[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 "Stockholm op"]

[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[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 "Gausdal Troll Masters"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[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 "Erik Lundin Memorial"]

[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "1990.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erik Gustaf 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 "Match"]
[Site "Correze FRA"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[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 FRA"]
[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 FRA"]
[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 "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde DEN"]
[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"]
[Site "Kerteminde DEN"]
[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 "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich 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 "Gausdal Troll Masters"]

[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich 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 "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[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 "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 "Bundesliga 1997/98"]

[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5

7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Qd3 O-O
12. Qxb5 Qe8 13. Qd3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Rxb3 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Ra5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qe2 21. Ra3
Qb5 22. Rd1 Re8 23. h3 Nb6 24. Rxb3 Qxb3 25. Be3 Re5 26. Ra1
h5 27. Qh4 Qxd5 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Bxb6 cxb6 30. Qxb6 Rg5 31. g3
h4 32. g4 f5 33. f4 Rg6 34. g5 Qf3 35. Qf2 Qxh3 36. Re1 d5
37. Re3 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Rc6 39. Rh3 Kg6 40. Rd3 Rc4 41. Rf3 Rc2
42. Qxc2 Qxf3 43. Qd2 h3 44. b4 d4 45. b5 Kh5 46. b6 Kg4
47. Qb2 d3 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 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 "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 "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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]

[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Yulyevich 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 "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 "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 "2009.11.26"]
[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 "Corus Group A"]

[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 "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 "Bundesliga 2009/10"]

[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 "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 "Isle of Man Masters"]

[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lawrence Trent"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5

7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Bd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Nxd5 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. Ne3
Ng6 17. c3 Bg5 18. d4 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Qd7 20. a4 d5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qh5 c6 23. Rfe1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 f5 25. Bd2 Re8 26. h3
Kf7 27. Kf1 h6 28. f3 Qe6 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Kf2
Kf7 32. g4 f4 33. Bc1 b4 34. Bd2 b3 35. Bc1 Kg8 36. Bd2 Kh7
37. Qf5 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 Qxh3 39. Be1 h5 40. Qxh5+ Qxh5 41. gxh5
Nf8 42. Kd3 Ne6 43. c4 Kh6 44. cxd5 cxd5 45. Kc3 Kxh5 46. Bf2
Ng5 47. Kxb3 Nxf3 48. Kc2 g5 49. Kd3 g4 50. Ke2 Ng5 51. b4 Ne4
0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]

[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klementy Sychev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4
exf4 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Rg1 Ne6 20. Bd3 g6 21. Rg2 c5
22. d5 Ng5 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. Rxg4 Nh3 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rh4 Nxf2
27. Kxf2 c4+ 28. Ke2 cxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]

[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "8.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[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 Bc5

7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8
13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Nf1 h6 17. d5 hxg5
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxg5 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Qe2
g6 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Nd5 Qh4 25. Nxc7 Rh8 26. Qf3 f5 27. Kh2
Nxf2 28. Ne6+ Kf6 29. Rxf2 Bxf2 30. Qd3 Be4 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]

[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonas Lampert"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5

7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11. d4 Ba7 12. Be3
Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Ng5 16. Qd3 Be6
17. Nf4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Qe4 Ng5 21. Qd5 Nh7
22. Rad1 Rb6 23. Re3 Nf6 24. Qf5 Re8 25. Rde1 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 d5
27. h4 c4 28. Bc2 Rd6 29. g4 g6 30. Qf3 d4 31. Re5 d3 32. Bd1
Nd7 33. Re3 Qxh4 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Qa8 Qf6 36. Rh8 Qe5 37. Qg8+
Kf6 38. Rh7 Kg5 39. Rxf7 Rf6 40. Bf3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]

[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8
13. Nbd2 h6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Rxe5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. f4 Re7 20. e5 Qe8 21. Rf1 dxe5 22. fxe5
Nd5 23. Rf3 c5 24. Ne4 c4 25. Ba2 Rxe5 26. Nd6 Re1+ 27. Rf1
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Nf4 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Rd1 Nd3
32. Rf1 Re7 33. Bb1 Qe2 34. Kg1 Qxc2 35. Bxc2 Nxb2 36. Rb1 Nd3
37. Rd1 Re3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"]

[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Alexei Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[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. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Nbd2
Ne7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Qg4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rac1 c5 21. dxc5
Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qxb2 23. Qd7 Ng6 24. Bd6 e3 25. Rf1 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Rbe8 27. Rcd1 Bb8
28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. g3 Bxg3 30. c6 Qc2 0-1