Timman's Titans by Jan Timman

Author:Jan Timman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New in Chess

Yury Kots

Boris Spassky

Baku ch-URS 1961 (1)

1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.0-0 ♗e7 6.♖e1 d6 7.c3 ♗g4 8.h3 ♗h5 9.d3 ♕d7 10.♘bd2

10…g5!

A revolutionary idea, especially in those times. Even though Black seemed to have opted for a quiet variation of the Ruy Lopez, suddenly, out of nowhere, he starts an attack on the white king. Today, the text move is still considered correct. Ivan Sokolov, a great admirer of Spassky’s play, used it twice almost half a century later, and with success.

11.g4?

White tries to keep the g-file closed, but as a result the h-file is opened, with much direr consequences for White. Better is 11.♘f1 g4 12.hxg4 ♗xg4 13.♘1h2, as Evans played a month later against Sherwin in the American Championship.

11…♗g6 12.♘f1 h5 13.♘3h2 hxg4 14.hxg4 0-0-0 15.♗xc6 ♕xc6 16.♗xg5 ♕d7 17.♗e3

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