[Following are the nine games of the exciting Anatoly Karpov-Jan Timman 1990 Candidates Match, won 6.5-2.5 by Karpov. The match was closer than the score indicates--Timman didn't make the most of his chances and Karpov did not play particularly well throughout.] THE ELECTRONIC CHESS LIBRARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timman - Karpov Kuala Lumpur (Game#1) Ruy Lopez 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.a4 h6 13.Bc2 ed4 14.cd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 ba4 16.Ra4 a5 17.Ra3 Ra6 18.Nh4 Ne4 19.Ne4 Be4 20.Be4 d5 21.Rae3 Rae6 22.Bg6 Qh4 23.Re6 Re6 24.Re6 fe6 25.Be3 Qf6 26.Qg4 Bd6 27.h4 Nc6 28.Be8 Ne7 29.Bd7 Nf5 30.h5 Kf7 31.Bc8 Ke7 32.b3 c5 33.Qe2 cd4 34.Bd2 d3 35.Qd1 Qh4 36.g3 Ng3 0-1 Karpov - Timman Kuala Lumpur (Game#2) Gruenfeld 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cd5 cd5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Rc1 Qb4 14.O-O Rb8 15.b3 c5 16.Rfd1 cd4 17.Bd4 Bd4 18.Qd4 Qd4 19.Rd4 Nb6 20.Rdd1 Bb7 21.e4 de4 22.Ne4 Kg7 23.Rc5 Rfd8 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Nc3 Bg2 26.Kg2 Rc8 27.Rc8 Nc8 28.f4 f5 29.Na4 Kf6 30.Nc5 Nb6 31.Nd3 Nd7 32.Nb4 e5 33.Nc6 a6 34.fe5 Ne5 35.Nd4 Ke7 36.Kf1 Kd6 37.Ke2 Kd5 38.Nc2 Ke4 39.a4 Nf3 40.b4 Nd4 41.Nd4 Kd4 42.b5 Draw. Timman - Karpov Kuala Lumpur (Game#3) Nimzo Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bc3 6.bc3 c5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.dc5 Qa5 9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bb5 Nec6 13.Rd1 Na5 14.Qb4 e5 15.Ne2 Be6 16.c4 a6 17.Ba4 Nc4 18.Bf2 Nc6 19.Qc3 Qa5 20.Bc6 bc6 21.Qa5 Na5 22.O-O Rab8 23.Nc3 Rb3 24.Na4 Ra3 25.Nb6 Nc4 26.h3 h5 27.Rc1 Nb2 28.Rb1 Nd3 29.Rfd1 f5 30.ef5 Rf5 31.Rd2 Nf2 32.Kf2 e4 33.Re1 e3 34.Re3 Re3 35.Ke3 Rc5 36.Nd7 Rb5 37.f4 a5 38.Ne5 Bd5 39.Rc2 Rb8 40.g4 a4 41.Rc3 h4 42.Ng6 Rb3 43.Kd2 Rb2 44.Kd3 Kf7 45.Ne5 Ke8 46.f5 Bg2 47.Kd4 Rb3 48.Ng6 Rb4 49.Ke5 Rb3 50.Rc2 Bh3 51.Rc6 Bg2 52.Re6 Kd7 53.Nh4 Ba8 54.Rg6 Re3 55.Kd4 Re1 56.Kc5 Re5 57.Kb4 Re7 58.Ka4 Bb7 59.Kb4 Bc6 Draw Karpov-Timman Kuala Lumpur (Game#4) Gruenfeld 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6 9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 f6 12.Nd3 Nb6 13.b3 Qe7 14.a4 Bd7 15.Bc1 Rfd8 16.e3 Be8 17.Ba3 Qf7 18.Rc1 Bf8 19.Bf8 Qf8 20.g4 Qe7 21.Qd2 Rac8 22.Ne2 Rc7 23.Rc5 Nc8 24.f5 gxf5 25.Ng3 e5 26.Qc1 b6 27.Rc2 e4 28.Nf2 Nd6 29.Qd2 Rdc8 30.Rfc1 a5 31.Bf1 Nb4 32.Rc3 Qd7 33.Nd1 Rc6 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Rcx6 Qxc6 36.Nc3 Kf8 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke1 Kf8 39.Kd1 Qc8 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Na2 Nxa2 42.Qxa2 Qc7 43.Kf2 Kf8 44.Qb2 Ke7 45.Be2 Kd8 46.Ke1 Kc8 47. Kd2 Kb7 48.Qc1 Qe7 49.Ke1 Bd7 50.Kf2 Ne8 51.Qh1 Qb4 52.h4 Qxb3 53.hxg5 fxg5 54.Qxh7 Qxa4 55.Qe7 Qe6 56.Qxg5 a4 57.Qe7 Qd6 58.Qxd6 Nxd6 59.Bd1 Bb5 60.Ne2 a3 61.Nc1 Kc7 62.Kg3 Nc4 63.Be2 Be8 64.Kf4 Nb2 65.Kg5 Nd3 66. Nb3 a2 67.Na1 b5 68.Bd1 b4 69.Bb3 Nc1 70.Bd5 Kd6 71.Bc4 Bb3 72.Bg8 Ke7 73.Kh6 Kf8 74.Be6 Bd7 75.g5 b3 76.g6 1-0 Timman-Karpov Kuala Lumpur (Game#5) Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 bxa4 16.Rxa4 a5 17.Ra3 Ra6 18.Rae3 a4 19.Nh4 c5 20.dxc5 dxc5 21.Nf5 Bc8 22.e5 Nfd5 23.Rg3 Nf4 24.Qf3 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Ne6 26.Bb1 Nd4 27.Qg4 Nbc2 28.Qe4 f5 29.Qd3 Nxe1 30.Qxa6 Rxe5 31.Re3 Qg5 32.Kf1 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Qxe3 34.Qc4 Kh7 35.Ba2 Nd3 36.Qg8 Kg6 37.Qf7 Kh7 38.Qg8 Draw. Karpov-Timman Kuala Lumpur (Game#6) Benoni 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.h3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Bf1 Nfd7 16.a5 Na8 17.Nd2 b5 18.axb6 Naxb6 19.Bxa6 Bxa6 20.Rxa6 Ne5 21.Qe2 c4 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Qe3 Rb7 24.Na4 Nxa4 25.Rxa4 c3 26.bxc3 Qxc3 27.Nf3 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Rb1 29.Re1 Reb8 30.Rc4 Rxe1 31.Nxe1 Rb1 32.Kf1 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Ke2 Kg7 35.Nc2 Kg6 36.g3 Rh1 37.Kf3 Rd1 38.Ne3 Rd2 39.Rc2 Rd4 40.Rc4 Rd2 41.Rc8 f4 42.gxf4 Bd4 43.Rd8 Bc5 44.Rd7 h5 45.Re7 Bxe3 46.fxe3 Rxd5 47.e4 Rd3 48.Ke2 Rxh3 49.Re6 Kg7 50.Rxd6 h4 51.Rd7 Kg6 52.Rd6 Kg7 53.f5 Ra3 54.e5 Ra5 55.f6 Kf7 56.Rd7 Kf8 57.Re7 h3 58.Kf3 h2 59.Kg2 Ra2 60.Kh1 Re2 61.e6 Rf2 62.Rf7 Ke8 Draw. Timman - Karpov Kuala Lumpur(Game#7) Ruy Lopez 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.a4 Qd7 13.ab5 ab5 14.Ra8 Ba8 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nf1 h6 17.Ng3 c6 18.dc6 Bc6 19.Nh2 d5 20.Nh5 Ne4 21.Ng4 Qf5 22.f3 Nc3 23.bc3 Qh5 24.Re5 Qh4 25.Be3 Ng6 26.Bf2 Qd8 27.Re8 Qe8 28.Bd5 h5 29.Ne3 Nf4 30.Bc6 Qc6 31.Bg3 Ne6 32.Nd5 Qc4 33.Qd2 Qb3 34.Kh2 Qb1 35.Qe1 Qe1 36.Be1 Bd6 37.Bg3 Bc5 38.Be1 Kf8 39.g4 hg4 40.fg4 Ke8 41.Kg2 Kd7 42.Bg3 Kc6 43.Nb4 Bb4 Draw Karpov - Timman Kuala Lumpur(Game#8) Nimzo Indian (Queen's Indian?) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dc4 7.Ne5 Bb4 8.Kf1 Nfd7 9.Nc4 c6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Nbd2 b5 12.Ne3 Bb7 13.Qc2 Qb6 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Ne5 Be7 16.N5g4 Ng4 17.Ng4 Nd7 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.Rd1 a5 20.Qe4 Rc7 21.Kg2 a4 22.ba4 Ra8 23.ab5 cb5 24.Qb1 Bf3 25.ef3 h5 26.Ne3 h4 27.d5 Bc5 28.Rhe1 e5 29.Ng4 Rca7 30.Ne5 Ne5 31.Re5 Ra2 32.d6 h3 33.Kh3 Bd6 34.Rh5 Qf2 35.Qh7 Kf8 36.Qg7 Ke8 37.Rh8 Kd7 38.Qf7 1-0 Timman - Karpov Kuala Lumpur(Game#9) Ruy Lopez 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.a4 h6 13.Bc2 ed4 14.cd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Rae3 f4 19.R3e2 Ne5 20.Nf1 Nf3 21.gf3 Qh4 22.Nh2 Re5 23.Qd2 Qh3 24.Qf4 ba4 25.Qg4 Qg4 26.Ng4 Ree8 27.f4 a5 28.f3 Ba6 29.Rg2 Kf7 30.Rd1 Bc4 31.Ne3 Bb3 32.Re1 c4 33.e5 de5 34.Bg6 Kg8 35.Ng4 Nd3 36.Nh6 gh6 37.Bd3 Kh8 38.Bg6 Red8 39.Bd2 Bb4 40.Bc3 Bc3 41.bc3 a3 42.fe5 Rd5 43.e6 Rd1 44.Rd1 Bd1 45.e7 Ba4 46.Bf7 Rb8 47.Re2 Rb1 48.Kf2 Rb2 49.Bc4 Kg7 50.Ke1 Re2 51.Ke2 h5 52.Bb3 Bd7 53.Ke3 Kf6 54.Kf4 Bc6 55.c4 Ke7 56.c5 Be8 0-1 (EOF)