Subject: World Championship Candidates' Final 1993 Jan Timman vs. Nigel Short Best of 14 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (1) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O Re8 13.Qb3 a5 14.b5 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Rac1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nd7 18.Rc2 Qb6 19.Rd1 Re7 20.h3 Rae8 21.Qb2 a4 22.Kf1 Qa5 23.Qa3 d4 24.exd4 Be4 25.Qc3 Qa8 26.Rcd2 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Nf6 28.Qa3 Qb7 29.Rd8 Nd5 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Bc4 Rc8 32.Ne5 Bxg2+ 33.Kg1 Be4 34.Rd4 Nf6 35.Bxf7+ Kh8 36.Kh2 Qxb5 37.Qg3 Qb1 38.Rxe4 Qxe4 39.Bg6 Qd4 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nxh6+ Kf8 42.Nf5 Qc5 43.Nxg7 Kxg7 44.Bf5+ Kf8 45.Bxc8 Qxc8 46.Qa3+ Kg7 # 1/2 Short .5 Timman .5 # Short - Timman # El Escorial 1993 # (2) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Bg7 17.Bb2 Qc7 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Qb1 Nh5 20.Bf1 bxa4 21.bxa4 d5 22.Qa2 Rcd8 23.Rc1 Bh6 24.exd5 cxd5 25.c4 e4 26.cxd5 Qf4 27.Rb1 exf3 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Nxf3 Qf5 30.Bc4 Nf4 31.Bc1 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 # 0-1 Short .5 Timman 1.5 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (3) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Re8 12.b4 c6 13.Qb3 a5 14.b5 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Rac1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Bf1 Rac8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nd2 c4 22.a4 Re6 23.Rc2 Rce8 24.Nf3 Ne4 25.Qa1 Rf6 26.Rd4 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Qg6+ 28.Bg2 Ng5 29.Rc1 Nxf3+ 30.Kf1 Nh2+ 31.Kg1 Nf3+ 32.Kf1 Nxd4 33.Qxd4 Qf5 34.Kg1 Re5 35.Qa7 Qc8 36.Kf1 Rg5 37.Qd4 Qf5 38.f4 Rg6 39.Kf2 Kh7 40.Rd1 Qc2+ 41.Rd2 Qxa4 42.b6 Qb4 43.Rb2 Qe7 44.Ra2 Qh4+ # 0-1 Short 1.5 Timman 1.5 # Short - Timman # El Escorial 1993 # (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rfe8 14.Bc4 Qb4 15.Bb3 Qxf4 16.Qxf4 exf4 17.Rhf1 Nh5 18.Be1 Rad8 19.Nd5 Bg5 20.h4 Bf6 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Rxf4 Re2 23.g4 Rg2 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Rxg5 26.Bh4 Rh5 27.a3 Kf8 28.Bc4 Ne7 29.Rdf1 Rc8 30.Be2 Rh6 31.Bf2 Nc6 32.Rd1 Nd7 33.b3 Nde5 34.f6 Rd8 35.fxg7+ Kxg7 36.Bh4 Rdh8 37.Bf2 Rg6 38.b4 Rh2 39.Rf1 b6 40.Bb5 Rh3 41.Kb2 Nd8 42.Bh4 Ne6 43.Bf6+ Rxf6 44.Rxf6 Nd4 45.Bd3 d5 46.R6f4 Ndf3 47.Rd1 Rh2 48.Ba6 d4 49.Rf1 Rh3 50.Be2 Nd2 51.Rg1+ Kh7 52.Kc1 Ndc4 53.Bxc4 Nxc4 54.Rxf7+ Kh6 55.Rxa7 Rc3 56.Ra8 Kh7 57.Rd1 Ne3 58.Rxd4 Rxc2+ 59.Kb1 Rh2 # 1-0 Short 2.5 Timman 1.5 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (5) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Nge2 Kd7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Re8 15.Bd3 Bb4 16.O-O Kc7 17.Ng3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Na4 19.f4 Nxc3 20.f5 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Re7 22.Kf2 Rd8 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Ne2 f5 25.g3 b5 26.Bc2 Kb6 27.Nc1 a5 28.a4 Rd6 29.Rd3 Rde6 30.Bd1 Re1 31.d5 Rh1 32.d6 Rd7 33.Kg2 Re1 34.Ne2 Kc5 35.Kf2 Rh1 36.Kg2 Rxd1 37.Rxd1 Rxd6 38.Rc1+ Kb4 39.axb5 cxb5 40.Rb1+ Kc5 41.Kf2 a4 42.Nc3 Rb6 43.Rc1 Kd4 44.Ne2+ Kd3 45.Rc3+ Kd2 46.Ra3 Rd6 # 1/2 Short 3 Timman 2 # Short - Timman # El Escorial 1993 # (6) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.c3 Nc5 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.b4 Na4 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Qd3 g6 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Rxd5 Nb6 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.a4 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.e6 f6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Kf1 Ne5 27.Be4 Nf4 28.Na3 c6 29.Nc2 Nxe6 30.Ra6 Rd6 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Rxd4 33.Bxc6 Nxc6 34.Rxe8+ Kxe8 35.Rxc6 Ke7 36.Rc7+ Ke6 37.Rxh7 Rxb4 38.Rb7 g5 39.Rb6+ Ke5 40.f4+ gxf4 41.Kg2 Rb3 42.h3 Kf5 43.Rc6 Kg5 44.Rc5+ f5 45.Rd5 Rb2 46.Kf3 Rb3+ 47.Kg2 b4 48.Rb5 Kg6 49.Rb6+ Kh5 50.Rb8 Kh4 51.Rh8+ Kg5 52.h4+ Kg6 53.Rg8+ Kf7 # 1/2 Short 3.5 Timman 2.5 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (7) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2!? f6 8.Rd1 g5? 9.d4 g4 10.Ne1 O-O-O 11.Be3 h5 12.d5 cxd 13.exd Bf7 14.c4 Qd7 15.d6! Qc6 16.c5 Nh6 17.b4 Qa4 18.Nc4 Rd7 19.Na5! c6 (19...Qxb4?? 20.c6!) 20.Nd3 Nf5 21.a3 Kb8 22.Nb2 Qb5 23.Qe1 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bh6 25.Kh1 h4 26.a4 Qxa5 27.bxa5 g3 28.h3 Bg5 29.Nd3 Ka8 30.Rab1 Re8 31.Rb6 Bd5 32.e4 # 1-0 Short 3.5 Timman 3.5 # Short - Timman # El Escorial 1993 # (8) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 c6 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Be7 12.Qh5 Be6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Bg5 Bf5 15.Rfe1 Bg6 16.Qh4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 O-O 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Re3 Qf5 20.Qxf5 Bxf5 21.h3 h5 22.Rde1 Rad8 23Bd1 g6 24.b4 c5 25.bxc5 Rc8 26.a4 Rxc5 27.axb5 axb5 28.g4 # 1/2 Short 4 Timman 4 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (9) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Qg5 Bg7 9.Nd3 f5 10.e5 c5 11.b3 h6 12.Qg3 f4 13.Qf3 Bf5 14.Qxb7 Be4 15.Qxc7 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Bxe5 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qxa6 f3 19.Nc3 fxg2 20.Re1 O-O 21.Qe6+ Rf7 22.Nd1 Qxa1 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Nc6 25.Rxc5 Nb4 26.Ba3 Nxd3 27.Rc6 Ra8 28.Rd6 Rxa3 29.Rxd3 Rxa2 30.Ne3 Kg7 31.Kxg2 Ra5 32.Rd4 Rb5 33.b4 Rbb7 34.Rc4 Rfc7 35.Rg4 Rd7 36.h4 h5 37.Rg5 Rxb4 38.d4 Rf7 39.Rd5 Rb2 # 0-1 Short 5 Timman 4 # Short - Timman # El Escorial 1993 # (10) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c30-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5 16.Nh2 g6 17.Qf3 h5 18.Be3 Nfd7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Ngf1 Bg7 21.Bc1 c6 22.b4 axb4 23.cxb4 Na4 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Bb3 Rad8 26.Qg3 Nf8 27.Nf3 Ne6 28.Ng5 Nxg5 29.Bxg5 Bf6 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Rd3 h4 32.Rf3 hxg3 33.Rxf6 gxf2+ 34 Kxf2 Re7 35.Rxg6+ Kh7 36.Rg3 d5 37.exd5 Bxd5 38.Rd3 Nb6 39.Ne3 Red7 40 Nxd5 # 1-0 Short 6 Timman 4 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (11) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.Kb1 Ng7 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Rc1 O-O-O 15.Na4 Nxa4 16.Qxa4 Kb8 17.Rc3 b6 18.Ra3 Be8 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.Rc1 Bd7 21.Qd2 h5 22.Rb3 Ne6 23.Rbc3 h4 24.Ne2 Qd6 25.h3 Rhd8 26.Ng1 g5ÿ27.Nf3 f6 28.R3c2 Ng7 29.Ka1 Bf5 30.Ne1 Kb7 31.Rc3 Bxd3 32.Nxd3 Nf5 33.Qc2 Ne7 34.Qa4 Ka8 35.a3 Qd7 36.Nb4 Kb7 37.Rb3 c5 38.Qxd7+ Rxd7 39.dxc5 d4 40.exd4 Rxd4 41.Nd3 Nd5 42.Kb1 Re8 43.cxb6 axb6 44.a4 Ka7 45.a5 bxa5 46.Rc5 Nb4 47.Rxa5+ Kb6 48.Nxb4 Rxb4 49.Raa3 Re1+ 50.Kc2 Re2+ÿ51.Kc1 Kb5 52.Rxb4+ Kxb4 53.Rf3 Re1+ 54.Kd2 Rg1 55.Ke2 Kc4 56.Rxf6 Rxg2ÿ57.Kf1 Rh2 58.Rf3 Rh1+ 59.Kg2 Rb1 60.Rf5 Rxb2 # adjourned 61.Kf3 Rb1 62.Rxg5 Rf1 63.Rf5 Rg1 64.Rh5 Rf1 65.Rxh4+ Kd5 66.Rf4 Ke5 ÿ67.Kg2 Ra1 68.Rf8 Ke6 69.h4 Ke7 70.Rf4 Ra8 71.Kh3 Rh8 72.Kg4 Rg8+ 73.Kh5 Ke6 74.Kh6 Ke5 75.Ra4 Rg2 76.f3 Rg3 77.Re4+ Kf5 78.Re8 Rg6+ 79.Kh7 Rf6 80.Kg7 Rg6+ 81.Kh7 Rf6 82.Re7 Ra6 83.Rf7+ Ke6 84.Kg7 Ra1 85.Rf6+ # 1-0 Short 6 Timman 5 # Short - Timman # El Escorial 1993 # (12) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 c5 16.Qd1 h6 17.f3 Ng5 18.Be3 Rc8 19.Qd2 a5 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.Bb1 Kh8 22.Rfe1 Rc7 23.Bf2 b4 24.h4 Nh7 25.Qd3 g5 26.Qa6 Rfc8 27.Re2 Rc6 28.Qd3 gxh4 29.f4 Rg8 30.Qf3 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rb6 32.Bc2 Rg4 33.Kh2 Rb8 34.Rxd5 Bxd5 35.Qxd5 Rxf4 36.Bxc5 Qg7 37.Bd4 Re8 38.Qd6 Qg3+ 39.Kg1 h3 40.Rf2 h2+ 41.Kh1 Rxd4 42.Qxd4 Nf6 43.Re2 Nh5 44.e6+ Qg7 45.Kxh2 f4 46.Bg6 # 1-0 Short 7 Timman 5 # Timman - Short # El Escorial 1993 # (13) 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O g6 11.f3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.e4 Nb6 14.e5 c5 15.g4 Ng7 16.Nf4 Be6 17.Qf2 Rec8 18.Nfe2 Bd7 19.Rae1 Ne6 20.f4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Bxg4 23.e6 fxe6 24.f5 Qc5 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Rf6 Rc7 28.Nb5 Rg7 29.Nd4 Nd7 30.Rf4 Bf5 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Nc5 33.Re3 Nxd3 34.Rxd3 Rd7 35.Rfd4 Rad8 36.Kg2 Re8 37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Rxb2 # 1/2 Short 7.5 Timman 5.5