[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Valerij Zhuravliov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4
7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Re1
Qb6 13.Be5 Bd7 14.Re3 Rfd8 15.Rh3 g6 16.Qf3 Be8 17.Nb3 Nd7
18.Bd4 Qc7 19.Rxh7 e5 20.Bxg6 Nf6 21.Re1 Rxd4 22.Nxd4 Nxh7
23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Nf5 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Svetlana Petrenko"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Bg5 Nc4
13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nb3 Rc7 16.Nb5 Bf5 17.Nxc7 Qxc7
18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Ka1 b6 20.c3 a5 21.Nc1 a4 22.a3 Be6 23.Bh6 Bh8
24.h4 Nd5 25.h5 e4 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.c4 Qxc4 28.fxe4 Qc5 29.exd5
Qxa3+ 30.Na2 Qb3 31.dxe6 Re8 32.Rh3 Qb5 33.Nc3 Qb3 34.Qd8 1-0

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juris Saksis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Qg3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.fxg5 Nh5
13.Qe3 Qc5 14.Kb1 hxg5 15.Bf2 Ne5 16.Qe1 Qc7 17.Be2 Nf4 18.Qg1
Bd7 19.h4 gxh4 20.Be3 Nxe2 21.Ndxe2 b5 22.Rd4 Nc4 23.Bf2 b4
24.Nd1 Rc8 25.c3 e5 26.Rd5 Bc6 27.Qe1 Bxd5 28.exd5 Qb7 29.b3
Na3+ 30.Kb2 Qxd5 31.Ne3 Qd3 32.c4 e4 33.Nd5 Qxd5 34.cxd5 Bf6+
35.Nd4 Rc2+ 36.Ka1 Rxf2 37.Qxe4+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "I Jakobson"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.f4 Ng4 10.f5 Bd7 11.Nd5 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Bc6
13.Nb6 Bg5 14.Qf2 Bxe4 15.Nxa8 Nd7 16.Nd2 Bh4 17.g3 Bxh1
18.gxh4 O-O 19.O-O-O Qxa8 20.Bd3 b5 21.f6 Nxf6 22.Qf5 Bd5
23.Rg1 Qd8 24.a4 Kh8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 h6 27.Bd3 Qa5 28.c3
Rb8 29.Qf2 Ne4 30.Qg2 g6 31.Nb1 Nc5 32.Qe2 0-1

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igors Rausis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 b6 7.cxb6
axb6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 d6 11.Ne2 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7
13.e6 fxe6 14.Nf4 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 Qf6 16.Qe2 e5 17.Bb5 c6 18.Nxd5
cxd5 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Qb5+ Kc7 21.Qxb4 d4 22.Bd2 Rhf8 23.Be1
Qg5 24.f3 Bxf3 25.Bg3 Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Valerij Zhuravliov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 f5 3.g4 fxg4 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.h3 c6 6.Qd3 Na6 7.O-O-O
Qa5 8.Qe3 b5 9.hxg4 b4 10.Nb1 Qxa2 11.Bh3 b3 12.c3 Nxg4 13.Qg3
Bf5 14.Rd3 h5 15.f3 h4 16.Qg2 Bxd3 17.exd3 Nf6 18.Be6 Kd8
19.Nh3 Nc7 20.Ng5 Nxe6 21.Nxe6+ Kc8 22.Qh3 Kb7 23.Nc5+ Kb6
24.Nd7+ Nxd7 25.Qxd7 e5 26.Bxe5 Qa4 27.c4 Bb4 28.Rg1 Rag8
29.Bc7+ Ka6 30.Rg6 Rh6 31.Bb8 Rxb8 32.Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Lutsko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O
Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Re8 11.Nd2 e5 12.Qc2 Rc8
13.b4 Qe7 14.Qb3 e4 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.dxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxb2
18.Qxb2 dxe4 19.Rac1 Nb6 20.Qd4 e3 21.f4 Qd8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.f5 Qc4 24.Qf6 Nd5 25.Qd6 Nc3 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Kh1 Nxe2
28.Rxf7 Qe6 29.Qxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxb7 Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4
7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Be3 b6 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.a4
Re8 13.a5 c4 14.axb6 cxb3 15.b7 Kxb7 16.Rxd7 Kc8 17.Rd3 bxc2
18.Rxa6 Bd6 19.Nb5 Rxe4 20.Nxd6+ cxd6 21.Rc3+ Kd7 22.Ra7+ Ke6
23.Ra8 d5 24.Rxc2 Rc4 25.Rxc4 dxc4 26.Kf1 h5 27.Ke2 h4 28.Kd2
Kf7 29.Kc3 Rh5 30.Kxc4 Ne7 31.b4 Nf5 32.Bc5 Ke6 33.Rd8 g6
34.b5 Rh7 35.b6 Nh6 36.Re8+ Kd7 37.b7 Kxe8 38.b8=Q+ Kf7
39.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.h3 O-O
8.Ngf3 Bd6 9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Nf3 h6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.O-O
b6 14.e4 Ne7 15.Qd2 Nf8 16.Rad1 Bb7 17.exd5 exd5 18.Rfe1 Neg6
19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 Ne6 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qxg6+ Kh8 23.Qh6+ Kg8
24.Rd3 Rc8 25.Nh4 Rc7 26.Rg3+ Rg7 27.Ree3 Qd7 28.Ng6 d4
29.Qh8+ Kf7 30.Ref3+ Bxf3 31.Rxf3+ Nf4 32.Rxf4+ Ke6 33.Rf8
Ree7 34.Nxe7 Rxe7 35.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Kapsukas"]
[Site "Kapsukas"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5
Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Qd2 Qxf6 16.Ne4 Qf3 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Nxb7
Qxh1 19.d6 Ke8 20.Qxh6 Qxb7 21.O-O-O Nf8 22.Qf6 Qd7 23.Bg2 Rc8
24.h4 Qd8 25.Qg7 Qb6 26.Qg8 Rd8 27.d7 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 Kxd7
29.Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jusefs Petkevich"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 dxc5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Nd2 Nb4
13.Be4 Rd8 14.Qe2 Bf5 15.O-O Bxe4 16.Ndxe4 Nd7 17.a3 Nc6 18.b4
cxb4 19.axb4 Qc7 20.Nd5 Qb8 21.b5 Ncxe5 22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Bf4
Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Ne5 25.Nxe7+ Kf8 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Nd5 Re8 28.Rae1
f5 29.Qf2 Qd4 30.Qxd4 Bxd4 31.Nc7 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alvis Vitolinsh"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.a4
Nxe4 8.axb5 axb5 9.Rxa8 Qxa8 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Qxb5 f6 12.Nxe5
fxe5 13.Qxe5+ Kd8 14.d3 Nxb3 15.dxe4 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 Bxe4 17.Nc3
Bc6 18.Re1 Bd6 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Nd1 Qa5 21.c3 Qh5 22.h3 Kc8
23.Ne3 Qh4 24.Re2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Na6
8.h3 Nc7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Kh7 11.Qd2 b5 12.cxb5 a6 13.b6 Nb5
14.a4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qxb6 16.a5 Qc7 17.O-O e6 18.c4 Re8 19.Rab1
exd5 20.exd5 Ne4 21.Qc2 Nc3 22.Rb6 Rb8 23.Rc6 Qxa5 24.Rxd6 f5
25.g4 Ne4 26.Rxg6 Kxg6 27.gxf5 Kf7 28.Bxe4 Qb6 29.Bf4 Bf6
30.Kh1 Bd7 31.Rg1 Qb2 32.Bxb8 Qxc2 33.Bxc2 Rxb8 34.Rb1 Rxb1+
35.Bxb1 Bc3 36.Kg2 a5 37.Nh2 h5 38.Nf1 a4 39.Kf3 a3 40.Ne3 Kf6
41.Ke4 Bd4 42.Ba2 Kg5 43.d6 Bxe3 44.fxe3 Bxf5+ 45.Kd5 Bxh3
46.Kxc5 h4 47.Kb6 Bd7 48.c5 h3 49.c6 Bxc6 50.Kxc6 h2 51.Bd5 a2
52.d7 a1=Q 53.d8=Q+ Kg4 54.Qd7+ Kg3 55.Qc7+ Kf2 56.Qf4+ Ke1
57.Kd6 Qh8 58.Qd4 Qd8+ 59.Kc6 Qe8+ 60.Kc5 Ke2 61.Bc4+ Ke1
62.Qc3+ Kd1 63.Qd3+ Kc1 64.Qc3+ Kd1 65.Qd3+ Kc1 66.Bd5 Qc8+
67.Kb4+ Qb8+ 68.Kc3 Qb2+ 69.Kc4 Qa2+ 70.Kb5 Qb2+ 71.Kc5 Qe5
72.Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Borzhomi/Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Site "Borzhomi/Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 f4
14.Nb3 axb4 15.axb4 g5 16.c5 Nf6 17.Bd2 Ng6 18.c6 b6 19.Be1
Rg8 20.Nd2 h5 21.Nb5 g4 22.Ra1 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 g3 24.Qa8 Nh7
25.hxg3 fxg3 26.f4 exf4 27.Qb8 Ne5 28.Rxf4 Qg5 29.Rf3 Nxf3+
30.Bxf3 Qe3+ 31.Kf1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Timisoara"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bc2 Bd6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.a3 b6 13.Qd3
g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Rfe1 Bb7 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.N2c3 a6 18.Qg3 Bh4
19.Qh3 Be7 20.Rd3 f5 21.Ng3 Bf6 22.Nge2 Qd7 23.Red1 Na5 24.Nf4
Nc4 25.Ncxd5 Bxd5 26.Rg3 Re7 27.Rdd3 Nd6 28.Bd1 Ne4 29.Nxg6
hxg6 30.Rxg6+ Bg7 31.Qh4 Bc4 32.Bxg7 Rxg7 33.Rh3 Qxd4 34.Qh8+
Kf7 35.Rxg7+ Qxg7 36.Qxc8 Bd5 37.Qd7+ Kf6 38.Qxg7+ Kxg7 39.Bb3
Ng5 40.Rg3 Kf6 41.Bxd5 exd5 42.Rc3 Ke5 43.Rc6 d4 44.Rxb6 d3
45.Kf1 Ne4 46.h4 Kd4 47.h5 1-0

[Event "Borzhomi (Georgia)"]
[Site "Borzhomi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dimitri Komarov"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.e3
e6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.Qa4 Rc8 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Rxc6 12.Rfc1 Be7
13.Nd1 b5 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.a4 O-O 16.Rxc6 Qxc6 17.axb5 axb5
18.Ra7 Rc8 19.Qc3 Bf8 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxd7 Rc1 22.Kf1 e5
23.Rxd5 Be6 24.Rxe5 Rxd1+ 25.Ke2 Rb1 26.d5 Rxb2+ 27.Kd3 Bd7
28.d6 b4 29.Ra5 Rb3+ 30.Kc2 Rc3+ 31.Kb2 Rc8 32.Ra7 Rd8 33.Ne5
Be6 34.Nc6 Rc8 35.Nd4 Rd8 36.Nxe6 fxe6 37.Ra6 g5 38.Be5 Bg7
39.Bxg7 Kxg7 40.Kb3 Kf6 41.Kxb4 Rb8+ 42.Kc5 Rb2 43.Ra8 Rc2+
44.Kb6 Rb2+ 45.Kc7 Rc2+ 46.Kd7 Kf7 47.Re8 Rxf2 48.Re7+ Kf8
49.Kxe6 Re2 50.d7 Rxe3+ 51.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (juniors)"]
[Site "Borzhomi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.h3 O-O
8.g4 Ne4 9.Bg2 Nd7 10.gxf5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 exf5 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.c4 dxc4 14.Qxc4+ Kh8 15.O-O Nb6 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.d5 Nd7 18.Bb2
Nc5 19.Qd1 Bd7 20.Rb1 Bb5 21.Bxg7+ Qxg7 22.Rxb5 Rf6 23.Qd4 Rg8
24.Nh4 f4 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Qxc5 Rh6 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.exd4 Rxh4
29.Kh2 f3 30.Bxf3 Rxd4 31.Bg4 Rf8 32.Be6 Rd2 33.Kg3 Rxa2 34.f4
Ra3+ 35.Kg4 Kg7 36.Rc1 Ra4 37.Rc7+ Kg6 38.Rxb7 Rfxf4+ 39.Kg3
Rfb4 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (juniors)"]
[Site "Borzhomi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Qc2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Be3 c6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.f3 d5
13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ndb5 dxe4 15.fxe4 Nf8 16.Nd6 Rd8 17.Bc5 Qe5
18.Nd5 Rd7 19.Bd4 Qxd6 20.Bxf6 Qc6 21.Bc4 Bh6 22.Bc3 Bg5
23.Qf2 Qxc4 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Qxc3 27.bxc3 1-0

[Event "Klaipeda"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aidyn Guseinov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nh3 Nge7
8.Be3 Nd4 9.O-O Bd7 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Rc8 13.b4
b6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.c4 O-O 16.Rb1 h6 17.Kh1 Rb8 18.Qd2 Kh7
19.Ng1 Qc7 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Bh3 f5 22.Nf3 Rfe8 23.Rbe1 g5
24.Nxg5+ hxg5 25.Qxg5 Qd6 26.Bxf5+ Bxf5 27.Qxf5+ Qg6 28.Rxe8
Rxe8 29.Kg2 Re2+ 30.Kh3 Rxa2 31.d6 Ra6 32.Qxc5 Qxd6 33.Qf5+
Qg6 34.Rf4 Qxf5+ 35.Rxf5 Ra3 36.Rf3 a5 37.Kg4 a4 38.Kf5 Ra1
39.Ke6 a3 40.Kd5 Rd1 41.Rf2 Rxd3 42.c5 Rc3 43.c6 d3 44.Kd6 Rc2
45.Rf1 a2 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.9)"]
[Site "Klaipeda (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Goldin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3
Bf5 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.a3 Na5 10.Qa2 c5 11.Be2 c4 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.h3 h6
14.g4 Bd3 15.Rd1 Ne4 16.Bxd3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 cxd3 18.Nb1 Nc4
19.Rxd3 Rc6 20.Nd2 Qa5 21.Ke2 Rfc8 22.Rb1 Nb6 23.Qb3 Rxc3
24.Rxc3 Rxc3 25.Qb5 Qxa3 26.Nf3 Qa2+ 27.Kf1 Rc8 28.Kg2 Qc2
29.Ra1 Ra8 30.Ne5 Bh4 31.Bg3 Bxg3 32.Kxg3 Qc7 33.Kg2 a6 34.Qa5
Qd6 35.Rc1 Re8 36.Rc5 Qe6 37.Qb4 Re7 38.Rc1 Kh7 39.Kg1 g6
40.Nd3 Nc4 41.Nf4 Qe4 42.Nxd5 Qxd5 43.Qxe7 Nd2 44.e4 Qb3
45.Qc7 Nxe4 46.Qf4 Ng5 47.Qe3 Qd5 48.Rc5 Qd6 49.Rc8 Qd5 50.Qe8
Nf3+ 51.Kf1 Nh2+ 52.Ke1 Nf3+ 53.Ke2 Nxd4+ 54.Ke3 Qf3+ 55.Kxd4
Qxf2+ 56.Ke5 Qb2+ 57.Kd6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.9)"]
[Site "Klaipeda (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elmar Magerramov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3
Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 fxe5 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2
Be6 14.Nd5 Qd7 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.Nhxg4 Nxg4 17.Bxg4 Nd4 18.O-O Kh8
19.Kh2 Bh6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Nd5 Rf7 22.f4 Rg8 23.f5 Qe8 24.f6
c6 25.Ne7 Rxe7 26.fxe7 Qxe7 27.Qd3 c5 28.Bf2 Rg4 29.g3 Qg7
30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Rf3 Qg6 32.Re1 b6 33.Kh3 Bf4 34.Ref1 h5
35.Rxf4 exf4 36.Rxf4 Rxf4 37.gxf4 Qg4+ 38.Kh2 Qxh4+ 39.Kg2
Qg4+ 40.Kh1 Qxf4 41.Qxd4+ Kh7 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.Qd3 Kg5 44.Qd5+
Kh4 45.Qd3 Qg5+ 46.Kf2 Qf6+ 47.Kg1 Kg4 48.Qd1+ Qf3 49.Qd5 Qe3+
50.Kg2 Qe2+ 51.Kg1 Qe1+ 52.Kg2 Qg3+ 53.Kh1 Qf3+ 54.Kg1 Qf6
55.Qd1+ Kf4 56.Qd3 h4 57.b4 Qa1+ 58.Kh2 Qb2+ 59.Kh3 Qxb4 60.e5
dxe5 61.Qf1+ Ke3 62.Kxh4 Qe7+ 63.Kh5 Qh7+ 64.Kg5 Qg7+ 65.Kh5
Qg3 66.Qb1 Kf4 67.Qc1+ Qe3 68.Qc2 e4 69.Kg6 Qg1+ 70.Kf6 Qd4+
71.Ke6 e3 72.Qc1 Qd3 73.a4 Ke4 74.a5 e2 75.axb6 axb6 76.Qh1+
Kd4 77.Kd7 Qf5+ 78.Kd8 Qg5+ 79.Kc8 Qg3 80.Qh8+ Kxc4 81.Qe8
e1=Q 82.Qc6+ Kb3 83.Qd5+ Kb2 0-1

[Event "SSSR"]
[Site "SSSR"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Qd3 g6 12.Rd1 Bf8
13.Qf3 Bg7 14.Ne4 h6 15.Bd2 Nce7 16.N2g3 b6 17.Bb3 Bb7 18.Re1
Qd7 19.Rad1 a5 20.Qd3 Ba6 21.Qb1 a4 22.Bc2 Rac8 23.Nc3 Nxc3
24.bxc3 Nd5 25.Qb2 Bc4 26.Bb1 Qb5 27.Qc1 h5 28.Bh6 Nf6 29.Re5
Qc6 30.Nxh5 Nxh5 31.Rxh5 Be2 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qh6+ Kf6 34.Bxg6
fxg6 35.Qf4+ Kg7 36.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Timisoara (Romania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pablo Zarnicki"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Nb3
f5 14.Bg5 Nf6 15.Nxc5 dxc5 16.d6 Be6 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.f3 Rab8
19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Be3 Rxb1 21.Qxb1 Rc8 22.Qb5 Bf8 23.Qa6 Ne8 24.f4
exf4 25.Bxf4 Qd7 26.Rd1 Qc6 27.Qxa7 Ra8 28.Ne7+ Bxe7 29.Qxe7
Rxa2 30.Bh6 Kh8 31.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Timisoara (Romania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikkel Antonsen"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 c5 11.Rb1 Ne8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4
b6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 f5 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bd2 Nf6 18.f3 g5 19.Ra1
Rb8 20.Qc2 f4 21.Nb5 Ne8 22.Ra7 Bd7 23.Rfa1 Ng6 24.R1a6 Rf6
25.Na5 g4 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Ba5 gxf3 28.Bxf3 Nc7 29.Bxc7 Qe8
30.dxc6 Nh4 31.Bxb8 1-0

[Event "Torcy"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6
7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Rc1 O-O 10.e3 a6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Rxc3
Qg6 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Be2 Qb1+ 16.Bd1 Na5 17.Qc2 Qxc2
18.Bxc2 Nc4 19.Ke2 b5 20.Bb3 Nxb2 21.Rxc7 Rfc8 22.Rhc1 Nc4
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.a4 bxa4 25.Bxa4 Rb8 26.Nd2 Rb4 27.Bc2 Na3
28.Bd3 a5 29.Ra1 Nc4 30.Nxc4 dxc4 31.Bc2 Rb2 32.Kd1 Rb5 33.e4
f5 34.d5 Bc8 35.f3 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kf7 37.Kd2 Kf6 38.Kc3 Ke5
39.Rf1 Bg4 40.Rf7 g5 41.h3 Be2 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.d6 Bd3 44.e5 Kg6
45.Ba4 Rb8 46.d7 Bf5 47.Re8 Bxd7 48.Bc2+ 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Daugavpils"]
[Site "URS-sf Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Rc1 Re8 14.Ne1 Rb8 15.Nd3 Bf5 16.Nec5 Ne5 17.Bxb7 Bxd3
18.exd3 Be7 19.Be4 Rxb2 20.Qa4 Bxc5 21.Rxc5 Qd7 22.Qa5 Qe6
23.Qxa7 Rxa2 24.Qb7 Re2 25.Qd5 Qf6 26.f4 Ng4 27.Qd7 Qe6
28.Qxe6 fxe6 29.Bf3 Rxh2 30.Bxg4 Rd2 31.Re5 Rxd3 32.Bxe6+ Kf8
33.Kg2 g6 34.f5 gxf5 35.Rfxf5+ Kg7 36.Rf7+ Kg6 37.Rf2 Kg7
38.Rg5+ Kh6 39.Bf5 Kxg5 40.Bxd3 h5 41.Rf5+ Kh6 42.Rf6+ Kg7
43.Rf4 Rd8 44.Kh3 Ra8 45.Kh4 Ra1 46.Kxh5 Rd1 47.Rxd4 Kf6
48.Rf4+ Ke5 49.Bg6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zsolt Fusthy"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6
7.Qe2 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne1 f6
13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 fxe5 15.Bxg5 Bxg5 16.f4 Bxf4 17.dxe5 Nd4
18.Qd1 Be3+ 19.Kh1 Nf5 20.Nc3 O-O 21.Qg4 Rac8 22.Rf3 Rc4
23.Qh3 Rh4 24.Rxe3 Rxh3 25.Rxh3 Qc6 26.Rf3 d4 27.Ne2 Qe4
28.Re1 Ne3 29.Nc5 Qg4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlhammar"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.c4 Qc7
13.Qd2 Bd4 14.Bb2 e5 15.O-O f5 16.Bd3 f4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Rfe1
Qe5 19.f3 Rf7 20.Qa5 b6 21.Rxb6 g5 22.Rc6 g4 23.Qd8+ Rf8
24.Qd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 gxf3 26.gxf3 Kh8 27.Kf2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gyozo Victor Forintos"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 Qa5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nbd2
Nbd7 8.Bg2 Qa6 9.c4 b5 10.O-O Rb8 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Bf1
b4 14.h3 Ngf6 15.a3 Ne8 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Na5 Bb7
19.Re3 Qb6 20.Rea3 Nef6 21.Nb3 Ra8 22.Bd2 a6 23.Bd3 Rfb8
24.Ba5 Qa7 25.Qe2 Ne8 26.R1a2 Bc8 27.Kg2 Rb7 28.Bd2 Rb6 29.Na5
Nb8 30.e5 Qd7 31.e6 fxe6 32.dxe6 Qxe6 33.Be4 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1 Ra7
35.Ng5 Bg4 36.Bd5+ Kh8 37.Rf3 Bxf3 38.Qxf3 Qh5 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Daugavpils (Latvia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "257"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magaram Magomedov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.f3
Bg5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 Be3 10.Qd3 Qe7 11.Nd1 Bh6 12.e4 dxe4
13.fxe4 Na6 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Qe2 b6 16.a3 Ba6 17.Qd1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1
Na6 19.Nf3 O-O-O 20.d5 Nc5 21.Qc2 cxd5 22.exd5 Kb7 23.b4 Na6
24.Nd4 Qd7 25.d6 Re8 26.Qd3 Re3 27.Qc4 Nb8 28.Qd5+ Kc8 29.Ncb5
Ne7 30.Rc1+ Nbc6 31.Rxc6+ Qxc6 32.d7+ Kb7 33.Nd6+ Kc7 34.Ne8+
Kb7 35.Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils (Latvia)"]
[Site "Daugavpils (Latvia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "54"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Yuneev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Qe8 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Na6 10.c5 b6 11.Nd2 Nxc5 12.Bxc5 bxc5
13.Na4 Qe7 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Nb3 Qg5 16.Naxc5 Nf6 17.Rad1 h5
18.Qd2 Qh4 19.g3 Qh3 20.f3 Be6 21.Na5 Kh7 22.Rfe1 Bh6 23.Qc3
1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Daugavpils (Latvia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15113"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Bb4
8.e5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.exf6 gxh4 11.Ne5 c5 12.Qh5 Qxf6 13.O-O-O
a6 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Bf3 cxd4 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.Bxa8 Bxc3 18.bxc3 d3
19.Rxd3 cxd3 20.Qc5 Qf4+ 21.Kb2 Qxa4 22.Bf3 Qc2+ 23.Ka1 d2
24.Rb1 Rg8 25.Qd4 Rg5 26.Rb2 Qc1+ 27.Ka2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Daugavpils 48/707 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Daugavpils 48/707 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Rustem Dautov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4
e5 8.d5 Bc5 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Na4 Bf2+ 11.Ke2 Bd4 12.Nxd4 exd4
13.Qxd4 O-O 14.h3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh5 16.Bg2 Ne5 17.g4 Bxg4+ 18.hxg4
Qxg4+ 19.Kf2 Nbd7 20.Qd1 Qg6 21.Qh5 Ng4+ 22.Ke2 Nde5 23.Bf4
1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Artashes Minasian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 a6
8.Qd2 e6 9.Nf3 exd5 10.exd5 Bg4 11.O-O Nbd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3
Re8 14.Rae1 Rxe1 15.Rxe1 Qf8 16.Bd1 Ne5 17.Ba4 Nxc4 18.Qf4
Nxb2 19.Bxf6 Nd3 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qd2 Nxe1 22.Qxe1 b5 23.Bc2
Qe8 24.Kf1 Qxe1+ 25.Kxe1 f5 26.f4 Kf6 27.g4 h6 28.gxf5 gxf5
29.Nd1 Rg8 30.Kf2 c4 31.Ne3 Rc8 32.Nxf5 Rc5 33.Ne3 h5 34.Kf3
b4 35.Ke4 Ra5 36.Nxc4 Rxa2 37.Bb3 Rh2 38.Nxd6 Rxh3 39.Ba4 Ra3
40.Bc6 h4 41.Kd4 Ra1 42.Ne4+ Kf5 43.d6 Rd1+ 44.Ke3 Ke6 45.d7
Ke7 46.f5 Rxd7 47.Bxd7 Kxd7 48.Kf4 Ke7 49.Kg4 a5 50.Kxh4 a4
51.Kg5 a3 52.f6+ Ke6 53.Nd2 a2 54.Nb3 Kd5 55.f7 Kc4 56.Na1 1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Tabatadze"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.e4 e5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bg5
exd4 14.Rxd4 b4 15.e5 Nxe5 16.Na4 c5 17.Rd2 Bb7 18.Nxe5 Rxe5
19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Rad1 Rg5 21.Rxd6 Rxg2+ 22.Kf1 Rxh2 23.f3 Re8
24.Qf5 Rh1+ 25.Kg2 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxe2+ 27.Kf1 Re3 28.f4 Rf3+
0-1

[Event "Frunze (Kyrgyzstan)"]
[Site "Frunze (Kyrgyzstan)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "81"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magaram Magomedov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.f3
Bg5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 Be3 10.Qd3 Qe7 11.Nd1 Bh6 12.e4 Na6 13.Qc3
dxe4 14.Bxa6 exf3 15.Kf2 fxg2 16.Kxg2 bxa6 17.Nf3 Kf7 18.Nf2
Qd7 19.Ne4 Bf8 20.Nxf6 Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Bh6 22.Ne4 Qh5 23.Ne5+ Kg7
24.d5 Bf5 25.Nxc6 Kf7 26.Nd6+ Kf8 27.Qc5 Kg7 28.Be5+ Nf6
29.Bxf6+ Kg8 30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.Nexf5 gxf5 32.Kf2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Frunze (Kyrgyzstan)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Armen Ambartsoumian"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7
7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Nge2 Nf8 10.O-O-O Be6 11.f3 Rc8 12.Kb1
c5 13.dxc5 Rxc5 14.Nd4 a6 15.h4 Qb8 16.g4 N6d7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7
18.g5 b5 19.Qf2 Nb6 20.f4 b4 21.Nce2 Bg4 22.b3 Qe8 23.Rde1 a5
24.Nc1 a4 25.f5 Re5 26.h5 axb3 27.axb3 Rc3 28.Rh4 Nc4 29.Rxg4
Na3+ 30.Kb2 Qa8 31.Bb5 Qa5 32.Ba4 Nc4+ 33.Kb1 Nxe3 34.Rf4 Qc5
35.Na2 Rd3 36.Nc6 Nc4 37.Nxe5 Nd2+ 38.Kb2 d4 39.Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd3 c5 9.e4 Nb6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Be2
Bd7 13.Nh3 Na5 14.Bd2 Nbc4 15.Bb4 Re8 16.O-O Bb5 17.Qc3 Rc8
18.Rfc1 Nd6 19.Bxa5 Rxc3 20.Bxd8 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rxd8 22.Nf4 Kf8
23.Kf2 a6 24.Nd3 Ke7 25.Ne5 Ne8 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Ke3 Ra8 28.Rc3
Nd6 29.Kd3 h5 30.h4 Ke8 31.Rb3 Ra4 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 f5
34.exf5 exf5 35.g5 Ke7 36.h5 Ke6 37.h6 gxh6 38.gxh6 Ra8 39.h7
Kf6 40.Rc3 Nf7 41.Nxf7 Kxf7 42.Rc7+ Kg6 43.Ke2 Rh8 44.Rxb7
Rxh7 45.Rxh7 Kxh7 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.Kf4 Kg6 48.Ke5 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (team) (juniors)"]
[Site "Kramatorsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olav Sepp"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1
O-O 8.Bf1 Ne8 9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Bh6 f4
13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.h3 Nf5 15.Na3 Qf6 16.Nc2 d5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Nxb4
Nxb4 19.cxb4 Nd4 20.Nxe5 Bxh3 21.Qb2 Nf3+ 22.gxf3 Qg7+ 23.Kh2
Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Rf5 25.Ng4 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (team) (juniors)"]
[Site "Kramatorsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darius Ruzele"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3
Bg4 8.Rc1 e6 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ra7 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O O-O
13.Bg3 Nd7 14.a3 f5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qxd5+ Kh8 17.Bxf5 Nde5
18.Be4 Nd7 19.Qb3 Rf6 20.Rc2 Bd6 21.f4 Ne7 22.Rfc1 b5 23.Bh4
Rf8 24.Rc8 Qxc8 25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.Qd3 Nf6 27.Bf3 Ne7 28.Bg3 Nfd5
29.f5 Rd7 30.e4 Nb6 31.Bg4 Bxg3 32.hxg3 Nc6 33.f6 Ne5 34.fxg7
Kxg7 35.Qd1 Rd6 36.f4 Nxg4 37.Qxg4+ Rg6 38.Qf3 Kh8 39.f5 Rxg3+
40.Qxg3 Rg8 41.Kf2 Rxg3 42.Kxg3 Nc4 43.b3 Nd2 44.Kf4 Kg7 45.d5
Nxb3 46.d6 Kf7 47.e5 Nc5 48.Kg5 a5 49.d7 Ke7 50.e6 Ne4+ 51.Kf4
Nf6 52.Kg5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Corry Vreeken-Bouwman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Rad1 Qa5 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Rfe1 Rfe8
13.Qd2 Ng4 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Bxd5 16.exd5 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bf6
18.Rxb7 Rab8 19.Rb3 Rb6 20.h3 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Nf6 22.f3 Rc8
23.Ra3 Rc7 24.Ne4 Kg7 25.Nxf6 Kxf6 26.Kf2 Rb2 27.Ke3 Rcxc2
28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.g3 Rc7 30.f4 h5 31.Ra6 g5 32.fxg5+ Kxg5 33.Rc6
Rb7 34.Rc4 a5 35.h4+ Kf5 36.Rf4+ Kg6 37.Ra4 Rb5 38.Re4 Rxd5
39.Rxe7 Re5+ 40.Rxe5 dxe5 41.Ke4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.b3 h6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Qf7 11.Bd2 c6 12.Qc1 g5 13.h4
g4 14.Ne1 h5 15.Bh6 cxd5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nd3 Kh7 18.Nf4 e6
19.Qa3 Rd8 20.Rac1 Nc6 21.Rfd1 a5 22.Rd3 Ra6 23.e3 Kh6 24.Rdc3
Rb6 25.Bf1 Qe7 26.Nd3 Ra6 27.Nf4 Ra7 28.Qb2 Bd7 29.Qd2 Kh7
30.Bb5 Be8 31.a4 Raa8 32.Qb2 Rac8 33.Qd2 Rb8 34.R3c2 Rdc8
35.Rc3 Kg7 36.R3c2 Kf6 37.e4 dxe4 38.d5 Ne5 39.Rxc8 Rxc8
40.Rxc8 Nf3+ 41.Kg2 Nxd2 42.Rxe8 Qc7 43.dxe6 Ke5 44.e7 Qc3
45.Be2 Nf3 46.Rg8 1-0

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2
Nc6 8.Qd2 b6 9.Rd1 e6 10.g3 Ba6 11.b3 Re8 12.Kf2 d5 13.e5 cxd4
14.Bxd4 Nd7 15.cxd5 Ncxe5 16.Nf4 Bb7 17.Be2 exd5 18.Nfxd5 Nf6
19.Nf4 Qe7 20.Rhe1 Rad8 21.Qc1 g5 22.Bb5 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Nfg4+
24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Kg2 Nhxf3 26.Nfd5 Nxd4 27.Bxe8 Qe6 28.Qe3 Nc2
0-1

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 a6
8.a4 e6 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Nf3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxb5
exd5 14.exd5 Bg4 15.Nxd6 Bxb2 16.Qxa5 Rxa5 17.Ra2 Bc3+ 18.Kd1
Bg7 19.Nd2 Bd7 20.Bb5 Ra7 21.N2c4 Rd8 22.Kc2 Na6 23.Kb3 Rb8
24.Rd2 Nc7 25.Rb1 Bh6 26.Rdd1 Bf4 27.Kc3 Nxb5+ 28.axb5 Bh6
29.b6 Bg7+ 30.Kd3 Ra6 31.Re1 Kf8 32.Rb3 Bd4 33.f3 h5 34.Reb1
Ke7 35.Ne4 f5 36.Nc3 f4 37.Ra3 Rxa3 38.Nxa3 Kd6 39.Kc4 Bf5
40.Ne4+ Kd7 41.Rb3 Be5 42.Nxc5+ Ke7 43.b7 Rd8 44.Na6 1-0

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5
exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Qxb7 Bd6 12.Qd5 Qb8
13.Bf4 O-O 14.Rd1 Nf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bxf4 16.g3 Be5 17.b7 Ra7
18.Rxd7 Bxb2 19.Bg2 Qe8 20.Rc7 Qe5 21.Qxf7+ Rxf7 22.b8=Q+ Rf8
23.Qb3+ Kh8 24.Rxa7 Bc3+ 25.Kf1 c4 26.Qxc4 Qf5 27.Bf3 Qh3+
28.Kg1 1-0

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zigurds Lanka"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Nf3 Qa5 13.Bd3
b5 14.h3 b4 15.Ne2 e5 16.g4 Be6 17.Nc1 exf4 18.Bxf4 Nd7 19.Nb3
Qa4 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Rh5 22.Bxe7 Ra5 23.a3 bxa3 24.Nxa5 axb2
25.Nb3 Bxb3 26.cxb3 Qa1+ 27.Kc2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vereslav Eingorn"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qxd5 O-O 11.f4 Qb6 12.Nf3 Bf2+
13.Ke2 Nc5 14.b4 Rd8 15.bxc5 Bxc5 16.Qe4 Qb3 17.Bd2 Rxd2+
18.Kxd2 Qb2+ 19.Kd3 Qxa1 20.e6 fxe6 21.Ng5 g6 22.Qe5 Be7
23.Nxe6 Kf7 24.Qg7+ Ke8 25.Nc7+ Kd8 26.Qh8+ Kd7 27.Nxa8 Qxa3
28.Kc2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Astrom"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.Re1 d5 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nf5 Qd7
13.Ng3 O-O-O 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 f5 16.a4 b4 17.Bg5 b3 18.Bxd8
Qxd8 19.Bd1 c4 20.Nd2 Qc7 21.Qf1 Bd6 22.g3 Bc5 23.Qh3 Kb8
24.Nf1 e3 25.Rxe3 Bxe3 26.Nxe3 Qc6 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Nxg2 Rd8
29.Ne3 Rd2 30.Nxf5 Rxb2 31.Nd6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Qxa2 11.Bg5 Qe6 12.Qd3 b6
13.d5 Qd6 14.e5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Bf3
Nd7 19.Bf4 Qf6 20.d6 Rb8 21.Rbd1 e5 22.Bg5 Qg7 23.Bh6 Qf6
24.Bc6 Re6 25.Bg5 Qg7 26.f4 h6 27.Be7 exf4 28.Qxf4 g5 29.Qa4
Ne5 30.Bd5 Bb7 31.Qxa7 Nd7 32.Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Giorgi Giorgadze"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.e4
O-O 8.c3 dxe4 9.dxe4 h6 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Nc4 Rc8 12.Ne1 Qd7 13.f4
Rfd8 14.Ne3 Bg4 15.Nf3 Bh5 16.e5 Ne8 17.Qf2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e6
19.h4 h5 20.g4 hxg4 21.Bxg4 Ne7 22.h5 Nf5 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Nxf5
exf5 25.Be2 Qf7 26.Be3 b6 27.Kh2 Nc7 28.Rg1 c4 29.Qf1 Nd5
30.Rg3 b5 31.Bd4 Bh6 32.Rh3 Qf8 33.Rh4 Bxf4+ 34.Kh1 Bg5 35.Rh2
Qg7 36.Qf3 Bf4 37.e6 Be5 38.Bxe5 Qxe5 39.Rg1 Ne7 40.Qh5 Qg7
41.Rxg6 Nxg6 42.Rg2 Rc7 43.Rxg6 Rf8 44.Rxg7+ Rxg7 45.Bf3 Rh7
46.Qxh7+ Kxh7 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Rios Parra"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5
13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Rxh5 gxh5 17.Nd5 Rxd5
18.Bxd5 gxf3 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Qd7 21.Qf4 Rc8 22.Kb1 Qb5
23.f6 Qe2 24.Rc1 exf6 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Qxf6 f2 27.Bg2 Qe3
28.Qxd6 Nc4 29.Qd1 Qe5 30.c3 Qf5+ 31.Ka1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Markus Stangl"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2
Nf6 8.Be2 d5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 h6
13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.f5 gxf5 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rdf1 e6 17.g4 Qd8
18.gxf5 exf5 19.Rhg1 Qe7 20.Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.Rg1+ Kf8 22.Bxh6+
Rxh6 23.Qxh6+ Ke8 24.Rg7 Qb4 25.a3 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.O-O g5 11.Bg3 Nh6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nd2
Ng6 14.Rc1 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nde4 Nf4 17.c5 Bg6 18.Re1 Nxe2+
19.Qxe2 Nf5 20.Qb5 g4 21.Qxb7 h5 22.Nb5 Rb8 23.Qa6 h4 24.a4
hxg3 25.hxg3 Nd4 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Qxa7 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Qf6 29.Rf1
Nxb5 30.axb5 Rxb5 31.Rxg4 Rxb2 32.Rc4 Rd2 33.Rc7 Rf7 34.g4
Rxc7 35.Qxc7 Rxd5 36.g5 Qf7 37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Rb1 Rd2 39.Qh3+ Kg6
40.g4 Kxg5 41.f4 exf4 42.Rb5+ Be5 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Sorensen"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 g6
8.a4 a5 9.f4 Bg7 10.Bb5+ Nfd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Ba6 13.Qe2
Bxb5 14.axb5 Qb7 15.e5 Nb6 16.Rd1 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Re8 18.Nxf7
Kxf7 19.Qe6+ Kf8 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.Qxb6 Bd4+ 22.Rxd4 cxd4 23.Qxd4
Kg8 24.b3 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Miguel"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3
Bxf3 8.exf3 Ne7 9.f4 O-O 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.c5 Bc7 12.Re1 b6 13.b4
Qa6 14.a4 Qb7 15.Bc3 a5 16.cxb6 Bxb6 17.Na3 Nf5 18.b5 c5
19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Qc2 Rfc8 21.Re2 Nb6 22.Bxa5 Nxa4 23.Bb4 Qb6
24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qb2 Nd3 26.Qd2 Qd4 27.Qd1 Nxf4 28.gxf4 Rxa3
29.Qxd4 Nxd4 30.Rxa3 Nxe2+ 31.Kf1 Nxf4 32.Ra1 Kf8 33.b6 Rb8
34.Ra7 Rxb6 35.f3 Rb1+ 36.Kf2 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "D Zulu"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 Bd7 13.Nc4 Ne8
14.a4 a6 15.Be3 Nc8 16.Na5 Rb8 17.Qb3 f4 18.Bf2 Nf6 19.c6 Be8
20.cxb7 Bd7 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.Nxb8 Nb6 23.Nxa6 1-0

[Event "USSR 48/499 Shirov,A"]
[Site "USSR 48/499 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sarhan Guliev"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3
e6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.Qa4 Rc8 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Rxc6 12.Rfc1 Be7
13.Nd1 b5 14.Qb3 Rc4 15.Nd2 Qa5 16.Nc3 Rb4 17.Qd1 Rxb2 18.e4
dxe4 19.a4 Qb4 20.axb5 Qxd4 21.Ne2 Qd3 22.Rc8+ Bd8 23.bxa6 O-O
24.a7 Nb6 25.Be3 Nxc8 26.a8=Q Bb6 27.Nf4 Qb5 28.Nf1 1-0

[Event "USSR 48/779 Shirov,A"]
[Site "USSR 48/779 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giorgi Bagaturov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 a6 10.O-O b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bxb5 Na6 13.Re1
Nc7 14.Bc4 Rb8 15.a3 Re8 16.Ra2 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Bb7 18.Qd1 Nd7
19.Na4 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nd7 21.Na4 Qe8 22.b3 Qe4 23.Re2 Qf5 24.Re7
Nxd5 25.Bd3 Nxe7 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Bb2 Nf6 28.Nb6 h5 29.Nc4 Ba8
30.Ng5 d5 31.Ne5 d4 32.Qe2 Bd5 33.Qa6 Rxb3 34.Qc8+ Bf8 35.Qd8
Rxb2 36.Qxf6 Be7 37.Qa6 Rxg2+ 38.Kf1 Ne3+ 39.Ke1 Nc2+ 40.Kd1
Ne3+ 41.Ke1 c4 0-1

[Event "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Pierre Boudre"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 b5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Kb1
Na5 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.Rhe1 b4 16.e5 bxc3 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.b3 d5
19.Bc1 O-O 20.g4 Bb5 21.Nxb5 axb5 22.g5 Nxb3 23.gxf6 Nxc1
24.Qe3 Qa5 25.Qxc1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 a6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rg1 Qc7 11.g4 Nd7 12.g5 Nc5 13.Rg3
Nxb3 14.axb3 f5 15.Ncb5 Qb8 16.Rh3 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Rxh7
Qa1+ 19.Kd2 g6 20.Nxc6 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Kxh7 22.Ne7 Qg1 23.Qe3
Qxh2 24.Qb6 Bd7 25.Be3 Re8 26.Bg5 fxe4 27.Qd4 Rf8 28.Be3 Rf7
29.Nxg6 Kxg6 30.Qxe4+ Rf5 31.Qxb7 Rd5+ 32.Kc3 Qe5+ 33.Kb4 Qe4+
34.c4 bxc4+ 35.Qxd7 c3 36.Kxc3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Manuel Apicella"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5
8.d5 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Bd1 Nh5 12.Nge2 f5 13.Bc2 Qh4+
14.Bf2 Qe7 15.Ng3 Nf4 16.Be3 h5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.O-O Qh4
19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Nge2 Be5 21.Rab1 Bd7 22.Nd1 Rf7 23.Nf2 Rg7
24.Kh1 Kh8 25.Nh3 Rxg2 26.Kxg2 Rg8+ 27.Kh1 Qxh3 28.Rf2 Qh4
29.Rg2 Rxg2 30.Kxg2 Ne4 31.Qe1 Qg5+ 32.Kh1 Ng3+ 33.hxg3 fxg3
34.f4 Qg4 35.Qxg3 Qxe2 36.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gilles Andruet"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.e4 exd5
8.exd5 d6 9.a4 Qxb6 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.f4 Be7 12.Nge2 O-O 13.O-O
Rab8 14.a5 Qa7 15.Ng3 Qa8 16.b3 Ne8 17.Bb2 Bf6 18.Ra2 Bd4+
19.Kh1 g6 20.Ba1 Nc7 21.Rd2 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Rf3 N5f6
24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Rxd4 d5 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Nf6 28.Rd6 Ne8
29.Rd4 Rb5 30.b4 Ng7 31.Ne4 Qc6 32.Rc3 Qe6 33.Nc5 Qc8 34.Rcc4
Ne6 35.Ne4 Nxd4 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Nd6 Rc6 38.Nxb5 Nxb5 1-0

[Event "zt Lvov 49/14 Shirov,A"]
[Site "zt Lvov 49/14 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.Rb1
c6 8.d3 b5 9.e4 Nbd7 10.a3 bxc4 11.dxc4 Ng4 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.b4
Nge5 14.Na4 c5 15.b5 axb5 16.cxb5 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qa7 18.Nc3 Nc4
19.a4 Na3 20.Qa2 Nxb1 21.Rxb1 Nb6 22.a5 Be6 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.exd5 Bf5 25.Rb3 c4 26.Rb4 Qc5 27.Qa4 c3 28.Be3 c2 29.Bc1
Bc3 30.Rb3 Qxd5 31.Rxc3 Qd1+ 32.Bf1 Qxc1 33.Nd4 Bh3 34.Qc4
Rfc8 35.Nc6 Rxc6 36.bxc6 Qxf1+ 37.Qxf1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 3.Nf3 b5 4.Nbd2 bxc4 5.Nxc4 e6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 Bd5 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.b3 a5 12.Ne3 Be4 13.Ne5
Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Nb4 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qb2 Nd5 17.Qc2 f5 18.f3 Nef6
19.Bd2 c6 20.e4 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nb4 22.Qb1 Qb6 23.Be3 Qb7 24.a3
Na6 25.Nc4 Nc7 26.a4 Rfb8 27.Bf4 Ra7 28.Rf3 c5 29.Bxc7 Qxc7
30.d5 exd5 31.exd5 Nxd5 32.Qe4 Qc6 33.Rf5 Bf6 34.Rxd5 Bd4+
35.Kh1 Qe6 36.Qxe6+ dxe6 37.Rd6 Rxb3 38.Rxe6 h6 39.Nf4 Rb4
40.Ne5 Ra8 41.Nd5 Rb2 42.Nc6 Rf8 43.Nxd4 cxd4 44.Nf4 Ra2
45.Re7 d3 46.Nxd3 Rd8 47.Nf4 Rdd2 48.h4 Kh7 49.Nh5 Kg6
50.Rxg7+ Kf5 51.Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "J Lapinski"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3
Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 Qf6 11. Bxf4
Ke8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qg6 14. Rae1+ Be7 15. Bd6 Kd8 16. Qf8+
Bxf8 17. Bxc7# 1-0

[Event "09 Paris"]
[Site "09 Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Krasenkow"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.a4
O-O 8.Na3 Na6 9.Nxc4 Be6 10.b3 Bd5 11.Ba3 Rc8 12.Rc1 c5 13.e3
Re8 14.Qe2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qd5+ 17.Kg1 Nc5 18.Rfd1
b6 19.a5 Qb7 20.axb6 axb6 21.b4 Nce4 22.b5 Nd5 23.Qf3 f5
24.Nc6 Ndc3 25.Re1 Rxc6 26.bxc6 Qa6 27.Nxb6 Qxb6 28.Qg2 Qxc6
29.f3 Ng5 30.Bb2 Nxf3+ 31.Kh1 Rc8 32.Bxc3 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.11"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.h3 Bd7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.Nd5 b5 12.Nxf6+ exf6
13.cxb5 Rxb5 14.Qd2 g5 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nd4 Rxd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5
18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxd5 Bxh3 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Rac1 f5 22.Rd2 Rxe3
23.fxe3 Qe7 24.Kf2 Be5 25.Rh1 Bxg3+ 26.Kxg3 Qxe3+ 27.Qf3 Qxd2
28.Qa8+ Kg7 29.Kxh3 Qxe2 30.Qd5 Kg6 31.Qd4 f4 32.Rg1 f5 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 Kh8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. f3 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b5
cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nh5 19. Nb3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rxf1+
22. Bxf1 Nf6 23. Ba3 Bb7 24. c5 dxc5 25. Nxc5 Qc6 26. Rd1 h6
27. Qb3 Nfg8 28. Bc4 Qb6 29. Nd7 Qf2 30. Nd6 Bc6 31. Bc5 Qh4
32. Nxe5 Ba4 33. Qb7 Bxd1 34. Qxa8 Kh7 35. Nxg6 Qh5 36. Nxe7
Nxe7 37. Nf5 Be5 38. Bg1 Bf3 39. Qb7 Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qg6+
41. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alex Sherzer"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 g6 7.f3
Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Rc8
13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.f4 Nc4 17.Qd3 b5 18.e5
Bg7 19.h5 dxe5 20.Ndxb5 Nxb2 21.Kxb2 Rxb5 22.hxg6 Rxb3+
23.cxb3 exf4 24.gxf7 Kxf7 25.Rh7 Qc8 26.Qd5+ Be6 27.Qe5 Rg8
28.Rd4 Bf5 29.Qxf4 Kg6 30.Rc4 Qe6 31.Rh2 Rd8 32.Qc7 Rd3 33.Rc6
Rd6 34.Rxd6 exd6 35.Rd2 d5 36.Ka3 d4 37.Na4 Qe3 38.Qc6+ Kg5
39.Rh2 g3 40.Rg2 d3 41.Qd6 Be5 42.Qd5 Qe4 43.Qd8+ Kg4 44.Rd2
Qf4 45.Rxd3 Bxd3 46.Qxd3 Qf8+ 47.b4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Daugavpils 49/545"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gintautas Piesina"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1
Bd7 13.h4 Rac8 14.h5 e5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4
18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Kg1 Rfe8 20.Rb1 Ba4 21.Qf1 Qc5 22.Bd3 Qa3
23.Rxb7 Rc3 24.Bxc3 dxc3 25.Qb1 Bd4 26.Rh3 Qc5 27.Qb4 Bxf2+
28.Kf1 c2 29.Qxc5 Bxc5 30.Bxc2 Bxc2 31.Rc3 Bb6 32.Rxc2 Rxe4
33.d6 Rd4 34.d7 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils 49/638 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Daugavpils 49/638 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.e4 Nb6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Be2 f5
13.Rd1 Kh8 14.Nh3 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd5 16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Qd3 Qa5+
18.Rd2 h6 19.Ne4 Ne7 20.Bf4 Ned5 21.Bd6 Rf7 22.O-O Bd7 23.Rc2
Bc6 24.Be5 Raf8 25.Nc5 Re8 26.f4 Qd8 27.Qh3 Qe7 28.Bd3 b6
29.Nb3 Ba4 30.Bg6 Rff8 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Ra2 Rc8 33.Rc1 Qe8
34.Raa1 Bc6 35.Nd2 Nh5 36.Rf1 Bb7 37.Ne4 Kg8 38.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Daniel John King"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.f3 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.e4
O-O 8.Ne2 a6 9.Ng3 b5 10.a4 bxa4 11.Qxa4 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nb6
13.Qc2 a5 14.O-O c4 15.Nd1 Ba6 16.Ne3 Nfd7 17.Nef5 g6 18.Nh6+
Kh8 19.Be3 f6 20.f4 a4 21.Kh1 Qc7 22.Rad1 Kg7 23.f5 Ne5
24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Ng4 Nxg4 26.Bxg4 c3 27.Rf3 Nc4 28.Be6 Nxe3
29.Rxe3 Rh8 30.Rf3 Qc4 31.bxc3 Bc5 32.e5 dxe5 33.Nf5+ gxf5
34.Rg3+ Kf8 35.Qxf5 Qf4 36.Qg6 Ra7 37.Rh3 Rxh3 38.Qg8+ Ke7
39.d6+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Berge Ostenstad"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Rb1 Qd7 12.Bb5 a6
13.Bd3 Rad8 14.Ng3 Na5 15.Qd2 e5 16.d5 f5 17.Bg5 Ra8 18.f3 f4
19.Ne2 Rf7 20.Bh4 Bf8 21.Bf2 Bc8 22.Nc1 g5 23.Be2 h5 24.c4 g4
25.Nd3 Nxc4 26.Qc3 b5 27.Nxe5 Nxe5 28.Qxe5 g3 29.hxg3 Bd6
30.Qxh5 Rh7 31.Qg4+ Qxg4 32.fxg4 fxg3 33.Bd4 Bd7 34.e5 Re8
35.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Ernst"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.a4 g5 13.Bg3 h5
14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.h4 g4 17.Ng5 Nd8 18.Na3 Nd7
19.Nc2 f6 20.Ne3 fxg5 21.Nf5 Qh7 22.Qd3 Rf8 23.hxg5 Bxe4
24.Nxd6+ cxd6 25.Rxe4 Qf5 26.g6 Qxg6 27.dxe5 d5 28.Bxd5 Ne6
29.Bc6 Rf7 30.Qxb5 Kf8 31.Bxd7 Qxe4 32.Qxb6 h4 33.Qd6+ Kg7
34.Bxh4 Nf4 35.Qc6 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Ne2 37.Bf6+ Kh7 38.Bf5+ Qxf5
0-1

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O
c5 8.d5 Rb8 9.Qe2 Nc7 10.a4 b6 11.Nd1 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.c4 d5
14.Nf2 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Ne8 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Ra3 Nd6
19.Rad3 Nf5 20.b3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22.Be3 Bg7 23.Bf2 e5
24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.Re3 Bxh2+ 27.Kh1 Bg4 28.Qxg4 Rxf2
29.g3 Qg7 30.Qh3 Rf5 31.Rde1 Bxg3+ 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8
34.Qxg3 h5 35.Qg5 a5 36.Re7 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 Rf5 38.Qe3 Qb2+ 39.Kh3
g5 40.Re8+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Harry Schussler"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.Kb1 a5 12.f3 Ne4
13.Bxe7 Nxc3+ 14.Nxc3 Qxe7 15.Rhe1 Be6 16.Qf2 Rad8 17.g4 Nd7
18.h4 Nb6 19.g5 c5 20.f4 Bg4 21.Rc1 cxd4 22.exd4 Qd7 23.f5 g6
24.f6 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Bb5 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Qe6 28.Qg3 h6
29.a3 Kh7 30.Ka2 Bf5 31.Qc7 Nc8 32.Qxb7 Nd6 33.Qe7 hxg5
34.hxg5 Ne4 35.Nxe4 dxe4 36.b3 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 Be7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 d4 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6
13.b4 a5 14.Qb3 axb4 15.Qxb4 Ra7 16.a4 Ne5 17.Bg2 Be7 18.Qb3
Bc5 19.Bd2 Qe7 20.a5 h6 21.Ra2 Nd7 22.Re1 Nb8 23.Qc4 Na6
24.Rb2 Nc7 25.Rc2 Ne6 26.f4 Qf6 27.Rb1 Rc8 28.Bf3 Bd6 29.Bg4
Re8 30.a6 Rxa6 31.Rxb7 Nc5 32.Kg2 Rea8 33.Rb4 Ne6 34.Rb1 Nc5
35.Rcb2 g6 36.Rb6 Ra2 37.Rxc6 Rxd2 38.Qxc5 Bxc5 39.Rxf6 Ra7
40.Rc6 Ba3 41.Rb5 Kg7 42.Rd5 Bb2 43.f5 gxf5 44.Rxf5 Rd1 45.Bf3
Raa1 46.Rf4 Ra6 47.Rg4+ Kf8 48.Rc8+ Ke7 49.Re4+ Kf6 50.h4 Kg7
51.Ree8 Raa1 52.Rg8+ Kf6 53.Rc6+ Ke7 54.Rxh6 Bc1 55.Rhh8 Be3
56.Re8+ Kf6 57.Rhg8 Rg1+ 58.Kh3 Bf2 59.Re4 Ra6 60.g4 Re6
61.Rf4+ Ke7 62.g5 1-0

[Event "Lvov 49/128 Bareev,E"]
[Site "Zt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6
8.Nbd2 Na6 9.c4 e5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Ba3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3
Bxa1 14.Qxa1 Nc5 15.Rd1 Qf6 16.Qc1 Qe7 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Qe3 Be6
19.Qd4 Kf7 20.h4 Rad8 21.Ng5+ Nxg5 22.hxg5 Rd7 23.f4 Qd8
24.Kf1 c5 25.Qc3 Re7 26.Bxb7 Qb6 27.Bf3 a5 28.Rd3 a4 29.bxa4
Qa6 30.Re3 Ke8 31.Qb3 Kf7 32.Bf6 Ree8 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.Bd5 Re8
35.a5 Kf8 36.Bxe6 Rxe6 37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Site "Zt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.e3 Qc7 9.Ra2 Bf5 10.g4 Be6 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Nf4 O-O-O
13.g5 Nd7 14.Bd3 Kb8 15.O-O Nb6 16.a4 Na5 17.Rg2 Ka8 18.Bc2
Nbc4 19.Re1 g6 20.Kh1 Nc6 21.Bd3 Qa5 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Bd2 cxd4
24.exd4 Bd5 25.Rg3 Rhe8 26.Rh3 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 a6 28.Kg2 Rh8
29.Rh6 Qd8 30.Qh4 Ne7 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Rxh7 Re8 33.Kf2 Qe7
34.Qe4 Qd7 35.Qxg6 Re7 36.Qg8+ Ka7 37.Rh8 Kb6 38.Qd8+ Qxd8
39.Rxd8 Kc6 40.Rc8+ Kd7 41.Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.04"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Kevin Spraggett"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bg4 7.f3
Bh5 8.O-O-O Nf6 9.e4 Bg6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.e5 Ne8 12.Be3 Na6
13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.f4 Nec7 15.h4 Ne6 16.Nge2 Nb4 17.Qb1 c5 18.a3
a5 19.h5 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Nxf4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Nxf4 Rxf4 23.hxg6
bxc3 24.bxc3 Bg5 25.Kc2 Qd7 26.Rxh7 Qf5+ 27.Kb3 Qd7 28.e6 Qb5+
29.Kc2 Qe2+ 30.Rd2 Qe4+ 31.Kb2 Qxe6 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Qh1 Rh4
34.Rf2+ Ke8 35.Qf1 Rf4 36.Rxf4 Bxf4 37.Qb5+ Kf8 38.Rf7+ Kg8
39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.Rf7+ Kg8 41.Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.10"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5
14.Ba3 Ng6 15.b5 Ne8 16.b6 cxb6 17.Nxd6 bxc5 18.Nxe8 Rxe8
19.Bb5 Bd7 20.d6 b6 21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.Rad1 a6 23.Be2 Nf8 24.Qf7
Ne6 25.Nd5 Nd4 26.Rf2 Be6 27.Qc7 Bxd5 28.exd5 Rc8 29.Qf7 Qxd6
30.Bxa6 Ra8 31.Bd3 e4 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.fxe4 Rxa3 34.Qe8+ Qf8
35.Qd7 Be5 36.Rfd2 Re3 37.Rd3 Rxd3 38.Rxd3 f3 39.gxf3 Qf4
40.Rxd4 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qxf3+ 42.Ke1 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.09"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nf6 13.c5 axb4
14.axb4 Kh8 15.f3 Nh5 16.g3 Ng8 17.Nc4 Ngf6 18.Bd2 fxe4
19.fxe4 Bh3 20.Rf2 Qe7 21.c6 b6 22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Qd2 Qc8 24.Rbf1
Bg4 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Qe2 Qg5 28.Rxf6 Bxf6 29.Nb5
Nf4 30.Qd2 Qg4 31.Ne3 Qg5 32.Nxc7 Ra3 33.Ne6 Nxe6 34.dxe6 b5
35.c7 Ra8 36.Qc3 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pierre Dussol"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.a4 Nh5 13.Bh2
Ne5 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Nf6 16.Re1 Nd7 17.Bg4 h5 18.Bxd7 Bxd7
19.f4 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.e5 f5 24.Qd2
Qh4 25.Ne2 Be3 26.Qd1 Ra4 27.Bg3 Qe7 28.e6 Be8 29.Nc3 Rd4
30.Qf3 Bd2 31.Rd1 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Ra4 33.Qf2 Qf6 34.Qe1 Re4
35.Qd2 h4 36.Bf2 Ra4 37.Be1 g5 38.fxg5 Qe5 39.Qf2 Bh5 40.Rd3
f4 41.Kg1 Ra1 42.Kf1 b4 43.cxb4 Be8 44.Qe2 Bb5 45.Qxe5 dxe5
0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jean Marc Pichon"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6
8.a4 Qb4 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.O-O e6 12.Bf4 exd5 13.exd5
Re8 14.Bxd6 Nbd7 15.Re1 Ne5 16.Ng3 Bg4 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4
19.h3 Bd7 20.Qd2 Qb3 21.Bxc5 h5 22.Bd4 Rab8 23.Qf4 Rb4 24.Nge2
Nxd5 25.Qd6 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Bxd4 27.Qxd7 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Bxc3 29.Rc1
Bg7 30.Rc7 Rxa4 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Qxf7 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Qxf7 34.Rxf7
Kh6 35.Ree7 Bd4 36.h4 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrew P H Kinsman"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7
7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.e3 e6 9.a5 Nxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.f3 Bg6 12.O-O Be7
13.e4 O-O 14.Bf4 h6 15.Rf2 Rc8 16.Rd2 Nh5 17.Be3 Bg5 18.Qe1
Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.Kf2 Rfd8 22.Ke3 Nf6 23.Na4
Nd7 24.g3 Kf8 25.b4 Ke7 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.bxc5 Rd7 28.Rb2 f6
29.Rab1 Rcc7 30.h4 gxh4 31.gxh4 Bf7 32.e5 f5 33.Rg1 g6 34.Rbg2
Rc8 35.Rxg6 f4 36.Kd3 Rcd8 37.Rf6 Rxd4+ 38.Kc3 Rd1 39.Rg7 Rc1+
40.Kb3 Rb1+ 41.Kc2 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Davoud Pira"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4
e5 8.d5 Ng4 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bc5 11.Qe2 Bf2+ 12.Kd1 Bd4 13.Kc2
Nf2 14.Nxd4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 exd4 16.Nb5 c6 17.Nxd4 b5 18.Bf4 bxc4
19.Qg3 Bd7 20.Rhf1 f6 21.Bc7 Qe8 22.e5 cxd5 23.exf6 Qg6+
24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.fxg7 Ba4+ 26.Kc3 Re8 27.Rae1 Na6 28.Bd6 Rxe1
29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Ne6 Bf7 32.Ng5 Kxg7 33.Kd4 Bg8
34.h4 Kf6 35.g4 Be6 36.Be5+ Ke7 37.Nxe6 Kxe6 38.h5 gxh5
39.gxh5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Paris (France)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Arnaud Hauchard"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4
Qxb6 8.a5 Qc7 9.e4 g6 10.f4 Bg7 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Nf3 Re8 13.O-O
e5 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5 Nf8 16.f5 h6 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxg6 hxg5
19.Bxg5 N8d7 20.Qf3 Ra7 21.Rad1 Qb7 22.Qh3 Qc6 23.Nd5 exd5
24.Rxd5 Kf8 25.Qh7 Re6 26.Bh6 Ke8 27.Qxg7 Nxd5 28.Qh8+ Ke7
29.g7 Rxh6 30.Rf7+ Kxf7 31.g8=Q+ Ke7 32.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.b4 Nf6 13.f3 h5
14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Nf2 c6 16.Bd3 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bd7
19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Kh1 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nh3 Qd4 23.Be4 Kg8
24.Re1 Ne7 25.Ng1 Qb2 26.Bg5 Nf5 27.g4 hxg4 28.fxg4 Nd4
29.Bxg6 Qxa2 30.Be4 Rf8 31.Qd3 Bxg4 32.Qg3 Bf5 33.Bh6 Rf7
34.Bg2 Bd7 35.Qg5 Nf5 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Bc1 Bf6 38.Qb8 Rg7 39.Be4
Qf2 40.Rd1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantinos Moutousis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 b5 12.Bf3 b4 13.Nd5
Bxd5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.Kh1 Rac8 17.f5 Rc4 18.Nc6 Nxc6
19.dxc6 Qc5 20.Qd3 Rd4 21.Qxa6 Qxf5 22.Be3 Rh4 23.Bf2 Rh6
24.Bg1 d5 25.Rae1 g5 26.Bd1 Ne4 27.Rxe4 Qxe4 28.Qb7 Qc4 29.Re1
Qxc6 30.Qxe7 Qxa4 31.Qxg5 Qc6 32.Bf3 Qxc2 33.Bxd5 Rg6 34.Qf4
Qxb2 35.Bc5 Qc3 36.Re8 Rf6 37.Rxf8+ Bxf8 38.Qg4+ Kh8 39.Bg1
Rf1 40.Bxf7 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dominik Pedzich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6
7.d4 Nxe4 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Re1 Nd6 11.Rxe5 g6 12.Re1
Bg7 13.Na3 O-O 14.Bf4 b5 15.Qf3 Rfe8 16.Rad1 Rac8 17.Nc2 Nc4
18.b3 Nb6 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qd6 21.Ree1 c4 22.Rd4 Rc5 23.Ne3
cxb3 24.axb3 Rec8 25.Qg4 Rxc3 26.Nf5 Rc1 27.Re4 Qb4 28.Nxe7+
Kg7 29.Qe2 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Varga"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6
7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Ne4 O-O 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxe7
Nxe7 13.Qxd4 Bf5 14.Nc3 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 c5 17.Ndb5
Bd7 18.Nd6 Bc6 19.f4 b6 20.a4 Rd7 21.a5 Rb8 22.axb6 Rxb6
23.Nc4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rb8 25.Rd6 g6 26.Na5 Bb5 27.g4 h5 28.h3
hxg4 29.hxg4 Kf8 30.Kf2 Be8 31.Ke3 Nc8 32.Rd2 Nb6 33.Ne4 Na4
34.b3 Rb5 35.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergio Minero Pineda"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 Ne8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4
b6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 f5 16.Bd2 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Ra1 Rxa1
19.Qxa1 Qh4 20.Bd3 Bh6 21.Qa8 Nf6 22.g3 Qh3 23.Nxf6+ Kg7
24.Ne4 Nh4 25.Bxh6+ Kxh6 26.gxh4 Qxd3 27.Nbd2 Kg7 28.Re1 Bh3
29.Qb7+ Rf7 30.Qb1 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "George-Gabriel Grigore"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 c6 6.e4 exd4 7.Qxd4
Be6 8.Nge2 Qb6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Rd1 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5
13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.c5 g5 15.Bxg5 dxc5 16.f4 Neg4 17.Ke2 h6 18.Bh4
h5 19.Bf3 Nd7 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.e5 Nb6 22.h3 Nh6 23.Ne4 Nf5
24.Kf2 Raf8 25.h4 c4 26.bxc4 Nxc4 27.Nc5 b6 28.Rd7+ Ke8
29.Rxa7 Nd4 30.Nxe6 Nxf3 31.Kxf3 Nxe5+ 32.Ke4 Ng4 33.Rd1 Nf2+
34.Ke5 Nxd1 35.Kd6 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Santiago (Chile)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gustavo Sevillano Hernandez"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6
8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O Nc7 10.Re1 Re8 11.a4 Rb8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 exd5
14.exd5 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 b6 16.Bf4 a6 17.Qd2 Qf8 18.Bh2 Bd7
19.Qf4 Nce8 20.Rb1 Nh5 21.Qd2 f5 22.b4 Rd8 23.Ne2 a5 24.bxa5
bxa5 25.Qxa5 Qf6 26.Nf4 Nxf4 27.Bxf4 g5 28.Bc1 Qe7 29.Bd2 Nf6
30.Bc3 Nh5 31.Bxg7 Nxg7 32.Qa7 g4 33.hxg4 fxg4 34.Nd2 g3
35.Nf3 Rf8 36.Rb8 Ne8 37.Bg6 Qg7 38.fxg3 Nf6 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8
40.Qb8+ Ke7 41.Qb1 Bxa4 42.Nh4 Bd7 43.Qb7 Kf8 44.Qb8+ Ke7
45.Qc7 Ne8 46.Bxe8 Kxe8 47.Qxd6 Qd4+ 48.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Santiago 51/553 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Santiago 51/553 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnaud Hauchard"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.f3 Nc6 12.Bf2 d5
13.Bxc5 d4 14.Qd2 Re8 15.e4 e5 16.Nf2 Qc7 17.b4 Nd8 18.Nd3 Ne6
19.Be2 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Nxe4 21.Qc2 N4xc5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.bxc5 e4
24.O-O Rad8 25.Rad1 Qxc5 26.Kh1 d3 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.Qc3 Re3
29.h3 Qc6 30.Kg1 Re2 31.Rf3 Rc2 32.Qa5 Rd6 33.Qf5 Rg6 34.g4
Rf6 35.Qxd3 Qxf3 36.Qxc2 Qg3+ 37.Qg2 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Johansson"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e5
dxe5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Bg1 f6 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Qe2 fxe5
13.fxe5 e6 14.Bf2 Rxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxe5 16.Qe2 Nf5 17.Rd1 Qe7
18.Bd3 Bd7 19.Be4 Re8 20.O-O b6 21.Nb5 Nd6 22.Nxd6 cxd6 23.Bd4
Rc8 24.Kh1 Kg8 25.c3 Qe8 26.Rf2 Bb5 27.Qe3 Nc4 28.Qg3 Qe7
29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.b3 Ne5 31.c4 Be8 32.Qe3 Kg8 33.Qd4 Rd8 34.b4
Rd7 35.Rdf1 Bf7 36.c5 bxc5 37.bxc5 a5 38.Qb2 Rc7 39.cxd6 Qxd6
40.Rd2 Qc5 41.Rc2 Nc4 42.Qf6 1-0

[Event "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Rf8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 b5
13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Rc1 a5 15.a3 a4 16.Ba2 Rc8 17.Be3 b4 18.axb4 Na6
19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxc6 Bxc6 21.O-O Nxb4 22.Bb1 f6 23.Rc1 Bf8
24.Bd2 Rd8 25.h4 Be8 26.Bxb4 Bxb4 27.Ba2+ Kf8 28.Bd5 Rb8
29.Rc2 h5 30.Nd2 Ke7 31.Nf1 f5 32.g3 f4 33.Nh2 Kd6 34.Nf3 fxg3
35.fxg3 Bc5+ 36.Kg2 Bd4 37.Nxd4 exd4 38.Kf3 Bb5 39.Bc4 Rf8+
40.Kg2 Bc6 41.Bd3 Rb8 42.Kf2 Be8 43.Ke1 Bf7 44.Kd2 Rb3 45.e5+
Kxe5 46.Rc5+ Kd6 47.Rb5 Kc6 48.Rxb3 axb3 49.Be4+ Kd6 50.Bd3
Ke5 51.Bb1 Be8 52.Bd3 Kf6 53.Be4 Bf7 54.Bb1 g5 55.hxg5+ Kxg5
56.Be4 Kg4 57.Kd3 Kxg3 58.Kxd4 h4 59.Ke3 h3 60.Bf3 h2 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.b4 Nc4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Re1 d5
13.Nxd4 c5 14.bxc5 Bxc5 15.f3 O-O 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Qd5
18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qf5 Rae8 20.Nd2 b4 21.Rh4 g6 22.Ne4 Bxd4+
23.cxd4 Qxd4+ 24.Qf2 Qd1+ 25.Qf1 Qd4+ 26.Qf2 Qd1+ 27.Qf1 Qd4+
28.Kh1 Ng4 29.Bf4 h5 30.Rxg4 hxg4 31.Ng3 Re6 32.Rd1 Qb2 33.Rd2
Qc3 34.h4 gxh3 35.gxh3 g5 36.Kh2 gxf4 37.Qxf4 Rfe8 38.Rg2 Rg6
39.Rf2 f6 40.Nh5 Rf8 41.Qf5 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Stockholm 50/428 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Stockholm 50/428 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Tom Wedberg"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Re8 9.Qc2 c6 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Kb1 b5 12.Ng3
Nf8 13.Nce2 Qb6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Nf5 Bd8 16.Neg3 a5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Nh5 Qd8 19.Nd6 Re6 20.Nb7 Qc7 21.Nc5 Rd6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6
23.f3 Be8 24.e4 Rf4 25.Qd2 dxe4 26.fxe4 Rh4 27.g3 Rh6 28.e5
Rd8 29.Qe3 Ne6 30.Bxb5 Nxd4 31.Bc4 Bd7 32.a3 Bf5+ 33.Ka2 Be6
34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.Rhf1 c5 36.Rf2 Rh5 37.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Stockholm 50/445 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Stockholm 50/445 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars Karlsson"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d4 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.b3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 f5 11.f4 c5 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Nb1
cxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Nc3 Be6 17.Nb5 Bb8 18.c5 Nc6
19.g3 a6 20.Nc3 Rd8 21.Bc4 Be5 22.Bxe6+ Qxe6 23.Ne2 Qf6
24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Nd4 Nf3+ 26.Rxf3 exf3 27.Kf2 f4 28.gxf4 Qh4+
29.Kxf3 Qh3+ 30.Ke2 Qh5+ 31.Kd3 Qxc5 32.Qf3 Rac8 33.Ke2 Qa3
34.Rd1 Qxa2+ 35.Rd2 Qb1 36.Qxb7 Qg1 37.Qf3 Qxh2+ 38.Kd3 0-1

[Event "Torcy"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.g4 Nc5
13.Nf5 b5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qd2 Rd8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.g5
Nf3 19.gxf6 Qxf6 20.Qe3 Nxg1 21.Bg5 Qf3 22.Bxd8 Qxe3+ 23.fxe3
Nf3 24.Rxd6 Nxh2 25.Bb6 Nxb3+ 26.axb3 Nf3 27.Ne2 e5 28.Rd8+
Kf7 29.c4 Ng5 30.Nc3 Ne6 31.Rd1 Ng5 32.Rf1+ Kg6 33.Nd5 Bh3
34.Rg1 Kh5 35.Bc7 Re8 36.c5 Bg4 37.Nb4 Nxe4 38.Rh1+ Kg6 39.Nd3
h5 40.Nxe5+ Kg5 41.c6 Kf5 42.Rf1+ Ke6 43.Ng6 Kd5 44.Rf7 Nc5
45.Rxg7 Kxc6 46.Bf4 Kd5 47.Kc2 Ke4 48.Ra7 Nd3 49.Kd2 Nxf4
50.Nxf4 Rd8+ 51.Kc3 Kxe3 52.Ng6 Rd6 53.Rg7 a5 54.Ne5 b4 55.Kc4
Be6+ 56.Kb5 Rd5+ 57.Ka4 Rxe5 58.Rg3+ Kd4 59.Rd3+ Kc5 60.Kxa5
Re1 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ilze Rubene"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 h6
8.c4 Qe8 9.Nbd2 g5 10.Qc2 Qh5 11.d5 c5 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qxe4 Rf7 16.Rae1 Bf5 17.Qe3 Nd7 18.h4 Kg6
19.Qc3 Nf6 20.Re3 a5 21.Rfe1 Ng8 22.Bf1 g4 23.Nh2 b6 24.Bd3
Raf8 25.Re4 Kh7 26.Nxg4 Rg7 27.Rf4 Rxg4 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Qc2
Rg7 30.Bxf5+ Kh8 31.Qe4 Qe8 32.Re3 b5 33.cxb5 Qxb5 34.Qc4 Qb4
35.Be6 Qd2 36.Qe2 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qa1 38.a4 Nf6 39.Rf3 Qd4 40.Rf4
Qc3 41.Qb5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Eric Prie"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Qh4 5.d5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Bc5 7.g3
Qe7 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Kg2 O-O 10.e5 Ng4 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.Ng5+ Kg8
13.Qxg4 f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Ne4 Qf7 16.Nbc3 Bd4 17.f3 Bxc3
18.Nxc3 exd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Bf4 Rf7 22.Rhd1 Qb5
23.Rd2 Na6 24.Re1 d6 25.Qg5 Qc6 26.h4 Re8 27.Qd5 Qd7 28.Rde2
Rxe2+ 29.Rxe2 Nb4 30.Qe4 a5 31.a3 Nc6 32.h5 Re7 33.Qd5+ Kf8
34.Rd2 Re6 35.Rc2 Ne5 36.Rxc7 Qxc7 37.Qxe6 Nf7 38.g4 Qc2+
39.Kg3 Qxb2 40.g5 Qd4 41.Be3 Qc3 42.Qe4 Qe1+ 43.Kg4 Ne5+
44.Kf5 Qh1 45.Qa8+ Ke7 46.Qb7+ Nd7 47.Kg6 Qh3 48.Bd4 d5
49.Kxg7 Qxf3 50.Bf6+ Kd6 51.h6 Qe3 52.h7 Nxf6+ 53.gxf6 Qg5+
54.Kf7 Qh5+ 55.Kg8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pierre Dussol"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Kg7 12.c5 Ng8 13.cxd6
cxd6 14.Nd2 Bg5 15.Nc4 f5 16.Qb3 Nf6 17.Bf3 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Bd7
19.b5 Rac8 20.b6 a6 21.Rad1 Rc5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.g3 Rfc8 24.Be2
h5 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxh5 Qf8 27.Be2 f3 28.Bf1 Ng4 29.Re6 Bxe6
30.dxe6 Qh8 31.h3 Rxc4 32.Nd5 Ne5 33.Bxc4 Qxh3 34.Qb2 Qxg3+
35.Kf1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Val Maubuee (France)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kontic"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.e4 fxe4
13.Ng5 Nd4 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf6 16.h4 Kg7 17.Kg2 c6
18.Rae1 h6 19.Nh3 Bf5 20.Bb2 Re8 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Re2 Re7
23.Rfe1 Rae8 24.f3 Nd4 25.Re4 Nc2 26.R1e2 Nd4 27.Rd2 Nf5
28.Nf2 h5 29.Ba3 Rf7 30.Bb2 Rfe7 31.Bc3 c5 32.Rd5 b6 33.Nd3
Nd4 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.b4 cxb4 36.Bxb4 Rc7 37.c5 bxc5 38.Bxc5 Rxc5
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 Nh5 6.Nh3 d6 7.g4 Nf6
8.Bg2 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e5 10.Nf2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.e3 Qa5 13.Qd3
Nb6 14.f4 Qa4 15.g5 hxg5 16.fxg5 Ng8 17.Ne4 Qd7 18.Bd2 Qe7
19.Rf2 Bg4 20.Raf1 Bh5 21.Ng3 Bg6 22.Be4 Qxg5 23.Bxg6 Qxg6
24.Qxg6 fxg6 25.Rf8+ Kd7 26.Rxa8 Nxa8 27.Rf8 Nb6 28.e4 Ke7
29.Rb8 Kf6 30.Rf8+ Ke7 31.Rb8 Kf6 32.h4 Rxh4 33.Rf8+ Ke7
34.Rxg8 Nxc4 35.Bc1 Rh7 36.Rb8 Na5 37.Bg5+ Kd7 38.Kg2 Kc7
39.Re8 Nc4 40.Re6 a5 41.Rxg6 b5 42.Nf5 b4 43.cxb4 axb4 44.Be7
Rh8 45.Bxd6+ Nxd6 46.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Biel 52/211"]
[Site "Biel 52/211"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nxe4 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Nxe4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5
13.Be3 d5 14.Ng3 Kg8 15.c3 Be6 16.Ne2 g5 17.Qd2 h6 18.h4 gxh4
19.Bxh6 Qf6 20.Bg5 Qg6 21.Bxh4 Rf5 22.f4 Qg4 23.Bg5 Raf8
24.Rf2 d4 25.cxd4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bc4 27.Be3 Rxf2 28.Bxf2 Bxe2
0-1

[Event "Hastings 53/80"]
[Site "Hastings 53/80"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Qxb6 7.a4 g6
8.a5 Qb7 9.e4 Bg7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nge2 Ne8 12.O-O Nc7 13.h3 Nd7
14.f4 Nf6 15.Ra2 Nb5 16.Be3 Bd7 17.Qd3 e6 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Bxe6
fxe6 20.f5 exf5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Rxf5 Nxc3 23.Nxc3 Nd7 24.Rg5
Rae8 25.Ra4 Ne5 26.Qxd6 Kh8 27.Qxc5 Qxb2 28.Rxg7 Kxg7 29.Re4
Rf5 30.Bd4 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Kg6 32.Qd6+ Rf6 33.Qd5 Rf5 34.Bxe5
Rfxe5 35.Rg4+ Rg5 36.Qd3+ Kf7 37.Qxh7+ Kf6 38.Nd5+ Rxd5
39.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "London <ENG> London <ENG> LB"]
[Site "London <ENG> London <ENG> LB"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mark Hebden"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3
f4 13. g4 g5 14. Be1 Ng6 15. c5 Rf7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a4 Bf8
18. a5 h5 19. h3 Rh7 20. Kg2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Be7 22. Bf2 Nh4+
23. Bxh4 gxh4 24. Nf2 h3+ 25. Kh1 a6 26. b4 b5 27. axb6 Qxb6
28. b5 Bd8 29. bxa6 Bxa6 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Qe2 Raa7 32. Rab1
Qe3 33. Qxe3 fxe3 34. Rb8 Rhd7 35. Nxh3 Rab7 36. Rb1 Rxb1+
37. Rxb1 Rc7 38. Rb3 Nd7 39. Ng1 Bh4 40. Kg2 Nf8 41. Nce2 Ng6
42. Rxe3 Rc2 43. Rc3 Rd2 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Kh1 Nf4
47. Nxf4 exf4 48. Nh3 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Rd1+ 51. Ke2
Re1+ 52. Kd2 Rh1 53. g5+ Ke5 54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Kc2 Rf1 56. Rh7
Be1 57. Re7+ Kd4 58. g6 Rxf3 59. g7 1-0

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3
Qb6 8.Qd2 Bg4 9.e5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.c3 f6
13.exf6 exf6 14.Bh4 Re8+ 15.Kf1 f5 16.Kg2 Nd7 17.a4 Nf6 18.a5
Qc6 19.a6 b6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.h4 h5 22.Kh3 Kh7 23.Rhg1 Qd7
24.Rg2 Re6 25.Rag1 Bh8 26.Qc2 Rf8 27.Qb3 Re3 28.Qxd5 Rxd3
29.Rxg6 Qf7 30.R6g5 Kh6 31.Qxd6+ Bf6 32.R1g3 Kh7 33.Rxf5 Re3
34.Qxf8 Qxf8 35.Rxh5+ Qh6 36.Rxh6+ Kxh6 37.Kg4 Kg6 38.h5+ Kf7
39.Kf5 Re2 40.Rg6 1-0

[Event "Biel 52/538 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Biel 52/538 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Larry M Christiansen"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4
e5 8.d5 c6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 a5 13.O-O
Nbd7 14.Be3 a4 15.Kh1 Ne8 16.Bc2 Nc5 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.Qf2 Rd8
19.Qg1 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Bd6 21.Nc3 b6 22.Nb5 Be7 23.Rxd8 Bxd8
24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.Qxc5 Qd2 26.Qf2 Qh6 27.Bxa4 Nf6 28.Nd6 Ng4
29.Qf3 Qxd6 30.Qxg4 Qd3 31.Qf3 Qxc4 32.Bb3 Qc7 33.Bd5 g6
34.Qe3 Kg7 35.Rc1 Qb8 36.b4 Bb6 37.Qc3 Bd4 38.Qc6 Qa7 39.a4
Be3 40.Rf1 f5 41.a5 Qd4 42.Qd6 Bg5 43.a6 Qd3 44.Rf3 Qd2
45.Qxe5+ Kh6 46.a7 fxe4 47.Rxf8 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Be3 49.Qf4+ Bxf4+
50.Rxf4 Qc1 51.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Biel 52/562 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Biel 52/562 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nce4 9.Qd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.f3 bxc5 12.bxc5
Qa5+ 13.Qb4 Qc7 14.fxe4 Rb8 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.c6 O-O 17.Bd2 Bxc6
18.Qa5 Qe5 19.Bc3 Qxe4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nf3 d4 22.Qd2 e5 23.h4
Qg6 24.Kf2 Kh8 25.h5 Qg7 26.Rc1 Rb6 27.g4 e4 28.Qxd4 exf3
29.h6 Qg6 30.exf3 Bb7 31.Bd3 Qg5 32.Rb1 Rxb1 33.Bxb1 Qe5
34.Qxe5 fxe5 35.Bf5 Bc8 36.Rc1 Bxf5 37.gxf5 Rb8 38.Rc7 Kg8
39.Ke3 Kf8 40.f6 Ke8 41.Re7+ Kf8 42.Rxa7 Ke8 43.Ke4 Rb1 44.a4
Rh1 45.a5 Rxh6 46.Kxe5 Rh1 47.a6 1-0

[Event "Biel 52/370 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Biel 52/370 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3
f5 8.O-O Bd6 9.Bd2 Nh6 10.g3 O-O 11.Nh4 Ng4 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.Nb5 Be7 14.Ng2 Qb6 15.Nc3 Rac8 16.f3 Ngf6 17.Rac1 Qxb2
18.Rb1 Qa3 19.Nf4 Rc6 20.Rxb7 g5 21.Nfe2 a6 22.Rfb1 Rc4
23.R1b3 Qd6 24.Nd1 Qc6 25.Nb2 Rc8 26.Qb1 g4 27.fxg4 Rc2 28.Qd1
Ne4 29.Be1 fxg4 30.Nf4 Nef6 31.Ne2 Ne4 32.Nf4 Nf2 33.Bxf2 Rc1
34.Qxc1 Qxc1+ 35.Kg2 Qc6 36.Nbd3 Bg5 37.Ne2 Rc7 38.Rxc7 Qxc7
39.Nef4 Kf7 40.Rb1 Bxf4 41.Nxf4 Qc2 42.Rb7 Ke7 43.Ra7 Qc4
44.a3 Kd6 45.Be1 Qa2+ 46.Kf1 Qxa3 47.Ke2 Qa2+ 48.Kd1 Qa4+
49.Ke2 Nf6 50.Rb7 Qc2+ 51.Kf1 Ne4 52.Rb6+ Kd7 53.Rb7+ Kc8
54.Rb6 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London Lloyds"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4
7.e4 c5 8.Bxc4 Bg7 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qc7
13.O-O e5 14.c4 b6 15.Bd2 Nb7 16.a4 Bd7 17.a5 Nd6 18.Nc3 f5
19.Re1 f4 20.Qb3 h5 21.Reb1 Rab8 22.axb6 axb6 23.Ra6 b5
24.Nxb5 Bxb5 25.cxb5 c4 26.Qb4 Nxb5 27.Qxc4 Qxc4 28.Bxc4 Nd4
29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.h4 Kh7 31.Ba5 Rc8 32.d6 Rxc4 33.d7 Ne2+ 34.Kf1
Rd4 35.d8=Q Rxd8 36.Bxd8 Nd4 37.f3 1-0

[Event "BRD 53/650"]
[Site "BRD 53/650"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 h5 13.exf5
gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Nf2 Ng4 16.Nxg4 fxg4 17.Nxe4 Bxb2 18.Rb1 Bd4+
19.Kh1 Nf5 20.Bd3 b6 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Ng5 Rf6 23.Bb4 a5 24.Ba3
Bc3 25.Re2 h4 26.Re6 Nh6 27.Bh7+ Kg7 28.Qd3 Bxe6 29.Qxc3 Bg8
30.Bb2 1-0

[Event "It, Brno (Czech Republic)"]
[Site "It, Brno (Czech Republic)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4
7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qf6 9.b4 a6 10.e5 Qg6 11.Nb3 Bg4 12.Bd3 Qh6
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nge7 15.Qe4 Rd8 16.a3 Qe6 17.Nc5 Qxe5
18.Nxb7 Qxe4 19.Bxe4 Rb8 20.Rfe1 O-O 21.Nc5 Rfc8 22.Rac1 Na7
23.Nxa6 Rb6 24.Nxc7 g6 25.Bd3 Rc6 26.Rxc6 Naxc6 27.Nb5 Nd5
28.Rc1 Nf4 29.Nxd4 Rd8 30.Nxc6 Rxd3 31.Ra1 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nc3
33.a4 1-0

[Event "Biel L.Ftacnik, A.Shirov, W.Unzicker"]
[Site "Biel L.Ftacnik, A.Shirov, W.Unzicker"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1
Bd7 13.h4 Rfc8 14.h5 Nd8 15.f3 b5 16.Bb3 Rxc1 17.Bxc1 Qb6
18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Qe1 Rc8 20.Bg5 Ne6 21.Bxe7 g5 22.d5 Nd4
23.Bxg5 b4 24.Be3 Qa6 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Qd2 Bg7 27.d6 Bb5
28.Bxf7+ Kf8 29.Be6 Rc1+ 30.Qxc1 Bxe2+ 31.Kf2 Bd4+ 32.Kg3
Qxd6+ 33.Qf4+ Ke7 34.Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "BRD 53/621 Shirov,A"]
[Site "BRD 53/621 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrei Kovalev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bc1 Nf6
13.Be3 Nh5 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bb5 Qe6 16.Re1 Nxg2 17.Kxg2 Qxh3+
18.Kg1 Bg4 19.Bf1 Qh5 20.Be2 Rad8 21.Nd2 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Bxg4 Qg6 24.Nce4 h5 25.Bg5 fxe4 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Qb3+ Kh8
28.Nxe4 Qxg4+ 29.Qg3 Qf5 30.Qg5 Qxg5+ 31.Nxg5 Rd4 32.Ne6 Rg4+
33.Kf1 Bf6 34.Rad1 Kh7 35.Re3 Kg6 36.Rf3 e4 37.Nf8+ Kf7
38.Rd7+ Kxf8 39.Rxf6+ Ke8 40.Rh7 Nxc5 41.Rxc7 Nd7 42.Rh6 1-0

[Event "Brno (Czech Republic)"]
[Site "Brno (Czech Republic)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustem Dautov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nc3
cxd4 8.Na4 Qc6 9.O-O Ne4 10.Ng5 f5 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.e3 O-O
13.c5 d5 14.cxd6 Qxd6 15.exd4 Bxd4 16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Nxe4 Qxb2
18.Rb1 Qxa2 19.Bb4 Nc6 20.Bxe7 Rf5 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Bxc6 Bxf2+
23.Kh1 bxc6 24.Bd8 Bb6 25.Qd3 Qa6 26.Qd6 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Brno 52/381 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Brno 52/381 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Niaz Murshed"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 e5 5.d5 Nce7 6.Bxc4 Ng6
7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qb3 Nf6 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Qxb7 Rb8 11.Qc6 Nh4
12.Kf1 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qg5 14.Nd2 Qxd2 15.Ba3 Qd3+ 16.Ne2 Nxg2
17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.Nxc3 Nf4 19.Rg1 g6 20.Ne2 Kd8 21.Rc1 Nf6
22.Nxf4 exf4 23.d6 Rc8 24.f3 Re8 25.Rg5 cxd6 26.Rxc8+ Kxc8
27.Bxd6 Nh5 28.Rc5+ Kd7 29.Be5 Rc8 30.Rxc8 Kxc8 31.Ke2 Kd7
32.Bd4 a6 33.Kd3 g5 34.b4 f6 35.a4 Kc6 36.e5 fxe5 37.Bxe5 Kd5
38.Bd4 h6 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 1-0

[Event "Correze"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Olivier Renet"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.e4 Nb6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Be2 Qh4+
13.g3 Qe7 14.f4 f5 15.Nf3 fxe4 16.Qxe4 Nd5 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.O-O
Nf6 19.Qd3 Bd7 20.Rfe1 Qd6 21.Bd2 Rfe8 22.f5 Nd5 23.fxe6 Bxe6
24.Ng5 Bg8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Qxh7+ Bxh7 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "m/5"]
[Site "Correze  51/(537)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Olivier Renet"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.e4 Nb6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Be2 Bd7
13.Nh3 Na5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Nbc4 16.Bb4 Re8 17.Nf4 Rc8 18.O-O
Bb5 19.d5 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Nd6 21.Qd1 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Nb3 23.Rad1 Nd4
24.Qf2 e5 25.Nh5 Red8 26.Qg3 Ne8 27.f4 Ne2 28.Qg4 Nxf4 29.Nxf4
exf4 30.Be7 Nd6 31.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "m/4"]
[Site "Correze  51/324 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c5 11.Nf5 Qf6 12.Qf3 Ng5
13.Qe2+ Ne6 14.Bf4 Nc4 15.Na3 O-O-O 16.Bg3 Nxa3 17.bxa3 g6
18.Qe5 Qxe5 19.Bxe5 gxf5 20.Bxh8 Be7 21.Be5 d6 22.Bg3 f4 23.a4
Bf6 24.Rab1 fxg3 25.fxg3 Bxc3 26.Rxf7 Nd4 27.Bxh7 Bd5 28.Rf2
b4 29.Bg6 Nc6 30.Kh1 Ne5 31.Bf5+ Kc7 32.g4 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Correze (France)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c5 11.Nf5 Qf6 12.Qf3 Nd6
13.Qe3+ Kd8 14.Qxc5 Ne4 15.Qd4 Qxf5 16.Nd2 Qf6 17.Nxe4 Qxd4
18.cxd4 f6 19.Nc5 Bd5 20.Bf5 g6 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Be7 23.b3
Nb7 24.Bf4 g5 25.Bd2 Nd6 26.Nc3 Ke8 27.Nd5 Bd8 28.g4 Kf7 29.f4
Ne4 30.Rad1 h6 31.Be1 Rc8 32.Ne3 Bc7 33.Nd5 Bd6 34.Bb4 Ke6
35.Bxd6 Kxd5 36.Bb4 Rc2 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.Rf5+ Kc6 39.d5+ Kb7
40.Re1 Re8 41.Rf3 Rxa2 42.Rfe3 a5 43.Bc5 Rc2 44.Bd4 Nd2
45.Rxe8 Nf3+ 46.Kf1 Nxh2+ 47.Kg1 Nf3+ 48.Kf1 Nxd4 49.Rf8 Nxb3
50.Ree8 Rc5 51.Rb8+ Kc7 52.Rbc8+ Kd6 53.Rxf6+ Kxd5 54.Rd8 b4
55.Rxd7+ Kc4 56.Re6 Nd4 57.Re4 Rd5 58.Rc7+ Kd3 59.Re1 Nf3
60.Ra1 b3 61.Kg2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Correze (France)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4
Nb4 14.Qb1 c5 15.d5 c4 16.Bc2 Nd7 17.a3 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 f5
19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.exf5 Bxd5 21.Re7 Qd8 22.Re3 Nc5 23.g4 Qd7
24.Qc3 Rae8 25.Qd4 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Qc6 28.Rf1 Nd3
29.Nh4 Qc5 30.Qe4 Qe5 31.Qxe5 dxe5 32.Ng6 Re8 33.f6 Kf7
34.fxg7 Kxg7 35.Nh4 Nxb2 36.Nf5+ Kh7 37.Nd6 Rd8 38.Ne4 Kg7
39.Rf6 Rc8 40.Rd6 c3 41.Rd7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Gausdal 51/476 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Gausdal 51/476 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5
7.Nxg5 c6 8.e3 cxd5 9.Qf3 f6 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.Qxh3 f5 12.g4 O-O
13.gxf5 gxf5 14.Rg1 e6 15.Ne2 Nc6 16.Nf4 Rf6 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Ke2
Raf8 19.Rg5 R8f7 20.Rag1 Qc7 21.Rh5 Nxd4+ 22.exd4 Qxf4 23.Rxh7
1-0

[Event "Gausdal Arnold Cup"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Efimov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Ke7 6.Bd5 Rf8
7.Rf1 Qe8 8.Nc3 d6 9.h3 Qg6 10.d3 h6 11.Nf3 Qxg2 12.Nh4 Bxf2+
13.Rxf2 Qg1+ 14.Rf1 Qg3+ 15.Kd2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Arnold Cup"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qxb3 7.axb3
Na6 8.e4 Nb4 9.exf5 Nc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.b4 a5
13.bxa5 Nb3 14.a6 Nxc1 15.axb7 Rb8 16.Kxc1 Rxb7 17.Bd3 g6
18.Re1 Bh6+ 19.Kc2 Ke7 20.b4 Nf6 21.Ne5 Rc7 22.b5 cxb5 23.Nxb5
Rb7 24.Nc6+ Kd7 25.Ne5+ Ke7 26.Nd6 Rc7 27.Ndf7 Bg7 28.Nxh8
Bxh8 29.f4 Nd7 30.Ra1 Bf6 31.Ra8 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Arnold Cup"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bernd Stein"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.b4 Bb6 7.O-O
d6 8.a4 a6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Be3 Bxe3
13.fxe3 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Na3 Rb8 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Nc2 d5
18.exd5 exd5 19.e4 Kh8 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.d4 e4 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Nf4 24.Nd4 Qg4 25.Qc2 Rbe8 26.Kh1 Qg6 27.g3 Nd3 28.e6
e3 29.Qg2 Nf2+ 30.Kg1 h5 31.h3 Qg5 32.Rae1 Rf6 33.Nf3 Qh6
34.Nd4 h4 35.g4 Qg5 36.Re2 g6 37.Ra1 Kg7 38.Ra7 Qe5 39.Qh2 Qe4
40.Rxc7+ Kg8 41.Qg2 Nxh3+ 42.Qxh3 Qb1+ 43.Kg2 Qf1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+
45.Kg1 Ra8 46.Qf3 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 Qxc7 48.Qxe3 Rf4 49.Qe5 Qb7+
50.Kh3 Rh1+ 51.Rh2 Rxh2+ 52.Kxh2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars Degerman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.b3 Bd6 7.c4 Ne7
8.Nc3 O-O 9.e4 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.d5 Rc8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Ne2 cxd5
14.cxd5 Nc5 15.Ne1 Bg6 16.Nc3 f5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Ba3 Qa5
19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.Ne4 Bd4 21.Rb1 Qxa2 22.Nf3 Ne3 23.fxe3 Bxe3+
24.Kh1 Bxe4 25.Ra1 Qxd5 26.Qe2 Bd4 27.Rae1 Bxf3 28.Bxf3 Qd7
29.Bg4 Qc6+ 30.Kh2 Rcd8 31.Bf3 Qc7 32.Rc1 Qe7 33.Qe4 b6 34.Rc6
Bc5 35.Be2 Rxf1 36.Bxf1 Qf8 37.Bc4+ Kh8 38.h4 Rd4 39.Qe2 Qd8
0-1

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Rune Djurhuus"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 a5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 b6 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Qe7
13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 f5 15.f3 Kh8 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Nc4 fxe4
18.fxe4 Nc5 19.Qa3 Qh4 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Bf3 Bh6 22.Rc2 Ba6
23.Nxe5 Bf4 24.g3 Qg5 25.Ng4 Be3+ 26.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Nxe3 Rxf3
28.Ng4 Rcf8 29.Rf2 Kg7 30.Rxf3 Rxf3 31.Rc1 h5 32.Nf2 c4 33.Re1
Rf8 34.Nd1 a4 35.a3 Rb8 36.e5 Bc8 37.e6 Bb7 38.Nc3 Kf6 39.Rf1+
Ke5 40.e7 Re8 41.Re1+ Kf5 42.Nb5 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stein Arild Aarland"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d3 a6 9.a3 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 Ba6 13.h3 e5
14.f4 exf4 15.bxc5 fxg3 16.Bf4 dxc5 17.Bxb8 Qxb8 18.Nxb5 Nd7
19.Qa4 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Qd6 21.Qc2 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1 Ne5
24.a4 Be3 25.Rd1 Ng4 26.Bf3 g2 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7
7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 b5 10.O-O c5 11.g3 f6 12.Nh4 Nb6
13.Nf5 Be6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Qe2 a5 16.f4 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe3
Rad8 19.Rf2 exf4 20.gxf4 Rfe8 21.e5 fxe5 22.Bxe5 Qc6 23.Qg3 g6
24.Bb2 c3 25.Qxc3 Qxc3 26.Bxc3 a4 27.Be5 Rc8 28.Ne4 Nd7 29.Rd1
Re7 30.Rfd2 Nxe5 31.fxe5 Bf5 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Nc5 axb3 34.cxb3
Rce8 35.Rde2 Rd8 36.b4 Rd4 37.a3 h5 38.Re3 h4 39.R1e2 g5
40.Kf2 Kg6 41.Rb2 Rf7 42.Ke1 Bg4 43.Nd3 Rf3 44.Rxf3 Bxf3
45.Nc5 g4 46.Kf2 Kf5 47.Ke3 Kxe5 48.h3 Rc4 49.Nd3+ Kf5
50.hxg4+ Bxg4 51.Rf2+ Kg5 52.Ne5 Rc3+ 53.Kd4 Rxa3 54.Rf7 Bf5
55.Rxc7 h3 56.Rc1 Kh4 57.Nc4 Rb3 58.Ke5 Bg4 59.Nd2 Rxb4 60.Ne4
Bf3 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oliver Reeh"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3
Be7 8.a4 O-O 9.Nc3 b4 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Ba2 d5
13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Re1 f6 16.Bd2 Rfe8 17.c4 Nb6
18.Be3 c5 19.Qc2 Qd6 20.Rad1 Nd7 21.Nd2 f5 22.f3 Nc6 23.Nb3
Nd4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Qf2 Qc6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1
Kf7 29.a5 Qa4 30.Qd1 Ne5 31.h3 g6 32.f4 Nd7 33.Kh2 h5 34.Qc2
Qc6 35.Qe2 Qc7 36.Qf3 h4 37.Kg1 Nf8 38.Qf2 Qe7 39.Kf1 Ne6
40.Ke1 Nxf4 41.Kd2 Qg5 42.Kc2 Qg3 43.Qxg3 hxg3 44.Nxc5 Nxg2
45.Kd2 Nf4 46.Ke1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Carsten Hoi"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bg5
c5 8.d5 a6 9.O-O h6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.e5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3
dxe5 14.Bxc5 Qc7 15.Na4 Nbd7 16.Bxe7 Qxc4 17.b3 Qh4 18.d6 e4
19.Be2 h5 20.Nc3 Bh6 21.Qd4 Bf8 22.g3 Qh3 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qxf6
Bg7 25.Qxf7 Rf8 26.Nxe4 Rxf7 27.Ng5+ Kh8 28.Nxh3 Bxa1 29.Rxa1
Rd7 30.Ng5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 53/430 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Hastings 53/430 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Qe2
c4 14.Bc2 Bd6 15.Ng5 Nc5 16.f4 h6 17.Nf3 Nd3 18.Bxd3 cxd3
19.Qxd3 O-O 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Nd4 Bc5 22.Be3 Ng4 23.Nce2 Nxe3
24.Qxe3 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Qb6 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.f5 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Bxd4
29.Qb3 Bxe4 30.Qxe6+ Qxe6 31.fxe6 Bf6 32.Re1 Bg6 33.Rc1 Kf8
34.b4 Be4 35.Rc8+ Ke7 36.Rc7+ Kxe6 37.Ra7 Bc2 38.Rxa6+ Kd5
39.Ra7 Be5 40.Ra8 Bc3 41.Rc8 Kd4 42.Rc7 Kd3 43.h4 Ba4 44.g4
Bf6 45.h5 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 53/525 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Hastings 53/525 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Murray Chandler"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 O-O 9.e4 Ne7 10.f4 b6 11.Qe3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6
13.Nf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc7 15.a4 f5 16.Ba3 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qd5
18.Qc2 Qa5+ 19.Qd2 Qxa4 20.O-O Qe8 21.Rae1 h6 22.d5 Nexd5
23.Bxf8 Qxf8 24.Nd4 Qd6 25.Rc1 Rf8 26.Nc6 a5 27.Ne5 Rd8 28.Rc6
Qb4 29.Qe1 Qd4+ 30.Kh1 Nxf4 31.Nf3 Qd3 32.Rxc7 Ne2 33.Qa1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 53/79 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Hastings 53/79 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Qxb6 7.a4 g6
8.a5 Qb7 9.e4 Bg7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nge2 Ne8 12.O-O Nc7 13.Qd3 Bd7
14.f4 Bb5 15.b3 Nd7 16.Ra2 Rad8 17.Bb2 Nf6 18.Ba1 e6 19.h3
Rfe8 20.Ng3 Rd7 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.f5 Bxc4 23.bxc4 exf5 24.exf5
g5 25.Rb2 Qa8 26.Rb6 g4 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Nce4 Bxa1 29.Rxa1 Rde7
30.Re1 d5 31.Qd1 dxe4 32.Qxg4+ Rg7 33.Qf4 Qd8 34.f6 Qd4+
35.Kh2 Rf7 36.Nf5 Qxc4 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Rxe4 Qxe4 39.Nxf7+ Kg8
40.Nh6+ Kh8 41.Qxe4 Rxe4 42.Rb8+ Re8 43.Rxe8+ Nxe8 44.f7 1-0

[Event "Kerteminde (Denmark)"]
[Site "Kerteminde (Denmark)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klaus Berg"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxf3 9.gxf3 fxe5 10.f4 Nf6 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.f3
exf4 13.e5 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 Nh5 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Kh3 Rf8 17.Kg4 g6
18.b3 Rd8 19.Re1 Rf5 20.Bb2 Ng7 21.h4 Ne6 22.Re2 Kf7 23.Rh1 h5
24.Kh3 Nd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Rg1 Rxe5 27.Ng5+ Kf6 28.Rxe5 Kxe5
29.Re1+ Kd6 30.Re6+ Kd7 31.Rxg6 Rd2 32.Rh6 Rxc2 33.Rxh5 Rxa2
34.Rh7 Ra1 35.Kg4 a5 36.Kxf4 b5 37.h5 a4 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.Ne4
a3 40.Nc5+ Kd6 41.Ne4+ Ke6 42.Rh8 Rh1 43.Ra8 Rxh5 44.Ra6 Kd7
45.Ke3 Rh2 46.Kd3 Rh3 47.Kc4 Rxf3 48.Nc5+ Ke8 49.Nd3 Rf1
50.Ne5 Rc1+ 51.Kd3 Bb4 52.Ke4 Bd6 53.Nd3 Rc2 54.Ke3 Kd7 55.Ne1
Rh2 56.Kd3 Bb4 57.Nf3 Rh3 58.Ke4 c5 59.Ne5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Kerteminde (Denmark)"]
[Site "Kerteminde (Denmark)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lars Bo Hansen"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Nge2
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Be7 10.g4 Nxg4 11.Rg1 Nxh2 12.O-O-O g6
13.Rg3 Bh4 14.Rh3 Ng4 15.Rdh1 g5 16.Rf1 Nxf2 17.Rf3 Nxd3+
18.Qxd3 O-O 19.e4 Na6 20.e5 Nb4 21.Qb1 Ba6 22.a3 f5 23.exf6
Bd3 24.Rxd3 Nxd3+ 25.Qxd3 Rxf6 26.Rxf6 Qxf6 27.Nxd5 Qf1+
28.Kc2 Re8 29.Ne3 Qf3 30.Qc4+ Qf7 31.d5 Be1 32.Ng4 Qg6+ 33.Kd1
Bxd2 34.d6 Kf8 35.dxc7 Rc8 36.Kxd2 Qd6+ 37.Qd4 Ke7 38.Ne3
Qxd4+ 39.Nxd4 Kd7 40.Nd5 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Kerteminde 51/325 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Kerteminde 51/325 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erling Mortensen"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.Qe2 d5 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nb3 Nxb3
13.axb3 Be7 14.Re1 O-O 15.f3 f5 16.fxe4 fxe4 17.c4 Bd6 18.Qg4
Qf6 19.Be3 d4 20.Nd2 Qe5 21.g3 dxe3 22.Nxe4 Rae8 23.Rad1 Qxb2
24.Qe2 Be5 25.Rb1 Qa3 26.cxb5 Bd4 27.Rf1 axb5 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8
29.Qxb5 Qa8 30.Qd3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Kerteminde 51/390 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Kerteminde 51/390 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2
Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qe3
Qf5+ 18.Kc3 Nc5 19.Be2 Rd5 20.b4 Ne4+ 21.Kb2 Rhd8 22.Rhd1 Nf2
23.Rxd5 exd5 24.Rf1 dxc4 25.Rxf2 c3 26.Kxc3 Qb1 27.Bd3 Qa1+
28.Kb3 a5 29.Rf1 Qd4 30.Bf5+ Kc7 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.bxa5 g6
33.Bc2 f5 34.Kc3 Rd5 35.Bb3 Rxa5 36.Re1 Kd7 37.Kb4 b6 38.Bg8
f4 39.Bxh7 Rg5 40.Re2 Rg4 41.Kb3 Kd6 42.Bg8 Rh4 43.h3 f3
44.gxf3 Rxh3 45.Re3 b5 46.axb5 cxb5 47.Be6 Rh1 48.Bg4 Kc5
49.Re5+ Kd4 50.Rxb5 Ke3 51.Kc4 Kf4 52.Kd5 Re1 53.Rb4+ Kg3
54.Re4 Ra1 55.Ke5 Ra6 56.Rd4 1-0

[Event "Klooster (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 a5
8.Nb5 O-O 9.Nc7 Ra6 10.Qb3 c4 11.Qb5 c3 12.bxc3 Ne4 13.Bb2 d6
14.Nxa6 Nxa6 15.Nf3 Nac5 16.Nd4 e6 17.g3 Ba6 18.Qxa5 Qg5
19.Nf3 Qxd5 20.Qb4 Rb8 21.a5 Rc8 22.Rc1 Qb3 23.Qxb3 Nxb3
24.Rb1 Nxa5 25.Bg2 Nc4 26.Nd4 d5 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Bc1 Rb8
29.Be3 Rxb6 30.O-O Be5 31.Bh6 f6 32.Rxb6 Nxb6 33.Ra1 Bc4
34.Ra7 f5 35.Nc6 Bf6 36.Rb7 Nd5 37.Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Klooster (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Istvan Csom"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3
Nh5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 e6 10.Be2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.a3
b6 14.b4 Ne7 15.Qb3 Bb7 16.O-O a6 17.Rc2 Nf5 18.b5 Nd6 19.bxa6
Bxa6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.e4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Qxe4
Rxa3 25.Rfc1 Ra7 26.Rc6 Rd7 27.Qe6 Re8 28.Qb3 g5 29.Rxb6 g4
30.Nh4 Rxd4 31.Nf5 Rd5 32.Rb8 Rxf5 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Qe6 Rfd5
35.Qxg4 Bf8 36.Rc7 Re8 37.Qf3 Rd6 38.Qh5 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yaacov Stisis"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5
Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Qxg6+ Qf7 17.Qxf7+ Kxf7 18.Bg2
Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rb8 20.Bxc6 Bb7 21.Rh7+ Kg6 22.Rxd7 Bxc6 23.Rxa7
Bf3 24.Kd2 Bh6+ 25.Kc2 Rf8 26.Kb2 Rf5 27.a4 bxa4 28.R1xa4 Bd5
29.f4 Rh5 30.R4a6 Rh2+ 31.Ka3 Rc2 32.Kb4 Bf8+ 33.Rd6 Rb2+
34.Kc5 Rb8 35.g4 Rc8+ 36.Kb5 Bxd6 37.exd6 Bf3 38.g5 Bd5 39.d7
Rd8 40.Kc5 Be4 41.Kd6 Kf7 42.Rc7 Bf5 43.g6+ 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Naumkin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3
Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nd7
13.Rc1 O-O 14.O-O Rac8 15.f4 Be7 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rc2 Rc6
18.Rfc1 Rfc8 19.Qf2 f5 20.g4 Qa5 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Kh2 Nf6
23.Rg1 Kf7 24.Rg5 g6 25.a3 Re8 26.Rg3 Nc8 27.Nb1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2
Qe1 29.Qd2 Qxd2+ 30.Nxd2 Nh5 31.Rf3 Nd6 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.Kf1 Rc8
34.Ke2 Nfe4 35.Kd1 Kg7 36.Rf1 Nxd2 37.Kxd2 Kh6 38.b3 Kh5 39.h4
Rc7 40.Rh1 Ne4+ 41.Bxe4 fxe4 42.a4 b5 43.axb5 axb5 44.Rg1 Kxh4
45.Rg5 b4 46.Rxd5 Kg4 47.Rb5 h5 48.Rg5+ Kf3 49.f5 gxf5
50.Rxf5+ Kg4 51.Rf4+ Kg3 52.Rxe4 h4 53.Re8 Rg7 54.d5 h3 55.Rh8
h2 56.Ke2 Rg6 57.Kd3 Rg4 58.d6 Rg6 59.Kc4 Rxd6 60.Kxb4 Rd1
61.Kc5 h1=Q 62.Rxh1 Rxh1 63.b4 Rc1+ 64.Kd5 Rb1 65.Kc5 Kg4
66.b5 Kf5 67.b6 Ke6 68.Kc6 Rc1+ 69.Kb7 Kd7 70.e4 Re1 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Colin S Crouch"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Rxb1 Qxd5 5.a3 Nc6 6.e3 O-O-O
7.Ne2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Qg5 9.Qf3 Qg6 10.Bb5 Nd5 11.Ra1 Nxc3 12.bxc3
Na5 13.O-O e5 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Qxg6 hxg6 16.h3 c5 17.Bb2 g5
18.Be2 f5 19.Rad1 c4 20.e4 Rhe8 21.Bh5 Rh8 22.Bf7 f4 23.f3 Kc7
24.Kf2 b5 25.Ke2 Nb3 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bd5 Nc5
29.Kd2 Na4 30.Kc2 Kb6 31.Rh1 Bf6 32.Re1 Kc5 33.Ba1 Be5 34.Rh1
Nb6 35.Be6 Rd3 36.Rd1 Rxd1 37.Kxd1 Kd6 38.Bf7 Na4 39.Kd2 Kc7
40.Be8 Kb6 41.Kc2 Nc5 42.Kb1 Ka5 43.Bb2 Nd3 44.Ka2 Ka4 0-1

[Event "London 52/320 Shirov,A"]
[Site "London 52/320 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.c4 O-O
8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Bc2 Nh5 10.h3 c6 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxh5 Nxc4 13.O-O
Re8 14.Rd1 Bf6 15.Qe2 Nb6 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6
19.Rxd6 Be5 20.Rd1 f5 21.Bb3+ Be6 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Be3 Nc4
24.Bxc4 Bxc4 25.Bd4 Bc7 26.b3 Bf7 27.Kf1 f4 28.f3 Bg6 29.Rac1
Re7 30.Bc5 Re6 31.Rd7 Be5 32.Re1 Bf5 33.Na4 Ree8 34.Rxa7 Bd3+
35.Kf2 Rad8 36.Nb6 Bf6 37.Rxe8+ Rxe8 38.Ra8 Bd8 39.Kg1 Kf7
40.Ra7+ Kg6 41.Bf2 Re1+ 42.Bxe1 Bxb6+ 43.Bf2 Bxa7 44.Bxa7 Kf5
45.Bc5 Bb1 46.a4 Bc2 47.a5 Bd3 48.Bd6 h5 49.h4 Bb5 50.Kf2 Ba6
51.b4 Bb5 52.g3 fxg3 53.Bxg3 Ke6 54.Ke3 Kd5 55.Kf4 c5 56.bxc5
Kxc5 57.Kg5 Be2 58.f4 Kd6 59.f5 Ke7 60.f6+ 1-0

[Event "London 52/471 Shirov,A"]
[Site "London 52/471 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1
Bd7 13.h4 Rfc8 14.h5 Nd8 15.f3 Bb5 16.Bxb5 Qxb5 17.Kf2 Rxc1
18.Qxc1 Nc6 19.Qb1 Qa6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.e5 Rd8 22.a4 Na5 23.Qe4
Rc8 24.Bh6 Bh8 25.Bg5 Qe6 26.Qh4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Wessman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.Nbc3
c6 8.h3 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.f4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Re1
a6 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Bf2 c5 16.Nd2 Re7 17.Rb1 Rae8 18.Kh2 b4
19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rxe1 21.Bxe1 Nb6 22.Nf1 a5 23.axb4 cxb4
24.c3 Qc5 25.cxb4 axb4 26.Rc1 Qb5 27.Rc2 b3 28.Rd2 Na4 29.Rd3
Nxb2 30.Rxb3 Nxd1 31.Rxb5 Ba6 32.Rb1 Rxe1 33.Nd2 Bd3 34.Rb3
Bc2 35.Rb7 Bf8 36.Nf3 Re2 37.Nd4 Rd2 38.Nf3 Rxd5 39.Ng5 Rd2
40.Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd2 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5
c5 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Bd5 Qa5 16.Ba2 d5 17.Re1 Bd6 18.Nh4 Bc8
19.c3 Be6 20.Qf3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rab8 22.Nf5 Bc7 23.Ne3 Rfd8
24.Qd1 Qc5 25.Rb1 Qd6 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qh4 e4 28.Rxb8 Bxb8 29.Nf1
exd3 30.Bh6 Bf5 31.Ng3 Be4 32.Bb3 Bc7 33.Bd1 f5 34.Nxe4 fxe4
35.c4 Nd4 36.Bg5 Nf5 37.Qh3 Re8 38.cxd5 Qxd5 39.Bf6 Be5 40.Bg5
Bc3 41.Rf1 Bd4 42.Kh1 Rb8 43.g4 Rb1 44.gxf5 e3 45.Qg2 Qxg2+
46.Kxg2 Rb2 47.Bf3 gxf5 48.Bd5+ Kg7 49.Kf3 e2 50.Rg1 Kf8
51.Rc1 h5 52.Rc8+ Kg7 53.Re8 Bc3 54.Bf4 Rb6 55.Be5+ Bxe5
56.Rxe5 Kf6 57.Re8 Rb1 58.Bc4 e1=Q 59.Rxe1 Rxe1 60.Bxd3 a5
61.Bb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zigurds Lanka"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.f3 f4 13.g4 Bf6
14.Be1 h5 15.h3 Ng8 16.b4 Bh4 17.c5 Rf7 18.Kg2 Rh7 19.cxd6
cxd6 20.Bxh4 Qxh4 21.Qe1 Qf6 22.Qf2 Nf8 23.a4 g5 24.Rfc1 Bd7
25.Kf1 Ng6 26.Ke1 hxg4 27.hxg4 Rh3 28.Kd2 Nh4 29.Rh1 Rxh1
30.Rxh1 Kg7 31.Nb2 Qe7 32.Bb5 Bc8 33.Kc2 Nf6 34.Kb3 Qc7
35.Rxh4 gxh4 36.Qxh4 a6 37.Qg5+ Kf7 38.Nc4 Qd8 39.a5 Rb8
40.Ba4 Qc7 41.Qh6 Bxg4 42.fxg4 Rc8 43.Bc6 bxc6 44.g5 Ne8
45.Nb6 Rb8 46.Qh7+ Ng7 47.dxc6 Rg8 48.g6+ Kf8 49.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Ne2 b5
8.Nf4 e5 9.Ne2 bxc4 10.Ng3 Ba6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Bc8 13.Bxc4
Nbd7 14.O-O Nb6 15.Be2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bd7 17.a4 Rb8 18.a5 Na8
19.Qd2 Qe7 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Nc7 22.Raf1 Nce8 23.Qd3 Rb3
24.Bc1 Qe5 25.Qd1 Rb7 26.Qc2 Nh7 27.a6 Rb6 28.Bg4 Bb5 29.Rf5
Qe7 30.Be2 Bd7 31.R5f4 Nef6 32.Bb2 c4 33.Bxc4 Ng4 34.Bc1 Qh4
35.Rxg4 Qxg4 36.Be3 Bb5 37.Bxb5 Rxb5 38.Nf5 Nf6 39.Rf4 Qh5
40.Rh4 Qxh4 41.Nxh4 Re8 42.Bxa7 Rxe4 43.Nf3 Ra5 44.Bd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow5 Ernst,T"]
[Site "Moscow5 Ernst,T"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Franciszek Borkowski"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.f4
Rfd8 13.h4 Rab8 14.f5 e5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nde2 b5 17.g4 b4
18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Rbc8 20.Rd2 h6 21.Ng1 Qb6 22.Nf3 Rc5
23.Qd3 d5 24.exd5 Rcxd5 25.Qe2 Qa5 26.Qc4 b3 27.Rxd5 Rxd5
28.Qxb3 e4 29.c4 Rd3 30.Qc2 Rxf3 31.g5 hxg5 32.Qxe4 g4 33.Qxg4
0-1

[Event "Moskva 52/106 Piskov,Y"]
[Site "Moskva 52/106 Piskov,Y"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yury Piskov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d4 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2
Qe8 8.c4 h6 9.Nc3 g5 10.e3 Kh8 11.d5 a5 12.Nd4 Qg6 13.f4 Ng4
14.Qd2 Qh5 15.h3 Nf6 16.e4 fxe4 17.g4 Bxg4 18.fxg5 Bxh3 19.Ne6
e3 20.Qxe3 Bxe6 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Ne4 Bxb2 23.Rxf8+ Bg8 24.Raf1
Bg7 25.Ng3 Qg4 26.R1f4 Qg5 27.Rxg8+ Kxg8 28.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Moskva 52/605 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Moskva 52/605 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Moskalenko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3
Nbd7 8.Qd2 c5 9.d5 Qa5 10.f3 Kh7 11.Nh3 a6 12.Nf2 b5 13.cxb5
Nb6 14.Nfd1 Nfd7 15.a4 Ne5 16.b3 axb5 17.Bxb5 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5
19.h3 Qb4 20.f4 Nf7 21.g4 Be4 22.O-O Qxb3 23.Nxe4 Bxa1 24.Ndc3
Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Nxa4 26.Bxa4 Rxa4 27.Nxa4 Qxa4 28.f5 g5 29.Bf2
Qb3 30.Re1 Ne5 31.Re3 Nf3+ 32.Rxf3 Qxf3 33.Qe1 Qxd5 34.Qxe7+
Rf7 35.Qe8 h5 36.Bg3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Kg7 38.Qd8 Qd4+ 39.Kh2 Qxg4
40.f6 Rxf6 41.Qe7+ Rf7 42.Qxd6 Qe2+ 43.Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 O-O 9.e4 Ne7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Qe3 Ba6 13.Bxa6
Nxa6 14.O-O Rac8 15.Bb2 Qb7 16.Rae1 f5 17.Qd3 Nc7 18.c4 cxd4
19.Qxd4 Rf7 20.Ng5 Nc6 21.Qd3 Rff8 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "USSR 53/269 Shirov,A"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Oleg Nikolenko"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 b5
8.a3 a5 9.Nf3 b4 10.axb4 cxb4 11.f5 exf5 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.Bb5 Bb7
14.e6 Bd6 15.exf7+ Kxf7 16.O-O Re8 17.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Qxd5
19.c4 Nxc4 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.Qg3 Qxf1
24.Ne6 Kf7 25.d5 Rg8 26.Qc7+ Kg6 27.dxc6 Bc8 28.Nf4+ Kf6
29.Qd6+ Kf7 30.Qd5+ Kf8 31.Be3 1-0

[Event "USSR 53/618 Shirov,A"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Leonid Yurtaev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.g5
Nh7 14.Qd2 Na6 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Rg1 Nf8 17.a3 Bh3 18.b4 Rad8
19.b5 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Ne6 21.Bxd6 Nxd4 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.bxa6 bxa6
24.Rg3 Bc8 25.Nd5 Rxd5 26.cxd5 Nxe2 27.Rg2 Nf4 28.Rc2 Kf8
29.Rxc6 Bb7 30.Rc5 Rd7 31.h4 Ke7 32.Kh2 Ne6 33.Rc2 Ng7 34.Kg3
Ne8 35.Kf4 Rd6 36.Rb1 Rd7 37.a4 Kd8 38.Rc5 Nd6 39.Ke5 Ne8
40.Rc3 Re7+ 41.Kf4 Nd6 42.Rc5 Rd7 43.e5 Nf5 44.e6 Re7 45.Ke5
fxe6 46.dxe6 Ng7 47.Kf6 Ne8+ 48.Kxg6 Rxe6+ 49.Kf7 Re7+ 50.Kf8
Nd6 51.Rd1 Re8+ 52.Kg7 Kd7 53.Rf5 Kc7 54.Rf6 Rd8 55.Rc1+ Kb6
56.g6 Bd5 57.Kh6 Kb7 58.Rd1 Rh8+ 59.Kg5 Kc6 60.g7 Rg8 61.Kg6
Kc5 62.Rxd5+ Kxd5 63.Rf8 1-0

[Event "USSR 53/77 Shirov,A"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Valery Neverov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5
exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Rb8 10.e4 Be7 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Ng5 Qe8
13.O-O Nd4 14.b4 d6 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.Be3 Rxb6 17.Bxd4 cxd4
18.Nf3 Rb4 19.Bd3 Be6 20.Qa5 Ra4 21.Qb6 Qd8 22.Qa7 Ba3 23.Bc2
Rb4 24.Bb3 Rb6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Rab1 Bb2 27.Ne5 Qb8 28.Qxb8 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 e4 7.Ng1
Bg5 8.h4 Be7 9.Ne2 f5 10.Nef4 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Nd5 O-O
13.Bd2 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ Rxf6 15.d5 Ng6 16.Bc3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5
18.Qc2 c5 19.O-O-O Qa5 20.Kb1 Bd7 21.Qd2 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 f4
23.Kc1 Raf8 24.Be2 Rg6 25.Rg1 fxe3 26.fxe3 Rg3 27.Rc2 Kf7
28.Kd2 Ke7 29.Rc3 Rf2 30.Ke1 Rfxg2 31.Rxg2 Rxg2 32.Ra3 a6
33.Rb3 b5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Bxb5 Bxb5 36.Rxb5 Kd6 37.a4 Rh2
38.a5 Rxh4 39.Rb7 Kxd5 40.a6 Rh1+ 41.Kd2 Ra1 42.a7 h5 43.Rxg7
h4 44.Rh7 h3 45.Kc3 h2 46.Rxh2 Rxa7 47.Rh8 Ra1 48.Rd8+ Ke6
49.Re8+ Kd6 50.Rd8+ Ke7 51.Rd5 Rc1+ 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Kxc1 Kxd5
54.Kc2 Ke6 55.Kc3 Kf5 56.Kc4 Kg4 57.Kxc5 Kf3 58.b4 Kxe3 59.b5
Kf3 60.b6 e3 61.b7 e2 62.b8=Q e1=Q 63.Qf8+ Ke2 64.Kd5 Qa5+
65.Ke4 Qc3 66.Qd6 Qe3+ 67.Kf5 e4 68.Qh2+ Kd3 69.Qd6+ Qd4
70.Qa6+ Kd2 71.Qa2+ Ke3 72.Qb1 Qd7+ 73.Kg5 Qd3 74.Qg1+ Ke2
75.Qg2+ Kd1 76.Qg1+ Kc2 77.Qc5+ Qc3 78.Qf5 Qg3+ 79.Kh6 Qf3
80.Qc5+ Kd2 81.Qb4+ Ke2 82.Qb2+ Kf1 83.Qb1+ Kg2 84.Qb2+ Kh3
85.Qb7 Qf4+ 86.Kh7 Qh4+ 87.Kg8 Qg4+ 88.Kh7 e3 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.N3d4 Nxd4
13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.O-O-O Qb6 16.g3 a4 17.Bh3 e5
18.Bg5 a3 19.b3 Kh8 20.Rhf1 Qb4 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.bxc4 Ra4 23.Be6
Rb4 24.Rd3 h6 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Rff3 Re8 27.Bf7 Rf8 28.Bd5 Bg5+
29.Kd1 Rb1+ 30.Ke2 Rc8 31.Rxa3 Rc1 32.Rfc3 Rh1 33.h4 Rh2+
34.Kd1 Bd2 35.Rf3 b5 36.cxb5 Bb4 37.Ra8 Rd2+ 38.Kc1 Rdxc2+
39.Kb1 Rxa8 40.Kxc2 Rb8 41.a4 g5 42.h5 Rc8+ 43.Kb3 Ba5 44.Bc6
Kg7 45.Kc4 g4 46.Rd3 Rd8 47.Kd5 Kf6 48.Bb7 Rd7 49.Bc6 Rd8
50.Bb7 Kg5 51.Kc6 Kxh5 52.b6 Kg5 53.Kb5 Be1 54.a5 h5 55.a6
Bxg3 56.a7 Bf2 57.a8=Q Rxa8 58.Bxa8 h4 59.Bc6 h3 60.b7 Ba7
61.Bd7 h2 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5
Nd5 8.a4 f6 9.Nf3 b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 Ba6 13.Bh3
f5 14.Neg5 b3 15.Qd1 Rf6 16.e4 Nb4 17.exf5 exf5 18.Re1 Nc2
19.Nxh7 Kxh7 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.Ne6 Qh8 22.Bxf5+ Kxf5 23.Qf3+ Kg6
24.Qe4+ Kf7 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Qxe7 Qh5 27.Ne6 Rxe6 28.Rxe6 Nxa1
29.Bh6 Qf7 30.Qg5 Kh7 31.Bxg7 Qxe6 32.Be5 Qg6 33.Qd8 Nd7
34.Qxd7+ Kg8 35.f4 c3 36.f5 cxb2 0-1

[Event "Manila"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nf6
12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Be6 14. d5 Bg4 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5
17. f3 Bc8 18. Bf2 Nf4 19. Bf1 b6 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6
22. Rab1 Bd7 23. Nc4 b5 24. Na3 c4 25. Qb4 Be5 26. g3 Nd3
27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Qxe7 d2 29. Red1 Qxc3 30. Nc2 Bf6 31. Qc5
Qxf3 32. Rxd2 Bg5 33. Nd4 Qxe4 34. Re1 Qg4 35. Rde2 Rbc8
36. Nc6 Re8 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Ne5 Qh3 39. Qa7 Bd2 40. Nxd7
Rxe1+ 41. Bxe1 Bxe1 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Ne4 b4 44. Qd4+ Kh7
45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Ng4+ Kg8 47. d6 Bc3 48. Qe4 Bd2 49. Qe8+ Kg7
50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Nf6+ Kf8 52. d7 1-0

[Event "Biel 55/9"]
[Site "Biel 55/9"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. d3 Nf6 8. Nc3 a6 9. a4 Be7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1
Rc8 13. e4 Qb6 14. axb5 axb5 15. d4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 d4
18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nb1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Bf8 21. Bd2 b4 22. b3 Bd5
23. Re1 Bxb3 24. Ra6 Qb7 25. Nxd4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Nc2
Rcd8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Bf4 Qd7 30. Ne3 Rd4 31. Nc4 Qe6
32. Nbd2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Ra8 34. Re1 Ra2 35. Re8 Kg7 36. Be3 Rd5
37. g4 Rc2 38. h4 h5 39. g5 fxg5 40. hxg5 b3 41. Rb8 b2
42. Kg2 Be7 43. f4 f6 44. Rb7 Kg6 45. Kf3 fxg5 46. Rb6+ Kg7
47. Ke4 gxf4 48. Bxf4 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Bf6 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Kxf6
Rxf4+ 52. Kg6 Kf8 53. Kxh5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.e4 Nh6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.f4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.Be2 Qg6 11.Nf3 f5 12.e5 Nc6
13.O-O-O a5 14.h3 Qf7 15.Rhg1 a4 16.d5 Na5 17.Nxa4 Qe7 18.d6
Qd8 19.dxc7 Qxc7 20.Qxd7 Qxd7 21.Rxd7 Bc6 22.Nxb6 Bxd7 23.Nxd7
Rfd8 24.Nb6 Ra7 25.Rd1 Nf7 26.Nd4 Rb8 27.c5 Nd8 28.b4 Nac6
29.Nxc6 Nxc6 30.b5 Nd8 31.Bc4 Kf7 32.Rd7+ Rxd7 33.Nxd7 Rc8
34.b6 Nc6 35.Bb5 Nb8 36.Kb2 Ke7 37.Nxb8 Rxb8 38.a4 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Qxa6 11.b3 f5 12.exf6
Nxf6 13.Nd6+ Ke7 14.Nc4 d5 15.Ba3+ Ke8 16.Qe2 c5 17.Nd2 Qxa3
18.Qxe6+ Be7 19.O-O c4 20.b4 Qa4 21.Rfe1 Qd7 22.Qe3 Kf7 23.Nf3
Bd6 0-1

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Curt Hansen"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+
Nd7 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nd4 Ba6 16.Bc6 Rc8 17.Rc1 b3 18.Nc3 bxa2
19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Ne2 Be7 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.O-O Rhd8 0-1

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1991"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jiri Lechtynsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qc2 c6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3
Ne8 14.Rab1 f5 15.f3 b6 16.b4 Bb7 17.c5 bxc5 18.bxc5 Nxc5
19.Nb3 Bc8 20.Na5 Ne6 21.Na4 c5 22.Bc4 Nc7 23.Rfd1 f4 24.Bf2
Kh8 25.Qe4 fxe3 26.Bxe3 Nd4 27.Bd3 Bf5 28.Qb7 e4 29.Bxe4 Bc8
30.Qb2 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Bxb2 32.Bxc5 Qe8 33.Nxb2 Rb8 34.Nc6 Bb7
35.Nxb8 Bxe4 36.fxe4 Rf4 37.Bd6 Rg4+ 38.Kf2 Rxe4 39.Rd2 Qxb8
40.Rc1 0-1

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Dizdar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O c6 7.d3
Bd6 8.e4 Ne7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.exd5 cxd5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4
Nc5 14.d4 Ne6 15.f4 Nc6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.f5 Nexd4 18.fxg6 fxg6
19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.Kg2 Qe7 22.Qg1 Qe5 23.Kh1 Rf8
24.Bd2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
c6 8.e4 e5 9.b3 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Be3 b5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.c5 b4
14.Na4 Nxe4 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 e4 17.Qxb4 a5 18.Qd2 Ba6
19.Rfd1 Bxa1 20.Rxa1 Qf6 21.Rc1 Ne5 22.Nb6 Rad8 23.Qxa5 Be2
24.Na4 Nf3+ 25.Kh1 Rd3 26.Nc3 Red8 27.Nxe2 Rd1+ 28.Bf1 Rxc1
29.Nxc1 Rd1 30.Kg2 Ne1+ 31.Kg1 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Ne1+ 33.Kg1 Nc2
34.Bf4 e3 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Qe8 exf2 37.Kg2 g5 38.Bd6 Ne1+ 39.Kh2
Nf3+ 40.Kg2 Ne1+ 41.Kh2 Rxc1 42.Bf8+ Kg6 43.Be7 Qe5 44.Qxc6+
Qe6 45.Qxe6+ fxe6 46.b4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Raj Tischbierek"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4
a5 8.Re1 c6 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Qd2 Nf8 13.Rad1
Ng6 14.d5 Rd8 15.Ba3 Nf4 16.Bf1 Ne8 17.Kh2 g5 18.g3 Ng6 19.Qe3
Nf6 20.Nd2 Bd7 21.Nc4 c5 22.Nb5 Bxb5 23.axb5 Ne8 24.Bb2 b6
25.Ra1 Rdb8 26.Be2 Ng7 27.Rg1 Qd8 28.Raf1 Bf8 29.f4 f6 30.fxg5
fxg5 31.Bg4 Ra7 32.Qf3 Qe8 33.Qf6 h5 34.Bf5 1-0

[Event "BL92/93 Hamburg-Porz Shirov,A"]
[Site "BL92/93 Hamburg-Porz Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3
b5 8.Qd3 b4 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Bf5 11.Qe3 Nd7 12.g3 Nf6 13.Bg2
O-O 14.O-O Rc8 15.Qb3 Nd5 16.Be5 Bh6 17.Rfe1 Be6 18.Qd3 f6
19.e4 Nb6 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Qc7 22.Qd2 a5 23.b3 Rfd8 24.Rac1
Qd6 25.Qe3 Bg4 26.Red1 c5 27.d5 e5 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.Qg5 Bxf3
30.Bxf3 Rf8 31.Bg4 Rc7 32.Be6+ Kg7 33.Rd3 h6 34.Qg2 Rf6 35.Rf3
Nd7 36.Kh1 Rxf3 37.Qxf3 Nf8 38.Bh3 Nh7 39.Qe3 Nf6 40.Bf1 Nh5
41.Bb5 Nf4 42.Ba4 Qa6 43.Bc6 Rf7 44.Rc4 Qc8 45.Rc1 Nh3 46.Rf1
Ng5 47.f4 Qg4 48.d6 Rxf4 49.Rg1 Qh4 50.Qg3 Qxg3 51.hxg3 Rf2
52.Rg2 Rf1+ 53.Rg1 Rxg1+ 54.Kxg1 Kf6 55.Kf2 Nf7 56.d7 Ke7
57.Ke3 Nd6 58.Kd3 h5 59.Ba4 g5 60.Bc6 h4 61.gxh4 gxh4 62.Ke3
c4 63.bxc4 Nxc4+ 64.Kf3 Nb6 65.Kg4 a4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Bundesliga"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Rd1 Rxd1+ 11.Nxd1 Nd7 12.Ba3 a5
13.Ne3 Nb4 14.Nh3 Nc5 15.Nf2 e6 16.Be2 b6 17.Nfd1 Nxa2 18.Nc2
Ba6 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Na3 Nc1 21.Nb5 Rb8 22.Bf1 a4 23.Kd2 Nb3+
24.Kc2 Rd8 25.Nbc3 Rd2+ 26.Kb1 Na5 27.g3 a3 28.bxa3 Bxc4 29.f4
Bb3 0-1

[Event "Deutschland 54/176 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 54/176 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6
13.Qh5 Rg8 14.c3 Rxg2 15.Qf3 Rg4 16.exf5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Ne7
18.Qb7 Bh6 19.Nc2 Kf8 20.Rd1 Rb8 21.Qf3 Rf4 22.Qh3 Bg5 23.Ne3
e4 24.Qg3 Nxf5 25.Nxf5 Rxf5 26.Bxe4 Qe7 27.O-O Qxe4 28.Qxd6+
Kg7 29.Qxb8 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Deutschland 54/459 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 54/459 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Smejkal"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Bb3 Nb6
13.f4 exd4 14.f5 gxf5 15.Ng3 dxc3 16.Qh5 Nc4 17.Rad1 Qb6+
18.Kh1 Qb5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Ne5 21.Bxf7+ Nxf7 22.Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Dautov"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Qe7
7.Bxc4 Qxe4+ 8.Kf1 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Be6 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Bg5 Bxc4+
12.Qxc4 Nce7 13.Re1 Qg6 14.h4 Kf8 15.Qxc7 f6 16.Rh3 Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nc3 c6
8.Bf4 Nh5 9.e3 Nd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rb1 Nhf6 12.b4 Ne4 13.Qc2
g5 14.Be5 g4 15.Nd2 Nxe5 16.dxe5 a6 17.f3 gxf3 18.Nxf3 Qe8
19.Ne2 Bg5 20.Nf4 Bh6 21.a4 Bd7 22.Rfd1 Bg7 23.Qb2 Nd6 24.Rbc1
b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bf1 Nf7 27.Nd3 Nd6 28.Nf4 Nf7 29.Nd3 Nd6
30.Ra1 Nc4 31.Qd4 Qe7 32.Kf2 Rfe8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Ra1 Qe8
35.Be2 Nd6 36.Rxa8 Qxa8 37.Qb6 Ne4+ 38.Kg2 Be8 39.Nd4 Qc8
40.Qa7 Kh8 41.e6 Bxd4 42.Qxd4+ Kg8 43.Qe5 Qd8 44.Qxf5 Qf6
45.Qxf6 Nxf6 46.Nc5 Kf8 47.g4 Ke7 48.Kf3 Bg6 49.Kf4 Kd6 50.h4
Bc2 51.g5 Ng8 52.h5 Ne7 53.Bg4 Bb1 54.g6 hxg6 55.h6 g5 56.Kxg5
Ng8 57.e4 Nxh6 58.Kxh6 Bxe4 59.Nxe4+ dxe4 60.Kg5 Ke7 61.Kf4
1-0

[Event "Gausdal m Shirov,A"]
[Site "Gausdal m Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2
O-O 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O-O Re8 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 a6
13.f3 b5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nce2 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 a5 17.Be1 Ba6 18.Qd2
Nd7 19.Bg3 Nb6 20.b3 a4 21.Nc6 Qd7 22.Ned4 Bf8 23.Nxb4 axb3
24.axb3 Bc4 25.Nbc2 Rec8 26.Na1 Bd3+ 27.Qxd3 Qa7 28.Ndc2 Qa2+
29.Kc1 Qxa1+ 30.Kd2 Qb2 31.Rc1 Bb4+ 32.Kd1 Rc3 33.Qd4 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "40"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Suetin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3
c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O h6 10.Rc1 c4 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4
Qb6 14.b3 cxb3 15.Rb1 b2 16.Qc2 Ba3 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Qb3 Be7
19.Rxb2 Ne4 20.Qc2 Ba3 21.Rb7 Rfc8 22.Bd3 Bf8 23.Rfb1 Nd2
24.Rd1 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.e4 Re8 27.h3 Qh5 28.Nc3 a5 29.Bg3
Qg6 30.Kh2 Bb4 31.f3 Bc8 32.Rb6 Ra6 33.Na4 Bd6 34.Bxd6 Qxd6+
35.e5 Qc7 36.Rxa6 Bxa6 37.Nc5 Bc8 38.Qxc4 Qb6 39.Qc2 Be6
40.Rb1 Qd8 41.Qd2 Qd5 42.a4 Rd8 43.Rd1 Qc4 44.Kg3 Rd5 45.Qd3
Rd8 46.Qxc4 Bxc4 47.Nb7 Rb8 48.Nxa5 Bd5 49.Rc1 Rb6 50.Rc5 Kf8
51.Kf2 Ke7 52.Nc4 Rb4 53.Ne3 Ke6 54.Nxd5 cxd5 55.Ke3 Rxa4
56.Rc6+ Ke7 57.Rd6 Ra2 58.g3 Ra3+ 59.Kf4 Ra5 60.g4 g6 61.h4
Rb5 62.h5 gxh5 63.gxh5 Ra5 64.Kf5 Rb5 65.f4 Ra5 66.Rxh6 Ra4
67.Rb6 1-0

[Event "Manila 55/125 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3
exf4 8.Bxf4 Qb6 9.Ne2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxb2 11.Rb1 Qxa2 12.Rxb7
Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Qa1 a5 15.d5 Qc8 16.Qb2 a4 17.Nd4 a3 18.Qb3
a2 19.Kf2 g6 20.dxc6 Be7 21.Ra1 O-O 22.Rxe7 Nxc6 23.Nxc6 Qxc6
24.Qc3 1-0

[Event "Manila 55/137 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Krunoslav Hulak"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
Nfxd7 8.d5 Na6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Rd1 Nb6
13.a4 Nc7 14.e5 d5 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.Nd6 Ne8 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nxe8
Rfxe8 19.c4 d4 20.Ng5 Nb8 21.Ra3 Nc6 22.Rh3 h6 23.Ne4 Rad8
24.Rdd3 Qf7 25.Bd2 b6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Nd6 Rxd6 28.exd6 Nb8
29.Ra3 Kh7 30.Qe4 Bf8 31.Rhb3 1-0

[Event "Manila 55/158 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Qc7 6.f4 e6 7.Qe2 a6
8.d3 b5 9.Nf3 d6 10.O-O dxe5 11.fxe5 Be7 12.a4 Bb7 13.axb5
axb5 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.Na3 Qb8 16.c4 bxc4 17.dxc4 Nc7 18.Ng5
Nd4 19.Qd3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Qxb2+ 22.Kh3 h6 23.Be3
O-O 24.Rb1 Qa2 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rb6 Ra8 27.Nc2 Na6 28.Nxd4 Nc5
29.Qf3 Rd8 30.Rd6 Rxd6 31.exd6 Qxc4 32.Nc6 f6 33.Ne7+ Kh7
34.Qd1 Ne4 35.Kg2 Qa2+ 36.Kf3 f5 37.Qd4 e5 38.Qb6 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Manila 55/194 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alonso Zapata"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Bb7
13.Nc2 Nb8 14.a4 bxa4 15.Nce3 Nd7 16.Qxa4 O-O 17.Rd1 Bg5
18.Qc2 Nc5 19.Nf5 g6 20.b4 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Nb7 22.h4 Bf6 23.Nh6+
Kg7 24.Ng4 a5 25.Be2 axb4 26.cxb4 Ra1+ 27.Bd1 Qc8 28.Ne3 Qxc2
29.Nxc2 Rb1 30.Kd2 Rc8 31.Rh3 Rc4 32.Kd3 Rc7 33.Kd2 Nd8 34.Be2
Ne6 35.Rc3 Rxc3 36.Kxc3 Nf4 37.Rd2 Nxg2 38.Bd1 Bxh4 39.Na3
Rc1+ 40.Nc2 Bg5 41.Rxd6 h5 42.b5 h4 43.b6 h3 44.b7 h2 45.b8=Q
h1=Q 46.Rd7 Qe1+ 47.Kb2 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Manila 55/377 Shirov,A; Bologan,V"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Ne5
Qb6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Qd2 Bf5 10.f3 e6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Be2
O-O 14.O-O Rfc8 15.a3 Qb7 16.Na4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Nxc5
19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.axb4 Nd3 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Bxd3 Bxd3 23.Rd1 Bb5
24.Be5 Rc2 25.Bc3 f6 26.Rd2 Rc1+ 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.g4 Bc4 29.f4
Kg6 30.Kg2 h5 31.h3 h4 32.Kf3 Bb3 33.e4 Rf1+ 34.Ke3 dxe4
35.Rf2 Rh1 36.Kxe4 Rxh3 37.Bd2 Rg3 38.g5 Bd5+ 39.Kd4 Kf5
40.gxf6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "Manila 55/388 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7
7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Nd2 Nd6
13.e4 Bg6 14.Nb3 a5 15.d5 cxd5 16.exd5 e5 17.Bh3 f5 18.Be3 Qb4
19.Rac1 a4 20.Na1 Rfc8 21.Rfd1 a3 22.bxa3 Rxa3 23.Nc2 Qxc3
24.Nxa3 Qxa3 25.Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.Qb5 Be8 27.Bxf5 Nd6 28.Be6+ Kf8
29.Qb1 Nf6 30.Rc1 b5 31.Bc5 Qf3 32.Qb3 Qxb3 33.axb3 Nde4 34.b4
Bd7 35.f4 exf4 36.gxf4 Bxe6 37.dxe6 Nd5 38.Rd1 Bxc5+ 39.bxc5
Nec3 40.Ra1 Ne2+ 41.Kf1 Nexf4 42.Ra8+ Ke7 43.Ra7+ Kxe6 44.Rxg7
h5 45.Kf2 Nd3+ 46.Kf3 Nxc5 47.Rg6+ Kf5 48.Rh6 Nf6 49.Rh8 b4
50.Ke3 b3 51.Kd4 Kg4 52.Kc3 Nfe4+ 53.Kb2 h4 54.Rg8+ Kh3 55.Rh8
Nd2 56.Kc3 Nce4+ 57.Kb2 Ng5 58.Kc3 Nge4+ 59.Kb2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Manila 55/537 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 b6 9.e4 Ba6 10.Qd2 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Ne7 12.Ne2 O-O
13.a4 Nbc6 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Qd6 Qb7 16.Kf2 Rad8 17.Qg3 Ng6
18.Be3 f5 19.exf5 exf5 20.Rhd1 bxc5 21.Bxc5 Rfe8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Qg5 Rd5 24.Bd4 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Qb6 26.Rc1 h6 27.Rc8+ Kf7
28.Qc1 Ne7 29.Qc4 Qe6 30.Rb8 Rd6 31.Qb5 Qd7 32.Rb7 Qxb5
33.axb5 Rb6 34.Rxb6 axb6 35.Nc3 Nc8 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.d5 Ke5
38.f4+ Kd6 39.Kd4 Ne7 40.h4 g6 41.Kc4 Nc8 42.Kd4 Ne7 43.Kc4
Nc8 44.Na4 Kc7 45.Kd4 Nd6 46.Ke5 Nxb5 47.h5 gxh5 48.Kxf5 Kd6
49.Nxb6 h4 50.Kg6 Kc5 51.f5 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Igor Naumkin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4
Nc6 8.Re1 b6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 b5 11.h4 a5 12.N1h2 a4 13.Ng4 a3
14.b3 Ra6 15.Bg5 Re8 16.Qd2 Nf8 17.c3 b4 18.c4 dxc4 19.dxc4
Bxg5 20.hxg5 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Nd4 22.Ne4 Nd7 23.Rad1 Rd8 24.Rd2
Kf8 25.Red1 Ke7 26.f4 Bb7 27.Kf2 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Nb6 29.Ne3 Rd7
30.Rh1 Raa7 31.Rxh7 Nxb3 32.Rxd7+ Nxd7 33.axb3 a2 34.Nc2 a1=Q
35.Nxa1 Rxa1 36.Rxg7 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Kf8 38.Rh7 Rb2 39.g6 Rxb3+
40.Kg2 Rb2+ 41.Kh3 Rd2 42.Rxf7+ Kg8 43.Re7 Rd4 44.Bf3 b3
45.Bg4 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2
exd4 8.Nxd4 c6 9.Qd2 Re8 10.O-O-O d5 11.Nb3 a5 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Rxd5 Be6 16.Rb5 a4 17.Nc5 Bxa2
18.Rxb7 a3 19.bxa3 Rxa3 20.Bb5 Rc3+ 21.Kd2 Rd8+ 22.Nd3 Nc6
23.Bg5 Rc8 24.Bxc6 R3xc6 25.Rc1 h6 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Bf4 Bc3+
28.Ke3 g5 29.Bc7 Bc4 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Be6 32.g3 Bc8 33.Ra7
Ra6 34.Rc7 Be6 35.Bc3 Ra4 36.Rb7 Rc4 37.Be5 Rc6 38.h4 gxh4
39.g4 h3 40.Rb2 Rc5 41.Bd4 Rc1 42.Rh2 h5 43.Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
Nxg4 8.Rg1 h5 9.h3 Nh6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+
13.Qxd2 Nf6 14.Nc3 Nf5 15.O-O-O Kf8 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Ne5 Be8
18.Ne2 Rh7 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Ng3 Ne4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Qf4 Kg8
23.Qxe4 Qe7 24.Qf4 Rd8 25.Rge1 Qd6 26.d5 Qh6 27.Qxh6 Rxh6
28.dxc6 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Bxc6 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rf8 Rf6 32.Rxf7 Rxf7
33.Nxf7 Bg2 34.h4 Kg6 35.Nd6 Kf6 36.Kd2 g5 37.hxg5+ Kxg5
38.Ke3 Kg4 39.Nf7 h4 40.Ne5+ Kf5 41.Nf3 Kg4 42.Nd4 Kg5 43.b4
h3 44.Nf3+ Kf5 45.b5 b6 46.Nh2 Ke5 47.f3 Kf5 48.a3 Ke5 49.a4
Bh1 50.Ng4+ Kd6 51.Nf2 Bg2 52.Ne4+ Ke5 53.Kf2 Bxf3 54.Kxf3 h2
55.Kg2 Kxe4 56.c5 Kd5 57.c6 Kd6 58.Kxh2 Kc7 59.Kg3 Kd6 60.Kf4
Ke6 61.Ke4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Oakham (England)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Aleksej Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5
7.e3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.Qf3 Ng6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Qh5 c4
13.Bc2 Nce7 14.f3 f5 15.e4 Rf8 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Ng3 Bd7 18.Bd2
fxe4 19.fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.Nxf1 dxe4 21.Ng3 Bc6 22.Nxe4 Qd5
23.Qxd5+ Bxd5 24.Re1 Rd8 25.g3 Nc6 26.Bg5 Re8 27.h4 Re6 28.Kf2
h6 29.Bd2 Nf8 30.g4 Nd7 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Kf8 33.Kf3 Ne7
34.Kg4 Ra6 35.Bc1 Be6+ 36.Kg3 Kg8 37.a4 Nf5+ 38.Kf4 Ne7 39.Ba3
Nd5+ 40.Kg3 b5 41.Nd6 b4 42.cxb4 Rxd6 43.b5 Rb6 44.Bc5 Nc7
45.Bxb6 axb6 46.a5 Kf7 47.a6 Nxb5 48.Ba4 Na7 49.d5 Bf5 50.d6
b5 51.Re7+ Kf8 52.Bc2 Bxc2 53.Rxd7 Nc6 54.Rc7 Be4 55.g6 Nd8
56.Rd7 Nc6 57.Rf7+ Ke8 58.Rxg7 c3 59.Rc7 Bxg6 60.Rxc6 Be4
61.Rxc3 Kd7 62.Kf4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Oakham (England)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2
exd4 8.Nxd4 c6 9.Qd2 Re8 10.O-O-O d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb3 a5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Rxd5 Be6 16.Rb5 a4 17.Nc5 Bxa2
18.Rxb7 a3 19.bxa3 Rxa3 20.Bb5 Rc3+ 21.Kd2 Rd8+ 22.Nd3 Nc6
23.Bg5 Rc8 24.Bxc6 R3xc6 25.Rc1 h6 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Bf4 Bc3+
28.Ke3 g5 29.Bc7 Bc4 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Be6 32.g3 Bc8 33.Ra7
Ra6 34.Rc7 Be6 35.Bc3 Ra4 36.Rb7 Rc4 37.Be5 Rc6 38.h4 gxh4
39.g4 h3 40.Rb2 Rc5 41.Bd4 Rc1 42.Rh2 h5 43.Rxh3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Oakham (England)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dharshan Kumaran"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5
8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Na6 11.Nd2 h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.a3 Bd7
14.Rb1 Nc5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Na4 17.Nxa4 Bxa4 18.Qc1 Qe8
19.f3 Bd7 20.c5 f5 21.O-O Nf7 22.exf5 gxf5 23.f4 exf4 24.Bxh5
Qe3+ 25.Bf2 Qd3 26.Nf3 Qxd5 27.Qxf4 Ne5 28.Rbd1 Qe6 29.Qg5 Ra2
30.Bd4 Bc6 31.Rfe1 Be4 32.Qg3 Qh6 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Rd7 Kh8
35.Qg6 Rg8 36.Ng5 Rxg2+ 37.Kf1 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Oakham (England)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnaud Hauchard"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3
Bg4 8.Be2 e6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O
13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Na4 Rc7 15.Nc5 Rfc8 16.Nd3 Nb4 17.Rxc7 Rxc7
18.a3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qc6 20.Rb1 Qc2 21.Qxc2 Rxc2 22.Bd1 Rd2
23.Rc1 g5 24.b4 Ra2 25.Bf3 Rxa3 26.b5 axb5 27.Rc7 Ra1+ 28.Kh2
Rf1 29.Rxb7 Rxf2 30.Rxb5 Rd2 31.Kg1 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kg7
34.Rb1 Kg6 35.Re1 Ne4 36.Re2 Rd3 37.Bxe4+ dxe4 38.Kf2 f5
39.Ra2 f4 40.Re2 fxe3 41.Rxe3 Rxd4 42.Ra3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Oakham 54/169 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Oakham 54/169 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bb7
13.Be2 Bg5 14.O-O Nb8 15.Qd3 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Qf3 g6 18.Nce3
Kh8 19.Bf1 Ra7 20.b4 Ne6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 f5 23.Ra5 Bh4
24.exf5 gxf5 25.Nxf5 Nf4 26.Nxh4 Nxd5 27.Qh5 Nf4 28.Qh6 Rf6
29.Qg5 Bxg2 30.Bxg2 Rg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxe5 Qc8 33.Re7+ Rf7
34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Bd5+ Kf8 36.Ng2 Qg4 37.Rd2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "m/4"]
[Site "Oslo  54/288 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7
7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nd2 a5 10.h4 a4 11.g3 Ra5 12.f4 Ba6
13.Rh2 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 15.b4 axb3 16.Nxb3 Ra4 17.Nc5 Qxe2+
18.Rxe2+ Kf7 19.Nxa4 Nxa4 20.Rc2 Bc5 21.Rb1 Re8+ 22.Be2 Nb6
23.Kd1 Re4 24.Bd3 Rd4 25.Ke2 Nxc4 26.Rb8 Rxd3 27.Kxd3 Ne3
28.Kc3 d5 29.Bxe3 Bxe3 30.Kb4 Ke7 31.Rxc6 Be2 32.Rxc7+ Kd6
33.Rc3 Bd2 34.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Patrick Vial"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Be3 d6 5.f4 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5
7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Nb5 Ne6 9.f5 a6 10.fxe6 axb5 11.Bxb5+ c6
12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Be6 14.Bxe6+ Kxe6 15.Nf3 h6 16.Nh4 Nf6
17.Nxg6 Rhd8 18.O-O Nxe4 19.Rae1 Nd2 20.Rf2 Nc4 21.Bf4 Nxb2
22.Bxe5 Rd1 23.Nf4+ Kf7 24.Nd5 Kg8 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Rxd1 Nxd1
27.Re2 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxa2 29.Re6 Rxc2 30.Rxh6+ Kg7 31.Nf5+ Kf7
32.g4 Nf2 33.g5 Ng4 34.Rd6 b5 35.g6+ 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Philippe Gentilleau"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1
Nc6 8.h3 e5 9.Na3 Ne8 10.Nc2 f5 11.d3 Nc7 12.a3 a5 13.a4 Kh8
14.Na3 Ne6 15.Nc4 Rb8 16.Ne3 Nf4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Ne7
19.Bg5 h6 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.d4 e4 22.dxc5 dxc5 23.Nd2 Rd8 24.Qb3
b6 25.Rad1 Bd7 26.Bb5 Bxb5 27.axb5 a4 28.Qc4 Qe5 29.Nf1 a3
30.bxa3 Qxc3 31.Qa2 Ra8 32.a4 Qb4 33.d6 c4 34.Qe2 Qxa4 35.d7
Qa7 0-1

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Agustin Garcia Luque"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c6 3.e3 Qb6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Ne2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nbc3 O-O 10.f3 Bh5 11.Bg3 Bg6 12.c5 Qd8 13.b4
Nh5 14.f4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 f5 16.Be1 b5 17.a4 a6 18.a5 Kh8 19.Kh1
Rg8 20.Ng1 g5 21.g3 g4 22.Ra2 Ra7 23.Kg2 Nhf6 24.Kf2 Ne4+
25.Ke2 h5 26.Kd1 Nf8 27.Rg2 Bf6 28.Nge2 Rh7 29.Rh1 Kg7 30.Qc2
Kf7 31.Nc1 Ng6 32.Nd3 h4 33.Rhg1 Rgh8 34.Kc1 Rh5 35.Kb2 R8h7
36.Nxe4 dxe4 37.Ne5+ Bxe5 38.dxe5 hxg3 39.hxg3 Ne7 40.Bc3 Nd5
41.Qd2 Qh8 42.Qf2 Kg6 43.Kb3 Rd7 44.Rd1 Rh1 45.Rgg1 Rh2 46.Qe1
Qd8 47.Bd4 Rdh7 48.Rd2 Ne7 49.Bc3 Rxd2 50.Qxd2 Qd5+ 51.Kb2 Qc4
52.Qd7 Rh2+ 53.Bd2 Qxb4+ 54.Kc1 Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Luis Javier Bernal Moro"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 Qe7 10.b4 cxd5 11.cxd5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4
Nh6 14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 f5 16.exf5 Nf6 17.Nde4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxf5
19.Bg4 Bd7 20.Rc1 Rac8 21.h3 h6 22.Qd2 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qd8 24.Kh2
Qb6 25.Qc3 Nxg3 26.Qxg3 Qxb4 27.f3 Be8 28.Be6+ Kh7 29.Rc7 Bg6
30.Qg4 Rf4 31.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miodrag Todorcevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 c6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.e4
Bd6 8.O-O Ne7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Re1 Kh8 11.Nf1 Qb6 12.g4 Bg6 13.e5
Bc7 14.h4 h6 15.h5 Bh7 16.Ng3 f6 17.Be3 c5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.g5
Ng4 20.gxh6 gxh6 21.Nh4 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Rf6 23.Ng6+ Nxg6 24.hxg6
Rxg6 25.b4 cxb4 26.Qxb6 Bxb6 27.Kf1 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Ftacnik"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 O-O 9.e4 Ne7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Qe3 Ba6 13.Bxa6
Nxa6 14.O-O Rae8 15.Bb2 Qb7 16.Rae1 f5 17.Qd3 Nc7 18.c4 cxd4
19.Qxd4 Rf7 20.Ng5 Nc6 21.Qd3 Rff8 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6
13.O-O Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.c3 Bg7 16.Nc2 O-O 17.Nb4 e4 18.Bc2
a5 19.Nc6 Nxc6 20.dxc6 d5 21.Qh5 Qf6 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.c7 Rd7
24.g4 Rc8 25.Qxf5 Qxf5 26.gxf5 Rcxc7 27.Rfe1 Be5 28.f3 Kg7
29.fxe4 d4 30.Bd3 dxc3 31.bxc3 Rc5 32.Be2 Rdc7 33.Rd5 Bxc3
34.Red1 b4 35.Bb5 Kf6 36.Kg2 Be5 37.Ba4 Rc4 38.Rxa5 Rxe4
39.Ra6+ Kxf5 40.Rd7 Rg4+ 41.Kf2 Bd4+ 42.Ke2 Rg2+ 43.Kd1 Rxd7
44.Bxd7+ Kf4 45.Rh6 Rxa2 46.Rxh7 f6 47.Be6 Rf2 48.Rh5 Ke4
49.Rh3 f5 50.Bb3 Be3 51.Bc2+ Kd4 52.Rh5 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 h6 7.Bd2 e6
8.dxe6 dxe6 9.g3 Nc6 10.Bg2 e5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.Rc1
Nd4 14.h3 a6 15.g4 Be6 16.g5 Nh5 17.gxh6 Bf6 18.Nd5 Bxd5
19.cxd5 Bg5 20.d6 Qd8 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Be4 Rad8 23.e3 Ne6
24.Nf3 Qxh6 25.Rg1 Nf6 26.Bf5 Ng7 27.Bb1 b6 28.h4 e4 29.Ne5
Qxh4 30.Qb3 Qh2 31.Rg3 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik 54/277 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Reykjavik 54/277 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Harold James Plaskett"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2
Ne7 8.Nf3 Nbc6 9.h4 f6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Nh2 Qa4 12.Rb1 c4
13.Qh5+ Kd8 14.Ng4 e5 15.Nxf6 exd4 16.Be2 Qxc2 17.Rb5 dxc3
18.Rxd5+ Nxd5 19.Qxd5+ Ke7 20.Qc5+ Kxf6 21.Qg5+ Kf7 22.Bh5+
Ke6 23.Bg4+ Kf7 24.Qd5+ Ke7 25.Bg5+ Kf8 26.Qd6+ Kg8 27.Be6+
Kg7 28.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik 54/428 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Reykjavik 54/428 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Throstur Thorhallsson"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
O-O 8.g5 Nh5 9.Bd2 f5 10.gxf6 Nhxf6 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.O-O-O h6
13.h4 Bb4 14.Bd3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4
18.Qxe4 Rf5 19.Qh4 Qg6 20.Qh8+ Kf7 21.f4 Nf8 22.Qh4 Ke8 23.e4
Rf7 24.Rhe1 Kd8 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Bd7 27.f5 exf5 28.e5 f4
29.e6 Ba4 30.Rd2 Rf5 31.Qf2 f3 32.Re4 Rxg5 33.Rxa4 Rg1+ 34.Rd1
Rg2 35.Qh4+ Ke8 36.Re4 Rc8 37.d6 Rd8 38.Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik 54/626 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Reykjavik 54/626 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.f3 f4 13.Rc1 h5
14.b4 g5 15.c5 Nf6 16.Nb5 Ne8 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Nf2 a6 19.Na3 b5
20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Nc4 Rc8 22.Qd1 b5 23.Na5 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Qb6
25.Kh1 Nf6 26.Nd3 Rc8 27.Qd1 g4 28.Be1 Ng6 29.Bf2 Qc7 30.Nc6
h4 31.fxg4 Nxe4 32.Be1 Ng5 33.Na5 Qc2 34.Nc6 Qxa2 35.Nc1 Qa3
36.Nb3 h3 37.gxh3 Rxc6 38.h4 Qb2 39.Bd3 e4 40.Rf2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lembit Oll"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5
Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4
19.Qd4 Rxd5 20.Qxa7 Nc6 21.Nb6+ Kc7 22.Bf4+ Bd6 23.Nxd5+ exd5
24.Bxd6+ Kxd6 25.Qe3 Kc7 26.Rfe1 Rd8 27.b3 d4 28.Qf4+ Kb6
29.Re7 1-0

[Event "Oviedo, Spain"]
[Site "Oviedo, Spain"]
[Date "1992.12.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.e5 O-O 9.Re1 b5 10.Bf4 Nf5 11.c3 h6 12.h4 f6 13.exf6
Qxf6 14.Ne5 g5 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Ng4 Qg6 17.Bc1 Bd7 18.Nd2 b4
19.Nf3 bxc3 20.Nfe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Nd4 23.bxc3 Nc2
24.Be3 Rac8 25.Qd6 Nxa1 26.Rxa1 Rf7 27.Bxc5 Qxd3 28.Bd4 Qf5
29.Re1 Rcf8 30.Re5 Qb1+ 31.Bf1 Rg7 32.a4 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
h6 8.Be3 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Na5 13.Qe1
Nc4 14.Bc1 b4 15.Nce2 a5 16.Ng3 Be7 17.Qe2 Rc8 18.Rhe1 a4
19.Ngf5 exf5 20.exf5 Nd5 21.f6 gxf6 22.Ka1 a3 23.Bxc4 Qxc4
24.Qe4 Kd8 25.Rd3 axb2 26.Bxb2 Re8 27.Qf3 Nc3 28.Bxc3 bxc3
29.Rb1 d5 30.Nb3 Ra8 31.Nc1 Ba3 32.Rxc3 Qd4 33.Nb3 Qa4 34.Rd3
Bd6 35.Nc1 Qxf4 36.Qd1 Be5+ 37.c3 Qc4 38.Rb3 Be6 39.Qg1 Ke7
40.Qd1 Reb8 41.Kb2 Bf5 42.Re3 Be4 43.g3 f5 44.Qd2 d4 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.e5 Ne7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7
13.Qd3 Nf5 14.Rad1 Be7 15.Bf4 Rd8 16.Ne4 h6 17.g4 Nh4 18.Bg3
Ng6 19.f4 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Nf8 21.f5 Nh7 22.f6 gxf6 23.exf6 Bf8
24.Nd6+ Bxd6 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Rg8 27.Rf4 Rg6 28.Rxa6 Nxf6
29.Bh4 Nxg4 30.Bxd8 Kxd8 31.Rxf7 Ke8 32.Rf3 Rg5 33.Rg3 h5
34.h3 Nf2+ 35.Kg2 Rf5 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Nxh3 38.Rb6 Ng5+
39.Kg2 d5 40.Rxb5 Kd7 41.a4 Kc6 42.Rb8 Kc7 43.Rb3 Ne4 44.a5
Nc5 45.Rc3 Kd6 46.b4 Na6 47.b5 Nc7 48.b6 Na6 49.b7 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3
Bb7 8.Ne2 Bxd5 9.O-O Bc6 10.a4 e6 11.e4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4
13.Ng3 Nf6 14.Re1 Na6 15.Bf4 d5 16.Nf5 Qb4 17.Be5 Qg4 18.Bxf6
Qxd1 19.Raxd1 gxf6 20.Rxd5 Be7 21.Rd2 Bd8 22.Nfd6+ Ke7 23.Nc4
Nb4 24.b3 Ba5 25.Red1 Rhd8 26.Kf1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Bd8 28.Ke2 Rb8
29.g4 Nd5 30.Kf3 Bc7 31.h3 Bd8 32.Ke4 Nc7 33.Na7 Ke8 34.Nc6
1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1993.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2
b6 8.f4 Bb7 9.Bf3 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qe1 Rc7 12.Rd1 Qa8 13.e5
Bxf3 14.Nxf3 dxe5 15.fxe5 Ng4 16.Bf4 Rc4 17.Qg3 h5 18.h3 Bc5+
19.Kh1 Be3 20.Ne2 Re4 21.hxg4 hxg4+ 22.Nh2 Bxf4 23.Nxf4 Nxe5
24.Rfe1 g5 25.Rxe4 Qxe4 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Qf4 28.Kg1 f5
29.Qxf4 gxf4 30.Rd4 Ke7 31.Rxf4 Kd6 32.Nf1 b5 33.a4 Rb8
34.axb5 Rxb5 35.b3 Ra5 36.Kf2 Ke5 37.g3 Ra1 38.Ne3 Kd6 39.Ra4
Rxa4 40.bxa4 Ke5 41.c3 Ke4 42.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.f4 Nc5 14.f5 Bf6 15.g5 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 b5 17.Rg1 Bb7 18.Rg4
Nxb3+ 19.axb3 e5 20.Be3 b4 21.Na4 Bc6 22.Nb6 Rab8 23.Qxa6 Rfd8
24.g6 hxg6 25.fxg6 d5 26.gxf7 Qxf7 27.Bh6 Qh5 28.Rxg7+ Kh8
29.Bg5+ Kxg7 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.exd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nf3 Qd8 12.g4 Qa5 13.h4
O-O-O 14.Bg2 g6 15.Qe3 Kb8 16.Rd2 Qc7 17.Rhd1 Na5 18.Bf1 Rc8
19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Be8 21.f5 Be7 22.Nd4 Rh5 23.f6 Bf8 24.Be2
Nc4 25.Bxc4 Qxc4 26.Nb3 Qc7 27.Kb1 Bc6 28.a4 Ka8 29.Rd4 Qb6
30.a5 Qa7 31.Qg3 Qb8 32.Qg2 Qa7 33.Na4 Bxa4 34.Rxa4 Qe3 35.Rg1
Qf4 36.c3 d5 37.Rd4 Rh2 38.Qg3 Qxg3 39.Rxg3 Bd6 40.Rg4 Rh1+
41.Ka2 Be5 42.Ra4 Rh2 43.Kb1 Rd8 44.exd5 Rxd5 45.Rh4 Rd1+
46.Ka2 Kb8 47.Rxh2 Bxh2 48.Rh4 Bg1 49.Rh1 e5 50.Nc5 Kc7 51.Ne4
Re1 52.Nd2 Kd6 53.Kb3 Bf2 54.Rh8 e4 55.Re8 e3 56.Nf3 Ra1
57.Ne5 Kc7 58.Re7+ Kb8 59.Nxf7 Rxa5 60.Nd6 Bg3 61.f7 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 h6 12.Nd3 b6 13.b4 g5
14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 Ng6 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nf2 Nf4
19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Bd3 Ne8 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qd3 Qd7 23.Nce4 Nc7
24.Rc6 Nxd5 25.Rxd6 Qf7 26.Ng4 Ne3 27.Nxh6+ Bxh6 28.Rxh6 Nxf1
29.Nd6 Rd5 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8
17. f4 Nb6 18. Bg2 exd5 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Na4 21. Qc2 Qa6
22. Na3 c3 23. Bxd5 Nxb2 24. Qf5 Rf6 25. Qh7 Qxa3 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Rhe1+ Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kd6 29. Bxb7+ Nxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qxa2
31. Qg2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+
12. Kf1 Bd7 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5 Nd8 15. f4 Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5
17. Kf2 e6 18. g4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Nc6 20. Qb1 Qxb1 21. Rxb1 b6
22. f5 Ne7 23. h6 Bf8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. Nh3 Kg8
27. Nf4 Kf7 28. Nh3 Kg8 29. Ng5 e5 30. d5 Nc8 31. Rc1 Nd6
32. Rc7 Rc8 33. Rd7 Rc3 34. Nxh7 Nxe4+ 35. Ke2 Bb4 36. Rxa7 b5
37. g5 Ng3+ 38. Kd1 Ne4 39. Ke2 Ng3+ 40. Kd1 Ne4 41. Bb6 Rf3
42. Bd8 Rf1+ 43. Kc2 Rf2+ 44. Kb3 Bc5 45. Nf6+ Nxf6 46. Rg7+
Kf8 47. gxf6 Rf3+ 48. Kc2 Rf2+ 49. Kd1 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Rf2+
51. Ke1 Rxa2 52. Be7+ Bxe7 53. fxe7+ Ke8 54. d6 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.h4 Be7
13.e5 d5 14.Rh3 Nd7 15.Kb1 Nc5 16.h5 O-O-O 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.g4
Kb8 19.Bg2 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Rd7 21.Rd4 Rc8 22.Rc3 Qd8 23.a4 Rdc7
24.Bg3 Qe8 25.b3 Rc6 26.f4 Bd8 27.Bf2 Bb6 28.Rd1 Ba5 29.Rxc5
Rxc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.c4 dxc4 32.Qe4 Rc7 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Rxc4
Qd1+ 35.Kb2 Qd2+ 36.Qc2 Rxc4 37.Qxd2 Bxd2 38.bxc4 Bxf4 39.Be4
Bxe5+ 40.Kc2 Kc7 41.Kd3 b6 42.Bh7 Kd6 43.Be4 Bh2 44.Ke3 Bg1+
45.Kf3 Kc5 46.Bb7 a5 47.Ba6 Kd4 48.Bb5 g5 49.hxg6 fxg6 50.Be8
Kxc4 51.Ke4 Kb4 52.Bxg6 Kxa4 53.Bf7 b5 54.Bxe6 Ka3 55.Kd5 a4
56.Kc6 b4 57.Kb5 b3 58.Bf5 b2 59.Bc2 Bf2 60.Ka5 Be1+ 61.Kb5
Bd2 62.Bf5 Kb3 63.Be6+ Kc3 64.Ba2 a3 65.Ka4 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.g3 Ne7 13.Bg2
c5 14.O-O Qb8 15.Qa3 Rc8 16.e4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bg4 18.f3 Bd7
19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Qe5 22.Rd2 Rc5 23.f4 Qd6
24.Re1 a5 25.Rc2 Rac8 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Qd3 b5 28.Bf3 Rc4 29.Re2
Rc1+ 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Qd4 b4 32.Kg2 Bb5 33.Rf2 Re8 34.b3 Rc8
35.Qe5 Qd7 36.d6 Bc6 37.Rd2 Bxf3+ 38.Kxf3 Re8 39.Qxa5 h5
40.Qxh5 f5 41.Kf2 Re6 42.Qxf5 Qa7+ 43.Kg2 Re1 44.d7 Qg1+
45.Kh3 Qf1+ 46.Kh4 1-0

[Event "GER"]
[Site "It Munich  (16)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2
Nf6 8.a3 b5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.f4 Bb7 11.e5 Rd8 12.Qc1 Ng8 13.O-O
c5 14.f5 exf5 15.Rxf5 Ne7 16.Rf2 Ng6 17.Qf1 c4 18.e6 f6 19.Bh5
Bd6 20.h3 O-O 21.Ne2 Rfe8 22.Nd4 Bh2+ 23.Kh1 Be5 24.c3 Bxd4
25.Bxd4 Rxe6 26.Re1 Qg3 27.Rxe6 Qxh3+ 28.Kg1 Qxe6 29.Bxg6 hxg6
30.Re2 Qd6 31.Qf2 g5 32.Qe3 Kf7 33.Qh3 Kg6 34.Re6 Qf4 35.Qe3
Qg4 36.Qe2 Qf5 37.Re7 Rd7 38.Re8 Qb1+ 39.Kh2 Qd3 40.Qg4 Qf5
41.Qe2 g4 42.Kg3 Bc6 43.Re3 Kf7 44.Qf2 Rd5 45.Qxf5 Rxf5 46.Re1
Rh5 47.Bb6 Rd5 48.Bd4 Rh5 49.Bb6 Rd5 50.Bd4 Rd6 51.Kf2 Rd8
52.Kg3 Rd7 53.Re2 f5 54.Re5 Be4 55.Kf4 Rd8 56.g3 Rh8 57.Kg5
Rh3 58.Bc5 Kg8 59.Re8+ Kh7 60.Bd4 Rxg3 61.Re7 Kg8 62.Kg6 Bc6
63.Bc5 Rd3 64.Rxg7+ Kh8 65.Bd4 Rxd4 66.cxd4 f4 67.Rc7 Be4+
68.Kh6 Bd5 69.Rc5 Bg8 70.d5 f3 71.d6 Be6 72.Re5 Bd7 73.Re7 Kg8
74.Rxd7 f2 75.Rg7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Linares 57/199 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares 57/199 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg5 11.a4 Ne7 12.Bc4 Kh8
13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Bd5 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.O-O e4 17.Re1 e3
18.fxe3 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qe5 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Bf3 Qf4 22.a5 Qh6
23.Re2 Bf4 24.g4 Bc8 25.Rg2 Be5 26.Ra4 Qe3 27.Nd2 Rxb2 28.Re4
Qc3 29.Rc4 Qxa5 30.Nb3 Qa2 31.Nd2 Be6 32.Rc7 Qa5 33.Rb7 Ra2
34.Nb3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Nge2 c6 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.Kb1 a5 12.f3 b5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e4 a4 15.exd5 b4 16.Nxa4 cxd5 17.Rhe1 g6
18.Qb3 Qa5 19.Nc5 Re3 20.Rc1 Bf5 21.Ng3 Bxd3+ 22.Nxd3 Rxd3
23.Qxd3 Qxa2+ 24.Kc2 Bg5 25.Rb1 Ra3 26.Ra1 Qxb2+ 27.Kxb2 Rxd3
28.Rad1 Rc3 29.Re5 Ne6 30.Rxd5 Re3 31.Re5 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Bf4
33.Rd5 Nc7 34.Ra5 Kf8 35.Nf1 Ke7 36.g3 Bh6 37.f4 1-0

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4
13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Nd6 Bxg5 16. Nxb7 Qe7 17. Nxc5
Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bh6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. c6 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. a5
Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. g3 Rc5 25. Rfe1 b3 26. Ra3 Rb8 27. Nd4
Nb4 28. Rxb3 Rd8 29. Re4 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rcd5 31. f4 Bf8 32. Kg2
Bc5 33. Nb3 Rxd3 34. Nxc5 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Nxa6 Ra8
37. Nc5 Rxa5 38. Rc4 Raa2 39. Ne4 Rxh2+ 40. Kg4 Kg7 41. Nf6
Ra3 42. Ne8+ Kh6 43. Rc1 g5 44. fxg5+ Kg6 45. Rf1 f5+ 46. gf6
Rg2 47. Ng7 Rgxg3+ 48. Kh4 Rh3+ 49. Kg4 Rhg3+ 50. Kf4 h5
51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd4 Rg4+ 53. Kc5 Re3 0-1

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6
12. c4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bb1 g6 16. h4 Bg7
17. Bc3 Qc7 18. h5 b5 19. h6 Bxh6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxf6 bxc4
22. Bb2 cxb3 23. Nh5 f5 24. Rxd5 gxh5 25. Rxf5 Nf8 26. Rxh5
bxa2 27. Bxa2 Bg7 28. Qg4 Kh8 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rg5 Ng6
31. Bb1 Qc3 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Bxg6 Rg8
36. Qd4+ Rg7 37. Rh5 e5 1-0

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Casper"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.c3 Nge7
8.a3 a5 9.a4 O-O 10.Na3 h6 11.Nb5 Be6 12.Re1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5
14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Na3 Nb6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Nac4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Qd7
19.Be3 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Bxc6 Bxc4 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Be4 Rdd8
24.Red1 Bf8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re1 Bb3 27.Bc6 f5 28.h4 Kf7 29.Kh2
Bd1 30.Kg2 Kf6 31.f4 e4 32.Bb5 Be7 33.Kf2 Bc2 34.Re2 Bd3
35.Rd2 Ke6 36.Bxd3 exd3 37.c4 Rb8 38.Rxd3 Rxb2+ 39.Kf3 Rb4
40.Bd2 Rxa4 41.Re3+ Kd7 42.Rb3 Bd6 43.Rb5 Ra3+ 44.Kf2 Ra2
45.Ke3 Bc7 46.Rb7 Ra3+ 47.Kf2 Kc6 48.Ra7 Ra4 49.Ke2 h5 50.Kd3
Ra2 51.Ra8 a4 52.Ra6+ Kb7 53.Rxg6 a3 54.Bc3 Rg2 55.Rg7 a2
56.Rg5 Ba5 0-1

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O
8.e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Ne8 10.O-O Nc7 11.b4 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.Nxe5
Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 a5 16.a3 Rxe5 17.e4 axb4 18.axb4
Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qf6 20.Rd1 dxe4 21.Qd8+ Qxd8 22.Rxd8+ Re8
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Nxe4 Be6 25.f4 Nc7 26.Nc3 Nd5 27.Nxd5 Bxd5
28.Kf2 f6 29.Bg4 f5 30.Be2 Kf7 31.g3 Ke6 32.Ke3 Bg2 33.Bc4+
Bd5 34.Bf1 h6 35.h4 h5 36.Kd4 Bh1 37.b5 cxb5 38.Bxb5 Bc6
39.Bc4+ Kf6 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.Kxd5 Ke7 42.Ke5 Kd7 43.Kf6 Kc6
44.Kxg6 Kxc5 45.Kxf5 b5 46.Ke6 b4 47.f5 b3 48.f6 b2 49.f7 b1=Q
50.f8=Q+ Kc4 51.Qf4+ Kc3 52.Qe5+ Kd2 53.Qxh5 Qb6+ 54.Kf7 Qc7+
55.Kg6 Ke1 56.Qf3 Qd6+ 57.Kf5 Qd7+ 58.Kf4 Qd6+ 59.Kg4 Qe6+
60.Qf5 Qg8+ 61.Kh3 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires 57/178 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Buenos Aires 57/178 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rac1 Rfc8
13.b3 a6 14.f4 Qd8 15.Rcd1 Kh8 16.f5 gxf5 17.exf5 Bd7 18.Nd5
Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 f6 21.Bd2 Rc5 22.Qd3 Re5 23.Bc3 Re3
24.Qd2 Bc6 25.Bd4 Qxd4 26.Qxd4 Rxe2 27.Rf2 Re4 28.Qc3 Rg8
29.Re1 Re5 30.h3 Bh6 31.Rxe5 dxe5 32.Qb4 Rg7 33.Qb6 Kg8 34.b4
Rg3 35.b5 axb5 36.cxb5 Be4 37.Re2 Bd3 38.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA-chT"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Elbilia"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 b5
8.cxb5 a6 9.bxa6 Qa5 10.Qd2 Bxa6 11.e5 Nfd7 12.e6 Nb6 13.Bxa6
Qxa6 14.exf7 Rxf7 15.Ng5 Rf5 16.Qe3 N8d7 17.Ne6 Be5 18.Nc7 Qa5
19.Nxa8 Nxd5 20.Qd2 Nxc3 21.O-O Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA-chT"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Hebden"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3
e6 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Rc1 Be7 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4
13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Qa4 Rfc8 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Bb4 Bxb4+ 17.Qxb4 Qb6
18.Qxb6 axb6 19.a3 c5 20.Ke2 f6 21.Rc2 c4 22.Nd2 Nd6 23.Nb1 b5
24.Nc3 b4 25.axb4 Rcb8 26.f3 Rxb4 27.e4 Rab8 28.exd5 Rxb2
29.Kd2 Nf5 30.dxe6 Nxd4 31.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 32.Ke3 Nxe6 33.g4 g5
34.Ke4 Rc2 35.Nb5 Kg7 36.Re1 Kg6 37.h4 gxh4 38.f4 Nc5+ 39.Kd4
Nd3 40.f5 Kg5 41.Re7 Ne5 42.Rxh7 Kxg4 43.Kd5 Nf3 44.Rh6 h3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA-chT"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Roos"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 c6 6.e4 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.e5 Ne8 9.d4 Nc6 10.Nge2 Nc7 11.O-O b5 12.a3 a5 13.Be3
Ba6 14.b4 e6 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Nf4 axb4 18.Na2 Na5
19.Qxb4 Qxb4 20.Nxb4 Bb7 21.Rcb1 Ra8 22.Nfd3 Nc4 23.Nc5 Ra7
24.Rb3 Rfa8 25.Bc1 Bf8 26.Nbd3 Bc6 27.Bf1 Na6 28.Nxa6 Rxa6
29.Nb4 Bxb4 30.Bxc4 Ra4 31.Bf1 Bf8 32.Bxb5 Bxb5 33.Rxb5 Rxd4
34.Bb2 Rda4 35.Rb3 Kg7 36.Kg2 Rc8 37.Rc1 Rac4 38.Rd1 Rc2
39.Rdd3 R8c4 40.Rf3 Rc7 41.a4 Bc5 42.Ba3 Ra7 43.Bxc5 Rxc5
44.Rb4 Rc2 45.Ra3 Re2 46.a5 Rxe5 47.a6 Re2 48.Rb6 g5 49.h3 Rc2
50.Kf3 Kf6 51.Kg2 h5 52.g4 h4 53.Rf3+ Ke5 54.Rb7 Rxa6 55.Rbxf7
Ra1 56.Rg7 Rcc1 57.Rxg5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA-chT"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Robert Vesin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2
Nc6 8.Nb3 Be6 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Qc8 11.h3 Rd8 12.Bf3 d5 13.e5
Ne4 14.Nb5 f6 15.exf6 exf6 16.N5d4 Bf7 17.c3 Re8 18.Re1 Re7
19.Qd3 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qd8 21.Rad1 a6 22.N5d4 Qc7 23.Qc2 Rae8
24.Qc1 Bh6 25.f5 Ng5 26.Bd2 Ne5 27.Be2 Nc4 28.Bxc4 dxc4
29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.Bxg5 Bxg5 31.Nd2 Bd5 32.Qc2 Be3+ 33.Kh1 Bxd4
0-1

[Event "Frankrig"]
[Site "Frankrig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Arkadij Rotstein"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 h5
14.g5 Nh7 15.h4 Nxg5 16.hxg5 Nf5 17.Rf2 Qxg5+ 18.Rg2 Ng3
19.Nf2 Qe7 20.Bd3 g5 21.Ne2 h4 22.Rh2 g4 23.fxg4 Rf6 24.Nc3
Rg6 25.Qf3 Bf6 26.Bxf4 Qg7 27.Bxg3 Bxg4 28.Nxg4 Rxg4 29.Ne2
hxg3 30.Rh5 g2 31.Rh2 Kf7 32.Qf5 Rh8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Rxh8+ Qxh8
35.Qxg4 Qh1+ 36.Kf2 Qxa1 37.Kxg2 Qxb2 38.Qc8+ Kf7 39.Qxc7+ Kg6
40.Qc8 Qxa2 41.c5 dxc5 42.d6 Qb3 43.Qe8+ Kg7 44.Ng3 Kh7 45.d7
Qxd3 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "04"]
[Site "GER"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5
Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Qxg6+ Qf7 17.Qxf7+ Kxf7 18.Ne4
Bb4+ 19.Ke2 c3 20.bxc3 Nxc3+ 21.Nxc3 Bxc3 22.Rd1 b4 23.Bg2
Ba6+ 24.Ke3 Rg8 25.Bxc6 Nb6 26.Rh6 Bc4 27.Rdh1 Nd5+ 28.Ke4
Bxa2 29.Bd7 Nc7 30.Rf6+ Ke7 31.Bc6 b3 32.d5 exd5 33.Bxd5 Nxd5
34.Ra6 Nc7 35.Rxa7 Kd8 36.f4 Rxg3 37.Rh8+ Ne8 38.Ra8+ Kd7
39.Rhxe8 b2 40.Red8+ Ke7 41.Re8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Cup Germany"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lev Gutman"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1
Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.h4 Qa3 15.Kf2 Rac8 16.Rc3 Qb2 17.Rc2 Qb4
18.Qd3 e5 19.d5 Na5 20.Rhc1 f5 21.d6 Kh8 22.a3 Qa4 23.Bd5 Nc6
24.Bg5 Bf6 25.Rc5 Rcd8 26.Qc3 fxe4 27.Bxc6 Bxc6 28.Ra5 Bxg5
29.hxg5 1-0

[Event "Hamburg 57/427 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Hamburg 57/427 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Bangiev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nh6 9.Bd2 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nf5 12.O-O-O Nf6
13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bg5 Qg6 15.c5 Bc7 16.Ne5 Qh5 17.h4 Bd8 18.Qe4
O-O 19.Be2 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 Qh4 21.f4 Rd8 22.Rh1 Ng3 23.Rxh4 Nxe4
24.Bd3 Ng3 25.Rxh7 Ne2+ 26.Kb1 Nxd4 27.g6 fxg6 28.Bxg6 Rd5
29.Rdh1 Kf8 30.Rh8+ Ke7 31.Re8+ Kf6 32.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 57/382 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares 57/382 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bf4 Qa5 7.Bd2 b4
8.e5 bxc3 9.Bxc3 Qa6 10.exf6 exf6 11.b3 Be7 12.Bxc4 Qd6 13.Ne2
O-O 14.O-O f5 15.Re1 Nd7 16.Ng3 g6 17.Rxe7 Qxe7 18.d6 Qh4
19.Qd5 Rb8 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Re1 Qg4 22.f3 Qg6 23.Re7 Bb7 24.Qd3
Nb6 25.Ba1 Nxc4 26.Qc3 f6 27.Qxc4+ Kh8 28.Kf2 Qh6 29.Bc3 Qg6
30.d7 Rbd8 31.Qxc5 Rg8 32.g3 f4 33.g4 Rdf8 34.Qd4 Qh6 35.h3
Ba6 36.Kg1 Qh4 37.Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Linares 57/417 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares 57/417 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3
Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.e4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qxb5 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nbd7
13.Qa4 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nc5 15.Qd4 Ng4+ 16.Kg1 Nb3 17.Nb5 Qb8
18.Qd6 Nxa1 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bd3 Nb3 21.e5 Nd5 22.Bc4 h6 23.Bh4
Ne3 24.Bd3 Qxd6 25.exd6 Ba6 26.Be7 Rfb8 27.Nc7 Bxd3 28.Nxa8
Nf5 29.Nc7 Be4 30.Kf2 Nc5 31.b4 Nd3+ 32.Ke2 Nf4+ 33.Kd2 Nxg2
34.Ne5 f6 35.Re1 Nxe1 36.Nd7 Nf3+ 37.Kc3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Linares 57/8 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares 57/8 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.b3 a5 5.Bb2 a4 6.Bg2 a3 7.Bc3 b5
8.c5 Nf6 9.b4 Ne4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Nxc3 d4 12.Ne4 f5 13.Neg5 Be7
14.h4 Bf6 15.Qb3 Qd5 16.Qb1 h6 17.Nh3 e5 18.e3 dxe3 19.dxe3
Ra4 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Nc2 O-O 22.e4 f4 23.Qb3+ Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Rxf7
25.Rfd1 f3 26.Bf1 g5 27.Rd3 g4 28.Kh2 Rd7 29.Rad1 Rxd3 30.Rxd3
Be6 31.Rd6 Kf7 32.Bxb5 cxb5 33.Rb6 Na6 34.Rxb5 Bxa2 35.c6 Bb1
36.Rb7+ Ke6 37.Nxa3 Rxa3 38.b5 Bxe4 39.Ra7 gxh3 40.c7 0-1

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Rb8 12.Bd3 Be7
13.c4 d6 14.g4 c5 15.g5 Nd7 16.Rf2 g6 17.h4 f5 18.h5 Rf7
19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Rh2 Nf8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Nc3 Bd8 23.Rc1 Rh7
24.Rcc2 Bb7 25.Rxh7 Qxh7 26.Rh2 Qg7 27.Ne2 Bf3 28.b3 Ba5
29.Kf2 Bg4 30.Qh1 Ng6 31.Rh6 Nf8 32.Rh4 Ng6 33.Rxg4 fxg4
34.Qh5 Nf8 35.Qxg4 Rb7 36.Ng3 Rf7 37.Nh5 Qb2+ 38.Kf3 Qh2 39.g6
Qh1+ 40.Kf2 Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Luzern"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Rd3 e5
13.Qe3 Rac8 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Bxe6 exf4 16.Bxf4 fxe6 17.Qh3 Kf7
18.Kb1 Qc5 19.g4 h6 20.Be3 Qe5 21.Bd4 Qg5 22.Rg1 Nd7 23.Be3
Qg6 24.g5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Bxg5 26.Rxd6 Nc5 27.Qg4 Kg8 28.h4 Rf4
29.Qxg5 Qxg5 30.hxg5 Rcf8 31.b4 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.a3 Kh7
34.Rd7 Kg6 35.Rxb7 a5 36.Kb2 Rff4 37.Kb3 Re3+ 38.Ka4 Rff3
39.Kxa5 Rxa3+ 40.Kb6 Rac3 41.Re1 Kxg5 42.Rxg7+ Kf6 43.Rc7 e5
44.b5 Rxc7 45.Kxc7 Ke6 46.Re2 Rc3+ 47.Kb8 Rc4 48.b6 e4 49.b7
Kd5 50.Rh2 e3 51.Ka7 Ra4+ 52.Kb6 Rb4+ 53.Kc7 Rc4+ 54.Kd7 1-0

[Event "Muenchen 57/144 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Muenchen 57/144 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qd2 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.a3 a4 12.Ba2 Bxg5 13.hxg5 Ne7
14.Nge2 Ned5 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Nge4 Nc8 17.g4 Nxc3 18.Nxc3 Kd7
19.O-O-O Kc7 20.Bb1 Ne7 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qc2 hxg4 23.Rxh8 Qxh8
24.Nxa4 Nd5 25.Nc5 Qe8 26.Qe2 b6 27.Ne4 Qf7 28.Qxg4 Qf5 29.Qe2
Rh8 30.Nd6 Qxg5+ 31.Kb1 Qh5 32.Qc2 Ra8 33.Rc1 Ne7 34.Qb3 Qg4
35.f3 Qh3 36.Qb4 Qh4 37.Nc4 Nc8 38.d5 c5 39.Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Muenchen 57/205 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Muenchen 57/205 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 Be6 13.g4
Qa5 14.a3 b5 15.h4 b4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rb8 18.Kb1 Bd8
19.axb4 Rxb4 20.Qc3 O-O 21.Bd2 Ra4 22.b4 Qc7 23.Kb2 Nxd5
24.Qxc7 Bxc7 25.Kb3 Nb6 26.Be3 a5 27.c3 axb4 28.Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Muenchen 57/284 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Muenchen 57/284 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c6 12.c4 Re8
13.Rfe1 Nf8 14.h4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Ng6 16.h5 Nh4 17.Qe3 Bd6 18.Ne4
Bf4 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qe2 Bxc1 22.Rxc1 f6 23.g3 Kf7
24.gxh4 Qf4 25.Re1 Rg8+ 26.Kf1 Rae8 27.Qe3 Qxh4 28.Ke2 Qxh5+
29.Kd2 Rg2 30.Re2 Qg5 31.f4 Rxe2+ 32.Bxe2 Qg2 33.Qf3 Qxf3
34.Bxf3 Kg6 35.Ke3 Rd8 36.Bc3 Kf7 37.a4 Ke7 38.a5 Kd7 39.d5
exd5 40.cxd5 cxd5 41.Bxf6 Rf8 42.Bh4 Kc6 43.Kd4 Kb5 44.Bxd5
Kxa5 45.Bxb7 Rb8 46.Bd5 h5 47.Be6 Ka6 48.Bc4+ Kb6 49.Ke5 a5
50.Kxf5 Kc5 51.Ke5 1-0

[Event "Muenchen 57/287 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Muenchen 57/287 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.a3 f6 10.b4 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Rb1 a5 13.b5
a4 14.Nc3 Ncxe5 15.fxe5 fxe5 16.Bd3 e4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 e5
19.O-O Nf6 20.Bg5 Nxe4 21.Bxe7 Rf7 22.Qd3 Bf5 23.Nxe5 Rxe7
24.Rxf5 Rd8 25.Rbf1 g6 26.Qc4+ Qe6 27.Qxe6+ Rxe6 28.Rf7 Nd2
29.R1f4 g5 30.R4f5 Ne4 31.Rxb7 Rxd4 32.h3 Rd5 33.Rb8+ Kg7
34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.Ng4+ Kg6 36.Rc7 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 Rb1 38.Rg8+ Kf5
39.Rf7+ Nf6 40.Rgf8 h5 41.Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Muenchen 57/322 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Muenchen 57/322 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne6
13.Bh4 Rad8 14.Rad1 Nf4 15.Bg5 Ne6 16.h4 h6 17.Bc1 Kh8 18.g3
Nd7 19.Qh5 c6 20.Bf1 Qf6 21.Be3 Kg8 22.Bh3 Nb6 23.Rd3 Nc4
24.Rf1 Rfe8 25.f4 Nxe3 26.fxe5 Qg6 27.Qxg6 fxg6 28.Rxe3 dxe5
29.Rd1 Nc5 30.Bg2 Na4 31.Rb1 b5 32.d5 a6 33.c4 Rd6 34.Ra3 Rc8
35.Bh3 Rcd8 36.Rxa4 bxa4 37.c5 Rf6 38.c4 Kf8 39.Rb6 cxd5
40.exd5 Rf3 41.c6 Rxg3+ 42.Kh2 Rc3 43.c7 Re8 44.Rb8 Rxc4 45.d6
1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dejan Mozetic"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd5
Nxd5 8.h3 a5 9.Ba4 Nd4 10.Nxe5 Nb6 11.c3 Nxa4 12.Qxa4 Ne2+
13.Kh1 Bf6 14.d4 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qd5+ 16.Kh2 Bxe5+ 17.dxe5 Qxe5+
18.Kh1 Qd5+ 19.Kh2 Ra6 20.Qd1 Qe5+ 21.f4 Qh5 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.Rf2
Rd3 24.Qf1 Rh6 25.Nf3 g6 26.Qg2 Qd5 27.Ng5 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 f6
29.Rxe2 fxg5 30.fxg5 Rhxh3 31.Bf4 Rh4 32.Re4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 e6 6.Bg2 Bxd6 7.Nf3
Nc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.c4 Nde7 12.Nb5 Be5
13.N1c3 a6 14.Nd6 Qc7 15.c5 Rad8 16.Re1 Bc8 17.Qh5 Bxd6
18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Ne4 Qb4 20.Be3 Qxb2 21.Bc5 e5 22.Nd6 Rd7
23.Bh3 g6 24.Qh4 f5 25.Qc4+ Kg7 26.Rad1 b5 27.Qe6 Rc7 28.Nxc8
Rf6 29.Qb3 Qxb3 30.axb3 Nxc8 31.Bg2 Rff7 32.b4 Kf6 33.Bd6 Rcd7
34.Bc5 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Rc7 36.Ra1 Nb8 37.Rd1 a5 38.f4 axb4
39.fxe5 Kxe5 40.Re1+ Kf6 41.Bxb4 Nd7 42.Ba3 Rc2 43.Rb1 Ncb6
44.Bb2+ Ke6 45.Bd4 Nd5 46.Rxb5 Nc3 47.Bxc3 Rxc3 48.Rb2 Nc5
49.Bf1 Ke5 50.Be2 Kd4 51.Kg2 Ne4 52.Bf3 Ke3 53.Re2+ Kd3 54.g4
Kd4 55.gxf5 gxf5 56.Ra2 Ke3 57.Bh5 Rc6 58.Ra3+ Kf4 59.Ra2 Rh6
60.Be2 Ke3 61.Ra6 Rxa6 62.Bxa6 f4 63.Bb5 f3 64.Kg1 h5 65.Ba6
h4 66.Bb5 Nc3 67.Bd7 Ke2 68.Bg4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3
Be6 8.Nc4 b5 9.Ne3 Nf6 10.g3 Rc8 11.Bg2 h5 12.O-O h4 13.Ncd5
Ne7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.a4 b4 16.Qd3 Qb6 17.a5 Qa7 18.Rd1 Rc5
19.c3 b3 20.Ra4 hxg3 21.hxg3 Bg7 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qd7
24.Rg4 Bh6 25.Rh4 Bg7 26.Rxh8+ Bxh8 27.Qxa6 d5 28.Be3 Rc6
29.Qb5 Rd6 30.Qxb3 d4 31.cxd4 Nxf5 32.Bh3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dejan Mozetic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3
Bg4 8.Nge2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 b5 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.f3
Bh5 14.Bg3 Bg6 15.Nf4 Bxd3 16.Nxd3 Nd7 17.Nc5 Nb6 18.Nxa6 Nc4
19.Qe2 Ra8 20.Nc5 Rxa3 21.Nxb5 Rxe3 22.Qf2 Qb6 23.Nc7 Nxd4
24.Nd7 Qxb4 25.Rb1 Rb3 26.Na6 Qb5 27.Rxb3 Nxb3 28.Nxf8 Qxa6
29.Qc2 Bxf8 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg5
Nc6 8.e3 Be7 9.Bd3 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rfc1 O-O 12.a4 b4 13.Nb1
Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nbd2 e5 16.Bf5 e4 17.Ne1 Na5 18.Qd1 Nb6
19.Rc5 Nac4 20.a5 Nxb2 21.Qb3 N6c4 22.Nxc4 Nxc4 23.Qxb4 Rfe8
24.Bh3 g6 25.Nc2 Kg7 26.g3 h5 27.Bf1 Nd6 28.Qb6 h4 29.Rc7 Qe6
30.Ne1 hxg3 31.fxg3 Rab8 32.Rb1 Bc6 33.Rxc6 Rxb6 34.Rbxb6 Rd8
35.Ng2 Qe7 36.Bxa6 Nf5 37.Rc5 Rh8 38.Rb7 Qf6 39.Rb6 Qg5
40.Rxd5 Qh5 41.h4 Qf3 42.Rxf5 gxf5 43.Rb5 Qxg3 44.Rxf5 Rxh4
45.Bc8 Rg4 46.Rf2 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 56/274 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56/274 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lembit Oll"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be6 12.h4 gxh4 13.Bxh4
Rc8 14.O-O-O Nb4 15.Kb1 Qb6 16.f3 a5 17.fxg4 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Nxa2
19.Bf2 Qc6 20.Kxa2 a4 21.Bd4 axb3 22.cxb3 Qa4+ 23.Kb2 Qxb3+
24.Kc1 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Qa3+ 26.Kd2 Rg8 27.Rxh6 Qb2+ 28.Ke3 Rxg4
29.Qa4+ Kd8 30.Qa5+ b6 31.Rh8+ Kc7 32.Qa7+ Kc6 33.Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 56/472 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56/472 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6
O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc6+
19.f3 Qxe6 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Rae1 Rd4 22.h4 Bd6 23.a3 Qd5 24.Qf5+
Kc7 25.Re2 Kc6 26.b3 c3 27.axb4 cxb4 28.Ra1 Nd3 29.Qxd5+ Rxd5
30.Re4 Kb5 31.Rc4 Re8 32.Ra2 Ne1+ 33.Kh3 Nxf3 34.Rxc3 Nxg5+
35.hxg5 Rh8+ 36.Kg2 bxc3 37.Nxc3+ Kc6 38.Nxd5 Kxd5 39.Rxa7 Ke6
40.Ra4 Rg8 41.Rg4 Be5 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.bxc3 Bd6 13.O-O
O-O 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Bf3 Nd5 16.c4 Ne7 17.Re1 Rb8 18.c5 Bxe5
19.Rxe5 Rd8 20.Bf4 Rb4 21.Rxe6 Qxf4 22.Rxe7 Rbxd4 23.Qe1 Be6
24.Bxc6 Qg5 25.Ra7 Qxc5 26.Rxa6 Bc8 27.Ra8 Qxc6 28.Rb8 Bb7
29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.f3 h5 31.a4 Qc2 32.a5 Rd2 33.Qg3 h4 34.Qg5
Ba6 35.Re1 Rd1 36.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.g5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 Qb6
13.Rc1 Nb4 14.Bxb4 Bxb4+ 15.Ke2 c5 16.a3 c4 17.axb4 Bd5
18.Nfd2 O-O 19.Rhg1 e5 20.dxe5 Rad8 21.Nf6+ Nxf6 22.Bf5 Nh5
23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Bf5 Be6 25.Nf3 g6 26.Bxe6 Qxe6 27.Rcd1 Qe7
28.Qc3 Rd3 29.Rxd3 cxd3+ 30.Qxd3 Qxb4 31.Qd4 Qb3 32.Nd2 Qe6
33.Qd6 Qc8 34.Rc1 Qg4+ 35.f3 Qg2+ 36.Kd3 Kg7 37.f4 Qh3 38.e6
fxe6 39.Rc7+ Kg8 40.Kc2 Qf5+ 41.e4 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.g4
Nf8 8.g5 N6d7 9.h4 a6 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Be3
Rc8 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 c5 16.d5 b4 17.Na4 c4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4
19.Qxc4 Qxa4 20.Qc7 Qb5 21.Nd4 Qb6 22.Nxe6 Qxc7 23.Nxc7+ Kd8
24.Bf4 Ng6 25.Bg3 Nge5 26.f4 Nc4 27.Rd4 Nd6 28.Rc1 h6 29.f5
hxg5 30.hxg5 Rh3 31.Bf4 Nb5 32.Nxb5 axb5 33.d6 Bf8 34.e5 Rf3
35.e6 fxe6 36.fxe6 Rxf4 37.Rxf4 Bxd6 38.Rd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Qe2+ Kf8
7.Nf3 Bg4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.d4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Qd7 11.Qf2 Re8 12.Ne5
Bxe5 13.dxe5 Rxe5 14.Bxf4 Re8 15.Qc5+ Kg8 16.Qxc7 h6 17.h3
Qxc7 18.Bxc7 Bd7 19.a4 Kh7 20.a5 Nc8 21.d6 Kg6 22.Nd5 Rhf8
23.Nxf6 gxf6 24.Ba4 b5 25.axb6 Nxb6 26.Bxb6 Bxa4 27.Rxa4 axb6
28.Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Frolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.g5 Nc5 14.h4 b5 15.f3 Rb8 16.Kb1 a5 17.a3 b4 18.axb4 axb4
19.Na2 Nxb3 20.cxb3 Qa5 21.Qh2 Bd7 22.Rc1 Ra8 23.Nxb4 d5
24.Bd2 Rfb8 25.Rc7 Qb6 26.Rxd7 Qxd4 27.Rxe7 Rxb4 28.Bxb4 Qd1+
0-1

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 e4 6.Nd2 f5 7.e3 Nf6
8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.d5 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Nb3 Bd7 13.Nd4
Nfg4 14.h3 Rf6 15.g3 Rh6 16.Kg2 Rxh3 17.Kxh3 f4 18.exf4 Nxf2+
19.Kg2 Nxd1 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxd1 e3 22.Nf3 Qe4 23.Rd3 Qxc4
24.Rxe3 Qxd5 25.b3 Bb5 26.Bxb5 Qxb5 27.Bb2 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8
29.Kf2 h6 30.Re1 Qf7 31.g4 c5 32.Kg3 g5 33.Bc1 b6 34.Bd2 d5
35.Re5 d4 36.Rf5 Qe6 37.Be1 Qe2 38.b4 c4 39.Rd5 d3 40.Bd2 Qd1
41.b5 Qa4 42.Kf2 Qxa2 43.Rd8+ Kf7 44.Rc8 Ke7 45.Ke3 c3 46.Rxc3
Qe6+ 47.Kxd3 Qxg4 48.Nd4 Kd6 49.Rc6+ Kd5 50.Be3 h5 51.Ne2 h4
52.Nc3+ Ke5 53.Rh6 h3 54.Rh8 Qg2 55.Re8+ Kf5 56.Ne4 h2 57.Rf8+
Kg6 58.Rg8+ Kf7 59.Rxg5 h1=Q 60.Rxg2 Qxg2 61.Nc3 Ke6 62.Bd4
Qf1+ 63.Kd2 a6 64.bxa6 Qxa6 65.Nd1 Kd5 66.Bg7 b5 67.Ne3+ Ke4
68.Nc2 b4 69.Bb2 Qd3+ 70.Kc1 Qf1+ 71.Kd2 b3 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5
Nbd7 8.f4 e6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Be1 Ne4 13.Qb1
Ndf6 14.Bh4 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd7
Qd2 19.Nxf8 Qxe3+ 20.Bf2 Qxf4 21.g3 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Qf5 23.Be3
Bxf8 24.Qc7 Qf3 25.Qf4 Qe2 26.Qf2 Qd3 27.Qd2 Qc4 28.b3 Qd5
29.Rc1 Bd6 30.Qa5 h6 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qd7 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.f3 Nxc3 7.bxc3
Be7 8.Ng3 Nc6 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.O-O Na5 11.Qe2 c6 12.f4 d5 13.cxd5
Bxd3 14.Qxd3 exd5 15.f5 h5 16.f6 Bxf6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Be7
19.Bf4 h4 20.Rae1 O-O 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.Bg5 Bd8
24.Bxh4 Bxh4 25.Nxh4 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rf1 Qg4 28.Nf5 Re6
29.h3 Qe2 30.Qg3 Rg6 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Rxf3 Re6
34.Rxf7 Nc4 35.d5 cxd5 36.Nxd5 a5 37.Rf4 Ne3 38.c4 Nxd5
39.cxd5 Rd6 40.Rd4 Kg6 41.a4 Kf5 42.Kf2 Ke5 43.Ke3 Rxd5
44.Rxd5+ Kxd5 45.h4 1-0

[Event "Tournament (thematic)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2
Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.O-O O-O 10.g4 Re8 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Bh5 g6 13.Bg4
Bf8 14.f5 Ne5 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Rf6 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Nc6 18.Nxc6
bxc6 19.e5 d5 20.Raf1 Bg7 21.Bc5 Qxe5 22.Rf7 Rb8 23.Qf3 Qxg5+
24.Kh1 Qd8 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Bd6 e5 28.Bxb8 Bf5
29.Bc7 Qe7 30.Qxe7 Rxe7 31.Bd8 Re6 32.Re1 Kg8 33.Bc7 d4 34.Ne4
c5 35.Kg2 c4 36.Kf3 Re7 37.Bd6 Re6 38.Bc7 h6 39.c3 g5 40.Ng3
e4 41.Kg2 dxc3 42.bxc3 Bg6 43.Rd1 Re7 44.Rd6 Kf7 45.Bd8 Re8
46.Bb6 e3 47.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS"]
[Site "ol 1994 Moscow  (06)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.e3 d6 5.Ne2 f5 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 c6
8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Be6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.d3 Bf7 13.Qd2
Bh5 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Nc3 e4 16.f3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Bg6 18.Qd4 Nc5
19.Rd1 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 h6 21.Ba3 b6 22.Bb2 Kh7 23.Qh4 a5 24.Kf1
Qf7 25.Bc1 f4 26.gxf4 Nd3 27.e4 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Qe7 29.f5 Bf7
30.f4 d5 31.e5 Qb4 32.cxd5 Qxc3 33.d6 Bd5 34.Bxd5 Qd3+ 35.Kg1
cxd5 36.Bb2 Qxf5 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Qf2 Rxe1+ 39.Qxe1 Rg8+ 40.Kh1
Qd3 0-1

[Event "It (cat.16)"]
[Site "Horgen (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3
Bb7 14.Kh1 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7 16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 g6 18.Nf2 bxa3
19.bxa3 Nh5 20.Qe3 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 e5 22.Ng4 f6 23.Bc4+ Kh8
24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Kg7 26.Qf4 Rad8 27.c3 h6 28.Rb1 Qa8
29.Rb6 Rxd4 30.cxd4 Bxe4 31.Re1 f5 32.Qe5+ Bf6 33.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Horgen SWZ"]
[Site "Horgen SWZ"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 c5 13.Nb5 Ne8
14.f4 Bxb5 15.cxb5 exf4 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Rxf4 g5 18.Rf2 Ng6
19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Bf1 Rae8 21.Nc4 Ne5 22.Re1 Nxc4 23.Bxc4 Qe5
24.Ref1 Qd4 25.Rd1 Qe3 26.Bd3 Nh5 27.Kh1 Nf4 28.Rf3 Qd4 29.Qc1
Qg7 30.Bb1 h6 31.Qd2 b6 32.Rdf1 f5 33.exf5 Re2 34.f6 Rxd2
35.fxg7 Re8 36.h4 Kxg7 37.Rg3 Kf6 38.Rg4 Ree2 39.Bh7 Rf2
40.hxg5+ hxg5 41.Rxf2 Rxf2 42.Rg3 Nxd5 43.Kg1 Rd2 44.Rf3+ Kg7
45.Be4 Nf6 46.Bf5 Rd5 47.g3 Re5 48.g4 d5 49.Rh3 d4 50.Kf1 Re7
51.a4 Re8 52.Kf2 Rh8 53.Rxh8 Kxh8 54.Ke2 Ne8 55.Kf3 Nd6 56.Be6
Kg7 57.Ke2 Kf6 58.Bg8 Nf7 59.Bh7 Ne5 60.Bf5 Ke7 61.Kd2 Kd6
62.Bc8 Nd7 63.Bb7 c4 0-1

[Event "BL 9394"]
[Site "BL 9394"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O
a6 8.a3 Na5 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.e3 c5 11.Ne2 Rb8 12.b4 Nc6 13.bxc5
dxc5 14.Nb3 cxd4 15.exd4 Nb6 16.c5 Nd5 17.h3 b5 18.Bd2 Be6
19.Rb1 Qd7 20.Kh2 Rfd8 21.Be3 a5 22.Nd2 b4 23.axb4 Ndxb4
24.Nf3 Bd5 25.Re1 e6 26.Bg5 Rdc8 27.Bf4 Ra8 28.Ra1 Ra7 29.Bd6
Ne7 30.Nc3 Bxf3 31.Bxf3 Nf5 32.Be5 Nxd4 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Ne4
Nbc2 35.Nd6 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3
b5 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a3
a5 14.h4 g6 15.g3 Bg7 16.h5 Ne7 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Nce3 Nxd5
19.Nxd5 Be6 20.Bh3 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qc7 22.O-O Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Bh6
24.Bf1 Qb7 25.Qxb7 Rxb7 26.Rd5 b4 27.cxb4 axb4 28.a4 Kf8 29.a5
Bg5 30.a6 Rb6 31.Rb5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 Bb4
7.Ne2 O-O 8.c3 Ba5 9.h3 d5 10.d3 Bd7 11.Bc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Ne8
13.g4 Qf6 14.Qxf6 Nxf6 15.Bg5 Be6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ng3 Rfd8
18.Nh5 Rd6 19.Nxf6+ Kh8 20.f4 Rad8 21.Rh2 c5 22.f5 Bxf5
23.exf5 Rxf6 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Rd6+ 26.Rd2 Bc7 27.Rxd6 Bxd6
28.Ke2 Be7 29.Kd3 Bg5 30.Kc4 Bc1 31.b3 Bd2 32.Kxc5 Bxc3 33.Be4
Kg7 34.Bxb7 Kf6 35.Bd5 h6 36.b4 Ke7 37.b5 f6 38.Kc6 Ba5 39.Be4
Ke8 40.Kd6 Kf7 41.h4 Be1 42.h5 Bb4+ 43.Kd7 Ba3 44.Bd5+ Kf8
45.Ke6 Kg7 46.Be4 Bf8 47.a4 Bb4 48.Kd7 Kf8 49.Kc6 Ke7 50.Kb7
Bc5 51.a5 Kd6 52.b6 axb6 53.a6 b5 54.a7 Bxa7 55.Kxa7 Kc5
56.Ka6 b4 57.Ka5 Kd4 58.Kxb4 Kxe4 59.g5 hxg5 60.h6 Kxf5 61.h7
1-0

[Event "Ch France (team)"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jozsef Pinter"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5
Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.O-O b6
13.a4 bxc5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Bxc5 Bd7 16.f4 Qc7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6
f5 19.Rf3 Bc8 20.Re1 Qg7 21.Qh4 Bd7 22.Rfe3 Qf7 23.Ba6 Na5
24.Bb4 Nc6 25.Bd6 Bc8 26.Bb5 Bd7 27.Bxc6 Bxc6 28.Rg3 e5
29.Bxe5 Bxa4 30.Qg5 Re6 31.h4 Be8 32.h5 a5 33.c4 Qd7 34.cxd5
Qxd5 35.Rc1 Rxe5 36.dxe5 Qd8 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Qxf5 Qb6+ 39.Kh1
Ra7 40.Qc8 1-0

[Event "Tournament (thematic)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Kb1
Rb8 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. h3 Na5 15. e5 b4 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 O-O 21. g4 Bc5 22. g5
hxg5 23. fxg5 Rbd8 24. Qf3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f5 26. gxf6 Rxf6
27. Qd1 Rxf1 28. Qxf1 Bb5 29. Qf2 Qb6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. b3
Qd1+ 32. Kb2 Qd6 33. Qe3 Qe5+ 34. Kb1 Kf7 35. Qf2+ Ke7
36. Qa7+ Bd7 37. Qe3 g5 38. Qf3 a5 39. Qg2 Bb5 40. Qf3 Qf4
41. Qg2 Qf1+ 42. Kb2 Qxg2 43. Bxg2 Kd6 44. a3 Ke5 45. axb4
axb4 46. c4 Ba6 47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Kd2 e5 49. Bf3 Bc8 50. Bg4 Bb7
51. Bd7 Be4 52. Bg4 Bg6 53. Be2 e4 54. Bg4 e3+ 55. Ke1 Bc2
56. Bd1 Be4 57. Bg4 Kc3 58. Ke2 Kxb3 59. Kxe3 Bg2 60. Be6 Kc3
61. Kf2 Bc6 62. c5 Kd4 63. Kg3 Kxc5 64. Kg4 Bd5 65. Bf5 b3
66. Kxg5 Kd4 67. h4 Be4 68. Be6 b2 69. Ba2 Kc3 70. Kf4 Bh7
71. h5 Kb4 72. h6 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5
7. a4 b4 8. Na2 Nf6 9. Nxb4 Bb7 10. Bd3 d5 11. c3 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qh5 Qc8 14. O-O Be7 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5
O-O 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. a5 h6 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Nbc2 Rb8 21. Rc1
Bd5 22. b4 Bc4 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rd8 26. Qe5
Qb7 27. Nc2 Bd3 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. Qg3 Rc8 30. Nb3 Rc6 31. Nc5
Rcxc5 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33. c4 Rg5 34. Qe1 Qc7 35. c5 Rxc5
36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37. Rc1 Qg5 38. h4 Qe5 39. Qc3 Qg3 40. Qe1 Qg4
41. Rc5 Kh7 42. Kh2 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rc8 Kg6 45. Rh8 f6
46. Qc1 Qe2 47. Qc7 Kf5 48. Qh7+ Ke5 49. Qa7 Kf5 50. Rh6 Qf2
51. Kh3 g4+ 52. Kh2 g3+ 53. Kh3 Qe2 54. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7
7. Bf4 Qc8 8. e3 Nf6 9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Be7 12. Qb3
O-O 13. Be2 Be4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bd8 16. a4 Bc7 17. Bg5
h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. b5 e5 20. b6 Bb8 21. a5 exd4 22. exd4 Bf4
23. Qc2 Qd7 24. g3 Qxh3 25. Bg2 Qh5 26. gxf4 Ng4 27. Rfd1 Rae8
28. Rd3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 f5 30. Qd2 Rf6 31. f3 Re4 32. Nxd5 cxd5
33. c6 Rxf4 34. cxb7 Re4 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. b8=Q Qxb8 37. fxg4
Qh2 38. Rf3 Rxg4 39. b7 Rfg6 40. Rc2 Rxg2 41. Qxg2 Rxg2
42. Rxg2 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.06.01"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5
Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Bg2 Qf7 17.Be4 Ne7 18.Nxb5 cxb5
19.Bxa8 Nb6 20.Be4 Bd7 21.Rh8 Bc6 22.f3 Nbd5 23.Kf2 Nb4 24.a3
Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Rd1 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.Rxd3 Bd5 29.Rc3
Nc6 30.Ke3 Kf7 31.Rh7+ Bg7 32.Rh2 Kg6 33.Rhc2 Na5 34.Rc7 a6
35.Ra7 Nc4+ 36.Ke2 a5 37.b3 Nxa3 38.Rc8 Bh6 39.Rg8+ Kh5 40.Rh7
1-0

[Event "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Site "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jordi Magem Badals"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 cxd4
8.cxd4 Nge7 9.a3 Be4 10.Nbd2 Nf5 11.b4 a5 12.g4 Bxf3 13.Nxf3
Nh4 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 15.b5 Nb8 16.f4 Be7 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Kg2 Bd8
19.f5 Qe7 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.b6 Rf8 22.Qc2 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Bxb6
24.Bb5 g6 25.Qc1 Qh4 26.h3 Bd8 27.a4 Be7 28.Qc7 Rd8 29.Qb6 1-0

[Event "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Site "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6
8.Bg5 Qe8 9.g4 Nd7 10.Nd2 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.Rg1 Kh8 13.exf5
Ndc5 14.f6 Bxf6 15.Bh6 Rg8 16.Rxg8+ Qxg8 17.Qh5 Bd7 18.O-O-O
Be8 19.Qf5 Bg7 20.Be3 Bg6 21.Qg4 Qf7 22.Be2 c6 23.Nde4 Nxe4
24.Nxe4 Nb4 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Rxd6 Nxa2+ 27.Kd1 Qb7 28.Qh4 Qxb2
29.Rd8+ Be8 30.Rxa8 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Site "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a4
a6 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Nf3 Ngf6 12.O-O Be7
13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Ra1 Qb8 16.Nd4 h6 17.d3 Ne5 18.Qc1
Ned7 19.Qd2 Nc5 20.Qc2 Na6 21.Rc1 Nb4 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.Nc2 Nxc2
24.Qxc2 c5 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Nb1 Nd5 27.Rd1 Bg5 28.h4 Be3 29.Nd2
Bd4 30.Ne4 Qb6 31.Qc1 f5 32.Nc3 Qd6 33.Kg2 Qe5 34.Nxd5 Bxb2
35.Ne7+ Kf7 36.Nc6 Qd5+ 37.e4 Qxc6 38.Qxb2 fxe4 39.d4 e3+
40.Kg1 Qf3 41.Rf1 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Horgen CZE"]
[Site "Horgen CZE"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.f4 Nf6 12.Bf3 Bd7
13.Qd2 a6 14.h3 Na5 15.Qd3 c5 16.Nb3 Bc6 17.Bf2 Qb6 18.Nxa5
Qxa5 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.Bh4 b5 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Rad1 b4 23.Nb1 Qxa2
24.Rxd6 b3 25.Qd3 Qxb2 26.Nd2 Nh5 27.Bxh5 gxh5 28.Nxb3 Bxe4
29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Qxe4 Qxb3 31.Kh2 Qb8 32.Rxa6 Re8 33.Qf5 Qc8
34.Qxc8 Rxc8 35.Be7 Bd4 36.Kg3 Kg7 37.Kh4 Re8 38.Bd6 Re2 39.g3
Re3 40.f5 Be5 41.Kxh5 Bxd6 42.Rxd6 h6 43.h4 Rxg3 44.f6 Kh7
45.Rd7 Rc3 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Rg7+ Kf8 48.Rg4 Rf3 49.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1994/95"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Norwood"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Bg4 6.Qd2 Bxf3 7.gxf3
Qa5 8.h4 Nf6 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bh3 h6 11.Be3 b5 12.Kb1 Nb6
13.Qd3 e6 14.e5 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.f4 Qc7 17.h5 dxe5 18.hxg6
exf4 19.Qe4 O-O-O 20.gxf7 fxe3 21.Bxe6+ Kb7 22.fxe3 Bf6
23.Rdf1 Bg5 24.Rf5 Qe7 25.Re5 Qd6 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Qd3 a6
28.Rf1 Rhf8 29.e4 Qg6 30.Qf3 Rd7 31.Rf5 dxe4 32.Qxe4+ Qc6
33.d5 Qc4 34.Qg2 Rd6 35.a3 Qd4 36.Qe2 Rxd5 37.Qf3 Kc6 38.Re1
Kc5 39.Re6 a5 40.Rxd5+ Qxd5 41.Qc3+ Qc4 42.b4 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Bd7 8.dxc5 Qc7 9.Bd3 Ba4 10.Rb1 Nec6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Be3 h6
13.Re1 O-O-O 14.Rb4 Nxb4 15.axb4 a6 16.Nd4 Nb8 17.Qa1 Bc6
18.f4 g6 19.Bf2 Rhg8 20.Rb1 Kd7 21.Bh4 Rc8 22.Bf6 Ke8 23.b5
axb5 24.Nxb5 Bxb5 25.Bxb5+ Nc6 26.Qa7 Kd7 27.Bxc6+ Qxc6 28.Rb6
Qxc5+ 29.Kh1 Ke8 30.Qxb7 Rc7 31.Qa6 Rc8 32.Qa4+ Kf8 33.Rb7 Rg7
34.Qd7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Rb1 Bg4 7.Be3
Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qc7 9.h4 e6 10.h5 d5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.b4 Ngf6 13.h6
Bf8 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.Bd3 Be7 16.Ne2 O-O 17.c3 b5 18.Kf1 a5 19.a3
Nb6 20.Re1 Ne8 21.Be5 Nd6 22.Bg7 Ndc4 23.Qc1 Re8 24.e5 axb4
25.axb4 Ra2 26.Qf4 Rd2 27.Bb1 Na4 28.Kg2 Nab2 29.Qg4 Na3
30.Nf4 Nxb1 31.Rxb1 Nd3 32.Nxd3 Rxd3 33.Ra1 Rxc3 34.Ra7 Rc4
35.Rha1 Rxb4 36.Qf4 c5 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Bf6 Qc7 39.Ra6 Rxd4
40.Qg5 Ra4 41.Rd6 Raa8 42.Rc6 Qa7 43.Bd8 f6 44.Bxf6 c4 45.Qg4
Qf7 46.Qd4 Rec8 47.Qb6 Rxc6 48.Qxc6 Rb8 0-1

[Event "* North Bay International"]
[Site "* North Bay International"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andre Desjardins"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5
Ne5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.O-O e6 10.Be3 a6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rac1 Ne8
13.Rfd1 f5 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Nd5 Qf7 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bc5 Bxd5
18.Rxd5 Nd6 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Rxd6 Rad8 21.c5 Qc7 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Rd6 e4 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Qd5 Qa5 27.Kf1 Bxb2
28.Qxb7 Be5 29.Rd7 Qxc5 30.Rxh7+ Kg8 31.Bd1 Qc1 32.Rd7 Qa1
33.Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "* North Bay International"]
[Site "* North Bay International"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timour Koliada"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 dxc4 5.Nf3 e6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2
Nd5 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 Qb6 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.e4 Ne3 17.fxe3 Qxe5
18.Rd7 Rab8 19.Rad1 c5 20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 b4 22.Rc1 b3 23.a3
Rfd8 24.Rc7 Rdc8 0-1

[Event "* North Bay International"]
[Site "* North Bay International"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexandre Lesiege"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.a4 Rd8 13.Bc4
h6 14.h3 Nf8 15.Nh4 cxd4 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bb2 d5 18.exd5 Qb4
19.Qxd4 Ne6 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.Qe3 Qxb2 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8
24.Ng6+ Kh7 25.Qf5 Rd5 26.Ne5 Kg8 27.c4 Ra5 28.Rab1 Qd2
29.Qe6+ Kh7 30.Re3 Re8 31.Qf5+ Kh8 32.Rxb7 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qd4
34.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "* North Bay International"]
[Site "* North Bay International"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deen Hergott"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nh3 Ne5 9.Qxf5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qc5 d5 12.Bg5
c6 13.O-O Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Qe8 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rfe1 Qh5 17.Bg2
Raf8 18.f4 g5 19.Bxd5+ cxd5 20.Qxd5+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ R6xf7 22.e3
Re8 23.Kf2 Rfe7 24.fxg5 Nxe3 25.Kg1 Kg7 26.Rab1 Kg6 0-1

[Event "BL 9394 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Igor Stohl"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2
Qc7 8.f4 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.f5 e5 12.Nb3 Nb6 13.Na5
Na4 14.Nxa4 Qxa5+ 15.Nc3 d5 16.b4 Qc7 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e4
19.Be2 Bd6 20.c4 Bxh2 21.d6 Bxd6 22.Rc1 Bg3+ 23.Kf1 Qe5
24.cxb5 Nd5 25.Qd4 Qxf5+ 26.Kg1 Be5 27.Qxd5 Bh2+ 28.Rxh2 Qxd5
29.Rh5 f5 30.bxa6 g6 31.Rh3 h5 32.Rc7 Rf8 33.Bc5 Rf7 34.Bb5+
Kd8 35.Rc6 Rc8 36.Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "BL 9394 ;BL"]
[Site "1994"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gernod Beckhuis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.bxa5 c5 11.Bd2 Rxa5 12.Qc2 h6 13.Rfb1
Ra6 14.Ne1 Nh7 15.Nd3 f5 16.f3 g5 17.Nf2 h5 18.Rb2 g4 19.Rab1
Kh8 20.Na4 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bd7 22.Nc3 b6 23.Nb5 Ng6 24.Rb3 Nf4
25.Bf1 Qf6 26.Be3 h4 27.Nc7 Ra7 28.Ne6 Bxe6 29.dxe6 g3 30.Ng4
Qxe6 31.h3 Nf6 32.Nxf6 Qxf6 33.Rxb6 Bh6 34.Qd2 Raf7 35.Rb8
Rxb8 36.Rxb8+ Kh7 37.Rb1 Ne6 38.Bxh6 Qxh6 39.Qxh6+ Kxh6 40.Rb6
Rd7 41.a4 Kg5 42.a5 Nd4 43.a6 Rf7 44.Rb2 Ra7 45.Rb6 Kf4
46.Rxd6 Kxe4 47.Rh6 Ke3 48.Rxh4 Rxa6 49.Rg4 e4 50.Rxg3+ Kd2
51.Rg8 e3 52.Rf8 e2 53.Bxe2 Kxe2 54.Rc8 Rc6 0-1

[Event "BL 9394 ;BL"]
[Site "1994"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Goran Dizdar"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.a3 c4 9.Nf4 b5 10.Be3 Be7 11.h4 h6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.b4 cxb3
14.Nxb3 Qa4 15.Bd3 Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.O-O Nb6 18.Qh5 Bc8
19.Qg4 g5 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Ne2 Na4 22.Bxg5 Rg8 23.f4 Nxc3
24.Qh4 Nxe2+ 25.Bxe2 Qd2 26.Bxe7 Qxe2 27.Bg5 Qe4 28.Qf2 Bd7
29.Rae1 Qh7 30.Qd2 Rc8 31.Qb4 f5 32.exf6 1-0

[Event "Deutschland 62/214 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 62/214 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3
Ba5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.e5 Nd7 16.Qg3 g6 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.Kb1 b5 19.Ne2
Bxd2 20.Rxd2 a5 21.Qf2 Bd7 22.Qd4 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Qxb4 O-O
25.Nc1 Qc7 26.Qd4 Ra8 27.b4 Rfb8 28.c3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Qa5 30.Rd2
Qa1+ 31.Kc2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Frankrig"]
[Site "Frankrig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikola Mitkov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bxb5 axb5
13.Nxb5 Ra7 14.Nxa7 Nxa7 15.c3 Nb5 16.exf5 Nc7 17.Ne3 Bb7
18.Qa4+ Qd7 19.Qb3 Na6 20.Nd5 Nc5 21.Nf6+ Ke7 22.Nd5+ Ke8
23.Nf6+ Ke7 24.Nd5+ Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Qxf5 26.O-O Rg8 27.Rad1 Kf6
28.Rfe1 Ne6 29.Qe4 Nf4 30.Qxf5+ Kxf5 31.g3 e4 32.Rd4 d5 33.Kf1
Bc5 34.gxf4 Bxd4 35.cxd4 Ra8 36.a3 Ra4 37.Rd1 Kxf4 38.Ke2 f5
39.Rd2 h6 40.Rd1 h5 41.Rd2 h4 42.h3 Rc4 43.Rd1 Rc2+ 44.Rd2
Rxd2+ 45.Kxd2 Kf3 46.Ke1 Kg2 47.b4 f4 48.Ke2 f3 49.Ke3 Kxh3
50.b5 Kg2 51.b6 h3 52.b7 h2 53.b8=Q h1=Q 54.Qg8+ Kf1 55.Qxd5
Qh6+ 56.Kxe4 Qh4+ 57.Kd3 Kxf2 58.a4 Qg3 59.Qe4 Kg1 60.Qe3+ Kg2
61.Qe4 Kh2 62.d5 f2 63.Ke2 Qg2 64.Qh4+ Kg1 65.Qd4 Qf1+ 66.Kd2
Qe1+ 67.Kc2 Qe2+ 68.Kc1 Qf3 69.d6 Kg2 70.Qd2 Qa3+ 71.Kb1 Qb3+
72.Kc1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Frankrig"]
[Site "Frankrig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c6 4.Qf3 d5 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.f5 gxf5
8.exf5 O-O 9.Nge2 e4 10.Qf2 exd3 11.cxd3 Re8 12.Kd1 Nbd7 13.g4
Ne5 14.Ng3 d4 15.Nce4 Nd5 16.Rh2 b6 17.Nh5 Ba6 18.Qxd4 Bh8
19.f6 c5 20.Qf2 Nxd3 21.Qh4 Nf2+ 22.Kc2 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1993/94"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Qd2
Be6 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.b4 Rd8 16.b5 d5 17.bxc6 d4 18.Bg5 dxc3
19.Qxd8 Qxd8 20.Rxd8 Nxc6 21.Rd1 fxe4 22.fxe4 Nd4 23.Bd3 Nd6
24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rf2 Bf8 26.Rxc3 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Bxc4
29.Rb2 a5 30.Kf2 Ba3 31.Rb8+ Kf7 32.Rb7+ Ke6 33.Rxh7 Bxa2
34.Rg7 Bb1 35.Rxg6+ Kd7 36.Nf3 Nxf3 37.gxf3 a4 38.Ra6 Bc2
39.h4 Bc5+ 40.Be3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.16)"]
[Site "Horgen (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 c4 13.dxe6
fxe6 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qxe5 16.Re1 Qd6 17.Qxd6 Bxd6 18.Be3 O-O
19.Rad1 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxe6 Rfc8 22.h3 Rab8 23.g4 Bf3
24.Rd2 b4 25.Na4 Ba7 26.g5 Nd5 27.g6 h6 28.Nd4 c3 29.bxc3 bxc3
30.Rd3 Nb4 31.Rxf3 Bxd4 32.Bf5 Rc7 33.a3 Nc6 34.Rf4 Be5
35.Rfe4 c2 36.Kg2 Rb1 37.Rf4 Rxe1 38.Be6+ Rf7 39.gxf7 Kf8
40.Nc5 Nb8 41.Rb4 c1=Q 42.Rxb8+ Bxb8 43.Nd7+ Ke7 44.f8=Q+ Kxe6
0-1

[Event "It (cat.16)"]
[Site "Horgen (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 Qb6 5.Nc3 h5 6.Be2 e6 7.Nf3 Ne7
8.Rb1 Bg4 9.Ng5 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 c5 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.O-O Nf5 13.Be3
Qc6 14.c4 Be7 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Qc5+
19.Kh2 dxc4 20.Bf6 gxf6 21.Rxf6 Qxe5 22.Rh6 Kg7 23.Rxh5 Qe4
24.Rg5+ Kh8 25.Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nh6 6.Bf4 f6 7.Be2 Nf7
8.Bh2 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bf1 Nd7 12.a4 a6 13.a5 b5
14.exd5 cxd5 15.Re6 Rc8 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Bxb5 f5 18.Qe2 Nf6
19.a6 Ba8 20.Rxe7 Rxc2 21.Qxc2 Qxe7 22.Qa4 Qe6 23.b4 Ne4
24.Bf1 g5 25.b5 g4 26.Ne1 Qb6 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Bf4 Bh6 29.Bxh6
Qxh6 30.hxg4 Qd2 31.f3 Qf2+ 32.Kh2 Nfg5 33.Ne1 Qh4+ 34.Kg1
Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7
8.O-O e6 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.e4 b4 11.e5 Bxf3 12.exd6 Bxg2 13.Kxg2
bxc3 14.Bf4 Ne4 15.f3 Nef6 16.Qxc3 O-O 17.c5 Nh5 18.Be3 f5
19.Qd2 f4 20.Bf2 e5 21.Kh1 exd4 22.Qxd4 Qg5 23.Rg1 Qh6 24.Bh4
Rae8 25.Bg5 Qe6 26.Rg2 Qh3 27.Be7 Ng3+ 28.Kg1 Nf5 29.Qc3 Rf7
30.Bf1 Qh5 31.Bxa6 Nxe7 32.dxe7 Rfxe7 33.Rf1 Qh6 34.b4 Re3
35.Qd4 Ne5 36.Qd1 Nxf3+ 37.Kh1 Nh4 38.Rgf2 Qg6 39.Be2 Qe4+
40.Bf3 Qxb4 41.Bxd5+ cxd5 42.Qxd5+ Kh8 43.Rxf4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4
e5 8.a4 c6 9.h3 Qc7 10.Be3 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Bh6 Rfe8 13.Bxg7
Kxg7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Qe3 Nc5 17.a5 Ne6 18.Bf1 c5
19.axb6 axb6 20.Ne1 Nd4 21.Bg2 Bc6 22.Rdb1 Qe7 23.Kh2 h5
24.Ra6 h4 25.g4 b5 26.Rba1 b4 27.Nb1 Bb7 28.Ra7 Nc6 29.R7a2
Qd6 30.f3 Bc8 31.Bf1 Be6 32.b3 Qd4 33.Qxd4 Nxd4 34.Nd2 Nd7
35.Nd3 f6 36.Kg2 Rc8 37.Kf2 Red8 38.Ra6 Nxc2 39.R1a5 Nd4
40.Rd6 g5 41.Nb2 Ra8 42.Nbc4 Rxa5 43.Nxa5 Ra8 44.Ra6 Rxa6
45.Bxa6 Kf7 46.Bf1 Ke7 47.Ke3 Kd6 48.Ba6 Kc7 49.Bf1 Nf8 50.Kf2
Ng6 51.Kg1 Nf4 52.Kh2 Nfe2 53.Bxe2 Nxe2 54.Kg2 Kb6 55.Nac4+
Bxc4 56.Nxc4+ Kc6 57.Nd2 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Moscow olm 63/478 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Moscow olm 63/478 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5
Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 a5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 a4 12.Bd3 Bd7
13.O-O Nc6 14.Bc2 Ne7 15.Rae1 b6 16.Qd1 bxc5 17.dxc5 Qa5
18.Qd4 O-O 19.Re3 f5 20.Bxa4 Bxa4 21.Rxe6 Ng6 22.b4 Qa7 23.b5
Qa5 24.b6 Be8 25.Nxd5 Bf7 26.Rxg6 Bxg6 27.c6 Rae8 28.b7 Bf7
29.Nb6 Be6 30.h4 Qxa3 31.Rb1 Rd8 32.Qxd8 Rxd8 33.c7 Rf8
34.b8=Q f4 35.Re1 Qd6 36.c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Moscow olm 63/481 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Moscow olm 63/481 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Valery A Loginov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Ne2 exd4
13.cxd4 c5 14.d5 b5 15.O-O a6 16.f4 c4 17.Bc2 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Nf6
19.h3 a5 20.Nc3 b4 21.axb4 Bxb4 22.Bb2 Re8 23.d6 Bb7 24.e5
Bxc3 25.Bxc3 Nd5 26.Qf3 Nxc3 27.Qxb7 g6 28.f5 Rb8 29.Qf3 Nb5
30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Rae1 Qg5 33.d7 Red8 34.Ba4 Nc3
35.Qd4 Rb2 36.e6 Kg8 37.Bc6 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 5.c3 c5 6.g3 Ba6 7.c4 dxc4
8.dxc4 Bb7 9.Bg2 Qc7 10.e5 Ng4 11.O-O Nc6 12.Ne4 Rd8 13.Qa4
Qd7 14.Bg5 Ncxe5 15.Rad1 1-0

[Event "Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1
Nbd7 8.a4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a5 Qc7 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Qb1 Nf8
13.Qa2 Be6 14.Bc4 b5 15.axb6 axb6 16.Qb3 b5 17.Bxe6 Nxe6
18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rd1 Bf8 20.g3 Ng4 21.Ng5 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5
23.Rd2 Bxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Ra1+ 25.Kg2 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Qa7+ 27.Ke2 Rg1
28.Nd1 Rg2+ 29.Kf3 Rxh2 30.Ne3 Rh5 31.Kg4 Qd7+ 32.Nf5 Qd1+
33.Nf3 gxf5 34.exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a5
8.b5 Ne7 9.Bb3 Ng6 10.Na3 c6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Re8
14.d4 exd4 15.Qxd4 d5 16.exd5 Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 cxd5 18.Ne3 Be5
19.Qd3 Nf4 20.Qc2 Bxc3 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Be6 23.Nf3 Qc7
24.g3 Nd3 25.Qd4 Nb4 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.g4 Ne4 28.Kg2 h6 29.h3 Qc5
30.Qe5 Nf6 31.Nd4 Re8 32.Qf4 Qc3 33.Bc2 Nxc2 34.Ndxc2 Qc5
35.Nd4 Bd7 36.Nef5 Bxf5 37.Nxf5 Ne4 38.Rc1 Qb4 39.Rc7 Ng5
40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nxd5+ Qxf4 42.Nxf4 Re7 43.Rc8+ Re8 44.Rc7 Re7
45.b6 Ke8 46.Rc8+ Kd7 47.Rc5 Kd6 48.Rxa5 Re4 49.Nh5 Ne6 50.Ra8
Kc6 51.a5 Ra4 52.Ng3 g6 53.Ne2 Kd7 54.Nc3 Ra3 55.Nb5 Nf4+
56.Kg1 Ra1+ 57.Kh2 Nd5 58.Ra7 Kc6 59.Nd4+ Kd6 60.Rxb7 Rxa5
61.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.g4 b5 13.h4
Qb8 14.Bh3 b4 15.Ne2 Bb5 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.b3 Nc6 19.g5
Nxd4 20.Qxd4 e5 21.Qd5 a5 22.g6 fxg6 23.Rhg1 Kf8 24.Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
Bb7 8.d5 Na6 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 Nc5 11.Rd1 a5 12.b4 axb4
13.axb4 Na6 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Be2 Qe7 16.d6 Qg5 17.dxc7 Qxg2
18.Rf1 Qxh2 19.Qd6 Qh6 20.Rg1 Bc6 21.Nd4 Nxb4 22.Qxb4 Qh2
23.Rg3 Rfc8 24.Nxc6 Qh1+ 25.Bf1 dxc6 26.Qe7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.g5 Nc5 14.Rg1 b5 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh6 Rd8 17.e5 Bf8 18.Qh3 Bg7
19.Rxd6 Bb7 20.Bf4 Rxd6 21.exd6 Qc6 22.Rd1 b4 23.Ne2 a5 24.Bc4
a4 25.Qe3 b3 26.Nc3 a3 27.Be5 axb2 28.Kxb2 Na4+ 29.Nxa4 bxc2
30.Rd4 Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Rxa4 32.d7 c1=Q+ 33.Kxc1 Rxc4+ 34.Rxc4
Qxc4+ 35.Kb2 Qb4+ 36.Kc1 Qa3+ 37.Qb2 Qc5+ 38.Kb1 Be4+ 39.Ka1
Qd6 40.Qb5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nge7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Na3 Ba6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nc2 e5 13.d4 cxd4
14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nfxd4 Rac8 16.Qd2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bb7 18.Rad1
Rfd8 19.Bf2 Qe8 20.b3 Qd7 21.a4 a6 22.Ne2 b5 23.Bb6 Re8 24.a5
Qe6 25.Nd4 Qd7 26.Re3 f5 27.Bh3 d5 28.e5 Bf8 29.Bg2 Ba8 30.Rd3
Kh8 31.Nc2 Bg7 32.Nb4 Bb7 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Bxd5 Bxd5 35.Rxd5
Qe6 36.Qd3 g5 37.Rd6 Qe7 38.Bd8 Qf7 39.Rd7 Qe6 40.Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. O-O g6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Raa1 f5 20. Rfd1 Bh6 21. Nde3 Rf6
22. f3 Ne7 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. b4 a4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qf8
27. g3 Bg5 28. c4 f4 29. g4 h5 30. gxh5 Qh6 31. b5 Qxh5
32. Rxa4 Bh4 33. Rda1 Bg3 34. Qe2 g5 35. Ra8 Rbf8 36. Rxf8+
Rxf8 37. b6 g4 38. Ne1 gxf3 39. Nxf3 Bg4 40. Ra3 Kg7 41. Kg1
Rh8 42. b7 Kf6 43. c5 Bxf3 44. Rxf3 Bxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qe8 46. Qa6
Kg5 47. Rb3 Qh5 48. Qe2 f3 49. Rxf3 Bf4 50. Rg3+ Bxg3
51. Qxh5+ Kxh5 52. c6 Kg4 53. Ke2 Rh2+ 54. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Qc7
12. Bf1 Ng4 13. Bh4 Rad8 14. Bg3 Nge5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. f4 Bg7 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. a5 b5 20. a6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Nd4
22. cxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxa6 24. Nd2 Qa2 25. Nf3 Qxb2 26. Nxd4
Qxd4 27. Bxb5 Qb4 28. Bd3 c4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd4
31. Ba6 Rfd8 32. Kg1 R8d6 33. Bb5 Rd1 34. e5 R6d4 35. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 36. Kf2 a5 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Be1 Re4+ 39. Kd1 a4 40. Bd2
a3 41. Kc2 a2 42. Kb2 Rd4 43. Bc3 Rxf4 44. Kxa2 Rf2+ 45. Kb3
Rxg2 46. h3 Rg3 47. Bf1 Rf3 48. Bg2 Rf2 49. Bc6 Rh2 50. e6
fxe6 51. Be5 Rxh3+ 52. Kc2 Rh5 53. Bd4 e5 54. Be3 Kf7 55. Kd3
Kf6 56. Ke4 Rh4+ 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kg3 Rc4 59. Bf3 h4+ 60. Kf2 g5
61. Be2 Ra4 62. Bd1 Rb4 63. Be2 g4 64. Bf1 Kf5 65. Bd3+ e4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade Invest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.a4 h6
14.Nbd2 Bf8 15.Bc2 exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bb1 c5 18.d5 Nd7 19.Ra3
f5 20.exf5 Bxd5 21.Rxe8 Qxe8 22.Re3 Qf7 23.Ne4 bxa4 24.Nfg5
hxg5 25.Nxg5 Qf6 26.Re6 Bxe6 27.fxe6 g6 28.exd7 Rd8 29.Qg4 Be7
30.h4 d5 31.Nf3 Kg7 32.Bg5 Qxb2 33.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "EUCup f Ljubljana"]
[Site "EUCup f Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4
Bf8 14.b4 Nb6 15.a5 Nbd7 16.Bb2 Rb8 17.Rb1 h6 18.Ba1 Ba8
19.Re3 g6 20.Qe2 c6 21.c4 Bg7 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.c5 Nh5 24.g3 Qc7
25.Rd3 Rbd8 26.Rd1 Nf8 27.Nf1 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Nf6 29.Ne3 Bb7
30.Kg2 Qb8 31.Bb2 Qc7 32.Bb3 Re7 33.Qd8 Qxd8 34.Rxd8 Nd7
35.Nh4 Kh7 36.Nhf5 gxf5 37.Nxf5 Bf6 38.Nxe7 Bxe7 39.Re8 Bg5
40.Bxf7 Kg7 41.Bb3 Bf6 42.f4 Ng6 43.f5 Ngf8 44.h4 Kh7 45.Kh3
Kg7 46.g4 Kh7 47.Bc1 Bg7 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Kh8 1-0

[Event "Monaco MelodyAmberRA"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.h4 a6 12.h5 Nxh5
13.g4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nf6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 e6 17.O-O-O Qa5
18.b4 Qd8 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Re8 21.g5 Nxe4 22.fxe4 exd4
23.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Monaco blind"]
[Site "Monaco blind"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 Ng6
14.a5 Rf7 15.c5 Nxc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.a6 bxa6 19.Nd3
Bf8 20.Na4 g4 21.fxg4 Qg5 22.Nf2 Bd6 23.Ra3 Nh4 24.Rh3 Bd7
25.Nc3 Rg8 26.Be2 c4 27.g3 fxg3 28.hxg3 Ng6 29.Rh5 Qe3 30.Kg2
Rgf8 31.Rf5 Ne7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Bxc4 Ng6 34.Qe2 Qd4 35.Bxa6
Bc5 36.Bb5 Bc8 37.Nd3 Rxf1 38.Qxf1 Bb6 39.Be8 Kg7 40.g5 Nf4+
41.gxf4 Qe3 42.f5 Qxg5+ 43.Kh2 Qh4+ 44.Qh3 1-0

[Event "Monaco rapid"]
[Site "Monaco rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.g5 Nc5 14.f4 f5 15.Rg1 b5 16.Kb1 Bd7 17.h4 Rae8 18.h5 Bc6
19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Rdd1 Nxb3 21.axb3 Bf8 22.Qd3 Bf3 23.h6 Bxd1
24.Qxd1 d5 25.Ne2 g6 26.Re1 Bb4 27.c3 Bd6 28.Nd4 Rf7 29.Bc1
Qd7 30.Nf3 Bxf4 31.Bxf4 Rxf4 32.Ne5 Qe7 33.Rg1 Ref8 34.Ka2
R8f5 35.Qd2 Qc7 36.Ng4 Qa5+ 37.Kb1 Rf1+ 38.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 39.Kc2
Qa1 40.Nf6+ Kf7 41.b4 Qa4+ 42.b3 Qa2+ 43.Kd3 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8
12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxa3 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Qc5 17. Kh1 Be6 18. e4 Nb6 19. f4 Bc4 20. Rf3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3
Qc4 22. Re1 Kh7 23. Rh3 Re6 24. Bf6 gxf6 25. f5 fxe5 26. fxe6
Qxe6 27. Rf1 Nc4 28. Rxh6+ Qxh6 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rf6+ Kxf6
31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Qxb7 Nb6 34. h4 Kc5 35. h5 a5
36. h6 1-0

[Event "Aruba 63/513"]
[Site "Aruba 63/513"]
[Date "1995.02.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. a4 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6
12. Nd2 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Na6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Nc4 Qb7
17. Qf3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. O-O Bg7 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Rae1 f6
22. Be3 Rxa4 23. Nc3 Ra5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Rd1 Ra6
27. d6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 exd6 29. Qxd6 Bf8 30. Qe6 Qd7 31. Qc4 Qd3
32. Qe6 Qa6 33. Qxa6 Nxa6 34. Ra1 Rf6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Nd5 Rc6
37. b3 Bg7 38. Ra5 Rd6 39. Bf4 Rxd5 40. Rxa6 Rd7 41. Be3 Bf8
42. Rc6 Rd5 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Rxh7 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rxb3 46. h4 c4
47. h5 gxh5 48. Rxh5 Bd6 49. Rh4 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 c3 51. Rc4 c2
52. Bc1 Kd5 53. Bxb2 Kxc4 54. g4 fxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Bb4 56. Bc1
Kd3 57. Kf3 Bd2 58. Ba3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Aruba 63/395"]
[Site "Aruba 63/395"]
[Date "1995.02.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 e5
12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bg3
Qxa2 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f4 Qb3 19. f5 Bd5 20. f6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2
Bd6 22. fxg7 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bf4 Kxg7 25. Rc3 Be4
26. Bc4 Bg6 27. Rg3 Kh7 28. Rh3 h5 29. g4 b5 30. Bb3 Re2
31. gxh5 Be4 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Bg5 Rxg5 34. Rxg5 f6 35. Rg3 Rxb2
36. Be6 Nf8 37. Bg8+ Kh8 38. Rxf6 Nh7 39. Bxh7 Kxh7 40. h6
Rb1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba m"]
[Date "1995.02.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qd6
17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bxb7 Kc7 21. Bg2
Qd7 22. Bf4 Qxa4 23. Bxe5+ Kb6 24. Rad1 Rh5 25. Rd8 Rxe5
26. Rxe5 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rb8+ Ka5 29. Rxf8 Qd1+ 30. Bf1
Qd6 31. Rfe8 c2 32. Re1 Qd1 33. R8e7 Kb6 34. h4 c1=Q 35. Rxd1
Qxd1 36. Rxf7 c4 37. Re7 c3 38. f7 Qf3 39. Rb7+ Kc5 40. Rc7+
Kd6 41. Bg2 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Kxc7 43. f8=Q c2 44. Qf4+ Kb6 45. Bf3
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold"]
[Site "Amber-blindfold"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Rc1 Ng8 13.f4
fxe4 14.Nxe4 Bf5 15.Bf3 Nef6 16.Re1 Nd7 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5
Bxe5 19.Bc3 Re8 20.Qd2 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Bxc3 22.Qxc3+ Qf6 23.Rf4
Qxc3 24.Rxc3 Kg7 25.c5 Re7 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Bg4 Rf8 28.Rxf8
Kxf8 29.Be6 Nf6 30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.b4 Ne8 32.Kf2 Kf6 33.Bd7 Rxd7
34.Rxe8 Rc7 35.Re6+ Kf5 36.Rxd6 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rxa2 38.Rd7 b5
39.Rxh7 Ra3+ 40.Kf2 Ke5 41.Rb7 a6 42.Rb6 g5 43.d6 Ke6 44.h3
Ra4 45.Kg3 Rxb4 46.Rxa6 Rd4 47.Rb6 b4 48.Kf3 Kd5 49.d7 Kc4
50.Rb7 b3 51.Ke3 Rd1 52.Ke4 Kc3 53.Kf5 b2 54.Ke6 Kc2 55.Ke7
Re1+ 56.Kd6 b1=Q 57.Rxb1 Rxb1 58.d8=Q Rd1+ 59.Ke7 Rxd8 60.Kxd8
Kd3 61.Ke7 Ke4 62.Kf6 Kf4 63.g4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nxe7 Qxe7 6.Ne2 d5
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.a3 O-O 9.Ng3 c5 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 Be6 12.Qc2 Rfd8
13.Bb5 Na5 14.Bxe5 Bd7 15.Bc3 Bxb5 16.Bxa5 Nf4 17.Bxd8 Rxd8
18.Qc3 Qe6 19.f3 Rd3 20.Qxc5 Nxg2+ 21.Kd1 Nxe3+ 22.Kc1 b6
23.Qc7 Rd6 24.Qb8+ Be8 25.Ne4 Rc6+ 26.Nc3 Nd5 27.Ra2 Rc8
28.Qg3 Nxc3 29.dxc3 Qxb3 30.Rc2 Ba4 31.Qf2 Qxa3+ 32.Kb1 Bxc2+
33.Qxc2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3
Qc7 8.Qd2 b5 9.f3 Nbd7 10.a3 h5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rad1 Be7 13.Bg5
O-O 14.Kh1 Rfe8 15.Bd3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Qg5 Qe5
19.Qh4 Qf6 20.Qxf6 N7xf6 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rfe1 Nb6 23.c3 Bd5
24.Kg1 g6 25.Kf2 e5 26.Rd2 Na4 27.Bf1 Nb6 28.Nc2 Bc4 29.Ne3
Bb3 30.g4 h4 31.g5 Be6 32.Ng2 h3 33.Nh4 Bb3 34.Bxh3 Nc4
35.Rde2 Rd8 36.f4 Bd1 37.Re4 Nxb2 38.Kg1 Rd3 39.Bf1 Rxc3 40.f5
Bc2 41.f6 Re8 42.Rxe5 Rxe5 43.Rxe5 Rxa3 44.Re8+ Kh7 45.Rf8 Bb3
46.Nf3 Ra4 47.Ne5 Re4 48.Nxf7 Rg4+ 49.Kf2 Bxf7 50.Rxf7+ Kg8
51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Rxg6 Rf4+ 53.Ke1 Re4+ 54.Kd2 Nc4+ 55.Bxc4 Rxc4
56.Rh6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Bb7 14.d5 Rac8 15.Bb1 Nh5 16.Nf1 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Bd3 Bf6
19.Qe2 Qc5 20.Rac1 Qb4 21.b3 Rfe8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 23.Qc2 Qc3
24.Rc1 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 b4 26.Rc7 Bb7 27.N1d2 Kf8 28.Kf1 Re7
29.Rxe7 Kxe7 30.Ke2 Bc3 31.Nb1 Ba1 32.Ne1 f5 33.Nc2 fxe4
34.Bxe4 Bf6 35.Nxb4 h6 36.Bd3 Bd4 37.Nc2 Ba7 38.Nc3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.Bxe6 Bxh4
13.Bxf7+ Kh8 14.Bd5 Nc6 15.Qa4 a6 16.O-O b5 17.Qd1 Nb6 18.Bf3
Qe8 19.a4 b4 20.Ne2 Rd8 21.Nf4 Bg5 22.Nd3 a5 23.Re1 Ba6 24.Nc5
Bc4 25.Nb7 Ra8 26.b3 Bg8 27.Rc1 Nd5 28.Rc5 Nce7 29.Nxa5 Rd8
30.Qd3 Ng6 31.Be4 Nh4 32.Nc6 Rd6 33.Ne5 Nc3 34.Rxc3 bxc3
35.Qxc3 Bf6 36.g3 Qh5 37.gxh4 Bxe5 38.dxe5 Qg4+ 39.Kf1 Rd1
40.Bg2 Bxb3 41.Qxb3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Igor Miladinovic"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 10.c4 Nxe4 11.c5 O-O 12.Rc1 f5 13.f4
Rb8 14.Bf3 Bf6 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rc4 Rd8 18.Rxe4 d5
19.cxd6 Rxd6 20.Qe2 Bd7 21.b4 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 Be8 24.Bc5
Rd5 25.Rxe6 Bf7 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Nc3 Rxc5 28.bxc5 f5 29.Rf3 Re8
30.Re3 Ra8 31.Qf3 Ra5 32.Qg3+ Kf8 33.Qh4 Rxc5 34.Qxh7 Qd6
35.Qh8+ Bg8 36.Rg3 Qe6 37.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6
7.Be3 b6 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.Be3 Nxe4
13.Qd3 a6 14.Bf3 axb5 15.Bxe4 Ra4 16.Bd5 Bc5 17.O-O-O O-O
18.g5 hxg5 19.Rhg1 g4 20.b3 Rxa2 21.Rxg4 Qd6 22.Kb1 Ra6
23.Rdg1 Qf6 24.Bg5 Qxf2 25.Bh6 e4 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Qh3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2
exd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Qxg7 Bf6 10.Qg3 Qe7 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nd4 O-O-O
13.Nd2 Nc6 14.Qe3 h5 15.Rb1 Nh6 16.Qd3 b6 17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 Nxa5
19.Qa6 Ka8 20.e5 Qxe5 21.Bf3+ d5 22.Nc4 Bc8 23.Qxa5 Qxd4
24.Qa2 Qxc3 25.Be3 Bb7 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Nxb6+ Kb8 28.Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Biel 64/117 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Biel 64/117 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lucas Brunner"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7
8.c4 g5 9.Nc3 Bh7 10.Ne1 Ng6 11.Nd3 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.dxc5
Bg7 14.Ba3 Ngxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qa4+ Nc6 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Nb5
O-O 19.Nd6 Qc7 20.Bf3 Rab8 21.Nxb7 Ne5 22.Nd6 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3
Be5 24.Rfe1 Bf4 25.Kg2 Rfd8 26.h3 Bg6 27.Ne4 Be5 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8
29.Nd6 Bf4 30.Qb4 Rb8 31.Qc3 e5 32.Rxe5 Bxe5 33.Qxe5 Kh7
34.Bb2 Rg8 35.Bd4 Bc2 36.Qd5 Ba4 37.Nxf7 Qc6 38.Ne5 Qxd5
39.cxd5 Kg7 40.c6 Kf6 41.Nc4 Ke7 42.Bxa7 Bb5 43.Bc5+ Kf6
44.Nb6 Ke5 45.c7 1-0

[Event "BL 9596"]
[Site "BL 9596"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul van der Sterren"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6
13.O-O Qb6 14.Be4 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Nxd4 Rg8 17.f3 Bc5
18.Be3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Ra4 21.Nc2 Rh4 22.Qf2 Qc7
23.Bxc5 Nxf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke1 Rf4 26.Bd6 Rxf2 27.Bxc7
Rgxg2 28.Bxh2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Clichy 64/96 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Clichy 64/96 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Bf4 b5 7.Bb3 a5
8.a4 b4 9.Nce2 d5 10.h4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.O-O-O
Nbd7 14.Qh3 c5 15.Nf3 Ba6 16.Bxe6 O-O 17.Bxd7 Bxe2 18.Bc6 Bxd1
19.Rxd1 c4 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.d5 Nh5 22.Bh2 b3 23.g4 Qf6 24.Qf3
Qxh4 25.Rh1 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qg5+ 27.Qe3 Qxg4 28.Bc3 Qf5 29.Kb1
bxc2 30.Ka2 Nf4 31.Rh4 Ne2 32.Rh1 Nxc3+ 33.Qxc3 Qd3 34.Qxd3
cxd3 35.Kb3 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Deutschland 64/107 Shirov,S"]
[Site "Deutschland 64/107 Shirov,S"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jozsef Palkovi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nbd7
8.Nge2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.g4 e5 11.Be3 a6 12.Ng3 b5 13.g5 Ne8
14.d5 c5 15.a5 f6 16.h4 fxg5 17.Bxg5 Bf6 18.Qd2 Bxg5 19.hxg5
Rf4 20.Nce2 Qxg5 21.Nxf4 Nef6 22.Ra3 Qxf4 23.Qd1 Qh4 24.Bf3 h5
25.Kg2 Rf8 26.Rh1 Qf4 27.Nxh5 Nxh5 28.Bxh5 Qxf2+ 29.Kh3 Nf6
30.Bxg6 Bc8+ 31.Bf5 Bxf5+ 32.exf5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "FRA 63/8 Estrada Gonsalez,N"]
[Site "FRA 63/8 Estrada Gonsalez,N"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "N Estrada Gonsalez"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 dxe4 9.dxe4 b5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.c3 Bb7 13.Bg5
Bxg5 14.Nexg5 h6 15.Qc2 hxg5 16.Nxg5 g6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qxg6+
Kh8 19.Re4 Nf4 20.Rxf4 Rxf4 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Qxf4 Qf7 23.Qg4+
Kf8 24.Qh4 Kg7 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Rd1 Rf8 27.f4 Na5 28.Bh3 Re8
29.Rd8 Rxd8 30.Qxd8+ Kg7 31.Qxa5 Qd7 32.Bg4 Qd5 33.Kf2 Qg2+
34.Ke1 Qg1+ 35.Kd2 Qxh2+ 36.Be2 Bf3 37.Qxb5 Bxe2 38.Qxe2 Qxg3
39.Qc4 Qg2+ 40.Kc1 Qg1+ 41.Kc2 Qf2+ 42.Kb3 1-0

[Event "Ch France (team)"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bb3 a5
8.a4 b4 9.Nb1 d5 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.c4 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Nd7
14.cxd5 cxd5 15.exd5 exd5 16.Nf1 Nf5 17.Bxd5 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nxd4
19.Qd1 Rc8 20.Bf4 Nc2 21.Bb7 Nxe1 22.Bxc8 Nxg2 23.Bd6 Qg5
24.Bg3 Nc5 25.Qg4 Qd8 26.Rc1 Qxc8 27.Qc4 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1995/96"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Igor V Glek"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Qd2 b5 9.Bd3 b4 10.Nd1 c4 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O Be7 13.a3 Rb8
14.axb4 Bxb4 15.c3 Be7 16.Ng5 Nf8 17.Qc2 Qb6 18.Bxc4 dxc4
19.d5 Bc5 20.dxc6 Bxe3+ 21.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Ng6 23.Rad1 O-O
24.Rd4 Rb5 25.Nf3 Nxf4 26.Re1 Qd3 27.Rxd3 Nxd3 28.Rb1 Nxe5
29.Nxe5 Rxe5 30.Qa4 Rc5 31.Rd1 e5 32.Rd6 e4 33.Qb4 Re5 34.Kg1
e3 35.Kf1 Rfe8 36.Ke1 e2 37.Qxc4 Bg4 38.Rd5 Re4 39.Rd4 R4e6
40.c7 Rf6 41.Rf4 Rxf4 42.Qxf4 Bc8 43.b4 f5 44.c4 Kf7 45.Qd6 h4
46.b5 axb5 47.cxb5 h3 48.gxh3 g5 49.b6 Bb7 50.Qd7+ Kf8
51.Qxf5+ Ke7 52.Qxg5+ Kd7 53.h4 Ra8 54.h5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1995/96"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gerald Hertneck"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Na6 7.e3
e6 8.Bxc4 Nb4 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qe2 Bc7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bg5
h6 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qg4 Rd8 17.d5 e5 18.dxc6 bxc6
19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rd1+ Bd6 21.Nb5 cxb5 22.Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1994/95"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrik Teske"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.e3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 g6 9.c4 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Qa4 Bb7
13.Rfc1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Rc8 15.h3 Na5 16.Be2 Qd5 17.Rab1 e6
18.Bf1 Rfd8 19.Ne5 f6 20.Nd3 Bc6 21.Qa3 Bf8 22.Nb4 Qd7 23.Qb2
Be4 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Nxd3 e5 26.Bg3 exd4 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Rc1 Qf5
29.Nf4 dxe3 30.fxe3 Bc5 31.Kh2 Bxe3 32.Rf1 Bd4 33.Qe2 Be5
34.a4 Qd7 35.Qa2+ Qf7 36.Qc2 Qc4 37.Qf2 Nb3 38.Nxg6 Nd2
39.Ne7+ Kf7 40.Re1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 b6 9.e4 Ne7 10.Qe3 O-O 11.f4 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6
13.Nf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc7 15.a4 f5 16.Ba3 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qd5
18.Qc2 Qd7 19.Ng5 Rf5 20.O-O Ned5 21.Rae1 Nxf4 22.Nxe6 Nh3+
23.gxh3 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Nxe6 25.Qc4 Qf7+ 26.Kg1 Ng5 27.Qxf7+
Kxf7 28.Re7+ Kf6 29.Kg2 Ne6 30.Rd7 Rc8 31.d5 Nf4+ 32.Kf1 Kf5
33.d6 Rc3 34.Rf7+ Ke4 35.d7 Rd3 36.Re7+ Kf3 37.Bc1 Rd1+ 38.Re1
Rxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Ne6 40.Bg5 Kg2 41.h4 Kxh2 42.Kf2 a6 43.d8=Q Nxd8
44.Bxd8 b5 45.a5 Kh3 46.Kf3 g6 47.Be7 h6 48.Kf4 Kg2 49.Ke4 Kg3
50.Kd5 Kf4 51.Kc5 g5 52.Kb6 gxh4 53.Kxa6 h3 54.Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Leon (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.f4 Ba6
8.Nf3 Bxf1 9.Rxf1 Nc6 10.O-O-O Nge7 11.Qh5 h6 12.Bxe7 Bxe7
13.Ne1 g6 14.Qf3 h5 15.g3 O-O-O 16.Ng2 Kb8 17.Ne3 f5 18.exf6
Bxf6 19.Ne2 Ne7 20.Kb1 Nf5 21.c3 c5 22.Nc2 c4 23.Ng1 g5
24.fxg5 Bxg5 25.Nh3 Bh6 26.Rde1 Qf7 27.Nf4 Bxf4 28.Qxf4+ Kb7
29.Ne3 Rhf8 30.Nxf5 Qxf5+ 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 exf5 33.Re5 Rf8
34.a4 Kc6 35.Re6+ Kd7 36.Rh6 f4 37.gxf4 Rf5 38.Ka2 a5 39.Ka3
Kc7 40.Ka2 Kb7 41.Kb1 Kc7 42.Kc2 Rxf4 43.Rxh5 Rf2+ 44.Kb1 Kc6
45.Rh6+ Kc7 46.h4 Rh2 47.h5 Kb7 48.Rh8 Rh1+ 49.Ka2 b5 50.Rh7+
1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Leon (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marcelino Sion Castro"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.Bb3 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.g4 Nc5
13.Nf5 b5 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.g5 Rfc8 16.Rg3 Ne5 17.Bxb7 Nxb7
18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bd4 b4 20.Na4 Nc4 21.b3 Na3 22.c4 bxc3 23.Nb6
Nb5 24.Bf6 Qc7 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.a4 e5 27.Qa2 c2 28.Rdd3 Qa5
29.Rge3 Nc5 30.Rd5 Nc3 31.Qxc2 Nxd5 32.exd5 Nxb3+ 33.Rxb3 Qe1+
0-1

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Leon (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d5
Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 Nb8 9.Nc3 Nh6 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 f5 12.Rc1 Na6
13.Qb3 e4 14.O-O axb4 15.axb4 c5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.b5 Nc5 18.Qb4
Qb6 19.Nb3 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 Be6 21.c5 Bxb3 22.cxb6 c5 23.f3 d5
24.fxe4 dxe4 25.b7 Rab8 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Bxe4 Nf7
29.Ra1 Ne5 30.Ra8 Nd7 31.Bc6 Ke7 32.Bxd7 Rxb7 33.Bc6+ Rb6
34.Ra7+ Kd6 35.Rd7+ Ke5 36.Kf2 Kf6 37.Rb7 Rxb7 38.Bxb7 Ke5
39.b6 Kd6 40.Be4 h6 41.Ke1 Be6 42.Kd2 Bc4 43.e3 Be6 44.Kc3 Bf7
45.Ba8 Bg8 46.e4 Be6 47.Bd5 1-0

[Event "Linares 63/66 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares 63/66 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5
13.h3 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 Rb7 17.Qe2 Qd8
18.a4 Ne8 19.Re3 Bd4 20.Rd3 Nf6 21.Be3 Rb4 22.Rad1 Qb6 23.Qf3
Rd8 24.R1d2 Kg7 25.Re2 Rd7 26.Bf4 Rxb2 27.a5 Qb4 28.Rxb2 Qxb2
29.Na4 Qb5 30.Nb6 Ra7 31.Bd2 Qa6 32.g4 Nd7 33.Rb3 Ne5 34.Qe4
Nc4 35.Nxc4 Qxc4 36.Rf3 f6 37.g5 f5 38.Qe6 Qa6 39.Rb3 Qxe6
40.dxe6 c4 41.Rb4 Rc7 42.a6 Rc6 43.a7 Bxa7 44.Bc3+ Kf8 45.Rb7
Ra6 46.Rc7 Rxe6 47.Rxa7 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (5)"]
[Site "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (5)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Be2 Re8 6.Nd3 Bxc3
7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.Nf4 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.f3 Nef6 11.c4 Qe7 12.Rf2 Qe5
13.Rb1 Nf8 14.b3 Bd7 15.Nd3 Qe7 16.Bb2 Qe3 17.Nb4 a5 18.Nd5
Nxd5 19.cxd5 Ng6 20.Bf1 Nh4 21.c4 Nf5 22.Qd2 b6 23.Bc3 h5
24.Bd3 Re7 25.Qxe3 Rxe3 26.Rd2 Rae8 27.Kf2 R3e7 28.Rc1 f6
29.a3 Kf7 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Ne3 32.Bd4 Nf5+ 33.Bb2 Ne3 34.c5
bxc5 35.bxc5 Bf5 36.Ba6 Ra8 37.Be2 Bg6 38.cxd6 cxd6 39.Rc6 Rd8
40.Ba3 Nf5 41.g4 hxg4 42.fxg4 Nh6 43.Bxd6 Red7 44.Bc7 Re8
45.h3 Kg8 46.Rc5 Rc8 47.d6 Nf7 48.Bb5 Nxd6 49.Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (7)"]
[Site "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (7)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3
Bd6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 b5
13.Nxb5 cxb5 14.Bxb5+ Nd7 15.c3 Bb6 16.d4 dxe4 17.fxe4 O-O
18.O-O-O Rb8 19.Rdg1 Nf6 20.e5 Bxd4 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Qxd4 Qxd4
23.cxd4 Rxb5 24.Rd1 Rc8+ 25.Kb1 Rd8 26.Rd3 g5 27.Rhd1 Kg7
28.d5 Rd6 29.b3 a5 30.Kb2 Kf6 31.Ka3 Ke7 32.Ka4 Rc5 33.Re3+
Kd7 34.Rf3 Ke7 35.Rf5 f6 36.h4 gxh4 37.Rh5 Kd8 38.a3 Kc7
39.Rxh7+ Kb6 40.Rxh4 Rcxd5 41.Rxd5 Rxd5 42.Re4 Rf5 43.Re6+ Kb7
44.f4 Ka7 45.Re4 Kb6 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 Kc6 48.Rc4+ Kb6 49.Rd4
Kc6 50.Kb3 Rh5 51.Kc4 Rh1 52.b5 Kc7 53.Kd5 Kd7 54.Kc5 Kc8
55.Rd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.23"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4
7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Bf4
c4 13.Na5 Bc5+ 14.Kf1 b5 15.Nd5 Ne7 16.Bxc7 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Kxc7
18.Rxc5+ Kb6 19.b4 cxb3 20.Nxb3 Be6 21.Rc3 Rd6 22.a4 Bc4+
23.Kf2 Rc8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rb1 b4 26.Re3 Bxb3 27.Rexb3 Rxc2+
28.Ke3 Rxg2 29.Rxb4+ Kc5 30.Rb7 Ra6 31.R1b3 g5 32.h4 h6 33.Rd3
gxh4 34.Rc7+ Kb4 35.Rd1 Kb3 36.Rh1 f5 37.exf5 Rg5 38.Rb7+ Kc2
39.Rh2+ Kc3 40.Rbb2 Kc4 41.Rxh4+ Kc5 42.Rc2+ Kb5 43.Rh1 Ra3+
44.Kf4 Ra4+ 45.Ke5 Ra5 46.Rxh6 Kb4 47.Ke4 Rgxf5 48.Rb6+ Ka3
49.Rc3+ Ka2 50.f4 Rf8 51.Rcb3 Rc5 52.Rb2+ Ka3 53.Rb1 Ka2
54.R6b2+ Ka3 55.Rb5 Re8+ 56.Kd4 Rxb5 57.Rxb5 Ka4 58.Rb1 Rf8
59.Ke5 Re8+ 60.Kd6 Rf8 61.Rf1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.18"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4
Be4 8.Nd2 Nf5 9.Nhf3 c5 10.c3 Be7 11.g4 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Nh4
13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.f4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Be7 16.Be3 Qb6 17.Bd3 O-O
18.Qe2 f6 19.Kg2 fxe5 20.fxe5 Rxf1 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.Rc1 Qd8
23.Qc2 Bg5 24.Bxh7+ Kh8 25.Re1 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Rf4 27.Rg3 Rxd4
28.Qf2 Rb4 29.Bg6 Qh4 30.Qf7 Rxb2+ 31.Kf1 Nf6 32.Qf8+ Ng8
33.Rc3 Rb1+ 34.Bxb1 Qxg4 35.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo (Monaco)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8
13.Nf1 Nc5 14.Bd5 Ne6 15.Ng3 Ncd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.c3 Ne6
18.Qg4 Kh8 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qxe6 Bc6 21.Be3 Bh4 22.Ra1 Bxg3
23.hxg3 Re8 24.Qf5 Bd7 25.Qg5 Qxg5 26.Bxg5 Kg8 27.Ra7 Rc8
28.Be7 Bc6 29.f4 exf4 30.gxf4 d5 31.e5 Kf7 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Bxc7
Ra8 34.Rxa8 Bxa8 35.g4 g6 36.Kf2 d4 37.cxd4 Bc6 38.Kg3 Bd7
39.Kh4 h6 40.Bd6 Kd5 41.Bf8 g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.Kxg5 Kxd4
44.Kf4 Kd5 45.g5 Ke6 46.g6 Be8 47.g7 Bf7 48.Ke4 Kd7 49.Kf5 Bg8
50.Kf6 Be6 51.d4 Bg8 52.Bc5 Be6 53.Kg6 Bg8 54.d5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.23"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.gxf6 d4 12.Bc4 Qxf6 13.Nd5
Qc6 14.Bxd4 Bb4+ 15.c3 Qxc4 16.Be3 Ba5 17.Nf6+ Ke7 18.Nd5+ Ke8
19.Nf6+ Ke7 20.Bg5 Bc7 21.Ne4 Ke8 22.Qg4 b5 23.Nf6+ Ke7
24.O-O-O Qxg4 25.Nxg4 Kf8 26.Bh6+ Ke7 27.Bg5+ Kf8 28.Bd8 Bxf5
29.Bxc7 Nc6 30.Nh6 Bg6 31.Rd6 Nb4 32.cxb4 Kg7 33.h4 Rhc8 34.h5
Rxc7+ 35.Kd2 Be4 36.Rg1+ Kh8 37.Ke3 Bb7 38.Rgd1 Re8 39.Nf5 Bc8
40.Rd8 Bxf5 41.Rxe8+ Kg7 42.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7
7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O e6 9.f3 Be7 10.h4 b5 11.g4 Ne5 12.Bxf6 gxf6
13.Qh6 Rc8 14.f4 Bf8 15.Qh5 b4 16.Nd5 exd5 17.fxe5 fxe5
18.Bxa6 exd4 19.exd5 Bg7 20.Rde1+ Kf8 21.Rhf1 Be8 22.Rxe8+
Qxe8 23.Bxc8 f6 24.Qf5 Qe5 25.Qd7 d3 26.Qd8+ Kf7 27.Qc7+ Kf8
28.Be6 Qe3+ 29.Kb1 dxc2 30.Qxc2 Qc5 31.Qe4 1-0

[Event "07, Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Site "07, Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. e4 e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. exd5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Bf5 Bc5 13. N2b3 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Neg4 16. Bxc8
Raxc8 17. Nf3 Qb5 18. Qb3 Rc5 19. Bf4 Ne4 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21. b3
g5 22. Bc1 Rc8 23. h3 Ngxf2 24. Rxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rc2+
26. Kg3 h6 27. Be3 Rd5 28. h4 Rd3 29. Re1 Rxa2 30. hxg5 hxg5
31. Bxg5 Rxb3 32. Bf6 Kh7 33. Re7 Kg6 34. Bd4 Ra4 35. Rd7 Kf5
36. Rxf7+ Ke6 37. Rf6+ Kd7 38. Be5 Re4 39. Bf4 a5 40. Kg4 Rb5
41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rd3 a4 43. Nd4 Rb4 44. Nf5+ Ke6 45. g3 Rec4
46. Kg5 Rb6 47. Kg6 Ra6 48. Nd6 Rb4 49. Nf5 a3 50. Bc1 a2 0-1

[Event "it Madrid ESP"]
[Site "it Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 Qd7
12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nexd5 14. cxd5 Bf7 15. c4 Bh5 16. f3 Rae8
17. e4 f4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bb2 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qg4
22. h3 Qg5 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Kg1 Rf6 25. Bxd4 Rg6 26. Kh1 Rxg2
27. Kxg2 Rxe4 28. Bg1 Re2+ 29. Kh1 Bg6 30. Bf2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid Monte Carlo"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 b5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Bxb6
Qxb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd7 16.Na5 Rc8 17.Bd3 b4 18.Nc6 Bxc6
19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.Be4 Rc5 21.Bd5 O-O 22.g5 Rfc8 23.g6 Rxc2+
24.Qxc2 Qe3+ 25.Kb1 Rxc2 26.Kxc2 Kf8 27.gxf7 Bf6 28.Rh2 Qf4
29.Rhd2 Bxh4 30.Kb1 Bg5 31.Rc2 Qf5 32.Be4 Qd7 33.Rc6 Kxf7
34.Rcxd6 Qb5 35.Rc6 Qe2 36.Rd7+ Ke8 37.Rcc7 Qf1+ 38.Kc2 Qg2+
39.Kb3 Bc1 40.Ka4 Be3 41.Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Re1
e5 8.Nbd2 b6 9.a4 a6 10.b3 Bb7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ba3 c5 13.Qc2
Qc7 14.Nf1 Rfd8 15.Ne3 Nf8 16.c4 Rxd3 17.Qxd3 Bxe4 18.Qe2 Ne6
19.Ng4 Bb7 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bb2 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qd3 Bc6
24.Nd2 Qb7 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Re2 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rae1 Ra3
29.Nd2 Bf8 30.cxb5 Bxb5 31.Qe4 Qa6 32.g3 Bxe2 33.Rxe2 Ra2
34.Nc4 Rxe2 35.Qxe2 Qa1+ 36.Kg2 Qc3 37.Nd2 Qc2 38.Kf3 h5
39.Kg2 Qc3 40.Kf1 d3 41.Qe3 Kh7 42.h4 Bh6 43.f4 Bg7 44.Ne4
Qxb3 45.Nxc5 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qc2+ 47.Kf3 d2 0-1

[Event "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 10.c4 Nxe4 11.c5 O-O 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Qb3
Rb8 14.Rfd1 d5 15.cxd6 Bxd6 16.Bf3 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Bxh2+ 18.Kf1
Qxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Rxd4 20.Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Qd3 Bd7 22.Qxe4 Bb5+ 23.Ke1
Bc6 24.Qh4 Bd6 25.Nc3 Rc8 26.Bf4 Bf8 27.Qg3 Rd8 28.Be5 Rd7
29.Ne2 Kh8 30.Bc3 Kg8 31.Nf4 Be4 32.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid Monte Carlo"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Rb1 Nxa5
13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Nd4 a6 15.g3 Qc5 16.Be3 Qxa3 17.Be2 Nc4 18.Bxc4
dxc4 19.O-O b5 20.Ra1 Qb4 21.Rfb1 Qc5 22.Nf5 Qc6 23.Nd6+ Kd8
24.Qxf7 Be8 25.Qxe6 Rg6 26.Nf7+ Bxf7 27.Qxf7 Qe8 28.e6 Kc7
29.Bc5 Qxf7 30.exf7 Nd5 31.Rxb5 Rf6 32.Bd4 1-0

[Event "32nd ol Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Kh1 Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.f4 d5 11.e5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Ne4
13.Bd3 c5 14.c4 Nc3 15.Qe1 d4 16.Bd2 Bb7 17.Bxc3 dxc3 18.Qxc3
O-O 19.Qe1 Rad8 20.Qh4 h6 21.Rae1 Rd4 22.Re3 f5 23.exf6 Rxf6
24.Qh5 Qf7 25.Qe5 Rdxf4 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.Kg1 Bc8 28.Qxc5 Bd7
29.Qd6 Rf6 30.c5 Qh5 31.h3 Qd5 32.c4 Qxd6 33.cxd6 Rf8 34.Re5
Rf4 35.Be4 Rf8 36.c5 Rc8 1-0

[Event "It Madrid ESP"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2
Bf8 14.a4 h6 15.Bc2 exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bb1 c5 18.d5 Nd7
19.Ra3 g6 20.Nh2 Bg7 21.Ndf3 Nb6 22.Ng4 Kh7 23.axb5 Bc8
24.bxa6 Ra7 25.b3 Bxg4 26.hxg4 Kg8 27.g5 h5 28.Bd3 Qd7 29.Bf4
Bb2 30.Ra5 Qd8 31.Bb5 Ree7 32.Qd2 N6xd5 33.exd5 Qxa5 34.Rxe7
Rxe7 35.Bxd6 Re4 36.Qxb2 Qxb5 37.a7 Re8 38.Qd2 Ra8 39.Bc7 Rxa7
40.d6 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Ra2 42.Qe1 Nd5 43.Qe4 Nxc7 44.dxc7 Qd7
45.Qb7 Qd6+ 46.Kh1 Ra1+ 47.Ng1 Qd1 48.c8=Q+ Kg7 49.Kh2 Qxg1+
50.Kg3 h4+ 51.Kg4 Rf1 52.Qba8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1995/96"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bb3 a5
8.a3 Ba6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Rad1 e5 12.Bg5 Ngf6 13.d5 c5
14.a4 b4 15.Nb5 Nb6 16.Qd3 c4 17.Bxc4 Nxa4 18.Ra1 Nxb2 19.Qb3
Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Rc8 21.Qd3 Qd8 22.c4 O-O 23.Ra2 Rxc4 24.Bxf6 Bxf6
25.Qxc4 Qb6 26.Qc7 Qxb5 27.Qxd6 Kg7 28.Rc1 Rd8 29.Qc6 b3
30.Rb2 Qd3 31.Rcb1 Rc8 32.Qa4 Rc2 33.Rxb3 Qxe2 34.Rf3 Bd3
35.Qd7 Bxe4 36.Rxf6 Kxf6 37.Qd6+ Kf5 38.Rf1 Bd3 39.Qd7+ Kf6
0-1

[Event "Monaco rapid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3
Nge7 8.f4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 b5 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Be7
13.g5 O-O 14.h4 Rd8 15.Qf2 Rb8 16.h5 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Bg2 d4
19.Bxd4 b4 20.Nd5 Be6 21.Nxe7+ Nxe7 22.b3 Nd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5
24.Bb2 Rc8 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.Rc1 Bf5 27.h6 gxh6 28.gxh6 Bg6
29.Ka1 Qc5 30.Qd2 a5 31.Qd7 Bf5 32.Qb7 Re8 33.Qa6 Kf8 34.Qf6
Qd5 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Re1+ Be6 37.Qxh7 Qd2 38.Qe4 a4 39.h7 a3
40.Bd4 Kd7 41.h8=Q Rxh8 42.Bxh8+ Bd5 43.Qe8+ Kd6 44.Qe2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Rb1 Bg4 7.Be3
Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nd7 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.b4 Ngf6 11.h4 O-O 12.Bd3 e5
13.Ne2 d5 14.h5 Nxh5 15.Rxh5 gxh5 16.Bh6 exd4 17.Ng3 Ne5
18.Ke2 f5 19.Nxf5 Rxf5 20.exf5 Re8 21.Kf1 Nxd3 22.Qg5 Ne5
23.f6 Nxf3 24.Qxh5 Re5 25.Qxf3 Bxh6 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.b5 cxb5
28.Qa3+ Kf7 29.Qh3 Qxc2 30.Qd7+ Kxf6 31.Qd8+ Kf7 32.Qd7+ Kg8
33.Qd8+ Bf8 34.Rb3 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.21"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.g4 Re8 11.f5 Bf8 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Nxe6
fxe6 14.Bh5 g6 15.fxg6 Re7 16.Nd5 exd5 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.gxh7
Rxh7 19.Bg6 Bg7 20.Bxh7 Qd8 21.Bf5 Ne5 22.Qd1 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qe8
24.g6 Ng4 25.Bd4 Qe4 26.f6 Nc6 27.fxg7 Kg8 28.Rf8+ Rxf8
29.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 30.Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 Nf6
7.Nc3 g6 8.Rb1 Bg7 9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Ng4 11.Nd5 e6 12.Ne3 Nge5
13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nc2 Rad8 16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Qc2 Qd3
18.Rb2 Qe2 19.d3 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Rxd3 21.Re1 Rfd8 22.Kf1 f5
23.Bb2 f4 24.Bc3 g5 25.f3 Kf7 26.Ree2 Bf6 27.a4 h5 28.h3 g4
29.hxg4 hxg4 30.fxg4 Bh4 31.g3 Bxg3 32.Bxe5 f3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid Monte Carlo"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bd3 c4 10.Be2 Ba4 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Nd7 13.g3 Qc7
14.Bf4 O-O-O 15.Kf1 Kb7 16.Kg2 Rc8 17.Qd2 Qd8 18.Nh2 Qg8
19.Ng4 Qh7 20.Rac1 Nc6 21.Bf3 Ne7 22.Ne3 Nf5 23.Nf1 f6 24.exf6
gxf6 25.Re1 Rc6 26.Re2 Nf8 27.Nh2 Qg7 28.Ng4 Rc8 29.Nxf6 Qxf6
30.Be5 Qf7 31.Bxh8 Nh7 32.Be5 Ng5 33.Bg4 Ne4 34.Qe1 Rg8 35.f3
Ng5 36.Bf4 Bd7 37.Re5 1-0

[Event "Cup European Club"]
[Site "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.a5 Qc4 16.Re1 Rfc8 17.Nd4 Bh4 18.Nf5 Bxe1
19.Qxe1 e4 20.Be2 Qxc2 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Bd4 e3 23.Nxd6 Bxd5
24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.Bxa6 Qc1+ 28.Qe1 Qxb2
29.Bf1 e2 30.Bxe2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Cup European Club"]
[Site "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.Ne2 Bd6 10.a4 b4 11.a5 O-O 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Qa4
Rb8 14.Rfc1 b3 15.Be1 g5 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Qc6 Bb7
19.Qb6 Bd5 20.Qxa6 Ra8 21.Qb5 Rb8 22.Qa6 Ra8 23.Qb6 Qxb6
24.axb6 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rb8 26.Ra6 Kg7 27.f3 Bb4 28.Bg3 Nd7
29.Bxb8 Nxb8 30.Ra7 Bxd2 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.fxe4 Bxe4 33.Ng3 Bc6
34.b7 Nd7 35.e4 Bc3 36.Ne2 Bxb2 37.d5 exd5 38.exd5 Bxd5
39.Ra6+ Be6 40.Ra5 Bf6 41.Rb5 b2 42.h4 h6 43.h5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Cup European Club (final)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alon Greenfeld"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Qd1 e5 12.dxe6
Bc5 13.exf7+ Kxf7 14.Be3 Re8 15.Bd3 Qh4 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.Bxd4
Rxd4 18.O-O Bd6 19.Qb3+ Kf8 20.Nxd6 Rxd6 21.Rae1 Qg5+ 22.Kh1
Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Qd2 24.Rd1 Qxf2 25.Bxh7 Nc4 26.Rg1 Rh6 27.Qb4+
Nd6 28.Qf4+ Rf6 29.Qg4 Qxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Rxf3 31.Kg2 Rf4 32.Re1
Rg4+ 33.Kh3 Rb4 34.Re2 Kf7 35.Bd3 Kf6 36.Kg3 Rd4 37.Bc2 g5
38.Rf2+ Ke5 39.Re2+ Kf6 40.Rf2+ Ke5 41.Re2+ Kd5 42.Re3 a5
43.Bd3 b5 44.Kf2 Rh4 45.h3 Kd4 46.Rg3 b4 47.Ke2 Nf7 48.Bf5 Rh6
49.Kd1 Rf6 50.Bh7 Rf2 51.Kc1 Rh2 52.a3 Ne5 53.axb4 axb4 54.Bf5
Rf2 55.Rxg5 b3 56.Rg3 Nf3 57.Rg4+ Kc5 58.Kd1 Rd2+ 59.Kc1 Rh2
60.Kd1 Rh1+ 61.Ke2 Nd4+ 62.Kd3 Nxf5 63.Rg5 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Cup European Club (final)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Henrik Teske"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5
Nec6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.c4 dxc4 10.Na3 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc4 O-O
13.Qc1 Qe7 14.Qe3 Rad8 15.Nd6 b6 16.Bb5 Nb4 17.Nd4 Bd3 18.Bxd3
Ncxd3 19.f4 f6 20.a3 fxe5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Qxe5 Qxd6 23.Rxf8+
Kxf8 24.Nxe6+ Ke7 25.Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Bf4 Re8 9.Re1 Qc7 10.e5 Nh5 11.exd6 exd6 12.Be3 d5
13.Qd2 Nf8 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.Bf4 Ne6 16.Nxg6 Qb6 17.Nh4 Nxf4
18.Qxf4 Qxb2 19.Qd2 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Rad1 Qa2 22.Qf4 Qe6
23.c4 Bd7 24.h3 Qf6 25.Qg3 c5 26.dxc5 Bxa4 27.Rd6 Qc3 28.Rf1
Qxg3 29.fxg3 Be5 30.Nf5 Bxd6 31.cxd6 Bd7 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Rxf7+
Kxh6 34.Rxd7 Red8 35.Rxb7 Rxd6 36.Bg4 Rf6 37.c5 a5 38.c6 Rxc6
39.Bf5 Rca6 40.Rxh7+ Kg5 41.Bxe4 R8a7 42.Rh8 a4 43.Rc8 a3
44.Rc1 a2 45.Ra1 Rd6 46.Kh2 Rd2 47.h4+ Kg4 48.Bf3+ Kf5 49.Kh3
Ra5 50.Bg4+ Ke5 51.Bh5 Kf6 52.Bf3 Ra4 53.Bc6 Rb4 54.Bd5 Rxd5
55.Rxa2 Rd6 56.Rf2+ Kg6 57.Ra2 Rb3 58.Ra8 Kh7 59.Ra7+ Kh6
60.Rf7 Rdd3 0-1

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Nc3
Ne7 8.Be3 Ng6 9.h4 h5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Qc4 Qd7
13.Rdg1 a5 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.d5 cxd5 16.exd5 Qc8 17.f3 Bd7 18.Qd3
f5 19.Nc4 Nxh4 20.Nxa5 Bf6 21.Nc6 Ra8 22.f4 Ng6 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Qc4 e4 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Ne5 27.Qc5 Kf7 28.Rf1 Rh6
29.Nxe4 Rxa2 30.Nc3 Ra1+ 31.Kd2 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Kg8 33.Re1 Nf7
34.Ncb5 Bxb5 35.Nxb5 Qd8 36.Nxc7 Qg5+ 37.Kd1 Qxg2 38.Ne6 Rf6
39.Rg1 Qf3+ 40.Kc1 Kh7 41.Rxg7+ Kh6 42.Qg1 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Nbd7
13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Qf3 h6 15.Bd2 Nb6 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Rf5 Bc8 18.Rxe5
Bd6 19.Bf4 g5 20.Rc5 gxf4 21.Qh4 Bxc5 22.Qxf6+ Kg8 23.Nxc5
Qxc5 24.e5 Bb7 25.Qxh6 f5 26.exf6 Rf7 27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8
29.Rf1 Re8 30.Qg6+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Bg6 Qc4 33.Bxf7+ Qxf7
34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qh4+ Qh7 36.f7 Rf8 37.Qxf4 Qg6 38.Rf2 Nc8 39.h4
Kh7 40.Kg1 Qh6 41.Qe5 Qd6 42.Qe2 Kg7 43.Qg4+ Qg6 44.Qd4+ Kh7
45.h5 Qc6 46.Qd3+ Kh8 47.Qf5 Qh6 48.Qe5+ Qg7 49.Qc7 b4 50.Ne2
Bd5 51.h6 Qg5 52.Qc5 Ne7 53.Ng3 Qc1+ 54.Nf1 Qg5 55.Ne3 Kh7
56.Nxd5 Qxd5 57.Qxe7 Qd1+ 58.Rf1 Qd4+ 59.Kh1 Kg6 60.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1996/97"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Kabatianski"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6
7.O-O a6 8.Be3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5
13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7 16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 bxa3 18.bxa3
Rad8 19.c3 g6 20.Nf2 Nh5 21.Qe3 f6 22.Bc4 Ng7 23.Rb1 Qc8
24.Rb6 Bb7 25.Ba2 Kh8 26.Rfb1 Rd7 27.Qd2 Bd8 28.R6b2 Ba5
29.Qc2 e5 30.Be3 f5 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Rb8 Qxb8 33.Rxb8 Rxb8
34.exd5 Rc7 35.c4 Rbc8 36.c5 exf4 37.Bd4 Rxc5 38.Bxc5 Rxc5
39.Qb2 h6 40.g4 Rxd5 41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Qb7 Rd2+ 43.Nh3 f3
44.Qxf3 Bb6 45.Nf4 Bc5 46.a4 Kh7 47.Qb7 Bd4 48.Qxa6 Be5 49.Ne2
Ne6 50.a5 Nf4 51.Nxf4 Bxf4 52.Qc4 Be5 53.Qf7+ Kh8 54.h3 Rd1+
55.Kg2 Ra1 56.Qc4 Rd1 57.a6 Bd4 58.Qf7 Rg1+ 59.Kf3 Bc5 60.a7
Bxa7 61.Qxa7 Rg6 62.Kf4 Rg5 63.Qb8+ Kh7 64.Qxd6 Rg8 65.h4 Rg4+
66.Kxf5 Rg8 67.Qe7+ Rg7 68.Qe4 Kg8 69.Kf6 Kh8 70.Qe3 Kh7
71.Qe8 Rg8 72.Qf7+ Kh8 73.Qc7 Rg1 74.Qf4 Kh7 75.Qe4+ Kh8
76.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1996.12.27"]
[EventDate "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 b5 7.c3
c5 8.Nc2 Ne7 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8+ Bxa8 12.d4 cxd4
13.cxd4 Bxe4 14.Nxe5 f6 15.Nd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c6 17.Bd2 Nd5
18.Ra1 Be7 19.Ra8+ Bd8 20.Qb3 O-O 21.Bb4 Qf4 22.g3 Qc1+ 23.Kg2
Be7 24.Ra1 Qxa1 25.Nxa1 Bxb4 26.Nc2 Be7 27.Ne3 Rd8 28.Qc2
Nxe3+ 29.fxe3 Rd6 30.Qe4 Bf8 31.g4 g6 32.Qe8 Kg7 33.h4 c5
34.dxc5 Rd2+ 35.Kf3 Bxc5 36.g5 Rd5 37.gxf6 Kxf6 38.Qc6+ Ke5
39.e4 Rd3+ 40.Ke2 Re3+ 41.Kd2 Kd4 42.Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1996.12.29"]
[EventDate "1996.12.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "225"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 c5 13.Ng3
Rc8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Nf5 Bd8 16.Bg5 c4 17.Ba2 Re8 18.Rad1 d5
19.exd5 Bxd5 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxe5 g6 23.Nh6+ Kg7
24.Qe3 Qb7 25.Qf4 Be6 26.Nhg4 Nxg4 27.Nxg4 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 Rxe1+
29.Rxe1 h5 30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Rb8 32.b4 cxb3 33.Bxb3 f5
34.Re8 a5 35.a4 Kf6 36.Kf1 Bc7 37.Re6+ Kg5 38.Rc6 Bd8 39.Ke2
Rb6 40.Rc8 Bf6 41.Rc5 Ra6 42.Kd3 h4 43.Bd5 Bd8 44.Rc8 Rd6
45.Kd4 Kf4 46.c4 Bf6+ 47.Kc5 Be7 48.Re8 Re6 49.Rxe7 Rxe7
50.Kd6 Re8 51.c5 Rd8+ 52.Ke6 Re8+ 53.Kd7 Ke5 54.Kxe8 Kxd5
55.f4 Kxc5 56.Kf7 Kb4 57.Kxg6 Kxa4 58.Kxf5 Kb5 59.Kg5 a4 60.f5
a3 61.f6 a2 62.f7 a1=Q 63.f8=Q Qe1 64.Qf4 Kb6 65.Kf5 Ka7
66.Qd4+ Ka6 67.Qd6+ Kb7 68.Qd5+ Ka7 69.Kf6 Qa1+ 70.Ke6 Qe1+
71.Kd7 Qf2 72.Kc7 Qc2+ 73.Qc6 Qh7+ 74.Qd7 Qc2+ 75.Kd6 Kb6
76.Qd8+ Kb7 77.Qxh4 Qc6+ 78.Ke5 Qc5+ 79.Ke6 Qc6+ 80.Kf5 Qd5+
81.Kf4 Qxg2 82.Qe7+ Kc8 83.h4 Qf2+ 84.Kg5 Qg3+ 85.Kf5 Qd3+
86.Kf6 Qf3+ 87.Kg7 Qg3+ 88.Kf7 Qf3+ 89.Qf6 Qh5+ 90.Kg7 Qe2
91.Qf8+ Kd7 92.Qf7+ Kc8 93.h5 Qg2+ 94.Kf8 Qh3 95.Qe8+ Kb7
96.Qg6 Qc8+ 97.Kg7 Qc3+ 98.Kh7 Qh3 99.h6 Ka7 100.Qf6 Qd3+
101.Kh8 Qh3 102.h7 Qc8+ 103.Kg7 Qg4+ 104.Kf8 Qc8+ 105.Kf7 Qc4+
106.Qe6 Qf4+ 107.Kg7 Qg3+ 108.Kf8 Qb8+ 109.Qe8 Qb2 110.Qe3+
Ka8 111.Qf3+ Ka7 112.Kg8 Qb8+ 113.Qf8 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1996.12.26"]
[EventDate "1996.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7
8.Ne5 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.h3 Qc8 11.g4 h5 12.f3 Nh7 13.gxh5 gxh5
14.Kh2 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Rg1 Kh8 17.e3 Rg8 18.f4 Nf6 19.Qe1
Bh6 20.Qh4 Rg7 21.Bd2 Rag8 22.Ne2 Rh7 23.Bf1 Ne4 24.Rxg8+ Kxg8
25.Rd1 Bf5 26.Bg2 Qe6 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.Rg1+ Rg7 29.Ng3 Qc2
30.Rg2 Be4 31.Nxe4 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 dxe4 33.Qf2 Qxb2 34.Ba5 Qxf2+
35.Kxf2 e6 36.Bd8 Kg7 37.Ke2 Kg6 38.Kd2 Kf5 39.Bc7 Bg7 40.Kc3
Bf6 41.Kb4 Bh4 42.Ka5 Bf2 0-1

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd2 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nf6 7.Qe2
Qxd4 8.Nf3 Qd8 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a3 Be7 11.Rac1 O-O 12.e5 Nd5
13.Rfd1 b6 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Bd3 c5 16.Neg5 g6 17.Qe4 Re8 18.Qh4
Nf8 19.Bb5 a6 20.Bxe8 Qxe8 21.Qh6 Qa4 22.b4 Qxa3 23.bxc5 bxc5
24.Ne4 Ne3 25.Bxe3 Bxe4 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Bd5 28.Qh4 Qb4
29.Qg3 Rb8 30.h4 a5 31.Nh3 a4 32.Nf4 Bb3 33.Re1 Qd2 34.Qg5 Rd8
35.Rf1 Rd4 36.g3 Bc4 37.Rfe1 h5 38.Qf6 a3 39.Nh3 Nd7 40.Qd8+
Kg7 41.Ng5 a2 42.Nf3 Qd3 43.Nxd4 Qxd4 44.Rxc4 a1=Q 45.Rxa1
Qxa1+ 46.Kg2 Qa2 47.Rf4 Qd5+ 48.Kf1 Nxe5 49.Qxd5 exd5 50.Ra4
Kf6 51.Ra5 Nd7 52.Ke2 d4 53.Kd3 Ke5 54.Kc4 Ke4 55.f4 d3 56.Kc3
Nb6 57.Ra1 Nd5+ 58.Kd2 c4 0-1

[Event "Rapid final, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.Bb2 b5 8.c4 bxc4 9.bxc4 Rb8 10.Bc3 Qc7 11.d3 Rg8 12.Nbd2 g5
13.Ne1 Rg6 14.Nc2 Bd6 15.Qh5 h6 16.Nf3 Bb7 17.Ne3 Ne5 18.Nxe5
Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Rab1 Qd6 21.Ng4 Bc6 22.Rxb8+ Qxb8 23.Nxh6
Qb2 24.Ng4 d6 25.e5 Qd4 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.exd6 Qxd6 28.Ne5 Rf6
29.Re1 Be8 30.Qh3 Qd4 31.Qe3 Rf4 32.g3 Rf5 33.g4 Rf4 34.Ng6+
1-0

[Event "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.h3 Bd7 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Rc1 b5 11.Nd2 e6 12.b3 Ne7 13.Nf3 Bc6
14.Bg5 b4 15.Nb1 Ne4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qd3 f5 18.Nfd2 Nxd2
19.Nxd2 Bd7 20.e3 e5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Rfd1 Rbd8 23.Qd5+ Be6
24.Qa5 e4 25.c5 Bb2 26.Rb1 Bc3 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Qe5 29.Qxa6
Qxc5 30.Qe6+ Kg7 31.Bf1 Rf6 32.Rd7+ Kh6 33.Qe7 Qxe7 34.Rxe7
Rc6 35.Rc1 Rd2 36.a4 0-1

[Event "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxb5
a6 14.Nbd4 Bg7 15.Bxc4 O-O 16.Re1 Rc8 17.Rc1 Qb6 18.Qd2 Rfe8
19.Nf5 exf5 20.Bxd5 Nf6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Be5 Ne4
24.Qd4 Bf8 25.Qd3 Bc5 26.Bd4 Rd8 27.Qe3 Bb4 28.Re2 Qd5 29.a3
Bd6 30.h3 Bf4 31.Qd3 Nc5 32.Qc3 Ne6 33.Bf6 Rb8 34.g3 Bd6
35.Rd2 Qc5 36.b4 Qxc3 37.Bxc3 Bc7 38.Ne5 f4 39.g4 Nf8 40.Nd7
Rb6 1-0

[Event "Rapid, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4
Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.c5 Be7 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.f3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxd3
13.Qxd3 Bg5 14.Qa6 Bxc1 15.Raxc1 Qd7 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Rxe8+
Rxe8 18.h3 h5 19.Qxa7 Qe7 20.Kh1 Qe3 21.Rg1 Qxc3 22.Qxc7 Re1
23.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24.Kh2 Qa1 25.Qxc6 Qxd4 26.Qd6 h4 27.c6 Qb6
28.a4 Kh7 29.Qxd5 Qb8+ 30.Kg1 Qb1+ 31.Kf2 Qc2+ 32.Ke3 Qc1+
33.Kd4 Qg1+ 34.Kc4 Qxg2 35.Qe4+ g6 36.Qxh4+ Kg7 37.Qd4+ Kh7
38.Qd5 f5 39.Kb5 Qb2+ 40.Ka6 Qc3 41.c7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vallo Maidla"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.g4 Ne5 12.h4 b5 13.Bd3
Nfd7 14.g5 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nc5 16.Qd2 b4 17.Nce2 e5 18.Nb3 Be6
19.Kb1 a5 20.gxh6 gxh6 21.Ng3 Nxb3 22.cxb3 a4 23.bxa4 b3 24.a3
Rg8 25.Rc1 Qd8 26.Nh5 Rg6 27.a5 d5 28.Bb6 Rxb6 29.axb6 Qxb6
30.exd5 Bf5+ 31.Ka1 Qa7 32.d6 Bxd6 33.Rhe1 Kf8 34.Rc6 Qd4
35.Qxd4 exd4 36.Rb6 Bc2 37.a4 d3 38.Ra6 Kg8 39.Ra8+ Kh7 40.Ra7
d2 41.Rf1 Re6 42.Rxf7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Simultan"]
[Site "Terrasa (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alejandro Pablo Marin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Rc8 10.Qd2 Nb6 11.O-O-O Nfd7 12.g5 Be7
13.h4 O-O 14.h5 d5 15.exd5 Rxc3 16.Bxb6 Nxb6 17.Qxc3 Nxd5
18.Qd3 Bxg5+ 19.Kb1 Qc8 20.Rg1 Be3 21.Rg2 Bh6 22.Rf2 Ne3
23.Re1 Bc4 24.Qe4 Nxf1 25.Rfxf1 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qc7 27.Rd1 Rd8
28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.a4 g6 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Nc5 b6 32.Nxa6 Bf8
33.Qc6 Qd1+ 34.Ka2 Bd6 35.Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Simultan"]
[Site "Terrasa (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Roman Bordell Rosell"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3
d5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd7
13.Bb2 Nf6 14.O-O Ne4 15.Qc2 f5 16.Rac1 Rf7 17.b5 a6 18.a4 Qe7
19.Qe2 a5 20.Rc2 Re8 21.Rfc1 Qd8 22.Ba3 Re6 23.Qf3 g5 24.Qh5
Rg6 25.f3 Nf6 26.Qh3 g4 27.Qg3 gxf3 28.Qxf3 Ne4 29.Qf4 Rgg7
30.Be2 Ng5 31.Kh1 Ne6 32.Qe5 Rf6 33.Bf3 h6 34.Rc6 Bxc6 35.Rxc6
Rfg6 36.Rxe6 Qh4 37.h3 Rxe6 38.Qxe6+ Kh8 39.Qe5 f4 40.Qxf4
Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Kh7 42.Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Simultan"]
[Site "Terrasa (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Juan Pomes Marcet"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bg4 5.e3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Nd7 7.c4
e6 8.Nc3 Ngf6 9.c5 Qd8 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Bg3 e5 12.f4 exd4 13.exd4
Be7 14.Qe3 O-O 15.O-O g6 16.f5 Bg5 17.f4 Bh6 18.Qf2 b6 19.b4
a5 20.b5 bxc5 21.dxc5 d4 22.Na4 Ne5 23.Be4 cxb5 24.Nb6 Ra7
25.Rad1 Ng4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Bg7 28.Rd3 Re8 29.Bf3 gxf5
30.c6 Ra6 31.c7 Nxg3 32.hxg3 Rxb6 33.Rd8 Re6 34.Bxg4 Bf6
35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Simultan"]
[Site "Terrasa (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anton Gonzalez"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3
Bg4 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.Na4 Nd7
13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Bh2 b5 15.Nc3 Nb6 16.Qe2 Nc4 17.a4 Qa5 18.axb5
axb5 19.Ra1 Qb6 20.Rfc1 N6a5 21.Qc2 Bb4 22.Na2 Bd2 23.Rd1 Bxe3
24.fxe3 Nxe3 25.Qf2 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 b4 27.Bf4 Rc4 28.Kh2 Rfc8
29.Nc1 b3 30.Be2 Rc2 31.Qg3 Nc6 32.Bh5 g6 33.Nxb3 Rxb2 34.Nc5
e5 35.Bc1 Rc2 36.Nd7 Qd8 37.Bg4 Nxd4 38.Qxe5 Qxd7 39.Qxd4 f5
40.Bf3 Qg7 41.Qxd5+ Qf7 42.Qe5 Re8 43.Qd4 Qg7 44.Qa4 1-0

[Event "Simultan"]
[Site "Terrasa (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marcelo Ubach Miralda"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Bg2 f5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bg5
Nbd7 8.e4 h6 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.c5 O-O 12.cxd6 cxd6
13.O-O Kh8 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Rad1 g5 16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Qd5 Rf6 18.Nd2
Raf8 19.Qxb7 Qxb7 20.Bxb7 Nc5 21.Be4 Be6 22.Bc2 Rxf2 23.Rf1
Rxf1+ 24.Nxf1 Rd8 25.b4 Na6 26.Bb3 d5 27.Re1 e4 28.Nd2 Nc7
29.c4 dxc4 30.Nxc4 Rd4 31.Rc1 Nd5 32.Ne5 Kg7 33.Nc6 Rd2 34.Rd1
e3 35.Re1 Bh3 36.Bxd5 Rxd5 37.Rxe3 Rd2 38.Re7+ Kf6 39.Rxa7
Rg2+ 40.Kf1 Rc2 41.Ke1 Rxc6 42.a4 Rc2 43.b5 Rxh2 44.b6 Rb2
45.a5 Bg2 46.Rh7 Kg6 47.Rd7 h5 48.Rd6+ Kf5 49.a6 Kg4 50.Rg6
Bf3 51.Rf6 Ba8 52.Rf8 Bg2 53.b7 Bxb7 54.Rb8 Rb1+ 55.Kf2 Be4
56.Rxb1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.17"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.Nc3 Qh5 8.Bg5 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxg5 10.h4 Qh5 11.f3 O-O-O
12.O-O-O e6 13.g4 Qa5 14.Nb3 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Qa6 16.Qxa6 bxa6
17.Rd4 Nd7 18.Ra4 Ne5 19.Nd2 Kb7 20.Kd1 Be7 21.h5 g6 22.Re4
Nc6 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.f4 Rh1+ 25.Ke2 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Rc4 Rh2+
28.Kd1 e5 29.Nd5 Rh1+ 30.Ke2 Bh4 31.Nb3 Bg3 32.Nc5+ Kc8 33.Nb3
Rh2+ 34.Kd1 exf4 35.Rxc6 f3 36.Rf6 Rh1+ 37.Kd2 f2 38.Rf8+ Kd7
39.Rxf5 f1=Q 40.Rxf1 Rxf1 41.Nb4 Bd6 42.Nd3 Rf5 43.Kc3 Rh5
44.Nd2 Kc6 45.Nc4 Rh4 46.Kb3 Kb5 47.Ne3 Re4 48.Nd5 Rd4 49.Nc3+
Kc6 50.Na4 Kd5 51.Nc3+ Ke6 52.Nd1 c5 53.Ne3 Re4 54.Nc4 Be7
55.Nf2 Rh4 56.Nd3 Bg5 57.Kc3 Kd5 58.b3 Rh2 59.b4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Nd4 Ng6 11.f4 Bc5 12.Be3
Bb6 13.Rae1 Nh4 14.e6 fxe6 15.Nxe6+ Bxe6 16.Bxb6 axb6 17.Rxe6
Kd7 18.Rfe1 Rae8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.Kf2 Nf5 22.Ne4
c5 23.g4 Nh6 24.Kf3 Nf7 25.h4 Ke7 26.Ng5 Nd6 27.Nxh7 Nc4 28.f5
Nxb2 29.g5 Nc4 30.h5 b5 31.Kf4 Na3 32.h6 gxh6 33.g6 Nc4 34.f6+
Ke6 35.f7+ Ne5 36.f8=N+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.d3 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 Bh5 12.Be3 Bxe3
13.fxe3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Nd2 b4 16.Rf2 Ra8 17.Rb1 Na5
18.Ba4 Rb8 19.Ra1 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rb2 21.Nf1 Rxf2 22.Qxf2 Nb7
23.Bc6 Nc5 24.Qc2 Qb8 25.Rb1 Qa7 26.d4 Ne6 27.Nd2 Rb8 28.Bd5
Rxb1+ 29.Qxb1 Nd8 30.Kf2 g6 31.Nf3 c6 32.Bc4 Kg7 33.Bd3 Ne6
34.Qb2 Qc7 35.Bc2 h6 36.Ke2 Ng5 37.Nxg5 hxg5 38.Bd3 g4 39.hxg4
Qd7 40.Kf1 Qxg4 41.Qe2 Qh4 42.Qf2 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Qa1 44.Qe1 Qa2+
45.Qd2 Qe6 46.Qc2 c5 47.dxc5 dxc5 48.Ke1 Qc6 49.c4 Qb6 50.Qc3
Nd7 51.Ke2 Qe6 52.Bc2 Qg4+ 53.Kf1 Qg3 54.Qe1 Qh2 55.Qf2 Nf6
56.Ke2 Qh1 57.Qf1 Qh4 58.Qf2 Qh2 59.Qf3 Ne8 60.Bd3 Nd6 61.Qf1
Qh4 62.Qf2 Qe7 63.Qf1 Qb7 64.Qa1 Kf6 65.Qa5 Nxe4 66.Bxe4 Qxe4
67.Qxc5 Qxg2+ 68.Kd3 Qf1+ 69.Kd2 Qf2+ 70.Kd3 Qf5+ 71.Kc3 g5
72.Qb6+ Kg7 73.c5 g4 74.c6 g3 75.c7 g2 76.e4 Qf1 77.Kd2 g1=Q
78.Qxg1+ Qxg1 79.c8=Q Qd4+ 80.Ke2 Qxe4+ 81.Kf2 Qf4+ 82.Ke2 e4
83.Qc3+ Kg6 84.Qc6+ Kg5 85.Qc5+ Kg4 86.Qc8+ Kg3 87.Qc5 Kg2
88.Qd5 Qf3+ 89.Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Bf4
Nbd7 8.h3 h6 9.e3 g5 10.Bh2 Bg7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.f3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5
Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.e4 dxe4 16.fxe4 Bg6 17.O-O-O e5 18.Qc4 Qf6
19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd4 Raa8 21.Qe3 Rad8 22.Be2 Qe7 23.Rhe1 Nd7
24.Qd4+ Nf6 25.Qe3 Qe5 26.Bf3 h5 27.a3 Rfe8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Bd1 Rd4 30.Bc2 Rc4 31.Kb1 Rxc5 32.Qd2 Rc4 33.Qd8 Nxe4
34.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.e3 Be7 9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rfc1 h6 13.Bf4
Nh5 14.Be5 f6 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 f5 17.Ne2 Bd6 18.Nf4 Qf6
19.Be2 g5 20.Nd3 g4 21.Nh4 Rfc8 22.Qd1 a5 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rc1
Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Kf7 26.b3 Qd8 27.Nf4 Qc8 28.Qxc8 Bxc8 29.Nhg6 Nb8
30.f3 Ba6 31.Kf2 Bxe2 32.Kxe2 Nc6 33.Kd3 Nb4+ 34.Kd2 Kf6
35.Ke2 Nc6 36.Kd3 Nd8 37.fxg4 fxg4 38.e4 dxe4 39.Kxe4 Nf7
40.Nh4 Bxf4 41.Kxf4 h5 42.Ke4 Nd6+ 43.Kd3 Kg5 44.Ke3 b5
45.axb5 Nxb5 46.Kd3 Kf6 47.Kc4 Nd6+ 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Ke3 Kg7
50.Kd3 Kf6 51.Ke3 Nf5+ 52.Nxf5 exf5 53.Kf4 Ke6 54.Ke3 Kd5
55.Kd3 f4 56.gxf4 h4 57.Ke3 h3 58.gxh3 gxh3 59.Kf3 Kxd4 60.Kg3
Ke4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.25"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Qxc4
O-O 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.e3 Ne4 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Qe2 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Nb6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.e4 Bc4 16.Re1 Ba6 17.Nf3 Nc4 18.Bf4
e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Qb3
Qc5 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.cxb4 Bb5 26.e5 Ba4 27.Rd6 Rfe8 28.Re3 Kf8
29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Bf1 Rd1 31.Kg2 c5 32.Be2 Bc6+ 33.Kh3 Rd2
34.bxc5 Rxa2 35.Bf3 Rxf2 36.Bxc6 bxc6 37.Ra3 Rc2 38.Rxa7 Rxc5
39.Rc7 Rc2 40.g4 c5 41.Kg3 c4 42.h3 g5 43.Kf3 c3 44.Ke4 h6
45.Kd4 Rd2+ 46.Kxc3 Rh2 47.Kd4 Rxh3 48.e6 fxe6 49.Ke5 Rf3
50.Rh7 Kg8 51.Rxh6 Kf7 52.Rh5 Kg6 53.Kxe6 Rf4 54.Rh8 Re4+
55.Kd5 Rxg4 56.Rg8+ Kh7 57.Ra8 Rh4 58.Ra6 Rh6 59.Ra7+ Kg6
60.Ke4 Rh3 61.Ra1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 Qxg5 12.Qf3 O-O-O
13.Bxe6+ fxe6 14.Qxc6 Qxe5 15.b4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.bxc5 dxc3
18.Nb3 d4 19.Ba3 g6 20.Bb4 Bg7 21.a4 Kd7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rad1
Ke6 24.Rfe1+ Kd5 25.Bxc3 Kc4 26.Ba5 Kxb3 27.Rb1+ Kc4 28.Rec1+
Kd5 29.c6 Kd6 30.Rxb5 Rb8 31.Bb4+ Ke6 32.Re1+ Kf6 33.Be7+ Kf7
34.Rd5 Rhc8 35.Rd7 Kg8 36.g3 Rb6 37.Rc1 Rb3 38.Bc5 d3 39.Rd1
Rcb8 40.Kg2 Bf8 41.Bxf8 Rxf8 42.R1xd3 Rxd3 43.Rxd3 Rf7 44.f4
Re7 45.g4 Re6 46.Rd8+ Kf7 47.Rd7+ Re7 48.Rxe7+ Kxe7 49.g5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihail Saltaev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.Ba2 a6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qe2 b5 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.f3
Rfe8 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Bd4 Nd7 17.Qf2 a5 18.Rfe1 b4
19.Nb1 Rec8 20.axb4 axb4 21.Bb3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Qxc5 Rxc5
24.Rd4 Rb5 25.Nd2 g6 26.g3 Rc8 27.Ra1 d5 28.Rd3 Bg7 29.Ra2 h5
30.Kg1 dxe4 31.Nxe4 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Rc7 33.Kg2 g5 34.h3 Be5
35.Kf3 Kg7 36.Rd8 Bf6 37.Rda8 Rbc5 38.Rb8 Be7 39.Ra4 Re5 40.g4
h4 41.Raa8 Rec5 42.Ra4 R5c6 43.Ra5 Rc8 44.Rxc8 Rxc8 45.Ra7 Kf8
46.e5 Bc5 47.Rd7 Ra8 48.Rd1 Ke7 49.Ke4 Ra5 50.Kd3 Bf2 51.Kc4
Rxe5 52.Kxb4 Re3 53.Rd3 Rxd3 54.cxd3 Kd6 55.Kc3 Ke5 56.Kd2 Kf4
57.Ke2 Bd4 58.Ba4 Kg3 59.Be8 f6 60.Bd7 e5 61.b4 Kf4 62.Kf1 Kg3
63.Bf5 Kxh3 64.b5 Bb6 65.Bd7 e4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 h6 12.Qh3 Nc6
13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 Nd8 15.Rd3 O-O 16.Nf3 Nf7 17.Nh4 Rc4
18.Ng6 Rfc8 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nxe4 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.Re1 Nfg5
23.Bxg5 Nxg5 24.Qh5 exd5 25.Rf3 Ba5 26.Ne7+ Kh7 27.Rf6 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Bb3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.O-O-O Ne5
13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qc7 15.Bg5 Nc4 16.c3 Ba4 17.Qxc4 Qxc4
18.Bxc4 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Rxc4 20.Bxe7 Re8 21.Bxd6 f5 22.exf5 Bxd4
23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.cxd4 gxf5 25.Kd2 Kf7 26.Be5 b5 27.g3 Ke6
28.Ke3 Rc8 29.Kf4 Rc4 30.Kg5 Rc2 31.Kxh5 Rxb2 32.Kg6 Rxa2
33.h5 b4 34.h6 b3 35.h7 Rh2 36.Bf6 Kd5 37.Bh4 b2 38.h8=Q b1=Q
39.Qe5+ Kc6 40.d5+ Kb7 41.Qe7+ Ka6 42.Qe6+ Ka5 43.Bd8+ Kb4
44.Be7+ Ka5 45.d6 f4 46.Qf5+ Qxf5+ 47.Kxf5 fxg3 48.d7 Rd2
49.d8=Q+ Rxd8 50.Bxd8+ Kb4 51.Bh4 g2 52.Bf2 a5 53.Kg4 a4
54.Kh3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O a6
8.Be3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 Ne7 12.Qe2 c6 13.Raf1
h6 14.d4 O-O 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Nd1 Kh8 17.Qh5 Ng8 18.Nf2 Qe7
19.Ng4 Kg7 20.Rxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Qf5 Rae8 23.g4 Re7
24.d5 Rc7 25.c3 Nh7 26.Kh2 c5 27.h4 Rg8 28.Bh3 Kh8 29.Qh5 Kg7
30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Rd8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Bf5 Nf8 34.Qf6 Rdd7
35.Kg3 Nh7 36.Bxh7+ Kxh7 37.Kg4 b5 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Kf5 f6 40.g6
Re7 41.Kxf6 Rcd7 42.Qh5 Rg7 43.Qf5 Rge7 44.Kg5 Rg7 45.Qe6+ Kf8
46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Kh6 Rge7 48.c4 b4 49.Qf3 Rb7 50.Qd1 Rb8 51.Qa4
Rb6 52.b3 Kf8 53.a3 bxa3 54.Qxa3 Ra7 55.Qa1 Kg8 56.Qf1 Rbb7
57.Qf6 Rd7 58.b4 cxb4 59.c5 dxc5 60.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Bf4
Nbd7 8.h3 e6 9.Ne5 Be7 10.g4 Bg6 11.e3 Bd8 12.Be2 Nxe5 13.Bxe5
Bc7 14.Na4 Ba5+ 15.Nc3 O-O 16.h4 h6 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Bd6 Re8
19.Rhg1 Bc7 20.h5 Bh7 21.g5 Bxd6 22.cxd6 Kh8 23.gxh6 gxh6
24.e4 dxe4 25.Na4 Qd8 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Qf6 28.Qc3 Qxc3+
29.bxc3 Rab8 30.Rd4 a5 31.Bd1 b6 32.cxb6 Rxb6 33.Bc2 Rd8 34.d7
Rb5 35.Rgd1 Rxh5 36.c4 Kg7 37.Kb2 Kf8 38.Ba4 Rc5 39.Kc3 Ke7
40.Rd6 e3 41.fxe3 Be4 42.R6d4 Re5 43.Rf1 Bg2 44.Rg1 Rxe3+
45.Rd3 Rxd3+ 46.Kxd3 Rxd7+ 47.Ke3 Bh3 48.Bxc6 Rc7 49.Bb5 e5
50.Rh1 Be6 51.Kd3 Kf6 52.Rxh6+ Kg5 53.Rh8 Kf4 54.Rh4+ Bg4
55.Rh8 f5 56.Re8 Rc5 57.a4 Kf3 58.Ba6 Kf2 59.Bb5 Be2+ 60.Kc3
f4 61.Rd8 Bf3 62.Rd2+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1997/98, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1997/98, Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6
7. Bc4 Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bd3 c5 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3
Nc6 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 e6 16. h4 f6 17. Kb1
Qc7 18. Rde1 Qc5 19. Ne2 Rae8 20. h5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qxd4
22. Nxd4 Rf4 23. c3 Rg4 24. h6 Bf8 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Nxe6 Rxg2
27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rhf1+ Kg8 29. Rf6 Rg5 30. e6 Rf5 31. Rxf5
gxf5 32. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6
7. Nf2 Nc6 8. d4 Bh6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Bf3 O-O-O
12. a3 Nxe4 13. Nd5 Qe8 14. O-O f5 15. c3 Rg8 16. Re1 Qf7
17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Ne7 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Qb3
Rdf8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd5 Qxh4 24. Ne3 c6 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. c4
Re8 27. Nd1 Qh4 28. d5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3
Nge7 8.f4 b5 9.g5 Bb7 10.Bg2 h6 11.gxh6 Ng6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.Qd4 Qh4+ 14.Kd2 gxh6 15.Raf1 Rg8 16.Kc1 Rc8 17.Rhg1 Ne7
18.Qd2 b4 19.Nd1 Ba4 20.b3 Bb5 21.Rf3 Nc6 22.Rh3 Qd8 23.Kb1
Rg4 24.Nf2 Rxg2 25.Rxg2 Bf1 26.Ng4 Bg7 27.f5 Bc3 28.Qf2 Bxg2
29.Qxg2 exf5 30.Nxh6 Kd7 31.Nxf5 Qg8 32.Qe2 Qg6 33.Rh6 Qg8
34.Rxd6+ Ke8 35.Qxa6 Ne7 36.Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5
12.g4 Bf7 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Bd2 g6 16.Kg2 Nf6 17.g5 hxg5
18.Nxg5 Bg8 19.Re3 Be7 20.Rf3 b6 21.Rh1 Rh4 22.Rd3 Bd6 23.Rf3
Be7 24.Rd3 Rf8 25.Nf3 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Bh6 Rf5 28.Re3 Nd6
29.Nxe5 Bd5+ 30.f3 Bf6 31.Rhe1 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Bxf3+ 33.Kh2 Rxe5
34.Rxe5 Be4 35.c3 Bb1 36.a3 Nf7 37.Re1 Bf5 38.Bf4 Nd8 39.Re7
Ne6 40.Be5 c5 41.c4 a5 42.a4 Kd8 43.Bf6 Kc8 44.Kg3 Kb7 45.h4
Kc8 46.Kf2 Kb7 47.Ke3 Kb8 48.Be5 Kc8 49.Rf7 Bc2 50.Rf6 Kd7
51.Kd2 Be4 52.Rxe6 Kxe6 53.Bxc7 Kd7 54.Bxb6 Kc6 55.Bxa5 Bf5
56.Kc3 Bh3 57.Bd8 Kd6 58.Bg5 Bd7 59.a5 Bc8 60.Be3 Kc6 61.Bxc5
Kxc5 62.b4 Kd6 63.Kd4 Bh3 64.b5 Bf1 65.a6 Kc7 66.Kc5 Be2
67.Kb4 Bf1 68.c5 Be2 69.Ka5 Bf3 70.c6 Kb8 71.Kb6 Be2 72.a7 Ka8
73.Ka6 Bf3 74.c7+ Bb7+ 75.Ka5 Bc8 76.b6 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.O-O exd4 9.Bxd4 Qe7 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Re1 Na6 12.h3 b6 13.a3 Bb7
14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bf1 Ne6 16.Be3 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Bd4 Rad8
19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Re5 Qf6 23.Qe1 Nc7
24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Qc1 Ne6 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.bxc3 Rc8 28.c4 Bc6
29.a4 a5 30.Nb1 Kf6 31.Nc3 Ke5 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.cxd5
Kxd5 35.Rd1+ Nd4 36.Rc1 Rb7 37.g4 Rd7 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.f4 Rc7
40.Rd1 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gilberto Milos"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3
e5 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.e3 Ne6 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nxf6+
Bxf6 14.Ne4 Bg7 15.Nc3 h5 16.h4 Nc7 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Qc2 d5
19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Na4 e4 21.dxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Nc3 Rg4
24.Ne2 Ne6 25.f3 Rc4 26.Qd1 Rac8 27.Bc3 d4 28.exd4 Nxd4 29.Rf2
Nxe2+ 30.Rxe2 Qxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Rxc3 33.Kg2 Rxa3
34.Rd7 Rcc3 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 a6
8.Bg2 g5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne5 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.f4
gxf4 14.Nce2 Be7 15.Nxf4 O-O-O 16.Kb1 Kb8 17.Rhf1 Bc8 18.Nde2
Rh7 19.Ng3 b6 20.Ngh5 Nfd7 21.Nd3 Bb7 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Nf6 Rg7
24.Qxh6 Rg6 25.Qh4 Rc8 26.Rd2 Ka7 27.g5 Qc5 28.Qf4 a5 29.Rfd1
a4 30.Bf1 a3 31.Ba1 Nc6 32.h4 Bxf6 33.gxf6 Ne5 34.Be2 Rg2
35.h5 Qc6 36.Bxe5 dxe5 37.Qxe5 Rg5 38.Qd4 Qxe4 39.Qxe4 Bxe4
40.Kc1 Rf5 41.Rf1 Rd5 42.Bd1 b5 43.Rf4 Rxd2 44.Kxd2 Rd8+
45.Kc1 Bf5 46.Rb4 Kb6 47.Be2 Kc5 48.Rxb5+ Kd4 49.Ra5 Ke3
50.Bd1 Kf4 51.Ra7 Rf8 52.Rxa3 e5 53.b4 e4 54.b5 e3 55.b6 Be4
56.Ra4 Ke5 57.Ra7 Kf4 58.a4 Rg8 59.Rxf7 Rg1 60.Rg7 Rf1 61.f7
Ke5 62.Kb2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 h5
12. g5 Nf5 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Bd3 h4 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Rg1 g6
17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Qd3 Kf8
22. Bc3 Kg7 23. Nd2 a5 24. b5 Na7 25. a4 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Qxc5
27. Ke2 Nc8 28. Bxa5 Qa7 29. Bc7 Ra8 30. a5 d4 31. Nc4 Ne7
32. Bb6 Qb8 33. Qxd4 Nd5 34. Nd6 h3 35. Rgd1 Rh5 36. Qc5 Nxb6
37. Qxb6 Rxg5 38. Rc7 Qh8 39. Nxf7 Qh5+ 40. Kd2 Bxf7 41. Rxf7+
Kh6 42. Qf6 Rg2 43. Qg7+ Kg5 44. Ke3 Qg4 45. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Aleksandar Kovacevic"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 e6
8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+ 10.Be3 Bh6 11.O-O Bxe3 12.fxe3 Qe7
13.e4 Nbd7 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Rf2 Rf8 16.Raf1 Ne8 17.Bc2 Ne5
18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Ba4 Nd6 20.Rf6 h6 21.Qf2 Nf5 22.Rxf5 gxf5
23.exf5 f6 24.Ne4 b6 25.Qh4 Kh7 26.Rf3 Rf7 27.d6 Qf8 28.Bc6
Rb8 29.Bd5 Rbb7 30.Be6 Rbd7 31.Rg3 Bb7 32.Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3
12. gxf3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Ba3 15. c3 O-O 16. Be4
Be7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7 b6 20. Rhg1 Rad8
21. Qxa7 Bc5 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Qb7 Rxa2 24.Qe4 Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 b5
26. Kc2 b4 27. Qxb4 Qf5+ 28. Kb3 Raa8 29. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4
Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.c5 Be7 10.Nc3 f5 11.f3 Ng5 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Bf4
Bf6 14.Rae1 Ne6 15.Be5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Qh4 17.f4 Nxf4 18.g3 Nh3+
19.Kg2 Qh6 20.Nxd5 f4 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Nf5 Qg5 23.Nh4 Qh6 24.Bf5
fxg3 25.hxg3 g6 26.Bxd7 Qd2+ 27.Kxh3 Rxf1 28.Bxc6 Raf8 29.Bg2
R1f2 30.Qd7 g5 31.Re7 Qc2 32.Be4 Rh2+ 33.Kg4 Rxh4+ 34.gxh4
Qe2+ 35.Kxg5 Rg8+ 36.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.g4 h6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.Qd2 d5 13.O-O-O
dxe4 14.Qe3 Qc8 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 O-O 17.Kb1 f5 18.Qe3 Nb4
19.Bd3 fxg4 20.Be4 Bf5 21.Nd4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qc4 23.b3 Qf7
24.Ne6 Rfc8 25.Nc7 Nxc2 26.Kxc2 Bg5 27.Bxg5 Rxc7 28.Kb1 hxg5
29.hxg4 Rc6 30.Qh7 Kf8 31.Rdf1 Rf6 32.Qh8 Ke7 33.Re1 Re6
34.Qxa8 Qg6 35.Kc1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7
8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.O-O Nxb6 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Qd2 Bg4
14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nc4 17.Qc2 Na6 18.Nb5 Ne5
19.Be2 Nb4 20.Qd2 Qd7 21.Bg3 Qb7 22.Rad1 Kh8 23.f4 Nd7 24.Bc4
Nb6 25.b3 Rad8 26.Bh4 Rd7 27.f5 Qb8 28.Rf1 Qd8 29.Rf2 Bf6
30.Qh6 Rg8 31.fxg6 Rxg6 32.Bxf6 exf6 33.Qf4 Nxc4 34.bxc4 Qe7
35.Rdd2 Kg7 36.Rf3 Qe5 37.Qxe5 fxe5 38.Rdf2 Na6 39.Rb2 Rb7
40.Kf2 h5 41.Rbb3 Nb4 42.Rf5 Rh6 43.Kg3 h4 44.Kg4 Nc2 45.Rf2
Ne1 46.g3 Rb8 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Nxd6 Rxd6 49.Rxb8 Rg6 50.Kxh4
Nf3 51.Kh5 Rg5 52.Kh6 Rxg3 53.Rb7 Kf6 54.Rb6 Ke7 55.Rb7 Kd8
56.Rb8 Kc7 57.Rb5 Rxh3 58.Kg6 Nd2 59.Rxc5 Kd7 60.Rxa5 Rg3
61.Kf6 Rf3 62.Kg6 Nxc4 63.Ra7 Kd6 64.a5 Kc5 65.Rc7 Kd4 66.a6
Nd6 67.Rc6 Rg3 68.Kh6 Nf7 69.Kh5 Rg5 70.Kh4 Rg8 71.Rf6 Ng5
72.a7 Nxe4 73.Ra6 Ra8 74.d6 Nc5 75.Ra5 e4 76.Kg3 e3 77.d7 Nxd7
78.Ra4 Kd5 79.Kf3 Nb6 80.Ra6 Nc4 81.Ke2 Kd4 82.Ra1 Nb6 83.Ra6
Nd5 84.Ra4 Kc3 85.Ra5 Kc4 86.Ra4 Kb5 87.Ra1 Kb6 88.Kd3 Rxa7
89.Rb1 Kc5 90.Rc1 Kd6 91.Rd1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5
Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 c5 11.f3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7 13.Be2
e5 14.Qd3 d5 15.O-O Rac8 16.Rac1 h6 17.Bh4 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Bd5
19.e4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Nf8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8
24.Bg3 Ng6 25.Be1 Ne8 26.g3 Ne7 27.Bb4 Rd7 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Rxc7
Nxc7 30.Bd7 Ng6 31.Bd6 Ne6 32.Bb8 Nc5 33.Bh3 a5 34.Ba7 Na4
35.b3 Nc5 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Na6 38.b5 Nc7 39.Bd7 Kf8 40.Bxb6
Ke7 41.Bc6 Kd6 42.Bxc7 Kxc7 43.Be8 Nh8 44.Kf2 Kd8 45.b6 Kc8
46.Bc6 Ng6 47.Ke3 Ne7 48.Bd5 Kb8 49.Kd3 Nc8 50.Kc4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.08"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6
8.Bf4 a6 9.Nge2 b5 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.cxb5 Nfd7 12.Ng3 Qa5 13.b6
Nxb6 14.Qc2 N8d7 15.Bd2 c4 16.Nd1 Qc5 17.Bc3 Ne5 18.f4 Ng4
19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Be2 Nf6 21.Qd2 Rb8 22.Rc1 a5 23.a3 h5 24.b4
axb4 25.axb4 Qb5 26.Bf3 Na4 27.e5 Nd7 28.exd6 exd6 29.O-O Ba6
30.Nc3 Qxb4 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Nxa4 Qxa4 33.Bxh5 Qb4 34.Be2 Rfc8
35.Kh1 Qb2 36.Qa7 Nc5 37.Qe7 Nd3 38.f5 Qe5 39.Qxe5 dxe5 40.Ra1
Bb5 41.fxg6 fxg6 42.Ne4 Nf4 43.Bg4 Rf8 44.Nc3 Kg7 45.Kg1 Rfd8
46.Ra7+ Kh6 47.h4 Be8 48.Be6 g5 49.hxg5+ Kxg5 50.Ne4+ Kh6
51.Bf5 Bg6 52.Bxg6 Kxg6 53.d6 Rb2 54.Rf2 Rb1+ 55.Kh2 Re1
56.Nd2 c3 57.Nf3 Rh8+ 58.Kg3 Nh5 59.Kh4 Re4+ 60.Kh3 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.11"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Re1 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.d3
a6 8.Ba4 Nd7 9.d4 Bf6 10.Bc2 Nb6 11.h3 Bd7 12.b3 exd4 13.cxd4
Nb4 14.Nc3 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 c6 16.Ba3 Be7 17.Rad1 Re8 18.d5 cxd5
19.exd5 Rc8 20.Qd3 h6 21.Ne4 Bf5 22.Qd4 Bf8 23.Ng3 Rxe1+
24.Rxe1 Bh7 25.Nh5 Nd7 26.Bxd6 Qb6 27.Bxf8 Qxd4 28.Nxd4 Kxf8
29.d6 Rd8 30.Re7 Nc5 31.b4 Ne4 32.Nxg7 Nxd6 33.Rc7 Bb1 34.a3
Ne8 35.Nxe8 Kxe8 36.Ne2 Be4 37.Ng3 Bc6 38.Nf5 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Rd2
40.Kg3 Rd3+ 41.f3 Rxa3 42.Nxh6 Bd5 43.Nf5 b5 44.h4 Kd8 45.Ra7
a5 46.h5 Be4 47.Kf4 axb4 48.h6 Bxf5 49.Kxf5 Rxa7 50.h7 1-0

[Event "Klooster, Ter Apel NED"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6
13.Be3 Qe7 14.a3 Nh5 15.Qc2 c6 16.Rfe1 Nc5 17.Rad1 Ne6 18.g3
Bd7 19.c5 Rad8 20.b4 Bc8 21.Bf1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Nb1 Nd4
24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Nbd2 d3 26.Bxd3 Bxh3 27.e5 Qd7 28.Ne4 Nf4
29.Nd6 Bg2 30.Be4 Qg4 31.Rd4 Bxf3 32.Bxf3 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Qxd4
34.Kxh3 Bxe5 35.Nc4 Bc7 36.Kg2 Qd3 37.Qc1 h5 38.Ne3 Be5 39.Nc4
Qc3 40.Qxc3 Bxc3 41.Nd6 Rd7 42.b5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Klooster, Ter Apel NED"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3
Na6 8.e4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Be6 11.Qe2 Qd4 12.Bf4 Nh5
13.Rfd1 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Qb6 15.Nd7 Bxd7 16.Rxd7 Nc5 17.Rd2 Ne6
18.Qe3 Rad8 19.Rad1 Bd4 20.Qg3 Bxc3 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.bxc3 Qd1+ 24.Bf1 Nc5 25.Qe3 Qg4+ 26.Bg2 Ne6 27.h3 Qxf4
28.Qxa7 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Kg7 30.Qxb7 Nf4 31.Qb6 Ne2 32.f3 Qxc3
33.Qf2 Qe5+ 34.Kh1 Nf4 35.Bf1 g5 36.h4 h6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Kg1
Kg6 39.Qb6 Qc3 40.Qf2 f6 41.Kh2 c5 42.a4 Qa1 43.Bh3 Qxa4
44.Bf5+ Kg7 45.Qb2 Qxc4 46.e5 Qe2+ 47.Qxe2 Nxe2 48.exf6 Kxf6
49.Bd3 Nf4 50.Bb1 c4 51.Kg3 Nd5 52.Kg4 Ne3+ 53.Kg3 Ke5 54.Bg6
Nd5 55.Kg4 Kf6 56.Bb1 Ne3+ 57.Kg3 Ke5 58.Bg6 c3 59.Bb1 Nd5
60.Kg4 Kf6 61.Kg3 Nf4 62.Kg4 Nd5 63.Kg3 Kg7 64.Kf2 Kh6 65.Ke2
Nb4 66.Be4 Kg7 67.Ke3 Kf6 68.Ba8 Ke6 69.Bb7 Ke5 70.Ba8 Kd6
71.Be4 Kc5 72.f4 g4 73.f5 Nd5+ 74.Kd3 Nf6 75.Bh1 Kb4 76.Kc2
Kc4 77.Bg2 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. g4 Ndc5 11. Nb3 Nxb3
12. Qxb3 Qh4 13. Rg1 Bh6 14. g5 Bg7 15. O-O-O f5 16. gxf6 Bh6
17. Na4 Bd7 18. f7+ Rxf7 19. Qxb7 Bxa4 20. Qxa8+ Rf8 21. Qxf8+
Kxf8 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rfc8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. b3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Bb2 f6
22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. Re3 Rb7 26. Rd3 Qe6
27. Nf5 Kh8 28. Nde3 Rbc7 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Nd5
Rcc8 32. Rc1 Red8 33. Nb6 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Nb4 35. Rxc8 Qxc8
36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Nxd7 Nd3 38. Nxf8 Nxb2 39. Ne6 Nd3 40. Nc7
Nc1 41. Nxa6 Nxa2 42. Kf1 Nc1 43. Nc5 Na2 44. Nd3 Kg8 45. Ke1
Kf7 46. Kd2 b4 47. Nc5 Ke7 48. Na4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6
7.Qe2 f6 8.Nc4 Qd7 9.Rd1 c5 10.c3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne7
13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 b5 15.Ne3 cxb4 16.axb4 Bd6 17.d4 O-O 18.Nf5
exd4 19.cxd4 Kh8 20.Bb2 Bxb4 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.Ne3 c6 23.Qg3 Rac8
24.d5 cxd5 25.e5 fxe5 26.Qxe5 Ng6 27.Qd4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Bd6
29.Ng4 h5 30.Rc6 Rg8 31.Qe3 Nf4 32.Qb6 Rd8 33.Ne5 Bxe5 34.Bxe5
Ne2+ 35.Kf1 Re8 36.Bxg7+ Kg8 37.Rg6 Nf4 38.Be5+ Nxg6 39.Qxg6+
Kf8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade, ?"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2
Rb8 14.Nc5 b4 15.Ne2 Nc4 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ng3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Nd7
19.Bxa6 Nc5 20.Bc4 Bg5 21.Qe2 Ra8 22.Qe1 Rb8 23.Ne2 Bh4 24.Qd2
O-O 25.Rhf1 Rb6 26.Nc1 Bg5 27.Qe2 Qe7 28.Nd3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Kh8
30.Rfd1 Rc8 31.Bb3 Rc5 32.Qe1 Bh4 33.Qg1 Bg5 34.c3 bxc3
35.Rxc3 Rxc3 36.Qxb6 Rxf3 37.Qxd6 Qxd6 38.Rxd6 Rf1+ 39.Rd1 Rf2
40.Bxe6 g6 41.a4 Be3 42.Rd7 Bd4 43.Rb7 Rxh2 44.a5 Rh1+ 45.Ka2
Rc1 46.b4 h5 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.Kb3 h4 49.b5 h3 50.Bxh3 Rc3+
51.Kb4 Rxh3 52.a6 Rh4 53.a7 Bxa7 54.Rxa7 Rxe4+ 55.Kc5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade, ?"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
d5 8.g5 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qg4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bd7 12.Qxe4 Nc6
13.Nb3 Qe5 14.Bg2 Qxe4 15.Bxe4 Be7 16.Nc5 O-O-O 17.Nxd7 Rxd7
18.Ke2 Ne5 19.Rad1 Rc7 20.b3 f5 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.f4 Nd7 23.f5
e5 24.Bd5 Kb8 25.c4 Bc5 26.Rhg1 b5 27.Rg4 Bxe3 28.Kxe3 Nb6
29.Be6 bxc4 30.bxc4 h5 31.Rh4 Na4 32.Rd6 Nc5 33.Bd5 Rh6 34.Rh3
h4 35.Rf3 Rd7 36.Rb6+ Ka7 37.Rc6 Na4 38.Ke2 Rb7 39.Rb3 Rxb3
40.axb3 Nc3+ 41.Kd3 Na2 42.Rc8 h3 43.Be4 Kb6 44.c5+ Ka5 45.Rb8
Rh7 46.c6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "1998.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6
7. Be3 a6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bc1 b5 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. g5 hxg5
17. fxg5 Nh5 18. g6 fxg6 19. Bf3 b4 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Qg2 bxc3
22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Bg5 Rf7 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Rf1 Bc6 26. Nxc6
cxb2 27. Qg6 Na3+ 28. Kxb2 Qb7+ 29. Kc1 Rxc6 30. Qxe6+ Qe7
31. Rxd6 Rxc2+ 32. Kd1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7
7. O-O Ne7 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 a6 11. Be3 Qd8 12. g4
Bg6 13. f4 Ne4 14. Na4 h5 15. f5 hxg4 16. fxe6 g3 17. exf7+
Bxf7 18. h3 g2 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. Qf3+ Ke8 22. Be6
Nc6 23. Bxd5 Nxd4 24. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "It (blitz)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Bc1 g6 6.f3 Nf6 7.e4 d6
8.Nc3 Bg7 9.a4 a6 10.a5 Qa7 11.Bc4 Nbd7 12.Nge2 O-O 13.O-O Ne5
14.b3 Nxc4 15.bxc4 Nd7 16.Bb2 Ne5 17.Na4 Nxc4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.Qd3 b5 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Qc3+ Kg8 22.Nxb6 Qxb6 23.Rfb1 Qc7
24.h4 Bd7 25.h5 Rfb8 26.Nf4 Qd8 27.e5 dxe5 28.Qxe5 Bf5 29.Rxb8
Qxb8 30.Qxb8+ Rxb8 31.Rxa6 Rb4 32.h6 f6 33.Ne6 Kf7 34.Nd8+ Ke8
35.Nc6 Rh4 36.Ra7 Rxh6 37.Rxe7+ Kf8 38.d6 Rh4 39.g4 Bc8 40.Kg2
h5 41.gxh5 Bh3+ 42.Kg3 Rxh5 43.d7 Bxd7 44.Rxd7 Rg5+ 45.Kf2 Ke8
46.Rd6 Kf7 47.Rd2 Rh5 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.Ke4 Rh4+ 50.f4 g5 51.Rf2
gxf4 52.Rxf4 f5 53.Ke3 Rh2 54.c4 Rh3+ 55.Kf2 Kd6 56.Na5 Ra3
57.Nb7+ Ke5 58.Rf3 Ra4 59.Re3+ Kd4 60.Nd6 Ra6 61.Re6 Ra1
62.Kg3 Rf1 63.Re2 f4 64.Kg2 Rc1 65.Rd2+ Ke3 66.Rd5 f3 67.Kg3
Rg1+ 68.Kh2 f2 69.Re5+ Kd3 70.Rd5+ Kc2 71.Rf5 f1=Q 72.Rxf1
Rxf1 73.Kg3 Kd3 74.Kg4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3
c6 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5 16.Qf3 Kh8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g6 19.Ne3
g5 20.Bg3 dxe4 21.dxe4 c5 22.Bxf7 Bxe4 23.Qe2 Re7 24.Bh5 Nxh5
25.Qxh5 Bg7 26.Neg4 Bxc2 27.Nxh6 Qe8 28.Qxg5 Re6 29.Nf5 Bf6
30.Qg4 Qg8 31.Ne3 Bh7 32.Rad1 Ra7 33.Qe2 c4 34.Neg4 Bg7 35.Nf3
Bd3 36.Qe3 Ra8 37.Ngxe5 Rae8 38.Qd4 Nxe5 39.Bxe5 Bxe5 40.Rxe5
1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.h4 Bd7
13.Bd3 h6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bc6 16.Qe3 Rxd3 17.Rxd3 hxg5
18.hxg5 Bxg2 19.gxf6 Bxh1 20.Qg1 1-0

[Event "It, Monaco"]
[Site "It, Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. a3
Ng4 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. b3 b5 15. h3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rxb1 17. Ncxb1
Qb6 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. e4 Bd7 20. Nd1 Rb8 21. f4 Ba4 22. Qxa4 Nd3
23. Nf3 Nxe1 24. Nxe1 Qb1 25. Qxa5 Qxc1 26. Bf3 Bd4+ 27. Kh2
Rb3 28. h4 Rxa3 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. e5 Qd2+ 31. Ng2 Rxf3 32. Qxe7
dxe5 33. h5 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "It, Monaco"]
[Site "It, Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. O-O c5 13. c3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. h4 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nf6
17. Qh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. a4 Be7 21. Bc3 Qd5
22. Qh3 Bd6 23. Re3 h5 24. Rae1 a5 25. Rf3 Rc8 26. Ba6 Rc7
27. Rd3 Ng4 28. Rd2 Rh6 29. Be2 Rg6 30. Bd3 Qa2 31. Bxg6 fxg6
32. Qf3+ Kg8 33. Qe4 Rxc3 34. d5 e5 35. Qxg6 Nf6 36. Qf5 Kh8
37. Qe6 Bb4 38. Red1 Rc5 39. Qxb6 Qxa4 40. Rd3 e4 41. Rd4 Rc2
42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. d6 Qd7 44. Qxd7 Nxd7 45. Rxe4 Rc8 46. g3 Rd8
47. Kg2 Kg6 48. f3 Kf6 49. Rd5 g6 50. g4 Nb6 51. Rb5 Rxd6
52. gxh5 Nd5 53. hxg6 Nf4+ 54. Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6
7. h4 Be7 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 Bf6 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qb4 Be7
17. Qd2 e5 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Bg2 Qc7 20. Kb1 Bxg4 21. Bxb7 Rd8
22. Bd5 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Qd6 24. c4 O-O 25. Qxa4 e4 26. Bd4 Bf6
27. c5 Qh2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.Bxe4 d5
7.dxe5 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bg5+ Ke8 11.O-O-O Bg4
12.Rd4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.Rxe4 Bh3 15.gxh3 hxg5 16.Rg1 Rxh3
17.Rxg5 Kf8 18.Reg4 Re8 19.Rxg7 Rxe5 20.Rg8+ Ke7 21.Rc4 c5
22.Rb8 Rf3 23.Rxb7+ Kd6 24.Ra4 Rxf2 25.Ra6+ Kd5 26.Rd7+ Ke4
27.Ra4+ Ke3 28.Rd3+ Ke2 29.Rd2+ Kf1 30.Rxf2+ Kxf2 31.Rf4+ Ke3
32.Rxf7 a5 33.Ra7 Ke4 34.Rxa5 Kd5 35.Ra4 Re3 36.Rh4 Rxc3
37.Kb2 Rf3 38.Rh8 Rf7 39.a4 Rf4 40.a5 Rb4+ 41.Kc1 Ra4 42.Rh5+
Kc6 43.a6 Kb6 44.Rh6+ Ka7 45.Kb2 Rf4 46.Kb3 Rb4+ 47.Kc3 Rf4
48.h4 Rg4 49.h5 Rh4 50.Kb2 Rh3 51.c4 Rh2+ 52.Ka3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.Qe2
Nf6 8.Nc3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bf4 Nc6
13.O-O Ndxe5 14.Rae1 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 O-O 17.Qg3 Kh8
18.Bc7 Qa7 19.Na4 f6 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Bc7 Qa7 22.Nb6 e5 23.Nxa8
Qxa8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Bd6 Bd8 26.Nc5 b6 27.Ne4 Nd4 28.Bxe5 Nf5
29.Qg4 Ne3 30.Qh5 Rg8 31.Qf3 Nxd1 32.Nd6 Qa7 33.Nxc8 Qd7
34.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Be3 Rd8
13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc4 16.Bc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Nxd4
Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5 20.Kh1 a5 21.h3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Ba2 Be8
24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4 Nxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxe5
29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Bg5 Rd5 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.c4 Bxd4
34.cxd5 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.Qc3 Qxd5 37.Bh6 Re5 38.Rf3 Qc5
39.Qa1 Bf5 40.Re3 f6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+ Qd5 43.Qxd5+ cxd5
44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3 Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3 48.gxh3 Kf5 49.Kf2
Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4 51.Be7 Kd3 52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Nb3
Qxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Nb4 14.Kb1 Nd5 15.Bf2 Bg5 16.Rd3 b6 17.g3 Bb7
18.Be2 Rfd8 19.h4 Bh6 20.c4 Nb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.c5 Bd5 23.Rd1
Rb8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Be1 Nxa2 26.Nd4 g6 27.b3 Ra8 28.Bc4 Bxc4
29.bxc4 Rd8 30.Kc2 Bf8 31.Nc6 Rc8 32.Ne5 Nb4+ 33.Bxb4 Bxb4
34.Rd7 Be1 35.Nxf7 Rxc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 Bxg3 38.Ng5 Bxh4
39.Nxe6 Rc2+ 40.Kd3 Rc6 41.Nf4 Rf6 42.Ke4 Rf7 43.Rd5 Bg3
44.Ne2 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Bf2 46.f4 Kf7 47.Nc3 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Rf3
49.Rd7+ Ke6 50.Rxh7 Rxf4 51.Rg7 Kf5 52.Ne2 Rf3 53.Rf7+ Kg4
54.Re7 Bc5 55.Re4+ Kf5 56.Re8 g5 57.Nc1 Kg4 58.Nd3 Rf5 59.Ke2
Kg3 60.Re6 g4 61.Re4 Kh3 62.Nf4+ Kh2 63.Nd3 g3 64.Rh4+ Kg1
65.Nf4 Re5+ 66.Kd3 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
h6 8.f4 e5 9.Nf5 h5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.O-O-O Be6
13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Bxg4 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8 16.Rd6 exf4 17.Bxf4
Ne6 18.Be5 Bf3 19.Rg1 Bxe4 20.Bh3 Rd8 21.Rb6 Bc6 22.Rb3 Rg8
23.Re3 g6 24.Bf6 Rd6 25.c4 Kf8 26.Rf1 Bd7 27.b3 g5 28.Be5 Rc6
29.Bg2 g4 30.Rd3 Be8 31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Rf5 Kg6 33.Ra5 f5 34.Rd2
Ng5 35.Bxc6 Bxc6 36.Bf4 Ne4 37.Rd4 h4 38.b4 g3 39.hxg3 hxg3
40.b5 g2 41.Be3 axb5 42.cxb5 Be8 43.b6 Bc6 44.Rd1 Rh8 45.Re5
Nc3 46.Rd6+ Kf7 47.Rxf5+ Ke7 48.Rg6 Rh1+ 49.Kd2 Rf1 50.Rh5
Ne4+ 51.Kc2 Nf6 52.Rh4 Kf7 53.Rg5 Nd5 54.Bd4 Nf6 55.Rh6 Be4+
56.Kd2 Ne8 57.Rg4 Rh1 58.Rf4+ Kg8 59.Re6 Bc6 60.Rxc6 bxc6
61.Rg4+ Kf7 62.Rxg2 Nd6 63.Kc2 Ke6 64.a4 Kd5 65.Bg1 c5 66.a5
Kc6 67.Rg6 Kb7 68.Rxd6 Rxg1 69.Rd7+ Kc8 70.Rc7+ Kb8 71.a6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7
7. O-O Ne7 8. b3 a6 9. Na4 Qc7 10. c4 b5 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. bxc4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Bd2 N7b6 15. Bb3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd5
17. Bd2 Be7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qa4 Rfc8 21. Bb4 Bd8
22. Rc3 Qb6 23. Rfc1 Qb5 24. Qa3 Qb7 25. Bd6 a5 26. Rb3 Qa6
27. Be7 a4 28. Rb2 Bc7 29. h3 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Bxb8 31. Bd6 Ba7
32. Bc5 Bb8 33. Bd6 Ba7 34. Bc5 Bb8 35. Nh4 Be4 36. f3 Bd3
37. Rd1 Bc2 38. Rd2 Bb1 39. Rb2 Bd3 40. Rb4 Bb5 41. Nf5 Re8
42. Qe3 h6 43. Qf4 Qb7 44. Qg4 f6 45. Qg6 Qd7 46. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "1998.11.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qa4+ Bd7
12. Qb3 b5 13. f4 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. g4 exf4
17. Bxf4 O-O 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. h4 Na4 21. Bc1 Rc8
22. g5 Be5 23. h5 Qc7 24. Bd3 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Bxh7+
Kxh7 27. g6+ Kg8 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Rdf1 Rc4 30. Be3 fxg6
31. hxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rg4 33. Rg1 Re4 34. Bf2 Rb4+ 35. Kc1
Rb2 36. Rg3 b4 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Shirov-Kramnik WCC Candidates Match"]
[Site "Cazorla ESP"]
[Date "1998.05.28"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7
7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qh5 O-O 11.Qxd5 Bc6 12.Qh5 g6
13.Qh3 Ng5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Nc3 Rfe8 16.d5 Bxd5 17.f4 Qd8
18.Nxd5 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Qxd5 20.Rac1 Be3 21.Bc4 Qf5 22.Qxf5 gxf5
23.Rcd1 Rad8 24.g3 Bd4 25.b3 Bf6 26.Bb5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8
28.Rc1 Rd5 29.a4 Bd8 30.Rc8 Kg7 31.Rb8 Bb6 32.Rxb7 Rd1+ 33.Kg2
Rd2+ 34.Kh3 Bg1 35.g4 Bxh2 36.gxf5 h5 37.Kh4 Bxf4 38.Kxh5 Kf6
39.Bc4 Kxf5 40.Rxf7+ Ke4 41.Rxa7 Be5 42.Bf1 Rf2 43.Bh3 Rf8
44.Be6 Rf1 45.Rd7 Rh1+ 46.Kg6 Rg1+ 47.Kf7 Rg7+ 48.Ke8 Rxd7
49.Kxd7 Bc3 50.Kc6 Ke5 51.Bg8 Be1 52.Kb6 Bf2+ 53.Ka6 Kd6 54.a5
Kc7 55.b4 Kc6 56.b5+ Kc5 57.b6 Kb4 58.b7 Bg3 59.Kb6 Bf2+
60.Kc6 Ba7 61.a6 Ka5 62.Bc4 Bb8 63.Bf1 1-0

[Event "Shirov-Kramnik WCC Candidates Match"]
[Site "Cazorla ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 cxd5 12.exd5 N8d7 13.d6
Nf6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Nh3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.b3 Ba6
19.Nd5 e4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.d7 Qb6 22.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23.Qe3 Bxg5
24.Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25.Kd2 axb6 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Kc2 Rg4 28.Rd2 Be7
29.Rg1 Kg7 30.Nf2 Rf4 31.Nd3 Re4 32.Rgd1 Bb5 33.a4 Bc6 34.Re1
Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bb4 36.Re2 Bxe1 37.Rxe1 Bxg2 38.Kd2 h4 39.Ke3 Bd5
40.b4 h3 41.Re2 f5 42.Rd2 Be4 43.Kf4 Bg2 44.Rd7+ Kf6 45.Rh7
g5+ 46.Kg3 f4+ 47.Kg4 Ke5 48.b5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 b5 16. g4 Rxc3
17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 O-O 21. c4
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8+ 23. Bb3 Bxa3 24. Rhe1 f6 25. Re4 Bc5
26. Ra4 Nc7 27. Kb2 Kh7 28. Be1 Bd5 29. Rd3 Bc6 30. Rc4 Ne6
31. Bf2 Bb5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxd3 34. cxd3 h5 35. Kc3
Rc8 36. Kb4 Rb8+ 37. Ka4 Kg6 38. Be6 Rh8 39. Bf2 Kh6 40. Ka5
hxg4 41. fxg4 g6 42. g5+ Kg7 43. Kxa6 Rd8 44. Bc4 f5 45. Kb7
e4 46. d4 f4 47. d5 e3 48. Be1 f3 49. Kc7 Rf8 50. d6 Rf4
51. Bc3+ Kh7 52. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5
O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nc4 Bb4 11. c3 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Bc5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Re1 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nd6 16. Nxf5
Nexf5 17. Ba4 g6 18. Re2 b5 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe2
21. Rxe2 a5 22. Re5 b4 23. Rc5 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb5 25. Rc4 Rd8
26. Kf1 Ne7 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rxc7 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nb4 30. Bb3 Nd3
31. Rxa5 Nxb2 32. Rd5 Rb8 33. Nd2 Rb6 34. Ke2 Ra6 35. Rd4 Nb7
36. Ne4 Rb6 37. Bd5 Kg7 38. Kd2 Nd6 39. Nc3 Nf5 40. Rf4 Kf6
41. a5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.Ne3 c4 16.Ba3 Rfe8 17.Qd2 a5 18.bxc4 Nxc4
19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.d5 Bf8 21.Qe2 g6 22.Nd2 Rec8 23.Kh2 Rab8
24.Rab1 Rb5 25.Rxb5 Bxb5 26.Rb1 Qd7 27.Nf1 Ne8 28.Bc1 h5
29.Be3 Be7 30.Bd1 Bd8 31.Qb2 Nc7 32.a4 Ba6 33.Qb6 Nxd5 34.Qxa6
Nxc3 35.Rb7 Qe6 36.Bc2 Na2 37.Bd2 Bh4 38.g3 Bg5 39.Bxg5 Nb4
40.Qxa5 Nxc2 41.Re7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nf1 Nh5
12. Bb5 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. N1d2 Rg8 15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3
O-O-O 17. a4 Nb8 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bc4 a6 20. h3 Be6 21. g4 Nd7
22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. d4 Nb8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. O-O-O Qe8 26. Nxe5
Qa4 27. Rhf1 Rge8 28. c4 Rd4 29. Kb1 Red8 30. Rf3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bh3 Ra8
17. Rhe1 a5 18. a4 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Bf8 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Re2 Ne8 24. f5 Nc7 25. f6 g6 26. Bd7 Rd8
27. Be6 Re8 28. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Spanish Teams"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "1998.09.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Oleg Korneev"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.c4
Nc6 8.Nc3 d6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Kh1 h5 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rad1
Ne5 14.Be2 Bc6 15.f3 O-O-O 16.Nb5 axb5 17.cxb5 Be8 18.Rc1 Bc5
19.Nd4 Kb8 20.b4 b6 21.a4 h4 22.a5 Nh5 23.Bxh4 g5 24.Qxg5 f6
25.Qe3 Qg7 26.g4 Nf4 27.bxc5 Nxe2 28.Nxe2 Rxh4 29.c6 Rc8
30.Qxb6+ Ka8 31.c7 1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pavel Blatny"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.Bc2 Nxa4 13.Bxa4
bxa4 14.Qxa4 Kh8 15.Nc4 f5 16.Ne3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Qe8 18.Nf5 Bd8
19.Bg5 g6 20.Ne3 Kg7 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.Be3 h6 23.c4 g5 24.c5 Ne7
25.Nc3 Qe6 26.Rad1 Bc6 27.Qc2 Ng6 28.Nd2 h5 29.cxd6 cxd6
30.Nf1 h4 31.Qd2 h3 32.Ng3 hxg2 33.Qxd6 Qc8 34.Nd5 Ba4
35. Nf5+ Rxf5 36.Rc1 Bc2 37.exf5 Qxf5 38.Bd2 Nh4 39.Re3 Rc8
40.Bc3 Kh7 41.Qxe5 Qxe5 42.Bxe5 Rc5 43.Nb4 Bb6 44.Nxc2 Rxe5
45.Rxe5 Nf3+ 46.Kxg2 Nxe5 47.Ne3 Nd3 48.Rc6 Bd4 49.b3 1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Antonio Fernandes"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Ne5 Nf6
7.Qf3 Qc7 8.Nxd7 Nbxd7 9.d3 O-O-O 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg3 a6 12.Bc4
Nb6 13.O-O-O Bd6 14.Bh4 Be7 15.Bxf7 Kb8 16.Bg3 Rhf8 17.Bc4
Nfd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qe4 Nf4 20.Rhe1 Bf6 21.c3 h5 22.h4 Rd7
23.Bb3 g5 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.Kb1 h4 26.Bh2 Re7 27.Re3 Qd6 28.Rf3
Rd8 29.d4 Qc6 30.Qxc6 bxc6 31.dxe5 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Nxg2 33.Rf5
Bh6 34.Rf6 Bg7 35.e6+ Kc8 36.Rg6 h3 37.Bg4 Nh4 1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Rc8
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.f5 Rc4 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Ne2 Qc5
18.Kb1 Qe5 19.Nd4 h5 20.Rhe1 Kd7 21.g3 Rg8 22.Bg2 Rg4 23.Nf3
Qc5 24.Nd2 Ra4 25.Bh3 Rg5 26.Nf3 Rg7 27.Nd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 Qxd4
29.Rxd4 Rg5 30.a4 Re5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Bg2 f5 33.Kc1 d5 34.Kd1
Bf6 35.Rd3 fxe4 36.Bxe4 b4 37.Rf3 Ke7 38.Ref1 dxe4 39.Rxf6 Ba6
40.Rf7+ Kd6 41.R1f4 e3 42.Rxb4 Ra5 43.Rb6+ Ke5 44.Rxa6 Rxa6
45.Ke2 Rc6 46.c3 Rb6 47.b4 Rc6 48.Rf3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Yurtaev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9. Qc2 Bg7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qa5 13.a3 b4
14.Bxc4 bxa3 15.bxa3 Ba6 16.Rd3 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Nd7 18.Nfd2 c5
19.Nxc5 Rfc8 20.Nde4 Bf8 21.Kd1 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Rxd5 exd5
24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Qb4 Qa6 26.h4 Rab8 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Re1 Qf7 16. c5 Nd7
17. Bb5 Nd4 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Bh4 Bc6 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Ne2 Rad8 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Qh5 h6 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Be3
Bd8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Ng3 c5 15. a4 Qc7 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 b4
18. Ba4 Nc6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Qd2 h6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6
23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Nh2 Nf8 25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Ra6 h5 27. Nge3 g6
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Ree8 30. Rc6 Qb8 31. Ne3 Rc8 32. Ra6 Qc7
33. Nc4 Red8 34. f4 Qe7 35. Qf2 f6 36. Rea1 Rc7 37. Qh4 exf4
38. Qxf4 Rcd7 39. h4 g5 40. Qf3 gxh4 41. Qxh5 Ng5 42. Qxh4 f5
43. Qh5 fxe4 44. dxe4 Qxe4 45. Ra8 Nf7 46. Rxd8+ Nxd8 47. Ra8
Kg7 48. Qh3 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Re7 50. Rxd8 Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bf1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Kh8 13. c3 e5 14. Qh5 Nd5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Rxd4 f5
17. Ng3 Bc5 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Qe5 Kg8 21. h3 Re8
22. Qxe8+ Nxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. b4 Qc6 25. Rdd8 Bb6 26. Rg8+
Kf6 27. Nh5+ Ke5 28. Rd3 Qh6 29. Be2 Qc1+ 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. Bf3
Be6 32. Rxa8 Qxb4 33. Re8 Bd4 34. Rd8 Bb6 35. a3 Qa5 36. R8d2
f4 37. Bg4 Bc4 38. Re1+ Be3 39. Rdd1 Bb3 40. Rb1 Bc2 41. Rb4
f5 42. Bf3 Be4 43. fxe3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Qxa3 45. Nxf4 b6 46. Rd4
1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Qc4
Qe7 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Rfe1
Qd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. c4 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21. Kf2
Kf7 22. g3 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Ke7 24. Kf3 Kd7 25. g4 Rh8 26. Bc3 h6
27. Rh1 Ne7 28. Rg1 Ke8 29. h3 Kf7 30. f5 Nc8 31. Bd4 a5
32. Bc3 b6 33. b4 axb4 34. Bxb4 Ne7 35. Ra1 h5 36. Ra7 hxg4+
37. hxg4 Rc8 38. Bc3 Ke8 39. Bd4 Kf8 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. b4 Ke8
42. Be3 Kf7 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 dxc5 45. Bxc5 g6 46. d6 gxf5+
47. gxf5 cxd6 48. Bxd6 Re8 49. Kd4 Kf8 50. Rxe7 Rxe7 51. Kd5
Kf7 52. Bxe7 Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gilberto Milos"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd3 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Nfg5
Bxg5+ 12. hxg5 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. Qc6 Qf4
16. Bd3 Rad8 17. c3 Rd5 18. Rh3 Qd6 19. Qa4 h6 20. Qxa7 Ra5
21. Qb7 Nd5 22. c4 Nb4 23. a3 Nxd3 24. Rhxd3 Rf5 25. R1d2 h5
26. g3 g6 27. Qe4 b5 28. d5 bxc4 29. Qxc4 exd5 30. Rxd5 Qe6
31. Qd4 Rf3 32. Qc5 c6 33. Rd6 Qe4+ 34. Ka2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Rf5
36. Qc3 c5 37. Rcd2 Kh7 38. b3 c4 39. b4 Rf3 40. Qd4 Qe1
41. Rc2 Rxa3+ 42. Kxa3 Ra8+ 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. h3 Be7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O
Rc8 13. Qf2 Na5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Bxa5 O-O 17. Kb1
e5 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nxe4 20. Qh4 Rf4 21. Qh5 Nxc3+
22. Bxc3 Be6 23. Be4 Rxe4 24. Qg6 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Ra4+ 26. Kb3
Rcc4 27. Rhf1 Rf4 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Bd2 Qe8 30. c4 d5 31. Qxd5
Bxg5 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Rde1 b5 34. Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (1"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (1"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4
g6 13. O-O-O Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 f6
17. gxf6 Bh6 18. f7+ Kxf7 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Qd5+ Kg7 21. Bd4+
Nf6 22. Qb7+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Bxd7 24. Nd5 Rhf8 25. Rhf1 Bh3
26. Rf2 Rad8 27. b3 Be6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Kb2 Kf7 30. Bxf6
Kxf6 31. Kc3 Rc8 32. Kb4 Bf8 33. Ka5 Rc6 34. Rfd2 Be7 35. Rd4
Bd8+ 36. Ka4 Ke7 37. f5 gxf5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Re1+ Kd7
40. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 41. bxc4 Bxc2+ 42. Kb4 Bg6 43. c5 d5 44. c6+
Kd6 0-1

[Event "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (5"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (5"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4
b5 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. Nb3 a5 9. Bg5 a4 10. Nd2 a3 11. bxa3 Rxa3
12. Qc2 e6 13. e3 Bb4 14. Ncb1 Ra8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. O-O O-O 18. a3 e5 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Qb2 Be7 21. Nbd2 Ra7
22. Bc2 Rfa8 23. Bb3 Qf5 24. Ng3 Qd3 25. a4 exd4 26. exd4 c5
27. Rad1 bxa4 28. Bxa4 Bxg2 29. Bxd7 Bxf1 30. Bf5 Qb5 31. Qc2
Be2 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Qe4 Bd3 34. Qf3 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Bf8 36. Kg2
cxd4 37. Ne4 Qb6 38. Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (6"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (6"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6
12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15. Qd2 Nfe4 16. Qb4 b6
17. f3 Nf6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. f4 Nfe4 20. Qb4 Rfb8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 Bd6 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. g4 Qa4 26. c4 Qc2
27. Rd2 Qe4 28. Qh3 a5 29. b3 Qg6 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qg6
32. g5 Ne4 33. Bd3 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 e4 35. Rg2 exd3 36. Bf6 gxf6
37. Qxd3 Rae8 38. Rxf6 Bc5+ 39. Kh1 Re3 40. Qd1 Rfe8
41. Rgxg6+ hxg6 42. Rf1 R8e7 43. Qg4 Kg7 44. Qh4 f5 45. Rd1
R3e4 46. Qg3 Kf7 47. Qb8 Re8 48. Qc7+ R4e7 49. Qg3 Re3 50. Qh4
R3e4 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qc7 g5 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. d6 g4 55. Rf1
Rf4 56. Rg1 Bxg1 57. Qxe8 Bd4 58. Qe2 Re4 59. Qd2 Kf7 60. d7
Ke7 61. Qg5+ Kxd7 62. Qxf5+ Re6 63. Qxg4 Bc5 64. h4 Ke7
65. Qg7+ Ke8 66. h5 Bf8 67. Qb7 Rf6 68. Kg2 Be7 69. Kg3 Kf8
70. Kg4 Rh6 71. Qa8+ Kf7 72. Qd5+ Kf8 73. Qd2 Rd6 74. Qe3 Kf7
75. c5 bxc5 76. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (8"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (8"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Bf4
Be6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Rad1 h6 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 c5
17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Re1 Rd8
22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Re3 Ne6 25. Be5 h5 26. Rd3
hxg4 27. hxg4 c4 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Kg3 g5 31. f3 Rf7
32. Kf2 Rh7 33. Ke3 Rh3 34. Rd2 Rh1 35. Ke4 Rf1 36. Rh2 Kd7
37. Rh7+ Kc6 38. Rh6 Kd7 39. Rh7+ Kc6 40. Kf5 Nc5 41. Rh3 Rf2
42. Kxg5 Rxc2 43. Rh2 Rxh2 44. Bxh2 Nd3 45. Kh6 b5 46. g5 b4
47. g6 c3 48. bxc3 b3 49. g7 b2 50. g8=Q b1=Q 51. Qa8+ Kd7
52. Qd5+ Ke7 53. Bxc7 Qc1+ 54. Kg6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxc6 Qd2 19. Qxd2 Nxd2 20. Bxe5+ f6 21. Bc3
Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 Rac8 24. Ne7 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Be4
26. c4 Kg7 27. Nd5 Rb8 28. Nc7 a5 29. Ne6+ Kf7 30. Nd4 Ke7
31. f3 Bb7 32. Ba4 Kd6 33. Bb5 Kc5 34. a4 Bc8 35. Kf2 Rb6
36. Nb3+ Kb4 37. Nd4 Ba6 38. Nc6+ Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Bxc4 40. e4
Bb3 41. f4 Bxa4 42. Bd5 Bc2 43. e5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Kc5 45. Bg8
h6 46. Ke3 a4 47. e6 Kd6 48. Kd4 Bb3 49. Kc3 Bxe6 50. Bh7 Bf7
51. Kb4 Ke5 52. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Ne7 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. f4
Rc8 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. O-O-O a6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb4
21. Rb3 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rg2 23. Rc1 d4 24. a3 1-0

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5
13.Rh3 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Qe3 Qc7 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Nd4 a4 18.Kb1
a3 19.b3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Qe1 Rb6 22.c3 Qb7 23.Rc1 Ne4
24.cxb4 Rxb4 25.Rd3 Rc4 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.Rd1 Nc5 28.Qc3 Qxg2
29.b4 Nd3 30.Qxa3 Ra8 31.Rxd3 cxd3 32.Qxd3 Qxa2+ 33.Kc1 Qa1+
34.Kd2 Rd8 35.Ke3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Nxe5
Bxb5 13.c4 Ba6 14.Rac1 c5 15.dxc5 Qxd2 16.Nxd2 Rfd8 17.Nb3
Rac8 18.f4 b6 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rc7 21.Rd6 Kf8 22.cxb6
Bxd6 23.bxc7 Bxc7 24.c5 g5 25.Nc6 gxf4 26.a4 Bc4 27.Nd2 Bd5
28.Nxa7 Ba5 29.Nb1 Bb4 30.Nb5 Bxc5+ 31.Kf1 f3 32.gxf3 Bxf3
33.Nd2 Bd5 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd3 f5 36.Nc3 Bb7 37.Kc4 Be3 38.Kd3
Bg1 39.b4 Bxh2 40.b5 h5 41.a5 h4 42.Ke2 h3 43.a6 Bg2 44.Kf2
Bd6 45.Nf3 Bc5+ 46.Kg3 f4+ 47.Kg4 Bg1 48.b6 Bxf3+ 49.Kxf3 h2
50.Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 h4 13.Bxh4
Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Bxg5 Nxh2 16.Kd2 Nd7 17.Kc1 Qxc3 18.Rb1
Nc5 19.Qd5 Rc8 20.Bd2 Qg7 21.Be3 Rh7 22.g3 b5 23.Qd4 Qg8 24.f6
Qg6 25.Rb2 Nf3 26.Bxf3 Rxh1+ 27.Bxh1 Nd3+ 28.Kd2 Nxb2 29.Qxb2
Qf5 30.fxe7 Kxe7 31.Qb3 b4 32.Bd4 Rc3 33.Bxc3 Qxf2+ 34.Kd1
bxc3 35.Qxc3 1-0

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6
13.Nd5 O-O 14.Be2 e6 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Ne3 d5 17.O-O Qb6 18.Ng4
Rf5 19.c3 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qxc3 21.Rxb7 Rf7 22.Qb1 Rxb7 23.Qxb7 Re8
24.Qxa6 Nxg4 25.Bxg4 Nd4 26.Rb1 Qc2 27.Rb7 Qg6 28.a4 h5 29.Bd1
h4 30.Bd6 e5 31.Qa7 Nf5 32.Bc5 e4 33.Rb6 Re6 34.Bb3 Rxb6
35.Bxd5+ Kh7 36.Qxb6 Qh5 37.Qb1 Kh6 38.Bxe4 1-0

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 h5 10.a4 Nb6 11.a5 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Na4
Rb8 14.Nb6 Be6 15.O-O-O Be7 16.Qc3 Nd7 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Qc7
19.Bb4 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Rd8 21.Rd3 Rh6 22.Rhd1 Rg6 23.g3 Rf6 24.h3
Bxh3 25.Rh1 Be6 26.Rxh5 Rh6 27.Rxh6 gxh6 28.g4 f6 29.c4 Kf7
30.Kb2 Kg6 31.Nd5 Kf7 32.Kb3 Rc8 33.Rd1 Bf8 34.Rh1 Kg6 35.Bd2
Rc5 36.Be3 Rc8 37.Rh5 Rc6 38.Rh2 Rc8 39.Rh1 Rd8 40.Kc3 Rd7
41.Kd3 Rh7 42.Rb1 Rd7 43.Bb6 Kg7 44.Ne3 Kf7 45.Rh1 Re7 46.Nf5
Rd7 47.Nxh6+ Bxh6 48.Rxh6 Ke7 49.Bf2 Rc7 50.c5 Rc6 51.Bh4 Rxc5
52.Bxf6+ Kd7 53.Rh7+ Kc8 54.Rh8+ Kd7 55.Rh7+ Kc8 56.Rh8+ Kd7
57.Rd8+ Kc7 58.Be7 Rxa5 59.Rxd6 Ba2 60.Rh6 Rb5 61.g5 a5 62.Rh8
Kd7 63.Ba3 Rb1 64.Rh7+ Kc6 65.Rh6+ Kd7 66.Rd6+ Kc7 67.Rf6 Kd7
68.g6 b5 69.Bc5 b4 70.g7 Rd1+ 71.Ke2 Rh1 72.Rd6+ Kc7 73.Rd5
1-0

[Event "ECC14 Final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. f4 Re6 20. Qc5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. Be3 a6 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Rc2 Qf7 26. Rd2 Rxd2
27. Bxd2 Rb6 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. b4 Rc6 30. Kf2 Rh6 31. h4 Rc6
32. Ke3 Bh5 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. c4 Bf7 35. Rc1 Rb6 36. Kc5 Be8
37. Be3 Rc6+ 38. Kd5 Rg6 39. Bc5+ Kd7 40. Rc3 Bf7+ 41. Kd4 h6
42. a4 Rg4 43. b5 axb5 44. a5 e3 45. Rxe3 g5 46. e6+ Bxe6
47. cxb5 gxf4 48. gxf4 Rxf4+ 49. Ke5 Rc4 50. Rd3+ Kc8 51. Kxe6
Rxc5 52. Rd5 Rc4 53. Rxf5 Re4+ 54. Kd5 Rxh4 55. a6 Ra4
56. Rf8+ Kd7 57. Rf7+ Kc8 58. Rf8+ Kd7 59. Ra8 Ra1 60. a7 Rd1+
61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kf3 Ra1 63. b6 cxb6 64. Rh8 1-0

[Event "ECC14 Final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5
7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qe7 11. f4 exf4
12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. h5 h6 16. c3 f6
17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nf7 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Kf2
Rae8 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Re2 Rhe8 24. Rae1 Nd8 25. d5 Nf7 26. Kf3
Rc8 27. Kg4 Ne5+ 28. Kf5 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nxf4 30. Kxf4 Ke8 31. Rd3
Rc1 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Rc7 34. Rb2 b6 35. Rb3 Kf7 36. Kf5
Re7 37. Ra3 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Re7 39. Ra6 g5+ 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. a4
h5 42. a5 Rb7 43. axb6 axb6 44. g3 Rb8 45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Rb7
Rxc3 47. Rxb6 Rc1 48. Rxd6 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 Rd1 50. Rc6 Kg5
51. Rc4 f5 52. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Rfe1 Nd5
13.Qa4 Nb6 14.Qb5 Nc4 15.Bc1 a6 16.Qb4 b5 17.Nd5 a5 18.Qxb5
Nxb2 19.Rb1 Rb8 20.Qe2 Kh7 21.h4 Na4 22.Rxb8 Qxb8 23.h5 Nc3
24.Nxc3 Bxc3 25.Rd1 Bg7 26.hxg6+ fxg6 27.f4 Qc8 28.Qd2 Qc5+
29.Kh2 Qh5+ 30.Kg1 Bc3 31.Qd3 Bc4 32.Qf3 Be2 33.Qxc3 Bxd1
34.Bb2 Qc5+ 35.Qxc5 dxc5 36.c3 Rb8 37.Ba3 Rb1 38.Kh2 Ra1
39.Bxc5 Rxa2 40.Kg1 e6 41.e5 a4 42.Be4 Bc2 43.Bc6 a3 44.Bb5
Bb3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5
8.dxe5 Qc7 9.Re1 O-O-O 10.Bd3 Nh6 11.Na3 a6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Bf4
Be7 14.Qd2 Ref8 15.Nc2 c4 16.Bf1 Rhg8 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Ncd4 Bg5
19.Qe2 h5 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Nd4 Rg6 22.b3 cxb3 23.axb3 Bd7 24.c4
dxc4 25.bxc4 Be7 26.c5 Bxc5 27.Rec1 Kb8 28.Rab1 b5 29.Qc2 Bb6
30.Qb2 Qb7 31.g3 Rg4 32.Rd1 Qa7 33.Qa3 Bc5 34.Bxb5 axb5
35.Nxb5 Bxf2+ 36.Kg2 Bc6+ 37.Kh3 Qxa3 38.Nxa3+ Kc7 39.Rbc1 Kb7
40.Rb1+ Kc7 41.Rbc1 Kb7 42.Rd6 Be4 43.Nc4 Rff4 44.Na5+ Ka8
45.Rd8+ Ka7 46.Nc6+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5
dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5 9.O-O Ncb4 10.Be4 c6 11.Qe1 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Bg4
13.Na4 Qa6 14.b3 b5 15.Nb2 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.f5
Rae8 19.Bxd5+ Nxd5 20.Qf2 Qb6 21.Nd3 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Nb4 23.Ba3
Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rf7 25.g3 Re5 26.Rc1 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 gxf5 28.Rxc6
Rd7 29.Bd6 Kf7 30.Kg2 Ke6 31.Bb8+ Kf7 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Bc5+ Ke5
34.d4+ Ke4 35.Re6+ Kd3 36.Kf3 a5 37.Re3+ Kc2 38.Re7 Rxe7
39.Bxe7 Bh6 40.d5 Bd2 41.Bc5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Bb6 Bb4 44.Bc7
Bc3 45.d6 Be5 46.Bb8 Bd4 47.d7 Bb6 48.Bd6 Bd8 49.Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dimitri Reinderman"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.f4
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qf2 Nc6 11.Be3 Be7 12.a4 b4 13.Nb1
Rb8 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Bd3 d6 16.Rad1 b3 17.cxb3 Bf6 18.Rc1 Bxb2
19.Rc2 Ba3 20.e5 d5 21.Nf3 Qd7 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qh4+ Kg8
24.Ng5 Re8 25.Rf3 Ne7 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Qh8+ Ng8 28.f5 exf5 29.e6
fxe6 30.Rg3 g6 31.Nh7+ Kf7 32.Bh6 Ke7 33.Bg5+ Kf7 34.Bf6 Rf8
35.Rc7 Nxf6 36.Qxf6+ Ke8 37.Qxg6+ Kd8 38.Rxd7+ Bxd7 39.Nxf8
Bxf8 40.Qf6+ Be7 41.Rg8+ Kc7 42.Qc3+ Kb7 43.Rxb8+ Kxb8 44.h4
1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4
Na7 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c6 16. e4 Qa5 17. Ne3
Rfc8 18. f4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. f5 e6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Ng4 Rf8
23. Nf2 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Bh6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 Qa6 27. Rxf8+
Bxf8 28. Bc1 Nb5 29. Be3 Na3 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Kg2 c5 32. Qf3
Nc2 33. Bf2 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Nb2 Qa6 36. Nd3 Qxa2+
37. Kh3 Be7 38. Qg4 Kf7 39. Nf4 Qa6 40. Kg2 Qc6 41. Kh3 Qa6
42. Kg2 Qc8 43. Kh3 Qc6 44. Qf3 Ke8 45. Qe2 Kd7 46. Qa2 Bd8
47. Qa7+ Bc7 48. Kg4 Qc2 49. Qa4+ Ke7 50. Qxb4+ Kf7 51. Qb5
Qf5+ 52. Kf3 Qxe5 53. Qd7+ Kf6 54. Qxh7 Qe4+ 55. Kg4 Bxf4
56. Qh8+ Ke7 57. Qg7+ Kd6 58. Qf8+ Kc6 59. Qa8+ Kb6 60. gxf4
d3 61. Qb8+ Kc5 62. Qc7+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4
Nc4 13. Kb1 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Rd3 b5 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh5
18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Bc1 Be6 20. Qe1 Be7 21. Bf3 Bd8 22. Bg4 a5
23. Qd1 g6 24. Rf1 a4 25. Nd2 Bxg5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc4 bxc4
28. Qg4 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qd7 30. Qxg5 Qe6 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Bc3 Rf8
33. Rfd1 Qf6 34. Qd2 Ng3 35. Qe3 Qf4 36. Qa7 Rd8 37. Bxe5 Qxe4
38. Bxg3 Qxd5 39. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Nb6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Qf2 Nfd7
12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. f6 gxf6 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rd3 h5
17. Na5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6
12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 14. Bc4 c6 15. h4 Nd7 16. h5 N7b6
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qd6 20. Bxg6 Rxf3 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Qc2 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qc4+
26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Rh5 Rb5 28. Bg6 Be6 29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Be4
Bd5 31. Ke2 e6 32. Kd2 Ke7 33. Kc2 Kd7 34. Kc1 Kc7 35. Kc2 Kb6
36. Bg6 Kc7 37. Bh5 Kd6 38. Bf4+ e5 39. Bg3 b4 40. Bg4 Bf6
41. Bh5 c5 42. dxe5+ Bxe5 43. Bg4 Bc6 44. Bh5 Bd5 45. Bg4 Bf7
46. f4 Bf6 47. f5+ Kc6 48. Bf3+ Kb5 49. Be4 b3+ 0-1

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6
12. O-O f5 13. Qd2 f4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Rad1 Kh8
17. d5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Nc5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 h6 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Bxa7 b6 25. c4 Be5 26. c5
bxc5 27. Bxc5 Kh7 28. a4 Ng7 29. Qe2 Bd6 30. Bd4 Bb4 31. Rd1
Re7 32. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. h4 h5 8. g5 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. b4 Nxe5 11. Nd4 a5 12. Bf4
N5c6 13. Ndb5 axb4 14. Bc7 bxc3 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Bxd8 Nxd8
17. Qd4 Nec6 18. Qxc3 b6 19. Bh3 bxc5 20. Nb5 Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 Kc7 23. Rb1 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6
7. e4 e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 exd4 10. Nc4 Bb8 11. Qe2+ Kf8
12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 N7f6 14. g3 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bg2 b5
17. Ba5 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Ne5 Nc3 20. Nxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qd3
Re8+ 22. Kf2 Na4 23. Qd2 g6 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 Rhf8 26. h6+ Kg8
27. Rad1 a6 28. b3 Nc5 29. Qb2 Qa7 30. Rd2 Qe7 31. Nc2 Rd8
32. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qd4 Qe7 36. b4
Ne6 37. Qe5 Nd7 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Bh3 f5 40. Qc3 Nb6 41. Bf1 Nd5
42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Be2 f4 44. g4 Ne3 45. Qc3 Nxc2 46. Qxc2 Kf6
47. Qd3 Qxd3 48. Bxd3 Kg5 49. Be4 Kxh6 50. Bb7 Nc7 51. Ke2 Kg5
52. Kd3 h5 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Bc8 Ne8 55. Kd4 Nd6 56. Bh3 Kh4
57. Be6 Kg3 58. Kc5 Nc4 59. a4 Na3 60. a5 Nc2 61. Kb6 Nxb4
62. Kc5 Nd3+ 63. Kd4 Nc1 64. Kc5 h4 65. Bh3 Kxh3 0-1

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 c6
7. Be3 dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. Bd2 Bc5
12. Be1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc6
Bf6 17. Ba5 Bc2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxd8 Bxa4 20. Nxf7 Bxb2
21. Nd6+ Kc7 22. Rab1 Bxd1 23. Nb5+ Kc6 24. Rxb2 Nge5 25. Nd4+
Kd6 26. Rd2 Ba4 27. Nf5+ Kc7 28. Nxg7 Nc5 29. Rd4 a5 30. Rh4
Nf7 31. Rf4 Ne5 32. Rf6 Kd7 33. Rxh6 Ke7 34. f4 Nxc4 35. f5
exf5 36. Nxf5+ Kd7 37. h4 Bc2 38. Nd4 Bb1 39. Rc6 Bxa2
40. Rxc5 a4 41. h5 a3 42. h6 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Be2 e6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. f5 Bd8
17. Rhg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f6 19. h4 Qf7 20. h5 Kh8 21. Rg6 Rg8
22. Rdg1 h6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Qh7
26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. h6 Rag8 28. Rg6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Rc8 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Nb3 b5 13.Qf2
Qc7 14.Kb1 Rb8 15.Bg5 Ne5 16.f4 Neg4 17.Qf3 b4 18.Ne2 Be7
19.Ng3 a5 20.Nd2 g6 21.Nc4 Bc6 22.Bd3 O-O 23.Qe2 d5 24.exd5
Nxd5 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qxe6+ Kh7 27.f5 gxf5 28.Bxe7 Nxe7 29.Nxh5
Bd5 30.Rxd5 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 Rbd8 32.Qe6 Qf7 33.Nf4 Rd4 34.Ne5
Nxe5 35.Qxe5 Rfd8 36.Rc1 Rd1 37.Ne6 Rxc1+ 38.Kxc1 Rg8 39.Ng5+
Rxg5 40.hxg5 Kg6 41.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Umut Atakisi"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8
13.Bd4 c5 14.Be5 Rb6 15.Qd3 O-O 16.b3 d6 17.Bb2 Nd7 18.Rad1
Bf6 19.Bc1 a5 20.f4 Rd8 21.Qh3 a4 22.Bd3 Nf8 23.Bd2 Qa8
24.Rde1 g6 25.f5 exf5 26.exf5 Re8 27.fxg6 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 hxg6
29.Bc4 d5 30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.Rxe8 Bg7 32.Bc3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.h3 Bd7 9.e4 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.c5
Qc8 14.g4 h5 15.g5 Nh7 16.h4 Bh3 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.f3 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 d5 21.Bf2 dxe4 22. Re1 Rb8 23.Rxe4 Rxe4
24.fxe4 f6 25.gxf6 Nxf6 26.Qe2 Qe6 27.Re1 Re8 28.e5 Nd5 29.Bg3
Nxc3 30.Qxa6 Rd8 31.Rf1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikola Mitkov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2+ Qe7
7.Be3 Nc6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.O-O-O f6 11.Bg2 Qd7 12.a3
Nge7 13.Bf4 Kb8 14.Na4 Nc8 15.Nh4 Bf7 16.Nf5 b6 17.Nc3 N8e7
18.Ne3 g5 19.Bg3 Bg7 20.Qa6 Qc8 21.Qa4 Qb7 22.Rhe1 a6 23.Bf1
b5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Nxb5 Rd7 26.Rd3 Nc8 27.Na7 N8xa7 28.Rb3 Re8
29.Rd1 Bg6 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Qxb3 32.Qxb3+ Ka8 33.Qa4 Rde7
34.c4 dxc4 35.Qxc4 h5 36.d5 Ne5 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Kb1 Rc8 39.Qa6
Rb8 40.Rc1 Re7 41.Rc6 Bf8 42.b4 Re1+ 43.Kb2 Bd6 44.Rxd6 cxd6
45.Qxd6 Re2+ 46.Kb3 Rxf2 47.Qxf6 Rf3+ 48.Ka4 Rc8 49.d6 Rcc3
50.Qd8+ Kb7 51.Qd7+ Kb6 52.Qd8+ Kb7 53.Qd7+ Kb6 54.Qd8+ Kc6
55.b5+ Kd5 56.Qa8+ Nc6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5
Ra4 13.b4 Rxb4 14.Nbc7+ Kd7 15.O-O Rb7 16.Qh5 Ne7 17.Qxf7 Kc6
18.Rab1 fxe4 19.Rxb7 Kxb7 20.Rb1+ Kc6 21.Rb6+ Kc5 22.Rb3 Kc6
23.Rc3+ Kb7 24.Nxe7 Bxe7 25.Qd5+ Ka7 26.Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Ne5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Nc3
O-O 8.f5 d6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Qd5 Kh8 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.h4
Nce5 14.h5 h6 15.Qd2 Nf7 16.Bd3 Bb4 17.Bc2 Nc5 18.Qd5 Kg8
19.Ne2 c6 20.Qd4 Bxf5 21.exf5 Rxe2 22.Ng1 Rxg2 23.a3 Qd7
24.axb4 Rxc2 25.Kxc2 Qxf5+ 26.Kc3 Ne6 27.Qe3 Nxf4 28.Nf3 a5
29.Ra1 axb4+ 30.Kxb4 Rd8 31.Rhf1 Qc2 32.Qc3 c5 0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexei Fedorov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 Qd7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Ba7 Rd8
17. Nb6 Qf5 18. Rc1 e4 19. Rc7 Bxd5 20. Bxa6 Be6 21. Qc2 h5
22. Rd1 Ng4 23. h3 Ne5 24. Nc8 Bxc8 25. Bxc8 Qg6 26. Bb7 f5
27. a5 Bf6 28. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6
7. Nf2 Rg8 8. d4 Bh6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qe7+
12. Be2 Nb4 13. c4 Bf5 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Qxb4 Re8 16. Qd2 Rxg2
17. Kf1 Rg3 18. Qd1 Be4 19. Rh2 f5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bg4 e3
22. Bf3 Qg7 23. Rh1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Bc2 Qc7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Bg3 Bb5 21. Qh5 f6
22. Rf4 g6 23. Qh6 Rad8 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxd6 Rfxd6 26. Rf1
Bf8 27. Qc1 Bxf1 28. Bxe5 Re6 29. Qxf1 Rxe5 30. Bb3+ c4
31. Qxc4+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Be3
Bd8 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 d4 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. c4 Ng8 17. Rc1 g6
18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rc5 f6 20. Rxb5 Ba6 21. Rd5 Qc8 22. Qc2 Nce7
23. Rc5 c6 24. Ba5 Bxa5 25. Rxa5 Qb7 26. Bxg8 Rxg8 27. b4 Ra8
28. Qb3 Qd7 29. a4 Rgb8 30. Rc5 Rb7 31. Rec1 Rab8 32. Ra5 Rb6
33. Qf7 Qd6 34. Rxe5 Ng8 35. Re6 Qxb4 36. Rexc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6
Rb7 38. Qd5 Qxa4 39. Kh2 Bxd3 40. Rc8 Rg7 41. e5 Qa6 42. Rd8
Bc4 43. Qxd4 fxe5 44. Nxe5 Be6 45. Ne4 Qa7 46. Nc5 Qe7 47. f4
Ba2 48. Ne4 Qa7 49. Qc3 Qc7 50. Qd4 Qa7 51. Qd2 Bb3 52. Nd6
Qa2 53. Qc3 Bd5 54. Qg3 Qa5 55. Qg5 h6 56. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qf4 Be7
12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc8 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. Re5
Nxe4 17. Rxe7 Nd6 18. Rhe1 Qa6 19. Rxc7 Ne8 20. Rc3 Qxa2
21. Ra3 Qc4 22. Ne6 Qxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Nf6 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Re7
Nd7 26. Nd3 Kf8 27. Re4 Nb8 28. Ra3 Nc6 29. Rc3 Ne7 30. Rc7
Nd5 31. Rb7 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Ne5 Rc8 34. Nd7+ Kg8
35. Rd4 Ne7 36. Ne5 Ng6 37. Nd3 Nf8 38. Kd2 g6 39. b4 Kg7
40. b5 Rc7 41. Nf4 Nd7 42. c4 Nc5 43. Kc3 Re7 44. Nd3 Nxd3
45. Kxd3 Re1 46. g3 Ra1 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Ke7 49. Rc6 Ra2
50. h4 h5 51. f3 Kd7 52. Rf6 Ke7 53. Rc6 Kd7 54. Kf4 Ra3
55. g4 Rc3 56. gxh5 gxh5 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. f4 Kd7 59. Kf5 a5
60. Kf6 a4 61. f5 a3 62. Rxb6 Rxc4 63. Ra6 Rxh4 64. Rxa3 Kd6
65. Rb3 Kc7 66. b6+ Kb7 67. Kxf7 Rg4 68. f6 h4 69. Rh3 Kxb6
70. Ke6 Rf4 71. f7 Kb5 72. Ke7 Re4+ 73. Kf6 Rf4+ 74. Kg7 Rg4+
75. Kf6 Rf4+ 76. Ke6 Ka4 77. Re3 Kb5 78. Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. f4 Nb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O f6
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. a4 Be8 15. a5 Nd7 16. f5 exf5
17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. c4 Bg6 19. Nh4 f4 20. Rxf4 Rhe8 21. Be4 Kb8
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qf2 g5 24. Rg4 Nf6 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. Bxc6
Qxc6 27. d5 Qd7 28. h3 Qd6 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Re4 f5 31. Re6 Qb4
32. Qd4 g4 33. h4 Qxa5 34. h5 Qb4 35. h6 a5 36. Rf4 Rf7
37. Kh2 b6 38. Qe5 a4 39. Re8 Rf8 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rxf5 Qxc4
42. h7 g3+ 43. Kxg3 Qd3+ 44. Kh2 Kb7 45. Rf7 Qg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 a5
17. a3 a4 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Bb5 g6 23. Rge1 Ra5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxc7 Rxb5 26. Qxb7
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Rhe1
Nd5 12. Ne5 f5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc5 Bg5 15. f4 Bf6 16. h3 Qd6
17. Ncd3 b6 18. g4 c5 19. g5 Bd8 20. Qg2 Rb8 21. g6 c4 22. Nb4
Bb7 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. Qf3 Bf6 26. Nd7 Rbd8
27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nxd5 Kh8 29. Qa3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5 Nec6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Bg2 Qxe5+ 11. Kf1 d4
12. h5 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 dxc3 14. Nd3 Qd4 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qxc3
Qxc3 17. bxc3 Na6 18. Rb1 O-O-O 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Rg8
21. Nxf7 Rd7 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Rxb7 Kxb7 24. Nd3 e5 25. Ke2 Be7
26. Kf3 Kc7 27. Ke4 Re8 28. Rh3 Kd7 29. Nxe5+ Kc7 30. Rf3 Bf6
31. Rf5 h6 32. f4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2
Nxe5 7. d4 Be7 8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. f4 c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qe2 f5
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Nh8 14. Bd2 a5 15. c4 Nf7 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Rac1 Bf6 18. b4 a4 19. b5 Re8 20. Ne5 Nd6 21. Bb4 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. d5 Bd7 25. Nc6 Qc8 26. Ne7+
Bxe7 27. Rxc8 Raxc8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. d6 Rf7 30. Rd5 Rc1+
31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Re5 Rfc8 33. Re7 R1c2 34. Rxd7 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2
b6 36. Rb7 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rd3+ 39. Ke5 e3 40. Ke6
h6 41. Re7 Rd4 42. Kd7 Re4 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4
13. a4 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nxa4 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rxa4 Nb6
18. Ra3 a5 19. Nc3 a4 20. Be3 Bc8 21. b3 axb3 22. Rxb3 Ra6
23. Reb1 f5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nxe5 Na4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Nc6
Qc7 28. e5 Ra6 29. Qf3 f4 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Rb5 Bc2 32. Rb2 Bg6
33. Rd2 Be8 34. Nxe7+ Qxe7 35. d6 Qe6 36. Qb7 Bc6 37. Qxa6
Bxg2 38. f3 Bxf3 39. Kh2 Bg4 40. Qb7 Qh6 41. Qd5+ Rf7 42. Kg1
Qxh3 43. Qg2 Qh4 44. Rf2 f3 45. e6 Rf8 46. e7 Re8 47. d7 Bxd7
48. Qxf3 Qg5+ 49. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.f4
Nf6 8.Qe2 d5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 g5 12.f5 Ndxe5
13.Bxg5 Rg8 14.Bf4 Bd7 15.fxe6 Bxe6 16.Bxh7 Rh8 17.Bf5 O-O-O
18.Bxe6+ fxe6 19.N1d2 Bd6 20.g3 Qh7 21.c3 Nd3 22.Bxd6 Rxd6
23.Rf6 Nxb2 24.Raf1 Na4 25.R1f3 Kb8 26.R6f4 Nb6 27.Nc5 Nd8
28.Ndb3 Nc4 29.Rh4 Qg7 30.Rxh8 Qxh8 31.Qf2 Qg7 32.Nd4 Qc7
33.Ncxe6 Rxe6 34.Nxe6 Nxe6 35.Rf5 Qh7 36.g4 Kc8 37.h4 Qg6
38.Qf3 Ne3 39.Rf6 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qe1 41.Kh3 Kd7 42.g5 Qg1 43.g6
Nc5 44.Rf7+ Kc6 45.Qg3 Qh1+ 46.Qh2 Qc1 47.g7 Qxc3 48.Qg3 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.d3
Be7 8.a3 Be6 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Nd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6
13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bd5 15.Bc3 Rc8 16.Qb2 Re8 17.Bg4 Rc7 18.f4
Bxe4 19.dxe4 Bf6 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.fxe5
Bd8 24.Kg2 Bc7 25.Bd4 a6 26.Qc3 Re6 27.Rf3 Qe8 28.Rd3 h6
29.Qd2 Kh7 30.Bc5 Rxe5 31.Rd7 Rd5 32.exd5 Qxd7 33.Qd3+ Kg8
34.d6 Bd8 35.h3 Qe6 36.e4 b6 37.Bf2 Kf8 38.g4 Ke8 39.Kf3 b5
40.Be3 Qf6+ 41.Ke2 Kd7 42.Bd4 Qg6 43.Be5 h5 44.Qf3 hxg4
45.hxg4 Bf6 46.Bxf6 Qxf6 47.Qe3 Qxd6 48.Qa7+ Ke6 49.Qxa6 Ke5
50.Qa7 Qe6 51.Kf2 Qa2+ 52.Kg3 Kxe4 53.Qc5 Qd5 54.Qc1 g5
55.Qe1+ Kd3 56.a4 bxa4 57.Qd1+ Kc3 58.Qxa4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 a6 8.c4 f5 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5
13.h4 b5 14.d6 Nc6 15.d7 Bb7 16.Qd6 e4 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Ng5 Nd4
19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Rh3 f4 21.Kb1 b4 22.Be2 f3 23.gxf3 Nxe2 24.Qxc5
Nf4 25.Qf5 Ng6 26.h5 Qxe7 27.hxg6 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4
f5 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Qg3 Qe7 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Qg4 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 c4
13.Nf3 Nc6 14.g3 Qf6 15.Qe3 O-O 16.Bg2 Bd7 17.O-O Rae8 18.Rae1
b6 19.Qd2 Re7 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Ref7 22.f4 Qh6 23.h4 Rf5
24.Re3 Qg6 25.Kh2 R5f6 26.Rfe1 Re8 27.R1e2 Qf7 28.Qe1 Kf8
29.Bh3 h5 30.Re5 g6 31.Qb1 Kg7 32.Qb4 Qf8 33.a4 Qxb4 34.cxb4
a6 35.c3 Kf7 36.Ra2 Ke7 37.Bg2 Kd6 38.Bf3 Ref8 39.Bd1 Be8
40.Rf2 Rh8 41.a5 b5 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kg3 Rff8 44.Kxg4 Bf7 45.Kg5
Ke7 46.Bf3 Rfg8 47.Rfe2 Rh5+ 48.Kg4 Kf6 49.Kg3 Rhh8 50.Bg4 Re8
51.h5 gxh5 52.Bh3 h4+ 53.Kh2 Re7 54.f5 Rhe8 55.Rg2 Bg8 56.Rg6+
Kf7 57.Rgxe6 Kf8 58.Rxe7 Rxe7 59.Rxe7 Kxe7 60.f6+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3 h5 7.Nd2 Nh6
8.Be2 h4 9.h3 Be7 10.Ngf3 Nd7 11.O-O Bg6 12.Bg5 Nf5 13.Bxe7
Nxe7 14.Qa3 Nf5 15.Rac1 a5 16.Rfe1 Ne7 17.Bd1 Ra7 18.Bc2 Nf8
19.Ng5 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Nf5 21.c4 Nxd4 22.Rcc1 Rh5 23.Qe3 Ne2+
24.Qxe2 Rxg5 25.Nf3 Rh5 26.cxd5 exd5 27.e6 fxe6 28.Nd4 Rh6
29.Nf5 Rf6 30.Nxg7+ Kd7 31.Rc3 Qb4 32.Qe3 b6 33.a3 Qe7 34.Qxb6
Rc7 35.Rec1 e5 36.Nh5 Rh6 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Qg5 39.b5 c5
40.Qa5 Ne6 41.b6 Rb7 42.Qa6 Nd8 43.Rxc5 Rhxb6 44.Rxd5+ Ke7
45.Qa3+ Kf7 46.Qf3+ Kg6 47.Rc4 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2
Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qf3 Qc5 17.Be2
Nb4+ 18.Kb1 Rad8 19.Rc1 Rd4 20.Ra3 Rfd8 21.a5 Qg5 22.Rb3 Qg6+
23.Ka1 Qg5 24.Qe3 Qb5 25.Qc3 c5 26.Ra3 Qd7 27.Qf3 Qe7 28.Re3
b5 29.axb6 axb6 30.Na3 Rd2 31.g3 Qd7 32.h4 Qd4 33.Rec3 Qe5
34.Bb5 Rh2 35.Nc4 Qc7 36.Kb1 Rd5 37.Ra3 h5 38.Qe4 g6 39.Ne3
Rdd2 40.Nc4 Rd4 41.Qa8+ Kg7 42.Qa7 Qxa7 43.Rxa7 Rg2 44.Ra3 Nd3
45.Rf1 Nxb2 46.Ne3 Rxg3 47.Ra7 Rxh4 48.Raxf7+ Kh6 49.R7f3 Rxf3
50.Rxf3 Rb4 51.Be8 Nd3+ 52.Ka2 Nf4 53.Nc2 Re4 54.Bc6 Nd5
55.Kb3 h4 56.Bb5 Kg5 57.Bd3 Rf4 58.Rh3 Kf6 59.Ne1 b5 60.Kc2 c4
61.Be2 g5 62.Rh2 e5 63.Kd2 b4 64.Kc1 c3 65.Nd3 Rd4 66.Nc5 Nf4
67.Bf3 Kf5 68.Bb7 e4 69.Nb3 Rd8 70.Kc2 e3 71.Ba6 h3 72.Rh1 g4
0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3
Qc7 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Qb6 12.Na4 Qd8
13.Bf3 Nd5 14.Re1 Nb6 15.Nc5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 a5 17.e6 Bxe6
18.Nxe6 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 fxe6 20.Rxe6 Kf7 21.Rde1 Rfe8 22.R6e3
Nc4 23.Rc3 Nd6 24.Bg4 Nf5 25.a4 Kf6 26.Rc5 e5 27.Rd1 Nd4 28.c3
Nb3 29.Rd6+ Kg5 30.Rc4 Rad8 31.h4+ Kh6 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Re4 Rd5
34.Be6 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Nd2 36.Rxe5 Nf1+ 37.Kh3 Rd2 38.Bg8 Kg7
39.Bc4 Rxf2 40.Bxf1 Rxf1 41.Rxa5 Rb1 42.b4 Rc1 43.Ra7 Rxc3+
44.g3 Kf6 45.Rxb7 h5 46.a5 g5 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Rg7+ Kf5 49.a6
Ra3 50.Ra7 Ra4 51.Ra8 Kg6 52.a7 Kg7 53.Kg2 Ra3 54.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 Nc6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Qh5 Qd6 17.Qh6 O-O-O
18.a4 b4 19.Bxh7 d4 20.Bxg8 Rxg8 21.Nd2 dxc3 22.Ne4 Qd5
23.bxc3 b3 24.Rad1 Qc4 25.Bf6 Bf5 26.Qf4 Bh3 27.g3 Rg4 28.Qf3
Ba3 29.Nd2 Qxa4 30.Nxb3 Rg8 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nf6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.exd6 Qb6 12.c4
Nf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Be3 Qxb2 15.Bd4 Qa3 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qd4 Rb8
18.Rac1 e5 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Qf5 Kg7 21.Rcd1 e4 22.Qg4+ Kh8
23.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nce2 Na5 12.Ng3 b5
13.b3 Bb7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.h4 Nc6 16.Nge2 Qe7 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Nd4
Rc7 19.Bd3 Bb4 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.f5 Bc3 22.f6 gxf6 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7
24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qg4+ Kh7 26.Bg5 Rh8 27.Bxf6 Qf8 28.Qh5+ Qh6
29.Qxh6+ Kxh6 30.Bxh8 Ne4 31.Rhf1 Nd2+ 32.Rxd2 Bxd2 33.Bf6 Be3
34.Rd1 Kh5 35.Rd3 Bf2 36.Kc1 b4 37.Kd1 Rc3 38.Rxc3 bxc3 39.Ke2
Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Qc2
O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7 9.Bd3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5
13.O-O Bg4 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Qb1 Bh5 16.Rxc8 Rxc8 17.Rc1 Rxc1+
18.Qxc1 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Bg6 20.Be2 Qc7 21.b4 h6 22.h3 a5 23.bxa5
Qxa5 24.a3 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Bxe4 26.Bb5 Qb6 27.Qb4 Qc7 28.Qb2 Qb6
29.a4 Bd3 30.Qb4 Bc4 31.h4 h5 32.g3 g6 33.Kg2 Qe6 34.Qb1 Bxb5
35.Qxb5 d4 36.exd4 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qxd4 38.a5 Qd2 39.Kg2 Kg7
40.Kf3 Qd1+ 41.Kg2 Qd2 42.Qe5+ Kg8 43.Qc5 Kg7 44.Kf3 Qd3+
45.Kf4 Kg8 46.Qc8+ Kg7 47.Qc5 Kg8 48.Kg5 Kg7 49.Qe5+ Kh7
50.Qc5 Qf3 51.Qe5 f6+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6
13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Rc8 16.Qd3 Rxc4 17.Qxc4 Nxd5
18.Qe2 Be7 19.O-O-O Nf4 20.Qd2 O-O 21.g3 Ne6 22.f4 Rc8 23.Kb1
g6 24.Rhe1 exf4 25.gxf4 Bh4 26.Rf1 Ng7 27.f5 Qc7 28.fxg6 hxg6
29.Ka2 Ne8 30.Qd4 Bg5 31.Rf2 Bh6 32.Rdf1 f5 33.Rg1 Qf7 34.Qd3
Bg7 35.Qxa6 Rc7 36.Qb5 Nf6 37.Rfg2 Ng4 38.h3 Ne5 39.Qxb4 Kh7
40.Qh4+ Bh6 41.Rd1 Nc4 42.Re2 Nxa5 43.Rxd6 Nxb3 44.cxb3 Ra7+
45.Kb1 Qc7 46.Rd1 Qf4 47.Re7+ Rxe7 48.Qxe7+ Bg7 49.Rd7 Qf1+
50.Ka2 Qa6+ 51.Kb1 Qf1+ 52.Kc2 Qg2+ 53.Kd3 Qf3+ 54.Kc4 Qc6+
55.Kd3 Qf3+ 56.Kc2 Qg2+ 57.Rd2 Qc6+ 58.Kb1 Qh1+ 59.Ka2 Qa8+
60.Qa3 Qe4 61.Rd7 Qe5 62.Re7 Qf6 63.Re3 f4 64.Rf3 g5 65.b4 Bf8
66.Qd3+ Kh6 67.Qc4 Qe5 68.b5 Bc5 69.Rb3 Qd6 70.b6 Bxb6 71.Qa6
Bc5 72.Qxd6+ Bxd6 73.Rb6 Kh5 74.Rxd6 Kh4 75.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6
13.Nd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne3 O-O 16.Be2 d5 17.O-O Ng6 18.c4
Nd4 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bg4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Qd3 Qd6 23.Rad1
Raf8 24.Rd2 Kh8 25.Rfd1 a5 26.Qa3 Qxa3 27.bxa3 Rd8 28.Rd3 b5
29.g3 Re4 30.Kg2 b4 31.a4 Rf8 32.R1d2 Rb8 33.Nxd5 b3 34.axb3
Nxb3 35.Rc2 Rxa4 36.Rxb3 Rxb3 37.Rc8+ Bf8 38.Be6 Kg7 39.Rc7+
Kg6 40.g4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7
13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4
g6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Rfb1 c3 21.a5 Nc4 22.Rxb7 Qe6 23.Ra1 Bb8
24.Bb3 Qd6 25.g3 Nxe3 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Qxe3 Qf6 28.Be6 Rce8
29.d5 Be5 30.Ra2 Bd4 31.Qe1 Qf3 32.Kh2 Qxd5 33.Bxd5 Rxe1
34.Kg2 Bxf2 35.Rf7 Rxf7 36.Bxf7 Bc5 37.Bb3 Kg7 38.Rc2 Bd4
39.a6 Kf6 40.Ra2 Ke5 41.h4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5
8.dxc5 Nec6 9.h4 Qc7 10.Bg2 Qxe5+ 11.Nce2 Na6 12.h5 Be4 13.f3
O-O-O 14.Bd2 Bxc5 15.Qc1 g5 16.Nh3 Nd4 17.fxe4 Nxe2 18.Kxe2
dxe4 19.Bxg5 Qg3 20.Kf1 Qxg4 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.Qe1 Qf5+ 23.Nf2
e3 24.Rh3 exf2 25.Qe2 Nc7 26.Rf3 Qg5 27.Rxf7 Nd5 28.Qxe6+ Kb8
29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.Qe8+ Rd8 31.Qe4 Qg1+ 32.Ke2 f1=Q+ 33.Raxf1
Qh2+ 34.R1f2 Qxh5+ 35.R2f3 Qh2+ 36.Rf2 Qh5+ 37.Qf3 Qe5+ 38.Kf1
Qxb2 39.Re2 Qb1+ 40.Kg2 a6 41.Kh3 Ka7 42.Re5 Bd6 43.Rg5 Rb8
44.Rd5 Bf8 45.a4 Qxc2 46.Rd8 Qc1 47.Rdxf8 Qh6+ 48.Kg3 Qg5+
49.Qg4 Qe3+ 50.Kg2 Qd2+ 51.Rf2 Qd5+ 52.Kg1 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tomasz Markowski"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Qxc4 e5
7.Ng5 Nh6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.d3 Nf5 11.O-O Nd4 12.Be3
h6 13.Nge4 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Qa4 Qe7 16.f4 Bg4 17.Rae1 f5
18.Nf2 Bh5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.e3 Bg7
23.Na4 Rae8 24.d4 g5 25.Nc5 f4 26.Nfe4 Bg6 27.exf4 Bxd4+
28.Kg2 gxf4 29.gxf4 Bxb2 30.Kf3 Bh5+ 31.Kg3 Kh7 32.f5 Rg8+
33.Kh4 Bf7 34.Nd7 Kg7 35.Nec5 Bc4 36.Ne6+ Kf7 37.Rf4 Bd5
38.Rb1 Rg2 39.Kh3 Rd2 40.Rg1 Bxa2 41.Ndc5 Be5 42.Ne4 Bxe6
43.fxe6+ Kxe6 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.b3 h6 11.Bb2 Kc8 12.Rad1
a5 13.h3 b6 14.a4 Bb4 15.Ne2 Re8 16.Nf4 g6 17.g4 Ng7 18.Rd3
Ne6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Ne2 Bd6 22.f4 f5 23.exd6 Rxe2
24.dxc7 Kxc7 25.Be5+ Kc8 26.Rfd1 Be6 27.Rd6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Qf3 d4 12.O-O-O Nbd7
13.Bd2 Qc7 14.gxf6 dxc3 15.Bxc3 Qc6 16.Qg3 Bh6+ 17.Kb1 Bf4
18.Qd3 O-O 19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.Bb4 Rg8 21.Rxg8+ Kxg8 22.Be7 h6
23.Be2 Nxf6 24.Qd8+ Kh7 25.Qf8 Be6 26.Qxa8 Bxf5 27.Ka1 Nd5
28.Qf8 Qe6 29.Bc5 Bxc2 30.Rg1 Bg6 31.h4 Bh2 32.Rd1 Nf4 33.Rd8
1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.c3 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.Ng3 Bg4
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nd7 15.Ne4 Be7 16.O-O-O Bd6 17.g4 Rb8 18.g5
b5 19.Bd3 b4 20.Qf5 bxc3 21.b3 Rb4 22.h4 Rxe4 23.Qxe4 f5
24.gxf6 Nxf6 25.Qc4 e4 26.Bc2 Bf4+ 27.Kb1 Bd2 28.Bxe4 Qd6
29.f3 Kh8 30.Qd3 Re8 31.Rhg1 c6 32.Rg2 cxd5 33.Bf5 g6 34.Bh3
Re3 35.Qd4 Rxf3 36.Rf2 c2+ 37.Kxc2 Be3 38.Rxf3 Bxd4 39.Rxd4
Qc5+ 40.Kd3 Ne4 41.Ke3 Kg7 42.Be6 Qc3+ 43.Rd3 Qe5 44.Bxd5 Nf6+
0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3
h6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Qg3 Rc8 11.f4 Nb4 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Nfd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Qg5 17.Rhe1 Bc5
18.Be4 Rc7 19.Kb1 Qxe5 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Qb3 O-O 22.g4 Qf4 23.Ne5
Bc8 24.h4 Be7 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Bxg5 27.Qb6 Re7 28.Qb4 g6
29.Qd6 Ree8 30.Qc7 Bf6 31.Bd3 Rd8 32.a3 Rd5 33.Bxg6 Bxe5
34.Bh7+ Kg7 35.Rg1+ Kf6 36.Qb6 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Qd3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Nb8 11.Rfe1 c6 12.Ba4 Nbd7
13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Ne3 Re8 15.Nf5 Qf8 16.Rad1 Nh5 17.Bc2 Nb6 18.b3
Be6 19.Qd2 Bd8 20.Ne3 g6 21.c4 Bxh4 22.Nxh4 c5 23.dxc5 dxc5
24.Nd5 Rad8 25.Qa5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Qd6 27.g3 Re7 28.Rd2 Rde8
29.Rde2 Nf6 30.Nf3 Nfd7 31.Nd2 f5 32.Qxa7 Ra8 33.Qxb7 Nb8
34.Qxe7 Qxe7 35.Rxe5 Qb7 36.Re8+ Kf7 37.Nf3 Rxa2 38.R1e6 N6d7
39.R6e7+ Kf6 40.Rh7 Qb6 41.Ree7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt SC Comp m"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Fritz (Computer)"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nbd2
Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.a3 Rfe8 18.Bd3 Qb7
19.Qe2 exd4 20.Nxd4 d5 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.e5 Ne4 23.Bd4 Ng5
24.Nf3 Ne4 25.Nd2 Ng5 26.Rec1 Ne6 27.Nf3 Bd7 28.Be3 b4 29.Nd4
Nc5 30.Bf5 Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Nb3 32.Qg4 g6 33.Nh6+ Kg7 34.Qf4 Bd8
35.Ng4 bxa3 36.bxa3 Nxa1 37.Rxa1 Ra6 38.Rd1 Qb3 39.Rc1 g5
40.Qf5 Qxa3 41.Rc8 Qa1+ 42.Kh2 h5 43.Rxd8 Rxd8 44.Nf6 Qc3
45.Bxg5 Kf8 46.f4 h4 47.Bxh4 Qa5 48.Qh7 Ke7 49.Ng4+ Ke8
50.Qg8+ Kd7 51.Qxf7+ Kc6 52.e6 Rda8 53.e7 Kc5 54.Bf2+ Kc4
55.e8=Q Rxe8 56.Qxe8 Kb3 57.Qe2 Rc6 58.Qd1+ Rc2 59.Ne3 Qd2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3
Nc6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Rc8 10.f5 Nb4 11.Qh3 Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6
13.a3 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Qxa3+ 15.Kd2 Na2 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Ke7
18.Bc4 Bh6+ 19.Ke1 Qxc3+ 20.Qxc3 Nxc3 21.Rd3 Rc8 22.Rxc3 Bxe6
23.Bxe6 Rxc3 24.Bb3 Re3+ 25.Kf2 Rxe4 26.Bd5 Rf4+ 27.Kg3 Rb4
28.Bg8 Bf4+ 29.Kf3 Be5 30.Bxh7 a5 31.Bg8 a4 32.Re1 b5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxa2 16. Qe3 Nb6
17. Qxe5+ Be6 18. fxe6 Bh6+ 19. f4 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O+ 21. Bd4
Qa4 22. Qc5+ Kb8 23. Ke1 Nc8 24. Be5+ Ka8 25. Bg2 Rxd1+
26. Kxd1 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Orazly Annageldyev"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nf6 11. cxb5 Be7
12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Ng4
17. Ba7 axb5 18. Bxb8 bxc4 19. Qb7 Qc8 20. Qa7 f5 21. Nxc4 Rf6
22. Nb6 Qe8 23. Qxd7 Qh5 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Rogelio Antonio Jr"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7
7. Nd2 a5 8. Qxb6 Nxb6 9. a4 h5 10. Be2 Be7 11. h3 Bd8 12. g3
Ne7 13. f4 Bc2 14. b3 Nf5 15. Bf2 g5 16. fxg5 Bxg5 17. Ngf3
Be7 18. O-O Kd7 19. Ne1 Be4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Rag8 22. Kh2
Kc7 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Nf4 Nc8 25. Rab1 Nce7 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4
Ng6 28. Nxg6 Rxg6 29. b5 Bh6 30. Rb3 Ra8 31. bxc6 Kxc6
32. Rfb1 Ra7 33. Ne1 Rg8 34. Nd3 Rb8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ne7
37. Nc5 Kc7 38. a5 Nc6 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. g5 Bxg5 41. Nxe6+ fxe6
42. Rxf8 Nxa5 43. Rf7+ Kc6 44. Rg1 Bd2 45. Rg6 Bb4 46. Rxe6+
Kb5 47. Rd7 Kc4 48. Rb6 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Qxh1
17. Bg2 Bh6+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Qxg2 20. Qxg2 a5 21. f4
exf4 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Re7 Kc7 25. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Aloyzas Kveinys"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qf3
Nc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qh3 Nd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. f5 Nf6 17. Rad1
Qb6 18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf5 Qxc4 20. Bg5 h5 21. b3 Qb4 22. a3
Qb6 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 Qc6 26. Nc3 Rg8 27. Ne4
Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rf2 f5 30. Rd1 c4 31. Qc3 cxb3 32. Re2
Kf8 33. Qxb3 Re8 34. Qc3 h4 35. Rd7 Rg7 36. a4 Bg5 37. Rb2 Kg8
38. Rc7 Kh7 39. Rd7 Reg8 40. Kf1 f6 41. Rxg7+ Rxg7 42. Qc8 f4
43. Rb8 Kg6 44. Qc4 Bf5 45. Rg8 h3 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. Qxa6
hxg2+ 48. Kxg2 e4 49. Qb5 Kg6 50. a5 f3+ 51. Kg3 Bd2 52. Qd5
f2 53. Kxf2 e3+ 54. Kf3 Bc2 55. a6 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Normunds Miezis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Ne4 N7f6 11. Neg5 Bf5
12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Ngf3 Nb4 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Nb6 17. Qe4 c6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Bg5 Qd5 21. h4
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxa2 23. h5 Qd5 24. Nh4 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6
26. Re5 Qa2 27. Nf5 Nd5 28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. Qh4 gxf5 30. Rxd5 Bg7
31. Rd6 Qb4 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Qc7 Qb3 35. Qf4 Qe6
36. Rxb7 a5 37. f3 c5 38. Rb5 Bxd4 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Bh4 Be3
41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. f4 Qh6 43. Rb7 Qh5 44. Qg5 Qxg5 45. Bxg5 Kg6
46. Ra7 Bd2 47. Rc7 Re3+ 48. g3 Bb4 49. Be7 a4 50. Bd6 Be1
51. Rxc5 Rxg3+ 52. Kh2 Rd3 53. Rc6 Kh5 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kf1 Re3
56. Rc4 Kf3 57. Bc5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Be5 b6
12. f3 Ke7 13. Bd6+ Kd8 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bg3 Ke7 16. b3 Nc5
17. b4 Na4 18. Kc2 d6 19. Kb3 Bd7 20. e5 d5 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Ba6 Nc7 23. e6 Nxe6 24. Rxd5 Bc6 25. Bd6+ Kf6 26. Be5+ Ke7
27. Bd6+ Kf6 28. Rd2 Rhd8 29. Ne2 b5 30. Rc1 Be8 31. Rdd1 Nb6
32. Bb7 Nc4 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Nc3 Kg6 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. Rxc4
Bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Rc8+ 38. Kb5 Rc2 39. Ka6 Rxg2 40. Kxa7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-2001"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Rabiega"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. O-O-O Nb6 11. Kb1 g6
12. Nge2 Bd7 13. Nc1 Ng7 14. Nb3 Bf5 15. Nc5 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ne6
17. h4 O-O-O 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Nac5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Nd3 Kb7
22. h5 g5 23. Ka1 Rc8 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rhe1 Rhe8 26. e4 Qd7
27. f3 dxe4 28. fxe4 Nd6 29. e5 Nb5 30. exf6 Nxd4 31. Qc4 c5
32. f7 Rf8 33. Ne5 Qd6 34. Qd3 h6 35. Qg6 Qd5 36. Qxh6 Qxg2
37. Qg6 Rcd8 38. h6 Qd5 39. h7 Ne6 40. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5
12.Nb3 Be7 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Bg3 h5 16.h3 h4 17.Bh2
O-O-O 18.Rfd1 Nb6 19.Na5 Bb4 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 f6 22.c3 Ba5
23.Kf1 e5 24.f3 Bb6 25.Bg1 Bxg1 26.Kxg1 Ba4 27.b3 Bc6 28.Kf2
Kc7 29.Bd3 Rd6 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Rxd6 Kxd6 32.fxe4 Rc8 33.Rd1+
Ke6 34.Rd3 b5 35.g3 hxg3+ 36.Rxg3 g5 37.Rf3 b4 38.c4 Rh8
39.Ke3 Rh4 40.Kd3 Rf4 41.Ke3 Kd6 42.Rf2 Ke6 43.Rf3 a6 44.Rf2
Rh4 45.Rf3 Rh7 46.Kd2 a5 47.Kc2 Rh8 48.Kd2 Rh6 49.Ke2 Rh7
50.Kd2 Rh8 51.Kc2 Rh6 52.Kd2 Kd6 53.Rd3+ Kc6 54.Rf3 Kc5 55.Rd3
a4 56.Rd5+ Kc6 57.Rb5 Rxh3 58.Rxb4 axb3 59.axb3 Kc5 60.Rb8 g4
61.Rg8 Rg3 62.Ke2 Kd4 63.Kf2 Rf3+ 64.Kg2 Rf4 65.Rd8+ Kxe4
66.Rd2 Rf3 67.Rb2 Rc3 68.b4 Rxc4 69.b5 Rc7 70.b6 Rb7 71.Kg3 f5
72.Rb4+ Kd5 73.Rb5+ Ke6 74.Kh4 Kf6 75.Rb1 e4 76.Rb5 e3 77.Kg3
Kg5 78.Kg2 e2 79.Kf2 Re7 80.Ke1 g3 81.Rb3 f4 0-1

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7
13.Bg3 O-O-O 14.Bd3 Qxa5 15.O-O Qc5 16.Qxf7 Rdf8 17.Qh7 Rxf3
18.gxf3 Nxe5 19.Be2 d4 20.Rfe1 Bc6 21.Kf1 Nxf3 22.Bxf3 Bxf3
23.Re5 Bd5 24.Kg1 Kd7 25.Rd1 Qxa3 26.Qh4 Qa4 27.Rxe6 Rxg3+
28.hxg3 Nf5 29.Qh7+ Kxe6 30.Qg6+ Kd7 31.Qxf5+ Kc6 32.Qf6+ Kc5
33.Qe7+ Kc4 34.Qe5 Kc5 35.f4 b5 36.f5 Kc6 37.Qf6+ Kc5 38.Qe5
Kc6 39.Rxd4 Qa1+ 40.Kf2 Qh1 41.Rxd5 Qxd5 42.Qxc3+ Kd6 43.Qd3
a5 44.Ke3 a4 45.Qxd5+ Kxd5 46.Kd2 b4 47.Kc1 1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. c4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 O-O
12. O-O-O Bg7 13. h4 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. h5 h6 16. Rh3 f4
17. Rh4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 cxb4 20. Rxf4 Be6 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. Rdxd4 Rac8 23. b3 Rc5 24. g4 Rfc8 25. Bd3 Kf8 26. Kb2
Ke7 27. Be4 Re5 28. Bxb7 Re2+ 29. Kb1 Rc5 30. Rde4 Rd2 31. Rd4
Re2 32. Rde4 Rd2 33. Rf5 Kd6 34. Rxc5 Kxc5 35. Rf4 Rd1+
36. Kc2 Ra1 37. Kb2 Rg1 38. Bd5 Bxd5 39. cxd5 a5 40. Rxf7 Rxg4
41. Ra7 Rf4 42. Rxa5+ Kb6 43. Ra8 Rxf2+ 44. Kb1 Kc5 45. Rc8+
Kxd5 46. Rc4 Rf1+ 47. Kb2 Rf2+ 48. Kb1 Rf1+ 49. Kc2 Rf2+
50. Kd3 Rxa2 51. Rxb4 Kc5 52. Ra4 Rb2 53. Kc3 Rh2 54. Ra6 Rh3+
55. Kb2 Kb4 {55...Rxh5!! =} 56. Rb6+ Kc5 57. Rxh6 Kb4 58. Kc2
Rc3+ 59. Kd2 Rh3 60. Rh8 Kc5 61. Kc2 Kb5 62. Kd2 Kc6 63. h6
Kb7 64. b4 Ka7 65. Ke2 Rh4 66. Kf3 Rxb4 67. Rg8 Rh4 68. Rg6
Kb7 69. Kg3 Rh1 70. Kf4 Kc7 71. Kf5 Kd7 72. Kf6 Ke8 73. Kg7
1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. a3 Nf5
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 Rc8
12. Nc3 Na5 13. Na4 Qc6 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Rxc4 dxc4 16. Nc3 Qb6
17. Bg2 a5 18. b5 Bxb5 19. d5 Bc5 20. O-O Rd8 21. d6 Bc6
22. Qe2 Qa6 23. Rb1 Ba7 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 b5
27. Ng5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qb7+ 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. Ngxe4 O-O
31. Rxb5 f6 32. Rxa5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Nf7 34. Rxe6 Rce8 35. Rxe8
Rxe8 36. Kf3 Re6 37. Nb5 Re5 38. a4 Rd5 39. Ke2 Nd8 40. f3 Nc6
41. Ke3 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kf6 44. Ne4+ Kf7 45. Ng5+
Kg6 46. h4 h6 47. h5+ Kf6 48. Ne4+ Kf7 49. g5 Rd5 50. g6+ Kf8
51. Ng3 Rd1 52. Nf5 Rd5 53. Ke4 Re5+ 54. Kf4 Rd5 55. Ke4 Re5+
56. Kf4 Rc5 57. Nc3 Nd8 58. Ke4 Ne6 59. f4 Ke8 60. Ng3 Kd7
61. f5 Ng5+ 62. Kd4 Rc6 63. Nge4 Nxe4 64. Nxe4 c3 65. Nxc3
Kxd6 66. a5 Ke7 67. Nd5+ Kf8 68. Nb4 Rc8 69. a6 Ra8 70. Kc5
Ke8 71. Nd5 Kd8 72. f6 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 Rxb4 14. Nbc7+ Kd7 15. O-O Qxc7 16. c3
Rxe4 17. Qh5 Kd8 18. Nxc7 Kxc7 19. Qxf7+ Be7 20. Rab1 Ba6
21. Rfd1 Rf8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qe6 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd3 25. Rd1 f4
26. Qd5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Re2 28. a4 e4 29. a5 Bd3 30. Ra1 Rb2
31. c4 Rb7 32. a6 Ra7 33. f3 Ne5 34. fxe4 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Rxa6
36. Rxc4+ Nxc4 37. Qxc4+ Rc6 38. Qf7 Kd8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxh7
Rc5 41. Qf7 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Qf5+ Kc7 44. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. c3 c5
12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1
Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 23. Qg6 Qd6 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Rxd3 Qe5 26. h3
Be8 27. Qg7 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 hxg5 29. Rd6 Bc6 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Kf2
e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rf6 e3+ 34. Ke2 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Kb8 36. b3 Ka7
37. Rd6 Rh8 38. c4 Be8 39. Ke2 Rxh3 40. Rxg5 Bc6 41. Re5 Bf3+
42. Kxe3 Bxg4+ 43. Kd4 Rh2 44. Rg6 Bd1 45. Ra5 Rd8+ 46. Kc3
Rdd2 47. Rg1 Bf3 48. a4 Rc2+ 49. Kd4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nd2 O-O
17. f5 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. f6 Ng6 21. fxg7 Kxg7
22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Nxd6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc7 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. Nf5 Re8
27. Rd6 e4 28. Ne3 Re5 29. c4 Kg7 30. b4 Ne7 31. Kb2 Rc6
32. Rd7 b6 33. a4 Kg6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rce6 36. Kc3 Nf5
37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Kxf5 39. Rxf7+ Ke5 40. Rh7 e3 41. Kd3
Kd6 42. Ke2 Re5 43. Rh6+ Kc5 44. Rc6+ Kd4 45. Rxb6 Kxc4
46. Rb8 Rg5 47. Kf3 Re5 48. Rc8+ Kd3 49. Rd8+ Kc4 50. Ke2 Kxb5
51. Rd3 Kc4 52. Rxe3 Rg5 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Re2 Kd6 55. Kf4 Ra5
56. Kg3 Ra4 57. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Bd6 10. g3 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. a4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Qd3 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 O-O 18. c3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 Rb8 21. f3 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qf2 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Bd3 Ne6 26. Raa1
Ng5 27. Kg2 g6 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. h4 Ne6 30. Be4 b4 31. c4 Nd4
32. Rd2 b3 33. Rad1 Kg7 34. Bd5 Nf5 35. Qc3 Re8 36. Re1 Nd4
37. f4 Nc2 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. fxe5 Qb6 40. e6+ f6 41. c5 Qa6
42. Bxb3 Ne1+ 43. Kf2 Qa1 44. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O
17. b3 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Ba5 Rc6 20. Qg3 Qb8 21. f4 Re8
22. e5 Be7 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Bc3 Bf8 26. Bxa6
Nb6 27. Bb5 Rd8 28. a4 c4 29. Be5 Qa8 30. Qf2 Qd5 31. Kh1 Bc5
32. Qg3 Bf8 33. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Bd6 10. g3 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. a4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra5 Rb8 19. Bd3 O-O 20. c4 Qd4 21. Rxb5
Rxb5 22. cxb5 Qxb2 23. Qb1 Qd4 24. Rd1 d6 25. Bf1 Qxe4
26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. f3 Nc3 28. Rxd6 Rb8 29. Rc6 Na4 30. Kf2 Kf8
31. Ke3 f5 32. Re6 Re8 33. Ra6 Nc5 34. Rc6 Nd7 35. Bc4 Rb8
36. Be6 Nf6 37. b6 g6 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Kc4 Nd7 40. Bxd7 Kxd7
41. Kc5 Rb7 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rd1 Rb8 44. Rd2 Ke6 45. Kc6 Rc8+
46. Kb5 Rc1 47. b7 Rb1+ 48. Kc6 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Rd8 Ke5
51. b8=Q+ Rxb8 52. Rxb8 e3 53. Re8+ Kd4 54. Re7 h5 55. Kd6 Kd3
56. Ke5 e2 57. Kf6 Kd2 58. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd1
Nc6 13. Nf2 a5 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Nd3 a4 16. Nd2 Nce5 17. f4 Qxc2
18. Nxb4 Qxb2 19. Nxa6 Qxa1+ 20. Kf2 Qc3 21. fxe5 Qc8 22. Rc1
Qxc1 23. Nc4 Qc3 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nxa8 dxe5 26. Bf1 Bc5
27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Nab6 Rd8 30. Qf2 Nxe4 31. Qh4
Qc2+ 32. Kg1 g6 0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Garcia"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3
O-O 7. h4 Nc6 8. Nge2 Nb4 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a5 11. Kf1 b5
12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qc6 Bc4 14. b3 Ra6 15. Qb7 Rb6 16. Qa7 Bxe2+
17. Nxe2 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxa5 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rf6+ 21. Kg1
Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Silvia (Aleksieva) Collas"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Qc7 13. a5 Qb7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. g4 O-O 16. g5 Nh5
17. Bh3 g6 18. Bg4 Ng7 19. h4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Kb1 Nfh5
22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5 26. Rxh5
Kh8 27. Rdh1 Rg8 28. Qd3 Bg5 29. Rg1 Bf4 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8
31. Rh1 Rg7 32. Qe4 Rg6 33. Qf5 Kg7 34. Rd1 Rg2 35. Qh3 Rg6
36. Rh1 h6 37. Rd1 Qc7 38. Qf1 Qb7 39. Qc4 h5 40. Rh1 Rh6
41. Qe4 h4 42. Rg1+ Kh8 43. Qf5 Qxd5 44. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zenon Franco Ocampos"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 h5 6. h4 Nc6
7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. d3 f5 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Bg5 Nd8 12. Qd2
Nf7 13. O-O-O Nxg5 14. hxg5 c6 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Kb1 O-O-O
17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Kb8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bh3 h4 21. exf5
gxf5 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Qg6+ 24. Nc2 Qf7 25. Ne3 Be5 26. Ng2
h3 27. Bxh3 Bg7 28. Bg4 0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mladen Palac"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Be7
12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Ba6
16. Rhe1 Qb7 17. g4 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Ra6 19. Qd4 h6 20. h4 Qb5
21. Red2 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. c4 Rc6 24. Rc2 Qe5 25. Qd2 O-O
26. Bxg5 Nc5 27. Qf4 Nfd7 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Bf6 Ncd7 30. Bxe5
Nxe5 31. c5 Nxf3 32. b4 Rb8 33. Kb2 Ne5 34. Kb3 Kf8 35. a4
Nxg4 36. Rd4 Ne5 37. b5 Ke7 38. Kb4 f5 39. exf5 exf5 40. Re2
Re6 41. Kc3 Rc8 42. Rd5 Nd7 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Kd4 Nf6
45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. b6 Nd7 47. Rd5 Rc6 48. a5 f4 1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O
17. b3 Rc6 18. Rad1 c4 19. bxc4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Qg3 dxc4
22. Bf3 Re6 23. Bd5 Re2 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 g6 26. Qe5 Re8
27. h3 Qd7 28. Bxc4 Bb4 29. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bxe1 31. c3
Qc7 32. Qd4 a5 33. Kf1 Bd2 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxd2 Qc4+
36. Kg1 a4 37. g3 Ke6 38. h4 a3 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. f3 Qb1
41. Qe3+ Kd5 42. Qd4+ Kc6 43. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Edvins Kengis"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Bb2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a4 e5 11. N4f3 Nc6 12. Nc4
Be6 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bxg6 dxc4 16. Be4 Qxd1
17. Raxd1 cxb3 18. Ng5 bxc2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bxc2 Bc4 21. Re4
Bh6 22. Rh4 Kg7 23. Rxc4 Bxg5 24. Rg4 Kh6 25. Rd3 f5 26. Rh3+
1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. h3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qe7
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Qc2 c5 15. Na2 cxd4 16. Qb3 Bd6
17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Nc3 Be5 20. Rd1 a6 21. Bd2 g5
22. Be2 Nce4 23. Qb3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne4 26. Rd4
0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. b3 Nf5 11. Ne2 c5 12. c4
dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Nexd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 b6 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. Qg5 O-O 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qg5 Qxc4 25. Rb3 Rfd8 26. Rh3
Rd3 27. g3 1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. Qb4 Qe7 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Qxd4 a6 15. Qd8+ Ne8
16. Bxe8 Qxd8 17. Rxd8 Ke7 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ba4 Rhd8 20. Bb3
Rc5 21. g4 h5 22. g5 Rf5 23. Rh3 Rf4 24. c3 Rd3 25. Bd1 e5
26. Be2 Rd5 27. c4 Ra5 28. a3 e4 29. Nd4 g6 30. Rh2 Kd6
31. Kd2 Ke5 32. Ke3 Rc5 33. b4 Rc8 34. Nb3 Rc7 35. c5 Rd7 1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 h6
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. h3 Re8 15. Na2 Bf8 16. b4 a5
17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rab1 Qxa4 19. Rxb7 Qa8 20. Rb2 c5 21. Ba6
Bxe4 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Ne1 Na4 25. Rbd2 Bd5
26. Be5 Ne4 27. Rc2 Bc5 28. Qg4 f6 29. Bd4 Bb3 30. Rdc1 Bxc2
31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Nxc2 Nb2 33. Re1 0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. e4 h6 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. h3 Qh5 16. Ne5 c5
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Na2 Ba5 19. Be5 Rc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rg6
26. g3 Qd7 27. h4 Rd6 28. Re1 c4 29. Re5 Rd5 30. Qe4 Rxe5
31. Qxe5 b6 32. Qe4 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "IFA Galaxis"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shredder (Computer)"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rd1
Rc8 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rab1 Re8 15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Na2 Ba5 17. b4 Bc7
18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Qe3 e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. f3 c5
23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bb3 Rec8 25. Nb4 Rc3 26. Qb6 Bxe4 27. fxe4
Ng4 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+
32. Rxd1 Rc4 33. Rb1 Rxe4 34. a5 Re5 35. h3 Ne3 36. Nd3 Rb5
37. Rxb5 axb5 38. Nc5 b4 39. Kf2 Nc4 40. Nb3 Ke6 41. Ke1 Kd5
42. Ke2 Ne5 43. Kd2 Kc4 44. Kc2 Nc6 45. Nd2+ Kb5 46. Ne4 Nxa5
47. Nd6+ Ka4 48. g3 b3+ 49. Kb1 b5 0-1

[Event "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c5 15. d5 c4 16. a4 Qc7 17. Bg5 Reb8
18. Qd2 Bc8 19. Nf5 Ne8 20. Be7 Nc5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ng3 Bd7
23. a5 f6 24. Nh4 Rb7 25. Rf1 Rab8 26. f4 b4 27. fxe5 dxe5
28. Rf3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Kg8 30. Raf1 Rb2 31. Qc1 Ra2 32. Nh5 Qd6
33. Rg3 Kh8 34. Nxg7 Nxg7 35. Qh6 1-0

[Event "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O
O-O-O 13. Qf2 Rdf8 14. Rhe1 g5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bb6 Qb8
17. Nd5 Re8 18. Ba7 exd5 19. Bxb8 Kxb8 20. exd5 Bd7 21. fxg5
1-0

[Event "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Murugan Thiruchelvam"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. h4 Qa6
12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. f4 Rg8
17. Rd2 Rg4 18. Rf2 f5 19. exf5 Bxh4 20. Re2 Kd7 21. fxe6+
fxe6 22. Rh3 Rxf4 23. g3 Rf1+ 24. Kd2 Bg5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Bc6 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. Rf3 e5
17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxa3 21. Bxg7
Bxb2 22. Bxf8 Bxc3 23. Ref1 Rxf8 24. Rf5 Nf6 25. Rg5+ Kh8
26. Rc5 Bxe4 27. Rxc3 Re8 28. Kg1 Bxd3 29. cxd3 Re6 30. Ra3
Rd6 31. Rfa1 Kg7 32. Rxa6 Rxd3 33. Rb6 Rb3 34. Rf1 Ng4 35. Rb7
Ne5 36. h3 Kg6 37. Rb6+ Kg7 38. Rf5 f6 39. Rbxf6 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Roberto Cifuentes Parada"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. b3 a6 10. d5 c5 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. Nd2 Bg5
13. Nc4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Rb8 15. Nd1 g6 16. Nde3 Ndf6 17. Qb2 Bd7
18. b4 Qc7 19. Reb1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qb4
bxc4 23. Qxb8 cxd3 24. cxd3 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Qb6 Be2
27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Ra3 f5 29. Rb2 Bh5 30. f3 g5 31. Rc3 fxe4
32. fxe4 Nf6 33. Rxc5 Ra8 34. h3 g4 35. Kf2 gxh3 36. gxh3 Bg6
37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Re7 Ra1 40. Rb6 Rf1 41. d6 Rh1
42. d7 Rxh3+ 43. Kd2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Nxd7 45. Rxd7 Kg5 46. Rd5
1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihai Suba"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nc6
7. Nf3 a5 8. Bd2 Nb4 9. Qb3 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. dxc5 O-O 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxb2 16. Ra2
Bg7 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. O-O Nxc5 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Ncb5 a4 21. Bc3
Nb3 22. Rd1 Ncxd4 23. Bxd4 Be6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc2 Rbc8
26. Rc3 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rd8 28. Bf3 Rd2 29. h4 Bd7 30. Nd4 Nxd4
31. exd4 b5 32. d5 Kf6 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke1 Rb2 35. g3 Kd6
36. h5 g5 37. h6 g4 38. Be2 Kxd5 39. Rc7 Kd6 40. Ra7 Rb3
41. Ra6+ Kc5 42. Ra7 Be6 43. Kd2 Rxa3 44. Bd3 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra1
46. Bxh7 Rh1 47. Rc7+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Cacho Reigadas"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. e4 Nc5
12. dxc5 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxa5 Ra8
16. Bb4 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. Kf1 f6 20. Rac1 e5
21. Rc2 Rhd8 22. Rcd2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Ne6 24. Ne1 Ra4 25. Rc2 c5
26. Rc3 Nd4 27. Nd3 Kd6 28. f4 e4 29. Nf2 f5 30. Nd1 Ke6
31. Ne3 Ra7 32. Kf2 h6 33. h4 g6 34. Rc1 b6 35. Rd1 g5
36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Nd5 gxf4 38. Nxf4+ Ke5 39. Ng6+ Kf6 40. Nf4
Kg5 41. g3 Rh7 42. Kg2 Rh6 43. Rh1 Rxh1 44. Kxh1 Kg4 45. Kg2
Nc2 46. Kf2 e3+ 47. Kg2 e2 48. Nxe2 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Nd1+ 50. Kg2
Nxb2 51. Nc3 Nxc4 52. a4 Nb2 53. Kf2 c4 54. Kg2 Nd3 55. Nd1 f4
56. gxf4 Kxf4 57. Kf1 Kf3 58. Nc3 Ke3 59. Nb1 Nc5 60. a5 bxa5
61. Ke1 Kd3 62. Kd1 Nb3 63. Na3 Nd4 64. Kc1 c3 65. Kb1 c2+
66. Kb2 a4 0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5
17. exd5 e4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. d6 Qf6 20. Bc2 f4 21. Qh3 Rac8
22. b3 Qg5 23. Rad1 f5 24. d7 Rcd8 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. f3 e3
27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Bf8 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. Ne2
Bb5 32. Rd5 Bb6 33. Re1 Ba5 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihail Marin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5
13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Nd1 f5 15. f4 e4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Kf7
18. g4 Nf6 19. Nf2 b4 20. Qg3 Qe7 21. e3 Nb7 22. Qh4 Ke8
23. g5 Nh5 24. Ndxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Kd8 26. Bf3 Kc7 27. Bxh5
gxh5 28. Qxh5 Bd7 29. Nh1 Qg7 30. Ng3 a5 31. Qd1 h6 32. gxh6
Qxh6 33. Qd2 Rf7 34. Rf2 Rbf8 35. e4 Qh4 36. f5 Rg7 37. Rg2
Re7 38. Rge2 Rg8 39. Rg2 Re5 40. a4 Nd8 41. Re3 Nf7 42. Qe2
Rg4 43. Qc2 Ng5 44. Rge2 Rf4 45. Kh1 Be8 0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Orestes Rodriguez"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2
bxc6 7. Nc3 Qg6 8. Qf4 Nf6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O
d5 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Qd4 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. f4
Rfe8 17. e5 Ng4 18. Na4 Nxh2 19. f5 Bc8 20. Nc5 Ng4 21. e6 Kf8
22. c4 g6 23. cxd5 Nf2 24. f6 Ng4 25. e7+ Kg8 26. Rf1 cxd5
27. Bb5 Bf5 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxd5 Nxf6 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. Re1 h5
32. Re5 Kh6 33. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Quinn"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3
Nh5 13. g3 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 f4 16. g4 Ng7 17. Qb3 Nc6
18. c5 Kh8 19. Bb2 Nd4 20. Qd5 Ngxe6 21. cxd6 c6 22. Qc4 Qxd6
23. b5 Rac8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qd3 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4
7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 a5 10. Qh5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7
12. a4 Nd7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxe5 Bd4 16. Qg5 Qb6
17. Be3 Be6 18. Ra3 Rfe8 19. Kg1 h6 20. Qf4 Rad8 21. Rh3 Qb4
22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Rb3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2
Qxf2 27. Qg3 Qxc2 28. Rc3 Qxb2 29. Rc4 Rg6 30. Qf3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgenij Agrest"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. f4 Nd7 11. Be3 Ngf6 12. Qf3
g6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qh3 h5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 e5 17. Be2 Rg8
18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rb8 20. Nd2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nde4 b4
23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rcd1
h4 28. Bf2 Kf8 29. Qh3 Rd8 30. Bc5 Rg5 31. Be3 Rg8 32. Bc5 Rg5
33. Qd3 Rd7 34. Bf2 Rg8 35. h3 Qc6 36. Qe4 Rc7 37. Qxb4 Be7
38. Bxh4 f6 39. R1d2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc4 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qb3 Qf1
43. Rf2 Qc1 44. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Aimen Rizouk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nd4 Ng6 15. f4 a5 16. a4 h5
17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng5 c5 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. e6 cxd4 21. f5 Nh4
22. exd7+ Kxd7 23. Ne5+ Kc8 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Bxd4 Rxf5 26. Rxf5
Nxf5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[EventDate "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aimen Rizouk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1
d6 12. f4 Qf6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Qg3 h6
17. Bd2 Re7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Rf4 d5 21. Rf1 d4
22. c4 Bd6 23. Qg4 b6 24. b4 Bb7 25. a4 c5 26. b5 a5 27. bxa6
Bxa6 28. Rb1 Bc7 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. Bg3 Re3 31. Qf4 Bb7 32. Qb8
Bc6 33. a5 bxa5 34. Qa7 a4 35. Qxc5 Be7 36. Qa7 Bd6 37. Bxd6
Qxd6 38. c5 Qd5 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Gyimesi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8
7. Be2 Na6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 f6 11. g4 fxg5 12. gxh5
gxh5 13. Nxg5 Qe7 14. Rg1 Qf6 15. Rg2 Kh8 16. Bxh5 Bh6 17. h4
Nc5 18. b4 Qf4 19. Ne2 Qxh4 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Bh3 22. Rh2
Nxe4 23. Qd3 Bd2+ 24. Kd1 Bxb4 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rb2
Nc3+ 28. Ke1 Nxe2+ 29. Rxb4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6
7. Nf3 b4 8. Bxb8 bxc3 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxa6 cxb2 11. Rb1 Rxb8
12. Ne5 Qb7 13. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+
12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 O-O 15. Qe3 Na6 16. Bxc4
Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Rhe1 Nd6 20. a5 a6 21. Bb3
Rfd8 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. Nd3 b6 24. axb6 Rab8 25. Nc5 Rxb6
26. Bxe6 Rxb4 27. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a3 b4
17. a4 Qe8 18. h4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 a4 21. h5 f6
22. hxg6 Qxg6+ 23. Qd3 axb3 24. Rh4 Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rb8
26. Rxb3 Rb5 27. Rd4 Rfb8 28. Kc2 Kf7 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 Kf6
31. Re3 b3+ 32. Kd3 R8b7 33. Re6+ Kxf5 34. Rh6 Rb4 35. Re4
R4b5 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Reh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5
12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Qd6 Qxd6
26. cxd6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Nb5 28. d7 Nxa3 29. Rb7 h6 30. Bf4 Bg4
31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bxa3 Rxd7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 Rd5 35. Kg2 Be2
36. f3 Rf5 37. f4 Bc4 38. Kg3 Rb5 39. Bc5 Rb3 40. Rxa5 Rxc3+
41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Bd6 Rd2 45. Ke3
Rd3+ 46. Ke4 Rd1 47. Rc5 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Bd3 49. d5 Be4+ 50. Kf2
Rd1 51. Ke3 Bxd5 52. Ke2 Bf3+ 53. Kxf3 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O
12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh6 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 20. Bh6 Qh8 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qe5 24. Rf4 Nc5 25. Raf1 Nxd3 26. fxg6
fxg6 27. Rf7 Nc5 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rff7 Ne6 30. Rxg6 d3 31. Rg4
Rg8 32. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8
12. c4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rad1 b6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfd7
17. f3 Bg5 18. Bf2 f5 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Nb1 Qh6 21. Nc3 Rce8
22. a3 e4 23. b4 e3 24. Be1 Nb7 25. Nb5 f4 26. Nc7 Re5 27. Bc3
Re7 28. Ne6 Ra8 29. Qf5 Bh4 30. Qg4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nxf4
Qb2 33. Qh4 Rf7 34. Bd3 Nf8 35. Rfe1 Qxa3 36. Ne6 g6 37. Ng5
Rg7 38. Qd4 Qxb4 39. Ne4 Nc5 40. Rb1 Qa3 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Rxe3
Nxd3 43. Ne8 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Kg8 45. Re3 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 Qa4
47. Re2 Rc7 48. Kxf2 Rxc4 49. Qxb6 Rc5 50. Qxd6 Qd4+ 51. Kg3
Rxd5 52. Qf4 Qc5 53. Rc1 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 Rh5+ 55. Kg4 Qd5 56. Rd2
Qe6+ 57. Kg3 a4 58. Qc4 Ra5 59. Re2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1
Nxe4 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. h4 e5 15. Qxe5 Ne6
16. Nf5 f6 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. f4 g6 20. f5 gxf5
21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qxh7+ Rf7 23. Qe4 Kf8 24. h5 Ng5 25. Qd4 Kg7
26. h6+ Kg6 27. Qd8 b6 28. Qg8+ Kxh6 29. Rf4 Nh3+ 30. Kh2 Nxf4
31. Qxf7 Ba6 32. Qxf6+ Ng6 33. Qf7 Rc8 34. Qxa7 Be2 35. c3 Bc4
36. Qxb6 Kg5 37. b3 Bf7 38. Qd4 Be6 39. c4 Bf5 40. a4 Re8
41. Qd2+ Kg4 42. Qd1+ Kg5 43. a5 Nf4 44. a6 Re2 45. Qd8+ Kg4
46. Qg8+ Bg6 47. a7 Rxg2+ 48. Kh1 Kh3 49. a8=Q Rh2+ 50. Kg1
Rg2+ 51. Qxg2+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O
17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. Qe4 Bf6 21. c3 Rd8
22. Rad1 Nd5 23. Bd3 g6 24. c4 Nb4 25. Qf3 Be5 26. Bg5 Rd7
27. Bb1 Nc6 28. h4 Nd4 29. Qe4 Bg7 30. h5 f5 31. Qe3 e5 32. h6
Bh8 33. f3 Rbd6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Rde1 Re6 36. Rf2 Qf8 37. Be4
Ke8 38. Bd5 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Rd6 40. Qd3 Qf7 41. Qc4 Qxd5
42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Kg2 Kd7 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kh3 Rd6 46. Rg1
Rg6 47. Rgg2 Ke6 48. Be3 Kf7 49. Rxg6 Kxg6 50. Rg2+ Kf7
51. Bxd4 cxd4 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Kf2+ Kxh6 54. Ke2 Bf6 55. Kd3
Bg5 56. b4 Kg6 57. a4 Kf6 58. Rxg5 Kxg5 59. b5 axb5 60. axb5
Kf4 61. b6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Be6 8. Nbc3 Bc4 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. e6 fxe6
12. Qxe6 Qd7 13. Qe4 O-O-O 14. O-O e6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 g6
17. Na4 b6 18. a3 Bh6 19. b4 Kb7 20. Nb2 Qf7 21. Qc2 Qf5
22. Nd3 e5 23. b5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qc6+ Kc8 26. Nb4 Nf4
27. Rac1 Qe5 28. Rfe1 Qd6 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxa7 Rhe8 31. Rxe8
Rxe8 32. Na6 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4
13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 Nh5
18. Nf1 Bf6 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qe4 g6
23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 f5 25. a5 Nc8 26. d6 Bc6 27. Rad1 Re8
28. Qxf4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qxd6 30. Qg5 Ra7 31. gxf5 h6 32. Qg4
Qd4 33. Re6 Qxg4+ 34. hxg4 Bf3 35. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Ne7
7. O-O Bg4 8. Na4 Qc7 9. b3 b5 10. Nb2 Nd7 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nd3
Ng6 13. a4 a5 14. axb5 cxb5 15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Nb6 17. Nc5
Bxc5 18. Bxb5+ Nd7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. bxc5 Nh4 21. c6 Qxc6
22. Ba3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 f6 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Ra7 Nf5 26. Qe2 h5
27. Ba3 Rh6 28. h3 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qa6 Kf7 31. Rc1 Qd7
32. Qb6 Kg6 33. Rc7 Qa4 34. Bc1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Nh4 36. Qb1+ Nf5
37. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Rhd8 14. Nfd2 Be8 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Rac1 g6
17. Nba5 Rab8 18. Nxc6+ Bxc6 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Nxc6+ bxc6
21. Bd4 e5 22. Bc5+ Bd6 23. b3 f6 24. Bxa6 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Nb4
26. Be2 Rd2 27. a3 Rxe2 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Rxc6 Rxb3 30. Rc7+
Ke6 31. Rxh7 Rbb2 32. h4 Kf5 33. Rh6 Ra2 34. g4+ Kxg4
35. Rxg6+ Kf5 36. Rg3 Ra4 37. Rh3 Rg4+ 38. Kh1 Kg6 39. Rg1 f5
40. Rf3 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 f4 42. exf4 exf4 43. Rxf4 Ra2 44. Kg2
Ra3 45. Rf3 Ra4 46. Kg3 Rb4 47. Ra3 Rc4 48. Ra6+ Kh5 49. Ra5+
Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Rc5 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1
b4 13. Ng3 Bc8 14. c3 Rb8 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. h3 Re8
18. Ng5 c4 19. Ba3 Nb3 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Rxb3 cxb3 22. Bxb3 d5
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. exd5 Qd6 25. N3e4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qg6 27. Nc5
Bxh3 28. Qf3 Bg4 29. Qg3 Bf5 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. dxe5 Rc8 32. d6
Ra7 33. e6 fxe6 34. d7 Rd8 35. f3 Rc7 36. Bxe6+ Bxe6 37. Nxe6
Rdxd7 38. Nxc7 Rxc7 39. Re6 Rxc3 40. Rxg6 a5 41. Rg5 Ra3
42. Rxa5 Kf7 43. Ra8 Ra2 44. a5 Kg6 45. a6 Kg5 46. Kh2 Kg6
47. a7 Kf7 48. f4 Kg6 49. f5+ Kh7 50. Kg1 Ra5 51. g4 Ra2
52. Kf1 Ra4 53. Ke2 Ra3 54. Kd2 Ra1 55. Kc3 Ra6 56. Kc4 Ra1
57. Kd5 Ra6 58. Ke5 Ra5+ 59. Ke6 Ra6+ 60. Ke7 Ra4 61. g5 g6
62. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Castrop Rauxel GER"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Kd7
12. Be3 Nh6 13. gxh5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nf5 16. hxg6
Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. h5 Raf8 19. Qd2 Ne7 20. Bd3 Rf3 21. Be4
Rff8 22. Bd3 Rf3 23. Be4 Rff8 24. Bc2 Rf3 25. Qd4 Qa5
26. O-O-O Rhf8 27. Qa4+ Qxa4 28. Bxa4+ Kc7 29. h6 gxh6
30. Rxh6 Rxf2 31. Rh7 Kd8 32. g7 Rg8 33. Rg1 Rf7 34. Bd1 Kd7
35. Bh5 Rf2 36. Rh8 b6 37. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Arthur Andersen Simul"]
[Site "Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Forthofer"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxd5
Rd8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. b3 Qf5 20. Qe3 Rdc8 21. Rd2
Rc7 22. Qe4 Rac8 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. c4 Kg7 25. Kb2 e5 26. Kc3
Kg6 27. Rhd1 Kg5 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Kf4 30. b4 Ke3 31. a4
e4 32. b5 Kf2 33. Rd2+ Ke3 34. Rb2 Rd7 35. a5 Rd3+ 36. Kb4 Rd8
37. b6 Kd3 38. c5 1-0

[Event "Arthur Andersen Simul"]
[Site "Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Benoit Taddei"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. h4 h5 11. Bd3 a5
12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b5 Na7 15. a4 Nc8 16. O-O Qd8
17. g3 Nb6 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf4 g6
22. Ng5 Rg8 23. Nh7 Qd8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Qf3 Nd2 26. Qa3+ Kg7
27. Rfc1 Nc4 28. Qf3 Nd2 29. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Arthur Andersen Simul"]
[Site "Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dominique Bang"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6
11. g3 Ne4 12. Bg2 Nc5 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 O-O 15. Nd4 Na5
16. Nb5 Na6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c5 g5 19. Bxg5 Rf5 20. Nd4 Rxg5
21. Nxe6 Re5 22. f4 Re3 23. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Rapid Match g/20 10"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz POL"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. O-O Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5 Qc5+
22. Kh2 Rb4 23. Rfa1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Ra8 25. Rh4 Nf6 26. hxg6
fxg6 27. Rc4 Qa7 28. Ba4 Rb8 29. b3 Rb4 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Bb5
Qa1 32. Bc4 Qe5+ 33. Kg1 g5 34. Kf2 g4 35. Qe3 g3+ 36. Ke2 Nh5
37. Qxe5+ dxe5 38. f4 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Kxg3 Kf5 41. Kf3
e4+ 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Bb5 Kd4 44. Kg3 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Rapid Match g/20 10"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz POL"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Bg5 Qg6
12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Qh5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Bb3
O-O-O 17. Rdg1 h6 18. c3 g6 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxe6+ fxe6
21. Qxe6+ Kc7 22. Qe7+ Kb8 23. Bxd6+ Ka8 24. Be5 Rhf8 25. Rg3
g5 26. Qe6 Rde8 27. Qg4 Qf7 28. b3 Nd5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Rd3 Rg8
31. Qf3 b5 32. Kb2 Kb7 33. Rc1 Rg6 34. Ka1 Reg8 35. Rdd1 Qf5
36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Nb6 38. c5 Nd5 39. Rb1+ Ka8 40. Qb3 Qc8
41. a3 Rg2 42. Rb2 Rg1 43. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 44. Ka2 Rg8 45. a4 h5
46. Ka3 a5 47. Qf3 Qe8 48. Qd3 Nb4 49. Qh7 Rg1 50. Rxb4 axb4+
51. Kxb4 f3 52. Kc3 Qd8 53. Kd3 Ra1 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Rxa4
56. Qxh5 Ra1 57. Qh6 Qe8 58. Kxf3 Qf7+ 59. Qf6 Ra3+ 60. Kf4
Qe8 61. h4 Kb7 62. Qg7+ Ka8 63. Kg5 Rf3 64. Qg6 Qd7 65. Qg8+
Kb7 66. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Tommy Eriksen"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. Qc2 Nf6
12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ne4 15. Qxf8+ Qxf8
16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Ba3 Rf2 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e6 Re2 20. e7 Kf7
21. Rf1+ Nf6 22. g4 Rxa2 23. Bb4 a5 24. Bd6 h6 25. h4 Re2
26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Re6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Ba3 b5 30. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3
Nf6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc8 16. f4 Ba5 17. Qg3
Kh8 18. Qh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Re3 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 22. Qh5
Nf6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qg6 hxg5 26. Re7 Ne8
27. Rae1 Qg4 28. fxg5 Qh4 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb7 Qf5 31. Qe6+
Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rxc6 Rb8 35. Ra6 Rb7
36. h4 Nc7 37. Rd6 Nb5 38. g6+ Ke7 39. Rxd5 Nxc3 40. Re5+ Kf6
41. c6 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Radisson SAS Challenge"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. c5 O-O 11. Na4 Ne4 12. a3
Bxd2 13. Nxd2 f5 14. f3 Nef6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qe7 17. Nb3
e5 18. Na5 e4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxb7 Ndf6 21. Na5 Ng4 22. h3
Qh4 23. Rf3 Ng5 24. Qe2 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rae8 26. Nxc6 Rxe3
27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Ne5 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 g3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. e5 Ng8 8. f4 Nh6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3
12. gxf3 O-O 13. Rg1 Ncxd4 14. Bxd4 Qh4+ 15. Bf2 Qxf4 16. Bd3
d4 17. Rg4 Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. O-O-O dxc3 20. Bxf5 Qxf5
21. Rxb4 Rae8 22. Re4 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qb5+
25. Ka1 b6 26. Bd4 Qd7 27. Rd2 Re8 28. Bc3 Qb5 29. a4 Rxe4
30. axb5 Ra4+ 31. Kb2 f6 32. Kb3 Rf4 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kg6
35. Rxc7 Rxf3 36. Rxa7 Rf5 37. Kc4 Rc5+ 38. Kb4 Rd5 39. Rb7
Rd6 40. Kc4 h5 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Radisson SAS Challenge"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 a5 13. a4 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Qc8 16. h3 Be6
17. Bd2 c5 18. c4 Nb4 19. d5 Bf5 20. g4 Bd7 21. Bc3 Be8
22. Re3 e6 23. g5 f6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Qe4 Rf5 26. Rae1 h5
27. Nf3 exd5 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7
31. Rb8 Bxc3 32. Rxb7+ Kf8 33. Kg2 dxc4 34. Bxc4 Bxb2 35. Be6
Rf6 36. Ng5 Ke8 37. Bd7+ Kd8 38. Ne4 Rf4 39. Nxc5 Ke7 40. Ne6
Rf6 41. Ng5 Bd4 42. f3 Rd6 43. Bb5+ Kf8 44. Bc4 Be3 45. Ne6+
Ke8 46. Bb5+ Nc6 47. Bc4 Nd4 48. Nc7+ Kd8 49. Nd5 Bg5 50. f4
Bh4 51. Rg7 Nf5 52. Rg8+ Kd7 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Ke4 Ne6 55. Bb5+
Rc6 56. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bh6+
17. Kb1 Bf4 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Bh3 Kd8 20. Bb4 Qxf6 21. Qc4 Rg5
22. Rd6 Qg7 23. f6 Rg1+ 24. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. g4 Nfe7 11. O-O h5
12. h3 hxg4 13. hxg4 f6 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. b4 Nxd4 16. Ncxd4
fxe5 17. Qe2 e4 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Rac1+ Bc6 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. b5
Bxg3 22. fxg3 exf3 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Rxf3 Ne5 25. bxc6 Nxf3+
26. Qxf3 Qe5 27. cxb7+ Kxb7 28. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. e3 g6
7. Nbd2 Nxc5 8. Nb3 Bg7 9. c3 Ne4 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bxe4 dxe4
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nfd4 Ne5 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Ba3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2
b6 17. f4 a5 18. Nc1 b5 19. Nxb5 Ba6 20. c4 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rac8
22. Rd1 Rc2+ 23. Kf1 Rf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxb2 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Bxb2
Rxb2 27. a4 Rc8 28. Kf1 Bc3 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Na2 Bd2 31. Rdb1
Rcc2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Nc1 Bxe3 34. Ne2 f5 35. g3 Kf7 36. Ra3
Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Ra2 Ke6 39. Rc2 Kd7 40. Rc6 Be3 41. h4
Rb2 42. Kf1 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rb4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rh6 Rxa4
46. Rxh7+ Kd6 47. Rxh5 Ra2 48. Kf1 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Ra2 50. Kf1
Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Re1 52. Nc3 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 Rc1 54. Rh6+ Kd7
55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Rh6+ Kf7 59. Rc6
Rc2+ 60. Kh3 Bg1 61. Kh4 Bd4 62. Nd5 Rxc6 63. bxc6 Ke6
64. Nc7+ Ke7 65. Nb5 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[EventDate "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O-O
Re8 12. Rhe1 a6 13. g4 h6 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Nde4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nb8 19. f4 Bc6 20. h4 Nd7 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nc5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. c3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 c6 26. Bf3
Re7 27. Re2 Rce8 28. Rde1 d5 29. Bc5 Nxc5 30. Rxe7 Rxe7
31. Rxe7 Bf8 32. Re8 Nxd3+ 33. Kc2 Nxf4 34. Bg4 Ne6 35. Bxe6
fxe6 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Kb1 a6
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3 Re8 14. h4 Na4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Bd3 Nb6
17. Qf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 d5 20. Rhe1 g6 21. Bh3 Bxg5
22. hxg5 Re7 23. Bg4 Qe8 24. Rh1 Qf8 25. Qf6 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc8
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. h4 Re8 14. f3 Bf8 15. g4 Ne6 16. h5 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Bc6 18. Rh3 Bd5 19. c4 Bc6 20. d5 Bd7 21. Bd3 c5
22. Bf4 b5 23. cxb5 Qb7 24. Qc2 h6 25. Rg3 Bxb5 26. g5 Bxd3
27. Qxd3 Rab8 28. Rg2 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Qb5 30. Qc2 Kh8 31. Rdg1
Re5 32. h6 Rxg5 33. Rxg5 g6 34. f4 Bxh6 35. Rh1 Kg7 36. Qc3+
f6 37. Rg4 Qb4 38. Qxb4 cxb4 39. Rgh4 Rh8 40. Kc2 g5 41. fxg5
Rc8+ 42. Kb3 Bxg5 43. Rh7+ Kg6 44. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. e5 e6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd5
12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Nxc5 e5 16. a3 f5
17. c4 Nf6 18. d4 e4 19. Ne5 Bh5 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Qc3 Rad8
22. Be3 Rxe5 23. Nb7 Qf8 24. dxe5 Rd3 25. Qb4 Bxe5 26. Qxf8+
Kxf8 27. Nc5 Rd6 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Nc5 Re7 30. Rab1 f4 31. Bd2
Bd6 32. b4 Kf7 33. Bc3 e3 34. Bd4 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Re5 36. fxe3
f3 37. gxf3 Bxf3 38. Kh2 Be4 39. Rb2 Rh5 40. Rf1 a6 41. Bd4
Bf5 42. Rf3 Ne4 43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 cxb5 45. Rxb5 g6 46. a4
Nd2 47. Rf4 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Rh5 49. a5 Ke6 50. Re5+ Kd6 51. a6
1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 d5 11. a3 Ba5
12. Bg5 dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 f5 15. Qf6 Ng6 16. fxe4 Qe5
17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. exf5 Ng4 19. Re1 Bb6 20. Nd1 Nf2 21. Nxf2
Bxf2 22. Rd1 exf5 23. g3 Bd7 24. Bh3 O-O-O 25. Rhf1 Be3+
26. Kb1 Be6 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. cxd3 Rd8 29. Rf3 Bb6 30. Nc3 Bg1
31. Ne2 Bb6 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxd3 34. Kc2 Rd7 35. Nc3
Bg1 36. h4 Kd8 37. Nd5 Rd6 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. g4 Rc6
41. Rf3 Re6+ 42. Kd3 Re1 43. Nf6 h6 44. g5 hxg5 45. Nh7+ Ke7
46. Nxg5 f6 47. Ne4 Rd1+ 48. Kc2 Rd4 49. Ng3 Kf7 50. Nf5 Rd8
51. h5 Rh8 52. h6 Ke6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. b4 b5 55. Rf1 Bb6
56. Ne7 Ke6 57. Re1+ Kf7 58. Nd5 Rd8 59. Re7+ Kg6 60. Ke4 Bf2
61. Re6 Bh4 62. Rxa6 Kxh6 63. Nxf6 Kg5 64. Ke5 Be1 65. Ne4+
Kg4 66. Nd6 Kf3 67. Nxb5 Bg3+ 68. Ke6 Ke4 69. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Ba2
c5 13. d4 d6 14. b4 exd4 15. bxa5 dxc3 16. Nf1 Nxe4 17. axb5
axb5 18. a6 Bc6 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8
22. Nxe4 Qc8 23. Nxc3 Rxa6 24. Rb1 b4 25. Nd5 Ra7 26. Rb3 Ra1
27. h3 Re5 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. Rf3 c4 30. Kh2 b3 31. Qd2 d5
32. Ne3 Bd6 33. g3 Qc6 34. Ng4 d4 35. Qxd4 Re4 36. Qxa1 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3 exd4 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Rc1 Qa5 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8
22. Re2 Bb7 23. Nh4 g6 24. Qc1 Kh7 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qg3 Kf8
27. Nxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qa3 29. Re1 Qb4 30. Rd1 Ne8 31. Qxh6+
Kf7 32. e5 dxe5 33. Bg6+ Ke6 34. Bf5+ Kxf5 35. g4+ Ke4
36. Qg6+ Kf3 37. Qf5+ Ke2 38. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5
7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. cxd4 a5 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Bd2 axb4
12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa6 14. Qb1 b5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qd3 Nec6
17. Nxb5 Kd7 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. Nfd6 Bxd6 21. exd6
g6 22. Rc1 Rf7 23. Qe2 Qa2 24. Qe3 Qb2 25. Re1 Nd8 26. Nc7
Kxd6 27. Nxe6 Nbc6 28. Qg3+ Kd7 29. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxb4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nfd7 17. Nb2 d5
18. Qe1 dxe4 19. Bc4 exf3 20. Rf1 Be7 21. Nxf3 O-O 22. g5 h5
23. g6 fxg6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Bxg5 Ne5 27. Bd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxe5 Bd5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Bxd3 Kf7
32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Bxa6 e5 34. Bd3 e4 35. Be2 Qe7 36. a4 e3
37. a5 Be4 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. a6 g5 40. hxg5 g6 41. Qb8+ Qe8
42. a7 Bc6 43. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bb4 Bxb4 10. Qxb4 a5 11. Qb3 b5
12. c5 b4 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Ree1 Bb5 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Rfd1 Bg7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Qc7
17. Qh5 h6 18. Rd3 f5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Ba4 21. b3 Bc6
22. b4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rd5 24. Ne2 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. g3 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Qc6 28. f3 Bf6 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. h3 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qc6
32. g4 fxg4 33. hxg4 Be5 34. c4 Qd6 35. Qe4 Qc7 36. b5 axb5
37. cxb5 f5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Qxf5 Qe7 40. a6 bxa6 41. bxa6
Bb8 42. Nd4 Ba7 43. Ne6+ Kh8 44. Qg6 Be3 45. f4 Qa7 46. Qxh6+
Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. f5 Bg1 50. Ng5+ Kg7 51. Qe5+
Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qg6+ Kf8 54. Nh7+ Ke7 55. f6+ Kd7
56. Qf5+ Kc6 57. Ng5 Bc5 58. Ne4 Bb4 59. Qe6+ Kb5 60. f7 Qxa6
61. Nc3+ Ka5 62. Qa2+ Kb6 63. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5
Nd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Bc3 a5 17. Nd2
Ba6 18. Re1 Nb4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. Bd4 Rfc8
22. Rec1 Bb5 23. b3 h6 24. h4 Nc6 25. Bb2 Ne5 26. Nc3 Be8
27. Nd1 a4 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. bxa4 Rd8 30. Qe2 Ra8 31. Nb2 Qc3
32. Nd1 Qc7 33. Nb2 Rdb8 34. c3 Rb3 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. Nd1 Ra5
37. Bf1 Bc6 38. Bd3 Rc5 39. Qxb3 Qxb3 40. Rcb1 Rxc3 41. Rxb3
Rxb3 42. Bc2 Rb4 43. f3 Rd4 44. Kf1 Bb7 45. Rb1 Ba6+ 46. Kg1
Bc5 47. Kh1 Be2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 b6 10. Qd6 Bd7 11. Bc3 f6
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. b3 Qxg2 14. Bf3 Qg5+ 15. Kb2 Qc5 16. Qg3
Ne7 17. Qxg7 Nf5 18. Qxf6 Rhf8 19. Qg5 Qxf2+ 20. Rd2 Qe3
21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. Rd3 Nf5 23. b4 e5 24. Be4 Nd4 25. Nf3 Bf5
26. Nd2 c5 27. b5 Nb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Re1 Be6 30. Bxh7 Rh8
31. Be4 Rxh2 32. Kb1 Nxb5 33. Bb7+ Kc7 34. Rxd8 Nc3+ 35. Kc2
Kxd8 36. Rxe5 Bxc4 37. a3 a5 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rg5 b5 40. Rg2
Rh3 41. Rg4 Na4 42. Rd4+ Kc7 43. Bd5 b3+ 44. Kc1 Bxd5 45. Rxd5
Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8
12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8
17. Qxg6 Qb4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. O-O N7b6 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nf6 Qb4
22. Qg6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Bd7 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Qf7 Re8 26. Bh3
Bd6 27. Bxe6 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rf8 30. Qg7 Nxd7 31. f7
Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Thibaut"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 a6
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Be2 b5 9. g4 Be6 10. f4 g6 11. O-O b4 12. f5
gxf5 13. gxf5 Rg8+ 14. Kh1 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 bxc3 16. Qa4 cxb2
17. Bxb2 Bh6 18. Bc1 Kf8 19. Rxf6 Nxf6 20. Ba3 Ne4 21. Rf1 Rg7
22. Nc6 Qd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O
12. a4 Re8 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bf6
17. Bxb4 Bxb2 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Re1 a5 20. Bd2 Be5 21. g3 Bd7
22. h4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Re4 h6 25. Rc4 Ra7 26. h5 Kf8
27. Kg2 Ke7 28. g4 Kd8 29. Kg3 Be7 30. Bc3 f6 31. f4 Be8
32. Re4 Bf8 33. Bd2 f5 34. Re1 fxg4 35. Kxg4 Bd7+ 36. f5 Be7
37. Bc3 Bf6 38. Bxf6+ gxf6 39. Kf3 Rb7 40. Rg1 Bxf5 41. Rg8+
Ke7 42. Kf4 Bd7 43. Rg7+ Ke8 44. Rh7 Rb4+ 45. Ke3 Bxa4
46. Bxa4+ Rxa4 47. Rxh6 Rh4 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Kf3 f5 50. Kg3
Rg4+ 51. Kf3 a4 52. Ra8 Rh4 53. Kg3 Rxh5 54. Rxa4 Rh1 55. Rd4
Rf1 56. Rd3 Kc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5
Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. O-O Kf7 10. Qe2 Qe8 11. Re1
d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qe6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Be3
Be7 17. f4 Rhf8 18. Bd4 Kg8 19. Rf1 g5 20. fxg5 Bxg5 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Qh5 Qg6 23. Qf3+ Kg7 24. Qxd5 Qxc2 25. e6+ Kg6
26. Rf1 Qd3 27. Qd7 Be3+ 28. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Rg1
Ne5 31. Qd6 Rf6 32. h3 Nd3 33. Qd5 Nxc5 34. e7 Qxe7 35. Qg8+
Kh6 36. Rd1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 c6
7. Qxc4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. O-O-O Nxg3
12. hxg3 gxf3 13. gxf3 Qd5 14. Qc2 Qxa2 15. Bc4 Qa1+ 16. Nb1
Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 20. d5 a4 21. d6 axb3
22. Qxb4 Bg7 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. f4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Ngf3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. e4 Bd6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 O-O
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c4 Nc5 14. Nb3 dxc4 15. dxc4 Qc7 16. Be3 e4
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rc3
Rd4 22. Qe3 Red8 23. Re1 Qb4 24. g5 Rd3 25. Qc1 Nh5 26. Bxe4
Rd2 27. Bd5 R8xd5 28. cxd5 Qf4 29. Rf3 Qxf3 30. Qxd2 Nf4
31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rd1 Qxg5+ 33. Kf1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 Ngf6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Bb7
12. Ng3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. a5 Qc7
17. Qg7 Ne6 18. Qh6 Ng4 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qc1 d5
22. f5 Nc5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg5 Nxd3 26. Qxd5
Qa7+ 27. Nd4 Nde5 28. c3 Rd8 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qe2 Rxd4 31. cxd4
Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Ne3 33. Rfd1 Nd3 34. Nf1 f4 35. Nxe3 fxe3
36. Qe2 Nf4 37. Qxa6 Qe4 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qg4 e2 40. Re1 Kg7
41. Qf3 Qe5 42. g3 Nh3+ 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Rxe2 Qg5 45. Qe3 Qd5+
46. Qe4 Rf2+ 47. Rxf2 Qxe4+ 48. Kxh3 g5 49. a6 Qd4 50. Kg2
Qd5+ 51. Kg1 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O Be6
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qg5 Nd7 14. Qg3 b5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qe7
17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. Rxd8
Qxd8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. h4 Qa5 25. Qb3 Nf4 26. g3
Ne6 27. Qf3 Qxa2 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Nf8 30. Ng5 Nxd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. g4 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Nb6
12. O-O-O N8d7 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6
16. Qxd6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qd4 Be2 19. Qxg7 Qf6 20. Qxf6
Nxf6 21. Rde1 Bxf3 22. Rhf1 Bxg4 23. Bd4 Rxa2 24. Kb1 Ra8
25. Bxf6 Rg8 26. Re3 Kd7 27. b3 Kc6 28. Rf2 Bh5 29. Rd2 Rg1+
30. Kb2 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. c4 Rg8 33. Rg3 Rb8 34. e5 Rb7
35. Rd3 Be2 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Bd8+ Kb8 38. Bb6 Re7 39. Rd8+ Kb7
40. Bc5 Rc7 41. Bd6 Rc8 42. Rxc8 Kxc8 43. Be7 Kd7 44. Bf6 Kc6
45. Kc3 h5 46. b4 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. a4 Bd7
12. Re1 Bc6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 Re8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8
17. Rad1 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rf8 19. Qg5 Nc5 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Re3
Rfd8 22. Qh6 e6 23. Rh3 f6 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Nxa4 26. Bb3
Re8 27. g4 Nc3 28. Rxd6 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Qxd6 30. Qxh7+ Kf8
31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd8 33. Qxf6+ Kc8 34. Kxe2 Kb8 35. Rd3
Qxb4 36. Qe5+ Ka7 37. Bxe6 Rad8 38. Qa1+ Kb8 39. Qe5+ Ka7
40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Bd5 Rc8 42. Kf1 Rc3 43. Kg2 Qb2 44. Qd4+ Kb8
45. Qe5+ Ka7 46. h4 Qb4 47. Qf6 Rc2 48. Qxg6 Qd4 49. Qf7 Rb2
50. g5 Rb1 51. Qf3 Qh8 52. h5 Qa1 53. g6 Qe5 54. Qa3+ Kb8
55. Qg3 Qxg3+ 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Ra2
Qb6 13. Rc2 c5 14. Rb2 Rfb8 15. Ndb1 Qd8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4
b6 18. Be3 Qf8 19. Qc1 Ne8 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Bd3 f4
23. Bd2 h6 24. Qc2 g5 25. Rfb1 Ng6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qb1 Qf8 30. h3 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Nh2 h5
33. Qb6 Bh6 34. f3 Bd7 35. Nb5 Ne8 36. Nc7 Bg5 37. Nxe8 Bxe8
38. Qb8 Bf7 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Ba5 Be8 41. Bc2 Bh4 42. Nf1 Ke7
43. Nd2 Be1 44. Kf1 Bg3 45. Nb1 h4 46. Nc3 h3 47. gxh3 Nh4
48. Ke2 Bh5 49. Nb5 Bxf3+ 50. Kd2 Bg2 51. Bc7 f3 52. Bxd6+ Kd7
53. Bxc5 f2 54. Bxf2 Bxf2 55. Nc3 Kd6 56. Nb5+ Kc5 57. Nc7
Bxh3 58. Ne8 Kxc4 59. Nd6+ Kc5 60. Nf7 Bd4 61. Bb3 Nf3+
62. Ke2 Nh2 63. d6 Bg4+ 64. Kd3 Bd7 65. Ke2 Ng4 66. Kf3 Nf6
67. Ba2 Bc6 68. Bb1 Ne8 69. Nd8 Nxd6 70. Nxc6 Kxc6 71. Ke2 Kc5
72. Kd3 Kb4 73. Ba2 Nb7 74. Bd5 Nc5+ 75. Kc2 Be3 76. Kd1 Bf4
77. Bc6 Nb3 78. Bb7 Nd2 79. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5 Nbc6 9. c3 f6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O
12. b4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Qd6 15. Qe1 Rde8 16. Qf2 Bg6
17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. g4 Nd8 19. Ne1 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Nd3 f4
22. Ne5 Nf5 23. Ndf3 Qh6 24. Rfe1 Ne3 25. Nh2 Qh7 26. Re2 Nf7
27. Neg4 Re6 28. Nxe3 Rhe8 29. Rae1 Qd3 30. Nhg4 Qxc3 31. Nxd5
Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe2 33. Qc3 c6 34. Ndf6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 R8e2
36. d5 Nd6 37. dxc6 Nf5 38. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bb7
12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nf6 16. Bb1
Qd5 17. f3 b4 18. Be1 a5 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Bg3 a4 21. Rfe1 a3
22. b3 Qd8 23. Be4 Rc3 24. Rd3 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rc2 26. Re2 Bg5
27. Qf2 Rc1+ 28. Re1 Bxe4 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Rd1 Bb2 31. Nc4
Bc3 32. Bd6 Re8 33. Bc5 Bg6 34. Nd6 Re7 35. Qf4 e5 36. dxe5
Rxe5 37. Qc4 h6 38. h4 Qc7 39. Rd5 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Qf4
Be1+ 42. Ke2 Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Qxc5 44. Kxe1 Qg1+ 45. Ke2 Qxg2+
46. Ke3 Qxa2 47. Qxb4 Qa1 48. h5 Bxh5 49. Qa5 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8
7. O-O Nge7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ng6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Re1 f6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 f5 15. Qd2 f4 16. b4 g5
17. h3 Be8 18. Ba3 Bg6 19. Rec1 a6 20. Rab1 Na7 21. Rb3 Rc4
22. Nce1 Qd7 23. Nd3 b6 24. b5 Nxb5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nb2
Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Be4 28. a4 Na7 29. Rxb6 Rc8 30. Qf1 Bxf3
31. gxf3 Nc6 32. Qxa6 Qe8 33. Qd3 Na5 34. Kg2 Nc4 35. Nxc4
dxc4 36. Qc3 Qxa4 37. Rxe6 Rb8 38. Re7 Rb1 39. Rc7 Qd1
40. Qxc4+ Kh7 41. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3
Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 O-O
12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 d5 14. c4 Bd6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Kg2 a4 17. Bg5
f6 18. exd5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 cxd5 20. Bd2 e5 21. Nh4 Bf7 22. Nf5
Rb8 23. Rab1 Kh8 24. Kh2 Bg8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Re8 27. Qg2
Nf8 28. b4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Bxc4 30. bxc5 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Qd3
32. Rb6 Rd8 33. Rd6 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Bd5 35. Qf2 Qe4 36. Qf1 Bc4
37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kg8 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. d7 Nxd7 41. Nd6+
Kg6 42. Nxc4 h5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Nd6 Kg6 45. g4 Nb6 46. Kf3
Nd5 47. Ke4 Nc7 48. Nf5 Kf7 49. h4 g6 50. Nh6+ Ke6 51. h5 gxh5
52. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Be3 b6
12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 a6 14. h4 Re8 15. Rh3 Bc8 16. Nc6 Qd7
17. Nb4 Bb7 18. g4 a5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 b5 21. Bg5 Be7
22. h5 Bc6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Qd3 h6 26. f4 b4 27. g5
hxg5 28. h6 bxc3 29. Bh7+ Kf8 30. hxg7+ Kxg7 31. fxg5 Rxb2+
32. Ka1 Rb5 33. Qxc3+ Re5 34. Bd4 Bxg5 35. Qxc6 Bf6 36. Qg2+
Kf8 37. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 38. c3 Qf6 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Rxf3 Ke7
41. Bc2 Rh8 42. Bb3 f6 43. Kb2 c6 44. Ka3 d5 45. c4 dxc4
46. Bxc4 Rh4 47. Bb3 Bd6+ 48. Kb2 a4 49. Bc2 Be5+ 50. Kc1 Rb4
51. Bf5 Rc4+ 52. Kd2 Kd6 53. Ke2+ Kc7 54. Be6 Re4+ 55. Re3 Rb4
56. a3 Rh4 57. Rh3 Re4+ 58. Kf3 Rf4+ 59. Kg2 Kb6 60. Rb1+ Kc5
61. Rc1+ Kd6 62. Bf7 Rd4 63. Rc4 Rd2+ 64. Kf1 c5 65. Rxa4 Bd4
66. Rf3 Ke5 67. Bg6 Kd5 68. Bd3 Rb2 69. Rf5+ Kc6 70. Ra6+ Kc7
71. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. f3
Rac8 22. c3 Kf8 23. Kc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 b5
27. a3 Kg8 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 b4 30. Nd3 Rcc8 31. axb4 Bxb4
32. Bd2 Be7 33. Ra1 Rc7 34. g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Rcd7 36. Rxe6 Bf6
37. Rd1 Nc7 38. Re3 Nd5 39. Rh3 Ne7 40. Rg1 Rd6 41. Rg2 a5
42. Nc5 Rb6 43. Bf4 Rb5 44. Ne4 Rf5 45. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Rc8 9. f4 Qh4+ 10. Bf2 Qxg4 11. Qd2 Nb4
12. Rg1 Qf5 13. Rc1 Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 d4 15. Bxd4 Nb4 16. Ng3 Qg4+
17. Be2 Qh4 18. Nce4 Nc6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Nf6 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. d7 Nxd7 24. Bxd7 Rd8 25. Ke1 Qxh2 26. Kf1
h5 27. Rg2 Qh3 28. Kg1 h4 29. Nf1 Rh5 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qd6+
Kf7 32. Re1 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Rxd7 34. Qxd7+ Kf6 35. Qd8+ Kf7
36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Ne3 Qxf4+ 38. Ke2 Re5 39. Kd3 Qe4+ 40. Kd2
Qb4+ 41. Kd1 Rxc5 42. Rf1+ Rf5 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44. Qd2 Qxd2+
45. Kxd2 g5 46. Ke2 g4 47. Rc1 h3 48. Kf2 f4 49. Rc7 g3+
50. Kf3 h2 51. Rh7 e5 52. Rh6+ Kg5 53. Rh8 e4+ 54. Kg2 Kf5
55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Rh8 Kd4 57. Rh4 Ke3 58. b4 b5 59. a3 a6
60. Rh8 f3+ 61. Kxg3 f2 62. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Ng3
Nd7 18. f4 Be7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qf2 Na8 21. g5 Nc7 22. Nh5 Nb5
23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nxg7+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. f5 Ke8 27. fxe6
1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Athanasios Mastrovasilis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qa5+
12. Ke2 Kxe7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Qe3 Ng4
17. Qg5+ Qxg5 18. Nxg5 Bd7 19. b3 h6 20. Nh3 Rab8 21. f4 Bc6
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ng1 e5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Nf3 exf4 26. Ne5 Rbc8
27. gxf4 Nh5 28. Ke3 f6 29. Nd3 c5 30. Rhd1 Rd4 31. b4 Rcd8
32. bxc5 Nxf4 33. Nb2 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Nxd1 Nxh3 36. Nc3
Ng5 37. Kd4 h5 38. Nd5+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6
12. O-O Qd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Ne5 fxe5 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Bxg4
Qe8 17. Bxa7 Nc8 18. Bc5 Nd6 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Bxd6 cxd6
21. Ne4 Rf4 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. Re1 h4 24. h3 Bh6 25. c4 b6 26. b4
Rf7 27. a4 Bf4 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Ra7 30. Qb3 Ra8 31. a6 Rf8
32. a7 Qf7 33. Qb8 Bg3 34. Ra1 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6
12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. h3 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. O-O Qxc3
17. d6 Kg7 18. dxc7 Qd4 19. g3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Qxh3 21. Bd3 Qe6
22. Be4 Qb6 23. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergio Estremera Panos"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6
7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5
axb5 13. b3 b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Re1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2
Nd7 18. Red1 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qe3 Rb5 23. Rd5 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. f4 Nd7
27. e5 Rxc2 28. Ra7 Nc5 29. Rxe7 dxe5 30. Rc7 exf4 31. Rdxc5
Rxc5 32. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e6 11. c3 f6
12. Qb3 O-O-O 13. Re1 Bf7 14. c4 g5 15. c5 Qd7 16. Bxg5 Bg7
17. Bh4 Na5 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Qb3 Rhe8 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. d5 exd5
22. Rxd5 Qf7 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qxf7 Bxf7 25. Bf5+ Kb8
26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Bxh7 Ne6 28. b4 a5 29. a3 Bc6 30. Bf5 Nf4
31. Nd4 axb4 32. axb4 Nd5 33. b5 Be8 34. Bg3 Bf8 35. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.07"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salvador Gabriel Del Rio Angelis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 exf4 15. Qd4 Bf5 16. Rxf4 Bg6
17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Ba5 Qb8 19. Rf3 Bf6 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Bf1 Ne4
22. Qb6 Qxb6+ 23. Bxb6 Rfb8 24. a4 Nd2 25. Nxd2 Rxb6 26. Rxf6
gxf6 27. b3 Rb4 28. Bc4 a5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Rf1 f5 31. Re1 Re8
32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Kf2 f4 34. g3 fxg3+ 35. hxg3 Ke7 36. Ke3
Kf6 37. Nf3 Bf5 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Ke7 41. Bxf7
Kd8 42. Bd5 Kc7 43. Kf3 h6 44. g4 Rd4 45. Be4 d5 46. Bf5 Kxc6
0-1

[Event "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 Rac8 20. Ne3 g6 21. Qf3 Nd7
22. Ng4 Bg5 23. h4 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 f5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Qf4 Ne5
27. exf5 1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Semi-Final"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[EventDate "2002.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Rb1
g5 13. fxg5 Ne4 14. Qh5 Nxg5 15. Bg3 Nb4 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nh3
Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Kxc2 Ba4+ 20. Kc1 0-1

[Event "ch-ESP Semi-Final"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[EventDate "2002.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. O-O-O
e5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Rhe1 g6 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxd4
Nb6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Bxe8
21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Red8 Qxf2 23. a4 Qxg2 24. a5 Nc8 25. R4d7
Qg1+ 26. Ka2 Qc5 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. Rd5 Qb4 29. c3 Qxh4
30. Rdd7 Qe4 31. Rxh7+ Kg5 32. Rd5+ Kf6 33. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[EventDate "2002.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 h5 6. Qf4 Bxc5
7. Bd3 Qb6 8. c3 Bd7 9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 g5 11. Qg3 h4 12. Qh3
Qc7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 gxf4 15. Bxf4 f5 16. O-O Nh6 17. b5
Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Qxh4 O-O-O 20. Bxh6 Ng8 21. Bf4 Rxh4
22. Nxh4 Ne7 23. Nd2 Rh8 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Qb6 26. Bg4
Be3 27. Rae1 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Qxb5 29. Nb3 Qd3 30. Rf3 Qg6
31. Bh3 Rh5 32. Kg1 Kb8 33. Nd4 a6 34. Rg3 Qh6 35. Bg4 Rg5
36. h3 Rg8 37. Rf3 Qd2 38. Re2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Rg6 40. Bh5 Rh6
41. Bg4 Qg5 42. Rg3 Qf4 43. Ree3 Qf2 44. Ref3 Qe1 45. Rf7 Bc8
46. Be2 Rh8 47. a4 Ka8 48. a5 Qa1 49. Bg4 Qe1 50. Be2 Qa1
51. Rf6 Qe1 52. Rf1 Qd2 53. Rf7 Qe1 54. Rf6 Re8 55. Rf1 Qd2
56. Bh5 Rh8 57. Bf7 Rf8 58. h4 Qh6 59. Kh3 Rh8 60. h5 Bd7
61. Kh4 Qf8 62. Rf6 Qb8 63. Nf3 Ka7 64. h6 Qf8 65. Rgg6 Qc5
66. Rg8 Qf2+ 67. Kh3 Rh7 68. Rg7 Rh8 69. Bxe6 Bc6 70. Bf5 Bb5
71. Rb6 Ka8 72. h7 Bf1 73. Rg8+ Ka7 74. Rxh8 Qxf3+ 75. Kh4
Qf4+ 76. g4 Qxe5 77. Rg8 Qh2+ 78. Kg5 Qd2+ 79. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[EventDate "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 Be6
7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qg4 Qd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. N5a3 b5
12. c3 h6 13. Be3 Kf7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qf3 d5 16. Rd1 Kg7
17. Nc2 Bd6 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. Qe2 dxe4 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Ned5
22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Nd5 24. Ba5 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. b4
Rhf8 27. a3 Bb8 28. Rd2 Ba7 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rd7+
Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. fxe3 Rc1 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Bxe3
36. Kd1 Ke7 37. Kc2 Kd6 38. Kb3 Bf4 39. Bb6 Bxh2 40. a4 bxa4+
41. Kxa4 Bf4 42. Kb3 Kc6 43. Bc5 e3 44. Kc3 e4 45. Kc2 e2
46. Bf2 Kb5 47. Be1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4
12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 d4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 d3
17. Bb3 Na5 18. Rd1 Naxb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 20. Rxd3 Qc8 21. Nf5
Qe6 22. Qg4 g6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bg5 Qxe5 25. Rad1 h5 26. Qh4
f6 27. Bf4 Qe4 28. Re3 Qf5 29. Bxc7 Rae8 30. Bd6 Rxe3 31. fxe3
Rf7 32. e4 Qe6 33. e5 fxe5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1
Nd2+ 37. Ke1 Nc4 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qc7+ Kh6
41. Bf8+ Kg5 42. b3 Ne3 43. Qd8+ Kf4 44. Bh6+ Ke4 45. Qh4+ Kd3
46. Bxe3 Kxe3 1-0

[Event "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. N3h2 Qc7 16. Ng4 Rfe8
17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Rad1 c4 21. Ne3 Nc5
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ree8 24. Nh5 e4 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Nf6 Re7
27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Nxe4 Ncxe4 29. Bxe4 Qd7 30. Bc2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
Ne8 32. Qh4 h6 33. Be5 Kg8 34. Qe4 g6 35. Qe3 Bg7 36. Bxg7
Kxg7 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. d6 Re8 39. Qd4 Re2 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Qxd2
Ne8 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. b3 Nxd6 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Be4 Qe7 46. Bd5
Nf5 47. Qxc4 Qe1+ 48. Qf1 Qxc3 49. Qxa6 Qc1+ 50. Qf1 Qd2
51. Qc4 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qxf2 53. Bxf7+ Kg7 54. Qc7 Kf6 55. Be8
Qd4 56. Qf7+ Ke5 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. a4 h5 59. Qf7+ Ke5 60. Qc7+
Kf6 61. a5 Nd6 62. Qd8+ Ke6 63. Bd7+ Kf7 64. Qg5 Ne4 65. Qf4+
Ke7 66. Bc6 Qd6 67. Qxd6+ Nxd6 68. a6 Nc8 69. Kg3 Kf6 70. Kf4
g5+ 71. Ke4 Ke6 72. Bb7 Na7 73. Kd4 Kd6 74. Kc4 h4 75. Kb4 Kc7
76. Kc5 Kb8 77. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reynaldo Vera"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Kf2 a5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kg2 O-O
17. Bd3 Qa7 18. Rhd1 Rfe8 19. Re1 b5 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 Rac8
22. Qd1 c5 23. Bb5 Rc7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd4 Rec8 26. Nb3 Bb6
27. Re2 Ne5 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Bc1 Qb8 30. Rc2 Nc4 31. e4 Qc8
32. Re2 dxe4 33. fxe4 Ng4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Bf4 Nf6 36. Qd6
Bc7 37. Qd3 Bxf4 38. gxf4 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Claudia Noemi Amura"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 Nd4 16. Be3 b4
17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rb8 19. f4 Bd8 20. Kh1 Qe7 21. c5 Bc7
22. f5 f6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. c6 Bb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Bd5 Rb5
27. a3 b3 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Rac1 a5 30. Rf3 a4 31. Rc4 Ra5
32. Rcc3 Qb6 33. Rh3 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Na5 9. Qa4 b6 10. Nd5 Bd7 11. Qc2 c5
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. e3 Rc8 15. d5 b5 16. Nd2 Nxc4
17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bf1 Rb8 19. Rab1 Qa5 20. Rec1 Qxa2 21. Bxc4
Qa5 22. b3 Bb5 23. e4 Rb7 24. Bd2 Qa3 25. Re1 Reb8 26. Bc1 Qa5
27. Bd2 Qc7 28. Re3 Qd7 29. Rc1 Bd4 30. Rf3 Qg4 31. Rf4 Qh5
32. Rh4 Qe5 33. Rb1 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 f5 35. Re1 Rxb3 36. exf5
Qxf5 37. Rf4 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. c3 Bg6
12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 Qd5 14. Be3 f6 15. Qg4+ e6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Qxg6 Bd6 18. b3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. f3 g5 21. Rae1 Kd7
22. c4 c6 23. Kf2 Rdg8 24. Rd1 f4 25. Bd2 f5 26. Rh1 Rh7
27. Bc3 Kc8 28. d5 c5 29. Rde1 Kd7 30. Be5 Be7 31. Re2 Rh4
32. Rhe1 Bd8 33. Rd1 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Bxf4 Rf8 36. Bg3
gxf3 37. gxf3 Rh3 38. Re4 Bf6 39. Kg2 Rh7 40. Rg4 Rhf7 41. Rd3
Bd4 42. Bf2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 Rh8 44. Kg2 Re8 45. a4 Re2+ 46. Kg3
Re1 47. Kf2 Rfe7 48. d6 R1e2+ 49. Kg3 Rf7 50. Rg5 Kc6 51. d7
Rxd7 52. Rxc5+ Kxc5 53. Rxd7 b6 54. Rd3 Re8 55. f4 Rg8+
56. Kf3 Rf8 57. Kg3 Rg8+ 58. Kf2 Rf8 59. Kf3 Kb4 60. Kg3 Kc5
1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. Rb1 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. c5 Bd7 12. Qa3
Nc4 13. Qxa6 b5 14. Nh4 dxc5 15. dxc5 c6 16. Bxc6 Qc7 17. Bxd7
Nxd7 18. Nxb5 Qxc5 19. a4 Qb4 20. Ng2 Nc5 21. Qc6 Nxa4 22. Nc7
Rfc8 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 Rb7 25. b3 Nc3 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nxb1 29. Bb6 Nc3 30. Kf1 Na4 31. Ba5 f5 32. Ne3
e4 33. Ned5 Kf7 34. f3 exf3 35. exf3 Bd4 36. Nb5 Bc5 37. Ke2
0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Nc3
Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Qb3 e6 12.Bd3 Nc6
13.h5 Bd7 14.Ng5 Rc8 15.Ne4 O-O 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bg5 f5 18.Nc5
Na5 19.Qb4 Rf7 20.Rb1 Bf8 21.Kf1 Bc6 22.Kg1 e5 23.dxe5 Qxe5
24.Be3 Qd5 25.Bf1 Qxa2 26.Qh4 Rg7 27.Rd1 Bd5 28.Rd2 Qxd2
29.Bxd2 Rxc5 30.Qd8 Rf7 31.Be3 Nc6 32.Qh4 Rg7 33.Bxc5 Bxc5
34.Bc4 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2
Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 O-O-O 16.Qe1 e5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 exf4
19.a4 b4 20.Qe2 c4 21.b3 h6 22.Ne6 Nxe6 23.dxe6 Nd5 24.bxc4
Nc3 25.Qf3 Qb7 26.Qh3 Kb8 27.Kh1 Qc7 28.Bb2 Be5 29.Rae1 Bf6
30.Bg6 Qxc4 31.Qf3 Be7 32.Rc1 Rc8 33.Bxc3 bxc3 34.Rb1+ Bb4
35.Rxb4+ Qxb4 36.Rb1 Qxb1+ 37.Bxb1 g5 38.h4 Rc5 39.Qd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O e6 6.Re1 Ng4
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.e5 f6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 fxe5
12.Rxe5 Be7 13.Bg5 Bd6 14.Bf4 c5 15.Qe3 a6 16.Nd5 Qc6 17.Rg5
h6 18.Bxd6 hxg5 19.Rd1 Rh6 20.Ne7 Qa4 21.Qf3 Bb7 22.Qxb7 Rd8
23.Ng8 Rh8 24.Qf3 Rxg8 25.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "33rd Bosnian Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.27"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qd2 b5 12. Bd3 Re8
13. Ne2 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. axb5 axb5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5
18. dxe5 dxc4 19. exf6 Rxb3 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Nd4 Rb7 22. Rad1
Nd3 23. Nxc6 Qc7 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. fxe7 Qxe7 26. Rf1 f6 27. f3
Be6 28. Ne2 Bf7 29. Qe3 Rd8 30. Ra1 Rbd7 31. h3 g5 32. Nd4 Qe5
33. Ra5 Qf4 34. Nf5 Qxe3+ 35. Nxe3 Rd6 36. Ng4 Ne5 37. Nh6+
Kf8 38. Bb4 Ke8 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ Ke8
42. Nxf7 Nxf7 43. Rb1 1-0

[Event "33rd Bosnian Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6
Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8
22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxd2 26. Qxe6+
Kh8 27. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 axb6 29. b3 Rd2 30. Re8 Rxa2
31. Rc1 Re2 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxb6 Qf4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+
Qe4 36. Qxe4+ Rxe4 37. h3 Re3 38. Rc6 Rxb3 39. Rb6 g5 40. Rb7+
Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rxh6 Rd3
45. Rb6 b3 46. Rb4 Kd5 47. Kg1 Kc5 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Kf2 Kc3
50. Ke2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "33rd Bosnian Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Be2 c5 11. Nh4 Bg4
12. f3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Ng8 15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne7
17. Nb5 Be4 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Qh3 O-O 20. Bd3 g6 21. b3 Nc5
22. Bc4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qe4 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Ng2
Rfd8 27. Kh1 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Nb6 29. Bg1 a4 30. Ne3 axb3 31. Rb1
Ra3 32. Bf1 Nba4 33. Ng4 b2 34. Rf2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5
17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7
Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 Rxg7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxa7 Rg6
26. Rfa1 Re6 27. Bd4 Re2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Be3 Rxb2 30. R1a5 b3
31. Rc5+ Kd8 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Rxd5+ Qxd5 34. Bxd5 Rb1+
35. Kg2 b2 36. Be4 Rd1 37. Bg5+ Ke8 38. Bf6 b1=Q 39. Bxb1 Rxb1
40. h5 Kf8 41. g4 Rd1 42. Bb2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O
17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qg5 Qb7 20. f3 h6 21. Qg3 a4
22. Bc2 b4 23. Nc4 Qxd5 24. fxe4 Qxc4 25. exf5 Nd5 26. f6 Nxf6
27. Rxf6 Rae8 28. Ref1 Re2 29. Bd3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Re3 31. R6f3
Rxf3 32. Qxf3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qe5 34. c4 Kh8 35. Bc2 Qa5 36. Qd3
f5 37. Qxd6 Qc3 38. Bd3 Qd2 39. c5 Qxa2 40. c6 Rg8 41. Qg6 Rf8
42. c7 Qg8 43. Qc6 Rc8 44. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6
12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 Qb2
17. Be2 Qb6 18. c4 d4 19. Bf3 a5 20. O-O d3+ 21. Kh1 Qd4
22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Qxd3 g6 24. Nd6 Nb6 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. Rb5 Qc7
27. Qd4 Nd7 28. f5 gxf5 29. Nxf5+ exf5 30. e6+ Ne5 31. Rxe5 f6
32. Rxf5 Rf8 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Rh5 Kh8 35. Be4 Bxe6 36. Rxh7+
Qxh7 37. Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6
12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxd3 14. Bxd3 Bc5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. b3 Bd7
17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Bb2 f6 19. Rac1 Rdc8 20. Rfd1 b5 21. e4 Nb4
22. e5 Nxa2 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rcd2 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. exf6+
gxf6 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Ne3 Be7 29. Ng4 e5 30. f4 h5 31. Nf2 Nd4
32. Rb7 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxf4 34. Rdd7 Ng6 35. Ne4 Rc6 36. h4 f5
37. Ng3 Rd8 38. Rdc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 dxc4 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Ke6
17. Rxb7 Rab8 18. Rxc7 Rhc8 19. Rxc6+ Rxc6 20. Nd4+ Kd7
21. Nf5 Rb1 22. Nxe7 Rxc1 23. Nxd5 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Rd6 25. Ne3
Rd3 26. Ba4+ Kd6 27. Nxc4+ Kc5 28. Ne3 Rxc3 29. Kf1 g6 30. Ke2
Kd4 31. Nc2+ Ke4 32. Bb3 f5 33. h4 f4 34. Ne1 Kf5 35. Nf3 Rc7
36. Kd3 h6 37. Kd4 g5 38. Bc4 Rd7+ 39. Bd5 Rc7 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Be4+ Kf6 42. Ne5 Rc1 43. Nd3 Rc2 44. a4 Ra2 45. Bc6 Rc2
46. Kd5 g4 47. Nxf4 Rxf2 48. g3 Kf5 49. Bd7+ Kg5 50. Ne6+ Kh5
51. Nc5 Rf3 52. Ne4 Rd3+ 53. Ke5 Ra3 54. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Helgi Ass Gretarsson"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 e6
7. a3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. g3 a6 11. Bd2 Ne4
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. f3 Be7 14. Ng2 c5 15. fxe4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6
17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. c5 Nf5 20. Rbd1 Qd7 21. b4 a5
22. Bf2 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 24. g4 Nh6 25. Be1 Qc6 26. h3 Qxf3
27. Rxf3 f5 28. Re3 Kf7 29. d5 e5 30. d6 Bf6 31. g5 Bxg5
32. Rxe5 Bf6 33. Red5 g5 34. d7 Bd8 35. Ne3 Kg6 36. Bc3 Rg8
37. Rd6+ Kh5 38. Nd5 f4 39. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Kristjansson"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2
Ne5 12. f4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ne5 a6 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Na3
dxe4 17. Nd7+ Rxd7 18. Qxd7 Nd5 19. Nc4 Nxf4 20. Ne3 Rd8
21. Qg4 g5 22. Rad1 Rd3 23. Qf5 Qe7 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Ng4 c4
26. Ne3 Qd6 27. g3 Qb6 28. gxf4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxe3+ 30. Kf1
gxf4 31. Qxf6 Bc8 32. Qf8 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2
Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qe2 f6 11. Qe4 Kf7
12. Nc3 e5 13. O-O-O Be7 14. d3 Be6 15. g3 Rad8 16. Rhf1 Bh3
17. Rg1 Bg4 18. Rde1 Qe6 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. Qg2 Rhd8 21. f3 Bh3
22. Qf2 Bf5 23. Nce4 Qd7 24. Nc4 Be6 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Bxc4
27. dxc4 Nf4 28. Qf3 a5 29. a4 Qb7 30. g5 Rb8 31. gxf6 gxf6
32. Rg4 Nd3+ 33. cxd3 Qxb3 34. Qg2 Bf8 35. Rg6 Qxd3 36. Rxf6+
Ke7 37. Bxd4 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. a4 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. b3 b4 17. d5 Ne7
18. c4 c5 19. Nf1 Kh8 20. N3h2 Ng6 21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Nf5 Bc8
23. Qf3 Nh7 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. h4 Ng8 26. g4 g6 27. Ne3 Bg7
28. Kh1 Ne7 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Rg2 Rdf8 31. Rag1 Qd8 32. Nhf1 a5
33. Rh2 f6 34. Ng3 Rf7 35. Kg2 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. exf5 e4
38. Bxe4 Be5 39. Kf1 Nf6 40. Bd3 Rfg7 41. Rhg2 Qe8 42. Ne4
Rxg2 43. Rxg2 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 Nh5 45. Kf1 Qf7 46. Ng4 Nxf5
47. Nxe5 dxe5 48. Ke1 Qg6 49. Nxc5 Kg8 50. Be3 Qg1+ 51. Kd2
Nxe3 52. Qxe3 Qa1 53. Bc2 Qb2 54. Qd3 Nf4 55. Qe3 Bf5 56. Ne4
Kf8 57. f3 h5 58. d6 Bxe4 59. Qxe4 Ke8 60. Kd1 Qa1+ 61. Bb1
Qc3 62. Qa8+ Kf7 63. Qa7+ Kg8 64. Qh7+ Kf8 65. Qf5+ Kg7
66. Qe4 Qxb3+ 67. Bc2 Qc3 68. d7 Qa1+ 69. Bb1 Qxa4+ 70. Ke1
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qc2 c6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Rfc1
Be6 18. Na4 dxc4 19. Nc5 cxd3 20. exd3 Bc8 21. Nc4 Nf5 22. Nb6
Nd4 23. Qd1 Ra2 24. Kh1 Nxb5 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Nxb7 Qxb7
27. Bxc6 Qa7 28. Qg1 Nd4 29. Bxe8 Qa8+ 30. Qg2 Qxe8 31. Rc7
Qe6 32. Rcb7 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 b5 10. Bc2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. f4
g6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5 Na5 15. a4 Qc8 16. axb5 O-O 17. Rxa5
Qxh3 18. Qd3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. Bd1 Qh4 21. Qf3 axb5
22. Rxb5 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Kg2 c5 25. e5 h5 26. c4 Rd4
27. Nc3 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Rxc4 29. e6 f5 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rd8
32. Bb3 Rcd4 33. Rb7 Kf8 34. Ra1 c4 35. Raa7 Bc5 36. Rf7+ Kg8
37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40. Rxg6 cxb3 41. Rf7+
Ke8 42. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4
17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Bb3 f4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. g4 Kh8
22. Nxg7 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxg7 24. O-O-O b4 25. c4 a5 26. Rxd6 a4
27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Kb1 Rfa8 29. Qd5 Ra1+ 30. Kc2 b3+ 31. Kxb3
Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qa4
Bd7 17. Rab1 Qf5 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Rb5 Qf6 20. Rxb7 Nd8 21. Qxd7
Nxb7 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Qg4 Nd6 24. h4 Rb8 25. c4 f6 26. c5 fxe5
27. cxd6 cxd6 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6
hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Re4 Rxf3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "228"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6
7. a4 a6 8. h3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qxe7 16. f4 Nxc4
17. dxc4 Bd7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Rd3 f5 21. exf5
exf5 22. Qd1 Qh4 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. Rf1 Re6 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. b3
Rde8 27. Rg3 Qe7 28. Qd3 g6 29. Nd5 Qg7 30. Rf2 h5 31. c3 a5
32. Rgf3 h4 33. Rd2 Bxd5 34. Qxd5 R8e7 35. Qd3 Qf6 36. Qf1 Re4
37. Qf2 Kg7 38. Rfd3 R7e6 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Qf2 b6 41. Qf3 Re1
42. Qc6 Rf1 43. Rf3 Rc1 44. g4 Ree1 45. Rff2 Kh6 46. g5+ Kg7
47. Qf3 Rh1+ 48. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 49. Kxh1 Qe3 50. Kg1 Qg3+ 51. Kf1
Qxh3+ 52. Ke2 Qh1 53. Rxd6 h3 54. Rd7+ Kf8 55. Rh7 Kg8 56. Rh6
Kg7 57. Rh4 Qb1 58. Rxh3 Qxb3 59. Re3 Qxa4 60. Kf3 Qxc4
61. Rd2 Qf1+ 62. Rf2 Qd1+ 63. Rfe2 Qf1+ 64. Rf2 Qh1+ 65. Ke2
Kf7 66. c4 Qc1 67. Kd3 Qd1+ 68. Rd2 Qb3+ 69. Ke2 Qxc4+ 70. Ke1
Qa4 71. Rd6 c4 72. Rxb6 Qa1+ 73. Ke2 Qh1 74. Rf6+ Kg7 75. Re7+
Kg8 76. Rxg6+ Kf8 77. Rge6 Qh2+ 78. Kd1 Qg1+ 79. Kc2 Qf2+
80. Re2 Qc5 81. R7e5 Qa3 82. R2e3 Qa4+ 83. Kc3 Qb4+ 84. Kc2 c3
85. Rxc3 Qxf4 86. Rcc5 Qa4+ 87. Kd3 Qd1+ 88. Kc4 Kg7 89. Rxf5
a4 90. Rf6 Qb3+ 91. Kd4 Qb4+ 92. Kd5 Qb7+ 93. Kd6 Qb6+ 94. Kd5
Qb7+ 95. Rfc6 a3 96. Kc4 Qf7+ 97. Kc3 Qf3+ 98. Kb4 a2 99. Rc7+
Kf8 100. Ra7 Qe4+ 101. Kc3 Qe3+ 102. Kc4 Qc1+ 103. Kd5 Qxg5+
104. Kc6 a1=Q 105. Rxg5 Qf6+ 106. Kd7 Qxg5 107. Rc7 Qd5+
108. Kc8 Ke8 109. Kb8 Kd8 110. Rc8+ Kd7 111. Rc7+ Kd6 112. Rg7
Kc6 113. Rg6+ Kb5 114. Kc7 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3
Rb8 17. Rd4 b5 18. Rhd1 Qb7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 21. Qg3
Ng6 22. R4d2 O-O 23. Be3 Kh7 24. Rf1 b4 25. Rf5 Bxf5 26. exf5
Ne5 27. f6 exf6 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Bd3 Rbe8 30. Qf2 Re5 31. Nf4
Rfe8 32. Re2 f5 33. Nh5 Qd5 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Bd4 f4 36. b3 a5
37. Bc4 Qc6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qa7 Rf5 40. Kb1 f3 41. gxf3
Qxf3 42. Re1 Qc3 43. Rd1 Ne5 44. Bd5 Qxh3 45. Be6 Qf3 46. Rxd6
Qh1+ 47. Kb2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h5 8. g5 Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 g6 12. Nb3
Qc7 13. f4 Nec6 14. Be3 b5 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Rhf1
Nc5 18. f5 b4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rf6 bxc3
22. Rxe6+ Ne7 23. Qxc3 Rg8 24. Bc4 Bg7 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Rdd6
Bd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Re6 Rg7 30. Qa4+ Kd8
31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bxa6 Bxa6 33. Qxa6 Kd7 34. Qa7+ Ke8 35. Qa6
Kd7 36. Qxg6 d3 37. Qf5+ Kd8 38. c3 Rcc7 39. g6 Rcd7 40. Kd2
h4 41. e5 Kc7 42. e6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7
17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. c4 Be6 20. O-O Qd4 21. Qc2 Bd8
22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Ra3 Rfd8 25. Rd3 g6 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. exf5 d5 28. Qg5 d4 29. Rh3 e4 30. Qh6 Qxf5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8
32. Rf3 exf3 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Qe6 35. Qh4+ f6 36. Qh7+
Kd6 37. c5+ Kxc5 38. Qxc7+ Kxb5 39. Rxe6 d3 40. Qc6+ Kb4
41. Re4+ Kb3 42. Qc3+ Ka2 43. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qa4+
Nbd7 7. Qxc4 c5 8. d4 Nb6 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Nxd4 Rc8
12. Qd3 Nfd5 13. a3 Bf6 14. b3 O-O 15. e4 Ne7 16. Be3 Nc6
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Rc2 Rfd8 21. h3 a6
22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Be7 25. Rc4 Ne5 26. Rcd4
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bb5 28. f4 Nc6 29. Rd7 Bxb4 30. Rxb7 Na5 31. Rb6
Nxb3 32. Bf1 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Nd2 g5
36. Rxb5 gxf4 37. gxf4 Nd3 38. Rg5+ Kf8 39. f5 Rc1+ 40. Nf1
Nf4 41. Rg4 e5 42. Kf2 Nxh3+ 43. Kg2 Nf4+ 44. Kf2 h5 45. Rg3
h4 46. Rg4 h3 47. Rh4 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ng3 Rc3+ 50. Kg4 f6
51. Nh1 Rb3 52. Nf2 Re3 53. Nxh3 Ne2 54. Kh5 Ng3+ 55. Kg4 Nxe4
56. Kh5 Ng3+ 57. Kg4 Ne2 58. Rh5 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 Nac4 15. h4 Ne5 16. Qe2 a5
17. h5 a4 18. hxg6 axb3 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. cxb3 e6 21. f4 Nc6
22. Ndb5 d5 23. Qf2 Na8 24. Bc5 Ne7 25. f5 f6 26. exd5 e5
27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Nde4 Rc8 29. d6 Nc6 30. Nd5 Rf7 31. g5 Nd4
32. Bxd4 exd4 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. Nexf6 Rxf6 35. Qxd4 Bxf5+
36. Ka1 1-0

[Event "19 ECC 2003 Men"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.82"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stephan Berndt"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 Qc7
17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh6 Rfb8 19. Rad1 Nbd7 20. h4 b4 21. Bg5 Qd8
22. h5 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb2 24. Bb3 a5 25. Bc1 Rb1 26. Bg5 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Nfd7 29. Be3 Bg5 30. Qg4 Bxe3 31. fxe3
Nf6 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Rf1 Nfd7 34. Qg4 Kh8 35. Qh3 Rg8 36. Ne4
Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Nc5 38. Bc2 e4 39. Qg4 Rb8 40. Rf4 Re8 41. Qd1
Kg8 42. Qd4 f5 43. Rf1 Rb8 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Rb1 Rxb1+
46. Bxb1 Qh4 47. Bc2 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Nd7 49. Bd1 Ne5 50. c4 Qf2
51. Kh1 f4 52. Qxe4 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qxd1 54. exf4 Qd3 55. Qe1
Ng4+ 56. Kh1 Qe3 57. Qb1 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "19th ECC 2003 Men"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[EventDate "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.72"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. a3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Bb1
b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Rc2 d5 25. f4 Ng6 26. e5 Nxf4 27. Qf1
N6h5 28. Rc7 Bc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Ne6 Qb5 31. Nxf4 Qxf1+
32. Nxf1 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Rxb2 34. Ne3 Be6 35. Bd3 a3 36. Ra1 Rb4
37. g3 Rb3 38. Bb1 Reb8 39. Ba2 Rd3 40. h4 Rb2 41. Nd1 Rxd1+
42. Rxd1 Rxa2 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Rc1 a2 0-1

[Event "European Clubs Cup (Men)"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. Ne2
Ne6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Qd2 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 d5 21. Qe5 c4 22. Ba2 Qc6
23. exd5 exd5 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rae8 26. Rb6 Bc8 27. Rf1
Kg7 28. Rd6 h5 29. Bb1 h4 30. Nh1 Re2 31. dxc4 dxc4 32. c3
Rxb2 33. Nf2 Bb7 34. Rb6 Rf7 35. a4 Nd5 36. Rxg6+ Kf8 37. Be4
Nf4 38. Bxb7 Nxg6 39. Bxa6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "European Clubs Cup (Men)"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Giorgi Kacheishvili"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne5
Rad8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. c4 c5 19. Qf3 cxd4 20. Qxb7 Bd6 21. Rhe1
Rb8 22. Qf3 Nxh5 23. Bd2 Qa3 24. b3 Rxb3+ 25. axb3 Rb8 26. b4
Rxb4+ 27. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 28. Kc2 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxc4+ 30. Kd2 Nf6
31. Rc1 Qb4+ 32. Kd1 Qd6 33. Rb5 Qa6 34. Qd3 Qa4+ 35. Ke2 g6
36. Qc4 1-0

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. g5 Rc8 15. Kb1 e5 16. Be3 Nc5
17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. h4 e4 21. b4 Rc8
22. Qd4 Qc7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Rxc4 Rc5 26. Rhc1 a5
27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. Qe5 axb4 29. a4 Qd7 30. a5 Qa4 31. Bc4 b3
32. Qa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kxa1 Bd6 34. a6 Bxf4 35. d6+ Kh8 36. Rd1
Be5+ 37. Kb1 Bd4 38. a7 e3 39. d7 f4 40. Bd5 e2 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O-O a5
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 Nxc3+ 14. Bxc3 a4 15. Qc2 a3 16. b3 Be7
17. g3 Nb6 18. e4 O-O 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Bg2 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5
22. Be5 Qb5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1
Nd7 27. Ba1 Nc5 28. Bf3 Qc6 29. Kb1 Nxe4 30. Qd4 Nd2+ 31. Qxd2
Qxf3 32. Be5 f6 33. Bc3 Bc5 34. Kc2 Bg1 35. b4 Qd5 36. Qxd5
exd5 37. h3 Bf2 38. g4 f5 39. Kb3 d4 40. Bd2 Kf7 41. Kc2 Ke6
42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Bc1 Bg3 44. Bxa3 Bxf4 45. Bb2 Be5 46. Bc1 f4
47. Bd2 f3 48. a4 Bg3 49. a5 f2 50. Ke2 Kc4 51. Kf1 d3 52. Kg2
Bd6 53. b5 Kxb5 54. Kxf2 Bb4 55. Bf4 Bxa5 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Be5
0-1

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. d5 b5 9. Qe2 b4 10. Nd1 Qc8 11. O-O Qa6
12. Qe1 Nb6 13. Nf2 N8d7 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qb7 16. b3 O-O
17. c4 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5 Rae8
22. Qa6 Qc6 23. Bd2 h6 24. b4 Rc8 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qe2 Ne6
27. Rxa7 Nc4 28. Rfa1 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. e6 Bxa1 31. Rxa1
Re8 32. Re1 Qc5 33. Qc2 Rf6 34. Qe2 Qb6 35. Qd3 Rfxe6 36. Qxd5
Ne3 37. Qd4 Nf5 38. Rxe6 Qb1+ 39. Qd1 Qxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Rxe6
41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Nc3 Ra6 43. g4 Ne7 44. h4 Ra3 45. Ne4 Nc6
46. h5 g5 47. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. Bc2 Qd6 16. Be3 Rad8
17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Qh4 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O axb4
17. axb4 O-O 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Ra3 21. Nb1
Ra1 22. Qe2 g6 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Nc3 Ra3 25. Qb2 Rfa8 26. Qd2
Rh8 27. f4 d4 28. exd4 Bxd4 29. Ne4 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qd3 11. Re1 e6
12. Re3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Rd8 15. b3 Be7 16. Bb2 O-O
17. Qc2 Qc7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bf6 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. Qe2 b5
22. Ba3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rfe8 24. d5 Nf5 25. Re4 Nd6 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. Re1 h6 28. g3 a5 29. Qa2 Re7 30. dxe6 Rexe6 31. Rxe6
Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qa4 Qb6 34. h4 Kf8 35. Qd7 Qc5 36. Qxe6
a4 37. g4 a3 38. Qa6 Bb2 39. Kg2 Qc7 40. g5 Qf4 41. Qc8+ Ke7
42. c5 h5 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qb3+ Kd7 45. Qd5+ Kc7 46. g6 a2
47. Qf7+ Kc8 48. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.e3 Be6 9.Qa4 c5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Qb5 Nd5 12.Bg5 Qxb5
13.Nxb5 a6 14.Na3 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 b5 17.Nc2 Nc6 18.Be2 Bf5
19.Rd2 c4 20.h4 f6 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Nh2 Rad8 23.Bg4 e6 24.e4
Bxe4 25.Bxe6+ Kh7 26.Ne3 Kg6 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.f4 Be4 29.d5 Nb4
30.f5+ Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Rfe8+ 32.Kd1 Kxf5 33.d6 Kg6 34.d7 Rh8
35.Bc7 Nd3 36.Bxd8 Rxd8 37.Nf3 Rxd7 38.Kc2 f5 39.a3 Re7 40.b3
g4 41.Nh4+ Kg5 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.g3 Re3 44.Rdh2 Rxg3 45.Ng2 f4
46.Kb1 f3 47.Ne3 f2 48.Ng2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Petar Genov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.c4 Ne7 7.c5 Qc7
8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Be2 f6 10.f4 Be4 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nf3 Nf5 13.O-O
Ng4 14.Bd2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 h5 16.Ne2 g6 17.Qc2 Bg7 18.Qd3 O-O
19.Rae1 Nf6 20.g3 Rfe8 21.b4 b6 22.Nc1 Ne4 23.Nb3 bxc5 24.dxc5
Nxd2 25.Qxd2 Rad8 26.Na5 Nd4 27.Bg2 Kh7 28.Qd3 e5 29.f5 e4
30.fxg6+ Kxg6 31.Qd1 Rf8 32.Rxe4 Rxf1+ 33.Qxf1 dxe4 34.Bxe4+
Kg5 35.Nxc6 Rf8 36.Qc1+ Kf6 37.Nxd4 Qe5 38.Qf1+ Kg5 39.Nf3+
Rxf3 40.Bxf3 Qe3+ 41.Qf2 Qc3 42.Kg2 Bd4 43.Qe2 h4 44.Qe7+ Bf6
45.gxh4+ 1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Rh7 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qf3
Qa4 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 c5 15. Nf5 Qc4+ 16. Kg1 exf5
17. Qxf5 Nd7 18. e6 Nf6 19. Re1 Qxc3 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Qe6+
Kf8 22. Rh3 Qxd4 23. Rf3 Nxh4 24. Rf4 Qc3 25. Bxh4 Rh6 26. Re5
Qd2 27. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Jahorina"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandar Kovacevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nbd2 Qc7 17.h3 Bh5 18.Bb2 Rad8
19.Qb1 Bg6 20.e5 Nfd5 21.e6 Bxc2 22.exf7+ Rxf7 23.Qxc2 Nb4
24.Qe4 Nd3 25.Be5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Rxd2 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Qe6+ Kf8
29.Qf5+ Bf6 30.Re6 Rd6 31.Rae1 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 h6 33.Qh5 Be7
34.Qg6 Nd5 35.Rxa6 Qc8 36.Ra5 b4 37.Qe4 Nf6 38.Qf3 Qe6 39.a4
Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qc3 41.Qd1 c4 42.bxc4 Qxc4 43.Rb5 Kg8 44.Rb7 Qe4
45.Rb5 Qf4+ 46.Kg1 Ne4 47.Qf3 Qc1+ 48.Kh2 Bd6+ 49.g3 Qc2
50.Kg1 Qxa4 51.Qd3 Qa1+ 52.Kg2 Qa8 53.Qf3 Qe8 54.Rd5 Qe6
55.Rd4 Ng5 56.Qh5 Bc5 57.Rf4 Qd5+ 58.Kh2 Bd6 59.Qe8+ Kh7
60.Qd7 Nf3+ 61.Rxf3 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nbd4
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a3 18. b4 Bh5 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Rf7
21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rxa3 Be2 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Be3 Bb5 25. h3
Ne4 26. Rd1 c6 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Bxf2 Re2 29. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d4 exd4 10. e5 Ne4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Nc3
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15. Kh1 Na5 16. Rg1 Qd7 17. Qe2
Qe6 18. Bg5 c6 19. Bc2 Ra7 20. f4 Kh8 21. Qh5 Ba3 22. Rg3 Nc4
23. Rag1 Qf7 24. Qh4 Nd2 25. Rh3 Qg8 26. f3 Nc4 27. Bd3 Nb2
28. Bb1 Nc4 29. Bf6 Nd6 30. Be7 Rxe7 31. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qd7
17. h3 f5 18. Ndb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 a5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nc6 Rbe8
22. Bxb5 Qc7 23. Nxa5 Rb8 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. b4 Bg6 26. Qg4 e4
27. Rac1 f3 28. Bd5 Bh6 29. Nc4 fxg2 30. Qh4 Qa7 31. Kxg2 Bxc1
32. Rxc1 Rf3 33. Ne3 Rbf8 34. Rc2 Qg7 35. Qg5 h6 36. Qg4 R8f4
37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qb7 Bf7+ 39. Ng4 Bxd5 40. Qxd5 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[EventDate "2003.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Qc2 Nbd7
8.h3 Bh5 9.f4 bxc4 10.bxc4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e6 12.Nge2 Bb4 13.O-O
O-O 14.g4 Bg6 15.f5 exf5 16.gxf5 Bh5 17.Nf4 Nb6 18.Bb3 Bxc3
19.Qxc3 Nbd5 20.Qe1 Re8 21.Qh4 Re4 22.Bc2 Rxf4 23.Rxf4 Nxf4
24.Qxf4 Qa5 25.Qf2 Re8 26.a4 Qd5 27.Bd2 Bf3 28.Rc1 Be4 29.Bd1
Qd7 30.Rc5 h6 31.Re5 Rb8 32.Be2 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Qb7 34.Kg3 Rb2
35.Qe1 Qb3 36.Qc1 Rb1 37.Qc3 Rg1+ 38.Kf2 Qb1 39.Be1 Rg2+
40.Kf1 Rh2 41.Qb4 Qa2 42.Qc4 Qb2 43.Qb4 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. a5 Rb8 11. axb6 axb6 12. Bb2
Qc7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Ne2 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ng3
Bc8 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Be6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 d5
22. Be5 Bd6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh6 Bf4 25. Qxf6 Rd6 26. Qe7
Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Bg5 28. Rc7 c4 29. Raa7 Rf8 30. Bh5 Rf6 31. g4
Bf4 32. Rd7 Bd6 33. h4 h6 34. Kf1 Bb8 35. Rab7 d4 36. Rxd4
cxb3 37. cxb3 Bd6 38. Rxb5 Bc7 39. Rd7 Rb6 40. Rxb6 Bxb6
41. f6 Bc5 42. Kg2 Ba3 43. f4 1-0

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5
Qb6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bc4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg7
12. Bf4 Qd8 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 b5 15. Bxb5 Nxg4 16. Bc4 Qc8
17. Rhe1 Qf5 18. Rxe7 g5 19. Be2 Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 gxf4 21. Bxg4
Na6 22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. a3 Kf8 24. Rb7 Rd8 25. Bh5 Bxd4 26. Rg1
1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4
h6 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Ba4 Na7 16. Be3 Nb5 17. Qc2 f5
18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ncd2 c5 20. Bb3+ Kh7 21. Ne4 Bg6 22. Ng3 Nc7
23. Qd1 d5 24. Bc2 Nb5 25. d4 e4 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4
28. Nxe4 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Ne5 30. Ne6 Qxd1 31. Nxf8+ Rxf8
32. Rexd1 Nd3 33. Kf1 Re8 34. f3 Bb4 35. Bb6 Nc3 36. Nxc3 Bxc3
37. Ra2 Bf6 38. Rc2 Nb2 39. Rd6 Nd3 40. Re2 Rc8 41. Bd4 Bxd4
42. Rxd4 Rc5 43. Rc2 Rxa5 44. Rdxc4 1-0

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Stefan Kristjansson"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8
12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Ne2 Qa6 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 O-O-O 19. a4 Qc4 20. a5 Kb7 21. Rfb1 e5
22. Rb4 Qc6 23. Bg3 Rhg8 24. axb6 cxb6 25. Qd3 Nb8 26. dxe5
fxe5 27. Bxe5 d4 28. Qh7+ Nd7 29. g3 dxc3 30. Rd4 Kc8 31. Bf4
Rh8 32. Qf7 Nc5 33. Rxa7 Ne6 34. Ra8+ Qxa8 35. Qxe6+ Kb7
36. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. e3 Nxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 a5 12. O-O
Qb6 13. Qe2 Qxd4+ 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. g4 Bb4 17. g5
Nh5 18. f4 O-O 19. f5 Ng3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. fxg6
Be5 23. gxf7+ Kh8 24. Rf3 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qxe4 26. Bd3 Qh4
27. Qg2 Rad8 28. Rh3 Rxd3 29. Rxh4 Rxd1+ 30. Kf2 Rxf7+ 31. Ke2
Rfd7 32. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Bc4 d6
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 e6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. f4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. c4 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qe2 Kh8
17. Qe4 Qb6 18. Rae1 Rcf8 19. Bc1 R5f6 20. Bd1 Bc6 21. Qe2 Rg6
22. Rf2 Qc5 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qh3 Qa5 25. Ref1 Rh6 26. Qg4 Qxa2
27. Bf3 Qb3 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qe2 Rg6 30. g4 Rf8 31. f5 Rgf6
32. g5 R6f7 33. g6 Rf6 34. Qh5 h6 35. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. d3 Ng4
7. g3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Ne5 9. Qg2 Nc6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bf4 e5
12. Be3 a6 13. Bc4 d6 14. f4 Be6 15. f5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Be7
17. h4 h5 18. a3 Qd7 19. c3 Bd8 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Ne7
22. Bb3 Ng8 23. d4 Nf6 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rfd1 Qc6 26. Bd5 Nxd5
27. exd5 Qd7 28. Qe4 O-O 29. c4 Rc8 30. c5 Bf6 31. d6 Rfd8
32. Kg2 Qb5 33. Bf2 Qd7 34. Rac1 Rc6 35. Be3 Qc8 36. Qf3 e4
37. Qxe4 Qd7 38. Bf4 Rcc8 39. Re1 Qb5 40. Bg5 Re8 41. Qf4 Qd3
42. Rcd1 Qc2+ 43. Rd2 Bxg5 44. hxg5 Qa4 45. d7 Qc6+ 46. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ba6 Bxa6
12. Qxa6 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Qb3 Rd7
17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 exd5 21. Ne2 d4
22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nf4 Qc6 25. Qc3 Rd6 26. Nh5 Ng6
27. h3 a5 28. a3 a4 29. Nh2 Bd4 30. Qd2 f5 31. Nf3 Bh8 32. Qb4
Rd8 33. Ng3 f4 34. Nf5 Qc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Re4 Bxb2 37. Rxa4
Ne5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Bc7 41. Ra7 Rd5 42. Nh6
Rd7 43. Ra6 Rd5 44. Rf6 Rd7 45. Rc6 Ba5 46. Nf5 Rd5 47. Nd6
Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rd3+ 49. Ke4 Rxa3 50. Nf5 Bd8 51. Kxf4 Ra2
52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Ra2 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg4 Ra2 56. Kg3 Rc2
57. Rh6 Kg8 58. Rc6 Kf8 59. f4 h5 60. Rh6 h4+ 61. Kf3 Ke8
62. Rh7 Be7 63. Nxe7 Kxe7 64. Rxh4 c4 65. Rh5 c3 66. Rc5 Kd6
67. Rc8 Kd5 68. h4 Kd4 69. h5 Rc1 70. Kg4 Rh1 71. Rc7 f5+
72. Kg5 Rg1 73. h6 Rxg2+ 74. Kxf5 Rh2 75. Kg6 c2 76. f5 Rg2+
77. Kf7 Rh2 78. f6 Kd3 79. Kg6 Rg2+ 80. Kf5 Rf2+ 81. Kg6 Rg2+
82. Kf7 Rg1 83. h7 Rh1 84. Kg6 Rg1+ 85. Kf5 Rh1 86. Rxc2 Kxc2
87. f7 Rf1+ 88. Ke6 Re1+ 89. Kd6 Rd1+ 90. Kc7 Rf1 91. h8=Q
Rxf7+ 92. Kd6 Rf2 93. Kd5 Rg2 94. Qh3 Rg7 95. Kd4 Kb2 96. Qh2+
Kb3 97. Qb8+ Kc2 98. Qc8+ Kb2 99. Kc4 Rh7 100. Qd8 Rh2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Qf6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 Bd7
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Nxf7
Qxf7 17. Bxc7 Qe6 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Rad1 Bc8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Qxe5 24. Rde1 Be7 25. c4 Bb4
26. Nc3 1-0

[Event "21st Linares SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3
c6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb6 21. Bb2
Kh7 22. Qe2 d4 23. h4 Rf6 24. Re1 Qxb4 25. a3 Qd6 26. h5 Raf8
27. Qe4 Nc6 28. hxg6+ Kg7 29. Bc1 Qe7 30. Bxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qh4+
Kxg6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Re5 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qg4+ Kf7
36. Qxd4 a6 37. g4 Rg8 38. f3 Rf6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Qc4+ Kg7
41. Qxa6 Ref8 42. Qd3 c5 43. a4 Ra8 44. Qc3 Kg6 45. Qxc5 Rfa6
46. Kg3 Rxa4 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. g5 R8a6 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. f4 Ra1
51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Kg4 R1a2 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qc7+
Kg8 56. f5 Ra7 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. f6+ Kh7 59. Qd3+ Kh8 60. Kf5
Ra8 61. Qh3+ Kg8 62. Kg6 R2a7 63. Qe6+ Kf8 64. Qd6+ Kg8
65. Qd5+ Kh8 66. Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O
12. Ne4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb4 14. O-O-O Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nb4 16. Qb3
Qe7 17. a3 c5 18. axb4 cxd4 19. exd4 Ng6 20. f3 Bf5 21. Bd3
Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qxg5 23. Kb1 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "13th Melody Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bd7
12. O-O-O Qe7 13. c4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Be4 Ba4
17. b3 cxd4 18. exd4 Bc6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rhf1 a6
22. g4 Qc7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. h4 c5 25. g5 Bf4 26. Qe4 cxd4
27. g6 Rf8 28. Nxd4 e5 29. Ne2 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Qe7 31. h5 Rxc4
32. bxc4 Rb8+ 33. Ka1 e4 34. Rxf4 Qb4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe5 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O d5
12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Nf5 Qb6 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5
Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 Bc6 19. Qxf6 Nd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7
21. Qxe7 Rhf8 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. Red1 Rde8 24. Qh4 Nb6 25. Qb4
Kb7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rd7 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be3 b6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ng3 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 b5
13. Qc2 Bxg5 14. hxg5 b4 15. Be2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Kf2 Re8
18. Nh5 Ne7 19. g4 Rb5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. exf6
Ng6 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 e5 25. Rh6 e4 26. Rah1 Re6 27. Bh5
Rxf6+ 28. gxf6 Qxf6+ 29. Ke1 Be6 30. Bxg6 Qf3 31. Kd2 Bg4
32. Bh7+ Kg7 33. R6h2 f5 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Qa4 Rb2+ 36. Kc1
Rxh2 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38. Rxh2 Bh3 39. Qb6+ Kh5 40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qb3 g5 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e3 Qxb3
12. Nxb3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. h4 Rg8 16. Be2 Be7
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7 20. Bh5 a5 21. a4 Bxh5
22. Rxh5 Kg6 23. Rh2 c5 24. Ke2 cxd4 25. exd4 Rac8 26. Kd3 Nb6
27. f4 Bb4 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. b3 Nb2+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 gxf4
32. Bxf4 Nd3 33. Be3 Re8 34. Nh4+ Kf7 35. Nf5 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rxb3
37. g4 Re4 38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rxb7 Ra3 40. Rb1 Rxg4 41. Ng7+ Kd6
42. Rf7 Ne1 43. Rxf6+ Ke7 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Bh6 0-1

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5
17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfe1 Kc7 24. h4 Rhd8 25. Re5 a5 26. h5
Bc6 27. h6 a4 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Bh3 a3 30. bxa3 b3 31. Bxd7 Bxd7
32. Rd1 Be6 33. h7 Rh8 34. Qg5 Rxh7 35. Rexd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 b2
37. Rc5+ Kb6 38. Rb5+ Kc6 39. Rxb2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O c5
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 a5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qh5 f5
17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rae8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4
Rc8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Na2 Bd6 24. Bd3 Be4 25. Bf1 Ng4 26. Be2
Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 Bc2 28. Re1 Bb8 29. Nc3 Ba7 30. Nb5 Bb6 31. Bg5
Rd7 32. Rec1 h6 33. Bd2 Rdd8 34. Bxa5 Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Bb3
36. Rc3 Nf6 37. f3 Bd5 38. Nc7 Rb8 39. Rb5 f4 40. Ke1 Kf7
41. Bd3 g5 42. Rcc5 Ke7 43. b4 Rxb5 44. Bxb5 Bb7 45. Bc4 Rxd4
46. Nxe6 Rxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxe6 48. Rc7 Bd5 49. Rg7 g4 50. b5 gxf3
51. gxf3 Bxf3 52. b6 Nd7 53. Rh7 Be4 54. Rxh6+ Ke5 55. Kd2 Bd5
56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Rd6 Nc5 58. Rd8 f3+ 59. Kf1 Bb7 60. Kf2 Nd3+
61. Kg3 f2 62. Re8+ Kd4 63. Rd8+ Bd5 64. Rxd5+ Kxd5 65. b7
f1=Q 66. b8=Q Qf2+ 67. Kh3 Nf4+ 68. Kg4 Qg2+ 69. Kf5 Qh3+
70. Kf6 Qh4+ 71. Kf5 Qh5+ 72. Kf6 Qg6+ 73. Ke7 Qg7+ 74. Kd8
Ne6+ 75. Kc8 Qc3+ 76. Kb7 Qc6+ 77. Ka7 Qa4+ 78. Kb6 Qb4+
79. Ka7 Qa5+ 80. Kb7 Nc5+ 81. Kc8 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emir Dizdarevic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 c5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Bb2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. c4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Qb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Nd2 Nc6
12. Nb5 Nc5 13. Qa3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 O-O 15. Qa3 Rd8 16. Nb3 Nxb3
17. axb3 Bg4 18. O-O Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Rd2 20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Nd6
Qb4 22. Ne4 Rd1 23. Qc3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Bxd1
26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Nd2 b6 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7
31. Ke2 e5 32. Nd2 f5 33. h4 Ke6 34. Nb1 Nc6 35. Kd3 e4+
36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Nc3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4
Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 b4 17. b3 Na3
18. Bd3 a5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Qxh5 Bxe5 21. Ra2 Rc3 22. Qd1 Qf6
23. Re3 Rfc8 24. Bd2 R3c5 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Ne3 R8c7 27. Ng4 Qc8
28. Bf1 Rc1 29. Bxc1 Rxc1 30. Qd2 Ba6 31. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Kh2
dxe5 33. d6 Bb7 34. d7 Qd8 35. Rd3 f6 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Qe2 Rc1
38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Re6+ Kxd7 40. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Qh5 c6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Qf6 15. Rbe1 Kd8 16. g4 g6
17. Qh6 Kc7 18. f5 Bd7 19. fxg6 Qd6 20. Rxf7 hxg6 21. Qf4 Qxf4
22. Rxf4 Rh4 23. Re7 Kd6 24. Rg7 Rxg4+ 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg6+
Be6 27. h4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Bf7 29. Rg5 b6 30. Kg3 c5 31. h5 Rh8
32. Kh4 Kf6 33. Bg6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf5 35. Rg5+ Ke4 36. Re5+
Kf4 37. Rxd5 cxd4 38. Rxd4+ Kf5 39. Rd7 Rc8 40. Rf7+ Ke6
41. Rf3 Rh8 42. c4 Rh7 43. Rf8 Ke5 44. Rc8 Kd4 45. Rc6 Rg7
46. h6 Rg2 47. Kh5 1-0

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Borki Predojevic"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6
12. Nh4 Nf8 13. O-O Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. Qxf4 c4
17. d4 g5 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Qe3 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4
22. Rxf6 Nd7 23. Rf5 Re8 24. e5 g4 25. e6 Nf8 26. Ne4 gxh3
27. c3 Rd3 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. e7 Rg8 30. g4 Rf3 31. Nd6+ Kd7
32. e8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Nxe8 Rf8 34. Ng7 Rg8 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. Ne6
Rxg4+ 37. Kh2 b6 38. Kxh3 Re4 39. Rd8+ Kb7 40. Rd7+ Ka6
41. Nd4 Re3+ 42. Kg4 h5+ 43. Kf4 Rd3 44. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Meenutades Paul Kerest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Bg6 6. h4 f6
7. h5 Bf7 8. Ngf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. Bf4 fxe5
12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Ng5 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Nh6 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16. Qg4
Qd7 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. O-O c5 21. Rc2
Nh6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rfc1 Qf7 24. b4 Rg8 25. Qh3 Qf4 26. Qxe6
Be7 27. Qxd5 Rcf8 28. Nh2 Rg5 29. bxc5 Rxe5 30. Qf3 Qd4
31. Qg3 Bh4 32. Nf3 Bxg3 33. Nxd4 Bf4 34. Rb1 Rxh5 35. c6 b6
36. c7+ Kc8 37. g3 Rg8 38. Nb5 Rc5 39. Rxc5 bxc5 40.Nxa7+ Kxc7
41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jozsef Pinter"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2
O-O 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. d5 Nd7 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8
17. O-O Na4 18. Bb4 h6 19. Nf3 e6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rb1 b6
22. Ba6 Rc2 23. a3 Nc3 24. Bd3 Nxb1 25. Bxc2 Nc3 26. dxe6 Bxe6
27. Bd3 a5 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Bb5 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6
32. Kd3 Bb2 33. a4 Kc5 34. Nd2 Bc1 35. Nc4 f6 36. Kc3 Bf4
37. Kd3 g5 38. Kc3 h5 39. f3 f5 40. Kd3 fxe4+ 41. fxe4 h4
42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. Kxe3 Bc4 44. Bd7 b5 45. axb5 Bxb5 46. Be6 a4
47. Ba2 a3 48. Kf3 Bc4 49. Bb1 Kd4 50. e5 Kc3 0-1

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. Bxc6 Rxc6 11. Qxa7 Qc8
12. Qa5 Bd3 13. Kd2 b6 14. Qa7 Bb4 15. Rhc1 Bb5 16. Kd1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Ba6 18. a4 O-O 19. a5 b5 20. Ne1 g5 21. Bg3 f5
22. Nd3 f4 23. exf4 Rc7 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. fxg5 Qc4 26. Nb4 e5
27. Nxa6 exd4 28. Nc7 dxc3 29. a6 Nc5 30. a7 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxg4
12. f4 Ng6 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Nf5 Nh4 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. O-O-O
Nf2 17. Ne4 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Be7 19. f5 Qb6 20. f6 Bb4 21. Bxb4+
Qxb4 22. a3 Qa5 23. Nc5 h6 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Ne7+
Kh7 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Drammen International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.30"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 h5 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 a4 15. Rb1 axb3 16. axb3 Ra2
17. Kh1 Nb4 18. Bc3 O-O 19. Ng1 h4 20. Nh3 Nc2 21. Bd2 Na3
22. Rc1 Rb2 23. b4 Bxb4 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Prague Promopro m2"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.f4 Be7 9.g4 Qa5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.g5 Nd7 12.Qd2 b5 13.O-O-O
Bb7 14.f5 Nde5 15.Rhf1 Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.a3 O-O-O 18.Bd4
Rhg8 19.Qe3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.h4 Rd7 22.Bb6 Qe5 23.Bd4 Qa5
24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Bb6 Qe5 26.Bd4 Qa5 27.e5 Re8 28.exd6 Bxd6
29.Bxg7 Bc5 30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Qc5 32.Rff4 Bc6 33.Rde4 Qd6
34.Rxc4 Red8 35.Kb1 1-0

[Event "Keres mem rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michail Brodsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O-O b5 12.g4 a5 13.Rdg1
a4 14.Ne2 b4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ng3 b3 17.a3 bxc2 18.Qc3 Nd7
19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Kxc2 Rab8 21.Rb1 Rfd8 22.Rhd1 Qf6 23.f3 Kf8
24.Nc4 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxf3 26.Nf1 Nb6 27.Nd2 Qxh3 28.Rh1 Qxg4
29.Rbg1 Qe2 30.Re1 Qxd2+ 31.Kxd2 Nxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 b5
13.Be3 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Ba6 17.Kb1 Qc7 18.h4
Rfc8 19.h5 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.g3 Bxf1 23.Rhxf1
Rac8 24.Rf2 Rc4 25.Re2 Kf8 26.Rd3 Ke7 27.a3 Rb8 28.Ka2 a4
29.axb4 Rcxb4 30.c3 Rb3 31.Rc2 R3b5 32.Rd4 Ra8 33.Rb4 Rxb4
34.cxb4 Kd7 35.Ka3 Rc8 36.Rc3 Rc7 37.b5 Kc8 38.Kxa4 Kb7 39.Ka5
Rc8 40.b6 Kb8 41.Ka6 Rd8 42.Rc7 d4 43.Rb7+ Ka8 44.Ra7+ Kb8
45.b4 d3 46.b7 Kc7 47.b5 Rd4 48.b6+ Kc6 49.b8=N+ Kc5 50.Rc7+
Kd5 51.Rc1 d2 52.Rd1 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Nf3
Bg4 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Rc1 O-O 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Bxf3 Rac8 14.Qa4 Nd7 15.Be2 Nb6 16.Qc2 Ne7 17.Bd3 h6 18.Qb3
Rc6 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Rc1 Qc7 22.Rxc6 Nxc6 23.Nc3
Nd7 24.a3 b5 25.Qc2 Nb6 26.Nb1 Qd6 27.Nd2 e5 28.dxe5 Nxe5
29.Be2 Nec4 30.Nf3 g6 31.Nd4 h5 32.h4 Nd7 33.g3 Nf6 34.Bd3 Ng4
35.Bxc4 dxc4 36.a4 Nxe3 37.fxe3 Qxg3+ 38.Kf1 Qxe3 39.Qf2 Qd3+
40.Kg2 bxa4 41.Nf3 c3 42.bxc3 a3 43.Nd2 a2 44.Nb3 f6 45.c4 g5
46.Na1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5 9.g5 Nd5 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Nxd5 cxd5
13.Bd3 g6 14.h4 Nc5 15.f4 Bg4 16.Bc3 Re8 17.Kf2 Qd7 18.h5
Nxd3+ 19.Qxd3 Re4 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Rh4 Rf8 22.Ne2 Bc5 23.Nd4
Bd6 24.Rah1 Bxf4 25.exf4 Rexf4+ 26.Ke1 Qe7+ 27.Kd2 Qxg5 28.Kc2
Bd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxh4 30.Kb3 Re4 31.Qb5 Qe7 32.Bb4 Re3+ 33.Ka4 a6
34.Qxd5+ Qf7 35.Qc5 Qe8+ 36.Nb5 Qxb5+ 37.Qxb5 axb5+ 38.Kxb5
Rf5+ 39.Kb6 Re6+ 40.Ka7 h5 41.Rd8+ Kf7 42.Rd7+ Kf6 43.Bc3+ Kg5
44.Kxb7 h4 45.a4 h3 46.a5 h2 47.Rd1 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 0405 (4NCL)"]
[Site "West Bromwich"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
a6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O b5 10.g4 Bb7 11.g5 Nh5 12.Nce2 Nb6
13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.b3 Qe5 17.f4 Qd6 18.Bg2
Nd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Rhe1 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 O-O 22.Qd3 Rfd8 23.Bc1
Qc5 24.Bb2 Bb7 25.Qe3 Rd7 26.Rd3 Rad8 27.Red1 e5 28.fxe5 Qxe5
29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Ne6 Rxd3 31.cxd3 fxe6 32.Bxe5 Be4 33.Kc2 Bf5
34.Kc3 a5 35.a4 Rc8+ 36.Kd4 b4 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.Kf3 h5 39.gxh6 g5
40.g4 Bg6 41.Ke3 Rc5 42.Bg7 Rc8 43.Kd2 e5 44.Bxe5 Bf7 45.Rf1
Bxb3 46.Rf5 Bxa4 47.Rxg5+ Kh7 48.Bf4 Rg8 49.Rxa5 Be8 50.Ra7+
Kg6 51.Re7 Rf8 52.Rg7+ Kf6 53.Bg5+ Ke5 54.h7 1-0

[Event "Drammen International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 Qb6
7. Nb3 Ne7 8. f4 Bg6 9. Bf2 h5 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O Be7 12. g3
Kf8 13. h3 Qd8 14. Kg2 Kg8 15. c3 Rc8 16. Rc1 c5 17. c4 dxc4
18. Nxc5 b5 19. a4 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qf8 21. b4 Rd8 22. Qe1 a6
23. Qc3 Nh6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd4 Be4+ 26. Bf3 Bxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Qe8 28. Qc6 Qxc6+ 29. Nxc6 Rd7 30. Rfd1 Rc7 31. Nd4 Rb7 32. c6
Rc7 33. Nxb5 Rxc6 34. Nd6 Nf5 35. b5 Rc7 36. b6 Rc6 37. Nxf5
exf5 38. b7 Kh7 39. Ba7 Ba3 40. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Dougherty"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qc4 Bd7
12. Qb3 Bc6 13. Bf3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 h5 15. Nc4 Ne7 16. Bxc6 Nxc6
17. Be3 h4 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Nb6+ Kc7 20. Nd7 Qf5 21. Bb6+ Kc8
22. Bxd8 Bxd8 23. Nb6+ Bxb6 24. Qxb6 h3 25. Rd6 Ne5 26. Rfd1
Qf6 27. f4 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alex Yam"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe1 d4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. e4
a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. e5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 b6 16. Qg3 Bb7 17. Rae1 e6
18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Qh3 b5 20. Nd6 Qa5 21. a3 Bxb3 22. g4 f6
23. f5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Ng5 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1
Qxd2 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxg6 Qf4+ 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Nde4 Qe3+
32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Ke1 Rg8 34. h4 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qxd3+ 36. Kg1
Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qf4 38. Kh3 Bc4 39. h5 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 e5 12. h5
Nf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f3
Nf6 18. Rh2 Nh7 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Rdh1 Nf8 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. g3 Rh8 25. f4 Rae8 26. f5 Ng5 27. g4 Rh7
28. Ng1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kf8 30. Ng6+ fxg6 31. Rxh7 Nxh7 32. Rxh7
Re7 33. Qh6+ Rg7 34. Nf3 Be8 35. Ng5 Bf7 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Nh7
Rxh7 38. Qf8+ Kd7 39. Qc8+ Kd6 40. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Drammen International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 exd5
7. exd5 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 O-O 11. Nge2 Re8 12. g4
Qa5 13. Ng3 b5 14. g5 b4 15. Nce2 Nfd7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. a5 Bf8
18. N2g3 Ne5 19. Kf2 Nbd7 20. h4 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+
gxf6 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. h5 Qf7 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Bh3 Bxh3
27. Rxh3 f5 28. Qg5 h6 29. Qf4 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Ne3 31. Rh2 Qg7
32. Rd2 Re5 33. Kh2 Nxd5 34. Qh4 f4 35. Ne4 Rg8 36. Kh1 Ne3
37. Nxd6 Rd5 38. Qh2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Drammen International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6
dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. e5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. Bg5+ Kc7
11. O-O-O Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. h5 Nf5 15. Bd3 Rae8
16. g4 Ne7 17. g5 c5 18. Rh3 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nf5 20. Bf4 Kc8
21. Rg1 Rh7 22. h6 gxh6 23. Rh5 Rg7 24. Rxg7 Nxg7 25. Rxh6 Rf8
26. Rh7 Rg8 27. Bg5 Ne8 28. f4 Rg7 29. Rh8 Bc6 30. Rf8 Kd7
31. Kb2 b5 32. Bh6 Rg1 33. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Cazelais"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bh5 11. Qh4 Bg6
12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Nf5 17. Qd1 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Ba4 Qb6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Bb3
Qb4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Rf4 24. Qg3 Rd4 25. Qf3 Rd3 26. Re3
Rxe3 27. Qxe3 a5 28. a3 Qb5 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1
h6 32. h3 b6 33. Bf3 Qd7 34. b4 axb4 35. Qxb4 Qc7 36. Kh1 Bf5
37. Kg1 Be6 38. Qd2 Kf8 39. Qb2 f6 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Qb4+ Kf7
42. Qb2 Qc5 43. Be2 Bd5 44. g3 Ke7 45. Qb4 Qxb4 46. axb4 Kd6
47. Ke1 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. h4 Bb7 50. Bf1 Bf3 51. Ba6 g5
52. Bb5 Bd5 53. Ba6 Bc4 54. Bc8 Bb5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Be6 Bc6
57. Bb3 Bd5 58. Bxd5 Kxd5 59. Kd3 g4 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Kf4 Kxb4
62. Kxg4 Kc3 63. Kf5 b5 64. Kxf6 b4 65. f4 b3 66. g4 b2 67. g5
b1=Q 68. f5 Kd4 69. g6 Qb6+ 70. Kf7 Ke5 71. g7 Qf6+ 72. Kg8
Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Kristjansson"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2
e6 7. h4 Nf6 8. h5 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qd3 Nd6 11. h6 g6
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. g4 O-O 15. f4 b5 16. Kb1 Nf6
17. Bh3 Nd5 18. Ng3 f5 19. Rde1 Qd7 20. Qe2 Bh4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6
22. Rxe6 Nc4 23. Nf1 Nxd2+ 24. Nxd2 Nxf4 25. Rxc6 Nxh3
26. Rxh3 Bg5 27. Rd3 fxg4 28. a4 g3 29. Rxg3 Bxd2 30. axb5
Bxh6 31. c4 Bf4 32. Rg2 g5 33. Kc2 Rf7 34. Kd3 h5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Erenburg"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 Qb6
7. Nb3 f6 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. O-O Bg6 10. c4 a5 11. Nc5 Nxc5
12. dxc5 Qxb2 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nxe6 Nxe3 16. fxe3
Qe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Rad1 a4 21. Qxb7
Be4 22. Nf4 Rhg8 23. Qd7 Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Bxc5 25. Nxd5 f5
26. Qh3 Kg8 27. Kh1 Rf8 28. Nf4 Qe7 29. Rd2 Bc6 30. Rc2 Be4
31. Rc4 a3 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Rxc5 Rg8 34. Qe1 Bxg2+ 35. Nxg2
Qxc5 36. Qa1+ Rg7 37. Rc1 Qf8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter K Wells"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2
Qxc5 7. Nc3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nge2 b5 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Nxb5 Qb7 13. Ned4 Nc6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rb8 16. b3 d5
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Qc3 20. Qf4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Nxb3+
22. axb3 Qxc6 23. Qd4 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rfc8 26. Rhe1
a5 27. Re2 Rb5 28. e6 f6 29. Kd2 a4 30. bxa4 Rc5 31. Ke1 Qxa4
32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Rdd2 R8c6 34. g3 Rd6 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Qe3 Rc3
37. Qd4 Ra3 38. h4 h5 39. Kf2 Ra4 40. Qd3 Ra1 41. Qd4 Rh1
42. Kg2 Rb1 43. Kf2 Qa6 44. c4 dxc4 45. Qxd6 exd6 46. e7 Qa7+
47. Kg2 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Kevin Spraggett"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 Qc7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. b3 b5 10. Bb2 b4 11. Nce2 Nbd7 12. Ng3
Nc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Qe1 O-O 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. f4 d5 17. cxd5
exd5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Ndf5 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qe3 Rac8
22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Nde2 Qb5 25. f5 Nd7 26. Bd3 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Qa5 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Rxe6 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Nxe4
dxe4 32. Bc4+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "Keres mem rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5
Nbd7 8.a4 b4 9.Nb3 e6 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Bd3 a5 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Bb5
O-O 14.Bd2 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 Ne4 16.f3 Qh4+ 17.Ke2 Qf2+ 18.Kd3 Rfb8
19.Qd7 Qxg2 20.fxe4 dxe4+ 21.Kc2 Rc8+ 22.Kb1 Qxh1+ 23.Ka2 Qxh2
24.Qb7 Qh5 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Qxe4 Qd5 27.Qd3 f5 28.Re1 Qc6 29.e4
fxe4 30.Rxe4 Qxa4+ 31.Kb1 Qd7 32.Rh4 g6 33.Qh3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. b4 Bg4 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. a4 O-O
12. Ra3 Rfb8 13. Qa1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qc8 15. Bc3 Ne8 16. f4 Ndf6
17. Ng3 e6 18. Ke2 Nc7 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Qg1 Kf8 21. Qg2 bxa4
22. Rxa4 Ra7 23. Rha1 Rba8 24. R1a2 Nd7 25. Qf3 Qh4 26. Qg4
Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3
e5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Ne3 Be6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4 f6
12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Nf3 exd4
17. cxd4 Bf8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Bd4
Ne5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qa6 25. Rd2 Bf7
26. Rc1 Re5 27. h4 Bh5 28. Kg2 Qb7 29. Rdc2 Re7 30. Nf5 Rf7
31. Rc6 Rfd7 32. Qf4 Bg6 33. Rc7 Qb5 34. Nd4 Qb4 35. h5 Bf7
36. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4
exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qg5 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Qf2 O-O 17. Bd6
Bxh3 18. Bf4 Qxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxc2 21. Rad1 Rad8
22. Ng4 h5 23. Nf2 Rfe8 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Bc1 b6 26. a3 a5
27. a4 Rd7 28. b3 Na1 29. Be3 Nxb3 30. Rb1 c4 31. dxc4 Nd2
32. Rfd1 Red8 33. Rbc1 c5 34. Bf4 f6 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Nc3 Rd4
37. Nd5 Rf8 38. Rc2 Nf3 39. Rh1 Ng5 40. Re1 Rf3 41. Rb1 h4
42. Rxb6 Rg3+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. Rcb2 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nxc4 46. Rb8+
Kg7 47. Rc2 h3 48. Rb1 Nd6 49. Ne3 Nxe4 50. Nfg4 Rb4 51. Rd1
Nd6 52. Rxd6 Rbxg4 53. Nxg4 Rxg4 54. Kf3 Rxa4 55. Rxc5 Rh4
56. Rd1 a4 57. Kg3 Rc4 58. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6
17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8
21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Bd6 25. Rd1 Nd3
26. b3 Nb2 27. Nc3 Kd7 28. Qf5+ Kc7 29. Nd5+ Kb7 30. Re1 c3
31. Bf4 Bxf4 32. Re7+ Ka8 33. Qe4 Rc8 34. gxf4 c2 35. Nc7+
Rxc7 36. Qxc2 Rc8 37. Qxb2 Rh8 38. f3 Qd5 39. Qe2 Qd4+ 40. Kg2
Rg8+ 41. Kh3 Rh8+ 42. Kg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf5 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxg4 11. Ne4 Ndf6
12. O-O-O Nxe4 13. Qxe4+ Qe7 14. Qg2 O-O 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Rdg1
g6 17. Bd3 c5 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Ba5 Be6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxd6
Rxd6 22. Rd1 Bxa2 23. Bc2 Bd5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4
26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Kb1 b6 29. f4 Nd4 30. Rc1 Qe3
31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qxa7 Qe4+ 33. Ka2 Qxf4 34. Rc4 Qd6 35. Kb1
Nc6 36. Qa4 Nb4 37. Qb3 Qxh2 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Re4 Qd6 40. b3 h5
41. Kb2 g5 42. Ka3 Qh2 43. Re7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM International"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Nd5
12. Ne4 Ra7 13. h4 Rd7 14. Bg3 c5 15. h5 h6 16. Rh4 c4
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O 19. Rg4 f5 20. Qxh6 fxg4 21. Qxe6+
Rdf7 22. Qxd5 Qd8 23. b3 Qf6 24. bxc4 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxa2
26. Bd3 Qa5+ 27. Ke2 Bb7 28. Qe6 Bxg2 29. h6 Bf3+ 30. Kf1 bxc4
31. Bg6 Bxd1 32. hxg7 Kxg7 33. Bxf7 Bxc2 34. Be5+ Kh7 35. Qe7
Qd8 36. Bg8+ Kg6 37. Bh7+ Kh5 38. Bxc2 Qxe7 39. dxe7 Re8
40. Bd6 1-0

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM International"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bd3 h5 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Qh3 h4
17. Bc4 Qc5 18. Qd3 a5 19. f5 e5 20. b3 Ke7 21. Qf3 Rh7
22. Rd3 Kd7 23. Rhd1 Be7 24. Qg4 Rbh8 25. Ng1 Ke8 26. Nh3 Kf8
27. Qf3 Rg8 28. Bd5 Rhg7 29. R1d2 Rg4 30. c4 Be8 31. Qf1 Bd8
32. Ng1 Bb6 33. Nf3 a4 34. h3 Rg3 35. Nxh4 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 axb3
37. axb3 Qa5 38. Nf3 Rg3 39. Rd2 Be3 40. Ra2 Qc5 41. Qe1 Rg8
42. g4 Rh8 43. h4 Rg8 44. Rg2 Bf4 45. Qg1 Be3 46. Qd1 Bf4
47. Qd3 Rh8 48. Qe2 Ke7 49. Qd3 Bd7 50. h5 Rg8 51. Ne1 Kf8
52. Qf3 Bg5 53. Nd3 Qd4 54. Nxb4 Kg7 55. Nc2 Qb6 56. Qc3 Rb8
57. Kb2 Ba4 58. c5 dxc5 59. Bxf7 Bc6 60. Qc4 Qa7 61. Bd5 Bb5
62. Qc3 Rb6 63. Rg1 Be2 64. Ra1 Qc7 65. Ne3 Rb4 66. Nc2 Rb8
67. Bc4 Bxg4 68. Ne3 Bxh5 69. Nd5 Qb7 70. Rg1 Re8 71. Qe3 Kh6
72. Qh3 Rh8 73. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. f3 c5
12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Bh4 b5 14. b4 Rc6 15. Nb3 bxc4 16. Na5 Rc7
17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxc4 Rc7 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qd3 e4 21. Qe2 Ne5
22. Bb5 exf3 23. gxf3 Qc8 24. O-O Rc2 25. Qd1 Nd5 26. Qe1 Nc3
27. a4 a6 28. Be7 axb5 29. Bxf8 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 h5 11. O-O-O Rb8
12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb7 14. Qxd6 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bxe5
Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Qc6 Rc5 19. Qa8 Nxe5 20. b4 Rc4 21. Qa5
Nc6 22. Qb5 Be6 23. Rd5 Rc3 24. Kd2 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bf6 26. dxe6
fxe6 27. Rd1 h4 28. Kc1 O-O 29. Qa6 Nd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4
31. Qxe6+ Rf7 32. a4 Re3 33. Qc4 Bc3 34. Kb1 Bf6 35. a5 Rc3
36. Qd5 Ra3 37. Kc1 g6 38. c4 Kg7 39. c5 Re7 40. Kd2 Bc3+
41. Kd3 Bxb4+ 42. Kc4 Bc3 43. c6 Bf6 44. Kb4 Ra1 45. Qd6 Rb1+
46. Kc4 g5 47. g3 Re3 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Qd2 Rc3+ 50. Kd5 Rb5+
51. Kd6 Rbc5 52. Qa2 Rxc6+ 53. Kd7 Rc7+ 54. Kd6 R3c6+ 55. Kd5
Rc2 56. Qb1 Kf5 57. g4+ Kg6 58. Kd6 Kg7 59. Qb5 Be7+ 60. Ke6
R2c6+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 11. g4 Ne7
12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. a4 Bc4
17. b4 Qd8 18. Bg4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. h3 Rxh5 21. Qf3 O-O-O
22. Qxf7 Rxh3 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Rxf8 Rg3+ 25. Kf2 Rxg4
26. Qd6+ Ka8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qd7 Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ 30. Kd1
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. a4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Ba2
c5 13. Na3 cxd4 14. cxd4 b4 15. Nc4 b3 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Bxb3
exd4 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Rg1 Nd7 20. Bd5 Rab8 21. Ra3 Bf6 22. Qf1
Nc5 23. f4 d3 24. Be3 Rxb2 25. e5 Nd7 26. Bc6 dxe5 27. Bc1 Rc2
28. Bxd7 Qf3+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 d2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Bc6
exf4 33. a5 Rb8 34. Re1 g5 35. Kf3 Rbb2 36. Rf1 h5 37. h4 g4+
38. Kxf4 Bxh4 39. Rh1 Rxf2+ 40. Ke4 Be7 0-1

[Event "Birmingham 4NCL 2004/5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.01"]
[EventDate "2005.04.??"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Glenn Flear"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Re1 d4 12. h3
Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Nf1
Nxb3 18. e6 Bb4 19. axb3 Bxe1 20. Qc6+ Kf8 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Bc5
Bb4 23. Bxd6+ Bxd6 24. exf7 h5 25. Rxa6 hxg4 26. hxg4 b4
27. Ne3 Bxf7 28. Ra8 Re8 29. Nf5 Bh2+ 30. Kg2 Rxa8 31. Qxa8+
Be8 32. Qd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Kirill Kuderinov"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 c5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Rb8 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2
d5 13.O-O-O c6 14.g4 O-O 15.g5 Nd7 16.f6 Bd6 17.h4 Be5 18.Qf5
Rb7 19.h5 Qa5 20.Rh3 Qb4 21.Nxd5 Bxb2+ 22.Kxb2 cxd5 23.fxg7
Kxg7 24.Rxd5 Qa4 25.Rhd3 Rd8 26. h6+ Kg8 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qe7
1-0

[Event "Bremen win the Bundesliga"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[EventDate "2005.01.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gavin Wall"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c3 Qc7 14. Nfe5 Bb5 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Qh3 h5
17. Qg3 Be8 18. f4 e6 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. Ne3 f6
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nf3 Bf7 24. Be3 Rd5 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Ne1
Bf8 27. b3 R5d7 28. c4 Re8 29. Nc2 Qd8 30. Qf1 Bd6 31. d4 cxd4
32. Bxd4 Re4 33. Bb6 Qe7 34. g3 Bc5+ 35. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Qf2
Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Qxa5 38. Rd7 Be8 39. Rxb7 Qd8 40. Ne1 Bc6
41. Ra7 Qd1 42. Kf1 Qxb3 43. Rc7 Qxc4+ 44. Kg1 Re8 45. h4 Qd5
46. Ng2 a5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga Final Weekend"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gennadi Ginsburg"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. f4 Nf6 10. Be3 d5 11. e5 d4 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nd5 O-O
17. O-O-O Re8 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. b3
Qc6 22. c5 Rac8 23. Kb2 Bd7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rd2 Qe6 26. Ba5
Kg7 27. Bc3 h6 28. Qh4 Bc6 29. Rd6 Qe2+ 30. Ka3 Re6 31. Bxf6+
Kg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga Final Weekend"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Rc2
Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb4 18. Nd2 g6 19. b3 Kg7 20. Qd1 e5 21. Na2 Qd6
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Nf3 Nxd3
26. Qxd3 Qa3 27. Nc3 Qxb3 28. Qd4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qe5 b4
31. Nb5 Bd7 32. Nd6 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 b3 34. g4 Qc2 35. Kg3 b2
36. g5 hxg5 37. Nxf7 Qf5 38. Qxb2 Kxf7 39. Kh2 g4 40. Nd4 Qe5+
41. g3 0-1

[Event "French Team championship 'TOP 16'"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7
17. Qd3 b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qg3 h6 20. O-O Kh8 21. Qb3 Rb8
22. Rad1 f5 23. Bf3 Qa7 24. Nxb4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bg4 26. a3 Bxd1
27. Qxd1 Rbc8 28. g3 Rc1 29. Qe2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd4 31. Kg2
Bc1 32. Nd3 Bd2 33. Bf3 Ba5 34. b4 Bb6 35. a4 Qc4 36. Qe4 Qc2
37. a5 Bd4 38. Qg6 d5 39. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 Rxh2+ 41. Kg4 h5+
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Nf1 exd4 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Bf4
Na5 18. Nxd4 Nxb3 19. axb3 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nge2 Bd7 22. Be3
Qb8 23. f3 Nc5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Be3 Qb8 26. b4 Na4 27. b3 Bxb4
28. bxa4 Bxe1 29. Qxe1 Qxe5 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. a5 Re8 32. Rd1
Rac8 33. Qd2 Rc4 34. Bg3 b4 35. Kh2 h6 36. Rb1 Qd8 37. Ra1 Qg5
38. Nf4 Qf6 39. Nb3 d4 40. Nd3 Rc3 41. Ndc5 Bc6 42. Rb1 Bxf3
43. Nxd4 Bd5 44. Rxb4 Rxc5 45. Rb6 Qf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne4
Ng6 12. Nfg5 Ke8 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 h5 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxe4
17. Rxe4 Bc5 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Nf3 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Nf5 21. Rb3 b6
22. Rc3 Rh6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. b4 a6 26. Kf2 h4
27. Ng5 Ke7 28. Ra3 Nd4 29. Rxa6 f6 30. Nf3 Nxf3 31. gxf3 fxe5
32. fxe5 Rg6 33. Ra7 Kd7 34. Ra3 Ke6 35. Re3 b5 36. Re4 Rh6
37. Rg4 Kxe5 38. Rxg7 Rd6 39. Ke3 Re6 40. Rg4 Kf5+ 41. Re4 Rh6
42. Kd4 Rd6+ 43. Kc5 Kg5 44. a3 Rd2 45. Kxc6 Rh2 46. f4+ Kf5
47. Re3 Rxc2+ 48. Kxb5 Kxf4 49. Rb3 c6+ 50. Kb6 Rg2 51. a4 Rg3
52. Rb1 Rxh3 53. Kxc6 Ra3 54. a5 h3 55. Kb6 h2 56. a6 Rb3
57. Rf1+ Kg3 58. b5 Kg2 59. Rc1 Rc3 60. a7 Rxc1 61. a8=Q+ Kf2
62. Qa2+ Kg1 63. Qg8+ Kf2 64. Qf7+ Kg3 65. Qg6+ Kf2 66. Qf5+
1-0

[Event "Keres mem rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michail Brodsky"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3 a6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.f4 O-O-O 12.Be2 h5
13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Rf3 Rdg8 15.Bf1 Kb8 16.Rd3 Qc7 17.Qf2 Rc8
18.Kb1 Be8 19.Na4 Nb4 20.Rc3 Qd8 21.Nac5 Rc7 22.a3 Nc6 23.f5
Qc8 24.Nd3 Ne5 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Nf4 Bd7 27.Nd4 Qc8 28.Qg3 Rg8
29.Qb3 exf5 30.Nxf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 Ka7 32.Nxh5 Qxf5 33.Qe3+ Ka8
34.Nf4 Rc8 35.Bd3 Qg5 36.Be4 f5 37.Bd5 Bd8 38.g3 Qe7 39.Qb3
Qc7 40.Rf1 Ka7 41.Ne2 Qd7 42.Rxf5 Bb6 43.Rf4 Rc7 44.h4 Bc5
45.Ka2 Qe8 46.Nc3 Be3 47.Rb4 Qd7 48.Nb5+ axb5 49.Qxe3+ Rc5
50.Bb3 Kb8 51.Rf4 Nc4 52.Qd4 Ne5 53.h5 Qe7 54.h6 Rc8 55.Qe4
Qg5 56.h7 Rh8 57.Bxf7 Qg7 58.Bg8 Rxg8 59.hxg8=Q+ Qxg8+ 60.b3
Qxg3 61.Qb4 Kc7 62.Qa5+ Kc6 63.Rb4 Qg2 64.Qxb5+ Kc7 65.Kb2 1-0

[Event "BL 0506 SV Mülheim Nord - OSC Baden Bad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Felix Levin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3
Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 15. Nd4 h4 16. f4 Rh5
17. Ne4 a6 18. b4 a5 19. c3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Bc1 Ra2
22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. exf6 Kf8 24. fxe7+ Nxe7 25. Nf3 Rd5 26. Nxh4
Be6 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. f5 f6 29. Bf4 Kf7 30. Bxc7 Rc2 31. Bd8
Nc8 32. Re3 b5 33. Bc7 Rd2 34. g4 Bc4 35. Ng6 Rd7 36. Ba5 Nd6
37. Kf2 Bb3 38. Nf4 Nc4 39. Rd3 Ra7 40. Bd8 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "BL 0506 OSC Baden Baden - SF Katernberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Kritz"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bc4
Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. c4 c5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bc2
Rfd8 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bf4 19. Qe2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rdc8
21. Rd6 b6 22. Rhd1 Rxc5 23. Qd3 Rcc8 24. f4 g6 25. Rd4 Qc5
26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Qe5 b5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. cxb5 Rac8 30. R1d2
Nd5 31. Re4 Rxb5 32. a3 a5 33. g3 h5 34. Rdd4 h4 35. Rc4 Rh8
36. Re5 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rh1+ 38. Bd1 Rb3 39. g4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Klaus Bischoff"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4
d6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O Nf6 10.f4 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.Rac1
Qb8 14.g4 g6 15.Be2 Ra7 16.g5 Ne8 17.Qf2 Rb7 18.Qh4 Ng7 19.f5
exf5 20.Nd5 Re8 21.Qh6 Qd8 22.Rc3 Nh5 23.Bxh5 Bf8 24.Nf6+ Qxf6
25.gxf6 Bxh6 26.Bxh6 gxh5 27.Rg3+ Kh8 28.exf5 Ne5 29.Nd2 h4
30.Rg5 Bc6 31.Rf4 Nd3 32.Rfg4 Rbb8 33.Bg7+ Kg8 34.Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[EventDate "2005.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Buhmann"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7
7. e4 e6 8. Nf3 b5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Ne4 Na6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Rxa5 Qb4 17. Ra2
Nac7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb1 Nf4 20. Re1 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bc6
22. Neg5 h6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. h4 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qb3 26. Re3 Qd1+
27. Kh2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Canadian Open 2005"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dane Mattson"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bf6 11. Bf4 Na6
12. Nd4 c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. f3 Nd6 15. b3 c5 16. Nb5 Nf7
17. Qxd7 Bc6 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Rd7
22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Nd6 24. Qh5 Qf7 25. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Corsica op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Bg4 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.h3 Bh5
13.Rb1 Na5 14.Bd3 b6 15.Be4 c6 16.Qd3 Bg6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.c4
Bf6 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.Be5 Rad8 21.Rbd1 Rfe8 22.Rfe1 Bxe5 23.Nxe5
Qf5 24.Qg3 g5 25.Qc3 Re6 26.Ng4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Qf4 28.Rd1 c5
29.g3 Qe4 30.f3 Qe2 31.Re1 cxd4 32.Qxa5 Qxf3 33.Qe5 d3 34.Rf1
Qc6 35.Qxg5 Re8 36.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Bundesliga, Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3
a6 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.h3 Ne5 10.Qe2 g5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.f4 gxf4
13.Bxf4 Rc8 14.Rhf1 Be7 15.Nb3 b5 16.a3 Qc7 17.Kb1 Nc4 18.Rd3
a5 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Ng8 21.Qf2 Ne5 22.Rg3 b4 23.axb4 axb4
24.Na2 Bb5 25.Rd1 Bc4 26.Bxe7 Nxe7 27.Nxb4 Rb8 28.Qd2 Rb6
29.Bf1 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Qc4 31.Nd3 Qxe4 32.Nxe5 Qxe5 33.Qf2 Rh7
34.Qxb6 Qxg3 35.Qb8+ Kd7 36.Nc5+ Kc6 37.Ne4 Qe5 38.Qe8+ Kb6
39.Nf6 Qe2 40.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Colin A McNab"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6
7. Qd2 Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qa5
12. Ba3 dxe5 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Ne3 16. Rd2
Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bh6 20. Bxe7 Rfb8
21. Rff2 Rb5 22. Bf6 Rd5 23. c4 Rc8 24. b3 Rc6 25. g4 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kf8 28. Kc3 Ra6 29. a4 Ke8 30. c5 Kd7
31. Kc4 Kc6 32. Be7 Ra5 33. g5 Ra6 34. Bd6 Ra5 35. Kb4 Ra6
36. h4 Kb7 37. Kb5 Rc6 38. b4 a6+ 39. Kc4 Rc8 40. Kd5 Re8
41. c6+ Kb6 42. Bc5+ Kc7 43. a5 Kb8 44. Bd6+ Ka7 45. Kc5 Re6
46. b5 axb5 47. Kxb5 Re8 48. c7 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesper Sisask"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Nh2
Nbd7 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nhg4 h5 20. Nh2 Re8 21. Nhf1 Nh7 22. g4
hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng5 24. Qg2 Kg7 25. Nd1 Rh8 26. Ng3 Rh4 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. dxe4 Bg5 29. Ne3 Bf4 30. Nf1 Qg5 31. f3 Rah8 32. Bxf4
exf4 33. Kf2 Ne5 34. a4 b4 35. Kg1 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.26"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alan Dunn"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Rf7 15. f3 Bf8 16. Be3 Kh8 17. c5
Ng8 18. c6 bxc6 19. dxc6 Ndf6 20. a6 f4 21. Bf2 Rg7 22. a7 g5
23. g4 fxg3 24. hxg3 g4 25. f4 exf4 26. Bd4 f3 27. Bc4 Rg5
28. e5 Bg7 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Re1 d5 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Ra5 h5
33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Bxd5 Qd6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.30"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[Round "7.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Masha Klinova"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1
Ngf6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bxf7+
Kxf7 12. Qc4+ Ke7 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Ng6+ Ke8 15. Bxb6 axb6
16. Nxh8 g5 17. Ng6 Bc5 18. O-O-O 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Ne5 c6
7. c4 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. Nba3 Nbd7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nfd7
12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Bg2 c4
17. Be3 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qd6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qe2 Qb4 21. Rfc1 c3
22. Nc2 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. bxc3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxc3 26. Kf2
Nb6 27. Ke2 Rc5 28. Rc2 Rfc8 29. Rbc1 Na4 30. h4 b5 31. Bh3
Rd8 32. Nd1 b4 33. Nf2 a5 34. Nd3 Rb5 35. Ke3 f5 36. Ne5 Bxe5
37. fxe5 Nc3 38. Rxc3 bxc3 39. Rxc3 Rb4 40. Bg2 Rb2 41. Bf3
fxe4 42. Bg4 Kf8 43. Be6 Rxa2 44. d6 Rg2 45. Rc7 exd6 46. Rf7+
Ke8 47. Rxh7 dxe5 48. Kxe4 Rxg3 49. h5 gxh5 50. Kxe5 Re3+
51. Kf6 Rf3+ 52. Bf5 Rd6+ 53. Ke5 Rb6 54. Ra7 Rb5+ 55. Ke6
Re3+ 56. Kf6 Rb6+ 57. Kg5 Re5 0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harold James Plaskett"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. c3 c5 11. Qd1 O-O
12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc2 d5 14. Be3 Neg4 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Qf3 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Ngf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd2 Qxd2 21. Re2
Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5
Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 g6 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. c4
bxc4 18. bxc4 f5 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Rad1 fxe4 21. Rxe4 a5
22. Rg4 Bc8 23. Rg3 Bf5 24. Qa3 Rf7 25. Ng5 Rd7 26. Ne3 Qe8
27. Rxd6 e4 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Ne6 Be5 30. Qc5 Bxb2 31. Qb5 1-0

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5
Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nxd4 Bxd1
12. Rxd1 Qf6 13. Nf5 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 O-O-O 15. O-O h5 16. Bb3
Ng4 17. h3 Qf4 18. g3 Qf6 19. Ncd5 Qh6 20. Nf5 Qh7 21. Kg2 Nh6
22. Nfe3 Rhe8 23. Rde1 Qg6 24. f4 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. Nde3 g5
27. f5 h4 28. g4 b5 29. Nd2 Qe5 30. Rf3 Qxb2 31. Re2 c6
32. Nd1 Qa1 33. Rf1 a5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Bc4 a3 36. Nf3 Kc7
37. Ne3 Qb2 38. Bb3 a2 39. Ree1 Rxd3 40. Nc4 Qc3 41. cxd3 Qxb3
42. Rc1 Qxd3 43. Nxa5 Rxe4 44. Rxc6+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.27"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 Qb6
7. Nb3 Bg6 8. h4 f6 9. h5 Bf7 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6
12. exf6 a5 13. a4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qd8 15. Qc1 Qxf6 16. Nh2 Rg8
17. Ng4 Qg5 18. g3 Bf8 19. Kg2 Qxc1 20. Raxc1 Rg5 21. f4 Rxh5
22. Rhe1 Be7 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Bxh5 Bxh5 25. f5 Bd6 26. c4 Bb4
27. Rf1 Be2 28. Rf2 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4 Ne4 31. Re2
exf5 32. Nc5 O-O-O 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Rxe4 Kd7 35. Rh4 Bf8
36. Rh5 Ra8 37. d5 Bg7 38. b3 Kd6 39. Rg4 Bf8 40. dxc6 bxc6
41. Rg8 Ke6 42. Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rh8 Ra6 44. R6xh7+ Bg7 45. Rc8
Kg6 46. Rh4 Rb6 47. Rg4+ Kh6 48. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. Nc3 d5
12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Rxd4
Qc7 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Bh4 Qh5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Rxc4 Nd5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. g4 Qg5 25. Rd4
h5 26. Qxa7 hxg4 27. Qd7 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Qe8+ Kh7
30. Qxf7 Qe5 31. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Bf6 11. Ng5 h6
12. f3 Rb8 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kf8 16. Nh3 b4
17. cxb4 a5 18. g5 Bxh3 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. c3 axb4 21. cxb4 Na6
22. a3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Rhg1 Nxb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. b3
Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf4 11. Bxf4
Bxf4 12. Qe2 c6 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. a3 Qc7
17. b4 Bd7 18. g3 Bd6 19. c5 Be7 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Nxd7 Bxa1
22. Bb5 O-O-O 23. Rd1 e5 24. c6 a6 25. cxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qe4+ Ka7
27. Bc6 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nf1
Nc6 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxc5
Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Na4 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Nc7 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rc8 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Rd1
h6 27. Be3 Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 Rxc5 30. g3 Rc2 31. Rxa4
Rxb2 32. Rxa6 e5 33. a4 Ra2 34. a5 e4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Kf1 g5
37. h3 h5 38. a6 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. a7 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+
42. Ke3 Ra4 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Kxg4 e3+ 45. f4 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8
17. Bf1 Bb4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Qf4 Rbd8 21. Rab1
Qa3 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qxa2 26. Qe3
Rb8 27. Nd2 c5 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rxa6 cxd4 30. Qe2 d3 31. Qe3
Ne5 32. Qxe5 Qxd2 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 d2 35. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe4
fxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qc3
Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxc3 23. bxc3 b6 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Kc7 26. Ra4
Nd7 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Nb4 h5 30. Na6+ Kc8 31. Bc6
Re7 32. Bxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Nxc5+ bxc5 35. Rxa5 h4
36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rc7 hxg3 38. fxg3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Prusikin"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nd1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Nf2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qb4 16. g3 a5
17. Qxb4 axb4 18. exf6 gxf6 19. O-O Ra5 20. Rfe1 Nc8 21. Re2
Nd6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. g4 Kg7 24. Kg2 Raa8 25. Rce1 Re8 26. h4
Rac8 27. h5 f5 28. g5 Ne4 29. h6+ Kg8 30. Rc2 Ra8 31. Bb5 Rec8
32. Rec1 Nc3 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Ne5 Rd6 35. a4 b5 36. a5 Rxa5
37. Nfd3 Ra2 38. Rxa2 Nxa2 39. Ra1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5
7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5 Qd7 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Nce7 12. Ne3
Nc6 13. Ndf1 Nf6 14. Qf3 O-O 15. g4 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. g5
Ne8 18. h5 Bb7 19. Ng4 c4 20. h6 Qf5 21. Qh3 Qg6 22. hxg7 Kxg7
23. Qe3 h5 24. Bc2 hxg4 25. Rh6 Rh8 26. Rxg6+ Nxg6 27. Qxa7
Nc7 28. Be3 b4 29. dxc4 bxc3 30. bxc3 g3 31. O-O-O g2 32. f4
exf4 33. Bd4+ Ne5 34. Qa5 Ne6 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 36. Qxe5+ Kg6
37. Qf5+ Kh5 38. Rg1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7
12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Na5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Qb4 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. Rhe1
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rbc8 23. b3 Qd7 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Qa7 26. a4
Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qd4 Bxg5 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxd6 Rb8
31. Red1 Kf8 32. Rd7 Rbb7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Rd5 Bh4 35. a5 Bf2
36. Kc2 g6 37. b4 Rc7+ 38. Kb3 Rc1 39. Bd3 Ra1 40. Rd7 h5
41. Bc4 Ke8 42. Rb7 Kd8 43. Bxf7 Kc8 44. Re7 Rb1+ 45. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jaime Valmana Canto"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. Bb2 Ne7
7. Nh4 e5 8. f4 d6 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. O-O Be6 11. c3 c4 12. d4
cxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Nc4 d5 17. Qg3
dxc4 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Rad1+ Bd5 20. exd5 Bc5+ 21. Rd4 cxd5
22. Rf7+ Qe7 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Ke6 25. Qg6+ Ke7
26. Qg5+ Ke6 27. bxc4 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. a4 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1
c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 f5 20. g4 f4 21. Nb3 c4 22. Bd2 a5
23. Nbd4 Nc5 24. axb5 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Nc6 Qb6 27. Nfd4
Nxe4 28. Rxd3 Qc5 29. Bxf4 a4 30. Rde3 Nf6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8
32. Rxe8 Nxe8 33. Qxa4 Nf6 34. Ne6 Qxd5 35. Ned8 Bc8 36. b6
Nxg4 37. hxg4 Bxg4 38. Nd4 Qe4 39. Qb3+ d5 40. Qe3 Qg6 41. b7
Bd6 42. Bxd6 Bf3+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ 44. Qe1 Qd3+ 45. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[EventDate "2006.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. d4
Qe8 13. Ne3 Nhf4 14. Nf5 exd4 15. N3xd4 Qd8 16. Qf3 Ne6
17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Nf3 Kh8 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Nh2 Bd7 21. Ng4 Nxg4
22. hxg4 h6 23. Qh2 Rae8 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qg5 26. Rf1 Qf4
27. Qh4 Ng5 28. g3 Qe5 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. f4 Nh7 31. Qh3 Qg6
32. Kf2 Kg8 33. Bd1 Re6 34. Bf3 Rfe8 35. Rfe1 Kh8 36. Qh4 Kg8
37. Qh3 c5 38. b3 Bc6 39. Qh1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Ciudad de Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2006.12.22"]
[EventDate "2006.12.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Korneev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bh3
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc6 Rac8 19. Rxa5 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Qh5
Bh4 22. Qh6 g6 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Ra7 Qf6 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. Ra6
Rfc8 27. Rc6 Rxc6 28. Bxc6 h5 29. Bd5 Bg4 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke1
Bg5 32. Qg3 Bf4 33. Qd3 Bxh2 34. Rh1 Qg5 35. Kf1 Bf4 36. f3
Bd7 37. Qc2 Rxb4 38. cxb4 Qg3 39. Qe2 Be3 40. b3 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Ciudad de Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.26"]
[EventDate "2006.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. c4
Rfe8 17. c5 Bf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. d5 Bb5 20. d6 Qxc5 21. Bd5 Bg7
22. Ba3 Qd4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rad1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1
Bxf1 27. d7 Rd8 28. Re1 Qa4 29. Qf7 Be2 30. Rxe2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2
Qxe2 32. Be7 Qh5+ 33. Kg3 Qe5+ 34. f4 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Rg8
36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. d8=Q+ Kf7 38. Bd6 Bd4 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40. Qxh7
Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Bg1+ 43. Kh3 Qe6+ 44. g4 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Ciudad de Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[EventDate "2006.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2
Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3
12. gxf3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be4 Qe5 16. Bc3
Qc7 17. Kb1 f6 18. f4 Bd6 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Kb8 21. h4 Nb6
22. h5 Na4 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. c3 Qb6 25. Qc2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Rc1 a6 29. b3 Nb6 30. Qc7+ Ka7 31. Qxg7 Re8
32. Qg4 Qxf2 33. Bxh7 Re2 34. Bc2 Nd5 35. Qc4 Nb6 36. Qg4 Nd5
37. Qc4 Nb6 38. Qd3 Rd2 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. Bxf5 Rh2 41. Bg4 f5
42. Bf3 Rh3 43. Rh1 Rxf3 44. h6 Re3 45. h7 Re8 46. h8=Q Rxh8
47. Rxh8 Nd5 48. Rf8 f4 49. Rf5 Nc3+ 50. Kb2 Ne2 51. Rf6 a5
52. Kc2 f3 53. Kd2 Ng1 54. Ke3 Ne2 55. Kd2 Ng1 56. Kd3 b6
57. Kc4 Kb7 58. Kb5 Kc7 59. Rf7+ Kd6 60. Kxb6 Ke5 61. Kxa5 Ke4
62. b4 Nh3 63. b5 f2 64. b6 Nf4 65. b7 f1=Q 66. b8=Q Kd5
67. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Ciudad de Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[EventDate "2006.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 Bd7 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bxg4
hxg4 13. g6 O-O-O 14. gxf7 Rh3 15. f5 d5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. fxe6
Bxe6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. c3 dxe4 20. Kg2 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Rd3 22. d5
Rxd1 23. Raxd1 e3 24. Rfe1 b5 25. dxe6 bxa4 26. Rd7 Qb6
27. Rxe3 Qxb2+ 28. Kg3 g5 29. Bxg5 Nd4 30. Rd8+ Kb7 31. Rxd4
Qxd4 32. e7 Qh8 33. e8=Q Qh3+ 34. Kf4 Bd6+ 35. Kf5 1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Nc6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6
12. h4 Rd8 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qe3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 exf4 16. Qxf4 Be6
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxd5 20. gxh6 Qxa2+
21. Kc1 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa5+ 23. c3 Qe5 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. hxg7+
Qxg7 26. Bf5 Ke7 27. Rh7 Qxg2+ 28. Kc1 Rf8 29. Bxe6 Kxe6
30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33. Re1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 0506 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Rb1 a6
13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Rd5 Be6 15.Rxb7 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Na5 17.Rb1 Nc4
18.exf5 Bf6 19.Nd2 Nd6 20.c4 Qh5 21.c5 Qxf5 22.Qxf5 Nxf5 23.d6
cxd6 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.g4 Nd4 27.cxd6 Bg5 28.Kf1 Rc8
29.d7 Rd8 30.Nc4 Bxc1 31.Rxc1 Kg8 32.Nxe5 Kf8 33.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Donchenko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5
8.Nf4 Bh7 9.g5 Ne7 10.Qxh5 cxd4 11.Nb5 g6 12.Qe2 Nf5 13.Bh3
Nc6 14.Bxf5 gxf5 15.Nh5 d3 16.Qxd3 Nxe5 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.Bf4 Qa5+
19.c3 Rc8 20.b4 Qa4 21.Rd1 Bg6 22.Ng3 a6 23.Nd4 Kd8 24.h5 Bh7
25.g6 Bg8 26.h6 fxg6 27.Nxe6+ Bxe6 28.Qxe6 Bxb4 29.O-O Bxc3
30.Rxd5 Qc6 31.Rd6 Qa4 32.Rfd1 Rc7 33.R6d3 Qc6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
c6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne8 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 c5 13.dxc5
Nxc5 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Qb8 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nf1 Ne4 18.Qe2
Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nc7 20.Nd4 Ne6 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.Rxc6 Bc5 23.Ne3
Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qxe4 g6 28.Ba3
h5 29.Be7 Qc1+ 30.Kg2 Qd2 31.Qa8+ Kh7 32.Bf6 Ng7 33.h3 h4
34.g4 Qf4 35.Qf8 Qe4+ 36.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. f4 b6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Qh3 Nbd7 12. Be3
b5 13. Nd2 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 18. Rhf1 a5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Ned4
Rd8 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxc5 Qb6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7
27. e6 f6 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxh5 Nh6 31. Qxa5 Rd5
32. Qa4 Qb8 33. h3 f5 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Qb5 36. Qa7+ Kxe6
37. Qf2 Nxg4 38. Qf7+ Kd6 39. Rc1 Qd7 40. Qxd5+ Kxd5 41. Rd1+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pawel Czarnota"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7
7.Be2 Rc8 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.a4 a6 12.Kh1
h5 13.Qa7 Bc6 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.Bxc6+ Qxc6 16.f4 h4 17.h3 f5
18.exf5 Rg8 19.Rf3 Bg7 20.Re1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qd5 22.f6 e6 23.Rb1
Rg6 24.Rxb7 Rxf6 25.Qxa6 Qc6 26.Rb6 Qc4 27.Qb7 Rd8 28.Rb4 Qe2
29.Re4 Qxc2 30.f5 Qd2 31.fxe6 Rxf3 32.exf7+ Kf8 33.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Rainer Polzin"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 Nf4 16. g3 Qxd2+
17. Rxd2 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Be3 Nb6 21. h5 Nd5
22. Bc5 Red8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ba6 Rd7 25. Ng5 Nf4 26. Nxe6
Nxe6 27. Rxd7 Nxc5 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Bxc6 Nxd7 30. Bxd7 e4
31. c3 e3 32. Rh2 Be5 33. Re2 Kf8 34. Kc2 Bf4 35. b4 Ke7
36. Bc6 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. a4 Kd6 39. Bb5 Rh8 40. Rg2 Ke5
41. a5 Rh3 42. Rg7 Kf6 43. Rxa7 Rh2+ 44. Kb3 e2 45. Bxe2 Rxe2
46. a6 Re1 47. Ra8 Ra1 48. a7 Kg7 49. c4 Be3 50. c5 1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
d6 7. g3 Qe7 8. Bg2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc3 e4 11. Nd4 h6
12. b4 Re8 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. b5 Ne5 16. Ne3 Qf8
17. O-O b6 18. Rad1 Neg4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nh7 21. Qc3 Ng5
22. h4 Ne6 23. e3 Nc7 24. Rd6 Bg4 25. a4 f6 26. Rc6 Qe7 27. a5
Rab8 28. Ra1 Rb7 29. Qc2 Bd7 30. a6 Bxc6 31. axb7 Bxb7
32. Rxa7 Ba8 33. Qe2 Qd8 34. Qg4 Kh8 35. Qg6 Rf8 36. Rxa8 Nxa8
37. Bxe4 Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Bd5+ Ke7 40. Qxg7+ Kd6 41. e4
Qe7 42. e5+ fxe5 43. Bxe5+ Kd7 44. Qxh6 Qxe5 45. Qxf8 Nc7
46. Bc6+ Ke6 47. h5 1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bd7
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5
18. Nd2 c5 19. Nf3 c4 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Qf3 exd4
23. Bxb8 Bxb8 24. Qxf6 d3 25. Bd1 Qc7 26. e5 Re6 27. Qf5 d2
28. Re3 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Be2 b4 32. Bxc4
bxc3 33. bxc3 Bxc3 34. Rb1 Bf5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Bb3 Bxa5
37. Ra8 Bd3 38. Bd1 Kf6 39. Rh8 Kg7 40. Rc8 Bb4 41. Rd8 Bb5
42. Rb8 Kf6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rxh6 Kd4 45. Rf6 Kc3 46. Rxf7 Kb2
47. Rc7 Bc3 48. Rc5 Bd3 49. Rxg5 a5 50. h4 Bc2 51. Rb5+ Kc1
52. Bf3 a4 53. Rc5 Bb4 54. Rc8 a3 55. h5 a2 56. Ra8 Kb2 57. h6
Ba3 58. h7 a1=Q+ 59. Kh2 Bxh7 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nce2 e6 6. Ng3 Bg6
7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 c5 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nbc6
12. Be2 Qb6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nfxh5 Qxb2 15. O-O Qa3 16. Bg4
Bxg4 17. Qxg4 O-O-O 18. Qf3 g6 19. Qxf7 gxh5 20. Qxe6+ Kb8
21. Rab1 Qd3 22. Rfc1 Ka8 23. Bg5 Rb8 24. Rd1 Qg6 25. Qxg6
Nxg6 26. f4 Bh6 27. f5 Nf8 28. Ne2 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rg8 30. g6
Nxg6 31. fxg6 Rxg6 32. Nf4 Rg4 33. Nxd5 Nxd4 34. Nf6 Rf4
35. g3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Rf5 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Rb2 Nd4 39. Rf4 Rxf4
40. gxf4 h4 41. Kh3 Ne6 42. f5 Nd4 43. Rf2 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 h3
45. e6 Re3 46. Nd5 h2 47. Rxh2 Re4+ 48. Nf4 Kb8 49. Rd2 Kc7
50. Rxd4 Rxd4 51. f6 Kd6 52. f7 Ke7 53. Kf5 1-0

[Event "ACP Rapid"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5
7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 a6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bd2 f5
12. Nc3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxd4 O-O
17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. f3 Rad8 20. Qe3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd2 23. Rxe6 Rxb2 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Re7 Bc6
26. Nd5 Rd8 27. Rc7 Kf8 28. Rb1 Ba4 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30. Rc1 Rxd5
31. Rxc2 Ra5 32. Kf2 Ra3 33. Kg3 Ra4 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6
36. Rd2+ Ke5 37. Kf2 g6 38. g3 g5 39. Ke2 Ra3 40. Kf2 h5
41. f4+ gxf4 42. Re2+ Kf6 43. gxf4 h4 44. Kg2 a5 45. Kf2 Kg6
46. Kg2 a4 47. Rc2 h3+ 48. Kf2 Kh5 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kf2 Kxf4
51. Rc4+ Kg5 52. Rc2 Kg4 53. Rc4+ f4 54. Rc2 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 Re3+
56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Ke2 Re3+ 58. Kf2 Ra3 59. Ke2 Kf5 60. Kf2 Ke4
61. Rc4+ Ke5 62. Rc2 Kd4 63. Rd2+ Rd3 64. Re2 a3 65. Re8 Rd2+
66. Kf3 Rxh2 67. Rd8+ Kc3 68. Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. a4 Ne8
12. Nh4 a5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc7 16. Nf5 Ne6
17. h4 Qc7 18. Bh3 Rfd8 19. Kh2 Nf6 20. f3 c5 21. Qc3 b6
22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. g4 c4
27. Nxa5 e4+ 28. Kh1 Bg6 29. Ne7+ Qxe7 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Nxd8
Qxd8 32. h5 Nd5 33. Qf2 e3 34. Qh2 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Ventas Cosano"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bxb4 cxb4
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a5 9. a3 Na6 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O
12. Nd3 d5 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Ne4 15. axb4 axb4 16. c6 Qb6
17. f3 Nd6 18. Qe1 Nf5 19. Kh1 Rfb8 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Nd3 Ne3
0-1

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jaime Valmana Canto"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. h4 Be7 15. Qf3 Be6 16. g4 Qd7
17. g5 f5 18. Bh3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. Ne3 g6 21. h5 Bxg5
22. hxg6 Bxe3 23. fxe3 b4 24. e4 bxc3 25. Bxf5 cxb2 26. Rb1
Qc7 27. Rxh7 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qf4+ 30. Ke2 Qxf5
31. exf5 Nc4 32. f6 1-0

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Farhad Tahirov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Nc6 6. b4
O-O 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. b5 Nd4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Qc4 Re8+
12. Kd1 Qh5+ 13. Be2 Qg6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qc2 d3 16. Qxd3 Bf5
17. Qc4 Rxe2 18. Nh4 Qh5 19. Qxe2 Bc2+ 20. Ke1 Re8 21. Qxe8+
Nxe8 0-1

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexis Cabrera"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5
exd5 7. Qe2 g6 8. Qe5 Rg8 9. b3 Bg7 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qh4 g5
12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Qh5 Bf6 14. Ng1 g4 15. Qh6 Nf5 16. Qf4 Nfd4
17. Kd1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxa1 19. c3 Be6 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxa8
Qa5 22. Ne2 Rxa8 23. Ng3 Qxa2 24. Nf5 Qxb3+ 25. Ke1 Re8
26. Qd6+ Kc8 27. Ng7 Rd8 28. Qxc5 d4 0-1

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Re1 Ng4 12. Re2
Kh8 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 Ne7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. N1h2
f6 18. Be3 Nf7 19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng5 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Rf2
Rxf2 23. Qxf2 b4 24. Bc4 bxc3 25. bxc3 c6 26. d4 Qe7 27. Rf1
exd4 28. cxd4 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qf5 Qe7 31. e5 dxe5
32. Qe4 exd4 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. exd4 h6 35. Nf3 Rb3 36. Kf2 Ng6
37. Rc1 Nf4 38. Rxc6 Nxh3+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kf1
Nd5 42. Re6 Kg8 43. Re2 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Kf7 45. Ne5+ Ke6 46. Kf3
Nf6 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Kd3 Ne4 49. Ke3 Nd6 50. Kd3 Nb5 51. Nf3
Nc7 52. Ke3 Ne6 53. Kd3 g6 54. Ne5 Nxd4 55. Nxg6 Nc6 56. Ke2
Ke6 57. Nf8+ Ke7 58. Nh7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. O-O Nb4 10. h4 a6 11. Bf4 Nc8
12. Qd2 Na7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Rc3 Be7 15. h5 Ba4 16. b3 Bd7
17. Nc2 Nb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Ne3 Ra3 20. Rcc1 Qa5 21. Nc2
Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Bc6 23. Rd1 Qa7 24. Qd2 Kd7 25. Rdb1 Ra8 26. Rb2
Qa5 27. Qd3 Qd8 28. Ne1 R3a6 29. Qg3 Qh8 30. Qd3 R8a7 31. Bd2
Ba3 32. Rc2 Be7 33. Qf3 Ke8 34. Nd3 Qh7 35. Bb4 Qe4 36. Bxe7
Qxd4 37. Bc5 Qxa1+ 38. Rc1 Qxa2 39. Qg4 b6 40. Bd6 Qd2
41. Qxg7 Qg5 42. Qf8+ Kd7 43. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Karen Asrian"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Qb3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bf4 f5 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe3 f4 15. gxf4 Nd6 16. Nd2 Nf5
17. Qe5 Nxd4 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Kf1 Nf5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 e5
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rc3 Be6 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Nd2 Bf7 26. Be4 Nd6
27. Bd3 Bg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rce3 Rf4 30. b3 Nf7 31. Ne4 Rd8
32. Nc5 Rd2 33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 b6 35. Nd7 Rf5 36. Nb8 Rf6
37. Rd2 Ng5 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. Rxa7 b5
42. Re7 bxc4 43. bxc4 Nc3+ 44. Ke3 e4 45. Nd7 Rf3+ 46. Kd4
Rd3+ 47. Kc5 Kg5 48. Kxc6 Rf3 49. Nc5 Rxf2 50. Nxe4+ Nxe4
51. Rxe4 Rxh2 52. a4 Kf5 53. Re8 Ra2 54. Ra8 g5 55. a5 Kg6
56. a6 Kg7 57. Kb7 Rb2+ 58. Ka7 g4 59. Rd8 g3 60. c5 g2
61. Rd1 Kf6 62. c6 Rf2 63. Rg1 Ke6 64. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Bg7
12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. e4 Nc8 16. f3 Rd8
17. Ne5 e6 18. Nc4 Ne7 19. Be3 b6 20. Rac1 Rab8 21. Qa3 c5
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bd2 Nc6 26. Rfd1 Nb4
27. Nc3 Nb6 28. Nb5 Nxc4 29. Qb3 Qf7 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4
Bh6 32. Bxh6 Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 g5 34. h4 Kf7 35. h5 Rbd8 36. Kg3
Na6 37. Kg4 Ke6 38. g3 R1d2 39. b3 R2d3 40. Nc3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "FIDE candidates Matches"]
[Site "Elista, Kalmykia Russia"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O
Bg4 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. h3
Bh5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Re8 14. Nxd8 Raxd8 15. Bg5 Nf6
16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. Rad1 Kf8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 e3 20. Nxe3 c5
21. Kf1 Rd4 22. c3 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 Rd6 24. Rd2 b5 25. Nc2 Red8
26. Red1 Ke7 27. Ne1 Be4 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Kf1
Kd5 31. Ke2 Bb1 32. a3 Kc4 33. Kd2 Be4 34. f3 Bg6 35. b4 Kb3
36. bxc5 Kxa3 37. c6 Ka4 38. g4 Be8 39. c7 Bd7 40. Nd3 Ka5
41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Ne4 Kb6 43. Nxf6 Kxc7 44. Nxh7 Kd6 45. h4 a5
46. h5 Ke7 47. Ng5 Bb7 48. h6 Kf6 49. f4 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 h6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nbd2
Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Kg2 f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Nf8 17. Nb3
Ne6 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Qa4 c5 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. f3
Rab8 23. Nb3 Bf7 24. Nxc5+ Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rb2+ 26. Kg3 Bxa2
27. d4 exd4 28. cxd4 Bc4 29. d5 Rhb8 30. Rac1 Re2 31. Rxe2
Bxe2 32. Rc2 Bd3 33. Rc3 Bf1 34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Rh8+
36. Kg3 g5 37. Bd4 Rh6 38. Rc6 Ke7 39. Rxc7+ Ke8 40. Rc6 Kf7
41. Rb6 Rg6 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. d6 Bb5 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. Bb6+ Kc8
46. Rc7+ Kb8 47. Ba7+ Ka8 48. d7 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. hxg4 Rg8 12. Qf3
Qe7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Qh3 Nd8
17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Re2 O-O-O 19. Rf1 Kb8 20. Nf3 h5 21. Qh4 f6
22. Nh2 Rdf8 23. Rf5 Nxh2 24. Qxh2 h4 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. c4 Rh8
27. Ref2 Rh6 28. Qh3 Rg8 29. R5f3 Qe7 30. Kf1 Rg5 31. Ke2 Qg7
32. Qh1 Rhg6 33. Kf1 Rg3 34. Qxh4 Rxg2 35. Rh3 Ka7 36. Rh2
Rg1+ 37. Ke2 Rb1 38. Kf3 Re1 39. Qh3 a5 40. Rfg2 Rf1+ 41. Ke2
Rb1 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Rxg1 Rxg1 45. Kd2 Rb1 46. Kc3
Qg1 47. Qg2 Rc1+ 48. Kb3 Qd1+ 49. Ka3 Qxd3+ 50. b3 Rxc4
51. Rh7 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. O-O c5 11. Na2 Ba5 12. dxc5
Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Bh3
O-O 18. a5 a6 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Re7 21. Ra2 Na7 22. Rb2 Nb5
23. Ra1 Ne8 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. c6 f5 26. g4 Ra6 27. Bc5 Rc7
28. cxb7 Rxb7 29. gxf5 Nf6 30. Kf2 d4 31. Bxd4 b4 32. cxb4
Rxb4 33. e3 Rb1 34. Rxb1 Bxb1 35. Nxc4 Bd3 36. Ne5 Bb5 37. Bb6
Nd5 38. f6 Nxb6 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. fxg7+ Kxg7 41. axb6 Rxb6
42. Bd5 Ba4 43. e4 Bb3 44. Bc6 Be6 45. f5 Bc8 46. Kg3 Bb7
47. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Kh1 Ne7
17. Rg1 Ng6 18. Rg4 Nhf4 19. Bb3 c6 20. Na3 d5 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Ba4 f5 24. Rg3 e4 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. d5 Qf6
27. Bxb6 Qxb6 28. Qd4 Qb7 29. c4 Ne2 30. Qa7 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3
Qc8 32. Qc7 Qa6 33. d6 e3 34. fxe3 Qa8+ 35. Kh2 Ne5 36. Qc5
Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Kh8 38. Qd5 Qa5 39. Qd4 Rbe8 40. b4 Qd8 41. Ra3
Re4 42. Qc5 Re5 43. Qd4 f4 44. exf4 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Qe8 46. Bd1
Qh5 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3
17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3
22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5
27. Qc2 b4 28. Bb7 g6 29. h4 h5 30. Kf1 a5 31. Qc6 Qxc6
32. Rxc6 a4 33. Ke2 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Kd2 Rfe8 36. Ba6 b2
37. Kc2 Re6 38. Rxe6 Rxc7+ 39. Kxb2 fxe6 40. Kb3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+
22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Kc1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Kb1
Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bf6 28. Kc2 Qb6 29. Rf1 Qe3 30. Qd3 Qc5 31. Rd1
Rb6 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Rd5 Qc7 34. Rf5 Qd8 35. Rd5 Qc7 36. Qh3
Ra7 37. Qe3 Rb8 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Rd3 h5 41. e5 dxe5
42. fxe5 Be7 43. Qf4 Rxd3 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Bxd3 Qxc3+
46. Kxc3 Bb4+ 47. Kd4 Rxf7 48. e6 Rg7 49. Ra1 g5 50. Rf1 g4
51. Ke4 Be7 52. Be2 h4 53. Rf5 g3 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nfd7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3 e6
12. g4 Qf6 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. h4 h5
17. Rg1 Nf8 18. O-O-O Ne6 19. e4 Nxd4 20. Qh3 Nb3+ 21. Kc2
Nxd2 22. exf5 Bxc3 23. Rxg6 Qe5 24. Re6 Qd5 25. Kxc3 Nxa4+
26. Kxd2 Nxb2 27. Rb1 Nxd3 28. Rxb7+ Kf8 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Qxd5
Rxd5+ 31. Ke3 Rxf5 32. Rxc6 Re5+ 33. Kf4 Re8 34. Rf6+ Kg8
35. Rg6+ Kf8 36. Ra6 Kg8 37. Raa7 Rf8+ 38. Kg5 Rxf2 39. Rb8+
Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 b6 16. Bxe7
Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Bb5 Nxe7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe6 21. Bxe8
Rxe8 22. dxe7 Rxe7 23. Rfe1 Bd4 24. Rbd1 Qe5 25. Rd3 a5
26. Qd1 Bc5 27. Re2 Re6 28. g3 Rd6 29. Kg2 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 a4
31. Rd2 a3 32. Qc4 Kg7 33. Rd7 Qf6 34. f4 Qb2+ 35. Kf3 Qf2+
36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kh4 g5+ 38. fxg5 Kg6 39. Qc3 f6 40. Rd5 a2
41. Rf5 Qf4+ 42. gxf4 Bf2+ 43. Qg3 Bxg3+ 44. Kxg3 a1=Q
45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. e5 b5 47. Kh4 b4 48. Kxh5 Qd1+ 49. Kh4 b3
50. e6 b2 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7 b1=Q 53. Rxb1 Qxb1 54. Kg4 Qe4
0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Allard Schwencke"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. b4 Ne4 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e4 Qc7
12. Re1 e5 13. c5 Re8 14. Nc4 dxc5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Nd6 Re7
17. exf5 gxf5 18. bxc5 Nd7 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Bxc6
Rxd6 22. exd6 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christoph Krings"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4 d4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. b3
Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rfc1 e4 16. Ne1 Nde5 17. f4
Ng4 18. Nf1 d3 19. exd3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christian Troyke"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Be2 b6
12. Bf3 Ba6 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bf2 Rfd8 15. Bh4 e6 16. a4 Rd7
17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. c3 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 g5 24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. Qh5 f5 26. gxf6
Bxf6 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Qg4+ Bg7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxe6 Rd7
31. Qf3+ Rf7 32. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Czech Coal Carlsbad Tournament"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. f4 Bf5 13. e4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Bc8 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Qd3 18. Bf3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 b5 20. Kg2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bc1 Be4+ 23. Kg1 Nh6 24. Ba3 Kf7 25. f5 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 b4
27. cxb4 axb4 28. Bxb4 Rxa2 29. Bh5+ Kg8 30. Rd1 Bd3 31. e6
Nxf5 32. Bf7+ Kh8 33. e7 Nxe7 34. Bxe7 h6 35. Rc1 Re2 36. Bb4
Re4 37. Re1 Rd4 38. Bc3 Rd7 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Be6 Rd6 41. Re7
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ekrem Cekro"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Qe2 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Nxd4 11. Qf2 Nf5
12. Bc4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 c6 14. Qb3 Qe8 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Rde1 b5
17. Be2 Qc8 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Qe3 Bh6 20. h3 Qd7 21. Nxe4 Rfd8
22. h4 Qd4 23. g3 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Bg7 25. h5 h6 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. Nc5 Kf7 28. e6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Perparim Makoli"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nc6
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Bg1 Bf6
17. Rf1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd4 Qa4 20. Be3 f6 21. Qe1 Rad8
22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rf4 Ne5 24. Bd4 Bf7 25. h4 h6 26. Qf2 Be6
27. Qe3 Qe8 28. Be2 Rd7 29. a3 Re7 30. Raf1 Bg8 31. Qg3 Qa4
32. Qe3 Qxc2 33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qxh6+ Rh7
36. Qxf6+ Rg7 37. Bf3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qh6 40. Qg3
Bh7 41. Bxg7+ Qxg7 42. Qxd6 Bxe4 43. g3 Bc6 44. Qc5 Qf6
45. Kh3 Kg7 46. Qc4 Qf5+ 47. Qg4+ Kf6 48. h5 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Azarov"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. b3
c5 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb1
Bb4 18. Re4 Be7 19. Rg4 Qc7 20. Ne4 Qc2 21. Qa1 h5 22. Nd4 Qc7
23. Rg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rfe8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Ngxe6
Qb6 28. Nf4 Nf6 29. Nf5 Rc2 30. Bd4 Qc6 31. Nxg7 Kxg7
32. Bxf6+ Kg8 33. Bh8 Re7 34. Nxd5 Rf7 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6
Qxf6 37. Bxf6 Kf7 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rxa7 Bc8 40. Bh8 Kd5
41. Kg2 Bf5 42. Rf7 Be4+ 43. Kh3 Rxa2 44. Kh4 Bg6 45. Rf6 Be8
46. Rf5+ Kd6 47. Bd4 Re2 48. Kg5 Re4 49. Rf4 Re7 50. h4 Kd5
51. b4 Re6 52. Bf6 Re2 53. f3 Ke6 54. Bd4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qh5 Be6 10. Rb1 Qd7 11. h3 b6
12. O-O g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh4 Be7 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh4 Be7
17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 O-O 19. f4 Qd8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. f5 gxf5
22. Rf4 f6 23. Re1 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Qd6 25. Qe3 Rae8 26. Bxf5 Bg8
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxe8 Qxf4 29. Bd3 Kg7 30. Qh5 c5 31. Kh1 Qg3
32. Qe2 c4 33. Qe7+ Bf7 34. Bf5 Qxc3 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qe7 Qg7
37. c3 Bg8 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. g4 Bf7 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bd7 Bg6
42. g5 Qd6 43. Qd4+ Kf7 44. Qf2+ Ke7 45. Bg4 Qe5 46. Qb2 Be4+
47. Kf1 Qf4+ 48. Qf2 Qxg5 49. Qg3 Qf6+ 50. Ke1 a5 51. Kd2 Kf8
52. Qc7 Bg6 53. Be2 Qg5+ 54. Kd1 Qf5 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Bf7
57. Kc1 h6 58. Qc7 Qxh3 59. Kb2 b5 60. Qe5+ Kg8 61. Qb8+ Kh7
62. Qc7 Qf5 63. Bd1 Kg7 64. Qxa5 d4 65. cxd4 Qf2+ 66. Kc1 Qxd4
67. Qxb5 Qe3+ 68. Kb2 c3+ 69. Ka1 h5 70. Qb1 h4 71. Bc2 h3
72. Qd1 Be6 73. Qh1 Qb6 74. Bb3 Qf2 75. Qb7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. a4 Rc4 15. Nb1 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 Qb8
17. a5 Rc8 18. axb6 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Nxb6 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Qb3
Nfd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Ba5 Qc1+ 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. Nc3 h6 26. e3
e5 27. dxe5 Bf8 28. Ne2 Qa1 29. Bc3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Bb5 31. b3 Qa3
32. Nd4 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Ne4 34. Be1 Qe7 35. Qc8 Kh7 36. e6 Ng5
37. exf7 Qxf7 38. Qxa6 Qh5 39. Qc8 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. c3 Nd7 8. Bc4 c6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 f5 11. h3 f4
12. Qc2 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Rf6 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Qh5 e6
17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Nh7+ Kg8 19. Nxf6+ N7xf6 20. Qh4 Qf7 21. Nf3
Nh7 22. Re4 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Ng5+ Kg8
26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxf4+ Kg6 29. Re1 Bd7 30. Re3
Rf8 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. f4 Bd6 33. g3 a5 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Be8
36. g4 Bg6 37. h4 Bc2 38. h5 b5 39. Re1 a4 40. Ke3 Be4 41. b3
Bc2 42. bxa4 Bxa4 43. g5+ Kg7 44. h6+ Kf7 45. Rh1 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5
12. Bd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. e5 Bc6 16. Be4 b6
17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb7 20. d5 Qa6 21. Bg5 Qc4
22. Bxe7 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Re8 24. Bf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 Rxe4 26. Ng3
Re5 27. Rb2 Nc4 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Ne3 30. Rd3 Ng4 31. Rf3
Re8 32. Ng3 Re1+ 33. Nf1 Kf8 34. c4 Rc1 35. Ra3 Nxf6 36. Rxa7
Ne4 37. g3 Nd2 38. d6 Rxf1+ 39. Kg2 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c5 4. dxc5 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. c3 Na6
7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qa3 Qc8 9. c6 Bxc6 10. Nd2 e5 11. e4 Ne7
12. Ngf3 f6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. c4 Bc6 16. O-O Rd8
17. Rad1 Qd7 18. h4 g4 19. Nh2 Qd4 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Nhf1 Qc5
22. Qa4 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Qb4 24. Qc2 Qxb5 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Qb3 Kf8
27. Na5 Qc7 28. Qb5 Qc5 29. Qb3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 c5 16.dxc5 Rc8 17.Rec3 b4
18.R3c2 Bf5 19.c6 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Qa5 21.Nf3 Rfd8 22.Nd4 g6 23.e6
Bf6 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.h4 Qb6 26.Rd2 Rd6 27.Nf5 Rdxc6 28.Bxd5+
Kf8 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.Ne3 Bxh4 31.Qf3+ Rf6 32.Qa8+ Kg7 33.Qe4 b3
34.axb3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. f3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 g5 14. e4 Bg6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rad1 Rfd8
17. a3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 Nd6 21. Bf1 f6
22. Kf2 b5 23. Bd3 Nf7 24. Bb1 Rd7 25. Ba2 Bh5 26. Be6 Re7
27. g4 Rxe6 28. gxh5 Kh6 29. d5 Re7 30. Ne2 Rxe4 31. dxc6 bxc6
32. Ng3 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. b3 Nb7 36. a4 b4
37. Kd2 Na5 38. Kd3 c5 39. Ne4 Nxb3 40. Nxf6 Na5 41. Kc2 c4
42. Nd5 Nc6 43. Ne3 c3 44. Nd5 Kxh5 45. Nxb4 Nxb4+ 46. Kxc3
Na6 47. Kc4 Kh4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Bb2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. a5 bxa5 12. Nc4
Bb7 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxa5 Qc7 16. e5 dxe5
17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Ra4 Rfd8 20. Qa1 Nh5 21. Bxg7
Nxg7 22. Be4 Qb5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qe5 Qb6 25. g4 h5 26. h3
Rd8 27. Rea1 Rd5 28. Rxa6 Qb4 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Qb8 Qxb8
31. Rxb8 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rd4 33. f3 Rd2 34. Ra7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Korotylev"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Nc2 c6 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. d5 c5 21. g3 c4 22. Ra6 Rbb8
23. Qe2 Ra8 24. Rea1 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rb8 26. Kg2 Qd8 27. Qd1 Ne7
28. Qa1 Nc8 29. Nc2 Nb6 30. Nb4 Ra8 31. Qa5 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 Na4
33. Qxb5 Nb6 34. Nd2 Nd7 35. Qxc4 g6 36. Nc6 Qb6 37. b4 h5
38. Qa2 Nf6 39. Qa5 Qb7 40. b5 Nd7 41. Qa6 Qc7 42. Nc4 Nc5
43. Qa8 f5 44. b6 Qd7 45. exf5 Qxf5 46. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 f6 16. g5 fxg5
17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Rxh6 gxh6 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Nxa8 Bg4 21. Qd3
Rxa8 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. c5 dxc5 24. Bc4 Nd4 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Nxd4
cxd4 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28. Bb5+ Kc7 29. Qc5+ Kb7 30. Qd5+ Kb6
31. Bc4 Bd7 32. Qd6+ Bc6 33. a3 Rd8 34. Qe6 d3 35. Bd5 Qg1+
36. Kd2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxd3 Qd4+ 38. Kc2 Qc5+ 39. Kd2 Rd6 40. Qc8
Qf2+ 41. Kc1 Qc5+ 42. Kb1 Bxd5 43. Qb8+ Bb7 44. axb4 Rd1+
45. Ka2 Qc4+ 46. b3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2
cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. cxd4 d5 9. e3 e6 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O
12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc3 Bxf4 14. exf4 b6 15. Nc1 Ne8 16. g3 Nd6
17. Nd3 Nf5 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nc2 Ba6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Nc6 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. Rac1 Ne7 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Nb5 Qd7
27. a4 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Qb3 Rc6 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qd7
32. Rc1 Qxa4 33. h4 b5 34. h5 b4 35. Qd3 Qa2 36. Qd2 b3 37. h6
a4 38. hxg7 Rb8 39. Ke3 a3 40. Qd3 Qxb2 41. Rb1 Qxb1 42. Qxb1
a2 43. Qb2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. d3 dxe4 12. dxe4
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Bd6 15. a4 Nc6 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Re1
Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Na5 Ba8 21. b4 h6 22. Red1
Nf6 23. Nd2 Rfd8 24. f3 Ng6 25. Ndb3 Nf4 26. Rd2 Ne6 27. Rad1
Re8 28. Bd3 Nh5 29. Ba7 Rbc8 30. Bxb5 Rf8 31. Bd7 Rcd8
32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Bc5 Nf4 34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Nc4 Bxc5 36. Nxc5
Ng6 37. Nxe6 Rfe8 38. Rd8 Rexd8 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Nxd8 Nf4
41. Nxe5 Ne2 42. c4 Nd4 43. b5 Kf8 44. Ndc6 Ne2 45. Nb4 Ke8
46. g3 Bb7 47. Kg2 Bc8 48. Kf2 Nd4 49. Ke3 Nb3 50. h4 Nc5
51. Nd5 Kd8 52. f4 Nb3 53. f5 Nc5 54. g4 Na4 55. g5 hxg5
56. hxg5 Nc5 57. f6 gxf6 58. gxf6 Ne6 59. Nc6+ Kd7 60. e5 Bb7
61. Nd4 Nf8 62. Ke4 Bc8 63. Nf4 Nh7 64. e6+ Kd6 65. f7 Ng5+
66. Ke3 Bxe6 67. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 d5 8. e5 Bg4 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nb3
Be4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. g4 Bc8 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 a5 17. Be3 a4
18. Nc5 a3 19. bxa3 Rxa3 20. Qc1 Ra7 21. a4 b6 22. Nb3 f5
23. Nh4 Na5 24. Nxa5 Rxa5 25. Bd2 Ra7 26. a5 c5 27. axb6 Rxa1
28. Qxa1 Qxb6 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Ba5 Qc6 31. Ng2 fxg4 32. hxg4
Be6 33. Rb6 Qc8 34. Ba6 Qa8 35. Rxe6 Nc6 36. Bc3 cxd4 37. Bxd4
Rb8 38. Be2 Qxa1+ 39. Bxa1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Nb4 41. Bc3 Nc2
42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rc8 Bf8 44. e6+ Ke7 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Bh6
47. Rc7+ Kd6 48. Rxh7 Bg5 49. Rd7+ Kc6 50. Rg7 d4 51. Rxg5
dxc3 52. e7 Kd7 53. f6 Rb6 54. Bg4+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. b3 f6 6. d3 e5
7. O-O 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3
Bd7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Rac1 a5 16. h5 a4 17. Nxa4
Nxa4 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. g4 Rca8 20. Rc2 Be8 21. Bf3 Na5 22. f5
Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Bh6 Qh4 26. fxe6 Rxg4+
27. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kh2 Qxh5+ 29. Kg3 Ra3+ 30. Rf3 Qxe5+
31. Kg2 Rxf3 32. exf3 fxe6 33. Qb4 Qf6 34. Qxb7 g5 35. Qc8 Kf7
36. a4 Qxh6 37. a5 g4 38. a6 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Qxf3+
41. Ke1 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qd3+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kg2 h5 45. Qb7+ Kf6
46. a7 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Bg6 49. Qb2+ Kg5 50. a8=Q
Be4+ 51. Kh2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+
Be7 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. b3 Kf8 11. Bb2 Bc5
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. N4f3 Qc7 15. c4 h5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Be5 Qd8 19. Qb2 f6 20. Bd6+ Bxd6 21. Nxd6
h4 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Nf4 25. Rxf6+ gxf6
26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qxf4 Rh7 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Re6
Qg7 31. h3 Rh5 32. Qe4 Qh7 33. Qxc6 Rg5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Qd3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7
12. cxb5 O-O 13. Ba4 Qb6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rfb8 16. Bc2 axb5
17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rfe1 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rd8 22. f4 g6 23. fxe5 Bg7 24. e6 Rd4 25. e7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Nc2 c6 19. Ne3 h5 20. Ra6 Qe6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rd1 Rc8
23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe8 26. Qd3 Be7 27. Ne1 Ra8
28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Kh2 Qa1 30. Qe2 b4 31. c4 b3 32. Rd1 Qa4
33. Rc1 Bg5 34. Rc3 Rc7 35. Nf3 Bh6 36. Qd3 Rc6 37. g3 Kg7
38. Kg2 Qb4 39. h4 Qa4 40. Ng1 Qb4 41. Nf3 Qa4 42. Qd5 Qa6
43. c5 Rxc5 44. Rxc5 dxc5 45. Qxc5 f6 46. Qc7+ Kg8 47. Qb8+
Kg7 48. Qxb3 Qe2 49. Qb7+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kf8
52. Qe6 Bg7 53. Qd6+ Ke8 54. Qc6+ Kf8 55. b4 Qb2 56. b5 Kf7
57. b6 Bh6 58. Qc7+ Ke6 59. Qc6+ Ke7 60. Ne1 Be3 61. Nd3 Qe2
62. b7 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Gwaze"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. f4 h5 10. Kh1 b6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bd2
g6 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nfg4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Nf3
Rc8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd4 O-O 21. f6 Qc7 22. Qd2
Kh7 23. Bd1 Rh8 24. Be2 Rcd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. h3 Qb8 27. b4 b5
28. cxb5 axb5 29. a4 bxa4 30. b5 Ba8 31. Nxa4 Kg8 32. Nc5 dxc5
33. Rxd7 Kh7 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Qxd8 Qxd8 36. Rxd8 Bxe4 37. Rc8
c4 38. Bxc4 g5 39. Rc5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Gwaze"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6
12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Nc1 Rfd8 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Ne2 b5 20. f4 b4 21. Rc1
Qb6 22. Rhf1 Bf6 23. c3 b3 24. a3 Re8 25. f5 e4 26. g3 Qa6
27. Rcd1 Rc7 28. Nf4 e3 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 e2 31. Re1 Bg5
32. Rd4 Rce7 33. Ra4 h5 34. f6 Re3 35. fxg7 h4 36. Rd4 hxg3
37. hxg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rg1 O-O-O 14. g4 d4 15. h4 Be8 16. h5 f6
17. exf6 Nd5 18. Bh3 Kb8 19. g5 Bxh5 20. Bxe6 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Rge8 22. f5 Qe5+ 23. Kf3 Qh2 24. Qf1 Ne3 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Rd1
e2 27. Qxe2 Ne5+ 28. Ke3 Qh3+ 29. Kf4 Nc6 30. Qg4 Qh2+ 31. Qg3
Qxc2 32. f7 Rh8 33. g6 Rxd1 34. g7 Rhd8 35. f8=Q Rxg1 36. Qxg1
Qd2+ 37. Qe3 Ka8 38. Qxd2 cxd2 39. Bb3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4
7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4
12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Qc2 f5
17. c5 Qc7 18. Bb5 Bd5 19. Qe2 Ndf6 20. h3 g5 21. Ne5 g4
22. hxg4 fxg4 23. Nd3 Qg7 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. Rf1 g3 26. Nh3 gxf2+
27. Rxf2 Nxf2 28. Nxf2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Ra7 30. Rh1 Qg6+ 31. Kf1
Ng4 32. Be8 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 Nxf2+
36. Kg2 Nd1 37. Bc1 b3 38. e4 b2 39. Bxb2 Nxb2 40. Bb5 a4
41. d5 exd5 42. exd5 a3 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. c4 bxc4 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Bc3 d6 11. Na3 e5
12. Nc2 g6 13. Ne3 Bh6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Rfb1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nd4
17. Qxa6 Ne2+ 18. Kf2 Nxc3 19. dxc3 Ke7 20. Nd2 Ra8 21. Qb7
Qa5 22. Qb2 Rhb8 23. Qc2 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Rb8 25. Nd2 Qa4 26. Rc1
Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Ba4 28. Nb3 Bc6 29. Nd2 Ba4 30. Nb3 h5 31. Ke1
h4 32. Kd2 Bc6 33. Kd3 f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Rf2 Ke6 36. Ke2
Ra8 37. Ke1 Ra4 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Be4 40. Rh2 Rxc4 41. Kd2
Ra4 42. Kc1 c4 43. Na1 Ra8 44. Rd2 Rg8 45. a4 Rxg3 46. Nc2
Bxc2 47. Rxc2 Rxe3 48. a5 Kd7 49. a6 Kc7 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Re8
12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 a5 16. d4 e4
17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4 19. e3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Qe2 c6
22. Nxe4 Nd3 23. Rc4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
b5 27. Rd4 c5 28. Rd5 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rd8 Qe7 31. Rb8
b4 32. Qe2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qh5 19. Be3 Bxd3 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Qc6 Be6
22. Qxa6 Qd5 23. Qb6 Bh3 24. f3 f5 25. Qd4 Qc6 26. Qh4 Bc5
27. Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. cxd4 Qc2 29. Red1 Qxb2 30. Qxh3 Qxd4+
31. Kh1 Rd5 32. Qf1 Rfd8 33. Rac1 Qd3 34. Qe1 h6 35. Kg2 Qa3
36. Nb1 Qxa2+ 37. Kh3 b4 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Rc7 f4 40. Qe4+ Kh8
41. Rxd5 Qxd5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Rc2 1-0

[Event "World Cup 2007"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Nd2
f6 22. Bb6 Rb8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nb3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Be3
Kf7 27. Na5 Be6 28. a3 Rc8 29. f3 Rc7 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Nb7 Rc7
32. Nd6+ Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Bc8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. g4 Rc6
37. Rb8 g6 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Bd4 h5 40. h4 Ke7 41. Ra7+ Bd7
42. Kg3 Re6 43. Kf4 Ke8 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kf5 Rd6+ 46. Kg6 Bc6
47. f4 Be4+ 48. Kxh5 Rd5+ 49. Kh6 Rf5 50. Be3 Bf3 51. Kg6 Be4
52. Kg7 Rh5 53. Kxf6 Bd3 54. Ra8+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Rxa6+
Kd5 57. Ra8 Rxh4 58. Rd8+ Ke4 59. Kg5 Rh2 60. Bc5 Rg2+ 61. Kf6
Bc4 62. Rd4+ Kf3 63. a4 Rxb2 64. a5 Ra2 65. Bb4 Re2 66. f5 Re8
67. Rxc4 bxc4 68. Kg7 Re4 69. f6 Rg4+ 70. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. a3 a6 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bd2
Ng6 17. g4 Be6 18. Ng3 Bd5 19. Nh2 Nh4 20. Bc3 Be6 21. Nh5 b6
22. b4 g6 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. f4 h5 25. Kf2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 g5 28. fxg5 Ng6 29. Kg3 Nf4 30. Rd2 Rh3+ 31. Kxf4
Rxc3 32. Ng8+ Ke8 33. Nf6+ Ke7 34. Nf3 Rc4+ 35. Kg3 Rc3
36. Ng8+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Kf2 c5 39. Nh4 Rc4 40. Ng8+ Ke8
41. Nf6+ Ke7 42. Kg3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Bc4 44. Nh7 cxb4 45. Nf5+
Ke6 46. Nxf8+ Kxe5 47. axb4 Kf4 48. g6 fxg6 49. Rd4+ Ke5
50. Nxg6+ Kf6 51. Nf4 c5 52. bxc5 bxc5 53. Rd2 Kg5 54. Nd3 Bb5
55. Kf2 Kxg4 56. Nd6 Ba4 57. Ne1 Kf4 58. Ng2+ Ke5 59. Ne3 Bc6
60. Ndc4+ Kf4 61. Rd6 Be4 62. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Polzin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. b4 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nb6
12. Na5 Na4 13. a3 c5 14. c3 b6 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Ne1 b5 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Rd7 20. c4 c6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. bxc5
Qxc5 23. Ba5 Rc8 24. Bb4 Qd4 25. Rb3 Qa7 26. Rb1 a5 27. Bd2
Qa6 28. Nf5 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. h3 Nc5 31. Be3 Be7 32. Qc3 f6
33. f4 b4 34. Qc2 Nxd3 35. Nxd3 Qxc4 36. Qf2 Rxd3 37. fxe5 Rf8
38. Kh1 Qxe4 39. Rbe1 fxe5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 c4
14.b3 cxb3 15.axb3 Qc7 16.Bb2 Nb6 17.Nf1 Nfd7 18.Ne3 g6 19.b4
Nc4 20.Nxc4 Qxc4 21.Nd2 Qc7 22.Nb3 Nb6 23.Bd3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4
25.Na5 Qc7 26.Qd2 f5 27.c4 bxc4 28.Rac1 fxe4 29.Rxe4 Rac8
30.Rexc4 Qb6 31.Nc6 Bf6 32.Kh2 Rce8 33.f4 exf4 34.Rxf4 Bxb2
35.Rxf8+ Rxf8 36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Qxb2 Re8 38.Nc6 Kg8 39.Qf6 Qc7
40.Ne5 Qe7 41.Ng4 Qf8 42.Rc7 Bxd5 43.Qd4 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Bd7 16.O-O Ne7 17.Ra3 Nxd5
18.Bxd5 Rb8 19.b4 axb4 20.Nxb4 Qb6 21.Qe2 Bb5 22.Bc4 Rfc8
23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Qxb5 Rxb5 25.Rd1 g6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Nd5 Rc4
28.Ra7 Bd8 29.Rd7 Ba5 30.Re1 Bb6 31.Nxb6 Rxb6 32.Re3 Rc8
33.Rf3 Rf8 34.Kf1 g5 35.h4 g4 36.Rf5 h6 37.Ke2 Rc6 38.Kd2 Kg6
39.h5+ Kg7 40.Kd3 Rb6 41.Rc7 Rb1 42.Kc4 Rd1 43.Kb5 Kg8 44.Rf6
Rd2 45.Kc6 Kg7 46.Rg6+ Kh7 47.Rxg4 Rxf2 48.Kxd6 Re8 49.c4 Rd2+
50.Kc6 Rf8 51.c5 Rd4 52.Rb7 Kh8 53.Kb5 Rd1 54.c6 Rc1 55.Kb6
Rc8 56.c7 Re8 57.Ra7 Rb1+ 58.Kc5 Rc1+ 59.Kd5 Rc2 60.Ra6 Kh7
61.Rc6 Rd2+ 62.Kc5 Ra8 63.Rh4 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 h5
14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 g4 16.Nb5 Ne8 17.fxg4 a6 18.Nc3 hxg4 19.Bxg4
Nf6 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.g3 Qe8 22.Kh1 Qg6 23.Qe2 f3 24.Qxf3 Nfxd5
25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Qe2 Nf6 27.Rce1 Qf7 28.g4 Qg6 29.h3 Rf7 30.Kg2
Nd7 31.Bg1 Qe6 32.b3 Rxf1 33.Rxf1 d5 34.g5 a5 35.h4 Qc6 36.Re1
Rf8 37.exd5 Qxd5+ 38.Qe4 c6 39.Bh2 Qe6 40.Bg3 Rf5 41.a3 Rf7
42.b4 Qa2+ 43.Re2 Qxa3 44.g6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nf5
Rg8 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nf4 20. Kh2 Be6 21. Nd4
Bd5 22. f3 g6 23. Bd2 Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bg5 c5 26. c4 Bc6
27. b3 a6 28. a4 b5 29. a5 bxc4 30. bxc4 Ba4 31. Rd3 h5 32. h4
Kf7 33. Bd8 Bc2 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Rd2 Bb3 36. Bf6 Ba4 37. g4
Kf7 38. Rb2 Bc6 39. Kg3 Ra8 40. Kf4 Rc8 41. Rb3 Ra8 42. Kg5
Ra7 43. Rd3 hxg4 44. fxg4 Ra8 45. Rd2 Rb8 46. Bd8 Rb4 47. Rf2+
Ke8 48. Bxc7 Rxc4 49. Bd6 Be4 50. Rf4 Ra4 51. Bxc5 Kd7 52. h5
gxh5 53. gxh5 Kc6 54. h6 Kxc5 55. h7 Bxh7 56. Rxa4 Kb5 57. Ra1
Bd3 58. Kf6 Bc4 59. Ke7 Bd5 60. Kd6 Kb4 61. Rd1 Bf3 62. Rb1+
Kxa5 63. Kc5 Ka4 64. Ra1+ Kb3 65. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7
7. O-O Ne7 8. b3 Bg6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. c4 Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4
Qxh4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. f4 Be4 17. f5
exf5 18. gxf5 Qg5 19. Bf3 b5 20. Bxe4 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 Qxe4
22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 bxa4 24. Qc8+ Ke7 25. f6+ gxf6 26. exf6+
Nxf6 27. Qc5+ Kd8 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Qb8+ Kd7 30. Qxa7+ Ke8
31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Qb5+ Kd8 33. Qb6+ Kd7 34. Rxf6 Qe3+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qh5+ 37. Bh4 Be7 38. Qc6+ Kd8 39. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 Nxd4 6. Bb2 Bc5
7. b4 Qf6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxd4 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Be2 O-O
12. Nc2 Qf6 13. d4 Rd8 14. Qd3 Nf5 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5
17. Qf3 exd4 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Kd2 Be6 20. Bd3 b6 21. f4 c5
22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Rb3 Rb6 25. Rhb1 Rdb8 26. Kc2
Bd7 27. Kc1 Bc6 28. Ra3 Rxb1+ 29. Bxb1 Rb4 30. Rg3+ Kh8
31. Bd3 Bd7 32. Kc2 Be6 33. a3 Rb8 34. Rf3 Bd7 35. Kc1 Rb3
36. Be4 Rb8 37. Bd3 h6 38. Kc2 Kg7 39. Kc1 Kf8 40. Kc2 Ke7
41. Kc1 h5 42. Bc2 h4 43. Rb3 Rb6 44. Rf3 Be6 45. Bd3 Bg4
46. Rf2 Rb3 47. Kd2 Bd7 48. f5 Rxa3 49. Rf4 Ra2+ 50. Kc1 h3
0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Rc3 Re8
17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. c5 Red8 20. c6 Rb6 21. Rb1 Rxc6
22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6
Rxd3 27. f4 Bg4 28. Nc3 exf4 29. Nd5 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf1
Be2+ 32. Ke1 Rxa2 33. Nxf4 Bb5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7 Ra4
36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nc5 Ra2 38. g4 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rxh2 40. g5+ Ke5
41. Rxf7 a5 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Bc6 11. Ne5 Nc7
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Nb5 Qc8
17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Qxc6 Qe5 19. Qd7 Rae8 20. Nc3 Qb8 21. Nd5
Bd8 22. e3 Nc7 23. Rd2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Rad1 g6 26. Bc4
Kg7 27. b3 Re7 28. Qb5 h5 29. a4 h4 30. Qc6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rc8
32. Qf3 Qe5 33. Rd5 Qc7 34. g4 Rh8 35. g5 Bb2 36. Kf1 Qb7
37. Ke2 Qc7 38. Qg4 Bd4 39. Kd3 Be5 40. f4 Bd6 41. Qg2 a6
42. Qb2+ Kg8 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. R5d2 Rxd2+ 45. Rxd2 b5 46. Qf6
1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 Bb4
17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nd3 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Nd5 22. c4 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Re4 b5 25. Rh4 h6 26. axb5
Qxb5 27. Rxh6 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Rh4 f4 30. Rd4 Rb8 31. h3
f3 32. g4 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1 34. Rd2 Re8 35. Kg3 Re2 36. Rd8+
Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Rh8 Rexf2 39. Rg8 Rg2+ 40. Kf4 f2
41. Rgxg7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Ke6 43. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.19"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. e4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4
O-O 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf4 Qf6
17. Bg3 Nbd7 18. Bc2 Rfc8 19. Re1 g6 20. Qd2 Bd5 21. Rac1 b3
22. Bb1 Nxa4 23. Rc7 Nab6 24. Rec1 e5 25. Nc6 Rxc7 26. Ne7+
Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qxd6 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[EventDate "2008.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf1 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. c5 Nf5
17. h3 Rdh8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. g4 Rxh3 21. gxf5 Rxc3
22. Qxc3 Nd5 23. Qc1 gxf5 24. Kf1 Rh4 25. Be5 Qh8 26. Ke1 Rg4
27. Bf1 Rg1 28. Qc4 Qh4 29. Ke2 Bg5 30. Rdb1 f4 31. Rb2 f3+
32. Kd1 e3 33. Ke1 e2 34. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[EventDate "2008.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nd2 Qe6
17. h3 Re8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Qe5 20. Kf1 Bc5 21. Bd2 Qh2
22. Ke2 Re6 23. Kd3 Rf6 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. fxg3 Ne7 26. Bf4 Ng6
27. e5 Nxf4+ 28. Ke4 Rg6 29. Kxf4 Be7 30. Rd1 c5 31. Rd7 Kf8
32. Bd5 Rb6 33. Ra7 g6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. b3 c4
37. b4 f6 38. e6 Bd6+ 39. Ke4 Be5 40. g4 Bxc3 41. e7+ Ke8
42. Rc7 Bxb4 43. Bc6+ Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Bxe7 45. Rxa6 c3 46. Kd5
Kf7 47. Rc6 b4 48. Rc7 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4
f5 52. gxf5 Kf6 53. Ke4 Bf8 54. Rc6+ Kg5 55. f6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.15"]
[EventDate "2008.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. Qe2 f5 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 f4 21. Qd2 Bd7
22. Ra1 Be6 23. Kd1 Ne7 24. Kc2 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5
Qb6 27. Rhf1 Rfc8 28. Ra4 Rc5 29. Qe6 Rc7 30. Qd5 Rbc8
31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxc3+ 33. Kb2 Kg7 34. Rd1 Rc2+ 35. Ka3
Rxf2 36. Rxd6 Rc7 37. Rxe5 Rxg2 38. Ree6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[EventDate "2008.02.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Rustemov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qh5 c6 10. Rb1 b5 11. O-O Be6
12. f4 g6 13. Qe2 h5 14. Be3 a6 15. a4 Qc8 16. axb5 axb5
17. Qf2 Ra4 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 O-O 20. Ra7 Re8 21. Bc5 Bxc5
22. Qxc5 Bf5 23. h3 Rf8 24. Kh2 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Qf5 26. Qe3 c5
27. Rb7 Rd8 28. d4 b4 29. cxb4 cxd4 30. Qxd4 Rc8 31. e6 Qxe6
32. b5 Qd6 33. b6 Rc4 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rb4 36. Kg3 h4+
37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kg4 d4 39. Kg5 d3 40. e6 fxe6 41. Kxg6 Kf8
42. Kf6 Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rg4 Rxb6 45. Rxh4+ Kg8 46. Rd4
Rb3 47. Kxe6 Rb2 48. g4 d2 49. Kf6 Rb6+ 50. Kg5 Rb5+ 51. Kg6
Rb6+ 52. Kh5 Rb2 53. g5 Kf7 54. g6+ Ke6 55. g7 Kf7 56. Kh6 Rb8
57. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Juan Maria Prieto Honorato"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. cxd6
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxc3+ 8. Bd2 Qc6 9. Bd3 exd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qb1
Nd7 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. f5 d5 15. h3 dxe4 16. Bb5+
1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marco Antonio Fernandez Gil"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5
7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5 Qd7 9. Nb5 Nd8 10. Nf1 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bxc1
12. Rxc1 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bb3 Ne6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ra7
17. Ne3 O-O 18. h5 h6 19. c3 Nf4 20. Rd1 Kh8 21. Bb3 a5
22. Nd5 Ne6 23. Nb6 Qd8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Qg4 a4 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. a3 Raf7 28. Rd2 Rf4 29. Qh3 Qe8 30. O-O Qe7 31. g3 Qg5
32. Rdd1 R8f6 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. f3 d5 35. Rde1 c4 36. exd5 exd5
37. dxc4 bxc4 38. Rd1 d4 39. cxd4 exd4 40. Qd7 d3 41. Qb7 Rd4
42. Qa7 Rfd6 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qc2
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb4 18. Qxe4 Qxb5 19. Bb3 d5 20. Qf5 Rfd8
21. Kh1 g6 22. Rg1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rg5 c6 25. Ba4 Ra8
26. b3 f5 27. f4 Kf7 28. Rgg1 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Rgd1 Nxf2+
31. Bxf2 Bxf2 32. Bc6 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Be3 34. Kg2 Bxf4 35. Ra7+
Kf6 36. Rxh7 d4 37. Rd7 Rc8 38. Bb5 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Bxh2 40. Rxd4
g5 41. Rd5 Be5 42. Rd7 g4 43. Bc4 g3 44. Rf7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be4
7. Qd1 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. c5 a4 13. a3 Ba5 14. cxb6 Bxb6 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d5
17. e3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg2 Nd7 20. Nxa4 Ba7 21. Rc1 Nb6
22. Nxb6 Bxb6 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. b4 Qe7 25. Rc6 Qa7 26. Qd3 Rfc8
27. Rfc1 Qa8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. a4 Qc1+ 31. Bf1
Bc7 32. a5 Bd6 33. a6 Qa1 34. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 d6 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Qa5
12. O-O Bc5 13. Qf2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O 15. h3 Re8 16. Bb3 Be6
17. Na4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Rf3 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Nd3 Qc7
22. Raf1 Rd4 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Nf2 h5 25. Qh6 Re6 26. Qxh5 Kf8
27. c3 Rd7 28. Ng4 Ke7 29. Kh2 Qb6 30. Qh8 Qxb3 31. Nxf6 Rd8
32. Qg7 Qxb2 33. Ng8+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Bb5 Qa5 8. Na3 c4 9. O-O e6 10. b4 Qc7 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3
a6 13. Bf4 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. c4 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd3
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd3 exd5 19. Rae1+ Be6 20. f4 O-O 21. f5
Bd7 22. f6 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Qxb4 24. Qg3 g6 25. Nd6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1
Qd4+ 27. Kh2 Qxf6 28. Nxb7 Rc8 29. Re2 Rc3 30. Qb8+ Kg7
31. Qd6 Qxd6+ 32. Nxd6 Be6 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Nf6 h5 35. Rd2 Rc5
36. Nh7+ Ke7 37. Ng5 Ra5 38. Nf3 Kd6 39. Nd4 Ra4 40. Kg3 Kc5
41. Nb3+ Kb4 42. Rd4+ Ka3 43. Rd2 Rc4 44. Kf2 Rc3 45. Ke2 d4
46. Nxd4 Bxa2 47. Nc2+ Ka4 48. Rd4+ Rc4 49. Rd2 Rc5 50. Nd4
Bc4+ 51. Ke3 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Rd5 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lorin A R D'Costa"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rac1
Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nde5 14. Bb1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 b6 17. b3
Bb7 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Bd4 Rfd8 20. Rc2 Ba8 21. Rcd2 b5 22. f4
Nc6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. cxb5 axb5 25. f5 Ne5 26. Rxd6 Qc5+
27. Qf2 Qxc3 28. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nenad Fercec"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. Bg2 Nb6
12. h4 Nc4 13. Rh3 Kh8 14. b3 Na5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ba3+
17. Kb1 Nd7 18. h5 h6 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. g5 f6
22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7
12. b3 Ne5 13. Ncb5 Qb8 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7
17. Ba6 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. f4 Ned7 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Qf3 Nc5
22. Nd6 Rf8 23. b4 Ncd7 24. b5 Qxa4 25. Ra1 1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Lukasz Cyborowski"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1
Ngf6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Bb3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bg4 11. Rg3 c5
12. Qd3 Rc8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bh5 15. Qf5 Bd6 16. Ne4 Qe7
17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxg7 Rc7 19. Bxf7+ Bxf7 20. Rd1 Nbd5
21. Nxf7 Qxh2 22. Nxh8 Rxg7 23. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bc1 Be7 15. f4 h5 16. Rfe1 Nh4
17. Ne4 Kf8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Ng6 20. b3 Ke8 21. e6 Bxe6
22. Bb2 Rg8 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Ba3+ Ke8 25. Bb2 Kf8 26. Rd7 c5
27. Bxg7+ Ke8 28. Rxc7 Kd8 29. Rxc5 Bxf5 30. Bf6+ Kd7 31. Rxf5
Rae8 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Rc5+ Kb8 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8
36. Rxf7 Rxc2 37. Bd4 Rxa2 38. Rg7 Ra6 39. Bf6 Nh4 40. Be5+
Kc8 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rh7 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Buhmann"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nb6
12. O-O Qd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. b4 Kb8 15. Qb3 Rh5 16. e4 g5
17. b5 Rdh8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Rxh2 20. Nxb6 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2
Qh3+ 22. Kf3 Qg4+ 23. Ke3 Qxe4+ 24. Kd2 Qxd4+ 25. Kc2 Qxf2+
26. Kd1 Qd4+ 27. Bd2 axb6 28. Rxe7 Rh1+ 29. Kc2 Rxa1 30. Qc3
Ra2+ 31. Kc1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Khouseinov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. e4 e5
7. Nh3 Bc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nf2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. exd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nc7 16. Rae1 Qf6
17. Bc1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Be3 a5 20. c3 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nxd3
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd4 Nxb2 25. h4 Nc4 26. h5 Be4
27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qf4 Nd6 29. h6 Ne6 30. Qf2 Nxd4 31. cxd4 e3
32. Qf4 e2 33. Re1 gxh6 34. Bd5 Qb4 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Rxe2 Rxe2+
0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ziaur Rahman"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Nxc3
12. bxc3 Be7 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6
Qxc3 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Qg5 O-O 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. h4
a6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd4 Qxd6 24. h5 Qe7 25. hxg6 hxg6
26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Be5 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. c4 d6 30. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Rd1 Nc6
12. d5 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e6 15. O-O exd5 16. Nxd5 Be6
17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qe3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qe8 20. Qb3 c6 21. Be6 Rd8
22. Rde1 Rd2 23. Qxb6 Rxb2 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qd6 c5 26. Re4 Qd8
27. Bd7 Rxa2 28. f4 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg2 Kf8
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bg3 Nge7 14. Nf4 Bd4 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Nd3 Bxd3
17. cxd3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc3+
21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Kd2 Ra3 24. Rc1 Rxa2+ 25. Ke3
d4+ 26. Kf4 Rh7 27. Rcc7 Nd5+ 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. f3 a5 30. h5
gxh5 31. g5 Rg2 32. Kf5 Re2 33. Rc8+ Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8
35. Kf6 h4 36. g6 Rh6 37. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gernot Gauglitz"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qg3 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bb5
Rad8 17. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 bxc6 19. Ke2 Qb7 20. Rd1 Qa6+
21. Qd3 Qxa2+ 22. Rd2 Qb3 23. c4 Qb4 24. h4 Kh8 25. f3 a5
26. Qd6 Qxc4+ 27. Kf2 Kg8 28. h5 Qc3 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qd6 Qg7
31. hxg6 Rg8 32. Qxc5 Qxg6 33. g4 Qf6 34. Rd6 Qb2+ 35. Kg3 a4
36. Rxc6 a3 37. Ra6 a2 38. Qa5 Qb8+ 39. Kh3 Rc8 40. Qxa2 Qf4
41. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "It 'Stars'"]
[Site "Benidorm (Spain)"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7
7.f4 Nb6 8.g4 Be6 9.Bg2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.f5 gxf5 12.gxf5 Bc4
13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qd3 Ng4 15.Rf4 Nxb2 16.Qg3 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Nf2+
18.Rxf2 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Bxc3 20.Rb1 Nc4 21.Rxb7 Na5 22.Rc7 Rd8
23.Rxa7 Rd7 24.Ra8+ Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rf3 Be5 27.Ra3 Nc4
28.Ra7 Nd6 29.Bxc6 Nxf5 30.g4 Nd4 31.Ba4 h5 32.g5 Ne2 33.Rd7+
Kc8 34.Rxe7 Ng3+ 35.Kg2 Bc7 36.Rxc7+ Kxc7 37.Kxg3 h4+ 38.Kh3
Kd6 39.Bb3 Ke7 40.Bb2 1-0

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Bf4 e5
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Bf2 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Neg8
17. Ng3 h6 18. Nd1 Ba7 19. Be3 Bb8 20. Bc5 Ne7 21. Ne3 Bxd6
22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. c4 Bc6 24. Kb2 Ng6 25. Ngf5 Kd8 26. Nxg7 Ne8
27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Nf5 Re6 29. h4 h5 30. c5 Re8 31. g4 hxg4
32. h5 Nf4 33. Nh6 gxf3 34. Nxf7+ Kc8 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxe5
Kc7 37. h6 Rh8 38. h7 Bxe4 39. Rh4 Rxh7 40. Rxf4 Rh2+ 41. Kc3
1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Chuchelov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rac8
12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Qb1 a6 14. Bf1 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. g3 c4
17. a4 cxb3 18. Nd2 h5 19. Nxb3 h4 20. Bg2 hxg3 21. hxg3 Bxg3
22. Bf3 Bb8 23. Nd2 Nf8 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. Rh1 g6 26. Ba1 Qd6
27. Qb3 Kg7 28. Bb2 Ng5 29. Be2 Qe6 30. Rh4 Rh8 31. Rch1 Rxh4
32. Rxh4 Bc7 33. Qd1 Bd6 34. Qb3 Be7 35. Rh1 Rc6 36. Ba3 Bxa3
37. Qxa3 Qc8 38. Ndb1 Nge4 39. Nxe4 Nxe4 40. Qe7 Rf6 41. f3
Rxf3 0-1

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Konstantin Landa"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Nb4
17. Nf3 c6 18. Rg1 Nd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne5 Rfd8
22. h4 Nf6 23. Kh3 Rac8 24. Qb3 Qe7 25. Rg5 Ne4 26. Rg2 Rc7
27. Rdg1 Qe8 28. Qb6 Rdc8 29. Qxa5 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc5
1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michail Feygin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 b4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. c3
bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxe4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 d5
17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. O-O Nd4 20. Qe3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rfd8
22. Ne2 e5 23. f4 d4 24. Qxe5 Qb6 25. Rd3 a5 26. Rf2 Ba6
27. Rxd4 Re8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. h3 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Red8 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7
12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bb4+
17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Rd6 Qxe5 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. O-O Qh5
22. Qf4 Nde5 23. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. Ba2 a6 10. Nh4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxh4
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qh5 Be7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6
17. Rad1 Ng4 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. h3 Kh7 20. hxg4 f5 21. Qxe8 Rxe8
22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 fxg4 24. Rxc6 Bf5 25. Rxb6 Bxc2 26. Rc1
Rec8 27. Be6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nde2 Bf5 15. Rac1 h5 16. Nd1 Nd5
17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Be6 19. Nf4 Kd7 20. Rcd1+ Ke8 21. c4 Rh6
22. e4 Be7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Rd3 h4 25. Rdf3 g5 26. Rd3 c6
27. Ne3 Rg6 28. Nf5 Be7 29. g4 hxg3 30. Rxg3 b5 31. h4 bxc4
32. h5 Rg8 33. h6 cxb3 34. Ng7+ Rxg7 35. hxg7 Kd7 36. axb3 Kc7
37. Rf6 g4 38. Rh6 Rg8 39. Rh7 Bg5 40. Kg2 Bf4 41. Rd3 Kb6
42. Bc3 c4 43. Rh8 Rxg7 44. Rb8+ Kc7 45. Rdd8 Be3 46. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Qd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7
12. f3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 a6 14. Bh6 Qc7 15. h4 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e5
17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. h5 b5 20. Rd2 b4 21. Ncd5 Bxd5
22. Nxd5 Qb7 23. g4 Rc5 24. g5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. Rdh2 Ng7
27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3 e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O d6 11. Kh1 Bxc3
12. bxc3 h6 13. Nf3 Nfg4 14. Bd4 O-O 15. Qe1 Qe7 16. Qg3 Ng6
17. e5 dxe5 18. Rae1 Be6 19. h3 exd4 20. hxg4 Qd7 21. g5 h5
22. cxd4 Rae8 23. c4 Bg4 24. d5 b5 25. Nh2 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bf5
27. Nf3 Be4 28. d6 Qc6 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. Bd3 Qb6 31. Rc7 Bxf3
32. Qxf3 Ne5 33. Qxh5 Nxd3 34. Rcxf7 Nf4 35. R7xf4 Qxd6
36. Rf7 Qe5 37. Qg6 Rd8 38. a4 a5 39. Qh5 Rde8 40. Qf3 Qd6
41. g6 Qb4 42. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8
12. b3 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxc5 19. Rcd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2
Ne6 22. Rd2 d4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Re1 Nc5 11.c3 d4 12.Bc2 O-O
13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Nf3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bd5
18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Ne7+ Bxe7 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Rxd5 Ne6
23.g3 g6 24.f4 c5 25.Kf2 Kg7 26.Rad1 c4 27.Ke3 f6 28.Rd7 Kf7
29.Be4 Re8 30.Rxe7+ Rxe7 31.exf6 Kxf6 32.Rd6 Kg7 33.f5 gxf5
34.Bxf5 Nf8+ 35.Kd2 Re5 36.g4 a5 37.Ra6 a4 38.Rb6 Ng6 39.Kc3
Ne7 40.Rb7 Kf6 41.Bxh7 Kg5 42.h3 Kf4 43.Rd7 Re2 44.a3 Nc6
45.Rf7+ Kg3 46.g5 Re3+ 47.Kd2 Rb3 48.g6 Rxb2+ 49.Kc1 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7
Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.Qh5 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7
18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Nc2 Be5 23.Be2
d4 24.Bc4 Rg8 25.Qh3 Rg7 26.g3 Rbg8 27.Qh6 Qc7 28.Nb4 Ba8
29.Nd5 Qd8 30.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4
7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Na3 a4 12. Bb2
Nd7 13. Nb5 e5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ba3 Bf5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Kh1
Bg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. f4 f5 20. Nd2 exf4 21. gxf4 Re8 22. Qe6+
Kh8 23. Nf3 Bb4 24. Qd5 Bc3 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Nd6 Nb4 27. Qe5
a3 28. Nxe8 Qxe8 29. Rf2 Bb2 30. Nh4 Qxe5 31. Nxg6+ hxg6
32. fxe5 Nxa2 33. Bxb7 Ra7 34. Bd5 Nb4 35. Rf3 Nxd5 36. cxd5
a2 37. Rff1 Kg8 38. Ra1 Bxa1 39. Rxa1 Ra5 40. b4 Rxd5 41. Rxa2
Rxe5 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rd8 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 g5
46. Rxd4 g4 47. b5 Rb2 48. Rd5 Ke6 49. Rc5 g5 50. d4 Rb4
51. Rc6+ Kd5 52. Rc5+ Ke4 53. Re5+ Kf4 54. Rd5 Rb1+ 55. Kg2
Rb2+ 56. Kg1 Rd2 57. Rc5 Rxd4 58. b6 Rb4 59. Rc6 g3 60. h3 Ke4
0-1

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Rc8
7. b3 h6 8. c4 Bb4 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Qd8 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc2
Bxc2 13. Qxc2 O-O 14. Bd3 f6 15. a3 Ba5 16. Qe2 fxe5 17. dxe5
Bb6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nf5 20. Bc3 a5 21. Rac1 Nc5 22. Bc2
a4 23. b4 Nb3 24. Rcd1 Qh4 25. f4 Qe7 26. g4 Nh4 27. Be1 Rc7
28. Qd3 g5 29. Bxh4 gxh4 30. Qg6+ Qg7 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. g5 Re7
33. Qg4 hxg5 34. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton Canada"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Brian Miller"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Qb6 10. Nc3 Qb4 11. Qd3 Nc6
12. a3 Qg4 13. b4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Qb3 Bb6 21. Bf3 Qg6
22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qb4 Qf6 25. Bd6 Qd4 26. Qxd4
Bxd4 27. Bb4 b6 28. Rc1 Be5 29. Kg2 g6 30. e3 Kg7 31. a4 Bb3
32. a5 bxa5 33. Bxa5 Rb8 34. Be2 Ba4 35. Rc5 Bd6 36. Rd5 Be7
37. e4 Kf8 38. f4 Ke8 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. g4 Ke8 41. f5 f6 42. h4
Ba3 43. g5 gxf5 44. exf5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Bc1 46. Kg4 Bb3 47. Rc5
1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton Canada"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dina Kagramanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. O-O Nf5 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Kh1 f6 13. e4 cxd4 14. exd5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Re1
exd5 17. Rxe5 Qf6 18. Re1 Bd6 19. cxd4 Qh4 20. g3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton Canada"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Leon David Piasetski"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nf6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxe5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Ne4 Re8
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh5 e6 21. g4 Bxe4
22. Qxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rad8 24. Rad1 c5 25. b3 Kf8 26. Kg3 Rd4
27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rd3 Qd6 30. f4 Qa3 31. f5 Qd6
32. Kf4 exf5 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34. Kxf5 Re6 35. Rxd4 Re2 36. Rd7
Rxh2 37. a4 Rf2 38. Ke4 Re2 39. Kf5 Rf2 40. Ke4 Re2 41. Kf3
Re7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. b4 a5 44. bxa5 Kd6 45. Ke4 Kc5 46. Kd3
Kb4 47. a6 bxa6 48. Kd4 Kxa4 49. c5 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton Canada"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Raja Panjwani"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8 Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 b6
12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 Ng6
17. Rd8 Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. Ng3 Be7 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. c4 Nh4
22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. g4
Bg5 27. Kg2 Bd2 28. h4 g6 29. h5 g5 30. Kf3 Kb7 31. Ke2 Bf4
32. Bc3 Kc6 33. b4 cxb4 34. Bxb4 Kd7 35. Kd3 c5 36. Bd2 Bxe5
37. Ke4 Bg7 38. f4 gxf4 39. Bxf4 a6 40. a4 Kc6 41. Be5 Bf8
42. Bf6 b5 43. Ke5 Kd7 44. cxb5 axb5 45. axb5 Bd6 46. Ke4 Bf8
47. g5 hxg5 48. Bxg5 Kc7 49. Kd3 e5 50. h6 Kb6 51. Kc4 e4
52. Be3 Kb7 53. h7 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 Na5
17. Rb4 Nc6 18. Rc4 Be8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Rg3 f6 21. exf6 Bg6
22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxd4 Qh1 24. f5 exf5 25. Bf4 Be8 26. Qc4+
Bc6 27. Qe6+ Bd7 28. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikulas Manik"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 Nf6 8. N1d2 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-O Nb4
12. Kb1 Bb7 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. f5 Nc5
17. Nbd4 Qd7 18. h4 Qa4 19. a3 Nbxd3 20. cxd3 a5 21. g5 Ba6
22. f6 Bf8 23. h5 b5 24. g6 hxg6 25. hxg6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 b4
27. Rh8 Bxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. fxg7 Qd1+ 30. Ka2 Kd7 31. Rxf8
Re8 32. gxf7 b3+ 33. Nxb3 Rb8 34. Nbd4 Rc8 35. Nb3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jiri Stocek"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bd7 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 c6 12. b4
Nb7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Bb3
Nd8 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Qc7 22. Qxc7
Rxc7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rac8 25. Nxe5 Nc6 26. f4 Nxb4
27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. cxb4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxe5 30. Rc8+ Kh7
31. fxe5 Rxf5 32. e6 Re5 33. Rc6 Re4 34. a3 a5 35. bxa5 Kg6
36. Rb6 Kf6 37. Rxb5 Ra4 38. Re5 Ke7 39. Kf2 Rxa3 40. h4 Ra2+
41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Kd3 Rxh4 44. Re4 Rh1 45. Kc4 1-0

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 e6
7. a4 exd5 8. cxd5 Be7 9. a5 N6d7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 b6
12. O-O bxa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Ra2 Ba6 15. Bxa5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Nb6
17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ne4 Be5
22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Bxb6 f5 24. Qh3 axb6 25. Ng5 Bf6 26. Ne6 Rfc8
27. g4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 Bg7 29. Rfa1 Nc7 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 31. Nh6
Nc7 32. Ng5 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sarunas Sulskis"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7
7. c3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nf3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 b6
12. O-O Bb5 13. Nc3 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Nb5 a6
17. Nd6 Qd7 18. b4 Qa4 19. Qe1 Rab8 20. c6 Rbc8 21. c7 Bxd6
22. exd6 Qd7 23. Qe5 f6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. h4 Rf7 26. h5 Kg8
27. h6 Qa4 28. hxg7 Qxb4 29. Re1 Qb5 30. Rxe6 Qd7 31. Qh3 Rxg7
32. Nh4 Kh8 33. Qe3 Rcg8 34. g3 Rg5 35. Rxf6 Qh3 36. Rf8 Rxf8
37. Qxg5 Re8 38. Nf3 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ioannis Papaioannou"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 h5
12. Ng3 h4 13. Nh5 Nd7 14. g4 Bb7 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. h3 Kb8
17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rh2 Be7 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. f5 e5 21. Nb3 Rc7
22. Qxh4 Bxe4 23. Qe1 d5 24. Ng3 Bf3 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2
Rhc8 27. Rxd5 Qg1+ 28. Nf1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Nb6
31. Rd1 Nc8 32. Na5 Na7 33. Rdc1 Bd8 34. Nc6+ Nxc6 35. Rxc6
Qd4 36. R6c4 Qd3+ 37. Ka1 Ba5 38. h4 e4 39. h5 e3 40. h6 e2
41. Ne3 Qxe3 42. h7 e1=Q 43. h8=Q+ Ka7 44. Qc8 Q1d2 45. Rc7+
1-0

[Event "LIII Cto. España por Equipos Div. Honor"]
[Site "Montcada i Reixac (ESP)"]
[Date "2009.09.17"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Diego Flores"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Be3
Nbc6 7. Nd2 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. O-O
Nxd5 12. Bd4 Nf4 13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Qb3
Qa5 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qa2 Bd7 19. b3 e5 20. Rfe1 O-O-O 21. c3 Qa3
22. Qxa3 Bxa3 23. Bb6 Rde8 24. b4 Re6 25. a5 Rc6 26. Re3 Re8
27. Red3 Re7 28. Nd2 f5 29. Nb3 e4 30. Rd5 Rxc3 31. Nc5 Rc1
32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Abhijit Kunte"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 c6
12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Qf3 Nf8 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Qg3 Ng6
17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qg3 g5
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. e5 d5 24. Bg6 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rf1 Qe7
27. Bf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qf3+ Ke7 30. c4 Be6 31. Qa3+
Kf7 32. c5 Bf5 33. Qa5 Re8 34. Qxa7 Re7 35. c3 Bg6 36. Kf2 Ke6
37. Ke3 Be8 38. Qb8 Kf7 39. Kd2 Kg6 40. Kc2 Bd7 41. Kb3 Bf5
42. Qf8 Re6 43. Qd8 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2
Nxe5 7. d4 Be7 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Rd5 a6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rd1 Rd8
17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qf4 Qe6 20. h3 Bxc2 21. R1d2
Qe1+ 22. Kh2 Qc1 23. R5d4 Rac8 24. Nd5 Qxb2 25. Qh6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3
Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Bc7 10. Nc2 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bd7
12. Ne3 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 h6 16. Be3 Qe7
17. Qf3 e4 18. Qh3 Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bb3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 b5
22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qc5 Qc7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. h3 h5 28. Qe5 b6 29. Qf4 c5 30. a3 Qe7 31. g4 hxg4
32. hxg4 Ne8 33. Bd5 Nd6 34. g5 Kf8 35. f6 Qd8 36. Qh4 Kg8
37. fxg7 Kxg7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. g6 Qf8 40. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 h6
13. Be3 Ra8 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Nf1 exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 17. d5
Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bxh3 20. Bc2 Rf4 21. Ne2 Bg4
22. Nxg4 Rxg4 23. Ra3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Nf5 Rf4 26. Ng3 Nc4
27. Ra1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Nxd5 29. b3 Ne5 30. Qd2 c6 31. Be4 Qg4
32. Bxd5 Rd4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qc2 c5 35. Re1 g6 36. Kf1 Qh4
37. Kg1 h5 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. Nxe4 Ke6 40. Qe2 Qg4 41. f3 Qf4
42. g3 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. Nxg5+ Qxg5 45. f4 Qg4 46. Qe4 Qf3+
47. Qxf3 Nxf3 48. Kxf3 Kf5 49. Ke3 d5 50. Kd3 h4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 Bf6 8. c3 Nc6 9. N1d2 Nge7 10. Nc4 d5 11. Bb6 dxc4
12. Bxd8 cxd3 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "LIII Campeonato"]
[Site "Hotel Ciutat de Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8
13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Bc2 exd4 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Bb1 Ne7 17. e5 Nfd5
18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Ng6 21. e6 Rxe6 22. Qh7+
Kf8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxg6 Qf6 25. Qg3 Kg8 26. Nf3 Rf8
27. Rac1 Qf5 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. Nh4 Qh5 30. Nf3 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe3
32. e6 Rf6 33. e7 Qe8 34. fxe3 Bxf3 35. Rxc7 Bb8 36. Rc2 Be4
37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Qxe7 39. Qf4 Ba7 40. Kh1 Bc5 41. Qg4 d5
42. Qh5 Qf7 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Kg1 Ke6 45. Kf2 d4 46. exd4
Bxd4+ 47. Kg3 Kd5 48. Re2 Bd3 49. Rd2 Ke4 50. b3 b4 51. Kh4
g5+ 52. Kh5 Ke3 53. Ra2 Bb1 54. Ra4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. b4 Nc4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4
12. Re1 d5 13. Nxd4 c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. f3 O-O 16. fxe4 dxe4
17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qf5 Rae8 20. Nd2 g6 21. Qf4 b4
22. Bb2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nc6 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4
Re2 27. Nf3 f6 28. h3 Re4 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Qc3 Qc6
32. Qb3 Rdd6 33. Rb1 Kg7 34. Qb8 Re7 35. Be3 Rdd7 36. Rb6 Qc3
37. Bf4 a5 38. Kh2 Qc4 39. Bg3 Re6 40. Rb2 Re2 41. Bd6 1-0

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Nxe5 dxe4 16. Bb2 Bb4 17. Re2
Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Re8 19. Rae1 Bd5 20. Ng4 Rc8 21. Ne3 Nf8 22. Nf5
Rc6 23. f3 Rce6 24. f4 Qc7 25. Ne3 Qxf4 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxf4
Nxf4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc8 30. Bb1 N8e6 31. Re1 h5 32. g3
Nd5 33. Be4 Nc3 34. Bb7 Rc7 35. d5 Nd4 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Bxa6
Nce2+ 38. Kf1 Nxg3+ 39. Ke1 Ngf5 40. a4 bxa4 41. Bd3 Kh6
42. bxa4 Rd7 43. Be4 Kg5 44. a5 Nd6 45. Re5+ Kf4 46. Bxd4 Nxe4
47. Rxh5 Nf6 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. Rh4+ Ke5 50. a6 Ra7 51. Ra4
Kxd5 52. h4 Ke6 53. Kf2 f5 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Kf4 Kg6 56. Ra5 Kh5
57. Kxf5 Kxh4 58. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Victor Orosa Martinez"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7
7. c3 d6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. Nh4 Bd7 11. O-O e6 12. Nd2
Qc7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Ng5 f5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Qe2 Rde8
22. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6
12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qxa6 Nd7
17. exd6 bxc3 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21. Ba2
Bxc2 22. f5 Bd3 23. f6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Qd4
Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rg6 28. Be3 Nxa4 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Bb1 Rg7 31. Re1
Qd6 32. Bf5 Nd5 33. g4 Rgg8 34. c4 Nf4 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg3
Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Bxd6 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Ra8 40. Re3 Kg7 41. h4
Ne6 42. g5 Raa2 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bxh7 Re2 45. Rf3+ Kg7
46. Bd3 Re1 47. Be7 Rd2 48. Bf6+ Kg8 49. Kg4 Nc5 50. Bf5 Ne4
51. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 52. Kh5 Rxc4 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Bg7+ Ke7 55. Re3+
Kd7 56. Bf6 Rf2 57. Be5 Rf5+ 58. Kh6 Rxh4+ 59. Kg7 Rg4+
60. Kf8 Rf1 61. Rd3+ Ke6 62. Bc7 Rc4 63. Rd6+ Kf5 64. Rd7 Kg4
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.d3
b5 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Bb7 10.f4 d5 11.e5 d4 12.exf6 dxc3
13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.bxc3 Rg8 15.Rf2 Bxc3 16.Nxc3 Qd4 17.Kf1 Qxc3
18.Ra2 Qd4 19.Qh5 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Ra4 Bd5 22.f5 e5 23.Qxh7
Kd7 24.Qh6 Bxg2+ 25.Ke1 Bd5 26.Ba3 Rg1+ 27.Ke2 Qg4+ 28.Ke3
Re1+ 29.Kd2 Qd1+ 30.Kc3 Qa1+ 31.Kb4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7
17. h3 Bg6 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. b4 Ra4
22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Nd4 Bxb4 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. cxb4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qd7
31. Ra1 Be4 32. Qc5 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. f3 Bc4 35. Ra5 c6
36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Ke3 Rc7 38. Kd4 Bb5 39. g4 Rd7+ 40. Kc3 Kf7
41. h4 g6 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Ke8 44. h6 Rd5 45. f4 Ke7
46. Ra7+ Rd7 47. Ra1 c5 48. bxc5 Bc6 49. Rg1 Be4 50. Rg7+ Kd8
51. Kc4 Kc7 52. Rg8 Kc6 53. Rc8+ Rc7 54. Re8 Kd7 55. Rg8 Rb7
56. Ba5 Rb2 57. Rd8+ Ke7 58. Rd6 Rc2+ 59. Bc3 Kf7 60. Rd4 d2
61. Kb3 Kg6 62. Bxd2 Kxh6 63. f5+ Kg7 64. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6
17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qb5
22. c4 Qd7 23. c5 Bg6 24. Rac1 c6 25. Nc4 f6 26. Bxh6 gxh6
27. Qxh6 Bh7 28. Re3 Bf8 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qg5
Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Kh2 Rcd8 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4
36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.a3 g5 9.d3 g4 10.Nd2 h5 11.b4 h4 12.Nc4 hxg3
13.hxg3 Nxc4 14.dxc4 Nd4 15.Nb5 Ne6 16.Qc2 c6 17.Rd1 Bd7
18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Qe7 20.Qd3 Nd4 21.Rxd4 exd4 22.Qxd4 Rh5
23.Bf4 Qxe2 24.Rd1 Be6 25.b5 Kf8 26.Bf1 Qf3 27.Bg2 Qe2 28.Bf1
Qc2 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.Re1 Kg8 31.Bd3 Qb3 32.Bd2 c5 33.Qd6 Bxc4
34.Be4 Bd5 35.Qf4 Bxe4 36.Rxe4 Qd1+ 37.Be1 Qf3 38.Qxg4+ Qxg4
39.Rxg4+ Kf8 40.Bd2 Rc8 41.Rc4 Ke7 42.g4 Rd5 43.Be3 Kd6 44.Kf1
Rd1+ 45.Ke2 Ra1 46.Ra4 c4 47.Kd2 c3+ 48.Kc2 Ra2+ 49.Kd3 c2
50.Bc1 Ra1 51.Rd4+ Ke6 52.Re4+ Kf6 53.Re1 Rb1 54.Kd2 Rb7
55.Re3 Kg5 56.f3 Kf4 57.Rd3 Kg3 58.Ke2 Re7+ 59.Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Baramidze"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5 Rc8
18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Rac1 f5 21. c4 fxe4 22. cxb5 Qd7
23. Nxe4 Bxd5 24. Qd1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 axb5 26. Nfg5 Bxe4
27. Nxe4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Ng5 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qe7 31. Ne6
Kf7 32. Bxh7 Qf6 33. h4 Qe5 34. Ng5+ Ke8 35. Qc1 Nc4 36. Nf3
Qf6 37. Bg8 d5 38. Bxd5 Qb2 39. Bc6+ Kd8 40. Qd1+ Nd6 41. Nd4
Qxb4 42. Bxb5 Qc3 1-0

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. g4 Nh6 9. h3 Ng8 10. Ne1 h5 11. Ng2 hxg4
12. hxg4 Ne7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nb3 f5 15. g5 Bf7 16. Be3 Ng6
17. a4 Qc7 18. a5 Be7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Nh4 21. Qe1 Nxg2
22. Kxg2 c5 23. dxc5 Qc6+ 24. Kg3 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5
Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Qd1 Kf8 29. Qd6 Rd8 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7
31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Rfd1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kd8 34. Rd1+ Kc8 35. Bd7+
Kc7 36. Rd6 Rd8 37. Bxe6 Bg6 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Kf2 b6 40. Ke3
Ke7 41. axb6 axb6 42. Bc8 Kd8 43. Ba6 Bf7 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. Bc4
Be8 46. Bd3 Ke6 47. Ba6 g6 48. Bc8+ Ke7 49. Kd5 Ba4 50. e6 1-0

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. dxe5
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 O-O 16. Nd2 Re8
17. f3 c5 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. Rfd1 d5 20. Qf2 c4 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Ne4 Nf4 23. Qc5 Qb7 24. Rd6 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Qd5
Qa7+ 27. Qd4 Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 f5 29. Nd6 Re2 30. Nxf5 Rbe8
31. h4 Rxb2 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. Rxg7 Re5 34. Rg5 h6 35. f4 Nxf4
36. Nxh6 Rxg5 37. hxg5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rxg5 39. Rf1 Rh5+ 40. Kg1
Rxh6 41. Rxf4+ Ke7 42. Kg2 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mladen Palac"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1
exd4 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. f4 Qe8 20. cxd4 f6 21. Bh4
Nxf4 22. Qg4 Ng6 23. f4 Bxd4 24. f5 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Rxb2
26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Qf3 Qh6 28. Be1 Kh8 29. Qc3 Qc1 30. Qg3 g6
31. Bb3 Re2 32. Bd5 Kg7 33. Bc3 Qc2 34. Rf1 Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2
Qxc3 36. Qf4 c6 37. Rf3 Qc5 38. Be6 Qd4 39. Bb3 Ra8 40. Kg2
Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Ra5 42. e5 Qxe5 43. Qc4 Rd5 44. Qc3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2
Rg5+ 46. Rg3 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Rf5 48. Rg2 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Krasimir Rusev"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 c6
13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. b3 Bf8 17. Ba3 Nb7
18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Rad1 g6 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. Bc1 f6
23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Qe3 Rf8 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Nh4 Nc8
28. g3 Qg7 29. f4 Ne7 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Kh2 a5 32. Rf1 h5
33. Nf2 Kh7 34. Nf3 g5 35. Qb6 Rc8 36. Bd3 Nd6 37. Qxa5 g4
38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Nh4 Ng6 40. Rh1 Rh8 41. Kg1 Kg8 42. Qb4 Rxh4
43. Rxh4 Nxh4 44. Qxd6 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. a4 bxa4 47. Bc4+
Kg6 48. Be6 1-0

[Event "42nd Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Danyyil Dvirnyy"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Nxc3 a6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Qd3 Na5 16. g3 Kb8
17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Nd4 Rc8
22. Qb4 Nec6 23. Nxc6+ Nxc6 24. Qd2 Na5 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Rc8 27. Qb2 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Rc5 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qe4 31. Qc1
Rb5+ 32. Ka1 Qxd3 33. cxd3 Nb3+ 34. Ka2 Nxc1+ 35. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "42nd Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. f5 c5 16. Nf3 g5
17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Nh4 Be8 19. Rxf8 Rxf8 20. Bxh6 Rg8 21. e6 d4
22. Re1 Bc6 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Bf4+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ Kd6
27. e7 Kd7 28. Kg3 Rac8 29. Kf4 Bd5 30. b3 Rc6 31. Re5 Bf7
32. Nf3 Rgc8 33. h4 Ke8 34. Nd2 Be6 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 b5
37. h6 c4 38. Rxb5 c3 39. Nf3 d3 40. h7 Kf7 41. e8=Q+ Rxe8
42. Ne5+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Bf7 44. Rxf7+ Kh8 45. Nxc6 Re6 46. Nd4
1-0

[Event "42nd Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luka Lenic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. h3 g5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 g4
12. Be2 gxh3 13. Rxh3 Rxh3 14. gxh3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qh2 16. Bf1 e5
17. Qf3 exd4 18. exd4 Bd6 19. Qg2 Qxg2 20. Bxg2 Nb6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nc5 O-O-O 23. Be3 Nfd5 24. Ke2 Re8 25. Na4 Kc7
26. Nxb6 Kxb6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Kf3 Rh8 29. Kg3 Bd6+ 30. Kg4
g6 31. Rc3 f6 32. Bd2 Rh5 33. f4 f5+ 34. Kg3 Rh8 35. Rb3+ Kc6
36. Bb4 Bc7 37. Rc3+ Kd7 38. Rc5 b6 39. Rc1 Re8 40. Re1 Re4
41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. d5 g5 43. Bd2 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. d3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 g6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bg7 11. Be3 Nh5
12. Nb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5+ c6 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+
17. Ke2 Qf6 18. Qg1 Nf4+ 19. Kf1 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qg3 Qf6
22. h4 Nh5 23. Qg4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. Kd2 f6
27. Ke3 Nh5 28. a4 a6 29. f4 f5 30. e5 d5 31. c4 dxc4 32. dxc4
Rhd8 33. Rhd1 Ng7 34. c5 Ne8 35. h5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rd8 37. Rh1
Ng7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rh7 Kf8 40. axb5 axb5 41. e6 Re8 42. Kf3
Rd8 43. e7+ Kxe7 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5
12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 c5 15. f4 Bc6 16. c4 dxc3
17. Bxc3 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Kc6 21. e6 f6
22. Kf2 Rhd8 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. Kf3 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc7 26. Rxc7+
Kxc7 27. Kg4 Kd6 28. f5 Bd8 29. Kh5 Ke7 30. Kg6 Kf8 31. g4 b5
32. h4 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Ke8 36. Kxg7 fxg5
37. f6 Bxf6+ 38. Kxf6 g4 39. Be5 a5 40. a4 Kf8 41. e7+ Ke8
42. Ke6 g3 43. Bxg3 c3 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. Ng3 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 Bxb3 21. axb3 Nxg4
22. Qxg4 a5 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Rd5 b4 25. c4 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4
27. c5 Qc6 28. Rdxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 b3 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qd3 Bg7
32. Rd5 Rb4 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Rb7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Qc4 Be5
37. c6 Qc7 38. Ne4 Bxb2 39. Nd2 Qd6 40. c7 Qxd2 41. Qxf7+ Bg7
42. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. d3 c6 6. Ba4 Bc5
7. Bg5 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Kh1 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. d4 Nf4 15. c3 Qf6 16. f3 Be6
17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. g3 fxg3 20. Nxg3 exd4 21. f4
dxc3 22. bxc3 Kh8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. f5 Rg8 25. Qh5 e5 26. Qh3
Rg5 27. Nh5 Qf7 28. Nf4 Qf6 29. Ne6 Rdg8 30. Nxg5 Rxg5 31. Rf3
d5 32. Rg3 dxe4 33. Rf1 e3 34. Rxg5 Qxg5 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. f6+
Kf7 37. Qd1 e2 38. Qxe2 Qh4 39. Qg2 Qg5 40. Qe4 Be3 41. Qh7+
Ke6 42. Qe7+ Kd5 43. Qd7+ Kc4 44. f7 Bc5 45. Qe6+ Kxc3
46. Qb3+ Kd2 47. Rd1+ Ke2 48. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Bc2
Nd7 13. Be3 Nde5 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qa5
17. Qxd6 Qh5 18. Qg3 Ne5 19. Kg2 Bc6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bd4 f5
22. f3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne3+ 24. Kf2 fxe4 25. Kxe3 e5 26. Rxe4
Bxe4 27. f5 Bc6 28. c5+ Kg7 29. Qxe5+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Qg5
31. Qxg5+ Kxg5 32. Ne4+ Kxf5 33. Rg1 h6 34. Bc2 Rae8 35. Kd4
Rd8+ 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Rxg6+ Rf6 38. Bb3+ Ke7 39. Rg7+ Kf8
40. Rh7 Rxf3 41. Be6 b6 42. b4 bxc5+ 43. bxc5 Be8 44. Bd5 Rf2
45. Rh8+ Ke7 46. Rxh6 Bf7 47. Be4 Rxa2 48. Rh7 Rxd6+ 49. cxd6+
Kxd6 50. Rxf7 Rxh2 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Ke5 a5 53. Ra6 Rd2 54. Rh6
Rf2 55. Re6+ Kd7 56. Ra6 Kc7 57. Rc6+ Kd7 58. Rb6 Rd2 59. Rb7+
Kc8 60. Rh7 Re2 61. Kd5 Kb8 62. Re7 a4 63. Kc6 Rf2 64. Re8+
Ka7 65. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O
7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Bg4 12. axb5
Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Nb6 15. Be2 Nc7 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2
d5 18. O-O Qf6 19. f5 Rae8 20. Rxa7 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf2
Qe5 23. g4 Rg6 24. Qg2 Rgf6 25. Bf4 Qd4+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+
27. Kxf2 d4 28. Ne4 R6f7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Ra1 h6 31. Be5 d3
32. Bd4 Rb7 33. h4 Bf8 34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Rxc4 Rxb5 36. Rc8 Kf7
37. g5 Ne7 38. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. f4 b4
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 c5 14. b3 Nd5 15. e4 N5b6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. d5 e5 18. Bg4 Bd6 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qg4+ Ke8 21. Kh1 Qd8
22. g3 Qd7 23. f5 Kf8 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Qe2 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Qb5
27. Qg4 Rc7 28. Raf1 Kg8 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qe6+
Kf8 32. Qxd6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Bg5 Qd3 36. h4
Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxa2+ 38. Kh3 Qa1 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8
41. Qf3 Qc3 42. Qg4 Qa1 43. Qe2 Qh1+ 44. Kg4 Kh7 45. Be7 a5
46. Bxc5 Rc8 47. d6 Qc1 48. Bb6 Qh6 49. Qd1 a4 50. Qd5 Rc3
51. Qxe5 axb3 52. d7 Qg6+ 53. Kh3 b2 54. h5 Qf7 55. Qe8 Qf1+
56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5 Rxg3+ 58. Kf5 Qf3+ 59. Ke5 b1=Q 60. Kd4
0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. f4 Nf6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f5 h5 12. Be3
Qe7 13. Qf3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Bg5
Bb7 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. Ne2 h4 20. Ng1 Qc7 21. Nh3 Bc5 22. Qe2 Be7
23. c3 Nh5 24. Be3 Nf6 25. Bc2 Qa5 26. b4 Qa2 27. Qd2 Ne8
28. Nf2 h3 29. Nxh3 c5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qc4 32. Ng5 Rh5
33. Qe3 b4 34. Nf3 b3 35. Bb1 f6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Kg2 Bc6
38. Kg3 Qa4 39. Nh4 Rxh4 40. Kxh4 b2 41. Qe2 Qa3 42. Qc4 Ke7
43. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7
12. Bh4 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Bh3 f6
17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ndb6 20. Rd3 b4 21. a4
Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Nxa4+ 23. Kc1 Nc3 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Kd2 d5
26. exd5 e4 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. d6 Qd7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. f6 Nb1+
31. Ke1 Qc6 32. d7+ Kf7 33. dxc8=Q Rxc8 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Re7+
Kd8 36. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. g4 Ne7 9. Nh4 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nd2
h5 13. g5 Nf5 14. Ndf3 Be7 15. Kh1 b5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nh4
Be4+ 18. f3 Bh7 19. Rg1 b4 20. g6 Bxh4 21. gxh7 g6 22. cxb4
Qb6 23. Be3 Nxe5 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. b5 Rxh7 27. Ra6
Qb7 28. Qc2 Nb8 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Rxe6+ Kd8 31. Qxg6 Qf7
32. Bg5+ Bxg5 33. Qxg5+ Kc8 34. Qxd5 Rg7 35. Bc4 Qg8 36. Rc6+
Nxc6 37. Qxc6+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Bxg8 Rxg8 40. d5 h4
41. Qc6+ Kb8 42. d6 Rc8 43. Qd5 h3 44. Kg1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Felix Levin"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Ne5
Rc8 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb2 Bb4
17. Nb1 f6 18. a3 Be7 19. Bh3 f5 20. Nc3 Qe8 21. a4 Qh5
22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rc7 25. Rdc1 Rfc8 26. b4 Ne4
27. Rxa7 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Bxb4 29. Be3 Bc5 30. Bxe4 fxe4
31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb7 Qg5 33. Rxb6 Qc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kg2
Kf7 36. Rd6 Rb1 37. b6 Rb2 38. e3 g5 39. g4 h6 40. Kg3 Ke7
41. Rc6 Kd7 42. Rc7+ Kd8 43. Rb7 Kc8 44. Rh7 Rxb6 45. Rxh6 Kd7
46. Rg6 Rb3 47. Rxg5 d4 48. Rg7+ Kc6 49. Re7 d3 50. Rxe6+ Kd5
51. Re8 Rb1 52. Kf4 Kc4 53. Rd8 Kc3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 e5
12. Nf3 b5 13. Be2 e4 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qd2 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qe3 f5 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 f4 21. Qf2 Rac8
22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Nd4 Qh5 24. Qd2 Rcd8 25. Kg1 f3 26. g3 Bc5
27. b4 Bxb4 28. Qf2 Bc5 29. c3 Rde8 30. Rfe1 Re2 31. Rxe2 fxe2
32. Qe3 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. f4 Nb6 8. g4 Nbd5 9. Bg2 g6 10. g5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5
12. c4 Nc7 13. c5 Qd8 14. d5 cxd5 15. c4 e6 16. Bb2 Bg7
17. Nc6 bxc6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Be5 Bd7 20. O-O Rb8 21. Qa4 Rb7
22. Rab1 Qc8 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Rf2 d4 25. Qa5 Kd8 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 f5
17. Qh3 c4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Nxf5
Bxf4 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Nc6+ Nxc3 25. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7
7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Nxc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qa4 Bxe3 15. Rad1 a6 16. fxe3
b5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Rd6 hxg4 21. Nd4 Nc5
22. Qxg4 Qe7 23. Bf3 Rxh4 24. Bc6+ Kf8 25. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wolfgang Kraft"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. d5 Bd7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nde4 Kh8 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bg4
Rf8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. h3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. O-O-O Rae8 21. f3
b6 22. Kb1 Qg3 23. Rhg1 Qf4 24. Be6 Nh5 25. Ne4 Qxf3 26. Qxf3
Rxf3 27. Bg4 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Schwierskott"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Bxc3 4. Qxc3 d6 5. Nf3 f5 6. d4 e4
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 Nc6
12. Bh5+ Kd8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. f3 Rd8 16. fxe4
Nb4 17. Kb1 Rd3 18. Qc1 Rxe3 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rhe1 f4 21. Bf3
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ne5 23. Qc3 b6 24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Nb3 g5 26. h3 Rd8
27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Qd6 29. b4 Bc8 30. Nb3 Be6 31. bxc5 bxc5
32. Qa5+ Qb6 33. Qxc5+ Qxc5 34. Nxc5 Bxc4 35. Kc2 Kc6 36. Nb3
Bf1 37. Nd4+ Kc5 38. Kc3 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Bxh3 40. Nb3+ Kd6
41. Kd4 h5 42. e5+ Ke7 43. Ke4 Be6 44. Nd2 h4 45. Nf1 Kd7
46. Nh2 h3 47. Nf1 Kc6 48. Nh2 Kc5 49. Nf1 Kc4 50. Nh2 a5
51. Nf1 a4 52. Nh2 Kb3 53. Kd4 Kxa3 54. Kc3 Ka2 55. Kc2 a3
56. Kc1 Kb3 57. Kb1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Thomas Raupp"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nb5
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4+ 8. f3 O-O-O+ 9. Ke1 Bf5 10. Be3 Kb8 11. c3
Nf6 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bf2 e5 14. a4 Be7 15. g3 Rhe8 16. Bc4 Be6
17. Ne4 Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ke2 f5 20. Nd2 Bc5 21. Nb3 Bxf2
22. Kxf2 Rd5 23. Rhd1 Red8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Ke2 a6 26. Na3 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. Nc2 g6 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Rxa5 Nc7 31. Nb4 Rd6
32. Nd3 Rd5 33. g4 Kb7 34. Ra1 Ne6 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rg1 e4
37. Nb4 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rd2 39. Re1 Nc7 40. Re7 Kb6 41. Rxh7
Rxb2 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. h4 Rh2 45. h5 Rh3+ 46. Kd4
Ne6+ 47. Ke5 Nc5 48. Kxf5 Na4 49. Nd5+ Kc5 50. Ke5 Nxc3
51. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yannick Gozzoli"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2
d5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. d4 Bg7 9. dxe5 O-O 10. e6 Ne5 11. O-O c6
12. Bd3 Bxe6 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe8
17. Bd2 Qe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. f5 c5 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Be3 Bf8
22. g4 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Kf7 24. Kf2 Bc8 25. Nc3 b6 26. Nb5 Rd7
27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. a4 a6 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nxa6 Ra8 31. Nc7 Rxa4
32. Rd1 Bc6 33. Ne6 Be7 34. Nd8+ Bxd8 35. Rxd8 Ra2 36. Rd6 Bb5
37. Rxb6 Rxb2 38. Kg3 Rb1 39. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Berczes"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7
7. Bb5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bd3 a6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Qg3 Qa5
12. O-O h5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. e6 Qe7
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Re8 Nxd3 21. Bd6
Nf4 22. Bxf8 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Qg6 24. Qe3 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Milov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. Rae1 fxe4
17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd5+ Be6 19. Rd1 e4 20. b3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f4
22. cxb5 e3 23. Qe2 axb5 24. Nxb5 Be5 25. Nd4 Qf7 26. Qf3
exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rbc8 28. Qe4 Qa7 29. h3 Rfe8 30. Rxf4 Kh8
31. Kh1 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qa8 33. Ne2 Bxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Qxd5 35. Nxc1
Qe5 36. Nd3 Qxf4+ 37. Nxf4 Ra8 38. a4 Rb8 39. Kg3 Rxb3+
40. Kg4 Kg7 41. Kf5 Kf7 42. g4 Ra3 43. h4 Rxa4 44. g5 Ra5+
45. Ke4 Re5+ 46. Kd4 Kg7 47. Nd5 Kg6 48. Ne3 Rxe3 49. Kxe3 Kh5
50. Kf4 Kxh4 51. Kf5 Kh5 52. Ke6 Kxg5 53. Kxd6 h5 54. Ke5 h4
55. Ke4 Kg4 56. Ke3 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Baramidze"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Nc5 21. Rea1 Nfd7 22. Bh6 Be7
23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Nxh5 Nbxa4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26. Ng5 Qd8 27. f4
Nc5 28. Rf1 f6 29. f5 fxg5 30. fxg6 Nd7 31. Rf7 Nf8 32. Qf3
Qb6+ 33. Kh2 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrzej Nasuta"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Be2 Bg5 13. O-O Ne7 14. Nc2 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd1 g6
17. Nb4 a5 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Qd3 b4 20. c4 Kg7 21. b3 Qc8
22. Ne3 Qc5 23. Nd5 f5 24. Kh1 fxe4 25. Qg3 Bf4 26. Nxf4 exf4
27. Qh4 g5 28. Qh5 Rf6 29. Bd1 f3 30. Bc2 Rh6 31. Qxh6+ Kxh6
32. Bxe4 fxg2+ 33. Bxg2 Rf8 34. Rae1 Bd7 35. Kg1 Rf6 36. Re7
Bc6 37. Bxc6 Qxc6 38. Rfe1 Qf3 39. R1e2 d5 40. cxd5 Qxd5
41. R7e5 Qf3 42. R5e3 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Rc6 44. Re1 Rc2 45. Re6+
Kh5 46. R6e3 Qf5 47. R3e2 Qd3 48. h3 Kh4 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivars Berzinsh"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3
Qe7 7. Qd5 b6 8. h3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nh6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nd8
12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Bg3 Qc5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Qd3 Kh8 16. Ng5 Nxg5
17. Bxb7 Rae8 18. h4 Ne6 19. g5 Ng8 20. Be4 Ne7 21. Bxh7 g6
22. h5 Qc6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qd4 Nf5 25. Qg4 Kg7 26. Bf2 Rh8
27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. e4 Rxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7
31. exf5 Rxe5+ 32. Kf2 Rxf5 33. Qh3+ Kg8 34. Rh1 Kf8 35. Qh8+
Ke7 36. Qg7+ Rf7 37. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jakub Zeberski"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. d5
Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Qe1 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6
17. Qg3 b4 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxa5 20. Bxa6 Nb3 21. Nxb3
Rxb3 22. Nh4 Be6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxc3 25. Qh4 Rxe3
26. Raf1 Rxe4 27. Qh3 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qxa6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qg3+
Kh8 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wojciech Wandzik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nxe5 Qh4 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kg2 g5
12. d3 Ne7 13. Be3 Qh7 14. Rh1 Ng6 15. Qe2 Qg8 16. Nd2 Bd6
17. Nc4 Bf4 18. a4 Qe6 19. b4 Kf7 20. Na5 b6 21. Nb3 Be5
22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Nd2 Qa2 24. Nc4 Qxa4 25. Rb3 Bd4 26. Qd2 Rad8
27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Qc3 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Ne6 30. b5 axb5 31. Ra3 b4
32. Rxa4 bxc3 33. Ra7 b5 34. Ne3 Rdd8 35. Ra6 Ra8 36. Rxa8
Rxa8 37. Rb1 Nd4+ 38. Kg2 Ra2 39. Rc1 b4 40. Rb1 c5 41. Rc1
Nxc2 42. Nxc2 b3 43. Na3 Rxa3 44. Rxc3 b2 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zoltan Zambo"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 Nf4 16. g3 Qxd2+
17. Rxd2 Nh5 18. g4 Nf4 19. Ba6 Bd5 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Bf2 Nd4
22. Rd3 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. Be3 Bg7 26. Rf1 Rab8
27. c3 Ne2+ 28. Kc2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4
Re2+ 32. Rd2 Rbe8 33. Rg1 h6 34. Rg6 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Rd8+
36. Rd6 Bf6 37. h5 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kg7 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Nxc6 Bb6
41. b4 Kf6 42. c4 Be3+ 43. Ke2 Kg5 44. c5 a6 45. Ne7 a5 46. c6
1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6
Bf8 13. Qh3 Qb6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Bg5 Nf8
17. Qg4 h5 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Nxb5 Kf7 23. f4 Bc8 24. Nd6+ Kg8 25. Qg2 Be6 26. f5 gxf5
27. Nxf5 Qd7 28. Nd6 Rh6 29. Rf4 Nh7 30. Raf1 Rf8 31. Qf3 Qe7
32. Qe3 Rg6 33. Kh1 Rg4 34. h3 Rg6 35. Kh2 Qg5 36. Qf3 Rb8
37. Rf2 Rg7 38. Qe3 Kh8 39. Qf3 Rbg8 40. Rg2 h4 41. g4 Qg6
42. Qf2 Qh6 43. Rg1 Ng5 44. Rf1 Qh7 45. Qe3 Qd3 46. Qxd3 cxd3
47. Rd1 Nxh3 48. Kxh3 Rxg4 49. Rf6 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Kh1 a6 11. Rg1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. g4 Ne4 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nxe4
fxe4 17. e6 Bf6 18. f5 b6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxd5 Qe7 21. f6
1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. g4 e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3+
12. Rxc3 Re8 13. Ne2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Kf2 d4 16. Nxd4 Nd5
17. Rc1 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rad8 21. h3
Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Bc6 23. Nf5 Rxd3 24. Nxg3 Rxf3+ 25. Kg2 Rb3+
26. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 27. Kf3 Rb3+ 28. Kf2 bxc6 29. Rc1 g6 30. Rxc6
Ree3 31. Ne2 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6
7. Nf3 Nge7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. O-O Bd7
12. Ba3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bc6 14. Nh4 O-O 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. g3 Be8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd2 Bh5 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. Re5 Be8
22. Nf3 Qc7 23. Ree1 Qc2 24. Qe3 Bc6 25. a5 Re8 26. a6 bxa6
27. Rxa6 Bb5 28. Rxa7 Bxd3 29. Rc1 Qb2 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2
Rf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Nf3 Kg8 34. Ne5 Be4 35. g4 Rf8 36. Nd7
Ra8 37. Kf2 h6 38. Rc3 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Rd2 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Ne5+
Ke7 42. Rg8 g6 43. Rh8 h5 44. h3 Rg2+ 45. Kh4 hxg4 46. Nxg4
Rd2 47. Ne5 Rg2 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rb7 Bf5 50. Ng4 Rd2 51. Rb4
Rd3 52. Ne5 Rxh3+ 53. Kg5 Kd8 54. Rb7 Kc8 55. Rg7 Rh5+ 56. Kf6
Rh4 57. Nc6 Bd3 58. Ke5 g5 59. Kd6 Rh7 60. Rg8+ Kb7 61. Rb8+
Ka6 62. Kc5 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bd3 b6
12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Bxc3 14. Qe2 Bxb2 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. Bb5
Nxc2 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Ne5+ Kc7 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. Qxf7+ Kc8
21. Qxe6+ Kb7 22. Nf7 Rhe8 23. Nd6+ Ka6 24. Qd5 Rab8 25. dxc5
bxc5 26. Qd3+ c4 27. Nxc4 Nb4 28. Qe2 Qc2 29. Qg4 Qe4 30. Qe2
Qc2 31. Nd2+ Qd3 32. Qd1 Qc2 33. Qe2+ Qd3 34. Qg4 Qxd2
35. Qc4+ Ka5 36. a3 Na6 37. Bg3 Rec8 38. Qe4 Rc1 39. Qf5+ Rb5
0-1

[Event "Scarborough simul"]
[Site "Ontario"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jiaxin Dora Liu"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6
Qc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc4 14. Nc7+ Kf7 15. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Scarborough simul"]
[Site "Ontario"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Song"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O g6
7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O
12. Nd2 a6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Bg3 Kg7 15. Rac1 Re8 16. f4 f5
17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. Qa3 Qf8 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. e5 Rac8 21. Qb3 Qb4
22. Qc2 Be6 23. a3 Qb6 24. Bf2 Red8 25. Nf3 Na5 26. b4 Nb3
27. Rb1 d3 28. Qc3 Qb5 29. Rxb3 Bxb3 30. Qxb3 c5 31. e6 cxb4
32. e7 Rd6 33. Ng5 Qe8 34. Qxb4 Rcc6 35. Bd4+ Kh6 36. Re3 Rc1+
37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 d2+ 39. Kd1 Rxd4 40. Rh3+ Kg7 41. Qxd4+
Kg8 42. Qd5+ Qf7 43. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Scarborough simul"]
[Site "Ontario"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joe Bellomo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. dxe5 gxh4 12. exf6
Qxf6 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Qh5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 Rg8 17. Kh1
O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Qg5 19. Qe6+ Kb8 20. Qh3 Qxd2 21. Bxg8 Rxg8
22. Qxh4 Qxb2 23. Rac1 Qxa2 24. Rfd1 Qxf2 25. Rd8+ Rxd8
26. Qxd8+ Ka7 27. Qd3 Qh4 28. c4 Bxe4 29. Qe2 bxc4 30. Rxc4
Bd3 31. Rxh4 Bxe2 32. Rxh6 a5 33. Rc6 a4 34. h4 Ka6 35. Rc2
Bh5 36. Kh2 e4 37. Rc4 Kb5 38. Rxe4 a3 39. g4 a2 0-1

[Event "Scarborough simul"]
[Site "Ontario"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert J Armstrong"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7
7. h4 h5 8. g4 hxg4 9. Ng5 Nb6 10. h5 gxh5 11. Qd3 f5 12. exf6
Rxf6 13. Qh7+ Kf8 14. Qxh5 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nh7+ Kg8
17. Bg5 N8d7 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nexf6+ Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6
21. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rd1
b4 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 b3 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Qxa5
Nxc5 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Qe1 Ra4 20. Bf1 e5 21. Bd2 Nce4 22. h3 g5
23. Bb4 c5 24. Bb5 Ra7 25. Bc3 g4 26. Nh4 Nxc3 27. bxc3 gxh3
28. f3 Kh8 29. Nf5 Qe6 30. e4 Rg8 31. g3 b2 32. Rab1 Qb3
33. Nd6 Ba6 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 35. Rd2 Qxc3 36. Nxf7+ Kg7 37. Ng5
Kh6 38. f4 Rxa3 39. Kh2 Ng4+ 40. Kh1 Qxg3 41. Nf7+ Kh5
42. Qxg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexei Lugovoi"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. f6
Bxf6 17. Qxf4 Be5 18. Qa4 Qd6 19. g3 Qc5 20. c3 Rad8 21. Bg2
Bb8 22. Rd2 Kh8 23. Rhd1 Ne5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc6
26. R4d2 Rfe8 27. Kc2 g6 28. Nf6 Rxd2+ 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Nd7
Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Bxe5 33. Bxb7 Kg7 34. b4 f5 35. c4
Kf6 36. c5 h5 37. Bf3 h4 38. gxh4 Bxh2 39. a4 a5 40. bxa5 Bg1
41. c6 Ke7 42. Bd5 Kd6 43. Kd3 Bf2 44. Ke2 Ba7 45. Kf3 Bb8
46. a6 Kc7 47. Kf4 Kb6+ 48. Kg5 Kxa6 49. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Volodin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5
7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qg4 Nc6
12. Be2 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Ne4 h5 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Bf3 Bd5
17. Re1 g5 18. Qd2 Kf8 19. g3 a5 20. Bg2 b4 21. Qe2 g4 22. Bb2
Kg7 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh3 Rh6 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Rac1 b3 27. Ra1
Nxd4 28. cxd4 c3 29. Nxb3 cxb2 30. Qxb2 Rb8 31. Re3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. f4 Nf6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f5 h5 12. Be3
Qe7 13. Qf3 Ng4 14. Bb6 Bc5 15. Na4 Bxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. a4
a5 18. Qg3 Qc5 19. Nc4 b6 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. h3 Rh6
23. hxg4 hxg4+ 24. Nh4 Bc8 25. Be2 1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denis Kovaljov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 g6 6. e3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. b4 e5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bh4
Nd6 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. bxc5 Nf5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e4 17. Nd2
b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. c4 Qa7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. a4
Bxb5 23. axb5 Qa5 24. Nb1 Qxb5 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Qb3 Red8
27. Qxb6 h5 28. Ne2 Qg4 29. Nf4 g5 30. Nh3 h4 31. gxh4 Qxh4
32. Qc7 Qg4 33. Qe7 Bh6 34. Rc7 Qe6 35. Qc5 Ra6 36. Re7 Qf6
37. Qc7 Rda8 38. Re5 g4 39. Nf4 Bxf4 40. exf4 Ra1 41. Rg5+ Kh7
42. g3 e3 43. Qe5 exf2+ 44. Kg2 Qxe5 45. fxe5 0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ilja Vovk"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. a4 Bb7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4
Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Rf1 f5 21. exf5 Ne7 22. axb5
axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Qe2 Bxd5 25. Qxb5 Qg3 26. Rf2 Ra8
27. Qd7 Bc6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxe7 Re8 30. Qg5 Qxg5 31. fxg5
Re1+ 32. Kh2 Rxc1 33. f6 gxf6 34. gxf6 Kg8 35. Bxh7+ Kf8
36. g4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Kg5 Bd7 40. Bg6+ Kf8
41. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2
Bd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. c3 Bc5 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. h4
gxh3 22. Rxh3 b5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rbh1 Nc6 25. Rh8 Ra7 26. f4
gxf4 27. Bxf4 a5 28. g4 b4 29. Bd2 bxc3 30. Bxc3 d5 31. g5
fxg5 32. f6 exf6 33. Bxf6 Nd4+ 34. Kd3 Ne6 35. R1h6 Ra6
36. Bxg5 Bb4 37. R8h7+ Kc8 38. Be3 Rd6 39. Ra7 Nc5+ 40. Kd4
Ne6+ 41. Ke5 d4 42. Bxd4 Nxd4 43. Rh8+ Rd8 44. Rxd8+ Kxd8
45. Kxd4 Kc8 46. Kd5 Kb8 47. Rh7 Bd2 48. Kc6 Bb4 49. Rd7 Kc8
50. Rd3 Kb8 51. Kb6 Kc8 52. Rd1 Be7 53. Kxa5 Bh4 54. Rf1 Bg5
55. Rf3 Kb7 56. Kb5 Bd8 57. Rf7+ Bc7 58. Rd7 Kb8 59. Ka6 Bh2
60. Rb7+ Ka8 61. a4 Bg3 62. a5 Bf2 63. Rf7 Bc5 64. Rf5 Bd6
65. Kb6 Bb8 66. Rf7 Bh2 67. Ra7+ Kb8 68. Rg7 Ka8 69. a6 Be5
70. Ra7+ Kb8 71. Rd7 Ka8 72. a7 Bd4+ 73. Ka6 Bb6 74. Re7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Mulheim GER"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6
12. Rc1 d4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qb5 Be7 18. Qxb7 dxe3 19. Bb5 Nd4 20. Bxe8 Ne2+ 21. Kh1
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxe8 23. Bxe3 Qd8 24. Nc3 Bf6 25. Rd1 Qc8
26. Qf3 Bg7 27. h3 Rb8 28. Bxa7 Rxb2 29. Bd4 Qc7 30. Bf6 Rb8
31. a4 h6 32. Nb5 Qc4 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd4 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Rc8
36. Rd1 Qc4 37. Nd6 Qc7 38. Qg3 Qc2 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Nxc8 Qxd1
41. Nb6 Qc2 42. f3 Qd2 43. a5 Qb4 44. Na8 Bc4 45. Nc7 f6
46. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Mulheim GER"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Chuchelov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rad1 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. Ng5 Nfe4 15. Ngxe4 dxe4 16. Rd2
f5 17. Rfd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 f4 20. Nb5 Nd3
21. Bxd3 exd3 22. e4 f3 23. Be5 Bxe4 24. Bg3 Qh6 25. Nd4 Rc5
26. gxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. f3 Qe3+ 29. Bf2 Rg5+ 30. Kf1
Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "19th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6
12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. b4 Ne6 15. b5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nd4
17. Qb2 Bc5 18. Ng4 Bh5 19. h3 O-O 20. Ne4 cxb5 21. Bxe5 fxe5
22. Rac1 b6 23. e3 Ne6 24. axb5 Rf5 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Nf8 27. Rd5 Nd7 28. Qd2 Be8 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 h5 31. Bd5+
Kh8 32. Be6 Rf8 33. Bxd7 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bxd7 35. Rxd7 Qc4
36. Qd6 Rf6 37. Qxe5 Qxg4 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Rd4 Qf5 40. Rh4+
Rh6 41. Rxh6+ Kxh6 42. Kg2 Qd3 43. g4 Kh7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Qf5
Qc4 46. g5 a6 47. bxa6 Qxa6 48. Qd5+ Kh7 49. Qe4+ Kg8 50. g6
1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Re1
Nbd7 8.a3 h6 9.Nf1 Nh7 10.Ng3 Nb6 11.Bb3 Ng5 12.c3 Bg4 13.d4
Qc8 14.Qd3 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Be6 16.d5 Bh3 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Qg4
19.Bd2 Bg5 20.f3 Qh4 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Nf5 Bxf5
24.exf5 d5 25.Qd4 Qh6 26.Re2 Rfe8 27.Rae1 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Qd6
29.c4 c5 30.Qd2 d4 31.Qxg5 d3 32.Re4 Nd7 33.Qe7 Qc6 34.Re3 d2
35.Rd3 Nf6 36.Qe3 Qc7 37.Qxd2 Qe5 38.Rd8+ Rxd8 39.Qxd8+ Kh7
40.Qd2 a5 41.Kf1 Kg8 42.Bd1 Qc7 43.Ke1 Qe5+ 44.Be2 Qc7 45.Kd1
Nd7 46.h4 Nf6 47.Kc2 Kh7 48.Kb3 Nd7 49.Ka2 Nf6 50.Bd1 Nh5
51.Ba4 f6 52.Be8 Nf4 53.Qd7 Qb8 54.Bf7 Ne2 55.Bg6+ Kh8 56.h5
Nd4 57.Kb1 Qg8 58.h6 gxh6 59.Qe7 Nxf3 60.Bf7 Qg1+ 61.Ka2 Ne5
62.Qf8+ Kh7 63.Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd7
7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nbxd4 Bc5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Ne5 Qb6 12.Qe2
O-O 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.Qe4 f5 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Bc4 Bd6 17.Nf3 Bd7
18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Be3 f4 20.Bd4 Bf5 21.Bc3 Rae8 22.Qd2 Be4
23.Rad1 h6 24.Rfe1 Qf7 25.Qd4 b6 26.Bb4 Bxb4 27.Qxb4 Bxc2
28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Be4 31.Nd4 f3 32.gxf3 Bxf3
33.Qe6 Qxe6 34.Nxe6 Kf7 35.Nd4 Bg4 36.f3 Bd7 37.Kf2 g5 38.Ke3
h5 39.Ne2 Kf6 40.Nd4 a5 41.a3 a4 42.Nc2 Ke5 43.Nd4 Be8 44.Ne2
Bg6 45.Nd4 Kd6 46.Kd2 Bh7 47.Ne2 Kc5 48.Kc3 h4 49.Nd4 Kd6
50.Kd2 Bg6 51.b3 axb3 52.Nxb3 Ke5 53.Ke3 Be8 54.Nd4 Bd7 55.Ne2
Bc8 56.Nd4 Kd6 57.Kd3 Ba6+ 58.Kd2 Bf1 59.Nb3 Bh3 60.Nd4 Bd7
61.Kd3 g4 62.fxg4 Bxg4 63.Kd2 Ke5 64.Ke3 Bh5 65.Nc6+ Kd6
66.Nd4 Kc5 67.Kd3 Bg6+ 68.Kc3 Kd6 69.Kd2 Be4 70.Ne2 Ke5 71.Ke3
Kf5 72.Nd4+ Kg4 73.Kf2 Kh3 74.Kg1 Bg2 75.Nf5 Bf3 76.Nd4 Be4
77.Ne6 Kg4 78.Kf2 Bf5 79.h3+ Kxh3 80.Nf4+ Kg4 81.Nxd5 Be4
82.Nc3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. f4 Bc6
12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 a5 15. Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1
Rfd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rac8 19. b3 a4 20. Qc3+ Kg8
21. Rde1 axb3 22. axb3 Re8 23. Bg4 Qc7 24. f5 f6 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. Qh3 f5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Nf6 29. Rg5+ Kf7 30. Qe6+
Kf8 31. Rf1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Pijpers"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Qf2 Qc6
17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Rb3 O-O-O 20. Rxc3 Kb8 21. Rb3
Qa5+ 22. Bd2 Qa4 23. Bb4 a5 24. Bc5 Rd5 25. Rc3 Rgd8 26. g4
Nd4 27. Rc4 Rxc5 28. Rxa4 Bxa4 29. c4 b5 30. Be4 bxc4 31. Qb2+
Nb5 32. Qf2 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Nc3+ 34. Ke3 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 Bc6+
36. Ke3 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Rb5 38. Qh4 Bf3+ 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Bd5# 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh7
12. Nbd2 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Bf6 15. f4 Bxh4 16. Bxh4 Qxh4
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 f5 20. Nxe5 fxe4 21. Qb3+
Kg7 22. Rf1 Nf6 23. dxe4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 e5 11. Be2 Nxg3
12. hxg3 Bg6 13. Qd1 Bf7 14. b4 g6 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. e4 Bg7
17. O-O O-O 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Rad1 d4 20. Na4 g5 21. Nd2 h5
22. Nc4 Bg6 23. g4 h4 24. Nd6 Rf4 25. g3 Rf6 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. gxf5 g4 28. Kg2 Rh6 29. Rh1 Qg5 30. Qc1 Qxc1 31. Rxc1 Nf6
32. f3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 hxg3 34. Nb6 Nh5 35. Nc8 Ra8 36. Nd6 Nf4
37. Nf7+ Kh7 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Bc4+ Kf8 40. f6 Rxf6 41. Nh7+
Ke7 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. Kxg3 d3 44. Rcf1 Rd8 45. Rh5 d2 46. Rf5+
Ke7 47. Bb3 Bf6 48. Rh1 Ne6 49. Rh7+ Ng7 50. Rf1 Rd4 51. Kf3
Rxb4 52. Ke3 Bg5+ 53. Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Kc2 Bf6 55. Kd1 Rxe4
56. Rxg7+ Bxg7 57. Rf7+ Kd8 58. Rxg7 Kc8 59. Rg8+ Kd7 60. Kxd2
Rb4 61. Kc3 Rf4 62. Bd1 Rf7 63. Bg4+ Ke7 64. Bc8 Kf6 65. Re8
Rc7 66. Kd3 Kf7 67. Rh8 Kf6 68. Ke4 Rg7 69. Rh6+ Kg5 70. Rd6
1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. b3 Nf5 8. c4 h5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. g3
Nb8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nf4 Qb6 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. a3 Kb8 17. b4
Rc8 18. Rc1 a6 19. h3 Bh7 20. Nxh5 g5 21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. exf6
Qd8 23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Na7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. a4 Bg6 27. Ne5
Nxb5 28. axb5 Rxh3 29. b6 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rh3
32. Qa4 Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rxb2 34. Qa7# 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mircea-Emilian Parligras"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. Ne2 e6
7. h4 h5 8. Ng3 Qb6 9. a4 a5 10. c3 c5 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4
Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Nd7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. gxh5 Nxe5
17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. f4 Ngf6 21. Bg2 Rxh5
22. Bf3 Rh8 23. h5 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qg4 Ke8 26. f5 exf5
27. Qxf5 Rxh5 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Qxe4+ Kf8 30. Rxh1 Rf6+
31. Bxf6 Qxf6+ 32. Ke2 g6 33. Nc7 Kg8 34. Qe8+ Nf8 35. Rf1
Qe7+ 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. Nd5 Bd8 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Ne6
40. Kd3 Kf8 41. Kc4 Ke7 42. Rf1 f5 43. d5 Ng5 44. Kb5 Ne4
45. Kxa5 Kd6 46. Kb6 Kxd5 47. b4 Kc4 48. b5 Nc3 49. Rf4+ Kb3
50. a5 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Nc3
Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O-O 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. f4 f5 16. Rad1
Ne6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Kh2 Qh4 19. Rd3 g6 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Rd7 Rxd7
22. Rxd7 Qe1 23. Qf3 g5 24. fxg5 Rf8 25. Qc6 Qxe2 26. Qxe6 Qe3
27. Qd5 Qxg5 28. Qf3 f4 29. e6 h6 30. e7 Re8 31. Kg1 Qh4
32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Qe4 Re8 34. Qe5 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mateusz Siwek"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e5 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. Qe4 g6 13. h4 e5 14. dxe5 Re8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Bc4+ Kh8
17. Qe3 Bg7 18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf7+ Kg7 21. Nxe5
Qd6 22. f4 Rad8 23. O-O Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Rfe1 Red8 26. g4
Bc2 27. Nf3 R2d7 28. Nd4 Kh6 29. Nxc2 a6 30. Ne3 b5 31. g5+
Kg7 32. Be6 Rd3 33. f5 Rxc3 34. f6+ Kf8 35. Rad1 Re8 36. Ng4
c5 37. Rd7 Rg3+ 38. Kf2 Rc3 39. Rxh7 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kf4
Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Rc4+ 43. Ke5 Rxg4 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. Re7# 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marco Ongarelli"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Rb1 cxd4
7. exd4 Bd7 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. f4 Qb4
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O c5 14. a3 Qb6 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. Na2 d3+
17. Kh1 dxc2 18. Qxc2 O-O 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Qd2 a5 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Rc4 23. Ne2 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 h6 25. g3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1
Qf2 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bg2 Ba6 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michal Matuszewski"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. b3 Nc5 12. a4
Qb6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. a5 Qd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Qxd5 Qg5 19. b4 Nd7 20. c4 Be7 21. Qxb7 Rxc4 22. Qxa6
Rxb4 23. Qc8+ Bd8 24. a6 Rb2 25. Qc3 Nc5 26. h4 Qh6 27. a7 Rb3
28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. a8=Q O-O 30. Qd5 Rb2 31. Rd1 Qe3 32. Qd3
Ba5+ 33. Kf1 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 c4 35. Ra3 Bb4 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. Bf3
Rd3 38. Bxh5 c3 39. Ra8+ Bf8 40. Rc8 g6 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Bg4
c2 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kh6 45. Rf1 Bd6 46. Rd7 Rd1 47. Rff7
1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Olszewski"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 d4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2
Qc7+ 17. g3 Rxe2 18. Qc1 Qa5 19. d5 Re5 20. Qf4 Rf5 21. Qd4
Bf3 22. g4 Nxg4+ 23. Kg3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Aleksander Mista"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 Be6 15. h4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8
17. Ne3 Na6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. O-O Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Nc5 21. Nc4 g6
22. Qe3 Kg7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Bxh4 25. e5 Be7 26. f5 gxf5
27. Rxf5 dxe5 28. Rh5 Rh8 29. d6 h6 30. Qxc5 Bf6 31. Rh3 Re8
32. Bc6 Rg8 33. Qe3 Kh7+ 34. Kf1 Rg5 35. d7 Kg7 36. Nd6 Rg6
37. Nf5+ Kf8 38. Rxh6 Qc7 39. Rxg6 fxg6 40. Qh6+ Kf7 41. Bd5#
1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Romanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qc1 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. e3
Ngf6 7. c4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O h6 11. Ne5 O-O
12. Bf3 g5 13. Bh2 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 15. e4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bg6
17. Qd1 Rac8 18. Re1 Qxb2 19. Nb3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe5 21. Bxg6
fxg6 22. Rxe5 Rxf2 23. Qg4 Rcc2 24. Kh1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bb4
12. Bd3 b5 13. Qf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rc8 16. g4 b4
17. Bd2 a5 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Rde1 Ra8 21. Kb1
Ba6 22. f5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nb6 24. Qf4 Rxa2 25. f6 Qc8 26. Rc1
Qa6 27. Qxb4 Rxh2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 g5 6. g3 Bg7
7. gxf4 g4 8. Rg1 Kf8 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 gxf3
12. axb4 Qh4+ 13. Rg3 Nf6 14. Qxf3 Nh5 15. Be2 Nxg3 16. hxg3
Qd8 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 b6 20. d6 Be8 21. f6 Bxf6
22. Rf1 Bg5 23. Bc4 Qxd6+ 24. Ke2 Bxe3 25. Qxa8 Qd2+ 26. Kf3
f5 27. Qc8 Kg7 28. Qxc7+ Kf8 29. Qxe5 Bh5+ 30. g4 Bxg4+
31. Kg3 Qd4 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qe7+
1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alain Spielmann"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. e5 Qd7 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne4
Rad8 13. Nc5 Qc8 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd5
17. Bc4 f6 18. O-O Kh8 19. e6 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bh6 21. Kf2 a6
22. Rfd1 Nb4 23. e4 Nc2 24. Ra5 Be3+ 25. Ke2 Bxd4 26. Rd5 c5
27. Rd7 b5 28. Bd5 Ne3 29. Nxd4 Nxd5 30. Nc6 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Rc8
32. Kxf4 Rxc6 33. Rxe7 Rfc8 34. Rdd7 c4 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yona Kosashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 b5
12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Bc4 Nd7
17. Bb5 Na7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. b3 Qa7
22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Nxd4
Rxd4 27. Rc2 Rbd8 28. Be1 Bh6 29. Ree2 Rd3 30. Rc5 Rxb3
31. Rxa5 Rb1 32. f3 b3 33. Rb5 Rc8 34. g3 Bc1 35. Kf2 Rc2
36. Kf1 Bd2 37. a5 Bxe1 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 b2 0-1

[Event "21st Keres Memorial (Final)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[EventDate "2012.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Qg6 10. O-O d6 11. Qc4 d5
12. Qc3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Nxd5 Bd6
17. Qd3 Bf5 18. Qg3 Bxc2 19. Qxg6 Bxg6 20. b3 Rbd8 21. Be3
Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Rc3 Rd3 25. Rfc1 Rxc3
26. Rxc3 a5 27. Bxc5 Bf7 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 Bxh5 30. a3 Be8
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bb5 33. Kg3 Rd8 34. Be3 Rd7 35. Kf4 Kf7
36. Rc5 Rb7 37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. Re5+ Kf7 39. Bc5 Bc6 40. Rf5+ Ke6
41. Rg5 Kf7 42. Ke3 g6 43. Rg1 Rb8 44. Kd4 Bb5 45. Ra1 Ke6
46. Re1+ Kf6 47. Be7+ Kf7 48. Bd6 Rc8 49. Ra1 Rc2 50. Ke3 Rc3+
51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Bc5 Rc4+ 53. Ke3 Kd5 54. Rd1+ Ke5 55. Rd8 Rc3+
56. Kd2 Rb3 57. Bd4+ Ke4 58. Bc3 Ra3 59. Kc2 Ba4+ 60. Kd2 Ra2+
61. Ke1 Rc2 62. Rd4+ Kf5 63. Bd2 Rb2 64. f3 g5 1-0

[Event "21st Keres Memorial (Final)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[EventDate "2012.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Volodin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 Ne4
7. O-O f5 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Be7
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ba3 c5 14. d5 Qa5 15. d6 Bg5 16. Qe1 b6
17. Qg3 Bh6 18. Bb2 b5 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Na3 Qe2 21. Nc4 Ba6
22. Rf2 Qh5 23. Rc1 Rf7 24. Re1 Raf8 25. Bc1 g5 26. Qh3 Qg6
27. g3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Bg7 29. Bb2 Rb7 30. Bc3 Qe8 31. g4 Rbf7
32. Ref1 f4 33. Qh5 Qa4 34. Qxg5 Qxc4 35. Ba1 f3 36. Rd1 Qa4
37. Rc1 Rb7 38. h4 Qa3 39. Re1 Qd3 40. h5 Rb1 41. Rxb1 Qxb1+
42. Rf1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "21st Keres Memorial (Final)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[EventDate "2012.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. g4 h6 12. h4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rd8
17. O-O-O Rxd5 18. Bd3 Bc5 19. g5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc5 21. Qe2
hxg5 22. Be4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 O-O 25. hxg5 Rc8
26. c3 a5 27. Kb1 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. cxb4 Qc7 30. g6 fxg6
31. Qxg6 Qe7 32. b5 Rb8 33. Qc6 Qb4 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Ne7 16. h4 Bh6
17. Nde3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Rac8 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Rd2 f6 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. g4 Nc6 26. g5
Nd4 27. Kh2 b3 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Bd5 bxa2 30. Qg3 Rd7 31. Rxd4
Qxd4 32. Rxd4 a1=Q 33. Rg4 Ke7 34. Rg7+ Kd8 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7
36. Qg7+ Kd8 37. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "2.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simon T Ansell"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O Nge7
7. Na3 O-O 8. c3 f6 9. Qe1 a6 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. g3 b5 12. Bd1 c4
13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Ne3 Bc5 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Kh1 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f5
18. Bc2 e5 19. Ng2 Ng6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 exf4 22. gxf4
Nce7 23. Rad1 Kh8 24. Rd4 Rae8 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Bd1 Nc6
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qe3 Nce7 29. Ng5 Nd5 30. Qh3 h6 31. Ne6
Ndxf4 32. Nxc7 Nxh3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "7.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Tal Baron"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. h4 Be6 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. O-O Bxd5
17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Rac1 h6 21. Rc6
Rxc6 22. dxc6 Qc7 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Bf1 Re8 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. Be2
Rb8 27. Bd1 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Bg4 Rh8 31. b3
Re8 32. Qf3 Re7 33. Bf5 Re8 34. Bd7 Rh8 35. Qf5 Rh6 36. Rd1
Kf8 37. Rd3 Ke7 38. Rf3 Qb6 39. Qd5 Qc5 40. Qxc5 dxc5 41. Rf5
Kd6 42. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. e4 exd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 h6
12. Qb3 Re7 13. Ne5 hxg5 14. Nxf7 Nc5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc5
Rxf7 17. Bxg6 Qf8 18. f4 g4 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rf4 Bc6 21. Kh1 Rd8
22. Rxg4 Bd5 23. Qh3 Rg7 24. Bh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Qa3 Kd7
27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Qxa7 c6 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Ra4 Be5
32. h3 Kc8 33. Re1 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qxf5 35. Rg4 Rxg6 36. Qb4
Rd4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 O-O 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Nc6 Kh8 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxa8 b4 20. Qb8 Nd7 21. Qc7 bxc3
22. Qxc3 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Bb7 24. Bxa6 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 Nf6 26. h4
Qf4 27. Re1 Rd8 28. a3 Qd4 29. Qc7 Rd7 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5
Rd4 32. h5 Nd7 33. Ra5 Kg7 34. b4 f5 35. c3 Rd6 36. c4 f4
37. c5 Rc6 38. Bb5 Rc7 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. c6 Rf7 41. Rc5 f3
42. Rc1 f2 43. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Bf4
Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. e4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Qd3 c5 11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Rc1 Nfd7 13. Rxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc3 Rc8 15. Bb5+ Kf8
16. Ke2 Nxe4 17. Qa3+ Nc5 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Nxc5 Nd5 20. Be5 Qb6
21. Qa4 Qxc5 22. Rg1 f6 23. Bd7 fxe5 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Bxc8
Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb3 c6 16. f4
Qe7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. a4 Qf6 20. a5 Bg4 21. Rde1
Qh6 22. f5 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. e4 Qh5 25. Qf3 Qg5 26. Re2
Qe7 27. Qc3 Rfe8 28. e5 Rd5 29. e6 Qc5+ 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd1
Rxf5 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Rxg7 Rxa5
36. Rxb7 Rb5 37. Rxb5 cxb5 38. b4 Kd7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. g4 Kd5
41. h4 Ke4 42. Kg3 Ke5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. g5 Ke5 45. Kg4 a5
46. bxa5 b4 47. a6 b3 48. a7 b2 49. a8=Q b1=Q 50. Qe8+ Kd6
51. Qf8+ Kc7 52. Qe7+ Kc6 53. Qe6+ Kc7 54. Kh5 Qd3 55. Kh6 Qd4
56. h5 Qh8 57. Qf7+ Kc8 58. Qxh7 Qe5 59. Qg7 Qe2 60. Qf6 Qe3
61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Bb7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Rd2
O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. h4 Rac8 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Re1
Re8 22. h5 Nf8 23. Bf5 Rc4 24. Qf3 Re7 25. Be4 Nd7 26. g6 Nf6
27. Bf5 e4 28. Qh3 fxg6 29. hxg6 h6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Ng8
32. Rf8 Rxe6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. dxe6 Qe7 35. Qf5 Rc8 36. Rd7
Qf8 37. Qxe4 Rc4 38. Qd3 1-0

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[EventDate "2012.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Piotr Dudzinski"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe5 Re8
12. d4 c5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 f6 16. Nd3 Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qxd4 19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. Re1 Nd5 21. Qe7+
Nxe7 22. Ne6+ Kf7 23. Nxd4 Rd8 24. N2b3 Bd5 25. Rc1 c6 26. f3
Rb8 27. Rc2 Rb4 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke3 a4 30. Nc1 c5 31. Rxc5 Rxb2
32. Rc2 Rb1 33. a3 Ra1 34. Rc3 Bb3 35. Ndxb3 Rxa3 36. Ke4 axb3
37. Rxb3 Ra1 38. Rc3 Ra4+ 39. Kd3 Nd5 40. Rc4 Nf4+ 41. Kd4
Rxc4+ 42. Kxc4 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[EventDate "2012.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Tomasz Markowski"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bb7 13. d5 Bc8 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. g4 Nc4 16. Ng3 g6 17. Kh2 Rfb8
18. b3 Nb6 19. Bh6 c4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 cxb3 22. axb3 Qxc3
23. Rg1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Nbd7 25. Bd2 Qb2 26. Nh4 Bf8 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. Nf5 a5 29. Ne3 Qd4 30. Nf5 Qb2 31. Ne3 Bg7 32. Qe2 a4
33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Rb1 Qd4 35. Rb4 Qc5 36. Bxa4 Qa7 37. Bc6
Rab8 38. Ra4 Qc5 39. Rc1 Qb6 40. Nc4 Rxc6 41. dxc6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dmitrij Sitnikov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 g6
12. Be3 Bg7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Qg5 16. Qf3 h5
17. h3 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rb8 19. b3 Be5 20. Bc6 Kg7 21. Rfe1 Bg4
22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qe4 Rh8 25. Nc4 Rh5 26. g3 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Diego Flores"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Rg1 Qe7 9. g4 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. d4 Re8
12. g5 Nh5 13. Be2 g6 14. Nh4 e5 15. Rd1 dxc4 16. Bxh5 exd4
17. Rxd4 cxb3 18. axb3 gxh5 19. g6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Nf6 21. Nb1
Qa5+ 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qc3 Bg4 24. Rdxg4 hxg4 25. Qxf6 Rxe3+
26. Kd1 Qd8+ 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8+ 28. Kc1 Re4 29. Nh4 Rc4+ 30. Kb2
Rxb4+ 31. Kc3 a5 32. h3 Rd5 33. hxg4 Rc5+ 34. Kd3 Rb3+ 35. Kd4
Rc2 36. f4 a4 37. Re1 Rcb2 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Re7 Rxb1 40. Rxf7+
Kg8 41. Rc7 a3 42. Ke5 a2 43. Kf6 a1=Q+ 44. Kg6 Kf8 45. Nf5
Re1 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. Ba2 a6 10. Nh4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5
12. Nf3 Ng4 13. h3 Bf6 14. Qd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne5 16. a5 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Be6 18. axb6 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxb6 20. Bf4 Rfe8 21. Raa1
Re6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne6 25. Rd1 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qd3 Ne6 28. Qd7 Nf8 29. Qe8 c5 30. Bf4 f6
31. Be3 Qc7 32. Qa8 Kf7 33. Qxa6 Nd7 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Qe6 Qd8
36. Bf4 g5 37. Bd6+ Kg7 38. c4 h5 39. h4 gxh4 40. Kh2 Kg6
41. Kh3 Qc8 42. Kxh4 Qc6 43. f4 Kg7 44. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Rodriguez Vila"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+
Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bc5
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qd3 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4
17. O-O Ba6 18. Nb5 Bc5 19. Rd1 e4 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Qa5 Bxb5
22. Qxb5 exf3 23. gxf3 Nfxd5 24. Kh1 Qf6 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Ng2
Rfd8 27. Rf1 a3 28. c4 Nb4 29. bxa3 Qxa1 30. axb4 Bf8 31. Ne3
Qc3 32. Rg1 g6 33. Qg5 Bxb4 34. Qg4 Qd4 35. Qg2 Bc5 36. Rf1
Rc6 37. Ng4 Be7 38. Be3 Qc3 39. c5 Re6 40. Qf2 h5 41. Rc1 Qb3
42. Nh6+ Kf8 43. Bd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Diego Valerga"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bh4 hxg4
12. Nd5 Nc6 13. h3 g3 14. fxg3 g6 15. Nfe3 Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7
17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 O-O-O 19. O-O-O f5 20. Qe3 Kb8 21. Rd3
Rhf8 22. Ra3 a6 23. Nb4 Qc7 24. Rxa6 Qc5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ra4
Kc7 27. Na6+ bxa6 28. Rc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kd7 30. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Shirov-Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nf3
Bxf4 18. a4 b4 19. e5 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxe5 21. Qxa6+ Kb8
22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Be4 Qa7 24. Qb5+ Kc8 25. Be3 bxc3 26. bxc3
Bd6 27. a5 Rd7 28. a6 Kd8 29. Qc6 f5 30. Bf3 Ng6 31. Be2 Ne7
32. Qf3 Nd5 33. Bf2 Qb8 34. c4 Nf6 35. Qa3 Rhh7 36. Bh4 Be5
37. Qxc5 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Shirov-Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5
12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nf1 f4
17. Qg4 O-O 18. Qxf4 Bd6 19. Qf3 Qa5 20. Ne3 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Rad8 22. g3 Rfe8 23. a3 Bf8 24. Ng2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd2 26. b4
Qxd4 27. Nf4 Qc4 28. Rd1 d4 29. Qxb7 d3 30. Ng2 Qb3 31. Ne3
Qxa3 32. Qc7 Rd4 33. Nf5 Re4 34. Kg2 Qb3 35. Qd7 Qxd1 36. Qd5+
Kh8 37. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Carlos David Quinonez Centeno"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Nbd7 10. Ne3 Bh5 11. Nf5 Re8
12. h3 Bf8 13. g4 Bg6 14. N3h4 c6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ng3 d5
17. g5 Ne4 18. Qg4 Bd6 19. Bxe4 Bxg3 20. Bd3 Bd6 21. f4 Nf8
22. f5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc7 24. Bd2 g6 25. Qg4 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5+
27. Kg2 Be3 28. Be1 Qe5 29. h4 Qxb2 30. Bg3 Rac8 31. Rab1 Qxa2
32. Rxb7 d4 33. Rfxf7 Rxc2+ 34. Kh3 Rc1 35. Qf3 Qe6+ 36. Bf5
Qc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Bb1 Rb6 39. Ba2 Rxb7 40. Rxb7+ Ne6
41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "6.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5
7. a3 f5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O f4 11. gxf4 Nh5 12. Nd5
exf4 13. Nexf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nxf4 Qh4 16. Ne2 Bg4
17. h3 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Nf4 Qh4 20. Ng2 Qh3 21. Nf4 Qh4
22. Ng2 Qh6 23. Qg4 Rf8 24. Qh4 Qd2 25. Rbd1 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxa3
27. Rxb7 Nd4 28. Ne1 Qc5 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Rb1 a4 31. f4 a3
32. Rf2 Qa8 33. Ra2 Ne6 34. Rb3 Nxf4+ 35. Kh1 Bb2 36. Nc2 Qa4
37. Na1 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mesgen Amanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5
Nxg3 13. hxg3 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Bg7 16. Ne3 Qa5+
17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Nf5 Kf8 19. Nxg7 Bxf3 20. Nf5 Bxe2+ 21. Qxe2
Ne5 22. g4 f6 23. g3 Qc7 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4
Nd3 27. Qe4 Rh7 28. Kg2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxf4+ 30. Kf3 Nxd5
31. Ke4 Nb4 32. a4 bxa4 33. Kd4 Nd3 34. Kxc4 Ne5+ 35. Kd5 Nxg4
36. Ke6 Rb7 37. Rc1 Rb6+ 38. Nd6 Kg7 39. Rc4 Ne5 40. Rc7+ Kg6
0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jose Lisandro Munoz Santana"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5
12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 f5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. exf5 Bxg5 16. Ne4 e5
17. Qd6 Ne2+ 18. Bxe2 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Bc5 21. Bd3
Bxd6 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Rxd6 Rf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rg1+ Kh8
26. Rd1 Kg7 27. b4 Kf8 28. Kb2 Ke7 29. Rg1 d5 30. Bxd5 Bxf5
31. Rg7+ Kd6 32. Bb7 Bd7 33. Be4 f5 34. Bd3 Re8 35. Rxh7 e4
36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Be2 Rg8 38. Rh6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6 e3 40. Kc3 Bf5
41. Bxb5 Be4 42. Bc4 Rc8 43. Ra5+ Kf4 44. Rc5 Rxc5 45. bxc5
Kf3 46. Kd4 Bc6 47. h4 Be8 48. Ke5 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5
Bb7 13. Na4 d5 14. g5 Nd7 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. f4 Rb8 17. Qc3
Qe7 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Qe5+ Be7 21. Qxb8+ Qc8
22. Qe5 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Qd4 Qc6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5
Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Rg8 28. Rg1 Rg4 29. Rxg4 fxg4 30. Kd2 Kd7
31. Bf2 Kc6 32. Ke3 Kd5 33. Bh4 f5 34. Bf6 Bc6 35. b4 cxb3
36. cxb3 h5 37. Be7 Be8 38. Kd2 Kd4 39. Bf6+ Kc5 40. Kc3 Bb5
41. Be7+ Kd5 42. Kd2 Bd3 43. Kc3 Bf1 44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Bf6+ Kc5
46. Be7+ Kb5 47. b4 Kc4 48. Ke1 Bd3 49. Kd2 Kb3 50. Ke3 Kc3
51. Bh4 Kxb4 52. Be1+ Kc5 53. Bh4 Bb5 54. Be1 Bd7 55. Bh4 Kb5
56. Be1 h4 57. Bxh4 Kxa5 58. Kd4 Kb5 59. Be7 a5 60. Kc3 Be6
61. Kd4 Bc4 62. Bh4 Bf1 63. Be7 Ka4 64. Kc3 e3 65. Bh4 Ka3
66. Kc2 a4 67. Be7+ Ka2 68. Bc5 e2 69. Bb4 a3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Shchukin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5
7. d4 h4 8. b4 h3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O exd4 11. exd4 Nh6
12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Nxd5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Kf8 16. Nd4
Bb7 17. Qc1 Rh7 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. b5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rh5 21. Nc6
Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nb4 Re8 24. f4 Re2 25. Rf2 Re1+ 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kf5 28. Ke2 Ke4 29. a4 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Kxd5
31. Kd3 f5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrey Stukopin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Bf4 e5
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 Qb6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 Nf5 18. Qh5 Ne3 19. Rd3 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nxc2 21. Bh3 Rc4
22. d6 Ne1 23. Rxe1 Bxe1 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Qxh7 Kf8 26. Bxd7 Qd8
27. Bf5 Rc6 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. d7+ Ke7 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Nd4 Rd6
32. Bh7 Rxd4 33. Bxg8 Ba5 34. Rxd4 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. Kc2
Kxd7 37. Bxf7 Be1 38. Kd3 Bf2 39. Ke2 Bg1 40. Kf1 Be3 41. Bg6
a5 42. Bd3 b4 43. b3 Ke7 44. f4 Kf7 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. Kf3 Bg1
47. h4 Be3 48. g4 Kh6 49. g5+ Kh5 50. gxf6 Kh6 51. h5 Bd2
52. Ke4 Be1 53. Ke5 Bg3 54. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jorge Cori"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Rd1
Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Rd3
Ba6 17. Re3 Kd7 18. Rd1 Rcf8 19. Nxe6 Rf7 20. Ne4 Bc4 21. Nd4
c5 22. Nf3 Re8 23. b3 Bb5 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Ne5+ Rxe5 26. Rxe5
Bc6 27. c4 a5 28. f3 a4 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rd2 Rf8 31. Re3 Rf7
32. bxa4 Rf4 33. Red3 d5 34. cxd5 Bxa4 35. d6 c4 36. Re3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[Round "9.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vahe Baghdasaryan"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. f4 d6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rae1
h5 13. Nf3 h4 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Bd4 Nh5 16. Nh3 Rd8 17. Kh1 Nf6
18. Rd1 e5 19. Bg1 Bc8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3
Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Bf6 24. Rc3 Qb7 25. Rc6 O-O 26. Qg2 Rfe8 27. f5
e4 28. Be3 Rd7 29. Bh6 Kh7 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 f6 32. Qh5+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. g4 a5 11. Bb5 Na6
12. O-O-O Nc7 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Qe2
Qd8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Qe4 g6 21. f4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Bg5 23. Qe4 Rc7 24. h4 Bf6 25. h5 Rac8 26. hxg6
hxg6 27. c3 Nc4 28. Rdf1 Nxb2 29. g5 Bxc3 30. Qh4 Bg7 31. Nd4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruud Janssen"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 f5
7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Be6
12. Rb1 Qd7 13. g4 Nf6 14. b4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Qb3 h5
17. g5 Nh7 18. Bd2 Nf5 19. Qc4 Qd8 20. h4 e4 21. Nf4 Nxg5
22. Nxg6 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. Nxf8 Nd4 25. Ng6 b5 26. Bg5
Qd7 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Nf4 Be5 29. Ne6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wladyslaw Kaska"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Qc7
12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 b6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. c4 Rd6
17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Nxf7 Rxd5 19. exd5 Qxf7 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. f3 Re8 23. Qf2 h6 24. a5 Bb7 25. Rab1 Re6 26. Rxb6
Rxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. h4 a5 29. Qg3 Bc6 30. Qg6 Qc7 31. Qd6
Qb7 32. h5 Ba4 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Piotr Gasik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d4 c5 6. d5 Bd6
7. Nc3 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. f3 exf3
12. exf3 f4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. fxg4 f3 15. Bxf3 Qh4 16. Qe2 Rae8
17. Ne4 Rxf3 18. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 19. Qg2 Qxe4 20. Bd2 Qxc4 21. Bc3
Qg4 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Qd4+ 24. Rf2 c4 25. Bc3 Qd1+
26. Rf1 Qg4 27. Kh1 g6 28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Bf5 30. Re3 Kf7
31. Kg2 b5 32. Bd4 a5 33. b3 cxb3 34. axb3 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4
36. Be5 Ke7 37. Bb2+ Kd7 38. Ba3 Bc2 39. Kf3 Bb3 40. Bxd6
Bxd5+ 41. Kf4 Kxd6 42. h4 c5 43. Ra3 Bb3 44. Ke4 c4 45. Kd4
Ke6 46. Ra1 Kf5 47. Rg1 a3 48. Rg5+ Kf4 49. Ra5 a2 50. Ra7 Kg4
51. Kc3 h5 52. Kb2 Kxh4 53. Rg7 g5 54. Re7 g4 55. Rh7 g3 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "4.39"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacek Szwed"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nd4 Nc5
12. Qe3 O-O 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6
17. f3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Bh6 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Nb1 Ba4 21. Rc3 Bg7
0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christian Maier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. e5 Nfd7
7. Ne2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nc4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Qc3
Kb8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. O-O Na7 21. Nf4
Bc6 22. Rfd1 Rhd8 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxh4 25. d5 g5 26. g3
Qh6 27. Ne2 exd5 28. Rxd5 g4 29. Qxf7 Rf8 30. Qe7 Rce8 31. Qc5
Nc6 32. Rxc4 Qg6 33. Nf4 Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qe4 35. e6 Rxf4 36. gxf4
Rxe6 37. Rf5 h5 38. Rf8+ Kc7 39. Rf7+ Kb8 40. Qb6 Re7 41. Rxe7
Nxe7 42. Qd6+ Ka7 43. Qe5 Qh7 44. Qc5+ Kb8 45. Qc7+ Ka7
46. Re1 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "8.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Aleksander Czerwonski"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Be6 17. a3
Na5 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bd3 Nb3 20. Rc2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bb3 22. Rc6
d5 23. Nxe5 dxe4 24. Rxf6 exd3 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7
27. Rf3 Bc4 28. Bh6 Qd6 29. Rg3 g6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qc3 Rd8
32. Rge3 Kf8 33. d5 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Yakovich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Ba5 8. Qb5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 d6
12. c5 Bh3 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qxb7 Qe6 15. Bg2 Rab8 16. Bxh3
Qxh3 17. Qf3 e4 18. Qf4 Rb3 19. Bxd6 Rd8 20. g4 Qg2 21. Rf1 e3
22. fxe3 Qd5 23. Be7 Ne4 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Rdb8 26. Rf8+
Rxf8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. c4 Rb2 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. d3 Nc3 31. Rd2
Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Nxa4 33. e4 a5 34. d4 Nc3 35. Ke3 a4 36. Kd3 Nd1
37. Kc2 Nc3 38. Kd3 Rc1 39. Ke3 Ra1 40. Rc2 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 h4 15. Nce4 Rg6 16. Nxe6
Rxe6 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 c5 19. c3 a5 20. h4 a4 21. a3 Nh6
22. Kg2 Ng4 23. Ng5 Rb6 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Kf3 Nh6
27. Ne4 Rc6 28. h5 Ng8 29. g4 Be7 30. g5 Bf8 31. Kg4 b5 32. h6
gxh6 33. Nf6+ Nxf6+ 34. exf6+ Kd7 35. Rd2+ Ke8 36. gxh6 Rxf6
37. Bg5 Rd6 38. Rxd6 cxd6 39. h7 Bg7 40. Kf5 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "10.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6
7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 c6 16. Rfd1 d5
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Nc2 Rc8 21. Na4 b6
22. Nb4 Qd6 23. e3 Bg4 24. Rdc1 h5 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Be6
27. Na6 Rc8 28. Na4 Bf8 29. Bf1 h4 30. Qb4 Qd8 31. Qd2 hxg3
32. hxg3 Nf5 33. Nb4 Bd6 34. Nc6 Qg5 35. Nxb6 Nh4 36. Bg2 Nxg2
37. Kxg2 Bg4 38. Rg1 Re8 39. Kf1 Bc7 40. Na4 Ra8 41. Qb4 Qf6
42. Ne7+ Kg7 43. Nxd5 Qf3 44. Ndc3 Ba5 45. Qb2 Rh8 46. d5 f6
47. Qa3 Kf7 48. Qa2 Rh1 49. d6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Gatineau Shirov Simul"]
[Site "Gatineau"]
[Date "2012.02.24"]
[EventDate "2012.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Benoit Dagenais"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 c5 4. c4 Nb4 5. d5 d6 6. a3 Qa5
7. Nc3 Bf5 8. axb4 Qxa1 9. bxc5 Nd7 10. Nb5 O-O-O 11. Nd4 Bg6
12. c6 Nxe5 13. f4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 16. Kf2
g6 17. Nge2 Qxh1 18. Qb3 b6 19. Qa4 a5 20. Qb5 1-0

[Event "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Rick Frischmann"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7
12. Ne5 Na6 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Qc1 b6 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 Rad8
17. h6 g6 18. O-O Ne8 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Bg4 Qa8 21. Rfe1 Bc8
22. Bf3 Bb7 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Nf6 25. Bg5 Nbxd5 26. Nxd5
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qf4 Nh5 29. Bxh5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 f6
31. Qg4 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 fxe5 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 34. Bf3 Qd8 35. Bd5
1-0

[Event "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dieter Knoedler"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e4 d6
7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Be6
12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Ng1 c6 15. Nc3 Kh8 16. Rc1 Rae8
17. Qa4 a6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Qa3 Rd8 20. Ng5 Bg8 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qxa6 Bh6 24. f4 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Qe7 26. Nf3
Qe3 27. Qb6 Nxg3 28. Rfe1 Ne2 29. Rxe2 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Qxc1+
31. Re1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be2
Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. f4 Be7 9. g4 e5 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. f5 Nd4 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxf5 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. O-O d5
17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qxf5 fxg5 21. Be3
h6 22. Bc4 1-0

[Event "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marco Gaehler"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bh6
12. Qd3 e5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. h4 Qb6
17. Rhe1 Rc4 18. g4 Rfc8 19. g5 Bf8 20. Bf1 Qa5 21. Kd2 b5
22. a3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[EventDate "2012.04.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Toomas Valgmae"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Be4 Qd7
12. Be3 Na6 13. O-O Rab8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Bf2 Bh6
17. Bh4 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4
Qxg4+ 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxf4 24. Rfe1 Nb4 25. Bf2 Nxd5
26. Rxd5 Rf7 27. Bxc5 a6 28. Re7 Kg8 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Rd7+
Ke6 31. Rxh7 Rc8 32. Bf2 Rc7 33. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "4.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xander Wemmers"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7
12. O-O Qb6 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. h3 Rd7 16. Ne1 Ng6
17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Bf3 d5 19. b3 Qa5 20. Na4 dxc4 21. Rxd7 Rxd7
22. Bxb7 cxb3 23. axb3 Rxb7 24. Nd3 Rd7 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Ndxc5
Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Rd2 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 e5 30. b4 f5 31. f3
Bh4 32. Bxh4 Nxh4 33. Ra3 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rxa7 Nxf3
36. Ne6 g5 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg6 g4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Rxh6+ Kg8
41. Rf6 Nh4 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rh7 Nf5
46. Nc5 Nxe3+ 47. Ke1 g3 48. Nd7+ Kf5 49. Rf7+ Ke6 50. Rg7 g2
51. Nc5+ Kf5 52. Rg8 Ng4 53. Rf8+ Nf6 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "5.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. c5 Be7
12. b4 b6 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 e5 15. Qc2 Nh7 16. b5 exd4
17. exd4 bxc5 18. bxc6 Ndf6 19. dxc5 Qc8 20. Be3 Qxc6 21. Qa4
Qe6 22. c6 Rfc8 23. Bb5 Bd6 24. Rfe1 Qf5 25. Rad1 Ng5 26. Bxg5
Qxg5 27. Bf1 Qf5 28. Bg2 Bc5 29. Rf1 Bb6 30. Nxd5 Nxd5
31. Rxd5 Qf6 32. Rb5 Rab8 33. Qg4 Bc7 34. Rb7 Qf5 35. Qxf5
gxf5 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Rd5 Bf6 38. Rxa5 g6 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. c7
Rc8 41. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 b5
7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Rb1 Qa3 13. e4 Bd6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. exd5 c3 16. Bc1 Qa5
17. Rb5 Qc7 18. Bd3 Ba6 19. Rb3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Be3
Rd8 22. Qc2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd5 24. Qxc3 Nd7 25. Qxe5 Nxe5
26. Ke2 a5 27. Rc1 a4 28. Rbc3 f6 29. h3 Rdd8 30. Ra3 Ra6
31. f4 Nf7 32. Rc4 Rda8 33. Bc5 h5 34. Rcc3 Rb8 35. g4 hxg4
36. hxg4 g5 37. fxg5 Nxg5 38. Bd4 Rb4 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+
Kg6 41. Rd7 Ne6 42. Be3 Rxg4 43. Rb7 Ng5 44. Ra7 Rxa7 45. Bxa7
Nf7 46. Ra1 Ne5 47. Bb8 Kf5 48. Ba7 Rc4 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Bb6 f5
51. Ba7 f4 52. Bb6 Kd5 53. Ba7 Nc6 54. Bf2 Nd4 55. Kd3 Nc2
56. Rh1 Nb4+ 57. Ke2 Ke4 58. Be1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Nb6 11. Qg4 N8d7
12. O-O-O g6 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Ne5 15. Qh3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4
17. hxg6 Bxg6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Nxe6 Qa5 20. Rxd5 Qxc3 21. Nc7+
Kd8 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 24. Kd1 Kxc7 25. Rh3 Qg1
26. Rc3+ Kb6 27. Rc8 Nc4 28. Kc1 Bg7 29. Rxc4 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Re8
31. Rxd6+ Ka5 32. Ra4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 e6
12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Nde2 Ne8 16. a4 Qa5
17. Rab1 Ne5 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. Qe1 Rd8 20. b4 Qc7 21. a5 Qe7
22. Na4 Ne5 23. Nb6 Rab8 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Qh4 h6 26. Rbd1 g5
27. Qg3 Nc6 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Nxb6 31. Rxd8+
Rxd8 32. axb6 Rd3 33. Bg1 Rd2 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Na5 36. Ng3
Nc4 37. Rc1 Nd6 38. Rb1 Rb2 39. Rd1 Be5 40. Nf1 Rxb5 41. Ne3
h5 42. g3 Rb3 43. Rd2 Rxb6 44. Ng4 Rb2 45. Rxb2 Bxb2 46. Nf2
b5 47. Nd3 Nc4 48. Bc5 Bc3 49. Kg2 g4 50. fxg4 hxg4 51. Kf2
Nd2 52. Ke3 Nf1+ 53. Kf4 Nxh2 54. e5 Kg7 55. Kg5 Bd2+ 56. Kh5
f5 57. exf6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. c3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qg6
17. h4 f6 18. Be3 f5 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. a4 O-O 21. axb5 axb5
22. O-O Ne4 23. Ra7 Ba8 24. Be3 Rf7 25. Ra5 Bb7 26. Qd3 Nf6
27. Bg5 Ne4 28. f4 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Qh7 30. Qxb5 h4 31. gxh4 Qxh4
32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Qb6 Qg3 34. Qf2 Qd3 35. Qf3 Qd2 36. g6 Rd7
37. Qh5 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qxa7 39. fxe5 Qe3 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Rxf5+
Ke7 42. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. g4 Ne7 9. Nh4 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Nxg6 Nxg6
12. Nf3 Be7 13. g5 Qb6 14. h4 cxd4 15. cxd4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Bd3 fxg5 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Rxe6 Qc7 20. Nxg5 Nxd4 21. Rxe7
Nxe7 22. Qg4+ Qd7 23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Qf4 Rdf8 25. Qg3 h6 26. Be2
hxg5 27. Bg4 Rf5 28. Bxg5 Rhf8 29. Rc1 b6 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. f4
Kb7 32. h5 Nd4 33. Re1 Ne6 34. h6 Nxg5 35. fxg5 Qd8 36. Re5
Qc7 37. Re3 Qd8 38. Qg2 Rxg5 39. Rg3 Re5 40. Rg7+ Kc6 41. Qc2+
Kd6 42. Rg6+ Re6 43. Qh2+ Kc5 44. Rxe6 Qg8+ 45. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matiss Mustaps"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6
Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rb8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. h4 Qe7 15. exd5 cxd5
16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb4 19. b3 Qc3 20. Kb1
Re2 21. Rc1 Rxg2 22. Qf4 Qc6 23. Rd4 Rf2 24. Rc4 Rxf3 25. Qd4
Qb6 26. Qd7 c5 27. h5 Rf5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rg1 Re5 30. Rf1
Rf8 31. Qd2 Qe6 32. Rh1 Re8 33. Kb2 Re2 {...} 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Denis Yevseev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qb3 Ng6 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8
12. Nbd2 Bxc5 13. Nb3 d3 14. Bd1 Bb6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bd2 a5
17. c5 Bc7 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. h3 h5 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 d2
22. Re3 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bxe5 Rxc5 26. Bc3
Rcd5 27. a4 Re8 28. Bxh5 Rd3 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 a6 11. Bd2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bf3 Ra7 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 O-O 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bb4 21. b3 f5
22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Bb1 g5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 g4 26. hxg4
Nxg4 27. Rd6 Kf7 28. Rcc6 Ne5 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Rc8
31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Ra5 Ng4 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. Rxb5 Rxf2+ 35. Ke1
Rxa2 36. Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rxg2 38. Kd1 Rb2 39. e4 Nf2+
40. Kc1 Re2 41. b4 Nxe4 42. Rd3 Nf6 43. b5 Re6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3
7. exf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 d5 11. Kb1 Na5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. h4 Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 c5 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. Bxd4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rad8 19. Rd3 Nc6 20. Rc3 Rd1+
21. Kc2 Rd6 22. f4 Rfd8 23. Rd3 Rf8 24. Rc3 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Rxd3
26. Bxd3 Rd4 27. f5 Rxg4 28. fxe6 Nd4+ 29. Kd2 Nxe6 30. h5 Kg7
31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ke3 Rd4 33. Rc1 Rd7 34. b4 Kf6 35. a4 Re7
36. Rc6 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. a5 f6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Qf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qe5 9. Nc2 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. g3 Qh5 12. Qg2
g5 13. Be2 Qg6 14. h4 g4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. c5 Nc6
18. Nc4 Nxb4 19. Rh6 Qg7 20. Rc1 Ng8 21. Rh5 f6 22. Na4 Nc6
23. Nab6 Rb8 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 Nge7 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. cxd6
Ng6 28. Bxg4 Qg8 29. Nd5 Qf8 30. Rf5 Qxd6 31. Bc5 Qe6 32. Nc7+
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. O-O Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Be2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. f4 Nc6 16. b4 a6 17. Bb2
Re8 18. Rf3 Re6 19. Bd3 Rh6 20. Rg3 Bf8 21. Nd5 Qh4 22. Qc3
Qxh2+ 23. Kf2 f6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rh1 Qxg3+ 26. Kxg3 h6
27. Qc4+ Be6 28. Qc2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "5.41"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. h3 c6 13. a4 a5 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rd3 Rae8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Ne2 Nd5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Qd2 Re4 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb4 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rd4
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qb6 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. g4 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rd7
hxg4 32. hxg4 Qb4 33. Kf3 Re6 34. Qc4 Rf6+ 35. Ke2 Qa3 36. Qc3
g5 37. f4 Qa2+ 38. Rd2 Qb1 39. Rd6 Qg6 40. f5 Qh6 41. Qe5 b5
42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "6.41"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. h3 e6 10. d3 f5 11. Qg3 fxe4
12. dxe4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Qh2 Qe7 16. Bd2 Nd6
17. Bb4 Be5 18. g3 a5 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qb6
22. Ne2 Qb4+ 23. c3 Qxb2 24. O-O Ne4 25. Qg2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2
Qxa1+ 27. Rf1 Qxa2 28. c4 Qd2 29. Qf3 Bxh3 30. Bxe4 dxe4
31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Rf2 e3 35. Qf6+ Kg8
36. Rf3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 Nh5
12. Bf2 f5 13. g4 fxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. h3 O-O 16. Bg3 Bd6
17. Bh4 Qe7 18. O-O-O Qg7 19. Rhf1 Bd7 20. Kb1 Rae8 21. e4
dxe4 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxe4 Qe7
26. d5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Bc6 28. Nxd6 Bxd5 29. Nxe8 Bxc4 30. Qc3+
Kg8 31. Qxc4 Qxe8 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Qd5 Kf6 34. Nxe6 Qxe6
35. g5+ Ke7 36. Qxb7+ Kd8 37. Qb8+ Kd7 38. Qxa7+ Kc8 39. Qc5+
Kd7 40. Qd4+ Ke8 41. h4 Qe1+ 42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Kc3 Qf3+ 44. Kb4
Qb7+ 45. Ka3 Qe7+ 46. b4 Qe6 47. Qh8+ Kd7 48. Qxh7+ Kc6
49. Qg7 Qe4 50. Qc3+ Kb5 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52. Ka4 Qxh4 53. Qd6+
Kb7 54. Qe7+ Kb6 55. Qf6+ Ka7 56. Qf7+ Ka8 57. Qxg6 Qc4 58. a3
Kb7 59. Qg7+ Kb6 60. Qf6+ Kb7 61. Qe7+ Ka6 62. Qd6+ Kb7 63. g6
Qc2+ 64. Ka5 Qc1 65. Qe7+ Ka8 66. Qd8+ Ka7 67. Qd4+ Kb7
68. Qd3 Ka7 69. Kb5 Qc7 70. Qd4+ Kb7 71. Qd5+ Kb8 72. a4 Qg3
73. a5 Qg4 74. a6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Rode Pedersen"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 Be7
7. e4 d6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bc8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxh7 Nb4
12. Qg6+ Kd7 13. exd6 Bf6 14. Qf7+ Kxd6 15. Bf4+ e5 16. Na3
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pekka Koykka"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Ned5 Be7 11. a4 b4
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Nc7
Rab8 17. a5 Bd8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxa6 Bxb6 20. axb6 Rxb6
21. Qd3 Nd4 22. Bc4 Qc8 23. O-O Rc6 24. b3 g6 25. Ra4 Rb6
26. Qd2 Qc6 27. f3 Kg7 28. Kh1 Ra8 29. Rfa1 Rbb8 30. h3 Rxa4
31. Rxa4 Qc5 32. Ra6 h6 33. Ra4 Rb7 34. Ra8 Qb6 35. Ra6 Qd8
36. Bd5 Rc7 37. Bc4 Qg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39. Rxd6 Nxc2 40. Rb6
Rd7 41. Bd5 Ra7 42. Rc6 Ne3 43. Rb6 f5 44. Rxb4 Ra1+ 45. Kh2
f4 46. Ra4 Rb1 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Bc4 Rb2 49. Kh1 Rxg2 50. Be6
Rg3 51. b4 Rxf3 52. b5 Rf1+ 53. Kh2 Rf2+ 54. Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kh1
Rb2 56. Rb7 Ke8 57. Bg4 Nc4 58. Kg1 Nd6 59. Rb8+ Ke7 60. b6
Rb3 61. Rg8 Kf6 62. Rf8+ Kg7 63. Rb8 Nxe4 64. b7 Nd6 65. Bf3
e4 66. Bxe4 Nxe4 67. Re8 Rxb7 68. Rxe4 Kh6 69. Re8 g4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. Bc2
Qc7 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Bh4
Bxh2 18. g3 g5 19. Qc1 gxh4 20. Qxh6 Re5 21. Qf4 hxg3 22. Nf5
g2+ 23. Kxh2 gxf1=Q 24. Rxf1 Nf8 25. Nh6+ Kh7 26. Nf5 Ng4+
27. Kg2 Ng6 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Qxg4 c5 30. Rh6 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Rd2
32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qd6 34. Kf1 Rxd5 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rd2
37. Qc3+ Qd4 38. Qxd4+ cxd4 39. Be4 Nf4 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. f3
Rxb2 42. Rh4 Ne6 43. Bd5 d3 44. Ke1 Nc5 45. Rd4 a5 46. Kd1 b4
47. axb4 Rb1+ 48. Kd2 Rxb4 49. Rg4+ Rxg4 50. fxg4 a4 51. g5
Kg7 52. Bc4 Kg6 53. Ke3 Kg7 54. Kd2 Kf8 55. Ke3 Ke8 56. Kd2
Ke7 57. Kc3 Kf8 58. Kd2 Kg7 59. Ke3 a3 60. Kd2 Na6 61. Kc3 Nb4
62. Bb3 a2 63. Kb2 d2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Yuri Boidman"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. e3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. g4 Qb6
12. Rb1 e6 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Bd6 Rfe8 15. Rg1 Ne4 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. Ng5 Nxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Battle of the Generations"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.07"]
[EventDate "2013.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. g4 Nf6
12. g5 Nh5 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Bg4 g6 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. h4 a5
17. Kb1 b4 18. Ne2 a4 19. Nf4 b3 20. cxb3 axb3 21. axb3 Bb4
22. Qf2 Ra8 23. Nxh5 Ke7 24. Nf6 Rhc8 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7 26. Nxd7
Kxd7 27. Ba7 Ba6 28. Rd1+ Ke8 29. h5 Be7 30. g6 fxg6 31. hxg6
hxg6 32. Qb6 Kf7 33. Rd7 Be2 34. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Battle of the Generations"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.06"]
[EventDate "2013.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Be6
7. c4 dxc4 8. d4 Bd6 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. e4 Bg6 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3
Nxe4 13. Qe1 exf4 14. Nh4 O-O 15. Nxg6 Nxg3 16. Nxf8 Nxf8
17. Rf2 Ne6 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Ne4 Nxd4 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Bd2 f3
22. Bxf3 Nc2 23. Bg5 Ne2+ 24. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 25. Bg2 Nxa1 26. Qe1
d5 27. Qxa1 d4 28. Qf1 d3 29. Rxf7 Rd8 30. Rf5 Qe3+ 31. Kh2
Qd4 32. Bf3 Qxb2+ 33. Kh1 Qd4 34. Qg2 d2 35. Bd1 Re8 36. Rf1
Re1 37. Qf3 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Kf2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Battle of the Generations"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[EventDate "2013.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bxg4
Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O Rg8 15. e5 Qb6 16. a3 Be7 17. a4 a6
18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Qd2 b4 22. Ne2
Rh8 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. Bh5 Nf8 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. Be2 Ng6 27. Nxg6
Rxg6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 h5 30. Kh2 Rg4 31. f3 Rg6 32. b3
Qa6 33. Rc2 Kf8 34. Ra2 Qb6 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Qd3 c5 37. Re8
Bf8 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Qd8 Rxg3 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Battle of the Generations"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nd5 10. h4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. hxg5
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Rxh6 Rg8 16. Be2 Bb7
17. Bh5 O-O-O 18. Bxf7 Rxg5 19. Bxe6 Rxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd4
21. Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. e6 Re7 23. Kf1 Qa3 24. Nf3 Qe3 25. Nxd4
Qxh6 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. g4 Rxe6 28. Qd2 c5 29. Kg1 Qd8 30. Qf2
Qd5 31. g5 Kc7 32. a4 Re5 33. Nh4 Rxg5 34. axb5 Rg4 35. Re1
Qd4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Florian Handke"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5
7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. e5 Nd7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Nd4 Ne6
17. Be3 Be4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Nf5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc2 f6
22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 fxe5 25. Rd5 b6 26. Rxe5
Qd7 27. Ne7+ Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxf3 29. Rxc7 Raf8 30. Re1 Rxf2
31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Nd3+ 33. Kf1 Nxe1 34. Kxe1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Joerg Wegerle"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Nh6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Na4 Qd8
12. Nc5 Rc7 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O Bc8 16. Rc3 b6
17. Na4 Rxc3 18. Nxc3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Ne2 h6
22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Re1 Qd6 24. g3 Nbc6 25. Qe2 Nf5 26. Ng6 Ncxd4
27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qe3 Nc2 29. Bxc2 Bxb2 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Qd3
Qf6 32. Re3 g6 33. Qb5 Qf7 34. Bxg6 Qxg6 35. Qc6 Ba6 36. Qa8+
Kh7 37. Qxa7+ Bg7 38. Qxa6 d4 39. Re1 e5 40. f3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruediger Seger"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be3 c4 6. b3 cxb3
7. axb3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qf3 h6 11. Ne2 Ne7
12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Ng6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 b6 16. Nbc3 Bb7
17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Rfd8 19. Ra2 Ne7 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Ra4 a5
22. Raa1 Nb4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Nb5 Nd7 26. Nbxd4
Nxc5 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Rdc1 Ne4 29. g4 g6 30. Nf3 Ng5 31. Bxd5
Rxd5 32. Ned4 Re8 33. Re1 Red8 34. Re7 Rxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4
36. Rxa5 Nc6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Nd4 40. Rc3 Rd2
41. Ree3 Nge6 42. Red3 Rb2 43. Rc4 Nb5 44. Rb4 Nbc7 45. Rc4 g5
46. Rdc3 Nd5 47. Rc2 Rxb3 48. Rf2 Nef4 49. Rd4 Ne3 50. g3 Nd3
51. Rf3 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway Rapid"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andrey Shariyazdanov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Ng6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bh5 Rc8
12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Bf3 Qxh2+ 16. Kf2
Qe5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Ke1 b4 19. Ne2 Rh4 20. Qd2 Bxe4 21. g3
Bxf3 22. gxh4 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxc2 24. Rd1 d5 25. Rf4 a5
26. Qb5+ Kf8 27. Qxa5 Qh2 28. Qxb4+ Kg8 29. Qd2 Qh1+ 30. Ke2
Qh2+ 31. Kd3 Qg3+ 32. Qe3 Qg2 33. Qf2 Qh3+ 34. Qf3 Qh2 35. Rd2
Qg1 36. Rxf7 e5 37. Qxd5 Kh7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qd7+ Kh6
40. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway Rapid"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 b5
12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Be3 Bb7 16. gxf5 exf5
17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qb3 Qe6 20. Kc2 c5 21. Be2 Rfc8
22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. Ka2 Ba8 25. h4 Rb6 26. Qd3 Qg8
27. h5 Rcb8 28. Ka1 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxb2 30. Qxg8+ Kxg8 31. Bc4+
Kh8 32. Rd7 Nc3 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Kxb2 Nd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1
36. e6 Bc6 37. Bxc5 Be8 38. Bxa6 Bxh5 39. a4 Rd5 40. Bb4 Be8
41. a5 h5 42. Kc3 h4 43. Bb7 Rd1 44. a6 Ra1 45. Bc5 Rc1+
46. Kd4 Rd1+ 47. Ke5 Re1+ 48. Kd6 Ra1 49. a7 h3 50. a8=Q Rxa8
51. Bxa8 Kh7 52. Bg1 Kh6 53. Bc6 Bh5 54. e7 g5 55. Bh2 gxf4
56. Bxf4+ Kg7 57. e8=Q Bxe8 58. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway Rapid"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. h4 a5 13. h5 a4 14. Bd5 b4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ne2 e5
17. Be3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Ng3 e4 21. O-O a3
22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 axb2 24. Rab1 Bc3 25. Qf4 Qe8 26. Bg5
Bb5 27. Rf3 Rxa2 28. Rxc3 bxc3 29. Bf6 Ra1 30. Qh4 Rxb1+
31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qc7 Rf1 35. Qxe5+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway Rapid"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Ne5
12. Bh6 b5 13. Nd5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. O-O-O
a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 b4 19. axb4 a3 20. Qg5 Qg7 21. c3 Rfc8
22. Qe7 Ba4 23. Rd2 Nc6 24. Nxe6 Nxe7 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxd6
Bb5 27. Rhd1 Nc6 28. Kb1 axb2 29. Kxb2 Ne5 30. Rb6 Bc4 31. Bb1
Be2 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.08"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8. O-O c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. e3 O-O 11. a3 a5
12. b3 Ne8 13. Bg2 Nd6 14. Ra2 Re8 15. Re2 Re6 16. Bb2 Qe7
17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Qd2 Bb6 19. Nc3 Nf5 20. d4 h5 21. Na4 Bc7
22. e4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd6 24. Qg5 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4
Nxd4 27. Qxh5 Nf6 28. Qh4 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nxg3 30. Bxf6 Nxe4
31. Qxe4 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qxh3+ 33. Ke2 gxf6 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4
Bd6 36. Qd4 Qe6+ 37. Kf1 b5 38. Nc3 Be5 39. Qd3 Qb3 40. Qd8+
Kg7 41. Nd1 Qxb4 42. Ne3 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pavel Maletin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 e6 11. d6 Qf6
12. Qd2 Nc6 13. h5 Rd8 14. Rd1 e5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 Bg4
17. Qh6 Rab8 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. Rd3 b5 20. Bd5 Nd8 21. Ng5 b4
22. c4 Rxd6 23. Rg3 b3 24. axb3 Ra6 25. O-O Be6 26. Rf3 Qg7
27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd1 Kh6 30. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "15th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6
7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 O-O-O 11. cxd5
Qxe5 12. Nc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8
16. Be3 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rac1 Kc7 19. b4 b6 20. bxc5
Bxc5 21. Bf3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Be6 23. Rc3 a5 24. a4 Kd6 25. Bd1
Re8 26. Rf4 Ke5 27. Rh4 h6 28. Rh5+ Kd6 29. Kf2 Rf8+ 30. Bf3
g5 31. Ke2 Rf6 32. h4 g4 33. Bd5 Bd7 34. Bb3 g3 35. Kd3 Bg4
36. Rd5+ Kc6 37. Rd4 h5 38. Rf4 Rd6+ 39. Ke4 Rd2 40. Rf6+ Kc7
41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rc2 Rxc2 43. Bxc2 Bb4 44. Kf4 Bc3 45. Kxg3
Be5+ 46. Kf2 Kc5 47. Bd3 Kb4 48. Rb7 Kxa4 49. Rxb6 Bc7 50. Rb7
Bd6 51. Be2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sarunas Sulskis"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7
Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. a3 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Nxd5
Kd6 12. d4 Be6 13. Re1 b5 14. Nb4 bxc4 15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. Bg5+
Kf7 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Qxc7+ Rd7 19. Qxe5 Rd6 20. d5 Bd7
21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. Qxc4 a5 23. Nd3 a4 24. Nc5 h5 25. Nxd7 Rxd7
26. d6+ Kh7 27. Re6 g6 28. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anuar Ismagambetov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bh2
Qb6 13. a4 c4 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. b3 Ne8 17. Rc1 Nd7
18. axb5 axb5 19. bxc4 b4 20. Nb5 Nc5 21. Rb1 Ra2 22. Bf4 b3
23. Be3 b2 24. Nb3 Ba6 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Qb3 Ra1 27. Rxb2
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Ng7 31. Qa3 Rc8
32. Qa6 Qb8 33. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. e4 f6
12. exf6 exf6 13. exd5 Re8+ 14. Be2 b4 15. d6 bxc3 16. O-O
cxb2 17. Bc4+ Be6 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Bxb2 Nd7 20. d5 cxd5
21. Qxd5 Nxc5 22. Ba3 Kh8 23. Qxc5 Qd7 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Bb4
Bh6 26. Qc7 Qb5 27. d7 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 Be3+ 29. Bf2 Bxf2+
30. Kxf2 Re2+ 31. Kg1 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe2+ 33. Rf2 Qe4+ 34. Kf1
Qb1+ 35. Ke2 Qxa2+ 36. Kd3 Qxf2 37. d8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Duailibe Leitao"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7
12. h3 Re8 13. Bf4 a5 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 f5 18. a3 a4 19. Bh2 Qd5 20. Rac1 Rec8 21. Nb1 c5
22. Nc3 Qb3 23. d5 Bf6 24. d6 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Nd7
27. f3 b5 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rd1 Rf8 30. Bf4 Kf7 31. Bh6 Rfe8
32. Rc2 Re5 33. Bf4 Rh5 34. g4 Rxh3 35. Rf2 h5 36. Kg2 hxg4
37. Bg3+ Ke6 38. Rdf1 Rah8 39. Rf4 Rxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rh3+ 41. Kf2
Ne5 42. Rxe4 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rxf1 44. Kxf1 Kxd6 45. Rf4 g5
46. Rf5 b4 47. Rxg5 c4 48. axb4 a3 49. bxa3 c3 50. Ke2 c2
51. Kd2 Nf3+ 52. Kxc2 Nxg5 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Kf1 Nc3
56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Kg3 Kg5 58. a4 Nxa4 59. b5 Nb6 60. e4 Nc4
61. e5 Nxe5 62. b6 Nd7 63. b7 Nb8 64. Kg2 Kf4 65. Kf2 g3+
66. Kg2 Nd7 67. Kg1 Kf3 68. Kf1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Markos"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd5 Qb6 9. Bc4 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Rf1 Bc5
12. Ng5 Nxe5 13. Nxf7 Nxf7 14. Rxf7 Qe6+ 15. Qxe6 dxe6
16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Rf1+ Ke8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rf4 Be7
21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rh4 Bc6 23. Rxh7+ Kf6 24. g4 Kg5 25. Ke3
Kxg4 26. Bxg6 Rf8 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Kxe4 Rf4+ 29. Ke5 Rf2
30. Rg7+ Kh3 31. Kxe6 Rxc2 32. Rxb7 Kxh2 33. a4 Kg3 34. b4 a5
35. bxa5 Rc4 36. Kd5 Rxa4 37. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.19"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "4.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaac B Sanders"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. d3 Ng4 10. Bb3 d6 11. Qg3 a5
12. a4 Qb6 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bg5 e6 15. Rae1 Qc5 16. Qh4 Nd7
17. f4 b5 18. f5 Ne5 19. Rf4 exf5 20. Bh6 bxa4 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxf5 axb3 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Ng3 Nd7 26. Qh4
Qb4 27. Ref1 bxc2 28. Rh5 c1=Q 29. Rxc1 Qd2 30. Nf1 Qxc1
31. Rxh7 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.20"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Pierre Bailet"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 Nd4 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf4 Qd8 15. Re1+ Be7 16. Qe2
Kf8 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Nfxg6+ hxg6 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Qxb7 Rxh3
21. Nc6 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nc6 Rh4 25. Re4
Re8 26. a4 Rxe4 27. dxe4 Rxg4+ 28. Kf1 Rxe4 29. a5 Re8 30. Re1
d3 31. cxd3 Ra8 32. b4 Bc3 33. Rc1 Bd2 34. Rc4 g5 35. Ke2 Bf4
36. b5 Ke8 37. Re4+ Kf8 38. a6 f5 39. Re7 g4 40. Rd7 Re8+
41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Henk Vedder"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. a3 b6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5
12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nd1 Qe8 15. Ne3 Bd7 16. Rf3 f5
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. c3 Rc4 21. Qd2
Bc8 22. b3 Rc7 23. Ne5 Qb5 24. a4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bb7 26. b4 Qe7
27. Qd4 a5 28. b5 Rfc8 29. Rh3 Qf6 30. Re1 Qf5 31. Rg3 Re7
32. h3 Qf8 33. Qxb6 Qxf4 34. Rg4 Qd2 35. Re3 Qc2 36. Kh2 Qf2
37. Rgg3 Qf4 38. Qxa5 Ra8 39. Qb6 Qxa4 40. c4 Qa5 41. Rxg7+
Rxg7 42. Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ Rxf7 44. Qxf7 Qd8 45. Rg3 Qf8
46. Qxb7 dxc4 47. Qd5 h6 48. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3 Be6 16. Kf1 Qa5
17. Kg2 Qc5 18. b3 Ra7 19. Qd3 a5 20. Rad1 a4 21. Rhe1 axb3
22. axb3 Ra2 23. Re2 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Na5 26. Rb1
Nb7 27. Kf1 Nc5 28. Nxb4 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Rb8 30. Nd3 Ne4 31. Rb2
Nc3+ 32. Kf1 g6 33. b4 f5 34. Rc2 e4 35. Nf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Na4
37. c5 dxc5 38. bxc5 Rb5 39. c6 Rxd5 40. c7 Nb6 41. Ke1 Kf7
42. Bf1 Ke7 43. c8=Q Nxc8 44. Rxc8 Rd7 45. h5 Ra7 46. h6 Ra1+
47. Ke2 Ra3 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Rxh7 Rf3 50. Rh8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
g5 13. Nd3 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Kh1 h5 17. Nb5 g4
18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qc2 g3 20. Nc7 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7
gxf2 23. Rfc1 Bd7 24. Rxb7 Bc8 25. Rbc7 Bd7 26. Nxf2 Nf8
27. Rb7 Ne8 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Bf6 30. Rb7 Bd8 31. g3 Bb6
32. Nd3 fxg3 33. hxg3 Ng6 34. b4 h4 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. gxh4 Nxh4+
37. Kg3 Ng6 38. Rc6 Rd8 39. Nc5 Kh8 40. Ne6 Rg8 41. Kh3 Bd4
42. Rxd6 Nf4+ 43. Nxf4 exf4 44. Rf7 Rg3+ 45. Kh4 Ng8 46. Rd8
Rxf3 47. d6 Rf1 48. d7 Bb6 49. Rb8 Rd1 50. Rff8 Kh7 51. d8=Q
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 Rc8 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Bf5
12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Rc1 e6 14. O-O Be7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 h6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Kf7 21. f3 Nd7
22. Bg3 c5 23. Ne2 cxd4 24. exd4 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Qe3 Qc6
27. Rfe1 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nc3 a6 30. Na4 Bf6 31. Kg2 Rfe8
32. Rbc1 Qxa4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qxe6+ Kg6 35. Qf5+ Kf7
36. Qe6+ Kg6 37. Qf5+ Kf7 38. Qxd5+ Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kf7 40. Qe6+
Kg6 41. Qf5+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kg6 43. f4 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Rc3 45. Qe4+
Kh6 46. Qe8 Rxg3+ 47. Kxg3 gxf4+ 48. Kh2 g5 49. Qe2 Bxd4
50. Qe6+ Nf6 51. Kg2 Qc2+ 52. Re2 Qd3 53. Kh1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Andreas Schenk"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. h3 h5
12. Rc2 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. g3 a5 15. b5 Bxa3 16. Be2 a4
17. O-O h4 18. Ra2 Be7 19. Nxa4 Qa5 20. Qa1 Rc8 21. g4 h5
22. Nh2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bb4 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. Qb1 Bc3 26. Rd1 Ng6
27. Rd3 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxe5 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qh7 Rf8 31. Qxh4
Nc4 32. Rb1 Qe5 33. Bd3 Qd4 34. Qg3 Ra8 35. Kg1 Ne5 36. Bc2
Nxg4 37. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Match of the Generations"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[EventDate "2014.12.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 d6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7
12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14. Re1 Bf4 15. g3 Bh6 16. Bf1 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qd4+ 19. Kg2 Qb4 20. Qd2 f5 21. e5 dxe5
22. Rxe5 Bg7 23. Re7 Nf6 24. Bg1 Bd7 25. Kh2 Rad8 26. Bg2 h5
27. d6 Bc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Re5 h4
32. Bxc5 hxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qb3 34. Rd3 Qb7 35. b4 Rh7 36. Kg2 Rh4
37. Rg3 Nh5 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rxf5 Kxg6 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Rf7+
Kh8 42. Bd4+ Bg7 43. Bxg7+ Nxg7 44. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Match of the Generations"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.22"]
[EventDate "2014.12.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5
Nbd7 13. c3 Rb8 14. Bd2 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. O-O
Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rfb1 Bd8 20. b5 a5 21. Bb2 Nc5 22. Ba3
Rc8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nc3 Qb8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Qg5
Qc7 28. h4 Rc8 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Qxh5 Re8 31. Be4 Qd8 32. Qh7+
Kf8 33. Ra3 Ke7 34. Rf3 Rg8 35. Qf5 Qf8 36. Qg5+ f6 37. Qg4
Qf7 38. Bh7 Rf8 39. Be4 Rg8 40. h5 Rh8 41. Rf5 Kd8 42. Qf3 Kc7
43. Rg5 Rf8 44. Rg6 Kb8 45. Bf5 Qb7 46. Rc4 Rf7 47. Kg2 Ka7
48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6
12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qf8
17. Re1 f6 18. Bd2 Re8 19. Ne3 Nce7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5
22. Be4 Qf7 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxc7 Nb5 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Qe7 Qf7 28. Qd8 Nc7 29. Bh6 Nd5 30. Qd6 Ne7 31. g4
Nc8 32. Qd8 Qe6 33. h3 Nd6 34. d5 Nf7 35. dxe6 Nxd8 36. Nd4 a6
37. f4 Nc6 38. Ne2 Ne7 39. Ng3 Bc6 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bb5
42. Ne4 Nxf5 43. Nxf6+ Kh8 44. Bf8 a5 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. e7 Nd6
47. Kg3 Ne8 48. Ng4 h5 49. Ne5 Bd5 50. a3 Kg8 51. Kf4 Bb3
52. Kg5 Bd1 53. Nc4 Kf7 54. Nxb6 Nd6 55. Nd5 Ne4+ 56. Kh4 a4
57. Nc3 Nxc3 58. bxc3 Be2 59. Kg5 Ke8 60. h4 Kd7 61. Kf6 Bc4
62. Bh6 Ke8 63. Bf4 Bf7 64. Bg5 Bb3 65. Ke5 Kd7 66. Kd4 Bf7
67. Kc5 Kc7 68. c4 Be8 69. Kd5 Kd7 70. c5 Bg6 71. c6+ Kc7
72. Bf4+ Kc8 73. Ke6 Bf7+ 74. Kf6 Be8 75. c7 Kd7 76. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Dobrov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Rg1 b5 9. g4 bxc4 10. bxc4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Nc5
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ncb5 Be7 15. g5 Nfe4 16. f3 e5
17. fxe4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Bxg5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h4
Bxb5 22. Bxe4 h6 23. Qb2+ d4 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. d3 Re8
26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. exd4 f6 28. Kd2 Bd7 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Kc3
f5 31. Bh1 g4 32. d5 Kf6 33. Kd4 f4 34. Be4 Rb4+ 35. Kc5 Rxe4
36. dxe4 Ke5 37. Rh1 f3 38. Rh5+ Kxe4 39. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Igor Kovpak"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+
7. Bxd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 N5f6
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 f5 15. Ng5 N7f6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jovana Vojinovic"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. Ne5 Nc6 8. h4 cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. h5 Ne4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. c3 e5 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Bxd8 dxc3
17. Qd1 cxb2 18. Rb1 Be6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Bxa2 21. O-O a5
22. Be3 a4 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Qc1+ 26. Qd1
Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 a3 28. Bb3 a2 29. Bxa2 Rxa2 30. Kh2 f5 31. Kg3
Kf7 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. g3 g5 35. Kd2 f4 36. gxf4+
Kxf4 37. Kc2 Kf3 38. Kb3 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Verners Putka"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4
Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Bf5
12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Ndb5 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nfd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Rab8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rxb2 21. Nxc6
Ne4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Re1 f5 24. Qd4 Rb7 25. Bxe4 fxe4
26. Bxd6 Qd7 27. Qd5+ Bf7 28. Qxe4 Re8 29. Qd4 Rd8 30. c5 Rb4
31. Qc3 Rg4 32. Qf3 Bh5 33. Re7 Qc8 34. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maris Krakops"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7
7. Bd3 a6 8. N5c3 Bg5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nb3 Bxc1
12. Rxc1 Ne6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf4 16. Nxc5
Bh3 17. gxh3 Qg5+ 18. Qg4 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jorden van Foreest"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3
O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O a6 14. f4 Rhe8 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. g4
f6 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. f5 Bd7 20. Qh6 Be8 21. e5
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd6 23. Qf4 Nc4 24. f6 Bf7 25. b3 Nxe5 26. Qxe5
Re8 27. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 28. Qd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 h6 30. g5 h5 31. Ke2
Kd7 32. Kf3 Be6 33. h4 Bg4+ 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Nd5 c6 36. Nb6 Bf5
37. c3 Bb1 38. a3 Bc2 39. Na4 b6 40. Nxb6 Bxb3 41. Ke3 Kd6
42. c4 Ke6 43. Kd2 a5 44. Nc8 Ba4 45. Ne7 Kf7 46. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "11.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ilja Zaragatski"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qe4 Nh6
12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qe6 16. O-O-O
Bxe5 17. Rhe1 Bxc3 18. Qxb7 Qc8 19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. bxc3 Rc7
21. g4 Ng7 22. Bg3 Rb7 23. Re4 h5 24. Rc4 O-O 25. Rb4 Rb6
26. Rd7 hxg4 27. hxg4 Ra6 28. a4 Ne6 29. Rxe7 Nc5 30. Be5 Rc8
31. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rasmus Svane"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 g6 12. Nf3
Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 Nh5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Bh4 g5
18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Rfc1 Rc7 22. Nd2 Qb6
23. Nb3 Rfc8 24. Nc5 Nxb2 25. Nxb5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. dxc5
Qxc5 28. Rb1 a6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. exd4 Qxd4+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+
32. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 33. Ke3 Ne5 34. Kd4 Nc4 35. a4 f6 36. Rb8+ Kf7
37. Ra8 a5 38. Ra7 Ne5 39. Kc3 d4+ 40. Kd2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Marcin Szelag"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. g3 Rg4
12. Rd2 a5 13. b5 Re4+ 14. Be2 Qxb5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bd3 Rg4
17. Bxh7 a4 18. Bc2 Qa5 19. Ne1 Rg7 20. Ng2 b5 21. Nf4 b4
22. Nh5 bxa3 23. Nxa3 Bxa3 24. Nxg7+ Kd8 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Rf3
Bxg7 27. Rxf7 Bh8 28. Qg4 a3 29. Rh7 a2 30. Qg8+ Kc7 31. Qxe6
Rd8 32. Ra1 Nxd4 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Bd3 Nb5 35. Rc1+ Nc7
36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Ba6+ Kb8 38. Qxd7 Qxa6 39. Qxc7+ Ka8
40. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 9. c4 Bg7 10. Bd2 a5 11. a4 O-O 12. c5
Ng6 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. Bd3 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Bxf5
Qxf5 18. Re1 Rfb8 19. Nc1 b6 20. Nd3 f6 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nf3
Qf5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Rc1 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxb2
27. Rxc6 Rab8 28. h3 Rb1 29. Rc1 R1b7 30. Qe2 Rb4 31. Qa6 R4b6
32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qa7+ 1-0

