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Jan Timman vs Efim Geller
Moscow (1981), Moscow URS, rd 13, Apr-23
Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Variation (C82)  ·  1-0

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Mar-01-08  xrt999: A complex position, with nearly all pawns on the board in the middlegame, tyical of Geller; Geller refuses the pawn after 6.d4, and 13.a4, also typical of his style.

Timman then springs 16.Nc6! on Geller, bourne out of the weakening 15...c5, which is probably incorrect. Better would have been 15...Qd7.

After 16.Nc6! White is threatening 17.Qxd5, winning a pawn. Black cant take the queen because of Ne7+, forking king and queen.

I really dont think 16...Nxc3 is forced; black could have just given up the pawn immediately with 16...Qc7 and continued on. Instead, black forces a long series of exchanges culminating in the discovery 20...c4. Black has 2 pawns for the knight, but unfortunately, the position is bleak. Geller cant claim any sort of compensation for the knight sacrifice.

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