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Legendary game · 1991

The king walks into enemy territory

Short vs Timman — Tilburg 1991 · Pirc Defense (B07)

Timman

Short

Tilburg, nineteen ninety-one. Nigel Short does something no one else would dare — he walks his own king up the board, into the attack.

The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.

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