[Event "Greek Team Championship"] [Site "masterchessopen.com"] [Round "0"] [White "Mouratidis, G."] [Black "Stavrianakis, I."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E40"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 { The starting point of the Nimzo-Indian Defence. } 4.e3 ( { The point of Black's last move is that } 4.e4 { can now be met by } ) 4...b6 { This is known as the Rubinstein Fianchetto Variation. The good thing about it, I think, is that it is fairly easy to play and there are plenty of tricks if White is not careful. } 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 { This indicates that Black is playing the Dutch Variation; ...f7-f5 being, as we saw earlier in this chapter, the characteristic move of the Dutch Defence. } 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Nd2 { White is not happy to have the black knight on e4 and so does his best to make it move. } ( 10.Ne1 { is the main alternative, when } 10...Nd6 ( 10...c5 { is also reasonable } ) 11.Ba3 Rf6 12.f3 Ba6 13.c5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 bxc5 15.Bxc5 Nc6 { led to roughly equal chances in D.Shire-A.Therrien, Exmouth 2003. } ) 10...Qh4 11.Ba3 { White attacks the rook and waits for Black to move it. This idea is likely to be repeated because it is recommended in the 'Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings' (often referred to simply as 'ECO'). } ( { Other moves: } 11.a4 { meets a similar fate to that in the main game: } 11...Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bxg2 ) ( 11.g3 { is met by } 11...Ng5 ) ( 11.f3 { is the simplest way to deal with Black's tricks, when } ) {#R} 0-1