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Jan Timman vs Anatoly Karpov
Karpov - Timman Candidates Final (1990), Kuala Lumpur MAS, rd 9, Mar-26
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System (C92)  ·  0-1

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Dec-09-04  ArturoRivera: Hey friends!, whats wrong with 25.-...Rg5 pinning the queen to the king and therefore exchangin a rook for a queen, isn it a quicker kill?
Dec-09-04  ughaibu: 26.Bg5
Dec-09-04  ArturoRivera: hahaha, how fool i was, sorry, i did not saw the diagonal of the bishop!
Dec-09-04  drukenknight: he messes up the e pawn situation doesnt he? What was 30 Rd1 for?
Dec-09-04  ArturoRivera: agree with you <drunkenknight>, whats Rd1 for?
Dec-09-04  drukenknight: he was doing so well advancing that pawn mass, too.
Dec-16-19  SpiritedReposte: Karpov skillfully walking the tightrope here. Even with a powerful center whites attack is a phantom.
Mar-06-24  tonsillolith: Idk what it is, but I have a thing for bishops in the endgame, stationed confidently in the back, guarding things on both sides of the board.

Gets me all hot and bothered, in a manner of speaking.


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Here on the queenside Black is not literally guarding a piece, but I still regard it as the same motif.

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