This one will be on my tombstone when I die

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11/6/2020 – "There might be a few viewers who are not aware of this game..." Sagar Shah says in a YouTube meeting. Nigel Short: "They don't exist! I've been to the Galapagos Islands, where the iguanas knew this game." In this entertaining 7½-minute video former World Championship challenger runs us through his most famous game, with two stand-up comedians watching. Pure enjoyment.
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Nigel: I've been to Mongolia, and on planes there people come to me and say "Great game you played against Timman". So no, I  refuse to believe there is anybody 0n the planet who doesn't know this game.

Sagar: Okay so just for the aesthetic beauty, this was the game between Nigel and Timman, played in Tilburg in 1991. Was just any tournament or it was like part of the Candidates or something like that?

Nigel: No, no they used to have very strong  tournaments in Tilburg, double round robin events with eight of the best players in the world, and that ran for many years. So that was a major, major tournament. 

 

 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,168,43054%2421---
1.d4948,59355%2434---
1.Nf3282,13556%2441---
1.c4182,40456%2442---
1.g319,72456%2427---
1.b314,32154%2427---
1.f45,91348%2377---
1.Nc33,81451%2384---
1.b41,75948%2379---
1.a31,22154%2405---
1.e31,07349%2409---
1.d395450%2378---
1.g466646%2361---
1.h444953%2374---
1.c343551%2426---
1.h328356%2419---
1.a411259%2465---
1.f39346%2435---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3 Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh8 24.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae8 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 I was short of time and I had a number of moves to to make up until the time control. I had about two minutes left.
31.Kh2 I saw the idea immediately, but the problem was that when I played Kh2 I was concerned about what to do about Bc8, and this was actually the only question what to to do here. When you've got two minutes you have to make a decision. Thankfully he didn't play this. I mean there are various ways to win. I think I found one a special one. Rc8 He played this passive move, and it just enabled me to execute the winning maneuver immediately. 31...Bc8 32.g4 definitely wins, because I have a mating attack. If he takes: Bxd7 33.gxh5 is completely crushing. I'm threatening h6. and now it's just mate immediately: gxh5 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qxh5+ Kg7 36.Rg4# 32.Kg3 I didn't find it difficult to to see at all. There were many many people in the commentary room, and absolutely nobody saw it. They were totally amazed when it happened. You usually want to attack with your pieces. No one thinks of the king marching all the way inside and checkmating. Rce8 The funny thing is that he's really tied up, all these pieces are are tied up. 33.Kf4 Bc8 He actually played ...Bc8 now, but it was a little too late because the king came in. 33...Kh7 which loses in many different ways. I wanted to play 34.Qxg6+ 34.Kg5 and he resigned. The variation I like best - because it's really stupid - is 34.Kg5 Kh7 because i wanted to play 35.Qxg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Kf6
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Short,N2660Timman,J26301–01991B04Tilburg4

 

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