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Jan Timman vs Garry Kasparov
Tilburg Interpolis (1981), Tilburg NED, rd 4, Oct-06
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Yugoslav Variation Advance Line (E66)  ·  1-0

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Mar-30-06
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  Joshka: On 16...Rb4 what was Garry thinking giving up the exchange, was it forced?
Mar-30-06  nescio: <Joshka: On 16...Rb4 what was Garry thinking giving up the exchange, was it forced?>

In effect, yes, I think so. If a white rook appears on the b-file, black would be slowly crushed, mainly because of the bad position of the knight on a5, which has no future.

The idea of the exchange sacrifice could be strenghened by first completing the development: 14...Bd7 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.Na3 Rb4! with excellent play for Black (Timman).

Jan-02-09  Raf: so, if 40...Qxd5 41.Ne4 and Black looses the piece, otherwise White just pushes the pawn?
Mar-09-11  SetNoEscapeOn: Well it loses two pieces for the rook (on d1) and black is still down two pawns. Otherwise he's simply down 3 pawns. The d pawn is one of the biggest problems, but white is going to win this one way or the other.
Mar-17-11
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  perfidious: A neat trap to avoid is 14.e3, as in the following game: Taimanov vs Smejkal, 1973.
May-31-18
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  cwcarlson: 36...♖c8? 37.♕b4 ±; 36...♕a4 ⩲ Timman.
May-07-19  OrangeTulip: One of the two victories of Timman against Kasparov, 19 times he lost. So Garry was just a league ahead.
May-08-19  SugarDom: 16...Rb4 was black's best move. The error was on 21...Nb7. ...Nxc4 is correct.
Aug-02-20  intuitivesac: A few years before, Kasparov tried the same sac, White declined it and won. L Zaid vs Kasparov, 1977

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