[Event "New Orleans-Wch"] [Site "New Orleans-Wch"] [Round "0"] [White "Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Vidmar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6"] {Assault by the a-pawn; a defensive idea put forward by Nimzowitsch, and elucidated in this game} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 { In the patent Nimzowitsch style. He gets in Pa4 now, anticpating that sooner or later Black will have to play ... Pb6. There is an incidental threat of Ba3. Another important Nimzowitsch dogma was that the Bishop should sustain the hanging pawns from e2 - not from d3. This, to say the least, is a debatable point, as our previous examples have shown White's prospect of attack will be better with the Bishop on d3, than if it is on e2. However, the dictum of Nimzowitsch is sound enough in the sense that as a defender pure and simple the Bishop functions better ate2} 12... Qc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. c4 Bb7 15. a5 $1 Bf6 (15... bxa5 16. Bf4 $1 Qb6 17. Qa4) 16. axb6 axb6 17. Be3 h6 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rcb8 (19... Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Ra8+ Nf8 24. d5 $132 {It is evident that Black's weakness at b6 is real compensation for the weakness of the hanging pawns}) 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nd2 Be7 22. Bf3 Ra3 23. Qb2 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Ra5 25. Qd2 Ba3 26. Rc2 Bd6 27. Rc1 {White is content to defend. In view of the state of the tournament score it is understandable that Nimzowitsch sought no more than a draw from this game} 27... Ba3 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Rc1 Qa7 30. Qd3 Ra3 31. Qe4 Nf6 32. Qc6 Rxe3 $1 33. Qxd6 (33. fxe3 Qa3 34. Re1 Bg3 35. Rf1 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Ne4 {various threats}) 1/2-1/2