Kasparov-Short
Game 17
Scotch Game
(numbers in parens = cumulative time used in minutes)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6
7.Nc3 Be6 8.Na4 Rd8 9.Bd3 (1) Bd4 (6) 10.0-0 (2) a6 (7)
11.Nc3 (23) Ne7 (10) 12.Ne2 Bb6 13.Qf4 Ng6 14.Qxf6 (44) gxf6 (28)
15.Ng3 h5 16.Be2 h4 17.Nf5 (68) Bxf5 (55) 18.exf5 Ne5 19.Re1
Kf8 20.Bf4 Rd4 21.g3 (87) Kg7 (59) 22.Rad1 Re4 23.Kg2 hxg3
24.fxg3 (96) Bf2 (66) 25.Kxf2 Rxh2+ 26.Kf1 Rexe2 27.Rxe2 Rh1+
28.Kf2 (101) Rxd1 (68) 29.b3 Rd7 30.Rd2 Rxd2+ 31.Bxd2 c5
32.Ke3 (115) c6 (106) 33.Ke4 c4 34.b4 b5 35.Bf4 Nd7 36.Kd4 Kf8
37.Bc7 (116) Ke7 (108) 38.g4 Kf8 39.Bd6+ Kg7 40.Bc7 (118)
Kf8 (113) 41.a3 Draw agreed

Score after 17 games: Kasparov 11, Short 6

M.L. Rantala, Bulletin Manager
Times World Chess Championship
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