[Event "Interpolis Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Jan Timman"] [Black "Viktor Kortchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2610"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2282613594480686"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,49,19,38,43,18,28,25,26,39,48,54,59,37,32,26,26,5,27,11,8,2,33,29,31,23,201,211,165,160,160,165,161,194,308,233,250,227,227,225,225,222,385,474,474,514,514,342,585,593,593,571]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {Kortchnoi was an expert in the French, but this variation was not what he used to do. Nomally he played} (3... Bb4) ({or} 3... Nf6) 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. O-O-O e5 {Don't think that with this move Kortchnoi intended to keep his extra pawn, as that would be too naive. He wants to keep his d-pawn and give up his e-pawn instead. Deep thinking, but probably not the best choice.} ({The normal move} 10... O-O {was somewhat better.}) 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe5 Re8 {A fatal provocation.} ({After} 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Be6 {White would only have a slight advantage.}) 13. Nxf7 {White strikes and is suddenly completely winning.} Rxe1+ ({Also after} 13... Kxf7 14. Bc4+ Kf8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Re1 {Black is doomed, because of the possibility Qb4+.}) 14. Qxe1 Kxf7 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. Qe6 Bxg5+ ({Or} 16... Ne5 17. Qg8+ Ke7 18. Qxg7+ {and White wins.}) 17. hxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. Qg8+ Ke7 20. Re1 Bd7 {He is forced to return material.} ({After} 20... Kf6 {White wins with} 21. Qf8+ Kg6 22. f4 Bd7 23. Qxa8) 21. Qxa8 Qd2 22. Rxe5+ Kf6 23. a3 Kxe5 {For a brief moment material equality is reached, but Black's stray king leaves him without chances.} 24. Qb8+ Kf5 25. Qf8+ {Black resigned. In any case he would lose his bishop.} 1-0