[Event "Vimperk"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Kramer"] [Black "Fichtl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [Opening "QGD: 6.Nf3"] {Black plays to get a passed a-pawn} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O g6 { The only difference here is that Black has played ... Pg6 instead of ... Nf8} 12. Rb1 Nb6 $1 {This time it seems ... Pg6 has an entirely different motive - not only to screen the point h7, but also to have the possibility of . .. Pf5 handy, so as to start operations on the half-open e-file. The move ... Nb6 is significant. The first intention is to bring c4 under fire; it is always a weak square as soon as the b-pawn moves. Besides this there is a second point, which emerges presently} 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. b4 Ng7 { preparing ... Bf5 to exchange bishops} 16. Ng3 { White's not going to have his Good Bishop exchanged for Black's bad bishop} 16... Be6 {Increasing pressure on the c4 square} 17. a4 Nc8 {This is the second intention of Black's 12th move. The Knight is coming to d5, from which vantage point it observes c4 and e4} (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 (19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Ne4 Ne8) 19... b5) 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a5 {These last s of Black have put an entirely new complexion on the game, for the passed a-pawn could be very dangerous. In view of the fact that White still has the initiative through his control of the c-file, Black would have been wiser to play ... Rc7 first} (19... Rc7 {gaining control of the c-file first}) 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Qa4 Ngf5 {the text is in line with Black's chosen strategy} (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Ne5 {White wins the pawn}) 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rc5 { Drawing a bead on the weak d-pawn and threatening Pb6} 24... b6 25. Rc6 Nd6 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nd3 Kf7 $2 {with the aim to prevent Nf4-e6} (27... Nc4 28. Nf4 -- 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxc4 {removing the guard}) (27... Kh8 { getting the King off the diagonal from a2-g8}) 28. Nf4 Nf5 (28... Nb7 29. Qa2 Rd7 30. Ne6 {The 1-0