
trying to undermine the d5 P.]
16.b3?!
[>=16.Rf4+/-
]
16...f6?!
[>=16...Nf6+/=
]
17.Qe2?
[17.Be4
g6
18.Ng3+/-
]
17...Nxd3
18.Qxd3
Bxf5
19.Rxf5
Qe7
20.Rf3
Qc7
White's scoresheet had the ambiguous Q-B2.
21.Raf1
Qe7
22.Rh3
[>=22.Rg3+-
]
22...Qe4
23.Qe2?
[23.Qd1+/-
]
23...h6?
[23...b5!+/=
]
24.Rf4??
[24.Rg3+/-
]
24...Qxf4
0-1