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Jan Timman vs Nigel Short
Short - Timman Candidates Final (1993), San Lorenzo de El Escorial ESP, rd 9, Jan-23
Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Variation (C69)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 8 v270317 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 10...Qg4 11.Qe3 ⩲ +0.70 (31 ply)= +0.06 (29 ply) after 11.Re1 c4 11...Qg4 was played in Caruana vs Carlsen, 2010 (0-1) 14.Bb2 Qd5 15.Qxf4 Bxd3 16.cxd3 O-O-O 17.Re1 Rhf8 ⩲ +0.54 (29 ply) ∓ -1.53 (30 ply) 18...Qxa1 19.Qe6 Rh7 20.Re1 Qxb1 21.Qxe5 Rc8 22.Qd6 Kf8 ∓ -1.56 (28 ply)= +0.11 (30 ply)better is 20...Rf8 21.Qa4+ Kd8 22.Qxd4+ Bxd4 23.Re3 Nd5 24.Bb2 Nb4 ⩲ +0.66 (28 ply)= 0.00 (29 ply)better is 22.Re2 Bc7 23.Qe4 Nf5 24.Ba3 Rd8 25.Qxg2 Nh4 26.Qh3 Rf3 = +0.41 (26 ply)= -0.25 (27 ply)better is 26.Bb2 Re8 27.Kxg2 Nxd3 28.Rc6 Nxb2 29.Nxb2 Re2 30.Nd3 = -0.39 (28 ply) ⩱ -1.00 (30 ply) 28.Rxg6+ Kh7 29.Rg3 Nf4 30.Bb2 Ne2+ 31.Kxg2 Nxg3 32.hxg3 ⩱ -1.20 (29 ply) 28...Nf4 29.Bc5 Rxa2 30.Be3 Ra1 31.Bxf4 Rxd1+ 32.Kxg2 -+ -4.80 (32 ply) ⩱ -0.74 (31 ply)better is 34...Rbd7 35.d4 Rf4 36.b5 Rdxd4 37.Rc2 h5 38.h3 Rf6 ⩱ -1.41 (31 ply)better is 35.Rc5 Rxc5 36.bxc5 Rd7 37.Kf3 Rxd2 38.h4 Kf8 39.Ng4 Rc2 ⩱ -0.68 (38 ply) ⩱ -1.31 (31 ply) 39.Kg3 Rxd4 40.Rb5 Rd3 41.Re5 Rfd7 42.Rb5 Re7 43.Rb4 Kf7 ∓ -2.20 (42 ply)-+ -5.27 (29 ply); 40.Kg1 Rbxf2 41.Rd8 Re2 42.Re8 Rd2 43.Re4 Ra7 44.d5 Ra1+ -+ -4.92 (28 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-19-07  greenrook: The white rook on a1 seemed to be "en prise" for quite a while. Could Short have captured the piece safely before move 22 ?
Feb-28-07  Resignation Trap: <greenrook> 18...Qxa1 was a possibility, but Short decided to keep White on the defensive with 18...f3.
Oct-16-09  pablo333: I think 7 Qh5 is inferior, and that 7 Nf3 would give white an opening advantage.
Dec-16-09  returnoftheking: According to Ree the rook sacrifice was a prepared novelty by Timman and Piket. Short "smelled a rat" and did not go for it, although it was proven later that accepting the sacrifice is quite ok. Unfortunately I can't see the game thanks to auto updates :@, so analysis to follow later..
Nov-04-10  BISHOP TAL: According to Short,(I did not see a direct rufatation of capturing the rook,judging by the rapid speed of this critical decision.It was clear were I to do so. I would be running into some serious homework). So he chose to assualt the king.Just cuase it was proven later taking the rook is ok. doesnt mean he would found it in the game as you prolly know, maybe Timman should of stared at the board for 30 mins or so and he may of got his homework in. Than again maybe not.
May-17-15
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  Eggman: "Sometimes I feel absurdly strong, for no apparent reason. Against Jan Timman, I had this remarkable surge of energy before the ninth game, when the match had swung against me. He naturally came to the game feeling confident, and I could sense it in his mind. What he didn't know was that in my mind I was thinking, he can't touch me."

-Nigel Short

Jun-27-17  Flemming: <Eggman> Different wiev on this game was gien by Timman in Sosonko's book "Smart chip from St. Petersburg". Timman had sleepless night befr the game: "This was the decisive game in World Championship semi-final match. I had been up almost entire night before the game. I remember the heavy feeling I had as I came out to play. From experience I knew that everything, intuition above all, hinged on this. Your mind isn't your own, you're a different person."

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