ANNOTATED GAME

The king as an attacking piece
Nigel Short (2660) vs. Jan Timman (2630)
Annotated by: black_cat_hamlet (1531)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B04), modern, Keres variation
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34. Kg5
I would like to go back to the Qxd7 line mentioned back at move 32 - 32...Qxd7 33.Rxd7 Bxd7 34.Kg3 Bxa4 [supposing Timman tries promotion] 35.Kf4 Bxc2 36.Nh3 a4 37.Kg5 [and now Timman can play] Kh7 38.Nf4 a3 39.Nxh5! [a sac to open the position; all lines I've looked at leads to mate e.g. 39...Rh8 40.Qxf7+ Kh8 41.Nf6 Rg7 42.Qxe8+ Rg8 43.Qxg8#] 38...Bd1 is similary met with 39.Nxg6! and the only way I can see to stop mate is 39...Rg8 40.Qxf7+ Rg7 41.Qxe8+ Rg8 42.Qd7+ Rd7 43.Qxd1 Rxg6+ 44.Kxh5, with a won endgame for Short. There are many more lines that I looked at, so if anyone is curious about those other lines, or they found a possible refutation to all this, feel free to comment or PM me :)
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