Short-Kasparov
Game 16
Sicilian Defence
Najdorf Variation, Sozin (Fischer) Attack
(numbers in parens = cumulative time used in minutes)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6
7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 (3) Qc7 (2) 10.Qg3 (6) Nc6 (3)
11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 (9) Bb7 (4) 13.a3 (19) Rd8 (5) 14.f3 (34)
0-0 (6) 15.Bh6 Ne8 16.Kh1 Kh8 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 (40) Nf6 (27)
19.Rad1 (43) Rd7 (44) 20.Rd3 Rfd8 21.Red1 Qc5 22.Qe3 Kg8
23.Kg1 (68) Kf8 (65) 24.Qf2 Ba8 25.Ne2 g6 26.Nd4 Qe5
27.Re1 (93) g5 (87) 28.c3 Kg7 29.Bc2 Rg8 30.Nb3 (96)
Kf8 (99) 31.Rd4 Ke7 32.a4 h5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rb4 h4
35.Nd4 (105) g4 (113) 36.Rxb5 d5 37.Qxh4 Qh5 38.Nf5+
Kasparov resigns

Score after 16 games: Kasparov 10.5, Short 5.5

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