Jan Timman’s Most Beautiful Checkmate vs. Nigel Short

October 19, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Jan Timman vs Nigel Short
Interpolis 14th (1990), Tilburg NED, rd 14, Sep-24
Dutch Defense: Classical. Stonewall Variation Botvinnik Variation (A93) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Bd7 8. Ba3 Nc6 9. Qc1 a5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 Be8 12. Qe3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Ng4 15. Qf4 Bf7 16. Rab1 e5 17. dxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qc5 19. Ng5 Bxc4 20. Nd5 Nd8 21. e6 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa3 23. Rd7 Nc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. e7 Re8 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27.
Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. Nf7#
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