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It's not easy to outplay an IM so watch how Wang Sheng does it.
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4
[5...Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qc7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.0-0 e6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Rad1 a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.e5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bf4 Qc6 17.f3 Ng6 18.Bg3 Rad8 19.h4 Ne7 20.h5 Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/Wijk aan Zee NED 1999/0-1 (37)]
6.Bb5+
[6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ne6 9.d3 g6 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Bxe6 Bxe6 13.Bxc5 Nc6 14.d4 b6 15.d5 bxc5 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Qb3 Qc8 18.Qc4 Rb8 19.Nd1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 Speelman,J-Timman,J/Dordrecht NED 2000/1-0 (59)]
6...Bd7
[6...N8c6 7.d4 cxd4 8.a3 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Bd7 (11...f6 12.e5 Bd7 13.0-0 Kc7 14.Rfc1 Kb6 15.Be2 Bg4 16.b5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 1-0 Diez Fraile,D-Enjuto Velasco,R/Palencia ESP 1999 (17)) 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 Ke8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Ke2 f6 16.Ra6 e5 17.Bc3 Kd7 18.Rha1 Be7 19.Rxa7+ Rxa7 20.Rxa7+ Ke6 21.Ra6 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 1999/½-½ (37)]
7.Bc4
[7.a3 N4c6 8.Bc4 e6 9.d3 Be7 10.Be3 0-0 11.0-0 Be8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 ½-½ Andersson,U-Polugaevsky,L/Wijk aan Zee 1979/MCD (14)]
7...e6N
[7...N8c6 8.a3 Be6 9.Bxe6 Nd3+ 10.Kf1 fxe6 11.g3 g6 12.b4 Bg7 13.Kg2 0-0 14.Rf1 c4 15.Rb1 Qd7 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Ba1 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.f3 b5 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.h4 e5 22.Nd5 Rayner,F-Suleimanov,S/Cappelle 1994/EXT 99/0-1 (65)]
8.0-0 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 0-0 11.e5?
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Gives Black a target to aim for. Normally, e4-e5 is the prelude to a Kingside attack as it cuts off the Queenside pieces from the Kingside. In this case, Black's Queenside pieces develop so quickly with tempo that the e5 pawn becomes a liability [11.Bf4!?; 11.Qh5!?]
11...Qc7!
Hitting the proverbial nail on the head. Black spots the weakness in White's position and unhurls the start of 6 tempi gaining moves which improve Black's position substantially.
12.Qe2 Rc8! 13.Bb3 N8c6 14.Nf3 Na5 15.Bd1 Qc4 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.Be2
winning 5 tempi in a row.
17...Qg4! -+
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18.h3 Qg6 19.Qf4 Rd8 20.Be3 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Rxd3 22.Ne2 Rad8 23.Rac1 Be4 24.Ng3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Nc6-+ 26.Qf4 R3d5
Leaving White to defend the e pawn tactically
27.Rc3 h6 28.Kh1 Bg5 29.Qa4 Bxe3 30.Rxe3 Rd3 31.Ree1
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31...a6-+
Sooner or later, White will be suffocated but there is an excellent finish here! [31...R8d4! 32.Qb5 (32.Qc2 Rxg3) 32...Rb4 33.Qc5 Rxb2-+]
32.Ne2 Rd2 33.Qb3 Qc2 34.Qxb7 Rxe2 35.Rc1 Qxb2 36.Qxc6 Qxa2 37.Ra1 Qb2 38.Kg1 Rxf2 39.Rfb1 Qd4 40.Ra4 Rf1+!
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The rest is clinical
41.Kxf1 Qd3+ 42.Kf2 Qxb1 43.Kg3 Qe1+ 44.Kf4 g5+ 45.Kg4 Qxe5 46.Qc2 Kg7 47.Kf3 Rd4 48.Rxd4 Qxd4 49.Qc8 a5 50.Qa6 a4 51.g3 Qc3+ 52.Kg2 a3 0-1
