[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Rogers"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 $1 {By preventing ...Bg4 White ensures that Black will be unable to
lay seige to the e5 pawn, keeping Black's bishop on g7 permanently out of play.
} a5 10. a4 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 e6 14. Nd2 $1 Nd5 15. Nf3
Qc5 16. Qe4 Qb4 {Black is trying to prevent the transfer of White's queen to
h4 but Short is prepared to ruin his pawn structure and give up the bishop
pair just to gain h4 for his queen.} 17. Bc4 $1 Nb6 18. b3 $1 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Re8
20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Qh4 b6 22. Be3 Qc6 $6 ({
Now White is free to pursue his kingside attack without hindrance;} 22... Qf8 {
was necessary.}) 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Rd8 $1 Bb7 25. Rad1 Bg7 {Against other moves
26.Qe7! (now answered by 26...Bxh6) would have been very strong.} 26. R8d7 $1
Rf8 ({After} 26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6 {White threatens 28.Rxf7!.}) (26... Qe4 27.
Rxf7 $3 {Timman saw this move too late (Anand).}) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. R1d4 Rae8
29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 Rc8 ({Black must remain passive since} 31... Bc8
{allows} 32. g4 $1 hxg4 (32... Bxd7 33. gxh5) 33. Ng5 $1 Bxd7 34. h5 $1 {
with a winning attack. Now White has a fine attacking position but the
immobility of his knight on f3 prevents an immediate knockout. However Short
finds a phenomenal idea -to use his king as part of the mating attack.}) 32.
Kg3 $1 Rce8 33. Kf4 $1 Bc8 34. Kg5 $3 (34. Kg5 $3 Bxd7 35. Kh6 $1 {
Black cannot avoid mate on g7.}) 1-0

[Event "Hollenstedt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Sargon 2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Qg4 f5 5. Qf4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bf8 7. h4 Nh6 8. Nh3
Qe7 9. Qg3 Nf7 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. Nh5 Nfd8 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 Qf7 15.
Ng5 Qe7 16. Nxh7 Bc8 17. N5f6+ gxf6 18. Nxf6+ Kf7 19. Bh5+ Rxh5 20. Qg8# 1-0

