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Jan Timman vs Anatoly Karpov
Tilburg Interpolis (1986), Tilburg NED, rd 12, Nov-03
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System (C92)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jan-25-09  Woody Wood Pusher: White found it difficult to prove anything here, and actually ends up slightly worse for ware in the end.
Sep-13-15
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  perfidious: <Woody Wood Pusher: White found it difficult to prove anything here....>

Timman noted that he missed more than one chance after adjournment before his 41st move.

A most elegant line mentioned by Timman ran as follows from the diagram below:


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<This is not an attempt at a win but I was suddenly afraid that Black would meet 57.Kh1 by 57....Ra8 58.Ra5 Bxh3. But in that case, as Karpov demonstrated during the post-mortem, White has the terrific move 59.Qc4!! which is both defensive (the f1 square) and offensive (the f7 square). White wins....>

Sep-28-17  Howard: This game was extensively analyzed by Timman in NIC. That's probably where the above quote from Timman came from.
Sep-28-17
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  offramp: In his calculations Karpov could see some tremendous drawing ideas.

In Karpov vs Chandler, 1983 he saw a variation where he could play 30. Qb5! with a draw.

He also saw an amazing stalemate chance in Karpov vs Ulf Andersson, 1975 that stunned Anderson, in the post mortem. But Karpov didn't try for it.

Sep-28-17
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  keypusher: < perfidious: <Woody Wood Pusher: White found it difficult to prove anything here....> Timman noted that he missed more than one chance after adjournment before his 41st move.

A most elegant line mentioned by Timman ran as follows from the diagram below:

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<This is not an attempt at a win but I was suddenly afraid that Black would meet 57.Kh1 by 57....Ra8 58.Ra5 Bxh3. But in that case, as Karpov demonstrated during the post-mortem, White has the terrific move 59.Qc4!! which is both defensive (the f1 square) and offensive (the f7 square). White wins....>>

Above my pay grade, but can White really win after 59....Qxc4 60.Nxc4 Rd8 61.gxh3 Rxd7 and pawn, knight and rook against rook and three pawns?

Sep-28-17  Retireborn: <keypusher> Good point - doesn't look winnable to me. In any case Houdini suggests meeting 57.Kh1 with the immediate 57...Bxh3 and perpetual.

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