Winning idea keeps Timman's hopes alive

JAN TIMMAN kept alive his hopes of a world chess championship challenge by defeating Nigel Short in the 11th game of the Candidates' Final in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, yesterday.

Short now leads 6-5 with three games left to play. The game, which had been adjourned on Tuesday, was resumed yesterday in a technically difficult endgame.

Short showed the fruits of his night's work by rattling off the first 14 moves of yesterday's session in a couple of minutes. However, Timman then came up with an idea that Short's team of analysts had apparently not considered. Short thought for more than 20 minutes on his 75th move, but 10 moves later found himself unable to prevent one of Timman's pawns from marching through to its queening square.

In the three games left, Short will twice have the advantage of the white pieces. He needs 1 1/2 points to win the match and the right to challenge Garry Kasparov for the world title.

The twelfth game will be played today. Here are the moves of game 11:

White: Timman

Black: Short

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6

3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5

5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2 Be7

7 e3 Nbd7 8 Bd3 Nh5

9 Bxe7 Qxe7 10 Nge2 Nb6

11 0-0-0 g6 12 Kb1 Ng7

13 Ng3 Bd7 14 Rc1 0-0-0

15 Na4 Nxa4 16 Qxa4 Kb8

17 Rc3 b6 18 Ra3 Be8

19 Qc2 Rc8 20 Rc1 Bd7

21 Qd2 h5 22 Rb3 Ne6

23 Rbc3 h4 24 Ne2 Qd6

25 h3 Rhd8 26 Ng1 g5

27 Nf3 f6 28 R3c2 Ng7

29 Ka1 Bf5 30 Ne1 Kb7

31 Rc3 Bxd3 32 Nxd3 Nf5

33 Qc2 Ne7 34 Qa4 Ka8

35 a3 Qd7 36 Nb4 Kb7

37 Rb3 c5 38 Qxd7+ Rxd7

39 dxc5 d4 40 exd4 Rxd4

41 Nd3 Nd5 42 Kb1 Re8

43 cxb6 axb6 44 a4 Ka7

45 a5 bxa5 46 Rc5 Nb4

47 Rxa5+ Kb6 48 Nxb4 Rxb4

49 Raa3 Re1+ 50 Kc2 Re2+

51 Kc1 Kb5 52 Rxb4+ Kxb4

53 Rf3 Re1+ 54 Kd2 Rg1

55 Ke2 Kc4 56 Rxf6 Rxg2

57 Kf1 Rh2 58 Rf3 Rh1+

59 Kg2 Rb1 60 Rf5 Rxb2

61 Kf3 Rb1 62 Rxg5 Rf1

63 Rf5 Rg1 64 Rh5 Rf1

65 Rxh4+ Kd5 66 Rf4 Ke5

67 Kg2 Ra1 68 Rf8 Ke6

69 h4 Ke7 70 Rf4 Ra8

71 Kh3 Rh8 72 Kg4 Rg8+

73 Kh5 Ke6 74 Kh6 Ke5

75 Ra4 Rg2 76 f3 Rg3

77 Re4+ Kf5 78 Re8 Rg6+

79 Kh7 Rf6 80 Kg7 Rg6+

81 Kh7 Rf6 82 Re7 Ra6

83 Rf7+ Ke6 84 Kg7 Ra1

85 Rf6+ 1-0