1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 d5 6.e5 Bg7 7.f4 h5?! 8.Nf3 Nh6?! Black is trying to set up a type of Gurgenidze position, but the crucial difference is the weakening that has already taken place on the queenside - black can normally rely on a solid wall of pawns at a7-b7-c7, but here this is not the case. Rather than do anything spectacular, Sam just sits bemused as the position his opponent constructs implodes. 9.0-0 Nf5 10.b3 Ba6 11.Qe2 e6 12.Na4 Homing in on the weakness. The position would remind me of a Nimzo-Indian with colours reversed, were it not for the fact that no self-respecting Nimzoer would have reached this dreadful position. 12...Bf8 13.c4 Nd4 14.Qf2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Be7 16.Ba3 Qa5 17.Qf2 d4 18.Qe1 Moving the queen and winning a pawn. Chess at it's simplest. 18...Qxe1 19.Raxe1 Rg8 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxc5 Bc8 22.Re4 Diagram
