[Event "Candidates Semifinal Linares"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Jan Timman"] [Black "Artur Yusupov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2107150136733709"] [EventDate "1992.04.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,103,19,38,25,16,13,60,31,7,6,5,27,37,12,10,24,21,-14,32,-1,11,37,25,55,57,57,45,27,30,42,18,3,43,37,43,20,34,30,52,50,59,53,59,63,70,54,64,61,66,75,61,71,75,98,93,119,127,122,144,141,152,169,176,181,197,189,210,218,231,240,247,280,277,277,292,298,292,304,301,298,298,378,374,418,433,440,424,428,422,448,513,552,469,540,551,569,508,613,602,624,553,610,702,762,798]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 {This variation is not often played anymore, because after the next forced sequence of moves an endgame is reached that is quite difficult for Black.} 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Be4 Nxa1 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Rc1 c6 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. Nd2 h6 {In Kasparov - Anand, Linares 1991, Anand played} (19... Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Rd8 {and he managed to draw. Timman wrote that he did not trust this position for Black.}) 20. h4 Rd3 {This position had also appeared in their second match game.} 21. Bf1 {This was the move that Jan had seen in his sleep. He is going to sacrifice his pawn e5, but his minor pieces will work very well together.} ({In the second match game, which ended as a draw,} 21. Rxa1 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rg8 24. Bf6+ Kh7 {had been played.}) 21... Rd4 22. Be3 Rd5 23. Rxa1 Rxe5 24. Nc4 {This is the position that Timman had aimed at. With bishop and knight against rook and two Pawns, material is about even, but White's pieces are very well placed.} Rd5 25. Bg2 Rb5 26. Re1 Rd8 {Black gives up a pawn to avoid White's threat of} (26... Z0 27. Bd4) 27. Bxa7 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. Bd4 f4 30. Be4 {Optimal centralisation of all White's pieces.} Rb4 {Black doesn't have an active plan.} (30... Rh5 {attacking the h4-pawn doesn't make much sense after} 31. Ne5) 31. b3 Be2 32. Bc3 Rb5 33. Nd6 Rh5 {Now he does go after the h-pawn, but it's a death march.} 34. f3 Ba6 35. Nf5 Kg8 36. Nxg7 Rxh4 {No doubt Black realized that his rook would be doomed here, but that other rook moves were also hopeless .} 37. Bf5 Be2 38. Be6+ Kh7 39. Bf5+ Kg8 40. Kg2 c5 41. Bf6 {Now Black has to give a piece to let his rook escape.} Bxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rh2 43. a4 {Black could have resigned here, but that is not easily done in a qualification match for the world championship.} Kf7 44. Be5 Ke7 45. Ne6 Rh5 46. Kxf4 Rh4+ 47. Ke3 c4 48. b4 h5 49. a5 Rh1 50. Nf4 Rc1 51. Kd2 Rf1 52. Be4 {Black resigned. After White's Bxb7 his a-pawn will promote.} 1-0