[Event "Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Manila PHI"] [Date "1992.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivan Sokolov"] [Black "Darryl K Johansen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2485"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E44"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Fischer Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Wotifr"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/2TII1VaE/eTfvxtqn"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 { [%csl Gf6][%cal Gg8f6] } 2. c4 { [%cal Gc2c4] } 2... e6 { [%cal Ge7e6] } 3. Nc3 { [%cal Gb1c3] } 3... Bb4 { [%csl Gb4] } 4. e3 { [%cal Ge2e3] } 4... b6 (4... c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7) 5. Ne2 Ne4!? 6. f3!? Nxc3 { [%csl Gc3] } (6... Qh4+ 7. g3 { [%csl Gg3][%cal Gg2g3,Ge2g3] }) 7. bxc3 { [%cal Gb2c3] } 7... Be7 { [%csl Ge7][%cal Gb4e7] } 8. e4 { [%cal Ge3e4] } (8. Ng3 { Shirov, Alexei - Adams, Michael, 1-0, Las Palmas, 1994, https://lichess.org/yxI7bsMy } 8... Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qe2 c6 12. f4 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd5 15. Kh1 (15. f5 h5) 15... Nc4 16. e4) 8... Nc6 { [%cal Gb8c6] } 9. Ng3 { [%cal Ge2g3] } 9... Ba6 { [%csl Ga6][%cal Gc8a6] } 10. Bd3 { [%cal Gf1d3] } 10... Na5 { [%csl Ga5,Gc4][%cal Ga5c4,Ga6c4] } 11. Qe2 { [%csl Ge2][%cal Gd1e2] } 11... d6 { [%cal Gd7d6] } 12. O-O { [%csl Gd7][%cal Gd8d7] } 12... Qd7 { [%csl Ga4,Gc4][%cal Gd8d7,Gd7a4,Ga4c4,Ga6c4] } (12... h5?! 13. f4 h4 14. Nh5 g6 15. Ng7+ Kf8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. f5 Kg7 (17... exf5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Bg5 Kg7 (19... Bxg5 20. fxg6+ Bf6 21. Qe6 $18 { [%csl Gf7,Gf6] }) 20. Bxf6+ Qxf6 21. fxg6)) 13. Rb1?! { [%csl Gb1,Ga4][%cal Ga1b1,Gd7a4] } (13. f4! Qa4 14. f5 Bxc4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nh5 Rg8 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Nxe6! Bxe6 19. Bb5 Bc4 20. Qg4+ $18) 13... h5! { [%csl Gh5,Gh4][%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4] } (13... Qa4 14. a3 Nxc4 15. Rb4 { [%csl Gc4][%cal Gb4c4] } 15... Qc6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 (17... Qc5+ { [%csl Ge3][%cal Gc1e3] } 18. Kh1 { [%csl Ge7][%cal Ge2e7,Gf1e1] }) 18. Be4 { [%cal Gd3e4] }) 14. Re1?! { Sokolov: In the game I definitely saw the possibilities associated with 13. f4!, but playing White against some under-2500 Australian guy, I thought 'regular' moves should suffice, and the win should arrive without any risks involved. This is perhaps a reasonable way of thinking when you play some Catalan line with white, but not in this type of Nimzo. White is about to learn this lesson soon. } { [%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3f1,Gf1e1] } (14. f4 h4 15. Nh5 g6 16. Ng7+ Kf8 17. Nxe6+ Qxe6 18. d5 Qd7 (18... Qf6 19. e5 Qg7 20. Be3 dxe5 (20... f5 21. Bd4 Re8) 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bh6+ { [%cal Ge2e5] }) 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5) 14... h4 15. Nf1 c5 $15 16. Be3 { [%cal Gc1e3] } 16... Rc8 { [%csl Gc8] } 17. Nd2 { [%cal Gf1d2] } 17... e5 { [%csl Gd4] } 18. f4 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gf3f4] } (18. d5 Qa4 19. f4 Bf6 20. f5) 18... Bf6 { [%csl Gf6][%cal Ge7f6] } 19. dxe5 (19. Nf3 h3 (19... cxd4 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 $16)) 19... dxe5 20. Nf3 { [%csl Ge5] } 20... Qe6 { [%csl Ge6] } 21. fxe5 Be7! { Sokolov: Looking at my horrible pawn structure and slowly becoming aware of the long and difficult defence that lay ahead, I could not help but wonder abut the speed of my positional collapse: in a mere 20 moves, playing White against an opponent I had never heard of and not having made any clear mistake - except that my whole concept was a positional blunder } { [%csl Gc6,Ge5][%cal Ga5c6,Gc6e5] } 22. Rf1 Bxc4 23. Bg5 { [%csl Gg5] } 23... Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc6 { [%csl Ge5][%cal Gc6e5] } 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 { [%csl Ge5,Gd5][%cal Gd3d5] } 26. Rbd1 (26. Qd5 { [%csl Gh5,Ge5][%cal Gh8h5,Gh5e5] }) 26... O-O 27. Qd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 h3 { [%cal Gh4h3] } 29. gxh3 Rce8 { [%csl Ge8] } 30. Kg2 { [%csl Gg2,Ge5,Ga7][%cal Gg1g2,Gc6e5,Gf3e5,Ge8e5] } 30... Nxe5 { [%csl Gd7] } 31. Rxa7 (31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxa7 Rxe4) 31... Nc4 { [%csl Gc4,Ge3,Ga7][%cal Gc4e3,Ge5c4] } 32. Rf2 { [%cal Gf1f2] } 32... Rxe4 33. Ng5 { [%csl Gf7][%cal Gf3g5,Gg5e4,Gg5f7,Gf2f7] } 33... Re5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Ge4e5,Ge5g5,Gg5f7] } 34. Nxf7 Ne3+ { [%cal Gc4e3] } 35. Kg3 { [%cal Gg2g3] } 35... Rf5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Ge5f5,Gf2f5] } 36. Re2 { [%csl Ge2,Gf7][%cal Gf2e2,Gf5f7] } 36... Nf1+ 37. Kg2 R8xf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Kg1 { [%csl Gg1][%cal Gg2g1] } 39... Kf6 { [%csl Gf6] } 40. Kg2 { [%cal Gg1g2] } 40... b5 { [%csl Gb5] } 41. Kg1 c4 { [%csl Gc4] } 42. Kg2 { [%cal Gg1g2] } 42... Kg5 { [%csl Gg5] } 43. Kg1 { [%cal Gg2g1] } 43... Kh4 44. Kg2 Rf4 { [%csl Gg1,Gh3][%cal Gf5f4,Gg2g1,Gh4h3] } 45. a3 g6 { Sokolov: And White resigned. A painful defeat and a positional lesson that I have taken to heart } { [%csl Gf1,Gg2,Ge2] } 46. Rf2 { [%csl Gh2][%cal Gf4f2,Gf1h2] } 46... Rxf2+ 47. Kxf2 { [%csl Gh2][%cal Gf1d2,Gf1h2] } 0-1