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Jan Timman vs Artur Yusupov
Yusupov - Timman Candidates Semifinal (1986), Tilburg NED, rd 8, Feb-01
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jul-29-22
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  offramp: A slightly unusual draw.


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28. Nh4 Nxh4. Yusupov gives up the exchange.
29. Qf7+ Kh7
30. Qxe8.


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Yusupov avoided the mistake 30....Qxd4+?
He played the right move, 30. Qxb2!


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The white queen cannot protect g2. There are no queen checks available to White. There are no squares for the queen to pick up the loose ♘ on h4.
The game ends with a permanent joust between the queen and rook.

Jul-29-22
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  Open Defence: Nice find <offramp>

in case of 30...Qxd4+ then after 31. Kh1 Qxb2 White defends by32. Rg1 an option he did not have with an immediate 30...Qxb2

Play could continue 32...Qc2 33.Qe3


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33...Nf5 34. Qxa7 b5 35. Qa5 Nd6


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Black will have to fight to hold and if White's rook can become active and pair with the Queen then White should win

An alternative is 32...Qc2 33. Qb5 Nxg2 <this resource was not available in the Qe3 line> 34.Qxd5 Ne3 35.Qxb7


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But I think this is inferior to the option of 33.Qe3

in this alternative in case of 34.Rxg2 then 34...Qd1+ 35.Rg1 Qf3+ 36.Rg2 =

Jul-29-22  Olavi: Yusupov was leading 4½-2½ in a ten game match, so he took the draw 28...Nxh4 without thinking. The interesting thing about the opening is that Yusupov studied the exchange QG for the 1985 Candidates, there he beat Spassky and Nogueiras with it, as White; and together with Dworetzky he found the improvement 18...h6, on the then theoretical 18...Rad8, and so he was prepared to play the variation with Black in a very important game. Timman said that against Rad8 he was well prepared and confident. Such an innocent looking little move, 18...h6!
Jul-29-22
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  Open Defence: thanks <Olavi> interesting notes about the origins of 18...h6, I wonder if 18...Qd6 has been played in this position

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