[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.g3 Ne4 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Qc2 ( 
8.O-O Na5 9.Qa4 ) 8...O-O 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Na5 11.c5 b6 12.Nd2 ( 12.Ng5 
) 12...Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.Rab1 e5 16.Qd3 Qf7 17.Qa6 Na5 18.
dxe5 Qxa2 19.Rfd1 Qe6 20.Bf4 h6 21.Qd3 Rad8 22.cxb6 axb6 23.h4 Nc4 24.Qd5 
Rfe8 25.Rb4 ( 25.Qxe6+ Rxe6 26.Rb4 Nxe5 27.Rb5 Rde8 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 
Rxe5 30.Rxd7 ) 25...Qxd5 26.Rxd5 c6 27.Rd1 b5 28.Rbb1 Nxe5 29.Ra1 d5 30.
Ra6 Rc8 31.Ra7 Ng6 32.Be3 Re7 33.Rda1 Rxa7 34.Rxa7 Nf8 35.Re7 Rd8 36.Rc7 
d4 37.Bxd4 Ne6 38.Rxc6 Nxd4 39.cxd4 Rxd4 40.Rb6 ( 40.Rc5 Rd2 41.Rxf5 Rxe2 
42.Rxb5 ) 40...b4 41.e3 Rc4 42.Rb7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Kb1 a6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qf2 Nd7 14.h4 b5 15.g4 Bb7
( 15...Nce5 ) 16.Rg1 Nce5 17.f4 b4 18.Na4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Na5 Qxe4 21.
Rd4 Qf3 22.Rxb4 Be4 23.Nc3 Qxf2 ( 23...Bxh4 24.Qxf3 Bxf3 25.g5 f6 26.Rf1 
Bg2 27.Rg1 Bf3 ) 24.Bxf2 d5 25.Rb7 Bc5 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rc7 
Rac8 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Nc4 f5 ( 30...Kf8 31.Rd1 Ke7 ) 31.Ne3 Rf8 32.b4 Na4 
33.gxf5 exf5 34.Nd5 Kf7 35.c4 Rc8 36.c5 ( 36.Rc1 Ke6 37.a3 Rc6 38.Ka2 Nb6 
39.Ne3 ) 36...Rd8 37.Ne3 g6 38.Rc1 Ke6 39.c6 Rc8 40.c7 Kd7 41.Nd5 Ke6 42.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.c3
Nd7 9.Qc2 e5 10.O-O-O exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Rxd4 Qe7 13.h4 Ne5 14.Ng5 g6 
15.Qe2 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qf4+ 17.Nd2 Qf6 ( 17...f6 ) 18.h5 Bf5 19.hxg6 ( 19.g4 
Nxg4 ( 19...Nc6 20.Qf3 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Qxd4 22.gxf5 ) 20.Rxg4 Rae8 21.Qd1 
Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Re1+ 23.Kc2 Qxf2 ) 19...Bxg6 20.Ne4 Qe6 21.f3 Nc6 22.Ra4 a6 
23.Qc4 Qe5 24.Qd5 Qxd5 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nxd5 Rae8 27.Rah4 Re1+ 28.Kd2 Rb1 
29.Bd3 Rxh1 ( 29...Rxb2+ 30.Kc1 Bxd3 31.Kxb2 ) 30.Rxh1 Rd8 31.c4 Ne5 32.
Bxg6 hxg6 33.Kc3 c6 34.Nf4 g5 35.Rh5 Kf6 36.Rh6+ Ke7 37.Rh5 Kf6 38.Rh6+ 
Ke7 39.Rh5 Nxc4 40.Rxg5 Nb6 41.b3 Kf6 42.Rh5 Rd1 43.a4 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Ne2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.
Ng3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Be2 Ba4 13.Qb1 Nbd7 14.Ra2 Rab8 15.O-O
a6 16.Rb2 Qc7 17.Re1 Nf8 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.f4 e5 20.f5 Nf4 21.Bf1 Kh8 22.Qc1 
b5 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Re5 25.Reb1 h6 26.cxb5 axb5 27.c4 b4 28.axb4 ( 28.
Qe3 b3 29.Be2 ) 28...cxb4 29.Qe3 b3 30.Ra1 Rb4 31.Bd3 Nd7 32.Ne2 Nc5 33.
Nc3 ( 33.Rc1 ) 33...Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
Qe7 9.g3 e5 10.d5 Nd8 ( 10...Nb8 ) 11.Bg2 Bg4 ( 11...a5 ) 12.Nh4 c6 13.O-O
cxd5 14.cxd5 Qd7 15.f4 Qb5 16.e4 Be2 ( 16...Bd7 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.exd6 Ne3 
19.Qf2 Nxf1 20.Rxf1 ) 17.Rfe1 Bd3 18.Qd2 Re8 19.Kh1 g6 20.a4 Qa6 21.b3 Rc8
22.Bf3 Nd7 23.Rad1 Nc5 24.fxe5 b5 ( 24...dxe5 25.Bb4 ) 25.Bd4 bxa4 26.Bxc5
1-0

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.d4 h4 8.d5 Nce7 9.
e4 f5 10.Ng1 Nf6 11.Bg5 ( 11.Nh3 ) 11...hxg3 12.hxg3 Rxh1 13.Bxh1 Kf7 14.
Qe2 Qh8 15.Bg2 Bd7 16.O-O-O Qh5 17.Qxh5 Nxh5 18.Nh3 Rh8 19.Rh1 Bf6 ( 19...
Nf6 ) 20.Bd2 Kg7 21.Nb5 fxe4 22.Nc3 Ng8 ( 22...e3 23.Bxe3 Nf5 24.Bd2 Nd4 )
23.Nxe4 Be7 24.Nhg5 Ngf6 25.Ne6+ Bxe6 26.dxe6 c6 27.Ng5 Re8 28.Bf3 Bf8 29.
Bxh5 gxh5 30.f4 exf4 31.gxf4 Kg6 32.Nf3 Ne4 ( 32...Rxe6 33.f5+ Kxf5 34.
Nd4+ ) 33.Be3 c5 ( 33...Kf5 34.Nd4+ Kg4 35.Rg1+ Ng3 36.Bf2 h4 ) 34.Nh4+ 
Kf6 35.f5 Be7 36.Rf1 Kg7 37.Rg1+ Kf6 38.Bf4 Bd8 39.Kc2 a6 40.Rg2 1-0

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf4 c6 7.d5 e5 8.dxe6 d5 ( 
8...O-O 9.h4 Qe7 ) 9.h4 Qe7 10.h5 g5 11.h6 Bf8 12.Nh5 Rg8 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 
14.Bxd5 Bxe6 ( 14...cxd5 15.Nxd5 Qd8 16.Qd4 Bxe6 17.Nf6+ Kf7 18.Qxd8 Bb4+ 
19.c3 Rxd8 20.Nxh7 Be7 21.Nxg5+ Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Rh8 ) 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.e4 Bxh6
17.Qf3 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Rg6 19.Be3 Nd7 20.O-O-O O-O-O 21.Qa4 a6 22.Rxh6 Rxh6 
23.Bxg5 Re8 24.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 25.Kb1 Qe6 26.Qd4 Nf6 27.a3 h5 28.Na4 Qe5 29.Qd3
Kc7 30.Nc3 Kc8 31.f4 Qe7 32.Qd4 Rg8 33.Rd3 Re8 34.b4 Qe6 35.Kb2 Kc7 36.Na4
Nd5 37.c4 Nf6 38.Qb6+ Kc8 39.Nc5 Qe7 40.Qa7 Qc7 41.Na4 ( 41.Nxa6 ) 41...
Qh7 42.Qd4 h4 43.Qd6 Re2+ 44.Kb3 Nd5 45.Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be6 9.Be2 Nd4 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bg4 Nf6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Be3 Qb6 14.Nc2 Rxc4 ( 
14...Qxb2 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Na4 ) 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Kf7 18.
Rad1 Re8 19.Kh1 Bf8 20.f4 Kg8 21.f5 exf5 22.exf5 Re5 23.Nf3 Rec5 24.Nd2 
Rh4 25.Qg3 Rb4 26.a3 Rxb2 27.Na4 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Rc4 ( 28...Rc1 29.Qb3+ d5 
30.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31.Qd1 Qxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Bxa3 ) 29.Qb3 Kh8 ( 29...d5 30.Nb6 Rc1 
31.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32.Rd1 Qxa3 ) 30.Nb6 Rc3 31.Nd5 Rxb3 32.Nxc7 Rxa3 33.Ne6 Be7
34.Rc2 h5 35.Rc8+ Ng8 36.Nf4 Kh7 37.Ng6 Re3 ( 37...Bf6 ) 38.g3 d5 39.Rb8 
b5 40.Rc1 Rf3 41.Rxg8 Kxg8 42.Rc8+ Kf7 43.Ne5+ Kf6 44.Nxf3 Kxf5 45.Kg2 Bf6
46.Ra8 Ke4 47.Rxa6 b4 48.Kf2 Kd3 49.Ne1+ Kd2 50.Ra5 d4 51.Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.O-O-O Bc5 13.Nxd4 O-O-O 
14.Nb3 Qc6 15.f4 Bb6 16.g3 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.c3 Ke7 20.
Nd2 Qd5 21.b3 f5 22.Kc2 f6 23.a4 ( 23.Qh5 Be3 24.Qxh7+ Kd8 25.Qg8+ Ke7 ) 
23...Kf7 24.Qh5+ Kg7 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Nxf3 Kf7 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.b4 a5 29.Kc4 
axb4 30.cxb4 Kd6 31.a5 Bf2 32.b5 h5 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.Kxd4 e5+ 35.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.Nb5 Ke7 14.b3 ( 
14.Nd4 ) 14...Bd7 15.Nd4 a6 ( 15...f6 ) 16.Bd3 g6 17.Kd2 h5 18.g3 Rac8 19.
a4 Be8 20.a5 Nd7 21.b4 Nb8 22.b5 ( 22.Rhb1 Bc6 23.b5 axb5 24.Nxb5 ) 22...
Bxb5 23.Bxb5 axb5 24.Nxb5 Na6 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.Rhb1 Nc5 27.Rb5 Ne4+ 28.Nxe4 
dxe4 29.Ra3 Rd8+ 30.Ke3 Rd5 ( 30...Kd7 31.Kxe4 Kc8 ) 31.c4 Rdd7 32.Rc3 ( 
32.c5 Kd8 33.Rxb7 Rxb7 34.c6 Ra7 35.cxd7 Kxd7 36.Kxe4 Kc6 37.Kd4 Kb5 38.
Rb3+ ) 32...Kd8 33.Kxe4 Kc8 34.Ke3 Rd1 35.Rb6 Ra1 36.Rb5 Ra2 37.h3 Rc6 38.
g4 Rh2 39.Ke4 h4 40.c5 Re2+ 41.Kd3 Rh2 42.Kc4 Ra2 43.Kb4 Rb2+ 44.Kc4 Ra2 
45.Kb3 Ra1 46.Kb4 Rb1+ 47.Kc4 Ra1 48.Kd4 Ra2 49.g5 Ra4+ 50.Rc4 Ra3 51.Rc3 
Ra4+ 52.Rc4 Ra3 53.Rcb4 Rc7 54.Rb3 Ra4+ 55.Ke3 Rc4 56.a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.h3 Qe8 8.Qc2 Nc6 
9.O-O-O Bd8 10.a3 e5 11.Bh2 a6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Ng5 Ng6 14.g4 Nxg4 15.hxg4 ( 
15.Nxh7 Nxf2 16.Qxf2 Kxh7 17.h4 ) 15...Bxg5 16.gxf5 Bxf5 17.Ne4 Bh6 18.Bd3
Qd7 19.Bg3 Rf7 20.Kb1 Raf8 21.Ka1 Ne7 22.Rdg1 Bg6 23.Bh4 Kh8 24.Rh2 Bxe4 
25.Bxe4 Nf5 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.Rxg5 h6 28.Rg1 c5 29.Qd1 b5 30.Qh5 bxc4 31.Rg6 
c3 32.b3 ( 32.bxc3 c4 33.Kb2 Rf6 34.Kc1 ) 32...Rf6 ( 32...c4 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 
34.Qxf5 Rxf5 ) 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 ( 33...Rxf5 34.Rxh6+ gxh6 35.Qxh6+ Kg8 36.Rg2+
Kf7 37.Rg7+ Ke8 38.Rxd7 Kxd7 39.Qe6+ Kc7 40.Qe7+ Kc8 41.Qxd6 Rxf2 ) 34.
Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "4th Max Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1990.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1990.05.10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bg5 Qb6 ( 6...Be7 ) 7.
Nb3 Bb4 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.e3 Ne5 10.Rc1 Rg8 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Rxc3 d6 13.c5 dxc5 
14.Nxc5 Nd7 15.Nb3 ( 15.Ne4 f5 ( 15...Qxb2 16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Rc7 ) 16.Nd6+ 
Ke7 17.Nc4 ) 15...Ne5 16.Nc5 Nd7 17.Nb3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

