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1.e4 Timman,J Blatny,P Marin c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bg5 f6 7...Qb6 8.Qd2 Ne7 9.Rc1 f6 10.exf6 gxf6∞ Dobosz-Jelling Esbjerg 1988 8.exf6 gxf6 9.Be3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Be2 Bg6 12.Nh3 Bd6 13.Nf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Ne7= ץ6,צ6,ר5,עe8 - פ4,פ5 15.Qd2 Nbd5 16.Rd1 Nf5 17.Bd3 Kf7 18.Ne2 Qe7 19.a3 Rad8 20.Bg3 Qf8 I perceive Jan Timman as a very colourful player. Gifted with a fine positional understanding and intuitive tactical skills, he used to be inclined towards improvising, both in the opening and in the middlegame. The latter aspect may explain why his results were fluctuant even in his best years. From a sporty point of view, his result in Linares 1992 was a success, but several of his important wins were only partly convincing. He played quite a few positionally fine sequences, but his adventurous spirit eventually caused him to go astray later. However, the problems he faced his opponents with caused them to enter in time trouble, during which they committed decisive mistakes. This game played against the man who at some point seemed to be an eternal number two in the World is a good example. In several moments of the next phase, Timman played in Karpov's style (kindly compare with Karpov-Salov). Even though the position will remain close to equal, he will know how to maintain the latent pressure. 21.0-0
Both sides have completed their initial development, but Black's coordination looks a bit awkward. For Karpov, playing with the king in the centre was not a bigger problem than for Steinitz, though. How should he have proceeded?
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