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1.e4Timman,J Blatny,P Marinc62.d4d53.e5Bf54.h4h55.c4e66.Nc3Nd77.Bg5f67...Qb68.Qd2Ne79.Rc1f610.exf6gxf6∞Dobosz-Jelling Esbjerg 19888.exf6gxf69.Be3dxc410.Bxc4Nb611.Be2Bg612.Nh3Bd613.Nf4Bxf414.Bxf4Ne7=ץ6,צ6,ר5,עe8 - פ4,פ515.Qd2Nbd516.Rd1Nf517.Bd3Kf718.Ne2Qe719.a3Rad820.Bg3Qf8I 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?