[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 ( 2...b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nbd2 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Be7 ( 6...Nc6 7.c3 Qc7 8.Re1 Rc8 9.Nf1 ) 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e4 d6 ) 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 {Black challenges the center.} c5 5.c3 Nbd7 ( 5...Nc6 {Black is possibly thinking about ...Nb4 or ...e5 to open the position} 6.Nbd2 Qc7 ( 6...Qb6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bd7 ) ( 6...Be7 7.O-O c4 8.Bc2 b5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Qe2 {Threatening Nxf6+ and Qe4} ) ( 6...Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 dxe4 ( 9...Qc7 10.Qe2 Bd6 ) 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 ) ( 6...cxd4 7.exd4 ( 7.cxd4 {With the idea of pressure on the open c-file} ) Bd6 8.O-O Qc7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Re1 ) 7.b3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb4 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Ne1 Bd6 13.Ndf3 ) 6.Nbd2 Bd6 ( 6...Qc7 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.e4 ) ( 6...Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.Ne5 Rad8 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nd5 15.Be3 ) ( 6...cxd4 {?} {This line is too passive for black} 7.exd4 Bd6 8.O-O ) 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 e5 9.e4 cxd4 10.cxd4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 exd4 13.Qxd4 *