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1981 September 19 · B_esting'' the.besf . IN THE SPACE of two months Jan .20 .. a3 .. a4 Tim man · has succeeded in winning 21 ... Nh4' · Ras . 22. 8Xe4 major events· ahead of both partici• RXe4 23. f3 Re5? pants in the coming world champion• Beller is 2.r.Re8 with an unclear ship match. Following his. victory in position. The move played allows Tim• Amsterdam ahead of Anatoly Kar• man 10· embark on a deep combination pov, the Dutch Grandmaster went on to wrest a positional advantage. to storm a double-round event in Las Palrnas in which Viktor Korchnoi was KORCHNOI pushed into 'third equal posiuon. Final scores ~ere: Tirnrnan 81/2 points: Larsen (Denmark) .. 61/2: Seirawan (USA) and Korchnoi (ex USSR. now Switzerland) 6; Bellon and Padron Garcia (both Spain) 11/2. An astonishing feature was the three losses of Korchnoi, to Larsen, Seirawan and Timrnan - a total which increased by two (to de Firm• ian of the USA and a. virtually un• known West German called· Bastian) after the challenger's most recent mediocre performance at Baden TIMMAN Baden. Both world championship 24. Bd4I RXe2 players have thus been less convincing If 24 ... ReXd5 then 25.e4!. as after in their latest appearances. It remains 25 .. ..fXeP 26.jXe4 Black's queen and to be seen what .effect the post• rook are both under attack. ponement of their match, originally 25. Qd3 Res scheduled for early September, will 26. Bc3I Ras have. The v'arious delays have been 27. NXf5 caused by Fide president . Fridrik Timman has succeeded in gaining his Olafssons siding with Korchnoi in positional edge, but it takes an demanding the release of the Soviet · extremelv determined kingside attack defector's wife and son "so· that both to increase the pressure. players can start the match on equal 27. Nd7 terms ... · 28. g4 96. Tirnrnun, meanwhile, is confirming 29. Nh4 Kh7 30. f4 _ Nc5 . his status as a formidable force to be 31. Qf3 Re4 reckoned with in the next champion• 32. f5 g5 ship cycle. He has already been 33. Ng2 Raes awarded an automatic pass through 34. Rfe1 Kg8 35. h4 Bg7 to the interzonal stage by the recent 36. f6 gXh4 Fide congress in Atlanta. The follow- 37. Rf1 111g magnificent fight ·~gainst . Threatening 3R.JXg7. Korchnoi from Las Palmas illustrates 37. Bf8 both Tirnrnan's tremendous. will to 38. NXh4 Re3 win and the depth of his play. 39. Qg2 Ne4 40. Nf5I NXc3 BOGO-INDIAN DEFENCE 41/ N><e3 NXd1 J. TIMMAN V. KORCHNOI 4·2. NXd1 Res 1. d4 ·Nf6 43. Nc3 .Qg6 2. c4 ·es 44. 17 ch Kh7 3. Nf3 Bb4 ch. 45. Ne2i Here 3 ... h6 is a. straight Queen's A decisive manoeuvre. Indian defence. The check ·wiJh the 45, ·.h5 bishop is considered more passive. but 46. Nf4I QXg4 47. QXg4 hXg4 soiid. 48. Ne& Be7 4. Bd2 · as 49. fS=°Q BXf8 5 .. g3 b6 50. Rf7 ch s~ Bg2 Bb7 This final finesse prevents Black from 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 Be7 taking the d-pawn - 50 ... Kh6 9.' Nc3 Ne4 51.RXf8 RXd5 52.Rh8 ch Kg6 53.N/4 10. Qc2. NXc3 ch and 54.NXd5. d6 . 11. QXc3 50. Kg6 12. Qd3 fS 51. RxfS Re1 ch An improvement is 12 ... Nc6!. as 52. ·Kg2 Rc1 played in a later game Chandler-Short. 53. Rf2 cs British championship 1981, giving at 54. dXc6 RXc6 least .equalitv. Having only two ·pawns for the 13. Qe3 - Qd7 knight, Korchnoi can hope to draw only 14. BgS Res by eliminating White's remaining 15. Rad1 Bf8 pawns . 16. Qc3 ;_ Be4 55. Kg3 Rc4 11: es exes 56. Rf4 . RXf4 .u seems more natural to play 57. NXf4 ch Kf5 l 7 ... e5. but then follows 18.Bh3 with 58. Nd5 b5 the idea of trapping the bishop by, Nh4 59. Nc3 d5 and.fl. · . 60, NXbS Resigns 18. cXd5 Qf7 MURRAY CHANDLER 19. Be3. h6 e , .
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