| 1.Kc6! | |
| 1.c6? was actually played in the game. 1... e5 2.fxe5 fxe5 3.Kb6 e4 4.Rd7+ Kf6! 5.Rd8 e3 6.Re8 Rb1+ 7.Ka7 Ra1+ 8.Kb7 Rb1 9.Kc8 Re1! and Black got the draw | |
| 1... | e5 |
| 2.fxe5 | fxe5 |
| 3.Kd5 | Kf6 |
| 3... e4 4.Rd4 +- | |
| 4.c6 | e4 |
| 5.Rf2+ | Ke7 |
| 6.Re2 | Rd1+ |
| 7.Kxe4 | Kd6 |
| 8.Rc2+- | |
| Short-Topalov (1996) | |