[Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen NED"] [Date "1996.12.28"] [EventDate "1996.12.19"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nigel Short"] [Black "Jan Timman"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.d5 Nc5 6.dxc6 e4 7.cxb7 Bxb7 8.Be2 exf3 9.Bxf3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.c4 Be5 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Rb1 a5 16.Nf1 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne3 Rab8 19.b3 a4 20.b4 Ne4 21.Nd5 Bd4 22.Kf1 Bxf2 23.Nxc7 Rec8 24.Rxd7 Nc3 25.Rb2 Bh4 26.Bf4 Bf6 27.b5 h5 28.h3 Rb7 29.Rbd2 Ne4 30.R2d5 Nc3 31.Rxh5 Nxa2 32.c5 Nb4 33.c6 Nxc6 34.bxc6 Rb1+ 35.Ke2 a3 36.Ra5 Rb2+ 37.Kf3 a2 38.Nd5 Rxc6 39.Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.Rd6 Rf5 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.h4 Rc5 43.g3 f5 44.Rd2 1-0