Kasparov-Short
Game 15
Queen's Gambit Declined
Exchange Variation [D35]
(numbers in parens = cumulative time used in minutes)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 (2) 0-0 (2)
7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 (3) Re8 (2) 9.0-0 (15) Nf8 (4) 10.b4 (35) a6 (9)
11.a3 c6 12.Qc2 (40) g6 (22) 13.f3 (51) Ne6 (32) 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Bxe7
Rxe7 16.Qd2 b6 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Bb1 (75) Nhg7 (75) 19.e4 Rc8 20.Ba2
Rd7 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 (95) Ne6 (83) 23.Qe5 Re7 24.Qg3 (102) Qc7 (95)
25.Qh4 Ng7 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Rfd1 Rcc7 28.Na4 dxe4 29.fxe4 Qe8
30.Nc3 (113) Rcd7 (106) 31.Qf2 Ne6 32.e5 c5 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.d5 Nd4
35.Ne4 Qd8 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Nxd7 Rxd7 38.Rxc5 (116) Ne6 (114) 39.Rcc1
Short Resigns

Note: According to the Deja Vu Database, the position at 14.f3 was
reached in Kasparov-Belyavsky, Moscow Rapid 1987 (by transposition)

Score after 15 games: Kasparov 10.5, Short 4.5

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