Short-Kasparov
Game 12
Sicilian Defence
Najdorf Variation
(numbers in parens = cumulative time used in minutes)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6
7.Bb3 Nc6 8.f4 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 (5) b5 (3)
12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e5 [33] Bh4+ [4] 14.g3 Rb8 15.gxh4 Bb7
16.Ne4 dxe5 17.Rg1 g6 18.Rd1 (64) Bxe4 (16) 19.Qxe4 Qxh4+
20.Ke2 (71) Qxh2+ (73) 21.Rg2 Qf4 22.Qxf4 exf4 23.Kf3 Rfd8
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Kxf4 Kf8 26.Ke3 (77) Ke7 (66) 27.c4 h5 (70)
28.a4 (86) bxa4 29.Bxa4 h4 30.c5 (88) Rh8 (83) 31.Rc2 h3
32.Bc6 e5 33.Kf2 h2 34.Rc1 (106) a5 (96) 35.Bd5 (111) Rd8 (99)
36.Bg2 (114) Rd2+ (109) 37.Kg3 Kd7 38.Ra1 f5 39.Kxh2 Rb2
40.Rxa5 (116) e4 (111) Draw agreed.

Score after 12 games: Kasparov 8.5, Short 3.5.

M.L. Rantala, Bulletin Manager
Times World Chess Championship
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