[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1997.01.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Hazai,Laszlo"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "76"] [Beauty "7766798240334"] [GameId "2235863557622874"] [EventDate "1997.01.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,76,21,14,18,10,39,33,27,25,44,29,35,30,24,-10,23,0,0,32767,7,-23,-50,-44,-39,-73,-86,-127,-86,-89,-118,-133,-96,-161,-152,-118,-136,-81,-145,-82,-127,-80,-145,-82,-44,-80,-32,-113,-20,-66,-77,-95,-92,-56,-77,-68,-115,32767,32767,-73,-110,-149,-45,32767,-263,-328,-233,-358,-356,-368,-350,-358,-380,-378,-384,-527,-503,-606,-618]} 1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 (6... c5 {is the main line nowadays.}) 7. Bg5 c6 (7... Nc6) 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bh6 e5 $1 10. O-O-O (10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h4 bxc4 15. h5 Qb4 16. Qc1 Nb6 $132 {Epishin-I.Sokolov, Ter Apel 1995}) 10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qa5 (11... Nbd7 12. h4 Qa5 $13) 12. Qg5 (12. g4 b4 13. Nb1 Qxa2 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Nf5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Kh8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qg5+ {½ I.Sokolov-Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 1997}) (12. Kb1 $4 {Hansen,Cu} b4 $19 {× ?c3}) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng3 {There is no time to make defensive moves on the queenside. White gives the a2 ? in order to create threats on the kingside. Hansen: In the following moves white tries to achieve something by attacking with his pieces only which is unusual in this kind of position. Normally white tries to attack by opening the h-file. The game indicates that Timman's idea is dobious.} b4 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. Nf5 exd4 16. Nxd6 {} (16. Ne7+ {leads probably to perpetual check, for example:} Kg7 (16... Kh8 17. Nxc6) 17. Nf5+ (17. Nxc6 Ne5 $1 18. Nxe5 h6) 17... Kg8 (17... Kh8 18. Nxd6) 18. Ne7+ $11) (16. Nxd4 h6 17. Qxh6 Ne5) 16... h6 $1 {× e5, c5 × e5, c5 This is a real cold-blooded defensive move! Normally black would be afraid of given up any of his pawns on the kingside. But white is only attacking with ? and ?.} 17. Qxh6 (17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Qxb4 Nb3+ (18... Nfd7 19. Qa3) 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 $11 (20. Kd2 Nb3+ 21. Ke1 Nd7 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. Nxa3 c5 $15)) 17... Nc5 {Hansen: The idea of blacks last move. The ? has been allowed to go to the very important square c5.} 18. h4 (18. Nf5 {leads nowhere after} Bxf5 19. exf5 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 Qa4) 18... Nb3+ (18... Nfd7 19. Nf5 $1) (18... Ng4 19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd3 $1) 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 Nb3+ 21. Kc2 Na1+ 22. Kc1 Qa4 (22... Nb3+ $11 {and draw with perpetual check.}) 23. Bd3 Nb3+ 24. Kc2 Nc5+ 25. Kc1 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nc5+ 27. Kc1 (27. Kd2 Qb3 28. Bc2 Qxb2 29. h5 d3 30. hxg6 Qxc2+ 31. Ke3 Ng4+ 32. fxg4 Qe2+ 33. Kf4 Qxg4+ 34. Ke5 Qg3+ 35. Kf6 Nd7+ 36. Kf5 fxg6+ 37. Ke6 Qe5#) 27... Qb3 28. Qd2 {Hansen: Whites dreams of getting an attack started is shattered. The textmove was neccesary as black cannot be allowed to move his d-pawn forward.} (28. Bc2 d3 $1 29. Bxb3 (29. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. h5 Nxh5 32. Rxh5 Qf1+ 33. Kc2 Qxg2+ 34. Nd2 gxh5 $19) 29... Nxb3#) (28. h5 Nxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. hxg6 Qe3+) 28... Nfd7 {Hansen: Now that whites queen has been forced away from h6 black can even move his last defending piece away from the kingside to strengthen his attack on the opponents ? on c1. The threat ?d7-e5 is deadly so white reply is forced:} 29. f4 $2 (29. Bc2 d3 30. Bxd3 (30. Bxb3 $4 Nxb3#) 30... Ne5 (30... Na4 {? ?d7-c5 ? ?d7-c5} 31. Qc2 Ndc5 {? ?a2 ? ?a2} 32. Qxb3 Nxb3+ 33. Kc2 Nd4+ 34. Kc1 (34. Kd2 Nxb2 $19) 34... Nb3+ $11) 31. Bc2 (31. Be2 Qa4 $19) 31... Be6 (31... Qa2 32. Qxb4) (31... Nxc4 32. Nxc4 Qxc4 33. Qe3 Be6 (33... b3 34. Na3 $36) 34. Nd2) 32. Qd4 (32. Bxb3 Nxb3+ 33. Kc2 Na1+) 32... Nxc4) 29... Nb6 $1 $19 {Van Wely is very dangerous in attacking positions!} 30. f5 (30. Qc2 Bg4 31. Rd2 Qa2 $19) 30... Nba4 $1 {?31. - ?xd3+ 32. ?xd3 ?xb2#} 31. Rh3 (31. Qc2 Qa2) 31... Qa2 {?32. - ?b3+ 33. ?c2 ?xb2#} 32. Be2 $1 Rd8 (32... Nb3+ $6 33. Rxb3 Qxb3 34. Qxd4) (32... Nc3 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc5b3,Ra2b1] Hansen: This possibility - which is even better than 32. - ?d8 - was brought to my attention by Jorgen Glistrup. Black has a winning attack instead of "only" a piece more in the game. Hansen,Cu} 33. Nxc3 Nb3+ 34. Kc2 bxc3 $19) 33. Qxb4 (33. fxg6 Rxd6 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 (34... Kf8) (34... Kf8) 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. Bh5+ Kd8 $19) (33. Nxc8 d3 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. f6+ Kh7 $19) 33... a5 $1 (33... Rxd6 $4 {Hansen,Cu} 34. Ra3) 34. Qa3 Qxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxd6 36. e5 Rd8 37. Bf3 Rb8 38. Bxc6 Nxb2 0-1