[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saksis, Y."]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B99"]

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"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B99"]

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 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.g5 Bxd4 13.Rxd4 b5 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.Rhd1 Nc5
16.a3 Rac8 17.R1d2 Bc6 18.Rxd6 a5 19.Qf2 Nb7 20.R6d4 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Rxb4 Ra8
23.Rd3 Ra1+ 24.Kd2 e5 25.Qb6 Qe7 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Nd8 28.Rxe5 Qd7+ 29.Rd5 Qg4
30.Qf2 Ne6 31.e5 Nxg5 32.h3 Nxh3 33.Qf3 Qh4 34.Kc3 Ng1 35.Qe3 Re1 36.Qd3 Ne2+
37.Kc4 Nxf4 38.Qd4 Nxg2  0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Nfd4 Ne7
9.g3 Nbc6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nf5 12.Ne2 d4 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Bf4 Bc4
16.Re1 Qb6 17.g4 d3 18.cxd3 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Bd5 20.Neg1 Nfd4 21.Qd2 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Nxf3  0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jakobson, I."]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ozolinsh, Aris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Nxd4 11.Qf2 c5 12.c3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Qe7 14.d4 O-O 15.Bg2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Bf5 17.O-O Rac8 18.Rac1 Qa3 19.Qd2 Rfd8 20.f4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Qxc1+
23.Kf2 h6 24.Bxb7 Qc2+ 25.Kg3 Qxa2 26.Be4 Qb3+ 27.Kf2 Qh3 28.Bxf5 Qxf5 29.Kg3 a6
30.h4 h5 31.Kf3 Qh3+ 32.Ke4 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A80"]

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"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A11"]

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 "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 f5 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nge2 Na6
9.Nf4 Qb4 10.Bxa6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Ke2 bxa6 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Rg8
15.g3 Rb8 16.Rhb1 Rb6 17.a4 Kd8 18.a5 Rxb1 19.Rxb1 Kc7 20.c3 Bb7  0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Kf1 Ne5 8.Qxd4 Nxc4
9.Qxc4 Qc5 10.Qxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 h6 14.Nh3 O-O-O 15.Nf2 Rhe8
16.Re1 Nxd5 17.e4 Nxc3 18.exf5 Nd5 19.Ne4 Re5 20.f6 gxf6 21.Ng3 Ne3+ 22.Kf2 Rd2+
23.Kf3 Nxg2 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.Nf5 h5  0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B02"]

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 "SochiJ-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C69"]

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 "SochiJ-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Burmenko, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qd2 h6
9.O-O-O Ne7 10.f3 exf3 11.gxf3 Bd7 12.Rg1 Bc6 13.Bd3 Rg8 14.Ne4 Nf5 15.Bf2 Qe7
16.Rge1 O-O-O 17.Qa5 Kb8 18.Nc5 Nd6 19.Be4 b6 20.Na6+ Kc8 21.Qb4 Nfxe4 22.fxe4 Bb7
23.e5 Bxa6 24.Qa4 Bb7 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Qxa7 Qxh2 27.Rd2 Qh5 28.Re5 Qh1+ 29.Rd1 Qf3
30.Rd2 Rd5 31.a4 Rgd8 32.Re3 Qf4 33.Rc3 Rh5 34.b4 Rh1+ 35.Kb2 Qxd2 36.Rxc7+ Kxc7
37.Bg3+ Kd7 38.Qxb7+ Ke8 39.Qxh1 Qxb4+  0-1

[Event "SochiJ-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 g5 4.Qd3 d5 5.f3 gxh4 6.fxe4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.Nc3 Qa5 10.d5 Nb4 11.Qe4 f5 12.Qe6 Nxc2+ 13.Kd2 Nxa1 14.Ne5 Bh6+ 15.Qxh6 O-O-O
16.Qe6+ Kb8 17.Nf7 Rd6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Qxe7 Qb4 20.Kc1 Rc8 21.Qe3 f4 22.Qd3 Bh5
23.Qxh7 Rxc3+ 24.bxc3 Qxc3+ 25.Kb1 Qe1+ 26.Kb2 Qd2+ 27.Kxa1 Qc1+ 28.Qb1 Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SochiJ-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

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 "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

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 op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

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.a3 Nc6
16.d5 Ne7 17.Bc2 Nd7 18.Bf4 Bc7 19.Bg3 f5 20.exf5 Bxd5 21.Bh4 Nf6 22.Nh2 Kh8
23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Ng4 Rf7 25.f6 gxf6 26.Nxh6 Rg7 27.Be4 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Qf8 29.Ng3 Rg5
30.Qe4 Re8 31.Qh4 Ng6 32.Rxe8 Qxe8 33.Qe4 Qxe4 34.Nxe4 Rh5 35.Ng4 f5 36.Ng3 Rg5
37.Nh6 Ne5 38.Ngxf5 Rg6 39.Rd1 c4 40.g4 Kh7 41.f4 Nd3 42.Nf7 Kg8 43.Ng5 Bd8
44.Ne4 Re6 45.Nfxd6 Bc7 46.f5 Rxd6 47.Nxd6 Bxd6 48.Kf1 Be7 49.b3 Nb2 50.Rd2 Bxa3
51.bxc4 Nxc4 52.Rd8+ Kf7 53.Ra8 a5 54.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E90"]

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 "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Na6 7.Bxc4 Nb4 8.O-O e6
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Bg6 12.Rad1 a6 13.e4 Nc2 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qb6
16.f4 Bh5 17.Rd2 O-O-O 18.Kh1 Bb4 19.Qh3 Rxd4 20.Bxe6+ fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Kd8
22.Nd5 Qc5 23.Qe5 Rxd2 24.Qc7+ Ke8 25.Qxg7 cxd5 26.Qxh8+ Ke7 27.Qe5+ Kd7
28.Qxh5 dxe4 29.Qxh7+ Qe7 30.Qh3+ Kc6 31.f5 e3 32.f6 Qe4 33.f7 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E71"]

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 op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Qa4 Qxd4 10.Qxb4 Nc6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Be3 Qg4 13.f3 Qg6 14.Qxc4 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rfb8
16.Rd2 Nd5 17.Bf2 Be8 18.Rad1 f5 19.e4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Qg4 22.Bc5 h5
23.Rf1 Rd8 24.Rdf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 c4 11.Bc2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3 13.Rc1 Qa3 14.Qf3 Qd6 15.Qg3 h6
16.Bxh6 Nh5 17.Qh3 Ndf6 18.Qh4 gxh6 19.f4 Ng7 20.f5 h5 21.Rf3 Re8 22.Qf4 a5
23.Rg3 Ra6 24.Qg5 Ng4 25.Rxg4 hxg4 26.Nxg4 Bxf5 27.Bxf5 Qe7 28.Qf4 Nxf5 29.Qxf5 Rg6
30.Rf1 Qe6 31.Nf6+ Rxf6 32.Qxf6 Qxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxe3 34.Rd6 Re2  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

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.a3 Nc6
16.d5 Ne7 17.Bc2 Ng6 18.b4 c4 19.Qb2 Re8 20.Nb1 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Nh5 22.a4 Qd7
23.Nd4 Nhf4 24.Nc3 Re5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8+ Bxa8 27.Bd1 f5 28.Nxf5 Bxd5
29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Bg4 Qf7 31.exd5 Rxf5 32.Qb1 Nh4 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 34.Qe4 Qf6 35.Qe6+ Qxe6
36.dxe6 Kf8 37.e7+ Ke8 38.Re6 Nf5 39.g4  1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Qd7 12.a4 O-O-O 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Bd5 Rhg8
16.Kh1 Qg4 17.Rg1 exd4 18.cxd4 f5 19.Nc3 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Qf5 21.Nc3 Nb4 22.Bxb7+ Kxb7
23.Ra3 Rde8 24.Rb3 Nd3 25.Ne4 Qxe4 26.Rxd3 Qd5 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Rg4 29.Qd2 h5
30.h3 Re4 31.Kg1 Qa2 32.Qc2 Qd5 33.Qd2 f5 34.Qd1 f4 35.Qd2 Qf5 36.Qd1 Re8
37.Kf1 Ra8 38.Rd2 Rg8 39.Qb3 Re8 40.Kg1 Ra8 41.Rd1 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b4 g6 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Bd3 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Ngxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Bc4 Nd5 18.Qf3 a6 19.Rfe1 f5 20.Nc3 Qd7 21.Re5 Rad8 22.Rae1 Kf7
23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Bd3 Bf6 25.g4 Bxe5 26.dxe5 d4 27.Qf4 Qd5 28.f3 Qxf3 29.e6+ Kg8
30.Qxf3 Bxf3 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Kf2 Bh5 33.Bc4 Rc8 34.Rg1+ Bg6 35.Bd5 Kh8 36.h4 f4
37.h5 Rc2+ 38.Kf3 Bxh5+ 39.Kxf4 Bg6 40.Ke5 d3 41.Rf1 Rh2 42.Bf4 Re2+ 43.Kd4 h5
44.Be5+ Kh7 45.Rc1 Rc2 46.Rf1 a5 47.Bf6 Re2 48.Bg5 d2 49.Rd1 Bf5  0-1

[Event "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B78"]

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.f4 Nc4 15.Qd3 b5
16.e5 Ng4 17.exd6 Rxg5 18.hxg5 Nf2 19.Qe2 Nxd1 20.Rxd1 Nxd6 21.Qd3 b4 22.Nd5 a5
23.Qa6 Kh8 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.Qxc6 Nf5 26.c3 bxc3 27.bxc3 Qb8 28.g4 Rc8 29.Qb6 Rxc3+
30.Kb1 Qxb6 31.Nxb6 hxg4 32.Bxf7 Kh7 33.Rd8 Bd4 34.Nd7 Re3 35.Rg8 Bg7 36.Rd8 Re1+
37.Kc2 Ba1 38.Rg8 Nd4+ 39.Kd2 Nf3+ 40.Kc2 Re2+ 41.Kb1 Bg7 42.Ra8 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 Nc6 5.Bg5 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 Qxg5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.Rd1 g6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxf5 Nxf5 12.h4 Qf6 13.g4 d4 14.Nd5 Qe5 15.Bg2 Ne7
16.f4 Qd6 17.Qxd4 Nxd5 18.Qxh8 Qb4+ 19.Rd2 O-O-O 20.a3 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Bb4+
22.axb4 Rxh8 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.h5 Re8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh7 Re7 27.f5 gxf5 28.gxf5 Kc7
29.Rh6 Re4 30.Rf6 Rxb4 31.Kc3 Rb6 32.Rxf7+ Kd6 33.Rf6+ Ke5 34.Rxb6 axb6 35.Kb4 Kxf5
36.Kb5 Ke4 37.Kxb6 Ke3 38.Kc5 Kxe2 39.Kxd5 Kd3 40.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A85"]

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 "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.a3 Ng6 12.b4 a6 13.Ng3 Bd6 14.Rae1 h6 15.Bxg6 hxg5
16.Bd3 Be6 17.Na4 Rc8 18.Nc5 Rc7 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Nh7 21.e4 Bxg3 22.hxg3 g6
23.Qf3 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Re7 26.Qd3 Nf6 27.Qd2 Ne4 28.Qb2 Nf6 29.Qd2 Qd5
30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 b6 32.Nxa6 Qxd4 33.a4 c5 34.a5 bxa5 35.bxc5 a4 36.c6 Qc4
37.c7 a3 38.Qb4 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 a2 40.Qd4 a1=Q 41.c8=Q+ Kg7 42.Qxa1 Qxa1 43.Qc4 Qb2
44.f3 Nd7 45.Nc5 Ne5 46.Qb3 Qd4 47.Ne4 g4 48.Ng5 gxf3 49.Nxf3 Ng4+ 50.Kh3 Nf2+
51.Kh2 Qa1 52.Ng1 Ng4+ 53.Kh1 Nf2+ 54.Kh2 Ng4+ 55.Kh1 Qe1 56.Qxf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D14"]

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 "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "D87"]

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.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 b6 15.Bg5 f6
16.Be3 c4 17.Bc2 e6 18.Nf4 exd5 19.exd5 Qf7 20.Be4 Bb7 21.Qc2 Rd7 22.Rcd1 Re8
23.Bf3 Ba8 24.Qa4 f5 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Re5 27.Qd1 g5 28.Ne6 g4 29.Bxg4 Rexd5
30.Ng5 Qf6 31.Bf3 Rxd4 32.cxd4 Rxd4 33.Qe2 Rd8 34.Bxa8 Rxa8 35.Nf3 Rc8 36.Ne5 c3
37.f4 Nb7 38.Qd3 Qe6 39.Rc1 Qd6 40.Qxf5 Rf8 41.Qe4 c2 42.Qc4+ Kg7 43.Qxc2 Rxf4
44.Qc7+ Kg8 45.Qxb7 Qxe5 46.Rc8+ Rf8 47.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Borzhomi"]
[Site "Borzhomi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.b3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.g4 e4 16.Rc1 e3
17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Bf2 Qg5 19.Kh1 Bd7 20.Nde4 Qe7 21.Qd3 Rae8 22.Ng3 Rf6 23.Kg2 Ng5
24.Bd4 Nc5 25.Bxf6 Nxd3 26.Bxe7 Nxc1 27.Bxg5 Nxe2 28.Ngxe2 hxg5 29.h3 c6
30.a4 cxd5 31.cxd5 Be5 32.Rf3 Kg7 33.Kf2 b5 34.axb5 Rb8 35.Ne4 Kh8 36.Rf7 Bxb5
37.Nf6 Bxf6 38.Rxf6 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 Rxb3 40.Rxd6 a4 41.Ra6 Kg7 42.Rxa4 Rxh3
43.Re4 Ra3 44.d6 Kf7 45.Rd4 Ra8 46.Rd5 Ke6 47.Rxg5 Kxd6 48.Rxg6+ Ke5 49.Kf3 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bc4 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.Nf3 Qh6 8.Nc3 d6
9.Nb5 Kd8 10.e5 Ne4 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nbxd4 Bd7 13.Bxf7 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Ne6+ Kc8
16.Qd5 f3 17.Qxe4 fxg2+ 18.Qxg2 Bxe6 19.Bxe6+ Qxe6 20.Qe4 Bd6 21.Kg2 Kc7
22.Rhe1 Rae8 23.Rad1 Qg6+ 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.Re4 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guseinov, Aidyn"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B25"]

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.Rf1 a2  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56+"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.a3 N4c6 8.d5 Nd4
9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O O-O 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nd2 Na6 13.b4 Nc7 14.Bb2 Nb5 15.Nb3 Qb6
16.Rc1 e6 17.Re1 e5 18.Nc5 Bh6 19.Rc2 Nd6 20.f4 f6 21.Rf2 a5 22.Qb3 axb4
23.axb4 Re8 24.Ref1 Bg7 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.Bc1 Qb5 27.Re1 Qc4 28.Qb1 Qc3 29.Bd2 Qa3
30.Bc1 Qc3 31.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7
9.c4 Nd4 10.cxb5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bd7 12.Be3 Nxb5 13.Nc4 f5 14.a4 Na7 15.Rc1 f4
16.Bd2 Nc8 17.Qb3 Kf7 18.Qb7 Ra7 19.Qb8 Be7 20.Ba5 Qe8 21.Bb6 Nxb6 22.Qxa7 Nxa4
23.Be2 Nc5 24.b4 Nb3 25.Rc3 Nd4 26.Qxa6 Qb8 27.Nb6 Bd8 28.Bh5+ g6 29.Nxd7 Qxb4
30.O-O Qxc3 31.Qxd6 gxh5 32.Nxe5+ Kg7 33.Qd7+ Kf6 34.Qd6+ Kg7 35.Qd7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E48"]

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.Rad1 Bb7
16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.N2c3 Na5 18.Qg3 Nc4 19.Ba4 Bc6 20.Bb3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Nd6
23.Rg4 Nf5 24.Qh3 Bxa3 25.Bg5 Qd7 26.Rf4 Be7 27.Rxf5 gxf5 28.d5 Bxg5 29.Qg3 Qe7
30.d6 Qf6 31.d7 Kh8 32.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 33.Qc7 a5 34.Rd3 Bh6 35.Qxb6 Qe5 36.Qd4 Bg7
37.Qxe5 Bxe5 38.g3 Rb8 39.c4 Rb4 40.Kf1 a4 41.Bd1 Bb2 42.Rd7 a3 43.Ra7 Rxc4
44.Bh5 Kg7 45.Bxf7 Kf6 46.Bh5 Rc1+ 47.Kg2 Rc2 48.Ra6 Bc1 49.Bd1 Rb2 50.Bf3 Be3
51.Bd5 Bb6 52.Bc4 Rb4 53.Bd3 Rb2 54.Rxa3 Bxf2 55.Rc3 Bd4+ 56.Rc2 Rb3 57.Bc4 Ra3
58.Ba2 h5 59.Bc4 h4 60.Re2 e5 61.Ra2 Rc3 62.Ra6+ Kg5 63.gxh4+ Kxh4 64.Rh6+ Kg4  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 a6 12.Rd2 Qb6 13.Rad1 Rfd8 14.Bf4 Nf8 15.Ne1 Ng6
16.Bg3 Rab8 17.Bf3 e5 18.Ne4 Ne8 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 c5 6.e4 d5 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.e5 Nfd7
9.Re1 Nc6 10.Nf1 g5 11.h3 h6 12.c3 Qc7 13.d4 O-O-O 14.Be3 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.b4 c4 17.h4 Rhg8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.N1h2 Rdf8 20.Bh3 Nd8 21.Qd2 Rh8 22.Bg4 Kb8
23.Nxg5 e5 24.Ngf3 Ka8 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Bh6 e4 27.Bxf8 exf3 28.g4 Rxh2 29.Qf4 Rg2+
30.Kf1 Bh4 31.Re3 Rxf2+ 32.Kg1 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rxg4 34.Qxf3 Bg5 35.Re2 Rf4 36.Qg3 Qh7+
37.Kg1 Rxf8  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bd2 Re8 10.Ng3 Be6 11.Rb1 a5 12.a3 Nbd7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 b5 15.Nce2 Ra3
16.Bc1 Ra6 17.f3 Qe7 18.O-O h5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Nf8 21.Bd2 Bc7 22.Ra1 Rea8
23.Rxa6 Rxa6 24.Bd3 Qd6 25.g3 Ne6 26.Kg2 h4 27.Bc3 Ng5 28.Nf4 Qe7 29.Bd2 Bd8
30.Qc3 hxg3 31.hxg3 Ne6 32.Nxe6 Qxe6 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Qxa1 g6 35.Qa8 Qd6 36.Bc3 Nh5
37.Be1 Kh7 38.g4 Ng7 39.Bg3 Qd7 40.Be5 Be7 41.e4 Bxb4 42.exd5 Qxd5 43.Be4 Qc4
44.Qxc6 Qe2+ 45.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Nbxd2 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6
9.O-O b6 10.Rac1 Bb7 11.c5 bxc5 12.dxc5 a5 13.e4 a4 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nd4 Ra5
16.b4 axb3 17.N2xb3 Ra4 18.Rfe1 Qa8 19.Re2 Ba6 20.Rd2 Re8 21.Nf5 g6 22.Nd6 Re7
23.Nd4 Ra5 24.Nb3 Ra4 25.Rd4 Ra3 26.Rcd1 Be2 27.Ra1 Bg4 28.f3 Be6 29.Rb4 Nf8
30.Qb2 Ne8 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Rb8 Qa7 33.Nc8 Bxc8 34.Rxc8 Qxc5 35.Rxc6 Qa7 36.Rb6 Rc7
37.Kh1 Ra4 38.f4 Nd7 39.Rb4 Rxb4 40.Qxb4 Rc4 41.Qe7 Qxd4 42.Qxe8+ Kg7 43.Rf1 Nf6
44.Qe5 Qd2 45.g4 Rc2 46.Rg1 Qe2 47.Qxe2 Rxe2 48.Ra1 Nxg4 49.Bxd5 Rxh2+ 50.Kg1 Rb2
51.a4 Ne3 52.Bc6 Nc2 53.Rd1 Nb4 54.Be8 Kf8 55.Bb5 Na2 56.Bc4 Rc2 57.Bb3 Rb2
58.Bc4 Rb4 59.Bxa2 Rxa4 60.Rd2 Rxf4 61.Rf2 Rg4+ 62.Kh2 f5 63.Be6 Rg5 64.Ra2 Kg7
65.Ra7+ Kf6 66.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Qb6 11.Rfd1 Rd8 12.Rd2 a6 13.Rad1 Nbd7 14.Bf4 Nf8 15.h3 Rac8
16.Ne1 Ng6 17.Bg3 d5 18.Bf3 dxc4 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Na4 Qb5 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qxc4 Ne4
23.Bh2 Be7 24.Nd3 h5 25.f3 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Bxd6 27.f4 Nh4 28.e4 Ng6 29.e5 Be7
30.b3 Rd8 31.Rf1 Qc6 32.Naxc5 Bxc5+ 33.Nxc5 Rd2 34.Ne4 Qxc4 35.bxc4 Rxa2
36.Nd6 Rc2 37.g3 h4 38.gxh4 Nxh4 39.Rf2 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Ng6 41.Kg3 f6 42.exf6 gxf6
43.f5 Rc3+ 44.Kh2 exf5 45.Rxf5 Ne5 46.Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 h6 8.f4 Nge7 9.Nf3 Nd4
10.O-O Nec6 11.Ne1 b6 12.Nd1 Ne7 13.c3 Ndc6 14.Bf2 d5 15.e5 g5 16.Ne3 Ng6
17.Nf3 gxf4 18.gxf4 h5 19.h4 Bh6 20.Ng5 Nxf4 21.Nxf7 Qe7 22.Nxh6 Qg7 23.Nf7 Nxg2
24.Nxg2 Qxf7 25.Be3 Qg7 26.Bg5 Rh7 27.Bf6 Qg6 28.Qg5 Qxg5 29.hxg5 Ba6 30.g6 Rh6
31.Nf4 Ne7 32.Bg5 Rxg6 33.Nxg6 Nxg6 34.Rf6 Bxd3 35.Rxe6+ Kd7 36.Rd6+ Kc7
37.Rxd5 Be4 38.Rd2 Re8 39.Rf1 Rxe5 40.Bf4 Nxf4 41.Rxf4 Bf5 42.Kf2 Be6 43.a3 Kc6
44.Re2 Rxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Bb3 46.Rf5 a5 47.Rxh5 b5 48.Ke3 Kd6 49.Rh6+ Kd5 50.Ra6 a4
51.Rb6 Kc4 52.Kd2  1-0

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Qc2 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Nc6 8.e3 Bg7
9.f4 O-O 10.Bg2 Na5 11.Bxa8 Qxa8 12.O-O Nxc4 13.Qe2 d5 14.b3 Nd6 15.a4 c5
16.Ba3 Rc8 17.Rac1 Nf5 18.Qa6 Rd8 19.Nb5 cxd4 20.Qxa7 Qxa7 21.Nxa7 dxe3 22.fxe3 Nxe3
23.Rf3 Nf5 24.Rfc3 Ne4 25.Rc8 Bd4+ 26.Kg2 Rxc8 27.Rxc8+ Kg7 28.Nb5 Be3 29.b4 Bd2
30.Kf3 Ned6 31.Nxd6 Nxd6 32.Bb2+ Kh6 33.Rb8 Nc4 34.Bd4 Bxb4 35.Bxb6 Bd2 36.Bc7 g5
37.Ra8 Kh5 38.a5 gxf4 39.a6 e5 40.Rd8 e4+ 41.Kg2 f3+ 42.Kh3 Be1 43.Rxd5+ Kg6
44.Bf4 e3 45.a7 f2 46.Rg5+ Kf6 47.a8=Q f1=Q+ 48.Kg4 Qe2+ 49.Qf3 Qxf3+ 50.Kxf3 Bb4
51.Rh5 Kg7 52.Rd5 Be7 53.Ke2 f6 54.Rd7 Kf8 55.Rb7 Nd6 56.Rb8+ Kf7 57.Kxe3 Kg6
58.Kf3 h5 59.Rg8+ Kh7 60.Rg1 Bf8 61.h3 Nf7 62.Ke4 Bh6 63.Bxh6 Kxh6 64.Kf5 Ng5
65.Rg3 h4 66.Ra3 Kh5 67.Ra8 Nh7 68.Rg8 Kh6 69.Kg4 Ng5 70.Kxh4 Kh7 71.Ra8 Kg6
72.Ra5 Nf3+ 73.Kg3 Ne5 74.Ra8 Nf7 75.Rg8+ Kh7 76.Rg4 Ne5 77.Rd4 Kg6 78.Kf4 Nf7
79.Rd3 Ng5 80.Kg4 Ne4 81.Re3 Ng5 82.Rg3 Ne4 83.Rg1 Ng5 84.Rg2 Ne6 85.Re2 Ng5
86.Re8 Nf7 87.Kf4 Ng5 88.Kg4 Nf7 89.Rg8+ Kh7 90.Rb8 Kg6 91.Ra8 Ne5+ 92.Kf4 Nd3+
93.Ke3 Ne5 94.Rg8+ Kh5 95.Ke4 Kh4 96.Rh8+ Kg5 97.Kd5 Nf3 98.Kd6 Ne5 99.Ke6 Nf3
100.Ke7 Ne5 101.Ra8 Ng6+ 102.Kf7 Nf4 103.Ra3 f5 104.Rc3 Nxh3 105.Rxh3 Kg4
106.Rh6 f4 107.Rg6+ Kh3 108.Rf6 Kg3 109.Ke6 f3 110.Ke5 f2 111.Ke4 Kg2 112.Ke3 f1=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 b4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.O-O c5 12.Na2 a5 13.Nxb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Be2 O-O
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qd4 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Nxa6 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.Qc4 Ne4 21.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.g4 Be6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.a3 Rfc8 13.h4 Rab8 14.Nd5 Qxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Bxg7 Bxf3 18.Rh3 Bxg4 19.Rg3 Kxg7 20.Rxg4 f5 21.Ra4 a6 22.Rb4 h6
23.Rd5 b5 24.a4 Rc5 25.Rxc5 dxc5 26.Rb3 Kf6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Bxb5 e5
30.Kd2 g5 31.h5 e4 32.Ke3 Ke5 33.Bd7 f4+ 34.Ke2 Kd4 35.c3+ Kd5 36.b3 Kd6
37.Bc8 Ke5 38.Kf2 Kd5 39.Kf1 Kd6 40.Kg1 Kd5 41.Kf2 Kd6 42.Kg2 Ke5 43.Bg4 Kd5
44.Bf5 Ke5 45.Bc8 Kd5 46.Kh3 Ke5 47.Kg4 Kd6 48.Bb7  1-0

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magerramov, Elmar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E92"]

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 "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 Qb8 11.h4 b5 12.Bd5 Rc8 13.Kb1 b4 14.Nce2 Nxd5 15.Nxc6 Rxc6
16.exd5 Ra6 17.Bd4 Qb5 18.Bxg7 Rc8 19.b3 Kxg7 20.g4 h5 21.Nc1 Kg8 22.Rhg1 Rc3
23.Qf4 Kf8 24.gxh5 Bf5 25.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Qe7 15.e5 Nd7
16.Kb1 d4 17.Ne4 Bxd2 18.Nxd2 O-O 19.Nb3 Qg5 20.Rxd4 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Be2 Rfc8
23.Rhd1 Bd5 24.Nc1 Kf8 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Bxd3 Ke7 27.c4 Bc6 28.Be4 Bxe4+ 29.Rxe4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlhammar, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Forintos, Gyozo V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gosic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Be5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Nd2 d6 12.Bg3 Nc6 13.f3 Qe7 14.e4 O-O-O 15.Bf2 Nh5
16.Nb3 f5 17.exf5 exf5+ 18.Kd2 Qf7 19.Bd3 Rhf8 20.Rhe1 Nf4 21.Bf1 Ba6 22.Bg3 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.Bxf4 gxf4 25.Re2 Kb7 26.Rae1 Rf6 27.Nc1 Na5 28.Nd3 c5 29.Re7+ Kb8
30.Re8 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Rxf8 32.dxc5 dxc5 33.Kc1 Nc6 34.Qd2 Kb7 35.Ne5 Nxe5 36.Rxe5 Rd8
37.Qc2 Rd3 38.Kb2 Re3 39.Rxe3 fxe3 40.Qxf5 e2 41.Qd7+ Ka6 42.Qd2 Qe6 43.Qe1 Qe3
44.Kc2 c4 45.f4 b5 46.a3 Qd3+ 47.Kc1 Qe3+ 48.Kc2 Ka5 49.f5 Ka4  0-1

[Event "Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fusthy, Zsolt"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.Rhf1 O-O
16.h3 b4 17.Ne2 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Qg3 Nxe4 20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxe5 Nc5 22.Bc4 Nd7
23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Nd4 Be4 26.Nf5 Rad8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Kc1 Kf8 29.Rf2 Nd5
30.g4 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Ne3 32.Bd3 a5 33.Rf4 Nd5 34.Rc4 Ke7 35.Kd2 Kd6 36.Rg4 Rg8
37.a3 bxa3 38.bxa3 Nf6 39.Rg1 Kc6 40.Ke3 Kc5 41.Rb1 Re8+ 42.Kf3 Kd4 43.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Na3 a6 12.Bxd7 Nxd7 13.Nc4 b5 14.Qd6 Ra7 15.Qxc7 Rxc7
16.Nd6 Nb6 17.Nxc8 Rfxc8 18.Rad1 f6 19.Be3 Kf7 20.g4 Rd7 21.Rxd7+ Nxd7 22.Kf1 Ke6
23.Rd1 Bf8 24.Ke2 c4 25.a4 bxa4 26.Nd2 Rc6 27.Ra1 a3 28.bxa3 Nc5 29.Bxc5 Bxc5
30.f3 Bf8 31.a4 Bh6 32.Rb1 Bxd2 33.Kxd2 Kd7 34.h4 h6 35.Rb7+ Rc7 36.Rb4 Rc6
37.Kc2 Kc7 38.h5 g5 39.a5 Rc5 40.Rb6 Rc6 41.Rb1 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B89"]

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.Bb3 Qc7 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5 13.f5 exf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.g4 Be6
16.g5 Nd7 17.Qh5 Bf5 18.Rf1 Bg6 19.Qd1 Nc5 20.Bd5 Rab8 21.h4 b4 22.h5 Bxc2
23.Qxc2 bxc3 24.Qxc3 Ne6 25.Rc4 Qd7 26.h6 Bd8 27.g6  1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E73"]

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 Qg5 15.Rg1 Nf6
16.Ng3 f4 17.Nge2 Qh5 18.h4 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.O-O-O g4 21.Rh1 Qf7 22.Nxf4 exf4
23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.e5 Re8 25.Qxf4 Ra6 26.e6 Bxe6 27.dxe6 Qxe6 28.fxg4 Qxg4 29.Qxc7 Qc8
30.Nb5 Rf8 31.Qg3 Rd8 32.Qg6 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Ra8 34.Nd6 Qg4 35.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 c6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Bxg5 12.Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.Ba3 Ng6 15.b5 Ne8 16.b6 axb6
17.cxb6 cxb6 18.Qb3 h5 19.Rab1 g4 20.Nxb6 Qh4 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Rfc1 Qg5 23.Nb5 Rd8
24.Nc7 Nxc7 25.Rxc7 Nh4 26.Qd3 Bh6 27.Kh1 Rf6 28.Rg1 Rg6 29.Rxb7 Ra8 30.Rb2 Bf8
31.Bb4 Be7 32.Be1 Bd8 33.Qb5 Rg7 34.Bxh4 Qxh4 35.Qc6 Raa7 36.Qxd6 Qg5 37.Rb8 Rad7
38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.Rd1 Rc7 40.Qe8 Rg8 41.Qb5 Rc2 42.fxg4 hxg4 43.a4 Kh8 44.Qd3 Rc7
45.g3 Rh7 46.Bf1 Rxh2+ 47.Kxh2 Qh6+ 48.Kg1 Bb6+ 49.Rxb6 Qxb6+ 50.Kh1 Qh6+
51.Kg1 Qb6+ 52.Kh1 Qh6+ 53.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.d5 Ne5 14.Bb3 e6 15.f4 Ng4
16.c4 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 exd5 18.cxd5 Bb5 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 b5 21.Rc2 Nf6 22.Ng3 Rfe8
23.d6 Nd7 24.Be3 Rc6 25.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D34"]

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 "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

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 "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.g4 Kh8 9.Qd2 b5
10.cxb5 a6 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Bd3 axb5 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nxb5 Qd8 15.Qe2 Na6 16.a3 Nf4
17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Kf1 Re8 19.Re1 c4 20.Bxc4 Nc5 21.Qc2 Qb6 22.b4 Na4 23.e5 dxe5
24.d6 Bb7 25.Qb3 Nb2 26.Qxb2 Bxf3 27.Rh2 e4 28.Qb3 Re5 29.a4 Rd8 30.a5 Qb7
31.Nd4 Bh5 32.b5 Rxd6 33.Nc6 Re8 34.Bxf7 Rf8 35.Bd5 e3 36.f3 Qd7 37.Be4 Rd2
38.Rxd2 exd2 39.Rd1 Qxh3+ 40.Kg1 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qh3+ 42.Kg1 Rd8 43.Kf2 Qh2+
44.Kf1 Re8 45.Rxd2 Qxd2 46.Qd5 Qc1+ 47.Kg2 Qe1 48.Qd3 h6 49.b6 Qg3+ 50.Kf1 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yuneev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 Nh7 22.Rfe1 Bh6
23.Qc3  1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 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 op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.d3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Ne4 Bb2 14.Rc2 Bd4 15.Nxc5 Bxe3
16.Nxb7 Qe5 17.Rxc6 Bb6 18.e3 Bxa2 19.Qa4 Be6 20.d4 Qh5 21.Nc5 Bh3 22.Bxh3 Qxh3
23.Nd7 Rfd8 24.Ne5 f6 25.Qb3+ Kg7 26.Qf7+ Kh6 27.Nc4 Qd7 28.Re6 Re8 29.Re4  1-0

[Event "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuneev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.b4 Bb6 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Be5 O-O 17.Qh4 Be3+ 18.Kb2 Bg5 19.Qd4 Bc6 20.Bd3 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Rfd8 22.Ne2 Nd5
23.h4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tabatadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 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 op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E77"]

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.Qd3 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 "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

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 "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kanstler, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Nf3 f6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Be3 Bxf3
10.Bxf3 fxe5 11.dxe5 e6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.c4 dxc4 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Rfd1 Nd5 16.Qxc4 g5
17.fxg5 Nf7 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.e6 Ne5 21.Qh3 Rae8 22.Bxa7 Qxe6 23.Qxe6+ Rxe6
24.Bc5 Rf7 25.Ng3 Rg6 26.h4 h6 27.Be3 hxg5 28.Bxg5 Bf6 29.Bxf6 Rfxf6 30.Re1 Nf3+
31.gxf3 Rxg3+ 32.Kh2 Rgxf3 33.Re8+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze op"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 e6 8.Rc1 Bd6
9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.O-O Na5 13.Ne5 Nc4 14.Qe2 b5 15.g4 g6
16.g5 Nh5 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.b3 cxb3 19.axb3 Ke7 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.Rf3 f6
23.gxf6+ Nxf6 24.Nxa6 Ba8 25.Rc7+ Rxc7 26.Nxc7 Qxb3 27.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B50"]

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 "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D13"]

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 "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gofman, Alex"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Rf8 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.Bf6 Nd7 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.O-O-O Bf5
15.Nc3 Kg7 16.Rhe1 Rad8 17.Rd5 Rde8 18.Red1 f6 19.h3 Rf7 20.f4 Nc6 21.R5d2 Re3
22.Bd3 Nd4 23.Bxf5 Nxf5 24.Rd7 Rfe7 25.Rxe7+ Rxe7 26.b3 c6 27.Rd2 h5 28.Re2 Rd7
29.Ne4 b6 30.Rd2 Re7 31.Nd6 Re1+ 32.Kc2 Ne3+ 33.Kc3 Rg1 34.Re2 Nxg2 35.Re7+ Kg8
36.Re8+ Kg7 37.Re7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.h3 O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 O-O
9.O-O Bf5 10.Bg5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qa4 h6 14.Bf4 g5 15.Be3 Qd5
16.Rad1 Qxe5 17.Bd4 Qe6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rd4 e3 20.f4 g4 21.Bxb7 Rab8 22.Qxa7 Qf6
23.Rb4 Qd6 24.a3 Qd2 25.Qc5 e6 26.Qc3+ Qxc3 27.bxc3 Rfd8 28.a4 Rd2 29.Re1 Ra2
30.Kf1 Bc2 31.Bc6 Rc8 32.Rc4 Bb3 33.Rb4 Bc2 34.Rc4 Ra3 35.Bb5 Rxc4 36.Bxc4 Bxa4
37.Rc1 Bc6 38.Ke1 h5 39.Kd1 Ba4+ 40.Ke1 Kf6 41.Bd3 e5 42.fxe5+ Kxe5 43.c4 f5
44.c5 Bc6 45.Kd1 Ra4 46.Kc2 f4 47.gxf4+ Rxf4 48.Kc3 Rf2 49.Ra1 Rxh2 50.Ra6 Bb7
51.Rg6 Rh1 52.Kc2 Be4 53.Rg5+ Kf4 54.Bxe4 Kxe4 55.c6 Rf1 56.c7 Rf8 57.Rxh5 Rc8
58.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.h3 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe3 b4 15.Ne2 Qc7
16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Qb7 18.f5 Nd5 19.Qg3 f6 20.Qg6+ Kf8 21.Nd4 Kg8 22.Nxc6 Qxc6
23.fxe6 Rf8 24.Be4 fxe5 25.Rhf1  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 a6 10.Qc2 e6 11.b3 exd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.Bb2 Re8 14.e4 Bd7 15.h3 Rc8 16.Kh2 h5
17.Rae1 Qc7 18.Nd1 h4 19.g4 c4 20.b4 c3 21.Bxc3 Nc4 22.Nb1 Nb6 23.Qd2 Na4
24.Bd4 Qc2 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Kg1 Rc4 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.a3 Rc2 29.Ne3 Rb2 30.Rc1 Nb6
31.Rc7 Rc8 32.Rb7 Bd4 33.Rd1 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Nc4 35.Rxd7 Nxe3 36.Rd2 Rxb1+ 37.Kf2 Nc4
38.Rc2 Re8 39.Ra7 Rb3 40.Rxa6 Nxa3 41.Rc7 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Nc4 43.Raa7 Ne5 44.Ra6 Rd8  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vreeken, Corry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E74"]

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 Kd8 39.Kc4 Bf5 40.Ne4 Kd7 41.Rb3 Be5 42.Nxc5+ Ke7 43.b7 Rd8
44.Na6  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 b6
10.Na3 Ba6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Qb3 exf4
17.Bxf4 Rc5 18.Rad1 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Nc2 Bb5 21.Qa3 Nc8 22.Rd4 Rfe8 23.Qb3 Kg7
24.Nb4 Ne7 25.Qd1 Rd8 26.c4 Bc6 27.Qd2 Nc8 28.Nd3 Re7 29.b4 Rde8 30.c5 Qc7
31.cxd6 Nxd6 32.e5 Bxg2 33.exd6  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A87"]

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 "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6 Bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Bd3 Ng4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bg1 Qc7 14.h3 Nf6 15.g4 c5
16.g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Ng4 18.Be2 Ne5 19.h4 g6 20.Be3 Qb6 21.Bf4 O-O-O 22.Qe3 f6
23.Nb1 Nf7 24.Qa3 Bc6 25.Bd2 Bxe4 26.Ba5 Qc6 27.Bxd8 Kxd8 28.Rh3 fxg5 29.Rb3 gxh4
30.Nc3 Bg5+ 31.Kb1 Bf5 32.Bxa6 Qg2 33.Rb7 Bxc2+ 34.Ka1 Bxd1 35.Rxf7 Ke8 36.Bf1 Kxf7
37.Bxg2 h3 38.Nxd1 hxg2 39.Qf3+ Bf6 40.Qxg2 d5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h3 Rg8 13.Rc1 a5 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Ra3
16.c5 bxc5 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.dxc5 h4 19.c6 Bxc6 20.Nd4 Ba4 21.Bc2 c5 22.O-O hxg3
23.Bxa4 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Nd5 25.fxg3 Qb6 26.Rc8+ Ke7 27.Bxd7 Rxc8 28.Bxc8 Rxe3
29.Qxb6 Nxb6 30.Bb7 Nc4 31.Bf3 Nd2 32.Ra1 f5 33.Ra7+ Kf6 34.Ra5 Rd3 35.Kf2 Rd8
36.Ra2 Nc4 37.g4 f4 38.g3 Ne5 39.gxf4 gxf4 40.Re2 Ng6 41.g5+ Kxg5 42.Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 d6 6.e4 Nd7 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 Ngf6
9.Na3 Qb6 10.c4 a6 11.Nh4 O-O 12.f4 Rad8 13.Qe2 Nb8 14.g4 Nc6 15.g5 Nd7 16.Nc2 Rfe8
17.Rf3 bxc4 18.dxc4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Kh1 g6 21.Rh3 Bf8 22.Qf2 Bg7 23.Re1 Qa5
24.Ba1 Nc5 25.e5 Bxg2+ 26.Nxg2 dxe5 27.fxe5 d3 28.Rf1 Rd7 29.Qh4 h5 30.gxh6 Bf8
31.Ne3 Qd8 32.b4 Qa8+ 33.Kg1 Ne4 34.Nd5 Rxd5 35.cxd5 Qxd5 36.Qf4 Re7 37.Rd1 d2
38.Re3 Rc7 39.h7+ Kh8 40.Bb2 Qxa2 41.Rxe4 Qxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.O-O d6 9.Nbd2 Ne7
10.Bb3 Ba7 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Re1 Ng6 13.Ra2 h6 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A08"]

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 47.Bh5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Kh8 14.a3 Ng8 15.Bg4 f5
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bh3 Qf7 18.f4 Ne7 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.Rf1 Qg6 22.Rf3 Bg7
23.Raf1 Nc7 24.Bh4 Bh6 25.Qc2 f4 26.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 a5 11.Bb2 h6 12.Ne2 Ne7 13.Nfd4 a4 14.Rad1 Nd5 15.c4 Nb4
16.Nf4 a3 17.Ba1 Nxa2 18.e6 Rg8 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.Nd3 Nb4 22.c5 Nxd3
23.cxd6 Bf5 24.dxc7 Rge8 25.Nd4 Bh7 26.f4 Be4 27.f5 Rac8 28.Ne6 Rxe6 29.fxe6+ Kxe6
30.Rd2 Rxc7 31.Ra2 b5 32.Rxa3 c5 33.Ra6+ Kd5 34.Rb6 Ra7 35.Rd1 Ra2 36.Rb7 Rxg2+
37.Kf1 Rf2+ 38.Kg1 Rg2+ 39.Kf1 Rxh2 40.Rxg7 Rh1+ 41.Rg1 Rh2 42.Rg8 h5 43.Bh8 Ke6
44.Rd8 Rh3 45.Bg7 Ke7 46.Rb8 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Nf4+ 48.Ke1 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Rf3+ 50.Ke1 Rxb3
51.Ra1 Nd3+ 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Rh8 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.f4 O-O
9.Nf3 b6 10.O-O d5 11.Bf2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxb2 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Nf6+ Kh8 15.fxe5 Bxe5
16.Nxh7 Kxh7 17.Rae1 Bg7 18.Bxa8 Nd5 19.Re4 Kg8 20.Ra4 a5 21.Rh4 Ba6 22.Bxd5 Qxd5
23.c4 Qc6 24.Be3 Bb7 25.Kf2 Bf6 26.Re4 Rd8 27.Ke2 Bg7 28.Bg5 Rd7 29.Bf6 Qd6
30.Re3 Bh6 31.Be5 Qe7 32.Bf4 Bg7 33.Be5 f6 34.Bc3 e5 35.g4 Qe6 36.h3 Ba6
37.Qb2 Rxd3 38.Rxd3 Qxc4 39.Qb3 Qxb3 40.axb3 e4 41.Kd1 Bxd3 42.Rf2 c4 43.bxc4 Bxc4
44.Rb2 b5 45.Bxa5 f5 46.Rd2 Be5 47.Bb4 e3 48.Rd8+ Kf7 49.Rf8+ Ke6 50.gxf5+ gxf5
51.h4 e2+ 52.Kc2 Bg7 53.Re8+ Kf7 54.Re7+ Kf6 55.Rb7 Bh6 56.Rb6+ Kg7 57.Bc3+ Kh7
58.Bd2 Be3 59.Rf6 f4 60.h5 Kg7 61.Rf5 Be6 62.Bc3+ Kg8 63.Rg5+ Kh7 64.Rg7+ Kh6
65.Rg6+ Kxh5 66.Rxe6 f3 67.Kd3 Bf2 68.Re4 Bg3 69.Bd2 Bf2 70.Re8 Kg6 71.Bc3 Bh4
72.Re6+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nf6
9.e5 Nd5 10.dxc5 Na6 11.Qe2 Nxc5 12.Rd1 b6 13.Ng5 Ba6 14.Qg4 e6 15.Nc3 h5
16.Qf3 Bxe5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Rxd5 Qe7 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O e5
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Qc2 exd4 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Be6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.Bd3 Qf6 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Qb2 b5 19.cxb5 Nf3+ 20.gxf3 Qxf3 21.Qe2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Be6 11.h3 Qd7 12.Re1 Bd8 13.Bf1 Ba5 14.a3 Ne7 15.b4 Bb6 16.Nb5 Rfd8
17.c4 Qc6 18.Nd2 Ng6 19.Nc3 Bd4 20.Qf3 a5 21.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 cxd4 8.exd4 h6
9.Bh4 Nd5 10.Bg3 g5 11.a3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 O-O 14.O-O-O Re8 15.Nc4 Qe7
16.Rhe1 Bg4 17.h3 Bh5 18.Be4 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Nd6 Red8 21.Bxc6 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 bxc6
23.Nf5 Kh7 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Re7 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 a5 27.a4 Kf6 28.Rc7 Rd8+ 29.Kc1 Bxf3
30.gxf3 Rd3 31.Rxc6+ Kg7 32.b4 Rxf3 33.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.a3 b4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.O-O c5 12.Na2 a5 13.Nxb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.dxc5 O-O
16.Be2 Nxc5 17.Qd4 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Nxa6 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.Qc4 Ne4 21.Bxb4 Rc8 22.Qd4 Rd8
23.Qc4 Rc8 24.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huda, Rehan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "A57"]

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+ Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O c4+ 13.Kh1 Ba6 14.Qe2 Bxb5 15.Be3 Nc5 16.Nxb5 Nfd7
17.Nd2 Qb7 18.Qxc4 Rfc8 19.Qe2 Bxb2 20.Ra2 Bg7 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.f5 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zulu, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miguel, Victor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 c5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nxd5 cxd4 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.f4 f6 12.Nf3 fxe5 13.Bc4 d3 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5+
16.Kd2 Qf4+ 17.Kxd3 Bf5+ 18.Kc3 Qe5+ 19.Qd4 Qxd4+ 20.Kxd4 Nc6+ 21.Kc3 O-O-O
22.Rf1 Bd7 23.Bf4 Rde8 24.Rad1 Rhf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rios, Alejandro"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 O-O 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bd3 d6
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qb6 12.Qe2 Rfc8 13.Rac1 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Be4 Ne7 17.Rc3 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.d4 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 a5 14.O-O Ba6 15.Rfd1 Rfc8
16.Rc2 Qb4 17.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.h3 Be6
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Bf1 Qd7 13.Qe2 Bd8 14.Red1 Ba5 15.Bc5 Bxc3
16.Rxd6 Qc7 17.bxc3 Rfe8 18.Rdd1 Qa5 19.Bd6 Qxc3 20.Rab1 b6 21.a3 Rcd8 22.Rd3 Qa5
23.Qe1 Bc4 24.Bb4 Qa6 25.Rxd8 Nxd8 26.Qe3 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Qc4 28.Qd3 Qxe4 29.Qxe4 Nxe4
30.Re1 f5 31.Nh4 g6 32.Nxg6 a5 33.Ne7+ Rxe7 34.Bxe7 Nc6 35.Bh4 Kf7 36.f3 Nd6
37.Bf2 Nc4 38.a4 Ke6 39.Rb1 Nb4 40.c3 Nd5 41.Rc1 Nf4 42.Rb1 Kd5 43.Kh2 Kc6
44.g4 e4 45.fxe4 fxe4 46.Bd4 e3 47.Re1 Nd3 48.Rxe3 Nxe3 49.Bxe3 Nb2 50.h4 b5  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sorensen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Qxb6 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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tunja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Val Maubuee"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B89"]

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"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sellos, Didier"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 h6
16.g4 Qc7 17.g5 h5 18.Rh2 Rad8 19.Qe1 f5 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.Nd6 Re7 22.Rg2 Red7
23.Rxg6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qg3 Qf8 27.Qxe5 Bxa2 28.b3 Nd5
29.Bc4 a5 30.Bxd5+ cxd5 31.Qxd5+ Kh7 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 33.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Val Maubuee"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6
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.Ba4 Rb8 45.e5+ Kg6 46.d7 Bf5 47.Re8 Bxd7 48.Bc2+  1-0

[Event "Val Maubuee"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B66"]

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"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E73"]

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"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d5 8.d3 a6
9.Nc3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nf6 13.Re1 b5 14.Ba3 Bb7 15.Bxc5 Nxe4
16.Bd4 O-O 17.Re3 Rfd8 18.Rae1 f5 19.a3 Rac8 20.Ne5 a5 21.Rb1 Rd5 22.Nf3 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Maubuee"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "Val Maubuee"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.h4 d5 8.h5 b5 9.hxg6 hxg6
10.Rxh8+ Bxh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Maubuee"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.g4 Nc5
10.Nd2 c6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Rfc8 14.Kf1 cxd5 15.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Bg5 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 b4 12.Na4 Qc7 13.c4 Nd7 14.Kh1 a5 15.Qd2 Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6
17.Bh4 a4 18.Bf2 Qa6 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Qxc4 21.Bf2 Bb7 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxe5 Rad8
24.Qc1 Qe6 25.Qf4 f6 26.exf6 Rxf6 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.Bxe3 Na5 29.Bg5 Re6 30.Bxb7 Nxb7
31.Rae1 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Nc5 33.Bxe7 Re8 34.Bh4 Rxe1+ 35.Bxe1 Nd3 36.Bd2 Kf7
37.Kg1 Ke6 38.Kf1 Kd5 39.Ke2 Ke4 40.g3 h5 41.h3 b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qd2 e6
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.Bh6 Bxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 e5 13.Nxd6 Nc5 14.Bxf8 Qxf8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.Kb1 a5 17.h4 Ra8 18.h5 a4 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qh6 Qe7 21.Qh4 Qc7 22.a3 Rf8
23.Be2 Rf7 24.g3 Qb6 25.Qg5 Qb3 26.Rc1 Nd3 27.Bxd3 Qxd3+ 28.Ka1 Qxf3 29.Rhf1 Qxf1
30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Ka2 Kg7 32.Qg4 h5 33.Qd7+ Kh6 34.b4 axb3+ 35.Kxb3 Rf3+ 36.Kc2 Na5
37.Qe8 Nxc4 38.Qh8+ Kg5 39.Qd8+ Rf6 40.Kd3 Ne3 41.Qe7 Ng4 42.Qxb7 Rf3+ 43.Kd2 Rf2+
44.Kd3 Rf3+ 45.Kd2 Rf2+ 46.Kd3 Ne3 47.Qg7 Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lapinski, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C37"]

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 "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhuravliov, Valerij"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O g6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Bg7 10.a4 O-O 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 Qe7 13.Bc4 Qb4 14.Bb3 Rfd8 15.Qf3 Nc5
16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Rfd1 Rd4 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Ne2 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Rxd3
22.Qxd3 Nd7 23.Qc4 Nb6 24.Qc3 Nd7 25.Ba2 Bf8 26.Qc4 Nc5 27.Nc1 Kg7 28.g3 Qd7
29.Kg2 b5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.Qd5 Qxd5 32.Bxd5 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Bc6 b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 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"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 Bxg1 12.Rxg1 Qb6 13.Rh1 Nc6 14.Bc4 Ndxe5 15.fxe5 Be6
16.Qb5 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Nxe5 18.Qb5 Qd4 19.Bd2 Nd3+ 20.Kd1 Rfd8 21.Kc2 Nf2 22.Qe2 Nxh1
23.Rxh1 Rac8 24.Rf1 Qa4+ 25.Kc1 Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terentiev, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Bd4 Ne5 13.b3 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c6 4.c4 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Nxc4 b5
9.Nce5 Bb7 10.a4 Bd6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qb8 13.Qb1 c5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D86"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 Nfd7
16.Ne3 Ba6 17.Nef5 g6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Be3 a4 20.f4 f6 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Kh1 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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.e5 Nd7 10.exd6 Ba6 11.Bf1 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 O-O 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.dxe7 Qxe7 15.Qf3 Qe5
16.Qf4 Nd5 17.Qxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.c3 Rab8 20.Re1 Bg7 21.Re2 Rfe8 22.Be3 Rb7
23.Kg2 d4 24.cxd4 Bxd4 25.b3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Rc7 28.Rf1 Kf8 29.Rf2 Ke7
30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Kf3 Ra1 32.Ke4 Ke6 33.Kd4 h5 34.e4 Rc1 35.Rf2 f6 36.Re2 g5
37.a4 Rb1 38.Kc4 Ke5 39.b4 Rc1+ 40.Kb5 Rc7 41.Ka6 Rc4 42.Kxa7 Rxb4 43.a5 h4
44.gxh4 gxh4 45.a6 Rb3 46.Ka8 h3 47.a7 Kf4 48.Rf2+ Kg5 49.Rf5+ Kg6 50.Rc5 Rb2
51.Rc3 Rxh2 52.Rb3 Kg5 53.Kb7 Ra2 54.Rxh3 Rb2+ 55.Kc6 Rc2+ 56.Kb6 Rb2+ 57.Kc5 Ra2
58.Rh7 Kf4 59.Re7  1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Schussler, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D36"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.h3 Qe7
9.g4 a6 10.g5 Ne8 11.e4 dxc4 12.e5 Bc7 13.Bxc4 c5 14.Be3 b5 15.Bd3 f5 16.gxf6 gxf6
17.Rg1+ Kh8 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.Bg6 hxg6 20.Nh4 f5 21.Nxg6+ Kh7 22.Nxe7 cxd4 23.f4 Kxh6
24.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wessman, Richard"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bxg4 fxg4 14.Nde4 Nf5 15.c5 b6
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Qc7 11.h4 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.g4 Nd7 15.Kb1 Ne5
16.Qg2 Rc8 17.Ne2 Nxd3 18.Nd4 Nxb2 19.Nxc6 Nxd1 20.Rxd1 Rxc6 21.g5 h5 22.Bd4 e5
23.Bb2 O-O 24.Rd3 f5 25.gxf6 Rxf6 26.Rc3 Kf7 27.Rxc6 Bxc6 28.Bc1 g6 29.Bg5 Re6
30.Qf2 d5 31.Bxe7 Rxe7 32.f4 exf4 33.Qxf4+ Ke6 34.e5 Rf7 35.Qg5 Rf1+ 36.Kb2 Be8
37.Qd8 Bd7 38.Qc7 Rf7 39.Qd6+ Kf5 40.Qxd5 Be6 41.Qd6 Rd7 42.Qxa6 Rd5 43.Qb7 Kxe5
44.Qe7 Rd7 45.Qe8 Kf5 46.Qf8+ Kg4 47.Qb4+ Kh3 48.Qxb5 Kxh4 49.a4 Bf5 50.a5 Kg3
51.a6 h4 52.Qe5+ Kf3 53.Qc3+ Kg2 54.Qc6+ Kg3 55.Qc3+ Kg2 56.Qc6+ Kg3 57.Qc3+ Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.d5 Ne7 12.Ne1 h5 13.Nd3 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.h3 Nf6
16.Bg5 c6 17.Bf3 Nd4 18.Be4 Qe8 19.f3 cxd5 20.cxd5 Nf5 21.Kh2 Bd7 22.Qb3 b5
23.Rae1 Nh7 24.Bd2 Qd8 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.f4 e4 27.Nb4 Qb6 28.Be3 Qb7 29.Rc1 Rac8
30.Nc6 Bxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxb5 Rb8 33.Bxa7 Rbc8 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Rd1 Nf8
36.Qd5 Qd7 37.Be3 Rc2 38.Nxd6 Qc7 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nd6+ Kh8 41.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Bd3 h6
10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bc2 Nf4 13.Rh2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Kf1 Ne4
17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Ng1 Rf6 19.Ne2 Qe8 20.Nxf4 exf4 21.Bxf4 b5 22.c5 dxc5 23.Re1 Qe7
24.f3 Qf7 25.Rxe4 Rd8 26.g3 Rxd5 27.Qe1 Qd7 28.Re7 Qf5 29.Rd2 Qxh3+ 30.Kg1 Rh5
31.g4 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 Rxf4 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rd7+ Rf7 35.Qc3+ Kg8 36.Rd8+ Rf8
37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Qf6+ Ke8 39.Qg6+ Ke7 40.Qg7+ Ke6 41.Qg8+ Kd7 42.Qf7+ Kc6
43.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 a5 11.Nd5 a4 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nd2 d5 14.c3 d4 15.Nf3 Rfd8
16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Nh4 a3 18.bxa3 dxc3 19.Qxc3 Nd4 20.Bb2 Rac8 21.Qg3 Nc2 22.Bxe5 Nxe1
23.Rxe1 Rc2 24.h3 Nh5 25.Qxg4 Qxe5 26.Nf5 g6 27.Rb1 Rc7 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Qh4 Kg7
30.Rb5 Qd4 31.Nf5+ gxf5 32.Qg3+ Kh8 33.Qxc7 Nxe4 34.Qf4 Nc3 35.Qxd4+ Rxd4
36.Rb3 Ne4 37.Rd3 Ra4 38.Be2 Kg7 39.f3 Ng3 40.Kf2 f4 41.Rb3 Nxe2 42.Kxe2 Kf6
43.Rxb7 Rxa3 44.Rb2 Kg5 45.Kd1 Kh4 46.Kc1 Kg3 47.Rd2 h5 48.Kb2 Ra8 49.a3 h4
50.Kb3 Rb8+ 51.Kc4 Rc8+ 52.Kb5 Rb8+ 53.Kc6 Rc8+ 54.Kd7 Ra8 55.Ra2 Rxa3 56.Rxa3 Kxg2
57.Kd6 Kxh3 58.Ke5 Kg3 59.Ke4 h3 60.Ra5 h2 61.Rh5 Kg2 62.Kxf4 h1=Q 63.Rxh1 Kxh1
64.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A50"]

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 "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.h3 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Kb1 O-O 17.g4 Rfd8 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Ng3 Be6 20.b3 Ne8 21.a4 Nd6 22.Qf2 Qc7
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Qc6 25.Rdg1 Nb5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bc1 Qa6 28.Bb2 Rxd3 29.cxd3 Qa2+
30.Kc1 Rc8+ 31.Qc2 Rxc2+ 32.Kxc2 Qa7 33.Kb1 Bc5 34.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxb5 12.Qxg4 cxd4 13.Nxe6 Qc4 14.f5 Bf6 15.fxg6 Rg8
16.g7 Nc6 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.Ne6+ Ke8 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 exd5
9.Qxd5 Nc6 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Kf2 Rfe8 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.Ng3 Ba5
16.Na4 Qb5 17.b3 d6 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qg4 Bc8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Nb4 22.Nb2 d5
23.a4 Qa6 24.Be3 c4 25.bxc4 dxe4 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.Qb5 Qxb5 28.axb5 Bf6 29.Na4 Nd3+
30.Ke2 Ne5 31.Rc1 exf3+ 32.gxf3 Nxf3 33.Kxf3 Rxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Bg5+ 35.Ke4 Bxc1
36.c5 Kf8 37.b6 axb6 38.cxb6 g5 39.Nc5 Bf4 40.b7 Ke7 41.h3 Kf6 42.Kd5 Ke7
43.Nd3 Bc7 44.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bxg1
9.Rxg1 Qc7 10.g3 dxc4 11.Nb5 Qe5 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Bf4 Qc3+ 14.Bd2 Qd4 15.Nxc4 b5
16.Ne3 Bd7 17.Rc1 Na6 18.Kf2 Rac8 19.Bc3 Qxd1 20.Nxd1 Rhd8 21.Be2 Nb8 22.Nb2 Bc6
23.Nd3 Nbd7 24.Bd4 a6 25.Nc5 e5 26.Be3 Nxc5 27.Bxc5+ Ke8 28.a4 Rd2 29.Ke3 Ra2
30.a5 Rd8 31.Bb6 Rdd2 32.Bd3 Kd7 33.Rc5 Bxe4 34.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Rc1 c5 13.b4 cxb4 14.Nxb4 Nc5 15.Bf3 Bd7
16.Be3 b6 17.Nd3 Ng8 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Rb1 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Nxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.b4 e5 8.Bb2 exd4
9.Nxd4 c5 10.bxc5 dxc5 11.Ndb5 Nb6 12.Qb3 Ng4 13.h3 Ne5 14.O-O Be6 15.Rad1 Qh4
16.Nc7 Nexc4 17.Nxe6 Nxb2 18.Nxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 Nh5 6.g3 f5 7.e4 d6 8.exf5 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 exf5 10.Nh3 O-O 11.Be2 Re8 12.O-O Nd7 13.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A87"]

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 zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A11"]

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 Rda1 46.Rf4 R1a6 47.Rg4+ Kf8 48.Rc8+ Ke7 49.Re4+ Kf6 50.h4 Kg7
51.Ree8 Ra1 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 zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Bd2 Nf6 17.f3 Nh5 18.Ra1 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Nf4 20.Bd1 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Bf5 22.Qa5 Qd7
23.Nc1 Nxg2 24.Ba4 Qc8 25.Nxd6 Qb8 26.Nxf5 Nxf5 27.Kxg2 e4 28.Bg5 Nd4 29.Bd1 exf3+
30.Bxf3 Qe5 31.Qd2 Qf5 32.Qe3 h6 33.Be7 Rf7 34.d6 Nxf3 35.Qxf3 Qc2+ 36.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A16"]

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 "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 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 Kb8 18.Kb3 Nc5+ 19.Ka3 Nxa4 20.b4 Nb6 21.Nxb6 axb6
22.Qxb6 Qd4 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Be2 Rd2 25.Rhe1 Kc7 26.Kb3 Rhd8 27.Rac1 Kb6 28.Rc2 R2d4
29.Bc4 e5 30.Re3 Rh4 31.h3 Rhd4 32.Kc3 Kc7 33.Bd3 g6 34.Rf2 f5 35.Bc2 Kd6
36.Rfe2 Re8 37.Bb3 b6 38.Ra2 Re7 39.Ra8 c5 40.bxc5+ Kxc5 41.Rc8+ Kd6 42.Rd8+ Kc5
43.Rxe5+ Rxe5 44.Rc8+ Kd6 45.Kxd4 Re2 46.Rc2 Rxc2 47.Bxc2 Ke6 48.Bd3 h5 49.Bc4+ Kf6
50.Kd5 h4 51.Bd3 g5 52.Be2 b5 53.Bxb5 g4 54.hxg4 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D48"]

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.Qe2 c4 14.Bc2 Bd6 15.Ng5 Nc5
16.f4 e5 17.a4 Qb6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.Be3 exf4 21.e5 Bxe5 22.Bd4 Nfe4
23.Bf2 f3 24.Nxf3 Bxc3 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.bxc3 O-O 27.Qxe4 Nxe4 28.Bxb6 Nxc3
29.Ba5 Ne2+ 30.Kf2 Nf4 31.Rb1 b4 32.Bxb4 Nd3+ 33.Ke3 Rb8 34.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E99"]

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.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Nf2 Rf7 17.a4 h5 18.h3 Bf8 19.Nb5 Nh4 20.a5 Rg7 21.Bb4 g4 22.fxg4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Nh5 24.Nc7 Nxg2 25.Kxg2 f3+ 26.Bxf3 Nf4+ 27.Kg3 Nh5+ 28.Kg2 Nf4+
29.Kg3 Nh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 Nc6 8.a3 Ne8
9.h3 e5 10.b4 Nc7 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.a4 Kh8 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Na3 Qd7 15.Ng5 Bxc4
16.Nxc4 Rad8 17.Qg4 Qe7 18.Qh4 h5 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.Qg3 Qe6 21.Ne3 Rd3 22.Qh2 Be7
23.c4 Bd6 24.Ra3 Rxa3 25.Bxa3 Nd4 26.Qg3 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Qg5 Rf6
30.Nf1 Qf7 31.Ng3 Bxg3 32.Qxg3 b6 33.d3 Ne6 34.Qe5 Kh7 35.Bc1 Rg6 36.Kf1 Kg8
37.Qd5 Kh7 38.Re5 Rf6 39.Bd2 Nf8 40.Qd8 Re6 41.Qd5 Kg6 42.a5 Rxe5 43.Qxe5 Qe6
44.Qg3+ Kf7 45.Qc7+ Qd7 46.axb6 axb6 47.Qxb6 Ne6 48.Qa6 Qc7 49.Qa8 Qh2 50.Ke2 Qe5+
51.Kf3 f4 52.Qd5 Kf6 53.Qxe5+ Kxe5 54.h4 Kf5 55.Ba5 Nf8 56.Bd8 Ng6 57.Ke2 Ke6
58.Kd2 Kd7 59.Bg5 Ke6 60.Ke1 Kf5 61.Bd8 Ke6 62.Ke2 Kd7 63.Bg5 Ke6 64.Kf3 Kf5
65.Bd8 Ke5 66.Bc7+ Kf5 67.Ke2 Nxh4 68.g3 f3+ 69.Kd2 Ng6 70.Bd6 Ne5 71.Bxc5 Nc6
72.Ke1 Kg4 73.Kf1 h4 74.gxh4 Kxh4 75.Bd6 Kh3 76.Kg1 Na5 77.Bb4 Nc6 78.Bd6 Na5
79.Kf1 Nc6 80.Bc5 Kh2 81.Bd6+ Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D31"]

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"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bb4
9.O-O Nd5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Nxc4 Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Be3 Na6 14.f4 f6 15.Bf2 Kh8
16.e4 e5 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf2 19.Rxf2 Bc5 20.Kh1 Nb4 21.Qb3 Bxf2 22.Qxb4 Bc5
23.Qc4 Qg8 24.Qxg8+ Kxg8 25.Rf1 Bg4 26.h3 Be6 27.Rd1 Kf8 28.Bf3 Ke7 29.Kg2 Rf8
30.h4 Bb3 31.Rd2 Ke6 32.Ne2 Kxe5 33.Nf4 g6 34.Rd7 Rf7 35.Nd3+ Kf6 36.e5+ Kg7
37.Nxc5 bxc5 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.a5 Bd5 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Bg4+ Kxe5 42.Bc8 h6 43.Bxb7 Kd6
44.Ke3 g5 45.Ba6 Ke7 46.Be2 Kd6 47.Kd3 Bg2 48.Kc3 Bh3 49.a6 Kc7 50.a7 Kb7
51.Kc4 gxh4 52.gxh4 Kxa7 53.Kxc5 Bg2 54.h5 Bd5 55.Bd1 Ka6 56.Bg4 Kb7 57.Kd6 Kb6
58.Be2 Bb3 59.Ke5 Kc5 60.Kf6 Kd4 61.Kg6 c5 62.Bg4 Bd5 63.Kxh6 Bf7 64.Bf5 Bxh5
65.Kxh5 c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nxe7 Qxe7 6.b3 d5 7.e3 Nh6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.a4 Nc6 10.Ba3 Qe6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.b4 f6 13.b5 Nd8 14.Be2 Nf5 15.O-O Nd6 16.Qb3 b6
17.d4 e4 18.Nd2 N8b7 19.f3 f5 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Nb1  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+
10.Be3 Bf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.O-O Ne4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Qg4 Nf6 16.Qh4 Nd7
17.Qg3 Qf6 18.Qg4 Ne5 19.Qxe4 Qg6 20.Qxg6 hxg6 21.b3 Nd3 22.Rad1 Nb4 23.a4 Nc2
24.Bf4 Rad8 25.Nf3 Re4 26.g3 a6 27.Rd2 Nb4 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 Bc3 30.Re2 Bxe1
31.Rxe1 Nd3 32.Re7 Nxf4 33.gxf4 b5 34.Ra7 bxc4 35.bxc4 Rb8 36.Rxa6 Rb4 37.a5 Rxc4
38.Rxd6 Kf8 39.f5 gxf5 40.Rc6 Ke7 41.Kg2 Rb4 42.Rxc5 Kd6 43.Rc6+ Kxd5 44.Rf6 Ke4
45.Rxf7 Rb8 46.Re7+ Kf4 47.a6  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rbxf1 Qg4 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 "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]

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"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.c5 e5 14.Bf2 Bh6 15.Rc2 d5
16.Bh4 d4 17.Nb5 Be3+ 18.Kh1 g5 19.Bf2 Bxf2 20.Rxf2 Ne8 21.a4 Qe7 22.Bc4 Kh8
23.Qd2 Qxc5 24.Qxg5 f6 25.Qh6 Qe7 26.f4 Ng7 27.Bd5 Rad8 28.Bxc6 d3 29.Rcd2 bxc6
30.Nc3 exf4 31.Qxf4 Ne6 32.Qg3 Nc5 33.Qe3 f5 34.e5 f4 35.Qf3 Qxe5 36.Rf1 Qe3
37.Qh5 Qxd2 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Qg5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 O-O 15.exd5 exd5
16.Ne2 Bb6 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Qh4 Rc8 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Kb1 Re5 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6
23.Nf4 Rce8 24.Bd3 Be3 25.Ne2 Bf2 26.Nf4 Be3 27.Ne2 Bf2 28.Ng3 Rg8 29.Nf5 Rxg2
30.Nxh6 Rh5 31.Ng4 f5 32.Bf1 Rxg4 33.fxg4 fxg4 34.Bg2 Kg7 35.Rd2 Be3 36.Re2 d4
37.Bxc6 bxc6 38.Rf1 f5 39.c3 c5 40.Kc2 Kf6 41.b4 f4 42.bxc5 Rxc5 43.Rxe3 dxe3
44.Rxf4+ Kg5 45.Re4 Rf5 46.Kd3 Rf2 47.Kxe3 Rxh2 48.Re6 Rh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pira, Davoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pichon, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "A57"]

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-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kinsman, Andrew PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "D17"]

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.Rg2 g6 34.Rbg1 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-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 Qa7 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 "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 Qxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Qb6 10.c4 a5 11.b5 Ne5 12.Ngf3 Nfg4 13.Bd4 Nd3+ 14.exd3 Bxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.O-O Qxd3 17.Re1 Ne5 18.c5 Bg4 19.Qc1 Rc8 20.Ne4 f5 21.Qb2 O-O 22.cxd6 Nc4
23.Qa2 fxe4 24.dxe7 Rfe8 25.Rxe4 Qxa3 26.Rxg4 Qxa2 27.Rxa2 Ne5 28.Bd5+ Kg7
29.Re4 Rxe7 30.Rae2 Kf6 31.Rf4+ Kg7 32.Rfe4 Kf6 33.f4 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Rxe4 35.Rxe4 Rc5
36.Re6+ Kf5 37.g4+ Kxg4 38.Bxf3+ Kxf4 39.Rf6+ Ke5 40.Rb6 a4 41.Rxb7 a3 42.b6 Rb5
43.Re7+ Kf6 44.Rxh7 Rxb6 45.Ra7 Rb3 46.h4 Ke5 47.Ra6 Kf5 48.Kg3 Rc3 49.Ra5+ Kf6
50.Kf4 Kg7 51.Ra6 Kh6 52.h5 Rc4+ 53.Kg3 Kh7 54.hxg6+ Kh6 55.Bd5 Rd4 56.Bf7 Rd3+
57.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.b3 Ngf6 6.Bb2 c6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Ne4
9.Nfd2 f5 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 Bf5 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Re1 Nf6 15.Rc1 h5
16.Nf1 h4 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rxe6 Qd7 19.Qe1 Bf4 20.Re7 Qd6 21.c5 Qd8 22.Rd1 Ne4
23.Rxb7 Qg5 24.fxe4 h3 25.Bxh3 Bxe4 26.Bc1 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Rae8 28.Rc3 Bd3 29.Qxe8 Rxe8
30.Rxd3 Qf4 31.Bg2 Re2 32.Rf3 Qxg4 33.Rb8+  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 Rc7  0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dussol, Pierre"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A70"]

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-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nc3 e4
9.Ne1 Re8 10.Nc2 h5 11.Nd5 h4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.d3 exd3 15.Qxd3 hxg3
16.hxg3 Ne5 17.Qd2 Qh8 18.f3 a5 19.a4 Bd7 20.e4 Bc6 21.Ne3 Nd7 22.Rab1 Nc5
23.Rfe1 Ra6 24.Ng4 Bd7 25.Nf2 Rb6 26.Qxa5 Nxb3 27.Qg5 Qe5 28.Qe3 Na5 29.f4 Qg7
30.Rxb6 Nxc4 31.Qc1 Nxb6 32.Qxc7 Qb2 33.a5 Qb4 34.Rc1 Qxa5 35.Qxd6 Bb5 36.Rb1 Nc4
37.Qc5 Ba6 38.Qxa5 Nxa5 39.e5 Rc8 40.Ne4 Bd3 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Bxb7 Bxb1 43.Bxc8 g5
44.Kf2 gxf4 45.gxf4 Nc6 46.Bg4 Ne7 47.Ke3 Ng8 48.Ne8+ Kf8 49.Nd6 Ne7 50.Kd4 Kg7
51.Bd7 Bc2 52.Bb5 Kf8 53.Bd3 Nc6+ 54.Kc5 Bxd3 55.Kxc6 Ke7 56.Kd5 Bb1 57.Nc8+ Kd7
58.Nb6+ Ke7 59.Nc8+ Kd7 60.Nb6+ Ke7 61.Kd4 Ke6 62.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Minero Pineda, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 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 Bd7 14.Nh3 fxe4 15.fxe4 e5
16.d5 Bxh3 17.dxc6 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qe7 19.Rg1 bxc6 20.Qd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Bc8 22.Kd2 Bb7
23.Bc5 Na4 24.Rc1 Rfd8 25.Ke3 Nxc5 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxc5 Re8 28.Ra5 a6 29.Bc4+ Kf8
30.Kd3 g5 31.Kc3 c5 32.Bd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 e4 34.Rxa6 Re5 35.Kd2 Rxd5+ 36.Ke3 Rd4
37.a4 Ke7 38.a5 Ra4 39.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 Kh8 12.Rc1 c5 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.f3 Nc5 15.Be3 Ne6
16.Qd2 b6 17.Rfd1 Bb7 18.Ne1 Ncd4 19.Nc2 Qh4 20.Bf2 Qh5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Nxd4 Nxd4
23.Be3 Raf8 24.Rf1 Qh4 25.Qe1 Nxe2+ 26.Nxe2 Qxe1 27.Rfxe1 e4 28.fxe4 Ra5
29.Nc3 Re8 30.Red1 Bxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxa2 32.Rxd6 Rxb2 33.Rc1 Rxe4 34.Bd4+ Rxd4
35.Rxd4 Rxg2+ 36.Kf1 Rxh2 37.Rc3 Bc6 38.Ra3 Kg7 39.Rxa7+ Kh6 40.Rc7 Bf3 41.Rf4 Bh5
42.Rb7 Rc2 43.Rff7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D87"]

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.Qe4 Qxa2
23.Qh4 Kf8 24.Rd1 Nxe5 25.Qh7 g5 26.Rd2 Qa5 27.Ng3 Qb6 28.Nf5 Qg6 29.Qxg7+ Qxg7
30.Nxg7 Nc4 31.Nf5 Nxd2 32.Bxd2 f6 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.Bb4 Rd5 35.g4 Rb5 36.Bc3 a5
37.Kd3 a4 38.d5 Rxd5+ 39.Kc4 Rd1 40.Bb4 Rf1 41.Kb5 Rxf3 42.Kxa4 e6 43.Nd6+ Kg6
44.Nxb7 Rf4 45.Nc5 e5 46.Kb3 Rxg4 47.Ba5 Rd4 48.Bc3 Rd8 49.Kc2 g4  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B36"]

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.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rac1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 b5 15.f5 Bd7
16.fxg6 hxg6 17.c5 Be6 18.Bf3 dxc5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 21.Qe2 c4 22.bxc4 Bxc4
23.Qf3 Rf8 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Nxe5 26.Bc5 Rd8 27.Qb7 Qxa2 28.Bxe7 Re8 29.Rc8 Rxc8
30.Qxc8+ Kh7 31.Qh3+ Kg8 32.Qc8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E90"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Bg2 Rf7 34.Bh6 Bd7 35.Qg5 Nf5
36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Bc1 Bf6 38.Qb8 Rg7 39.Be4 Qf2 40.Rd1 Qh4  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grigore, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A53"]

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 "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wessman, Richard"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bd6 11.Bg3 Bxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D36"]

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"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Johansson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 f6 8.c3 Nxb3
9.Qxb3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.a4 c6 12.c4 exd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nf5 b4 15.Re1 O-O-O
16.Nf1 g6 17.N5e3 Bh6 18.Nd5 Qe6 19.Qg3 Bxc1 20.Raxc1 Ne7 21.Nd2 Rhe8 22.Re3 Qe5
23.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.a4 Bg7 8.a5 Qc7 9.e4 O-O
10.Bc4 d6 11.Nge2 e5 12.f3 Qe7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.O-O Nh5 16.Qd2 Nd7
17.b4 cxb4 18.Na4 Rb8 19.Rab1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Rxb4 Rxb4 22.Qxb4 e4 23.f4 Bf6
24.Bxf6 Ndxf6 25.Nb6 Qe7 26.Nd4 Ng4 27.Qc3 Qh4 28.h3 Ng3 29.hxg4 fxg4 30.Qe3 Qh1+
31.Kf2 Qh4 32.Ke1 Nf5+ 33.g3 Nxg3 34.Kd2 Nxf1+ 35.Bxf1 Qh1 36.Be2 Qa1 37.Qxe4 Qxa5+
38.Ke3 Qxb6 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.Qxh6+ Kg8 41.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.h3 Re8 8.Bh2 e5
9.c4 e4 10.Ne1 Nf8 11.Nc3 h5 12.Nc2 N8h7 13.b4 Ng5 14.Bf4 Nfh7 15.b5 Bf5
16.Nb4 a5 17.bxa6 bxa6 18.Bh2 c5 19.Nbd5 cxd4 20.exd4 Ne6 21.g4 Nxd4 22.gxf5 Nxf5
23.Rc1 Qh4 24.Kh1 Ng5 25.Qe1 Qxh3 26.Nf4 Qh4 27.Ng2 Qh3 28.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E92"]

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"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B89"]

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.Bf4 Kxc6 46.Rxg7 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 "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kontic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A89"]

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 "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Nb3 Kh8 14.Bd2 f5 15.Nb5 fxe4
16.Ba5 Qd7 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.Nb5 Ne8 20.Nc3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d6
9.Rd1 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7
16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 f6 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Qd3 Rg6 20.f4 Rf8 21.Rxa6 Rxf4 22.Ra8+ Nd8
23.Qh3  1-0

[Event "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dussol, Pierre"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Val Maubuee op"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.Qg4 h5 13.Qf3 a6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Qxc6+ bxc6
16.Ke2 Kd7 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Bd2 Be7 19.Rhc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Maubuee op2"]
[Site "Val Maubuee"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rubene, Ilze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "A87"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 e6 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.f4 Nh7 14.Bh4 Ng4 15.O-O Bd4+
16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Bxf2 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Rf1 a6 20.Rxf2 axb5 21.e5 bxc4 22.Bxc4 dxe5
23.dxe6 fxe6 24.f5 gxf5 25.Nxf5 Kh8 26.Nh6 Rxf2 27.Bxf2 Qd2 28.Be3 Qe1+ 29.Bg1 Kg7
30.Bxe6 Kxh6 31.Bxc8 Nf6 32.Qf7 Ra6 33.Bf5 Ng4 34.h3 Rf6 35.Qh7+ Kg5 36.Bxg4 hxg4
37.Qg7+ Rg6 38.Qe7+ Kf4 39.Qf7+ Kg5 40.Qe7+ Kh6 41.Qf8+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E25"]

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.dxc5 Qa5 11.Bf4 Nbc6 12.Bd6 e5 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Bc4 b6 15.Rd1 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.Qc1 bxc5 18.Ne2 Qa5 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Kf2 c4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Rd1 Qb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B72"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.a3 O-O 7.c3 b6 8.b4 Bb7 9.Bb2 Qc7
10.Nbd2 d5 11.b5 Na5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Be5 Qd7 14.dxc4 Rad8 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Bxa5 bxa5
17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Bxe4 Rd2
23.e3 e6 24.f4 Bb2 25.Rf2 Rd1+ 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Bxa3 28.Ke2 Bc1 29.Bc2 f5
30.Kf3 Kf7 31.e4 fxe4+ 32.Kxe4 Kf6 33.Bd1 Bb2 34.Bc2 Bd4 35.Kf3 h6 36.Bd1 g5
37.h3 Bc3 38.fxg5+ Kxg5 39.Ke4 Kf6 40.h4 Be1 41.Kf4 e5+ 42.Kf3 h5 43.g4 hxg4+
44.Kxg4 Bxh4 45.Kxh4 Kf5 46.Kg3 Ke4 47.Kf2 Kd3 48.Ke1 Kxc4 49.Kd2 Kb4 50.Kc2 e4
51.Bg4 a4 52.Bf5 e3 53.Be6 c4  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rb1 Ne4 10.b4 a6 11.a4 Qe7 12.b5 axb5 13.axb5 c5 14.cxd5 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 exd5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Ra1 Ne4 18.Qb2 Be6 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.g3 Bf7 21.Qc2 Qc7 22.Qxc7 Bxc7
23.Nd4 g6 24.Bb2 Kf8 25.Rc1 Bb6 26.Nf3 Ke7 27.Bd4 Bd8 28.Rc2 Be8 29.Kg2 Ke6
30.h4 Nd6 31.Ng5+ Bxg5 32.hxg5 Bxb5 33.Bxb5 Nxb5 34.Rb2 Nxd4 35.exd4 Ra7
36.Kf3 Kd6 37.Kf4 Ra4 38.Rxb7 Rxd4+ 39.Ke3 Re4+ 40.Kd3 Re7 41.Rb1 Ra7 42.Rh1 f4
43.gxf4 Ke6 44.Rh4 Kf5 45.Ke3 Re7+ 46.Kd3 Ra7 47.Ke3 Ra3+ 48.Ke2 Ke4 49.f3+ Kf5
50.Rxh7 Kxf4 51.Rf7+ Kxg5 52.f4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 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 Kb8 18.Be2 Qxg2 19.Rhg1 Qxh2 20.Rxg7 Nb4+
21.Kb3 Nd5 22.Qf3 Qf4 23.Rf1 Qd4 24.Qf2 Qxf2 25.Rxf2 Kc8 26.Bg4 f5 27.Bh5 Rd7
28.Rfg2 Rhd8 29.Ne5 Rxg7 30.Rxg7 Nf4 31.Rxh7 Rd5 32.Ng6 Nxg6 33.Bxg6 Rd7
34.Kc4 Rxh7 35.Bxh7 Kd7 36.Kc5 b6+ 37.Kc4 a5 38.Bg6 Kd6 39.Be8 e5 40.Bh5 e4
41.Be8 c5 42.Kc3 Ke5 43.Bd7 f4 44.Bb5 f3 45.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E38"]

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"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E20"]

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"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.f4 f6 10.exf6 Rxf6 11.Bxc5 Qa5 12.Bf2 Rd6 13.Qc1 Nc5 14.Nf3 Re6+ 15.Be3 Ne4
16.Ne5 Nc6 17.Bd3 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20.bxc3 Bxe5 21.Kd2 Bxc3+
22.Kxc3 Rxe3 23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Kf7 25.Be4 Rb8 26.Rb1 b6 27.a4 Be6 28.a5 Rc8
29.axb6 Rxc4+ 30.Kd3 axb6 31.Rxb6 Ra4 32.Ke3 Ra1 33.h4 Re1+ 34.Kf4 Rh1 35.g3 Rf1+
36.Kg5 Bf5 37.Bxf5 Rxf5+ 38.Kg4 h5+ 39.Kh3 Rf2 40.g4 Rf3+ 41.Kg2 Rf4 42.gxh5 gxh5
43.Kg3 e5 44.Ra6 Rf6 45.Ra8 Ke6 46.Rh8 Rf5 47.Re8+ Kd7 48.Ra8 e4 49.Ra6 Rf3+
50.Kg2 Rf4 51.Kg3 Rg4+ 52.Kh3 e3 53.Ra1 Ke6 54.Re1 Re4 55.Kg3 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E20"]

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.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.Ne5 Nxc3
9.Rxc3 Bd7 10.e3 e6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Nd3 Na7 13.Rxc8 Nxc8 14.Be2 Qa5+ 15.Qd2 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 Bd6 17.Bg3 Ke7 18.Rc1 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Nd6 20.Rc7 Kd8 21.Rc1 Ke7 22.Rc7 Kd8
23.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nc2 Qa5+ 8.b4 Qc7
9.cxd5 Ng4 10.O-O Bxa1 11.Nxa1 O-O 12.Nb3 Nd7 13.Qd4 Ngf6 14.Bb2 Qb6 15.Qc3 e5
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.N1d2 e5 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.Nc5 Qe7 20.Rd1 Nxc5 21.Nxe5 Ncd7 22.Qc4+ Kg7
23.Qc7 Rf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Rd6 Kf8 26.Bc1 Nb6 27.Qc5 Nfd7 28.Bh6+ Ke8 29.Qd4 Ne5
30.Bf4 Nf7 31.Rf6 Nd7 32.Rc6 g5 33.Bd6 Nxd6 34.Rxd6 Nf8 35.h4 gxh4 36.Bf3 Bf5
37.gxh4 Rd8 38.Rxd8+ Qxd8 39.Qe5+ Be6 40.Qh5+ Bf7 41.Qe5+ Be6 42.Qh5+ Ng6
43.Qxh7 Bf7 44.Qh6 Qd1+ 45.Kg2 Qd4 46.Kg1 Qxb4 47.Qe3+ Kf8 48.h5 Nf4 49.Qxa7 Bxh5
50.Qb8+ Be8 51.Kh2 Qd4 52.e3 Qh8+ 53.Kg1 Qg7+ 54.Kh2 Qh6+ 55.Kg1 Qg6+ 56.Kh2 Nd3
57.Bxb7 Qb6 58.Qg3 Qxb7 59.Qd6+ Qe7 60.Qxd3 Qh4+ 61.Kg1 Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rb1 Bf5 12.Rb5 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Qa4 b6 15.Rxf5 gxf5
16.Ba6 Qd7 17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.Rc1 Ne5 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.h3 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 a6 22.d5 b5
23.Qa5 e5 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bh4 Kf7 26.Qb6 Qd7 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 Qxh3 29.Qc7+ Kg6
30.Bg3 h5 31.d6 h4 32.Bxh4 Qxh4 33.d7 Qg4+ 34.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 Ng3  1-0

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ne5 Nbd7
10.Nd2 Ne4 11.f3 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bb4 14.Qc1 Bc5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.f4 Be6
17.a3 Bb6 18.b4 c5 19.bxc5 Qxc5 20.Bd4 Qxc1 21.Rfxc1 Bxd4 22.exd4 Rfc8 23.Kf2 Kf7
24.Rab1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Bxc8 27.Ke3 Bd7 28.Kd2 a5 29.Kc3 b5 30.Kb3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nf3 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.Be2 b6 12.c4 Nb7 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.Rc1 c5 15.O-O Nd6 16.a4 a5
17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Bd3 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f3 Qe7 21.Re1 Kh8 22.Bf2 Bf6 23.Kh1 Qg7
24.Qc2 Rg8 25.Bf1 Bg5 26.Bg3 f4 27.Bf2 Bf5 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Qf6 30.Qc3 Rge8
31.Qh3 Rb7 32.Rb3 Qg6 33.Bd3 Bd8 34.g3 Rf7 35.gxf4 Rxf4 36.Bg3 Nxe4 37.Rxe4 Rxe4
38.Qg2 Rd4 39.Bxg6 Rd1+ 40.Qg1 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 hxg6 42.Kf2 e4 43.Ke3 Kg7 44.Rb1 Bg5+
45.Ke2 e3 46.Rxb6 Re4 47.Rb7+ Kf6 48.Bc7 Kf5 49.Bxa5 Rxc4 50.d6 Rxa4 51.Bc3 Ra3
52.Bb2 Ra6 53.d7 Rd6 54.Bc1 Ke6 55.Bxe3 Bxe3 56.Kxe3 Rxd7 57.Rb8 Rh7 58.Re8+ Kd5
59.Rd8+ Kc4 60.Rd2 Kb3  0-1

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Re1 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Nxb3 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.cxb3 h6 15.Qc2 c5
16.Na3 Ne8 17.Bd2 Qb8 18.Nc4 Nc7 19.b4 cxb4 20.d4 Ne6 21.dxe5 d5 22.exd5 Bxd5
23.Ne3 Bxf3 24.Nf5 Bc5 25.gxf3 Rd8 26.Bc1 b3 27.Qe4 h5 28.Kg2 g6 29.Nh6+ Kg7
30.Qh4 Qc7 31.Qf6+ Kf8 32.Be3 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Ke8 34.Rxb3 Rd2 35.Ng8 Kf8 36.Ne7 Ke8
37.Nxg6 Rd8 38.Rc3 Qb7 39.Qh8+ Kd7 40.Rd3+ Kc7 41.Rxd8 Nxd8 42.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 b6
9.g3 a5 10.Bg2 Ba6 11.c4 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.b3 f4 14.Bb2 a4 15.Qd1 Nde7 16.Nc3 fxg3
17.hxg3 a3 18.Bc1 Qc7 19.Ne4 Bb7 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.exd6 Nf5 23.Rd1 Nb4
24.Ne5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nc2 26.Rb1 Ra7 27.g4 Nfd4 28.Be3 Nxe3+ 29.fxe3 Nc2 30.Rd3 g5
31.Rc1 Nb4 32.Rd2 Kg7 33.Kg3 h6 34.Rb1 Rb7 35.Rh1 Rf6 36.Rhh2 Ra7 37.Rhf2 Rb7
38.Rf3 Rxf3+ 39.Kxf3 Kf6 40.Ke4 Kg7 41.Rf2 Kg8 42.Rh2 Kg7 43.Rd2 Ra7 44.Nf3 Ra8
45.Ne5 Ra7 46.Nxd7 Rxd7 47.Ke5 Kf7 48.Rf2+ Ke8 49.Kxe6 Rh7 50.Rh2 Nc6 51.e4 Nd8+
52.Kd5 Kd7 53.e5 Ne6 54.Rh1 h5 55.gxh5 g4 56.Ke4 Rf7 57.h6 Rf4+ 58.Ke3 Rf3+
59.Ke4 Rf4+ 60.Ke3 Rf3+ 61.Ke4 Ng5+ 62.Kd5 Rh3 63.Rg1 Ne6 64.b4 cxb4 65.c5 Rc3
66.h7 Rxc5+ 67.Ke4 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 c6
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nh6 12.Nd2 g5 13.Bg3 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Nd4
16.Bg4 h6 17.h3 Bf5 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Ne2 Bxg4 20.hxg4 Qxg4 21.Nxd4 Qxd1 22.Raxd1 exd4
23.Bxd6 Rf7 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Nc5 Rd8 26.Nxa6 Rxd6 27.Rd3 c5 28.Nxc5 Rc7 29.Ne4 Ra6
30.b3 Rxa2 31.Nd6 a5 32.g4 Kh7 33.Nf5 Rc2 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Rxd4 Rf7 36.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E60"]

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 "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Re8 12.Nf2 Rc8 13.c5 c6 14.Bd3 bxc5 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.O-O a5 17.Bg3 e5 18.Ng4 Ra8 19.b4 Ba6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rfb1 Nd7
23.e4 dxe4 24.fxe4 axb4 25.axb4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Nf6 27.Qd3 Nh5 28.Ra6 Nxg3 29.hxg3 Qc8
30.Rb6 Kh7 31.Qf1 Kg8 32.Qa6 Qg4 33.Qd3 Ra8 34.Qf3 Qd7 35.Kh2 Re8 36.Qe2 Ra8
37.Qf1 Qc7 38.Qd3 Kf8 39.b5 cxb5 40.Qxb5 Rc8 41.Rd6 Kg8 42.Rd5 Kh7 43.Qf1 Re8
44.Qf5+ g6 45.Qf3 Kg7 46.Qc3 Qc6 47.Qc4 Re6 48.Rd8 h5 49.Qd5 Kf6 50.Rb8 Qc7
51.Rb7 Qc8 52.Rb6 Qc7 53.Rb3 Qc8 54.Rb7 Kg7 55.Rb6 Re7 56.Rd6 Qg4 57.Rd8 h4
58.gxh4 Qxh4+ 59.Kg1 Qe1+ 60.Kh2 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C78"]

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  0-1

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C57"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Degerman, Lars"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Ngf6
9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.e3 Ne8 13.Kh1 Nd6 14.Rg1 Nf6 15.Qc2 Qd7
16.Rg2 Rfe8 17.Rag1 g6 18.Ne2 Nf5 19.Nc1 Nh4 20.Rg3 Nxf3 21.Rxf3 Ne4 22.Ne2 c5
23.dxc5 Rac8 24.b4 b6 25.f5 bxc5 26.bxc5 Rxc5 27.Qb2 Qb5 28.Qxb5 Rxb5 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.Kg2 Rb2 31.Nf4 Re5 32.h4 Rxa2 33.Rd1 Rd2 34.Ra1 Re7 35.Ra5 Rd7 36.Ra3 Rc7
37.Ra5 Rd7 38.Ra4 Nc3 39.Ra5 Kg7 40.Ra6 Ne4 41.h5 gxh5 42.Nxh5+ Kf8 43.Ng3 Nxg3
44.Kxg3 Rb2 45.Rf4 Ke7 46.Rfa4 Rbb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aarland, Stein Arild"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A36"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D91"]

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 Rf6
16.Nf4 Nc6 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Ke2 Raf8 19.Rg5 R6f7 20.Rag1 Qc7 21.Rh5 Nxd4+ 22.exd4 Qxf4
23.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.e3 Nb4 8.Qd2 Bf5
9.Rc1 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Nge2 Be7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Nh5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.O-O g6 18.Bb1 f5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Nc7 21.e4 fxe4 22.fxe4 dxe4
23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Qd6 25.Ba2+ Kh8 26.Rce1 Rfe8 27.Qc3 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Nd5
29.Bxd5 cxd5 30.Re5 Qc6 31.Qe1 Qc4 32.Qh4 Rf8 33.h3 b5 34.Kh2 Qc7 35.Qg3 Qc4
36.Qg4 Qc7 37.Qe6 Qc1 38.Re3 Rf5 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qe7+ Kg8 41.h4 Qf1 42.Rc3 Qf2
43.Kh3 a4 44.Rc8+ Rf8 45.Rxf8+ Qxf8 46.Qd7 Qf7 47.Qxb5 Qe6+ 48.Kh2 Qe4 49.Qb8+ Kf7
50.Qc7+ Kf6 51.Qxh7 Qf4+ 52.Kh3 Qe3+ 53.g3 Qe6+ 54.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C77"]

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 "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Bernd"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C54"]

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 "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qa4+ c6
9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Qd1 Qb6 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.O-O-O Rd8 14.Nxd4 Bc6 15.e3 e5
16.Qe1 exd4 17.exd4+ Kf8 18.d5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nb4 6.Nc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.d5 e5 10.c5 Nf6 11.Qb5+ Kf8 12.c6 Bc8 13.a4 a5 14.Qe2 g6 15.Ne1 Kg7 16.Nd3 Ba6
17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 h5 19.h3 h4 20.Be3 Nh5 21.Bd4+ Kg8 22.Rf2 Rh7 23.Nb5 Ng3
24.Qf3 Bg5 25.Re1 Bxb5 26.axb5 Qe7 27.e5 Re8 28.Bc3 Qd8 29.Qg4 dxe5 30.Nxe5 f5
31.Qd1 Rhe7 32.Nc4 Rxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Kh7 34.Bc3 Ne4 35.Rf3 Be7 36.Be5 Bc5+ 37.Kh2 Rxe5
38.Nxe5 Qd6 39.Rxf5 gxf5 40.Qh5+ Kg7 41.Qf7+ Kh6 42.Qxf5 Qxe5+  0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.Bg3 h5
16.h4 g4 17.Nh2 exd4 18.Nf1 O-O 19.Bf4 Nxe4 20.Ng3 Nxf2 21.Kxf2 Qf6 22.Nxh5 Qxh4+
23.Ng3 Ne5 24.cxd4 Qf6 25.Nh5 Qh4+ 26.Ng3 Qf6 27.Nh5 g3+ 28.Kf1 Qh4 29.dxe5 Qh1+
30.Ke2 Qxh5+ 31.Kd2 Qh4 32.Be3 dxe5 33.Kc1 Bxg2 34.Bxb6 cxb6 35.Qe2 Bc6 36.Nc3 g2
37.Rg1 Qf4+ 38.Kb1 Rd8 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.Bxd5 Kf8 41.Qxg2 Rd7 42.Qg7+ Ke8 43.Bc6 Ke7
44.Re1 Rd2 45.Rxe5+ Kd6 46.Re4 Qf1+ 47.Ka2 Kxc6 48.Qc3+ Kd5 49.Re5+ Kd6 50.Re8  1-0

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Na6 8.d5 Nc7
9.Be3 Bg4 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.a3 e6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 exd5 14.exd5 Re8 15.Bg5 Bf6
16.Bf4 Be5 17.Ne4 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Bg5 Qg7 20.Rab1 b5 21.Be2 Rab8 22.Qa5 Rb7
23.cxb5 Bxb2 24.Bd3 Qd4 25.Be3 Bc3 26.Qxc7 Rxc7 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rfc1 Re5
29.Bc4 Rf5 30.Rc2 Rf4 31.g3 Rf3 32.Rb3 Rxb3 33.Bxb3 Kf8 34.Bc4 Re7 35.Kf1 Ke8
36.a4 Kd7 37.a5 Kc7 38.Rc1 Re4 39.Kg2 Bb2 40.Rc2 Ba3 41.f3 Re1 42.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E91"]

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 "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E92"]

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.Bc4 Nxb4 22.Bc5 Bf8
23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Nxe5 Bxe4 25.f3 Bd5 26.O-O Re8 27.Nd7+ Kg7 28.Bxd5 Nxd5 29.Nc5 Nb6
30.Ra1 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxb5 12.Qxg4 cxd4 13.Nxe6 Qc4 14.f5 Bf6 15.fxg6 Rg8
16.g7 Nc6 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.Ne6+ Ke8 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 b5 7.f4 Nc6 8.a3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Nf3 f6 13.Nd4 Nxe5 14.fxe5 fxe5 15.Nc2 Bf2+
16.Kd1 e4 17.Qe2 e5 18.Be3 Qh4 19.g3 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qxh1 21.Kd2 a6 22.Bg2 Qh2
23.Rg1 Be6 24.Bf1 Qxe2+ 25.Bxe2 Rac8 26.b4 Rfd8 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.a4 bxa4 29.Bc5 Rc6
30.Ke3 Rdc7 31.Ra1 Bd7 32.Kd2 a5 33.Ne3 axb4 34.cxb4 Rxc5 35.bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rc1 Rxc1
37.Kxc1 Be6 38.Nc2 d4 39.Bb5 Bb3 40.Na1 h5 41.Nxb3 axb3 42.Be8 e3 43.Bxh5 d3  0-1

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.c4 b4
9.Ba4 d6 10.d4 O-O 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bc2 c6 15.a3 a5 16.b3 cxd5
17.exd5 Nbd7 18.Nf1 Qb6 19.Ng3 g6 20.Ng5 bxa3 21.Rxa3 Rfc8 22.Be3 Qc7 23.Bd3 Nc5
24.Bf1 Rcb8 25.h3 Bc8 26.Qc2 Rb7 27.Rea1 Nfd7 28.N5e4 f5 29.Nxc5 Nxc5 30.Bd2 Rba7
31.Ne2 Bd7 32.Nc3 e4 33.Nb5 Bxb5 34.cxb5 Bf6 35.R1a2 Be5 36.Be3 Kf8 37.Qc4 Ke7
38.b4 axb4 39.Rxa7 Rxa7 40.Rxa7 Qxa7 41.Qxb4 Qb6 42.g3 Kd7 43.Qa3 Kc7 44.Qa8 Qb7
45.Qg8 Kb6 46.Qd8+ Qc7 47.Qa8 Qb7 48.Qd8+ Qc7 49.Qe8 Kb7 50.Qc6+ Qxc6 51.dxc6+ Kb6
52.Bc4 d5 53.Bxd5 Kxb5 54.Bg8 h5 55.Bf7 Kxc6 56.Bxg6 h4 57.Kg2 hxg3 58.fxg3 Nd3
59.Bxf5 Ne1+ 60.Kf2 Nd3+ 61.Kf1 Kd5 62.g4 Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E25"]

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.Qc1 Qd4+
30.Kh1 Nxf4 31.Nf3 Qd3 32.Rxc7 Ne2 33.Qa1  1-0

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Na3 a6 10.Bf4 Rb8 11.e5 Nd5 12.exd6 Bf6 13.Bc1 N7b6 14.a5 Nc8 15.d7 Qxd7
16.Nc4 Nd6 17.Nfe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qc7 19.c3 Rbd8 20.Qf3 Ne7 21.Qg4 Ndf5 22.Bf4 Nd5
23.Bg3 Rfe8 24.Nc4 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 Qxg3 26.hxg3 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.d4 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nh3 Bg4 8.Nf4 Qd7
9.Qc1 e5 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.h3 Bf5 13.e3 e5 14.Nfd5 Nb4 15.Nxf6+ Rxf6
16.e4 Be6 17.h4 Nc6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.O-O Rc8 22.Qd2 Rc3
23.Qe2 Qf5 24.Be4 Qh3 25.Rad1 Bh6 26.Rd3 Rc7 27.Rf3 Qg4 28.Re1 Rxf3 29.Bxf3 Qf5
30.Be4 Qh3 31.Rd1 a6 32.Rd3 Bf8 33.Rf3 Be7 34.Bd3 Bd8 35.Qe4 Rf7 36.Rxf7 Kxf7
37.Qf3+ Bf6 38.Be4 Kg7 39.Qe2 Bd8 40.Bg2 Qf5 41.Be4 Qh3 42.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C45"]

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.b4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 Bxb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.d5 O-O 13.f4 b5 14.e5 Qh6 15.Bb3 Nf5
16.Bf2 Qxf4 17.Qd3 Qxe5 18.Ra2 Nd6 19.Re2 Qg5  0-1

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Ne7 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 O-O
9.Qe1 c6 10.e5 Bc7 11.g4 Bg6 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 Nc6 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.a3 b5 16.c4 bxc4
17.dxc4 Rab8 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rfe1 c4 20.e6 Nc5 21.exf7+ Qxf7 22.Ng5 Qd7 23.Ne6 Bb6
24.Nxf8 Rxf8 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.Qxc4+ Kh8 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Re7 Rf6 29.Rae1 h6
30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Re8+ Bxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kh7 33.Qc2+ g6 34.Qe2 Kg7 35.Kg2 Nxb3
36.Re7+ Kf8 37.Re6 Qf7 38.Re4 Nd4 39.Qe3 Ne6 40.Qxh6+ Ke8 41.Qd2 Qb7 42.f3 Kf7
43.Qa2 Qc6 44.h4 Bc7 45.Qc4 Qd6 46.f4 Bb8 47.a4 a5 48.g5 Ke7 49.Kg3 Qb6 50.Kf3 Qd6
51.Qb3 Bc7 52.Kg4 Kd7 53.Re5 Nxf4 54.Qb5+ Kc8 55.Re8+ Bd8 56.Qc4+ Kd7 57.Qb5+ Kc8
58.Qc4+ Kd7 59.Qf7+ Kc8 60.Rxd8+ Kxd8 61.Qxf4 Qd1+ 62.Kg3 Qg1+ 63.Kf3 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D48"]

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.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 "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.a4 Nc4 15.axb5 Nxb2
16.Qc1 Bxc3 17.bxc6 Qc7 18.Re3 Qxc6 19.Bxe7 Re8 20.Bxd6 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Qxe4
22.Qxh6 Bg7 23.Qe3 Bf5 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.Qxe4 Bxe4 26.Bxa6 Bxc2 27.Nc5 Bd4
28.Nd7 Nd1 29.Bc5 Bxc5 30.Nxc5 Nc3 31.Bc4 Ne4 32.Nb7 Kf8 33.f3 Ng3 34.Kf2 Nf5
35.g4 Nd4 36.Ke3 Nc6 37.Nc5 Ne5 38.Ba2 g5 39.f4 gxf4+ 40.Kxf4 Nd3+ 41.Nxd3 Bxd3
42.Ke5 Kg7 43.g5 Kg6 44.h4 Be2 45.Bd5 Bd1 46.Be4+ Kh5 47.Kf6 Bb3 48.Bc6 Kxh4
49.Be8 Bc4 50.Bxf7 Bxf7 51.Kxf7 Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6 5.e4 b6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 e5 8.Ne2 Qe7 9.d5 g5
10.Bf2 Nb8 11.a3 Bc5 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.d6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 cxd6 15.Nb5 Kd8 16.Nxd6 Rh7
17.b4 Na6 18.b5 Nc7 19.h4 g4 20.f4 Nce8 21.Nxe8 Kxe8 22.fxe5 Nxe4 23.g3 Bb7
24.Bg2 Rb8 25.Rd1 f5 26.exf6 Rf7 27.O-O Rxf6 28.Rfe1 Kd8 29.Nf4 Nd6 30.Nh5 Rg6
31.Nf4 Rf6 32.Bxb7 Rxb7 33.Rd5 Nxc4 34.Ne6+ Rxe6 35.Rxe6 Rxb5 36.Rxh6 Rb3
37.Rh8+ Kc7 38.Rh7 Kc6 39.Rdxd7 Rxg3+ 40.Kf2 Rf3+ 41.Ke2 Re3+ 42.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "Hastings9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nb6
9.b3 d5 10.cxd5 Nbxd5 11.Bb2 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Bf5 13.Ne5 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C78"]

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"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 Nd7 5.f4 c5 6.d5 Qa5 7.Qf3 h6 8.Bh4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Ngf6 10.Kd2 b5 11.Nh3 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5 13.Qe3 Nfg4 14.Qg3 b4 15.Rb1 Rb8
16.Be2 Qxa2 17.Ra1 Nc4+ 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Rxa7 hxg5 20.Bxg5 f6 21.Rxe7+ Kxe7
22.Bxf6+ Nxf6 23.Qg7+ Ke8 24.Qg6+ Kd8 25.Qxf6+ Kc7 26.Qxh8 Bd7 27.Qg7 Qxe4
28.cxb4 Rxb4 29.Nf2 Qf4+ 30.Ke2 Qc4+ 31.Kd2 Qf4+ 32.Ke2 Qc4+ 33.Kd2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C69"]

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"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A40"]

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"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E81"]

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.Ba3 a5 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Bb5 Nc2+ 15.Kf2 Nxa3
16.bxa3 e6 17.d6 e5 18.Ne2 Bf8 19.d7 Bxa3 20.Rd3 Bc5+ 21.Kg3 Kf8 22.Rc1 b6
23.a4 Ke7 24.Rcd1 Ra7 25.Kh3 Bb4 26.Rc1 Bd6 27.Nc3 Rc7 28.Rcd1 Bb4 29.Nd5+ Nxd5
30.Rxd5 f6 31.g3 Rc2 32.R5d3 Bc3 33.f4 Bd4 34.fxe5 fxe5 35.R1d2 Rc5 36.Kg2 Rxd7
37.Bxd7 Kxd7 38.Rxd4+ exd4 39.Rxd4+ Ke6 40.Kf3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Ne7
16.Nf3 e4 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Bb2 axb4 19.axb4 c6 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.Qd2 h6
23.Nh3 Rd8 24.b5 Be6 25.Qe3 c5 26.Qg3 Rg8 27.Rd2 d5 28.cxd5 Nexd5 29.Nxd5 Nxd5
30.Qh4 Bxb2 31.Qxh6+ Qh7 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rdxb2 Kh6 34.b6 Nb4 35.Rc1 Ra5
36.Rd2 Bd5 37.Rcd1 e3 38.Rxd5 Nxd5 39.Rxd5 Ra1+ 40.Rd1 Rxd1+ 41.Bxd1 Rd8
42.Kf1 Rxd1+ 43.Ke2 Rd2+ 44.Kxe3 Rxg2 45.Nf2 Rg6 46.Nd3 Rxb6 47.Nxc5 Rb2
48.Ne6 Rxh2 49.Nd4 Rh3+ 50.Kf2 Kg6 51.Ke2 Ra3 52.Nc2 Ra2 53.Kd3 Ra4 54.Ke3 Rc4
55.Nd4 Rc3+ 56.Ke2 Rc5 57.Nf3 Kh5 58.Ne5 Rc3 59.Kf2 Kh4 60.Kg2 Rb3  0-1

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E92"]

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  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stisis, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D06"]

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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Nd2 Na6 9.Rb1 Nc5
10.b3 c6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.a3 Bh6 14.Bf1 cxd5 15.cxd5 Nd3 16.Bxd3 Rxc3
17.Qe2 Ng4 18.Nc4 Qh4 19.h3 Nxf2 20.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Bxc1 22.Rbxc1 Rxd3
23.Re3 f5 24.Rxd3 fxe4+ 25.Ke3 exd3 26.Nxd6 Rf4 27.Rc4 d2 28.Kxd2 Rf2+ 29.Ke3 Rxg2
30.Rc7 Bxh3 31.Ne4 Bf5 32.d6 Kf8 33.Rxh7 Rg4 34.Nc5 Rd4 35.d7 b6 36.Rh8+ Kf7
37.d8=Q Rxd8 38.Rxd8 bxc5 39.Rd5 Be6 40.Rxc5 Bxb3 41.Rxa5 Ke6 42.Rb5 Bc4
43.Rb6+ Kd7 44.Ke4 g5 45.Kxe5 g4 46.Kf4 Kc7 47.Rb2 Be6 48.a4 Bd7 49.a5 Bc8
50.Rb1 Kc6 51.Rc1+  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D80"]

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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D13"]

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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C44"]

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 Ba6
50.Kf2 Bb5 51.b4 Ba6 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 "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Na5 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Szekely, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.d5 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.b3 Bh6 12.Bf1 Bd7 13.Ba3 Qc7 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nf3 Rfe8
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wessman, Richard"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 e5 6.Nbc3 c6 7.h3 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.Be3 Nbd7
10.f4 exd4 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.O-O 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 "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A87"]

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 "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bc1 Nf6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Be3 Nh5 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bb5 Qe6
16.Qa4 Nxg2 17.Kxg2 Qxh3+ 18.Kg1 Qg4+ 19.Kh2 Qxf3 20.Rh1 c6 21.Be2 Qf6 22.Bxa6 bxa6
23.Rad1 Rb8 24.b3 Bg4 25.Rd6 Qh4+ 26.Kg1 Bh3 27.Rh2 Qg4+ 28.Kh1 Rfd8 29.Qxc6 Bf8
30.Rd5 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Rbc8 32.Rxh3 Qxh3 33.Qf6 Re8 34.Qxa6 Bxc5 35.Bxc5 Qxc3
36.Be3 Qe1+ 37.Qf1 Qxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Kg7 39.Bxa7 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Ra8 41.Rd7 Re1 42.Kf3 h5
43.Rb7 Rg1 44.Bb8 Rxb8  0-1

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.g4 Nd7
10.Nd2 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.exf5 Ndc5 13.f6 Bxf6 14.Bh6 Qg6 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.Qf3 Bf5
17.Rg1 Qxg1 18.Qxf5 Qg6 19.Qxg6 hxg6 20.Nce4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Ke7 22.b4 Bh4 23.a3 Rf8
24.c5 Rf4 25.Bd3 dxc5 26.bxc5 Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E73"]

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 Ned7 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+  0-1

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Rxb1 e5 7.Bd2 Qxd4 8.Qxd4 Nxd4
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.e4 Nf6 11.Bb5 Nxe4 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Nxe5 Bc5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 c5
16.Ke2 f5 17.Rbc1 O-O-O 18.Nd3 Rd5 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borkowski, Franciszek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a4 h5 13.O-O Nh7 14.Qd2 h4 15.Nh1 f5 16.Nf2 Qf6
17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 Ng4 19.Nxg4 fxg4 20.f5 Bxf5 21.Bxg4 Qg6 22.Bxf5 Rxf5 23.Rxf5 Qxf5
24.Rf1 Qg6 25.Rf4 Nf6 26.h3 b5 27.Rxh4 b4 28.Nd1 Re8 29.Nf2 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Ne4
31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Qxe4 33.Bf4 Qd4 34.Qxd4 Bxd4 35.Bxd6 b3 36.g3 Kf7 37.Kg2 Bxb2
38.Bxc5 Bc3 39.Ba3 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.d6 Ke6 42.Ke4 b2 43.Bxb2 Bxb2 44.h4 Kxd6
45.Kf5 Ke7 46.g4 Kf7 47.h5 a5 48.g5 Ke7 49.Kg6 Bc1 50.Kf5 Kf7 51.g6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E25"]

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.Nh3 Nbc6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Kf2 Rd8 13.Be2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qa4
16.Qc4 Qxc4 17.Bxc4 Rxd4 18.Rhd1 Nc6 19.Bb5 Rd7 20.Nf4 Kf8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rxd7 Bxd7
23.Rb1 Bc8 24.Nd3 f6 25.f4 Ke7 26.e5 Kd8 27.Nc5 Kc7 28.Ke3 fxe5 29.fxe5 Rb8
30.Rxb8 Kxb8 31.a4 a5 32.h4 Kc7 33.g4 Kb6 34.Kd4 h6 35.g5 hxg5 36.hxg5 Kc7
37.Ne4 Kb6 38.Nf6 c5+ 39.Kc3 Kc6 40.g6 c4 41.Nh5 Kd7 42.Kxc4 Bb7 43.Kb5 Be4
44.Nf4 Bf5 45.Kb6 Bc2 46.Kxa5 Kc6 47.Kb4 Bb1 48.a5 Bf5 49.Kc4 Be4 50.a6 Bf5
51.a7 Kb7 52.Kc5 Kxa7 53.Kd6 Kb6 54.Ke7 Kc5 55.Nxe6+ Kd5 56.Nxg7 Bxg6 57.Kf6 Bc2
58.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.a4 Na6 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.Nbd2 Qc8 10.Re1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bh3 12.Bh1 Nc5 13.b4 Ncd7 14.a5 Ne5 15.Ra3 d5
16.Qa1 a6 17.Qa2 Neg4 18.c4 e5 19.N4f3 e4 20.Nd4 e3 21.fxe3 Bh6 22.cxd5 Nxe3
23.Rd3 Qd8 24.Qb3 Nfxd5 25.Ne4 Rc8 26.Nf2 Rc4 27.Nxh3 Rxb4 28.Qa2 Nc4 29.Bc1 Bg7
30.Nc2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.e4 c5 14.dxc5 Rc8 15.Bf4 Rxc5
16.Rac1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Qa8 18.Rc7 Bd8 19.Rc4 Be7 20.Rc7 Bd8 21.Rc4 a5 22.Bd6 Re8
23.e5 Nd5 24.Rg4 f5 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Rf4 Nh5 27.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E20"]

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  1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 Na5 11.Nxe5 Nxb3 12.axb3 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Bg5 Rxe1
16.Qxe1 Ng4 17.Be7 Ne5 18.N1d2 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Re8 20.Bxd6 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 h6
22.Bb4 Qf5 23.Re8+ Kh7 24.Ne1 Qf4 25.Ba5 c5 26.Re3 Qg4 27.h3 Qd1 28.Bb6 Qc1
29.Bxc5 Qxb2 30.b4 Bd5 31.Kf1 Qc3 32.Be7 Qd2 33.Bd6 Qd1 34.Be5 Qd2 35.c3 Be6
36.Bd4 Bf5 37.Kg1 Qd1 38.Kh2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.d4 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 h5 8.h3 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Be6 12.Qd3 Qc8 13.Kh2 Nd7 14.b3 a5 15.Rac1 Rb8
16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Ne4 a4 19.Nxc5 axb3 20.axb3 Rd8 21.Qf4 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Qe7+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+
9.Bxe2 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D90"]

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 "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.g3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Bg5 Re8 12.e3 Be6 13.Qc2 Ba7 14.Nc3 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Rd2 d4 18.exd4 Bxd4 19.Ne4 Qg6 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Qc3 Bh3 22.Rxd4 Bxg2
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nf6+ gxf6 25.Kxg2 Qe4+ 26.Kg1 Kg7 27.b4 Rd3 28.Re1 Qd5 29.Qc7 Rd4
30.Qe7 f5 31.a5 f4 32.Rf1 f3 33.Qe3 Rd3 34.Qc1 Qd4 35.Qc2 Ra3 36.Qb1 Qd3
37.Qc1 Rb3 38.Rd1 Qe4 39.Qa1+ Kh7 40.Qa2 Qxb4 41.h3 Kg7 42.Qa1+ Qc3 43.Qxc3+ Rxc3
44.Rb1 Ra3 45.Rxb7 Rxa5 46.Rb3 Rf5 47.g4 Rf6 48.Rb8 h5 49.gxh5 Rf5 50.Kh2 Rxh5
51.Ra8 Rg5 52.Rxa6 Rg2+ 53.Kh1 Rxf2 54.Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+
10.Be3 Nh5 11.O-O Nd7 12.g4 Nhf6 13.Nb5 h5 14.Nxd6 Rxe3 15.fxe3 Qc7 16.g5 Qxd6
17.gxf6 Qg3+ 18.Kh1 Qxh3+ 19.Nh2 Bxf6 20.Qc2 Bg7 21.Rf3 Qh4 22.Rf4 Qh3 23.Rf3 Qh4
24.Rf4 Qh3 25.Bf1 Qxe3 26.Re4 Qg3 27.Re8+ Nf8 28.Qg2 Qd6 29.Rae1 Rb8 30.Bd3 Bd7
31.R8e2 Nh7 32.Nf3 Nf6 33.Ng5 Ng4 34.Qf3 Rf8 35.Rf1 Nh6 36.Ne4 Qb6 37.Nf6+ Bxf6
38.Qxf6 Qxf6 39.Rxf6 Nf5 40.Bxf5 Bxf5 41.Re7 Kg7 42.Rxf5 gxf5 43.Rxb7 Kf6
44.Rc7 Re8 45.Rxc5 Re1+ 46.Kg2 Re2+ 47.Kf3 Rxb2 48.d6 Ke6 49.Rd5 Rb8 50.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Ng5 f5
16.Qd4 Be7 17.Nf3 Nf7 18.Qc3 a6 19.a4 b4 20.Qc2 c5 21.b3 Rb8 22.Bb2 Rb6 23.Bc4 Kf8
24.a5 Rh6 25.Bxf7 Kxf7 26.Be5 Qc6 27.Bf4 Qe4 28.Ne5+ Ke6 29.Qe2 Kf6 30.f3 Qb7
31.Bxh6 gxh6 32.Nc4 Be6 33.Nd6 Bxd6 34.Rxd6 Qb5 35.Qc2 Rb8 36.Qb2+ Kf7 37.Qe5 Bxb3
38.Qxf5+ Ke8 39.Qe4+ Kf8 40.Qxh7  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A13"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 b6 9.g4 Ne7
10.g5 Nh5 11.Rg1 c5 12.Qd2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf3 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.O-O-O Be6
17.Qxf4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rc8 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Rxc3 21.Kd2 Rc6 22.Rd3 Rc5
23.Nd4 Bxa2 24.Ra1 Bc4 25.Rc3 Bxe2 26.Rxc5 bxc5 27.Nxe2 Nc6 28.Ra4 Re8 29.Ke3 Kg7
30.Nf4 h6 31.gxh6+ Kxh6 32.Nd3 Kg7 33.Nxc5 Rh8 34.Ra6 Rxh3+ 35.Kd2 Ne5 36.Rxa7 g5
37.Rc7 g4 38.Nd3 g3 39.Nxe5 g2 40.Rxf7+ Kg8 41.Rf4 g1=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qb3 g5
9.Bg3 Qb6 10.e3 Na6 11.Be5 Be7 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.h4 g4 14.Ng1 b5 15.Nge2 Nb4
16.Kd2 Nd3 17.Ng3 Nxe5 18.Nxf5 Nc4+ 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.f3 gxf3 21.gxf3 Kd7 22.a3 b5
23.e4 Bd8 24.Rhg1 Bb6 25.Rae1 dxe4 26.fxe4 Rag8 27.Ke3 Ng4+ 28.Ke2 h5 29.Rgf1 Nh6
30.Ne3 Rg3 31.Rf3 Rhg8 32.Rd1 Rxf3 33.Kxf3 Ng4 34.Nf5 Ke6 35.Rd2 Bc7 36.d5+ cxd5
37.Nxd5 Nh2+ 38.Kf2 Be5 39.Nd4+ Bxd4+ 40.Rxd4 Ng4+ 41.Ke2 Ke5 42.Rd1 Kxe4
43.Nc3+ Kf4 44.Rf1+ Kg3 45.Rxf7 Kxh4 46.Nxb5 Kg3 47.Nd6 Rb8 48.Nxc4 h4 49.Nd2 h3
50.Ne4+ Kg2 51.Rg7 Rxb2+ 52.Kd3 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 Nbc6 13.dxc5 Qc8 14.Qe3 O-O 15.cxb6 Rd8
16.Kf2 axb6 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.Qxb6 Qc4 19.Be3 Nd3+ 20.Kg3 f5 21.Bg5 Rd7 22.Nd4 f4+
23.Kh4 Ng6+ 24.Kh5 Nf8 25.Qc6 Qa2 26.Rhg1 e5 27.Qxa8 Qf7+ 28.Kh4 h6 29.g4 hxg5+
30.Kh3 exd4 31.cxd4 Nf2+ 32.Kg2 Qa2 33.Qb8 Nd3+ 34.Kh1 Qe2 35.Rgf1 Rxd4 36.Qb3+ Kh7
37.Qb5 Rd6 38.h4 Ng6 39.Qxg5 Nxh4 40.Qxh4+ Rh6 41.Qxh6+ Kxh6  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 Nbc6 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Qf4 e5 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Kf2 Na5 17.cxb6 Qxb6+ 18.Be3 Qc6 19.Rhd1 Nc4 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bc1 Qb6+ 22.Kg3 f5
23.exf5 Nxf5+ 24.Kh3 Nce3 25.Bxe3 Nxe3 26.Qe4 Qe6+ 27.Kg3 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Rad8
29.Re1 Qf5 30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.Kf2 Rd2 32.Rb1 Ra2 33.Rb5 Rxa3 34.c4 Rf6 35.Rxe5 Rc6
36.c5 Ra5 37.Re7 Rcxc5 38.Nf4 Re5 39.Rc7 Ra4  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.c4 N5f6 8.Be2 c5
9.O-O Bd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 b6 15.d5 Re8
16.Re1 a6 17.Bf1 Bb7 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qd6 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Ne5 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Nxe5
23.Rxe5 Rc6 24.Rd2 Kf7 25.Be2 Ke7 26.Nd5+ Nxd5 27.cxd5 Rd6 28.Rxe6+ Rxe6
29.dxe6 Bc8 30.a4 Rf8 31.Bc4 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bxb5 Bxe6 34.Be2 Rd8 35.Rc2 Kd6
36.f3 Bf5 37.Rd2+ Ke7 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.Kf2 Ke7 40.Ke3 Kd6 41.Bd3 Be6 42.f4 Bd7
43.Be4 Bc8 44.Ba8 Be6 45.Kf3 Bc8 46.Ke4 Bd7 47.Bb7 Be6 48.Ba8 Bd7 49.Bd5 Bb5
50.Bb3 Bd7 51.Bc4 Bc8 52.Bd5 Bd7 53.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 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.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 c6 13.Be3 f4 14.Bf2 Ne8 15.Qb3 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6
17.dxe6 fxg3 18.hxg3 Nc7 19.Rad1 Kh7 20.c5 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Nxd5 Nexd5
23.Bc4 Nxe6 24.Bxd5 Nd4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Kg2 Qc7 27.Be4 a5 28.Qc2 axb4 29.Bxg6+ Kh8
30.Rh1 Qc6 31.Be4 Qe6 32.Rd2 Ra3 33.Rh5 d3 34.Qd1 Rxa2 35.Bxd3 Rd8 36.Bc2 Rxd2+
37.Qxd2 Bf8 38.Qd3 Qe7 39.Rf5 Bg7 40.Rf4 Bc3 41.Re4 Be5 42.Kh3 Qe6+ 43.g4 Kg7
44.Rxb4  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8
9.Ng3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Be2 Ba4 12.Qc1 Nbd7 13.O-O a6 14.Bf4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Bg5 Ned7 17.Bd1 Bxd1 18.Raxd1 b5 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.Nf5 Ne8 21.Be7 Nb6 22.Bxd6 Nxd6
23.Nxd6 g6 24.Rfe1 f6 25.f4 Rd8 26.e5 fxe5 27.fxe5 Nxc4 28.Qd5 Qd7 29.a4 Nb2
30.Rd2 Nxa4 31.Rf1 Nb6 32.Qxc5 Rb8 33.Rdf2 Re7 34.Ne4 Qc7 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Qe3 Qxe5
37.Nh5+ Kg8 38.Qxb6 gxh5 39.Qxa6 Qe3 40.Qa2+ Kh8 41.Kh1 Rg8 42.Qb2 Qe5 43.h3 Rc7
44.Rf8 Rxf8 45.Rxf8+ Kg7 46.Rf3 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 Qe5+ 48.Rg3+ Kh8 49.Qd2 Rc8 50.Qd4 Qxd4
51.cxd4 b4 52.d5 Rd8 53.Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 f5
9.Nh3 O-O 10.e3 Nc6 11.Bc4 Na5 12.Ba2 Bd7 13.c4 Nf6 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.exd4 Rc8
16.Rc1 b5 17.cxb5 Rxc1+ 18.Qxc1 Qb6 19.Qc5 Rc8 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Kd2 Nc4+ 22.Bxc4 Rxc4
23.Nf4 g5 24.Nd3 Bxb5 25.Re1 Rc6 26.Nb4 Rd6 27.g4 fxg4 28.fxg4 Kf7 29.h3 Kg6
30.Nd3 Bxd3 31.Kxd3 h6 32.a4 Kf7 33.Rf1 Kg6 34.Rc1 Nd5 35.Ke4 Rd8 36.Rc6 Kf6
37.Kd3 Nb4+ 38.Ke4 Nxc6 39.d5+ Kf7 40.dxc6 Rc8  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Be6 10.Nc4 Rc8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ne3 Bh6 13.Bd3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qb6 15.Qc1 Na5
16.O-O Ke7 17.Qe1 h5 18.b3 Qc5 19.Nd5+ Bxd5 20.exd5 Qxd5 21.Rd1 Rcg8 22.Qf2 Rh6
23.Bg6  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 e5 13.h3 Bb7 14.Bb2 a6 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.a4 Rad8 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Bb4 20.Ng3 f6 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Bd3 h6
23.Bg6 Rf8 24.Nf5 c5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra7 Qc7 27.Nh4 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Ra8 29.Qg4 Qc6
30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Be4  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 O-O
9.Qe2 Qc8 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Ne4 Na6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.Rad1 Nac5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5
16.Nd4 Qe8 17.b4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nb7 19.Qf3 c5 20.Nc6 Rc7 21.b5 a6 22.a4 axb5
23.axb5 Na5 24.Nxa5 Rxa5 25.c4 Ra4 26.Ra1 Rca7 27.Rxa4 Rxa4 28.Rd1 h6 29.Qc6 Qb8
30.f4 g6 31.Kh3 Ra7 32.Rd6 Ra4 33.Kg4 Kf8 34.Rd7 Ra7 35.h4 Rxd7 36.Qxd7 Kg7
37.h5 gxh5+ 38.Kxh5 Qa8 39.Qc6 Qa3 40.Kh4 Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 b5 11.Nc1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Re8 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Ne5
16.f4 Ng4 17.e5 Nf2 18.Rg1 Bf5+ 19.Ka1 b4 20.Na4 f6 21.e6 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 Bxe6
23.Be2 f5 24.Nb3 Bf7 25.Na5 Rd8 26.Rf1 Ng4 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Ne3 29.Bf3 Nxc4
30.Nxc6 a5 31.Nd8 Nd2 32.Bc6 Bh6 33.g3 Nf1 34.Nb6 Nxh2 35.Nd7 Bg7 36.Ne5 Bxe5
37.fxe5 Kf8 38.e6 Be8 39.Bxe8 Kxe8 40.Nc6 Nf1  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.d5 c6 10.h4 h5 11.Nh3 cxd5 12.cxd5 a6 13.Ng5 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Nd1 a5 16.Rc1 Bb7
17.Qc7 Qb8 18.Bb5 Rc8 19.Qxb8 Raxb8 20.Kd2 Rxc1 21.Kxc1 Rc8+ 22.Kb1 Kf8 23.b3 Ke7
24.Nb2 Rc3 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kxc1 Ng4 27.Ba7 Bh6 28.f3 f6 29.fxg4 fxg5 30.Be3 Nc5
31.hxg5 Bg7 32.Bxc5 dxc5 33.Nc4 Bc8 34.d6+ Kd8 35.d7 Bxd7 36.Bxd7 Kxd7 37.Nxa5 Kc7
38.Nc4  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Ne2 Nxd5
9.O-O Nxc3 10.Nxc3 e6 11.a4 Nc6 12.e4 Be7 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Rad1 Nd4
16.Be5 Bf6 17.Bd6 Be7 18.Be5 Bf6 19.Bd6 Be7 20.Qg3 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Qc7 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Rh5 25.h3 Rxh3+ 26.gxh3 Qh4 27.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Qe2 c5 15.Rfd1 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Qb6 17.Rd3 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.b3 a6 20.h3 Bc5 21.Be3 Rd7 22.Nc2 Rcd8
23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.b4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qc6 27.Qd3 h6 28.c5 Nf6 29.Ne3 Nd5
30.Nxd5 exd5 31.a3 a5 32.g3 axb4 33.axb4 h5 34.h4 g6 35.Qd4 Kf8 36.Kg2 Ke7
37.Kf3 Kd7 38.Kf4 Qe6 39.b5 f6 40.Kf3 Kc7 41.Qa4 Kd7 42.Qd4 Kc7 43.Kg2 Kd7
44.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.h4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qxd4 14.Qf3 Qxh4 15.Qxb7 Bc5
16.Qc6+ Nd7 17.Rad1 Bb6 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Rd1 O-O 20.Rxd7 Qxg3 21.Qxb6 Qxc3
22.bxc3 cxb6 23.Rxa7 Rc8 24.c4 h5 25.Rd7 Rc5 26.f4 b5 27.cxb5 Rxb5 28.Kf2 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 g6 8.e4 O-O
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bh6 Re8 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.h4 cxd4 14.h5 g5 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.Bg6 Be6 17.Nxd4 Qc8 18.Qd2 fxg6 19.hxg6 Kg8 20.Rc1 Nc6 21.Bxg5 Qc7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7
23.Kf1 Rae8 24.Re1 Rg7 25.Qh6 Kf8 26.Rh4 Nxd4 27.Qh8+ Rg8 28.Qf6+ Bf7 29.Qxf7+ Qxf7
30.gxf7  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.e4 dxe4 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Qxe4 c5
9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Be2 Ng6 11.O-O Bd7 12.a4 e5 13.Nxe5 Ncxe5 14.dxe5 Bc6 15.Qe3 Nxe5
16.Qxe5 Re8 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qxc5 Rxe2 19.Be3 Qe8 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 a6 22.f3 Qf8
23.Qd4 Re8 24.a5 Qe7 25.Kf2 f6 26.Bd2 Qf7 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.Bh6 Qe7 29.h4 Bc6
30.Bf4 Kf7 31.g4 Qd7 32.Bd6 Qe6 33.Qf4 h6 34.Qd4 h5 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 Qf5
37.Bf4 h4 38.c5 Qc2+ 39.Kg1 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qf5 41.Qe5 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.Qa4 Bh5 11.Qh4 Bg6 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 O-O 14.Be3 a6 15.Be2 Ne5
16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Nf3 Bxe3 19.Nxe5 Bb6 20.Bg4 Nf5 21.Qh3 Qg5 22.Nf3 Qf6
23.Nbd4 Nxd4 24.Bxc8 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 h5 27.Bxb7 Qg5+ 28.Qg3 Qd2
29.Re5 Qc1+ 30.Kg2 Bd3 31.h4 Bc7 32.Bxd5 Bxe5 33.Qxe5 Qf1+ 34.Kh2 Qxf2+ 35.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal m"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Gausdal m"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A95"]

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 Rfc8 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"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.b3 e5
9.Ba3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qa5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.e4 Nb6 13.h3 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Ncb5 Ne4
16.Bxe4 Rxe4 17.Bc3 Qxc3 18.Nxc3 Rxd4 19.Qf3 Bxh3 20.c5 Nd7 21.Nxd5 Ne5 22.Nf6+ Kh8
23.Qxb7 Rad8 24.Qh1 Bxf6 25.Qxh3 Rd2 26.Rac1 Nc6 27.Qg2 R8d5 28.Qf3 Kg7 29.Rcd1 Ne7
30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Rd1 Rxa2 32.Rd6 Be5 33.Rd7 Nf5 34.Qd5  1-0

[Event "Gausdal m"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 Bb7 12.Nf3 Qc8 13.Bd2 f5 14.Bd3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 Qc6 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.O-O Nd5 19.Ng5 Rae8 20.Rae1 cxd4 21.cxd4 h6 22.Nxe6 Nc7
23.d5 Qxd5 24.Nxc7 Rxe2 25.Nxd5 Rxd2 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Nc5 28.Kf2 Re8 29.Kf3 Re4
30.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E69"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E61"]

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 "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A11"]

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 "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D13"]

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 ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D23"]

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 ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.a4 Ng6 16.Nb5 a6
17.Na3 Nf6 18.Nc4 g4 19.Qb3 g3 20.hxg3 fxg3 21.Bxg3 h4 22.Bh2 Nh5 23.Qb6 Qg5
24.Nd3 Ng3 25.Rf2 Nxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Rxf3 27.Nxd6 Rxd3 28.Nxc8 Kh7 29.Nd6 Nf4
30.Bxf4 exf4 31.Nf5 Rg8 32.Qxb7 f3 33.Rf2 Rd2 34.Qa7 Kh8 35.Qe3 Qxe3 36.Nxe3 Bd4
37.Rxd2 Bxe3+ 38.Kh2 Bxd2 39.gxf3 Rg3 40.Rd1 Bf4 41.d6 Rxf3+ 42.Kg2 Rg3+
43.Kh1 Rg8 44.d7 Rd8 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.Rd5 Bc7 47.b4 Kf7 48.a5 Rg8+ 49.Kh3 Bd8
50.b5 axb5 51.Rxb5 Rg3+ 52.Kh2 Ra3 53.Rh5 Ke6 54.a6 Kxd7 55.Rh6 Bg5 56.Rh5 Be7
57.Rh6 Ra4 58.e5 Ra5 59.Rb6 Rxe5 60.a7 Ra5 61.Rb7+ Ke6 62.Kh3 Ra4  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qe8 Qe1+ 47.Kb2 Qxe4  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nd2 Nbd7
10.Ndf3 Ne4 11.Nd3 b6 12.Nfe5 Bb7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.f3 Nf6 15.c5 bxc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5
17.dxc5 e5 18.e4 Ba6 19.Re1 fxe4 20.fxe4 d4 21.Qd2 Ng4 22.Bh3 h5 23.Ba3 Qf7
24.Bb4 Rae8 25.Ba5 Re6 26.Bf1 Nf2 27.Bxa6 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E25"]

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.Rad1 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 "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qa4 12.Qb1 Bd7 13.Nf3 Bc6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.O-O h6
16.f5 cxd4 17.cxd4 Kh8 18.Bb4 Rae8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Qb2 Rf4 21.Rfe1 Ng6 22.Bd6 Rf6
23.e5 Rf5 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.e6 Nf6 26.Ne5 Kh7 27.Nxg6 Kxg6 28.Rac1 Ne4 29.Be5 Rxe6
30.Bxg7 Qa5 31.Be5 Qd5 32.Rf1 Bb5 33.h3 Bc4 34.Qb4 b5 35.Qf8 Rxe5 36.dxe5 Qd4+
37.Kh2 Qxe5+ 38.g3 Qb2+ 39.Kg1  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.e3 c5 5.exd4 cxd4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.Na3 e5 11.Nc2 Bf5 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Rb1 a5 14.a3 Bf6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Re8
17.Rb3 e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Nb5 f5 14.Nd2 c6 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.Qb3 Nxb4 17.Qxb4 Bb7 18.Bf3 Bh6 19.Rfe1 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qd7 21.Qb3 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.d3 Nc6 8.O-O a6
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.a3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Be6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Nf4 Rfc8
16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Ne2 Ra8 18.Be3 Ra4 19.Qd2 Ra2 20.Nf4 Rxd2 21.Nxe6 Rc2 22.Nxg7 Kxg7
23.d4 e6 24.d5 exd5 25.exd5 Ne5 26.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Ne8 29.Bb2 f6
30.Kf1 Nc7 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Bc3 Nc4 33.Kd3 Nb6 34.Kd4 h5 35.Bd2 Nc4 36.Be1 f5
37.f4 Ke7 38.Bf3 Nb6 39.Bc3 Kf7 40.Bd2 Ke7 41.Be1 Ke8 42.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A08"]

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 Nf8 46.g7  1-0

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 c6 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 f5 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Nf3 f4 14.c5 g5 15.h3 g4 16.hxg4 Bxg4
17.b5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nd4 19.c6 bxc6 20.bxc6 Rc8 21.Nb5 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Rxc6 23.Bd2 a6
24.Nc3 Nc7 25.Rac1 Ne6 26.Nd5 Nd4 27.Qg4 Rc5 28.Bb4 Rxd5 29.exd5 f3 30.Rc4 Rf4
31.Rc8 Rxg4 32.Rxd8+ Kf7 33.g3 Ne2+ 34.Kh2 Rg5 35.Kh3 e4 36.Rxd6 Bf6 37.Bd2 Rh5+
38.Kg4 Rh2 39.Kf5 Be7 40.Rd7 Ke8 41.Rxe7+ Kxe7 42.Bb4+ Kd7 43.Kxe4 h5 44.Kxf3 Nd4+
45.Ke4 Nc2 46.Bc5 h4 47.g4 Rh3 48.f3 Rg3 49.Bf2 Rg2 50.Bxh4 Nxa3 51.Ra1 Nb5
52.Rxa6 Rd2 53.Bf6 Nd6+ 54.Ke5 Nc4+ 55.Ke4 Nd6+ 56.Kf4 Rxd5 57.Be5 Nf7 58.Ra7+ Ke6
59.Bg7 Rc5 60.Ra6+ Kd7 61.Bf6 Rc4+ 62.Kf5 Rc2 63.Ra7+ Ke8 64.Re7+ Kf8 65.Ra7 Nd6+
66.Kg6 Ne8 67.Ra8 Rg2 68.Ra3 Nc7 69.Re3 Rg1 70.g5 Ne8 71.Be7+ Kg8 72.Bc5 Ng7
73.Bd4 Rd1 74.Bxg7 Re1 75.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 Bb7
9.c4 Nf4 10.Qe3 Ne6 11.Nb3 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.f4 a5 14.f5 Nc5 15.Be2 Nxb3
16.Qxb6 cxb6 17.axb3 O-O-O 18.O-O-O Bb4 19.Bf4 f6 20.Bh5 Rhf8 21.g4 b5 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Bh6 Rg8 24.h3 Ba6 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.Bf7 Bf8 27.Bd2 Rg7 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Bb4
30.Bxb4 axb4 31.Rhe1 Kc7 32.c5 Rb8 33.Rd4 Rb5 34.Rc4 h5 35.Kd2 hxg4 36.hxg4 Rh7
37.Ke3 b3 38.Re2 Rh1 39.Rd2 Re1+ 40.Kf4 Rf1+ 41.Kg3 Re1 42.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Qe7+
9.Qe2 cxd5 10.Bd2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 c6 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Be3 O-O 14.f3 Nd7 15.Kf2 Re8
16.Rhe1 g6 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.Bf1 Bf5 19.Rd2 h5 20.a3 Bc7 21.b4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4
23.g3 a5 24.Bb6 Rxe1 25.Kxe1 c3 26.Re2 Bxb6 27.Nxb6 Ra6 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Nc4 Ra4
30.Nd6 Be6 31.Re3 Rxa3 32.Ne4 Bf5 33.Ke2 Kg7 34.Kd3 g5 35.Kd4 g4 36.fxg4 hxg4
37.Nxc3 Bxc2 38.Re5 Bg6 39.Rc5 Ra6 40.Ke5 Rb6 41.Kf4 Rb4+ 42.Ke3 Rb2 43.Ne2 Rb3+
44.Nc3 Rb6 45.Kf4 Rb2 46.Kxg4 Rxh2 47.Rxc6 Rf2 48.Kh4 Bf5 49.g4 Be6 50.Kg3 Rd2
51.Ne4 Rd3+ 52.Kf4 Bd5 53.Rc1 Kg6 54.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 Ba4
16.Qd3 b5 17.Bd5 Rxc1+ 18.Bxc1 Rc8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Rxh6 e6 22.f4 Rc2
23.Qh3 Kf8 24.e5 Ke7 25.Rxg6 Qd2 26.Kg1 fxg6 27.Qh7+ Ke8 28.f5 exd5 29.f6 Qb4
30.Qxg6+ Kd7 31.e6+ Nxe6 32.Qf7+ Kd8 33.Qxe6 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qxe2 35.Qxd5+ Kc7
36.f7 Qe7  0-1

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Bc4 Bd7 13.Bb3 Bc6 14.g4 Qc5 15.Qd3 d5
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.exd5 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Qxc3 19.bxc3 exd5 20.Rd4 Rd7 21.Rhd1 Rad8
22.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 a6
9.f4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qe2 Qh4+ 12.Kd2 Bc5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.Qe3 Qe7
16.Rd1 Rb8 17.Kc1 a5 18.Rg1 g5 19.Rd4 Rb4 20.a3 Rxd4 21.Qxd4 gxf4 22.h4 Nd7
23.g5 Qc5 24.Qxc5 Nxc5 25.gxh6 Ke7 26.Rg4 Rxh6 27.Be2 Nd7 28.Rxf4 Nxe5 29.Ra4 Bd7
30.h5 f5 31.Rxa5 f4 32.Bd1 f3 33.Ra4 Rxh5 34.Rf4 Rh1 35.a4 c5 36.a5 Bc6 37.b4 cxb4
38.Na2 b3 39.Nb4 b2+ 40.Kxb2 Rxd1 41.a6 Rh1 42.Nxc6+ Nxc6 43.Rxf3 Rh8 44.Rc3 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E73"]

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 Kh7 10.h3 b5 11.cxb5 Qa5 12.Rc1 a6 13.b6 Nxb6 14.Qc2 e6 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.b3 exd5
17.Nb1 Qxd2+ 18.Nxd2 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Bb7 21.Qd3 c4 22.bxc4 Bxg2
23.Bf3 Rfe8+ 24.Ne2 Bxh1 25.Bxh1 Nd7 26.Kf1 Rb2 27.Ng3 Re6 28.Bd5 Rf6 29.Rc2 Rb1+
30.Kg2 Nc5 31.Qe3 h5 32.Re2 Bh6 33.Qe8 Nd3 34.Nxh5 Rf5 35.Be4 Ne1+ 36.Rxe1 Rxe1
37.Bxf5 Rxe8 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Nxe8+ Kf8 40.Bd7  1-0

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E92"]

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 "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E86"]

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 "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B45"]

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 "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.a3 Bd6 8.b4 Nf6
9.b5 Na5 10.e5 Nxc4 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Qxd4 Ne5 13.Qe4 Bd7 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Bb2 Nc4
16.Rad1 Nxb2 17.Rxd6 Rxc3 18.Qxb7 Qc7 19.Qa8+ Bc8 20.Ra6 Rc1 21.Nd2 O-O 22.Rxa7 Qc3
23.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 24.Nf1 e5 25.Qf3 Be6 26.Qg3+ Kh8 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.Nxe3 Rb8 29.a4 f5
30.f4 exf4 31.Nf1 Bb3 32.Nd2 Bxa4 33.Rxf7 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D13"]

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"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 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 Bg2 33.h4 Rxf7 34.Nxf7 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 Kd6  1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Garcia, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

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 "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vial, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.h3 h4 12.hxg4 hxg3 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.fxg3 Nc6 15.Nb3 Be5
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Qc1 Qb6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nb4 20.c3 Nxd5 21.Bf3 Nf6 22.Qc2 a5
23.a4 Rc8 24.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.Kb1 Be7
16.Bc1 O-O 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Rg1 h5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Bd3 Kh8 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3+ Ng4
23.fxg4 Rg8 24.Rf1 Kf8 25.g5 Ke8 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.Qxh5 Qc5 28.g6 Qxd5 29.g7 Rg8
30.Qh7 Kd7 31.Qf5+ Kc7 32.Be4  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bernal Moro, Luis Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Nc7
10.a4 a6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bf2 e6 13.Bh4 Qd7 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Qd2 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4
17.Nd1 Rfe8 18.Nf2 Rac8 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.exf5 Kh8 22.Ng4 Bg7 23.Qf2 Qc6
24.f6 Bf8 25.Qg3 Qd5 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.Rf5 Qg8 28.Qf4 Rc5 29.h3 h5 30.Rf1 Ree5
31.Rf2 Rxf5 32.Bxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 hxg4 34.Rf4 Qg6 35.Qd7 Bd5  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gentilleau, Jean Philippe"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B50"]

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 "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rxc2+ 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 Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E04"]

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 "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Qg2 b4 14.Nb1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4
16.g5 Nd7 17.b3 Qc7 18.g6 Nc5 19.gxf7+ Qxf7 20.Nd2 e5 21.Nc6 Rb6 22.Na5 Rb5
23.Ndc4 Be6 24.Kb1 Qc7 25.f4 Rxa5 26.Nxa5 Qxa5 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Qg6+ Ke7 29.Rd2 Qc7
30.Rf1 Nd7 31.Rdf2 Qd6 32.Kc1 a5 33.h5 Kd8 34.Rd2 Qc6 35.Kb1 a4 36.Bxh6 Rxh6
37.Rxf8+ Kc7 38.Qg5 Nxf8 39.Qxg7+ Bd7 40.Qxf8 Rxh5 41.Qxb4 Rh6 42.Rd5 Qb6
43.Qc3+ Kb7 44.Rxd7+  1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.Bxc4 e6 10.Be3 a6 11.f3 Nf6 12.Kf2 Nd7 13.Rhd1 Bc5 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.Rac1 Na4
16.Nxa4 Bxa4 17.b3 Bc6 18.a4 Ke7 19.a5 Rac8 20.Ke3 g5 21.Be2 Bd7 22.e5 Bc6
23.Rc5 Bd5 24.Rdc1 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Kd7 26.b4 Rb8 27.Rc3 h6 28.g3 Bc6 29.f4 Rh8
30.Bh5 Ke7 31.Bf3 gxf4+ 32.gxf4 Bxf3 33.Kxf3 Kd7 34.Kg4 f6 35.Kh5 fxe5 36.fxe5 Rf8
37.h4 Rf4 38.Rd3+ Ke7 39.Rg3 Rxb4 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rg6 Kf7 42.Rf6+ Ke7 43.Rxh6 Rb5
44.Rh7+ Kf8 45.Kg6 Rxe5 46.h5 Re1 47.Rxb7 Rg1+ 48.Kf6 Kg8 49.Rb6 e5 50.Rxa6 e4
51.Re6 Ra1 52.Re5 Kh7 53.Kg5 e3 54.h6 e2 55.Re7+ Kg8 56.h7+ Kh8 57.Rxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Nf3 Rc8
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 e6 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Na4 Rc6
16.Nc5 Qc8 17.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 a6
9.f4 O-O 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.f5 Ne5 12.Qe2 exf5 13.Nxf5 d5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Bg5 Neg4
16.exd5 Qxe2+ 17.Kxe2 b5 18.h3 Re8+ 19.Kf3 h6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rhe1 Bb7 22.a3 Kf8
23.Kf2 Rad8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rd1 Ke7 26.d6+ Kd7 27.Kg1 Rf8 28.Rd4 Ne8 29.a4 Bc6
30.axb5 axb5 31.Bd5 Nxd6 32.b4 f5 33.Bxc6+ Kxc6 34.Rd5 Ne4 35.Rd3 Re8 36.Ne2 Nd6
37.Nd4+ Kb6 38.Nb3 Nc4 39.Rd7 g5 40.Nd4 Re5 41.Rf7 f4 42.Rf6+ Kb7 43.Rxh6 Re1+
44.Kf2 Rd1 45.Nb3 Kc7 46.Rh5 Rd5 47.h4 Nd6 48.hxg5 Ne4+ 49.Kf3 Nxg5+ 50.Kg4 Ne4
51.Rh7+ Kd6 52.Kxf4 Ng5 53.Rh6+ Ne6+ 54.Ke3 Re5+ 55.Kf2 Kd5 56.Rh4 Rf5+ 57.Kg3 Re5
58.Kf2 Rf5+ 59.Ke3 Rg5 60.Nd4 Rg3+ 61.Kf2 Rxg2+ 62.Kxg2 Nxd4 63.Kf2 Nxc2
64.Ke2 Nd4+ 65.Kd3 Ne6 66.Rh5+ Kc6 67.Ke4 Nc7 68.Ke5 Na6 69.Rh4 Kc7 70.Kd5 Kb6
71.Kd6 Kb7 72.Rg4 Kb6 73.Kd7 Kb7 74.Kd8 Kb6 75.Kc8 Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E25"]

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"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 b5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Bd3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 O-O 18.h4 Nxc3 19.Bh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd8 Na2+ 21.Kb1 Rfxd8
22.Kxa2 Rd4 23.Qa5 e5 24.Qc7 Bd5+ 25.Kb1 f6 26.Kc1 Rc4 27.Qd7 Bg8 28.Rd1 b4
29.b3 Rxh4 30.Qb7 Rf8 31.axb4 Rf7 32.Qc8 g6 33.Rd8 Rg7 34.Qxa6 Rxb4 35.Qxf6 e4
36.Qd6 Rbb7 37.fxe4 Rbe7 38.Qd4 h5 39.Rd6 Rgf7 40.e5 Rf5 41.Rd7 Rxe5 42.Qxe5 Rxd7
43.c4 Rf7 44.Qd4 Rf1+ 45.Kb2 Be6 46.b4  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D45"]

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"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E61"]

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"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E25"]

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.dxc5 bxc5 10.e4 Ba6 11.Qd2 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 Nb6 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Ne2 N8d7 15.a4 Rb8
16.Ng3 Nc4 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.a5 Rb3 19.Kd3 Nde5+ 20.Kc2 Rb5 21.f4 Ng4 22.Re1 Rd8
23.Ra4 Nxa5 24.e5 Nc6 25.Ne4 f5 26.Nxc5 Nxh2 27.Rh1 Ng4 28.Rxh7 Kf7 29.Nxe6 Kxe6
30.Rxg7 Rb6 31.Rc4 Kd5 32.Ra4 Ke6 33.Rc4 Kd5 34.Ra4 a6 35.Rg6 Kc5 36.Rg5 Kb5
37.Ra1 Ne7 38.Rg7 Nd5 39.Rb1+ Kc5 40.Ba3+ Kc4 41.Rxb6 Nxb6 42.Rc7+ Kd5 43.Bc5 Na8  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C18"]

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"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Bxc4 dxc3 13.Qe2 cxb2 14.Qxe6+ Qe7
15.Bxb2 Qxe6+ 16.Bxe6 Bb4+ 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.Ba2 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Nd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5
21.Rxd5 cxd5 22.Kd3 g6 23.Bd4 Bd6 24.h4 a6 25.h5 Rb8 26.hxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E98"]

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"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Qe7 12.Ng5 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 Qxg5 15.f3 Ngf6
16.e4 Qh4 17.Qf2 Qxf2+ 18.Kxf2 e5 19.Be3 exd4 20.Bxd4 a6 21.e5 Nh5 22.Ne4 Nf4
23.Rad1 Ne6 24.Bc3 c5 25.Rh1 g6 26.Nd6 Bc6 27.Be4 Nb8 28.Ke3 Ng5 29.Bd5 Bxd5
30.Rxd5 Nd7 31.f4 Nb6 32.Rdd1 Ne6 33.Ne4 Nc4+ 34.Kf3 Kg7 35.g4 Rfd8 36.Nd6 Nxd6
37.exd6+ f6 38.g5 Nd4+ 39.Bxd4 cxd4 40.Rxd4 fxg5 41.fxg5 Rac8 42.Rdh4 Kf7
43.Rxh7+ Ke6 44.d7 Rc5 45.Re1+ Kd6 46.Kf4 Rf5+ 47.Kg4 Rf2 48.Rg7 Rg2+ 49.Kf4 Rf2+
50.Ke4 Rxb2 51.Rxg6+ Kxd7 52.Rd1+ Ke7 53.Rxd8 Kxd8 54.Rxa6 Ra2 55.Ra5 Ke7
56.Kd5 Kf7 57.Ra7+ Ke8 58.Ke6 Kf8 59.Kf6 Rf2+ 60.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Bg5 Nh5 10.Ne1 Nf4 11.Nd3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 h6 13.Bd2 g5 14.h4 g4 15.f4 gxf3
16.Qxf3 f5 17.Qh5 Rf6 18.g4 f4 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rg6 21.Kf2 c6 22.Rh1 cxd5
23.cxd5 Qb6+ 24.Ke2 Bd7 25.Rhf1 Kf7 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Rxf4+ Ke8 28.Raf1 Kd8
29.Rf8+ Be8 30.e5 Rc8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Ne4 dxe5 33.d6 Rc4 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.gxf6 Re4+
36.Kd1 Qe3 37.f7+ Kd7 38.Qf3 Qxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Rg1+ 40.Kd2 Rg2+ 41.Kd1 Ng6 42.Nc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.d6 exd6
9.Qe2+ Kf8 10.Nf3 h6 11.O-O Kg8 12.Re1 Kh7 13.Qe7 Ne5 14.Ng5+ hxg5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bxg5 Be6 18.Rxe5 Rd4 19.a3 Nd5 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Be3 Bb3 22.Bxd4 Bxd4
23.Ba4 Bxa4 24.Nxa4 Rc8 25.Nc3 Bxc3 26.Rc1 Rd8 27.bxc3 Rd2 28.Kf1 Ra2 29.Rb1 b6
30.Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.e5 b4 7.exf6 bxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7
9.fxe7 Bxe7 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E92"]

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.O-O Nxb4 21.Bb1 f6 22.Rxc6 Bxc6
23.Rc1 Bf8 24.Bd2 Rd8 25.h4 Be8 26.Rc7 Bf7 27.Rb7 Nd3 28.Ba5 Rd6 29.Rb8 Kg7
30.Bc2 Ra6 31.Bc3 Nc5 32.Bb4 Bd6 33.Rb5 Nb3 34.Bxd6 Rxd6 35.Rb7 Rc6 36.Bxb3 axb3
37.Nd2 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Rc2 39.Nxb3 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B64"]

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 Qc7 11.Ndb5 Qa5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd6 Rd8 14.Kb1 e5 15.Bc4 Bg4
16.Qd5 Rd7 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.Bb5 Rdd8 19.Be2 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 exf4 21.Rd5 b6 22.Rhd1 g5
23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.R1xd4 Nc6 25.Rc4 Ne7 26.Rd3 Rd7 27.Nf5 Rxd3 28.Nxe7+ Kf8 29.cxd3 Kxe7
30.Rc7+ Ke6 31.Kc2 f5 32.Rc6+ Ke5 33.exf5 h5 34.f6 Rf8 35.Rc7 Rxf6 36.Rxa7 g4
37.Kd2 f3 38.gxf3 Rxf3 39.Re7+ Kd4 40.Re4+ Kd5 41.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frolov, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B89"]

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 Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 b5
9.g4 Bb7 10.g5 Nfd7 11.O-O g6 12.f5 Bg7 13.Qf2 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qc5 15.Qxc5 Nxc5
16.b4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Nd7 18.Bf4 e5 19.Be3 f6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.gxf6 Kf7 22.Nd5 Rh3
23.Bg5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Nb6 25.d4 e4 26.Rac1 Nxd5 27.Rc6 Ke6 28.f7 Rf8 29.Rxa6 Rxf7
30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Rxd6 Nxb4 32.d5 Rd3 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.c3 a6 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Bb3 h6
9.Re1 Ne7 10.Nf1 Ng6 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.d4 Bb6 14.h3 c6 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Bb1 Ba7 18.Qa4 b5 19.Qc2 Bb8 20.Rcd1 Ba7 21.Qc1 Bb6 22.Bc2 c5
23.d5 Bc8 24.c4 Kh7 25.Bd3 Bd7 26.Rf1 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Bb5 28.Qc2 Qd7 29.b3 Ba5
30.Nh2 Rb8 31.f4 Bxc4 32.Qxc4 Rb4 33.Qxa6 exf4 34.Bxf4 Bc7 35.Bxh6 Kxh6 36.Rxf6 gxf6
37.Qe2 Kg7 38.Rf1 Re5 39.Ng4 Qe7 40.Qd2 Kf8 41.Nxf6 Kg7 42.Ngh5+ Rxh5 43.Nxh5+ Kh7
44.Nf6+ Kg7 45.Nh5+ Kh7 46.Nf6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 bxc4 10.bxc4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e6 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.O-O O-O 14.Ne4 a5 15.Bxb4 axb4
16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Qf3 Nd5 18.Rfc1 Ra5 19.Rab1 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 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 Rae8
16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Qd7 18.Bd3 g6 19.Qh3 Nh5 20.Ne4 f6 21.Bc3 Bd5 22.Bb4 Bxb4
23.axb4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 f5 25.Re5 Nf6 26.Qf3 Qd6 27.c3 Nd7 28.Ree1 e5 29.Bc2 exf4
30.Rd1 Qe6 31.Qxf4 Nf6 32.Rd6 Qe2 33.Bb3+ Kh8 34.Rxa6 Qxb2 35.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qd3 c5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Bb7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 c5 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rad1 Ne4 13.dxc5 Rxc5 14.Be3 Rc7 15.Bd4 Bf6
16.Qc1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nc5 18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Ng4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Ne4 21.Qb2 Nd6 22.Ne3 Nc4
23.Nxc4 Rxc4 24.Rc1 Rfc8 25.Rfd1 Qc7 26.Rxc4 Qxc4 27.Bf3 Qc2 28.Rb1 Qxb2
29.Rxb2 Kf8 30.e3 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Be2 Bc6 33.Kf3 Rc3 34.Ra2 Ba4 35.Bf1 Kd6
36.Ra1 a5 37.Ke2 Bb3 38.Ke1 a4 39.Bb5 Rc2 40.Bd3 Rb2 41.Rc1 Ra2 42.Bb5 Rxa3
43.Rc6+ Ke7 44.Rxb6 Ra1+ 45.Kd2 Ra2+ 46.Kc3 Rxf2 47.Rb7+ Kd6 48.Be8 Re2 49.Rd7+ Ke6
50.Rxf7 Rxe3+ 51.Kd2 Re4 52.Kc3 Re2 53.Rxg7 Rxh2 54.Kb4 Kf5 55.Bxa4 Bxa4
56.Kxa4 Ke4 57.Rg4+ Kd3 58.Kb5 Rc2 59.Rh4 Rc7 60.Kb6 Rc4 61.g4 Kxd4 62.Rxh7 Rc8
63.g5 Rg8 64.Rh4+ Ke5 65.Kc5 Rc8+ 66.Kb4 d4 67.g6 d3 68.g7 d2 69.Rh1 Rg8
70.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.O-O-O Bg4 12.Qb5 Bxd1 13.Qxb7 Bg4 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxc6 Rc8
16.Nxa5 Bxc6 17.Nxc6 Qd7 18.Na5 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Qxb7 20.Nxb7 Nxe4 21.Re1 d5
22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Kd7 24.Bb4 f5 25.a4 Kc6 26.Kb2 g5 27.c4 f4 28.Kb3 Re8
29.cxd5+ Kxd5 30.Rd1+ Kc6 31.Kc4 Re6 32.a5 Nf2 33.Rd8 Ng4 34.Rc8+ Kb7 35.Rg8 Rg6
36.Rh8 Ka6 37.Rxh7 Ne3+ 38.Kb3 Nxg2 39.c4 Rc6 40.Bc3 Ne3 41.Bd4 Kxa5 42.Ra7+ Ra6
43.Rg7 Rc6 44.Rxg5+ Ka6 45.Bc5 Kb7 46.h4 Re6 47.Bd4 f3 48.Rg7+ Kc6 49.Rf7 Re4
50.Rf6+ Kd7 51.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 52.Kb4 Re4 53.h5 Rh4 54.Kb5 Rxh5+ 55.c5 Rh2 56.Rf7+ Kc8
57.Kb6 Rb2+ 58.Kc6 Kb8 59.Rxf3 Rh2 60.Rf8+ Ka7 61.Rd8 Rc2 62.Rd1 Kb8 63.Rb1+ Kc8
64.Kb6 Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Nb3 Be7 11.e5 dxe5 12.O-O-O a5 13.Rhe1 a4 14.Nd2 h6 15.Nc4 Qb4
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qd3 Rd8 18.a3 Qb8 19.Ne4 Kf8 20.Qf3 f5 21.Ned6 e4 22.Rxe4 Bc8
23.Red4 c5 24.R4d2 Ba6 25.Qc3 Rg8 26.g3 Qc7 27.Kb1 h5 28.h4 f4 29.gxf4 Bxc4
30.Nxc4 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Bxh4 32.f5 Bg5 33.Qe2 exf5 34.Qxh5 Qe7 35.Nd6 f4 36.Qf3 Qe6
37.Ne4 Qe5 38.Nc3 Rg6 39.Nxa4 Ra6 40.Nc3 Bf6 41.Qb7 Re6 42.Qd5 Qc7 43.Ne4 Bd4
44.f3 Kg7 45.c3 Be3 46.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D34"]

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Rc1 Bb6 15.Nf4 Bg4
16.Re1 Rc8 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Nd3 Qg5 19.Bf3 h5 20.Qb3 Rb8 21.h4 Qf5 22.Nd2 Bd6
23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.Nc4 Bc7 25.Na3 Ba5 26.Red1 Bb6 27.Rc2 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Rxe5 29.Qd3 Rbe8
30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.Nc4 Bc5 32.Rd3 b5 33.Na5 Bb6 34.Nc6 Re4 35.Kg2 g5 36.f3 gxf3+
37.exf3 Re8 38.g4 Rd5 39.Nb4 Rde5 40.hxg5 Rxg5 41.Rcd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B36"]

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 "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.d5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Nb6 12.Qb5 Bh6 13.Bf2 Be6 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.b3 Nd7
16.Rd1 a6 17.Qb4 Nc5 18.Be2 f5 19.O-O Rf7 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Nd5 Qc6 22.f4 a5
23.Qe1 Bg7 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Bh5 Rd7 26.Qe3 Ne4 27.Bh4 Bxd5 28.cxd5 Rxd5 29.Rxf5 Rxd1+
30.Bxd1 Nc3 31.Bh5 Rc8 32.Bf7+ Kh8 33.Rxe5 Nxa2 34.Bc4 a4 35.Re7 axb3 36.Bxb3 Qc1+
37.Qxc1 Nxc1 38.Be6 Rf8 39.g4 Ne2+ 40.Kh1 b5 41.Rb7 Nd4 42.Bd5 h6 43.Be7 Rc8
44.Be4 Be5 45.Kg2 Ra8 46.h4 Ra2+ 47.Kf1 Ne2 48.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.a5 Bh6 16.Nb5 a6
17.Na3 Kh8 18.Nc4 Rg8 19.Ra3 Nf6 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Rc3 g4 23.fxg4 Nxe4
24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.Bb6 Ne7 27.gxh5 Nf6 28.b3 Nexd5 29.Bc4 Qc6 30.Rf2 Rc8
31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Rc2 Nc3 33.Qg4 Bf8 34.Nd3 Qe8 35.Nb4 d5 36.Nxd5 Bc5+ 37.Bxc5 Rxc5
38.h6 Qf8 39.Rxc3  1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Qf6
8.O-O Ne7 9.e5 Qg6 10.Nxd4 Nbc6 11.N2f3 O-O 12.e6 fxe6 13.Nb5 Kh8 14.Nxc7 Rb8
15.Qe2 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bxd5 Bg4 18.Qe4 Qh5 19.Qc4 Na5 20.Qb4 Nc6 21.Qc4 Na5
22.Qa4 b5 23.Qb4 Nc4 24.Rad1 a5 25.Qc3 Rbd8 26.h3 Bxh3 27.Bxc4 Qg4 28.g3 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 bxc4 30.Rd4 Qf5 31.Rf4 Qb1+ 32.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Nbd2 a6 10.a5 d5 11.Qe2 Nb8 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nc4 Nc6 14.c3 Qc7 15.Bg5 Rad8
16.Bxe7 Ndxe7 17.Nfe5 Rd5 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Qe4 Rfd8 20.Re3 Ne7 21.Rd1 Nf5
22.Re2 Nd6 23.Nxd6 R8xd6 24.Red2 c4 25.h3 g6 26.Qf4 e5 27.Qe3 Qd8 28.d4 Qxa5
29.dxe5 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Qxe5 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qb6 Qe4 34.g3 g5 35.g4 h6
36.Kh2 Qf3 37.Kg1 Qxh3 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.Qxc4 Qf3 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qd7 h5 42.gxh5 Kh6
43.Qc8 Kxh5 44.Qh8+ Kg4 45.Qc8+ f5 46.Qc7 b5 47.Qd6 a5 48.Qc7 a4 49.Qd6 Qf4
50.Qd5 Qc4 51.Qg2+ Kh5 52.Qh3+ Kg6 53.Qh8 f4 54.Qe8+ Kf5 55.f3 Qc5+ 56.Kg2 Kf6
57.Qh8+ Ke6 58.Qe8+ Kd5 59.Qg8+ Kc6 60.Qc8+ Kb6 61.Qb8+ Ka6 62.Qa8+ Qa7 63.Qd5 Qe7
64.Qc6+ Ka5 65.Kh3 b4 66.c4 Qe5 67.Qa8+ Kb6 68.Qxa4 Qe6+ 69.Kh2 Qe2+ 70.Kg1 Qe1+
71.Kg2 Qg3+ 72.Kh1 Qxf3+ 73.Kg1 Qe3+ 74.Kh2 Qf2+ 75.Kh1 Qf1+ 76.Kh2 Qxc4
77.Qd1 Kc5 78.Qg1+ Qd4 79.Qxg5+ Kc4 80.Qg8+ Kd3 81.Qb3+ Ke2 82.Qc2+ Qd2 83.Qe4+ Kd1+  0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 Nf6 5.Nf3 Qh5 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Ne5 d4 14.Ne4 Ndxe5 15.Ng3 Nf3
16.Nxh5 Nxd2+ 17.Bxd2 O-O 18.Nf4 Nb4 19.Nxe6 fxe6+ 20.Ke2 Nxc2 21.Rc1 Ne3
22.Rc7 Bd6 23.Rxb7 Rab8 24.Rxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Nf3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.a3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Bd3 Bf6 14.Rc2 Be6 15.O-O d4
16.Rd2 dxe3 17.Bxe3 Qc7 18.Qa4 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rc2 Qb8 21.f4 Rd8 22.Be4 Bf6
23.Qb5 Qd6 24.Rd2 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 Rxd2 26.b4 Rb8 27.h3 Rd4 28.Re1 Bd7 29.Qf1 b6
30.Bd3 Rd8 31.Be2 Ba4 32.Rc1 Re4 33.b5 Bd4+ 34.Kh1 Bc5 35.Ra1 Rdd4 36.Bf3 Rxf4
37.Re1 g6 38.Qe2 Rf6 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qa8 Bxb5 41.Qxa7 Rxf3 42.gxf3 Bc6 43.Rf1 Rd3
44.Kg2 Rd2+ 45.Kh1 Rd3 46.Kg2 Rxa3 47.Qc7 Ba8 48.Qe5+ Kh7 49.Qf6 Bd5 50.Qe5 Rd3
51.Qe2 Re3 52.Qd2 Bc4 53.Re1 Ra3 54.Qd8 Rd3 55.Qf6 Bd4 56.Qc6 b5 57.Re4 Rd2+
58.Kh1 Rd1+ 59.Kg2 Rd2+ 60.Kh1 Rd1+ 61.Kg2 Bf1+ 62.Kg3 Rd2 63.Qc7 Bc4 64.Re7 Kg7
65.Re4 Bf2+ 66.Kg4 h5+ 67.Kf4 Rd5 68.Re5 h4 69.Kg5 Rd1 70.Re4 Rd5+ 71.Re5 Rd1
72.Re4 Rg1+ 73.Rg4 Bg3 74.Qb6 Rd1 75.Qf6+ Kh7 76.Rxc4 Rd5+ 77.Kg4 Rf5 78.Rc6 Rxf6
79.Rxf6 Kg7 80.Rb6 Kh6 81.f4 f5+ 82.Kf3 Kg7 83.Ke3 Kf7 84.Rxb5 Kf6 85.Rb1 Kf7
86.Rf1 Ke6 87.Kd4 Bh2 88.Re1+ Kf6 89.Ke3 Bg3 90.Rc1 Ke6 91.Rc6+ Kf7 92.Rc7+ Ke6
93.Rg7 Kf6 94.Rh7 Ke6 95.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D36"]

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 "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.c4 e6 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.dxe6 fxe6
9.d3 Nc6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.f5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bg5 Rae8 15.Qf3 Qc7
16.g3 Nd7 17.Nd2 Ne5 18.Qd5+ Nf7 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Re5 21.Qg2 Re3 22.Nf1 Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 e6 8.e3 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 O-O 13.Nc1 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Nb3 Rc8
16.Qe2 Qb6 17.a5 Qa7 18.Rfc1 Qa8 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qg4 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Ra1 Qb8
23.Qg3 Bd8 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.Bb1 Bxa5 26.h4 Bd8 27.h5 Qc7 28.Bh6 Qe7 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.f4 Qh7 34.Qe8+ Qg8 35.Bf8 Rf7 36.Qxd8 Nd3
37.Rc7 Rxc7 38.Qf6+ Rg7 39.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki Nikiti"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 "Chalkidiki Nikiti playoff g/15"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Nikiti"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be5 f6 8.Bg3 Bg7 9.e4 Nxg3
10.hxg3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be6 12.Qc2 Qa5+ 13.Nc3 Bf7 14.O-O-O b6 15.Nd2 b5 16.f4 Nd7
17.Bd3 f5 18.Nf3 Rb8 19.Kb1 b4 20.Qa4 Qxa4 21.Nxa4 Bd5 22.Bc2 Bxf3 23.gxf3 e6
24.Rhe1 Kf7 25.Bb3 Rhe8 26.Re2 Re7 27.Nb6 Nxb6 28.cxb6 Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Nikiti playoff g/15"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be7 11.h3 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nce5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 O-O 15.h4 Rc8
16.g4 Qc7 17.g5 Nb6 18.Rd4 a5 19.Rh3 a4 20.Na1 f6 21.Rc3 Nc6 22.Rd1 fxg5
23.Bxg5 Rce8 24.Be3 Bf6 25.Qb5 Nd7 26.Rcd3 Nc5 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.R6d3 Qe5 29.Ra3 Qxb5
30.Bxb5 Nc3 31.bxc3 Rxe3 32.Rxa4 Rxc3 33.Nb3 Ne5 34.Re4 Rfc8 35.Re2 Nc4 36.Bxc4+ R3xc4
37.h5 Rh4 38.Rd5 Bc3 39.Kb1 Rh1+ 40.Nc1 h6 41.a4 Bf6 42.Red2 Bg5 43.Rd1 Rh2
44.Rb5 Rcxc2 45.Nd3 Bf6 46.Rf1 Ra2 47.Rxf6 gxf6 48.Rxb7 Rxa4 49.Rb8+ Kf7
50.Rb7+ Ke8 51.Rb8+  0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D58"]

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 "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 b5 11.Nd5 f5 12.c3 Bg7 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nc2 Ne7 15.Nxe7 Bxc2
16.Qxc2 Qxe7 17.Be2 O-O 18.O-O d5 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Qb3 Qc5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 a5
23.g3 e4 24.Qb5 Bf8 25.Rad4 Rab8 26.Qxc5 Bxc5 27.Rxd5 Rdc8 28.Bg4 Rc6 29.Rg5+ Kf8
30.Rdd5 Be7 31.Rge5 Rxb2 32.Rxa5 Bf6 33.Rxe4 Bxc3 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Bf3 Rd6
36.Raa4 Rbd2 37.Rg4+ Rg6 38.Rgc4 Be5 39.Re4 Bc7 40.Kg2 Bb6 41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Bxe2 Re6
43.Rg4+ Rg6 44.Rb4 Rd6 45.Bc4 h6 46.Rb5 Kf6 47.Bd5 Bd4 48.Be4 Rb6 49.Rd5 Rb4
50.Bd3 Bb6 51.Rf5+ Kg7 52.Be2 Re4 53.Bf3 Re7 54.Rb5 Bd4 55.Rd5 Bf6 56.Rd2 Rc7
57.Be4 Re7 58.Kf3 Ra7 59.Rc2 Re7 60.Kf4 Rd7 61.Kf5 Ra7 62.Kg4 Ra4 63.f3 Ra7
64.Rd2 Rc7 65.Rd5 Be7 66.f4 Bc5 67.h4 Be7 68.h5 Bb4 69.Rd1 Kf6 70.Ra1 Re7
71.Kf3 Rc7 72.Ra6+ Kg7 73.Bc6 Bc5 74.Bd5 Ra7 75.Rc6 Be7 76.Ke4 Bd8 77.g4 Re7+
78.Kf5 Rd7 79.Be4 Rc7 80.Rd6 Be7 81.Rd3 Rc5+ 82.Bd5 Rc1 83.Bb3 Rc5+ 84.Ke4 Rb5
85.Ba2 Ra5 86.Bb3 Rb5 87.Rd7 Rxb3 88.Rxe7 Kf6 89.Rd7 Rb4+ 90.Rd4 Rb6 91.Rc4 Ra6
92.Kd5 Ra5+ 93.Rc5 Ra4 94.Rc6+ Kg7 95.Rc4 Ra5+ 96.Ke4 Ra6 97.Rc5 Ra1 98.Ke5 Re1+
99.Kf5 Rh1 100.Re5 Rf1 101.Re2 Rg1 102.Re3 Rf1 103.Rh3 Ra1 104.g5 Ra5+ 105.Kg4 hxg5
106.h6+ Kg6 107.f5+ Kf6 108.h7 Ra4+ 109.Kh5 Kg7 110.Kxg5 f6+ 111.Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vesin, Jean Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B74"]

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 "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O d4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 dxe3 13.Qc2 exf2+ 14.Kh1 Bb6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Bg5 Qe6 18.Bh4 Qh6 19.Bf5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Qxh4 21.Qc3 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Qf6
23.Qh3+ Kg8 24.Rd6 Qg5 25.Qf3 g6 26.Ng3 Rad8 27.Rf6 Rd3 28.Qxd3 Qxf6 29.Ne4 Qxb2
30.Qf3 Qb5 31.Rc1 Qf5 32.Rf1 Rd8 33.Nxf2 Qxf3 34.gxf3 Rd2 35.Ne4 Rxa2 36.Rd1 Rc2
37.h4 Kg7 38.Rd5 a5 39.Rb5 a4 40.Rxb6 a3 41.Rxb7 a2 42.Ra7 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 a1=Q
44.Rxa1 Rxa1 45.Kg3 Ra4 46.Ng5 f6 47.Ne6+ Kh6 48.Nf4 Kg7 49.Ne6+ Kf7 50.Nf4 Rc4
51.Nd5 Ke6 52.Nf4+ Kf5 53.Nd5 Ke5 54.Ne7 Rc7 55.Nxg6+ Kf5 56.h5 Kg5 57.Nf4 Rh7
58.Nd5 Rxh5 59.f4+ Kf5 60.Ne3+ Ke6 61.Kf3 Rh3+ 62.Ke4 Rg3 63.f5+ Kd6 64.Kf4 Rg1
65.Ng4 Rf1+ 66.Ke4 Ke7 67.Ne3 Ra1 68.Ng4 Ra4+ 69.Kf3 Rb4 70.Ne3 Rd4 71.Ng4 Rd6
72.Ke4 Kd7 73.Kf4 Kc6 74.Ke4 Kc5 75.Kf4 Kd4 76.Kf3 Kd5 77.Kf4 Kc6 78.Ke4 Kd7
79.Kf4 Ke7 80.Ke4 Kf7 81.Nh6+ Kg7 82.Ng4 Rd1 83.Kf4 Ra1 84.Ke4 Kf7 85.Kf4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D12"]

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"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E76"]

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"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roos, Louis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A16"]

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"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.dxc3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Nd7 10.Be3 c6 11.a4 Nf6 12.a5 a6 13.Ne5 Ng4 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.Bb6 Be5
16.Rd2 Rac8 17.Ra4 Be6 18.f4 Bc7 19.Bxc7 Rxc7 20.Kf2 Rb8 21.Rad4 Rcc8 22.Rb4 Kf8
23.Ke3 Ke8 24.Bf3 Rc7 25.Rb6 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Rb4 Rd7 28.Rd4 Kc7 29.b4 Bd5
30.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Bd6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Nh4 Qe6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Qf4 g6 15.Nf3 Kg7
16.Rac1 h6 17.Rc2 Rac8 18.Rfc1 Rc6 19.Nd1 Rfc8 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 Bxc6
22.Qd2 Bb5 23.e3 Qf5 24.Ne1 Nf8 25.Nc3 Bc4 26.b3 Bxb3 27.Qb2 Bc4 28.Qxb6 Qe6
29.a4 Ng4 30.Bh3 h5 31.Qd8 Nh7 32.a5 Nhf6 33.Qb6 Qe7 34.Nd1 Be2 35.Qb3 Qd8
36.Qc2 Bxd1 37.Qxd1 Qxa5 38.Nd3 Qa2 39.Bf1 Ne4 40.Qe1 a5 41.Be2 Ngf6 42.f3 Nd2
43.Kf2 a4 44.Nb4 Qb2 45.Nd3 Qc3 46.Qc1 Qa5 47.Qa3 Nc4 48.Qb4 Qa8 49.Nc1 Qc8
50.Qc3 Qh3 51.Kg1 h4 52.Bf1 Qf5 53.e4 Qg5 54.Bxc4 dxc4 55.Kf2 hxg3+ 56.hxg3 d5
57.e5 Ng8 58.Ne2 Ne7 59.g4 Nc6 60.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D45"]

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+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 e5
9.h3 Qb6 10.d5 Nc5 11.Qe2 Qa6 12.Bg5 Na4 13.Nxa4 Qxa4 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nd2 Be6
16.Rfd1 Rfc8 17.b3 h6 18.Be3 a5 19.Rac1 a4 20.Nb1 axb3 21.axb3 Qd7 22.Kh2 b5
23.c5 Ra6 24.b4 Bb3 25.Rd2 Qb7 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.cxd6 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Qc6 29.Be3 Bc2
30.Na3 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Nxe4 32.Nxb5 Bf8 33.Qd3 Nxd6 34.Nxd6 Qxd6 35.Qxd6 Bxd6
36.b5 h5 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Kf3 Ke7 39.Ke4 Ke6 40.f4 f5+ 41.Kd3 Kd5 42.fxe5 Bxe5
43.Bf4 Bxf4 44.gxf4 h4 45.b6 Kc6 46.Kd4 Kxb6 47.Ke5 Kc5 48.Kf6 Kd4 49.Kxg6 Ke4
50.Kg5 Kf3 51.Kxf5 Kg3 52.Ke4 Kxh3 53.Kf3 Kh2 54.f5 h3 55.Kf2 Kh1 56.f6 h2
57.f7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E81"]

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.Ba3 a5 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Nd5 Nb4 13.Nxe7+ Kh8 14.Rxd8+ Rxd8 15.Nd5 Nc2+
16.Kd2 Nxa3 17.bxa3 b5 18.Nh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A04"]

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 "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C45"]

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.f4 O-O-O 10.Rf3 g6 11.a3 Qg7 12.Ba2 Rhe8 13.b4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 f5 15.e5 d6
16.e6 d5 17.Nc3 Qf6 18.Bf2 Rd6 19.Rh3 Qg7 20.Rc1 Rxe6 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Rd6
23.b5 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B81"]

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.Be3 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Ne5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4 b5 14.Qf2 Nfd7 15.Kb1 Bb7 16.Rhe1 Be7
17.Nce2 O-O-O 18.Bc1 Nc5 19.Nf4 Ng6 20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Qf7 e5 22.Ne6 Nxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kb8
24.Qxg6 h5 25.Bf3 Rdf8 26.Rd3 Bh4 27.Rg1 Rf6 28.gxh5 Rxg6 29.Rxg6 Qf7 30.Rgxd6 Be7
31.Rb6 Kc7 32.Rg6 Rd8 33.Bg2 Rxd3 34.cxd3 Bc8 35.Bh6 Be6 36.Rg7 Qf6 37.Rg6 Qf7
38.Rg7 Bxa2+ 39.Ka1 Qf6 40.Kxa2 Qxh6 41.Rxe7+ Kd6 42.Ra7 Qxh5 43.Rxa6+ Kc5
44.Rf6 Qe2 45.Bf1 Qe1 46.h4 Qa5+ 47.Kb1 b4 48.Ra6 Qc7 49.Be2 Kd4 50.h5 Qf7
51.Rc6 Ke3 52.Bd1 Qd7 53.Rc1 Qxd3+ 54.Bc2 Qe2 55.Rd1 Qxh5 56.Ka2 Qf7+ 57.Rd5 Qc7
58.Kb3 Ke2 59.Bd3+ Ke3 60.Kxb4 Qb6+ 61.Ka3 Kd2 62.Bb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Bg5 exd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.a3 Bc5 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.c5 Ng6
16.Be3 d5 17.Nbc3 c6 18.Nb6 Ra6 19.Bd4 Bf5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Re8
23.Nd1 Bg4 24.f3 Be6 25.Ne3 Nh5 26.f4 Ngxf4 27.gxf4 Nxf4 28.Qe1 Qc7 29.Rf2 Nh3+
30.Bxh3 Bxh3 31.Nf1 Re4 32.e3 Qe7 33.Rf3 Bg4 34.Qf2 Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Qg5+ 36.Kf2 Be5
37.Bxe5 Qxe5 38.Nd7 Qe6 39.Nb6 Rxb4 40.Ng3 Rb2+ 41.Ne2 Rc2 42.Qf4 g5 43.Qa4 Qf5+
44.Ke1 Qd3 45.Qg4 Qxe3 46.Kf1 d4 47.Nd7 Rxe2 48.Nf6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.gxf6 Rg2 47.Ng7 Rgxg3+ 48.Kh4 Rh3+ 49.Kg4 Rag3+ 50.Kf4 h5 51.Ke4 Kf7
52.Kd4 Rg4+ 53.Kc5 Re3  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Bxc5 11.Nxc4 Ke7 12.O-O Nd5 13.Nfe5 Nd4 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Nf5
16.b4 Ba7 17.Rad1 f6 18.Bxb7 Bxb7 19.Rd7+ Ke8 20.Rxb7 fxe5 21.g4 Nxe3 22.Nd6+ Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.g3 Nd4 15.c3 fxe4
16.Bxe4 Bg4 17.Qxh7 Rg7 18.Qh6 Nf3+ 19.Ke2 Ng5+ 20.f3 Nxe4 21.fxg4 Qc8 22.Qe3 Qxg4+
23.Qf3 Qxf3+ 24.Kxf3 f5 25.Nc2 Kf7 26.Nce3 Ke6 27.Nxf5 Ng5+ 28.Kg4 Rf7 29.Rhf1 Ne4
30.Rad1 Raa7 31.Nde3 Rad7 32.Kf3 d5 33.g4 Bc5 34.h4 Nf6 35.Rde1 b4 36.Re2 bxc3
37.bxc3 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Ne4 39.Kg2 Rc7 40.Rb1 Rb7 41.Rb3 Nd2 42.Rxb7 Rxb7 43.Re2 Nb1
44.Rc2 Na3 45.Rf2 Nb1 46.g5 Nxc3 47.g6 Rd7 48.g7 Kf7 49.h5 Kg8 50.h6 Kh7
51.Ne3  1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C19"]

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.Bf1 Ba4 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Kd7 13.g3 Qg8 14.Bf4 Qh7 15.Rc1 Kc7 16.Bg2 Nd7
17.Nh2 a5 18.Nf1 Kb7 19.Ne3 Ka7 20.g4 f6 21.exf6 gxf6 22.O-O Rhg8 23.Qe2 Rae8
24.Nxc4 e5 25.Nb2 exf4 26.Nxa4 Nf5 27.Qf3 Nh4 28.Qxf4 Nxg2 29.Qc7+ Ka6 30.Rb1 Rb8
31.Rxb6+ Rxb6 32.Nc5+ Nxc5 33.Qxh7 Rxg4 34.f3 Rg5 35.dxc5 Nf4+ 36.Kh2 Rb7
37.Qh8 Rbg7 38.Qa8+ Kb5 39.c4+ Kxc4 40.Qa6+ Kxc5 41.Qxa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 c6
9.Nf1 Qc7 10.Ng3 d5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qb6 14.Be5 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Ng4
16.Bxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Rad8 13.Rg3 Kh8 14.Rf1 h6 15.e5 dxe5
16.fxe5 Be8 17.Qf4 Nh5 18.Bxh6 Nxf4 19.Bxg7+ Kh7 20.Rxf4 Rg8 21.Rfg4 Rxg7
22.Rxg7+ Kh6 23.Rg8 Kh7 24.R8g7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qd8 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qb3 e6 12.Nb6 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Ra7 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Ng6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Qb3 b6 10.f3 Bd6 11.Nge2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.Ng3 Ne7 15.a4 h6
16.Rac1 Rfb8 17.h3 b5 18.a5 Rc8 19.f4 c6 20.dxc6 Nxc6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Nb4
23.Qd2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rd8 26.Nf5 Bc5+ 27.Rxc5 Qxd2 28.Bxd2 Rxd2
29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Rc7 Kg6 31.Ne7+ Kf6 32.Ng8+ Kg6 33.Ne7+ Kg5 34.Nd5 Nxd5 35.exd5 Kf6
36.Ra7 Rxb2 37.Rxa6+ Ke5 38.d6 Ke6 39.Ra7 Kxd6 40.Rxf7 Ra2 41.Rxg7 Rxa5 42.Rg6+ Kc5
43.Rxh6 b4 44.Rh5+ Kb6 45.Rh8 Rb5 46.Rc8 b3 47.Rc1 b2 48.Rb1 Kc5 49.g4 Kd4
50.Kg2 Rb3 51.h4 Ke4 52.h5 Kf4 53.h6 Kxg4 54.h7 Rh3 55.Rxb2 Rxh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nh6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O f6 8.Re1 Nf7
9.c4 e6 10.b3 Nd7 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 f5 14.Nd6 Nxd6 15.Bxd6 c5
16.Rad1 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D20"]

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"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D43"]

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"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nb3 b5
9.Qe2 Na5 10.O-O-O Nc4 11.f4 Qc7 12.Rd4 Bb7 13.Rxc4 bxc4 14.Qxc4 Qxc4 15.Bxc4 Nc6
16.f5 Ne5 17.Na5 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Rc8 19.Na5 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Bxe4 21.Rf1 h5 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.g5 Be7 24.c4 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.Nb3 e5 28.Nc1 Ke6 29.Ne2 h4
30.Nc3 Bc6 31.Kd3 Be7 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5+ Kxd5 34.c4+ Ke6 35.Ke4 h3 36.a4 Bd8
37.g6 Bh4 38.Bg1 Be1 39.Kf3 Kf5 40.Ke2 Bb4  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Nc4 b5
9.Bf3 Ra7 10.Ne3 Nc6 11.a4 Nd4 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa7 Qxa7 14.d3 Be7 15.Ne4 Nd7
16.Bh5 g6 17.c3 Nc6 18.Bf3 Bb7 19.Nc2 Nce5 20.Be2 c4 21.Nd4 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Re1 c5 13.e4 Nf4 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Qd6
16.Bc4 Nf6 17.Nb5 Qd8 18.d6 Ne4 19.d7 Qf6 20.Re3 Rad8 21.Qe1 a6 22.Rxe4 axb5
23.Rxf4 Qxf4 24.Bxb5 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qxf3 26.Rd1 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 f5 28.Rd6 Kh8 29.Qe3 Kh7
30.a4 Rf7 31.f3 Qh4 32.Qe6 Rf6 33.Qe7 Qf4 34.Rxf6 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qxb2+ 36.Kh3 Qxf6
37.Qe8 h5 38.Kg2 Kh6 39.Kf1 h4 40.h3 c4 41.Ke2 g5 42.Kd1 g4 43.fxg4 fxg4
44.hxg4 h3 45.Kc2 Kg7 46.Bc6 h2 47.Be4 Qg5 48.Kc3 Qa5+ 49.Kd4 Qc5+ 50.Kc3 Qa3+
51.Kd4 Qd6+ 52.Kxc4 Rxd7  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Qg2 Bb7 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Rxh1
16.Qxh1 Nfd7 17.f4 Nc4 18.g6 Nxe3 19.gxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qh5+ Ke7 21.Qh3 e5 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Ndxb5 axb5 24.Qxe3 b4 25.Nb5 Qc5 26.Qg5+ Nf6 27.Nd6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 Kxd6
29.Qd2+ Kc7 30.Qh2 Bd6 31.Qg1 Bxe4 32.Qxg7+ Nd7 33.Bh3 Bc6 34.Bg4 Rf8 35.Qh7 Rf1+
36.Kd2 Bc5 37.Qh5 Bd4 38.c3 Nf6 39.Qf7+ Kb6 40.Qb3 Ne4+ 41.Kc2 Rf2+ 42.Kd1 Bc5
43.Be2 Rf4 44.a3 Rf6 45.cxb4 Bd4 46.a4 Rd6 47.Kc1 Bd5 48.Qd3 Rc6+ 49.Kb1 Rc4
50.Bf3 Nd2+ 51.Qxd2 Bxf3 52.Qh6+ Kb7 53.Qh7+ Rc7 54.Qd3 Bc6 55.b5 Bd5 56.Qg6 Rf7
57.a5 Rf2 58.Qh7+ Bf7 59.Qe4+ Kb8 60.Qc6 Rxb2+ 61.Kc1 Rf2 62.a6 Be3+ 63.Kd1 Bh5+
64.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qb3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nc3 Qd7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.g3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Nc6 12.O-O Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Bxd4 15.Rd1 Qc6+
16.f3 Be5 17.Bg5 O-O 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Ne4 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 Nd5 22.Nf2 f6
23.Bd2 Rd7 24.Rc8+ Kf7 25.Nd3 Bd6 26.Kf2 Ne7 27.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A13"]

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.c6 Bxa2 35.Rxb5 Bb1 36.Rb7+ Ke6 37.Nxa3 Rxa3
38.b5 Bxe4 39.Ra7 gxh3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 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.Kh1 Qb7
16.Bd3 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Ne2 Qb7 19.e5 Nh5 20.Qh3 g6 21.Ng3 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Nxg3+
23.hxg3 Bb5 24.c4 Bc6 25.g4 Rad8 26.Re2 f6 27.Bc3 e5 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.Rxf8+ Bxf8
30.Rxe5 Bg7 31.Re3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Bxg2+ 34.Qxg2 Qb1+ 35.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B59"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6
9.e4 Qb6 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Ne5 14.f4 Nf7 15.Nxf7 Bd4+
16.Kh2 Rxf7 17.e5 Nc7 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.a4 a5 20.Ra3 Qc7 21.Nd6 Rf8 22.h4 b6
23.h5 Qg7 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Be4 Ba6 26.Re1 Ne7 27.Kg2 Rad8 28.Rb3 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Qxe5
30.Qg4 Rxd6 31.Bf4 Rxf4 32.gxf4 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 Qf6 34.Rxb6 Bd3 35.Rb8+ Kf7 36.Qh3 Bxe4
37.Qh7+ Qg7 38.Qxg7+ Kxg7 39.Rxe4 Nf5+ 40.Kf3 Kf6 41.Rc4 Rd5 42.Rf8+ Ke7
43.Ra8 Nd6 44.Rc3 c4 45.Ra6 Rc5 46.b3 Kf6 47.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Qd2 Qxf6 16.O-O-O Bxd5
17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bg2 Nb6 19.Qe3+ Kf8 20.Qxc5+ Kg8 21.Qd4 Re8 22.Bxd5 Qxd4
23.Rxd4 Re2 24.Be4 c3 25.bxc3 Na4 26.Bc2 Nxc3 27.Rd2 Nxa2+ 28.Kd1 Nc3+ 29.Kc1 Rhe6
30.Bd3 R2e5 31.Kb2 b4 32.Ra1 a5 33.Bc2 Ra6 34.f4 Re3 35.Rd4 Re2 36.Rxb4 Rc6
37.Rxa5 Nd1+ 38.Kc1 Rcxc2+ 39.Kxd1 Red2+ 40.Ke1 Rxh2 41.Kd1 Rcg2 42.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr1"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murrey, Jacob"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.Nh4 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.f3 Qe8
10.Bg2 exf3 11.Bxf3 c5 12.Nb5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 Qxe4 14.Nf3 cxd4 15.Nc7 Na6 16.Nxa8 Bd7
17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 d3 19.O-O dxe2 20.Rf2 f4 21.Qxh7+ Kxh7 22.Ng5+ Kg8 23.Nxe4 f3
24.Nc3 Re8 25.Re1 Bc6 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Re3 28.a3 b5 29.g4 b4 30.h4 bxa3
31.bxa3 Rxa3 32.Kh2 Nb4 33.Nc7 Nd3 34.Rexe2 fxe2 35.Rxe2 Ne5 36.Re4 Nf3+
37.Kg2 Nxh4+ 38.Kf2 Ra2+ 39.Kg3 g5 40.Ne8 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rd2 42.Ra4 Kf8 43.Nxd6 Rd3+
44.Kh2 Rxd5 45.Ne4 a5 46.Kg3 Ng6 47.Rc4 Ne7 48.Rc7 Re5 49.Kf3 Rb5 50.Nd6 Rb3+
51.Ke4 Rb1 52.Rc5 Rb4+ 53.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.O-O a6 7.Rb1 Bf5 8.d3 Qd7
9.Nd5 O-O 10.Bg5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nd8 12.Nh4 h6 13.Nxf5 hxg5 14.Nxg7 Kxg7 15.Rc1 Rc8
16.d4 c6 17.Qa4 e6 18.e4 Rc7 19.Qa5 Re8 20.Bh3 Qe7 21.Rfe1 Rd7 22.Re3 Qf6
23.Qb4 cxd5 24.exd5 Rde7 25.Bg4 Kh6 26.dxe6 Nxe6 27.Qxd6 Rd8 28.Qe5 Qxe5
29.dxe5 Rd2 30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Rxb1 e5 7.Bd2 Qxd4 8.Qxd4 Nxd4
9.e3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bd6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 b5 8.a3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 b4 11.a4 Nb6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.b3 a5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.O-O Ba6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Qd3 Rc6 18.Bd2 O-O 19.Rac1 Nb8 20.f5 exf5 21.Qxf5 Qb6 22.Rxc6 Nxc6
23.Be3 Nd8 24.Qd7 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Nxe6 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.h4 h6 28.g4 Kf8 29.g5 hxg5
30.Bxg5 Bxg5 31.Nxg5 Nxd4 32.Rc7 Kg8 33.Rxf7 Rf8 34.Rd7 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Nxe5
36.Rxd5 Nc6 37.Rc5 Rf6 38.h5 g6 39.Ne4 Re6 40.hxg6 Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rb1 h6 9.b4 g5
10.b5 c5 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Qa4 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nc4 dxc4
17.Bxa8 cxd3 18.exd3 Qxd3 19.Nb5 Bxa2 20.Nd6 Bxb1 21.Nxe8 Nbd7 22.Nxg7 Kxg7
23.Qxa7 Ba2 24.Bb2 Bc4 25.Rc1 Kg6 26.Qa3 Qxa3 27.Bxa3 Bd5 28.Bxd5 Nxd5 29.Rc6+ N5f6
30.Kf1 g4 31.Bc1 h5 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Bb2 Ne4 34.Ke3 Nef6 35.Rd6 Ke7 36.Ba3 Kf7
37.Kd3 Nf8 38.Rxf6+ Kxf6 39.Bxf8 Ke6 40.Bh6 Kd5 41.Be3  1-0

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rc8 11.h3 g6 12.g4 h5 13.g5 Nd7 14.O-O-O Be7 15.Rg1 Nce5
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 O-O 18.h4 Nb6 19.Rd1 Nbc4 20.Bh3 Rc6 21.Rg3 Qb6 22.c3 Re8
23.Nd4 Rc5 24.b3 Na3 25.Kb2 Bf8 26.Bxe5 Nc4+ 27.Kb1 Nxe5 28.Nc2 Bg7 29.Nb4 Rxc3
30.Rxc3 Qxb4 31.Rc2 b5 32.Qe1 Qa3 33.Bf1 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Bc3 Bb4 14.Qc2 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 a5
16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Rd3 c5 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.dxc5 Rxd3 20.Rxd3 Qxc5 21.Qd4 Qxd4
22.Rxd4 Rc8 23.Ne5 Kf8 24.Rd6 Ne4 25.Rb6 f6 26.Nd7+ Ke8 27.Rxe6+ Kxd7 28.Rxe4 b5
29.b3 bxc4 30.Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Rf5
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 "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Qe2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Nf6
9.d5 Bd7 10.h3 O-O 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Bxd6 exd5 14.e5 Qb6 15.Qd1 Ne4
16.Nb3 Be6 17.Nbd2 Nxd6 18.exd6 Rad8 19.a4 Rxd6 20.a5 Qb5 21.Re1 c4 22.Nd4 Qxb2
23.N2f3 Rdd8 24.Re3 Bd7 25.Rb1 Qa3 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Qd2 Rd7 28.Re1 Kf8 29.Ng5 Re7
30.Nxh7+ Kg8 31.Ng5 Bxd4 32.Rxe7 Qxe7 33.cxd4 c3 34.Qc1 Qb4 35.Nf3 Qb2 36.Qe3 Bc6
37.Kh2 c2 38.Qe7  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.f4 Bd7 11.Bd3 b5 12.h3 Na5 13.b3 Rc8 14.Kb2 d5 15.e5 b4 16.Nce2 Ne4
17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Ng3 Bc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Nxe4 Be7 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.exd6 O-O
23.d7 Rb8 24.Ba7 Rbd8 25.Qxb4 Rxd7 26.Bc5 Rb7 27.Bxf8 Rxb4 28.Bxb4 Qb6 29.Bxa5 Qxa5
30.Rhf1 Kh7 31.h4  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C33"]

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 "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Re8 11.f3 c5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Qd2 Re5 15.Ng3 Rae8
16.h3 Qa6 17.b3 b5 18.Rbe1 bxc4 19.bxc4 Rxg5 20.Qxg5 Qxa2 21.Qf4 Qb3 22.Qxd6 Qxd3
23.e5 Bf8 24.Qxf6 Qxc4 25.d6 d3 26.Ne4 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 Bg7 28.Qg5 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 Rxe5
30.Rc1 Rxe4 31.fxe4 Bd4 32.Rfd1 Bb5 33.Rxd3 Bxd3 34.d7 Bf6 35.Rxc5 Bxe4 36.Rc8+ Kg7
37.d8=Q Bxd8 38.Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6
9.Bc4 c5 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 a6 13.Be2 e5 14.Nb3 Nc6 15.O-O-O a5
16.Nc5 Ke7 17.Bf3 Rd8 18.Bxc6 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 bxc6 20.Re1 Kd6 21.Ne4+ Kc7 22.f4 exf4
23.Ng5 f6 24.Nxh7 Kd6 25.Re8 Bb7 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Nf8 c5 28.Ng6 Bxg2 29.Nxf4 Bf3
30.Kd2 g5 31.Nd3 c4 32.Nf2 f5 33.Ke3 Bd5 34.Kd4 g4 35.c3 Bf3 36.Kxc4 f4 37.Kd4 g3
38.hxg3 fxg3 39.Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.d3 O-O 7.Rb1 Nd7 8.Nf3 Rb8
9.e4 f5 10.exf5 Nf6 11.Ng5 Bxf5 12.O-O Qd7 13.Re1 h6 14.Ne4 Bh3 15.Qe2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 b6 17.Bd2 Rf7 18.Rf1 Qa4 19.Rb2 Re8 20.Bc1 d5 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.c4 Nb4 24.Bd2 Nc6 25.Bc3 Qa3 26.Rb3 Qd6 27.Qe4 Rd8 28.Bb2 Re6 29.Rd1 Nd4
30.Ra3 a5 31.Rc3 Rf8 32.Rcc1 Ref6 33.Rf1 Nf3 34.Rcd1 c5 35.Ba1 Rf5 36.h3 R8f6
37.Bc3 Qe6 38.Rc1 Rh5 39.h4 Rhf5 40.Rc2 Rf4 41.Qd5 Nxh4+ 42.gxh4 Rg6+  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Ne1 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qa5 15.b3 Ba3
16.Rc3 Rfc8 17.Nc2 Bf8 18.Qd2 b5 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 b4 21.Rc4 dxc4 22.Qxd7 cxb3
23.axb3 Qxc5 24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.exd4 Qd5 26.Qxd5 exd5 27.Bd6 a5 28.Bc5 a4 29.bxa4 Rxa4
30.Rb1 Rb8 31.Rb3 f6 32.Kh2 Kf7 33.g4 Ke6 34.Re3+ Kd7 35.Re7+ Kc6 36.Re6+ Kb5
37.Re3 Kc4  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Be2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 O-O
9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.Nbd2 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.d4 Nd7 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.f4 Nd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Ne4 c4 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd2 Kh7 21.Bc5 Bb7 22.Rad1 f5
23.Nf2 Qd7 24.Qe3 Bxd5 25.Rfe1 Qc6 26.Bd4 f4 27.Qd2 Bxg2 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Bg4 Rbd8
30.Qe2 Bf6 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Ne4 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Qxe4 34.Rxe4 h5 35.Bf3 Rd2 36.Re2 Rxe2
37.Bxe2 Kh6 38.Bf3 b4 39.cxb4 Bxb2 40.b5 Bd4+ 41.Kg2 e5 42.Kf1 c3 43.Ke2 g5
44.Kd3 Kg6 45.b6  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B32"]

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.Qxd5 Be6 11.Qd3 bxc4 12.Nxc4 Nf6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg5 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxe5 Nf4 19.Qe3 Qg5 20.Bf3 Rae8 21.Nd3 Nh3+
22.Kh1 Qxe3 23.fxe3 Bc4 24.gxh3 Bxd3 25.Rfe1 Re5 26.Rad1 Bc4 27.b3 Be6 28.h4 g6
29.Kg2 Rc8 30.Rd2 Rc3 31.Kf2 a5 32.Rd4 Rc2+ 33.Re2 Rc1 34.Red2 Kg7 35.Rd1 Rc2+
36.R1d2 Rc1 37.Re4 Rb5 38.Rf4 Re5 39.Rfd4 Kf6  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 cxd4 12.cxd4 f5 13.Nf3 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Qd5 15.Qc2 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.O-O Nf5 18.Qa4 Nc7 19.Bb2 Ne3 20.Rfe1 Nxg2 21.Kxg2 Rxf4 22.Re3 Raf8
23.Qb3 Qf5 24.Rf1 Nd5 25.Rd3 Re4 26.Kh1 Re2 27.Rg1 Qe4 28.Bc1 Rf2 29.Re1 Qg4
30.Rg1 Qe4 31.Re1 Qf5 32.Ng1 a5 33.Rg3 Rc2 34.Qf3 Qxf3+ 35.Nxf3 Rc3 36.Ng5 Rxg3
37.hxg3 h6 38.Nxe6 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D45"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nh6
9.Bd2 Nf5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bc3 O-O 15.h4 Qc7
16.Ne5 Nxh4 17.Ng5 Nf5 18.f4 b5 19.Qh2 b4 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Nxh7 Ng4 22.Nxg4 fxg4
23.Rh1 g3 24.Qh6 bxc3 25.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.e3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.Be2 a5 10.O-O O-O 11.Nf3 d6 12.Qc2 Bc5 13.Rad1 Ng6 14.Bg3 Bd7 15.Nd4 Qf6
16.Bf3 Rab8 17.Nb3 b6 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Rd2 Rb4 20.Bd5 Rfb8 21.b3 Bf5 22.e4 Bd7
23.f4 Ne7 24.e5 Qg6 25.Qxg6 hxg6 26.exd6 cxd6 27.Be4 Bf5 28.Bf3 a4 29.Rxd6 axb3
30.axb3 Rxb3 31.Bf2 Rc8 32.Re1 Rc7 33.g4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Ne8
10.Bh2 Nc7 11.O-O Re8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf6 14.Nc3 Nfd5 15.Be5 Bh6 16.Bc4 Be6
17.Qb3 Nb5 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Ne4 Rad8 20.a4 Na7 21.Neg5 Bf5 22.Bg3 f6 23.Ne4 Kh8
24.Rad1 Be6 25.Ned2 Bf7 26.Nf1 Nc8 27.N1h2 b5 28.cxb6 Ncxb6 29.Bf1 a5 30.Qc2 Nb4
31.Qc5 Bb3 32.Rd2 Nxa4 33.Qxa5 Nd5 34.Qa6 Nb4 35.Qe2 Nb6 36.Ng4 Bxd2 37.Qxd2 N4d5
38.Qh6 e6 39.Qd2 Bc4  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C49"]

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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 Rc8 12.Na4 a5 13.b5 Nb8 14.f3 Bh5 15.Qb3 Bd6 16.Rfc1 Qe7
17.Nb6 Rce8 18.Qc3 e5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Rxe5 22.Kf2 Rfe8
23.Rc7 Rxe3 24.Nf4 Bg6 25.Rd1 R3e7 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Nfxd5 Re8
29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.a4 Kf8 31.Nc4 Rc8 32.Nxa5 b6 33.Nb3 Ke7 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.Nd2 Rc2
36.Ke3 Ra2 37.Ne4+ Ke6 38.Kd3 Rxg2 39.Nd2+ Kd7 40.Nc4 Kc7 41.Re7+ Nd7 42.Rxh7 Kd8
43.Kd4 Rf2 44.Kd5 Rxf3 45.Kc6 Ne5+ 46.Nxe5 fxe5 47.Rh8+ Ke7 48.Kxb6 e4 49.Rh4 Rf6+
50.Ka7 e3 51.b6 e2 52.Re4+ Re6 53.Rxe2 Rxe2 54.a5 Rxh2 55.b7  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.h4 h5 9.Nh3 Rb8
10.O-O b5 11.Rae1 b4 12.Nd1 Qa5 13.f4 Qxa2 14.f5 Be5 15.fxg6 Nxg6 16.Qf2 Rb7
17.Nf4 Nd4 18.Kh1 Bg7 19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.e5 Rf8 21.Qd2 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Nf5 23.Bc6+ Rd7
24.exd6 Bb7 25.Qg2 Bxc6 26.Qxc6 Qd5+ 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.Re1 Nxg3+ 29.Kg2 Nf5
30.Bxc5+ Kf7 31.Ne3 Nxd6 32.Bxb4 Bxb2 33.Nxd5 Nf5 34.Ne3 Nxh4+ 35.Kh3 g5
36.Nc4 Bf6 37.Ne5+ Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Nf3 39.Ra5 Kg6 40.Bc5 Ne1 41.Be3 g4+ 42.Kg3 Nxc2
43.Ra6+ Kg7 44.Bxa7 Ne1 45.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ng8 11.Bb2 Ne7 12.a4 Nf5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Na2 g6 15.Nb4 Qc8
16.Kd2 Be7 17.Bd3 O-O 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Qa1 Qb7 20.Qa6 Qxa6 21.Nxa6 Ra8 22.Nb4 Bf6
23.Nxc6 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Bxb2 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Kd3 Kf8 27.Nd4 b4 28.f3 Rc8 29.Rh2 Bc3
30.Rc2 Rxc5 31.Ne2 Ke7 32.Nxc3 bxc3 33.Rxc3 Rb5 34.Rc7+ Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Nd2 h6 13.Nge4 Nh5 14.a5 Ba7 15.b5 axb5 16.Qxb5 Bb6
17.axb6 Rxa1 18.Nb3 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nf4 20.Rb1 Kh7 21.bxc7 f5 22.Ng3 h5 23.d4 exd4
24.Nxd4 h4 25.Nge2 Nxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Rf7 27.Bf3 Rxc7 28.Nxf5 Bxf5 29.Qxf5+ Qg6
30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Bxe4+ g6 32.f3 Kh6 33.Kf2 Ne5 34.Rb5 Nc4 35.Rxb7 Rc5 36.Rb4 h3
37.gxh3 Nd2 38.Bd3 Rxc3 39.Rd4 Rc6 40.Ke3 Nb3 41.Rd5 Nc5 42.Bb5 Re6+ 43.Kf2 Nb7
44.h4 Nd6 45.Bd7 Rf6 46.Bg4 Ne8 47.h5 g5 48.Rd8 Nd6 49.Ke3 Nf5+ 50.Ke4 Nh4
51.Ke5 Rf4 52.Rd3 Kg7 53.Ra3 Kh6 54.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Qg3 Bc7
16.e5 Nd7 17.f4 O-O 18.Bd3 Nc5 19.Be3 Nxd3+ 20.Rxd3 f6 21.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B89"]

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 "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.a3 Be7
9.d5 e5 10.Ng3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.O-O g6 13.f4 Nd7 14.Nce2 h5 15.e4 h4 16.Nh1 Nc5
17.Nf2 Nb3 18.Qc2 Nxa1 19.Rxa1 Kg7 20.Rf1 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf5 22.Qc3 Kh7 23.Bxf5 Rxf5
24.g4 hxg3 25.hxg3 Qh8 26.Kg2 Kg8 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.g4 Rf7 29.Qd3 Qf6 30.Ng3 Raf8
31.Nfe4 Qh4 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.d6 cxd6 34.Nxd6 e4 35.Qxe4 Bxd6 36.Qxg6+ Kh8
37.Qxd6 Qxg4 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kg6 41.Qd5 Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ Qxe4+
44.Nxe4 Rf4 45.Nd6 Kg6 46.Kg3 Kg5 47.b4 Rd4 48.Nb5 Rd7 49.c5 bxc5 50.bxc5 Rd3+
51.Kf2 a6 52.Ke2 Rh3 53.Nc7 Rxa3 54.Kd2 Kf5 55.Kc2 Ke5 56.Kb2 Ra5 57.Kb3 Kd4
58.Kb4 Ra1 59.c6 Rb1+ 60.Ka5 Kc5 61.Nxa6+ Kxc6 62.Nb4+ Kc5 63.Na6+ Kc4 64.Nc7 Rb7
65.Na6 Rb5+ 66.Ka4 Re5 67.Nc7 Rc5 68.Na6 Rb5 69.Nc7 Rb7 70.Na6 Ra7 71.Ka5 Rxa6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D10"]

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"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C55"]

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"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 f6
9.a3 Be7 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Bb5 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O c5 14.dxc5 c6 15.Rfe1 Re8
16.Ne5 d4 17.Na2 a5 18.c4 dxc3 19.Qxc3 Qd5 20.b4 Rd8 21.bxa5 Qd2 22.Qxd2 Rxd2
23.Nb4 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxa5 25.Nxc6 Rxa3 26.Rc1 Kf8 27.h4 Raa2 28.Rg5 Rxf2 29.Na7 Ba6
30.c6 Rfc2 31.Rd1 Bd3 32.Rxd3 Rxa7 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Rc8 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Nf4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12.Qd2 Ke7 13.exf6+ gxf6 14.Qxb4+ Nxb4
15.Kd2 Nb6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Rhe1 Bd7 20.b3 Kd6 21.Re3 Rae8
22.Rae1 Re7 23.g4 Rg8 24.h3 a5 25.a4 Nc8 26.Nh5 Rf7 27.Nh4 Ne7 28.f4 Nc6
29.Nf3 h6 30.Ng3 Re7 31.Ne2 Rgg7 32.Nc3 Nb4 33.Rg1 Be8 34.h4 Rg8 35.g5 hxg5
36.hxg5 fxg5 37.fxg5 Nc6 38.Nb5+ Kd7 39.Ne5+ Nxe5 40.dxe5 Rh7 41.Rc3 Rh2+
42.Kc1 Rh5 43.Rcg3 Bg6 44.Kb2 Rc8 45.R3g2 Rh4 46.Rf2 d4 47.Nd6 Rc3 48.Nxb7 Kc6
49.Nxa5+ Kd5 50.Rf6 Bc2 51.g6 Rh2 52.Ka3 Bxb3 53.Nxb3 Rhh3 54.Rb1 Kc4 55.Rxe6 Rxb3+
56.Rxb3 Rxb3+ 57.Ka2 Rg3 58.a5 Rg2+ 59.Kb1 d3 60.Kc1 Kd4 61.a6 Ke3 62.a7 Ra2
63.Rd6 Rxa7 64.e6 Rc7+ 65.Kb2 d2 66.Rd5 Ke2 67.Re5+ Kf2 68.Rd5 Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 f6 8.f4 fxe5
9.dxe5 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qc2 O-O 14.Rc1 d4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Rxf4 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Rf1 Ba4 20.b3 Nxb3 21.Rxf4 Nxd4 22.Qxa4 b5
23.Qxb4 Nc2+ 24.Kd2 Nxb4 25.Rxb4 a6 26.Rd4 Qxe5 27.Ke1 Qxh2 28.Bf3 Rf8 29.Ne4 h6
30.Nf2 Qc7 31.Rd6 Qc3+ 32.Kf1 Qc4+ 33.Kg1 Qxa2 34.Re1 Qa3 35.Rexe6 Rxf3 36.gxf3 Qxf3
37.Rxa6 Kh7 38.Rab6 Qd5 39.Ne4 Qd4+ 40.Kg2 b4 41.Rb7 Qb2+ 42.Nf2 Qd2 43.Rb5 b3
44.Reb6 b2 45.Rxb2 Qg5+ 46.Kf1 Qc1+ 47.Ke2 Qc4+ 48.Kf3 Qd5+ 49.Ne4 Qf5+ 50.Ke3 Qh3+
51.Kd4 Qd7+ 52.Nd6 Qe6 53.R2b5 Qe2 54.Nf5 Qd2+ 55.Ke5 Qc3+ 56.Kd6 Qd3+ 57.Ke7 Qa3+
58.Nd6 Qe3+ 59.Kd8 Qd3 60.Rc6 Qd4 61.Rb7 Qd5 62.Rbc7 Kg8 63.Kc8 Qe5 64.Kd7 Kh7
65.Ne8 Qa1 66.Kd8 Qa8+ 67.Ke7 Qa3+ 68.Kf7 Qf3+ 69.Rf6 Qg3 70.Rd6 Qf3+ 71.Ke7 Kg8
72.Ra6 Qe2+ 73.Re6 Qf3 74.Nd6 Kh7 75.Nf7 Qa3+ 76.Rd6 Qa8 77.Rcd7 Qe4+ 78.Kf8 Qf4
79.Re7 Qf3 80.Rdd7 Qf4 81.Ke8 Kg8 82.Re6 Qb8+ 83.Rd8 Qb4 84.Ne5 Kh7 85.Ng6 Qb5+
86.Ke7 Qg5+ 87.Kd7 Qb5+ 88.Kc7 Qa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 dxc4 10.Qc2 c5 11.Na2 a5 12.Nxb4 cxb4 13.Qxc4 b6 14.Rfc1 Ba6 15.Qc2 Rc8
16.Qd1 Bb7 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Rc1 Qa8 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Rc8 21.f3 h6 22.e4 Rxc1
23.Qxc1 Qa6 24.Qc2 b3 25.Qxb3 Qe2 26.h4 Nh5 27.Bd6 e5 28.dxe5 Nxg3 29.e6 Qf1+
30.Kh2 Ne2 31.exf7+ Kh7 32.Qe3 Qd1 33.f8=N+ Nxf8 34.Bxf8 Nd4 35.Kg3 Qxa4
36.Bd6 Qd1 37.Be5 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Qf1 39.Qxb6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 d5 12.a4 Nh5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bb7 15.d6 Qxd6
16.Nde4 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nf5 18.Nc5 e4 19.Ra3 Rac8 20.g4 a5 21.Nxb7 axb4 22.Rb3 Nd4
23.Rxb4 Rxc3 24.Rbxd4 Bxd4 25.gxh5 Rc2 26.Kf1 Ra8 27.a5 Be5 28.a6 f5 29.Be3 Rxe2
30.Kxe2 Rxa6 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.Rxh7 Ra2+ 34.Bd2 gxh5 35.Nc5 Bxh2
36.Rxh5 Bg1 37.Nb3 f4 38.Kd1 Bxf2 39.Bxf4 e3 40.Bxe3 Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5
9.e4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qf6 11.dxe5 Qxf3 12.Nd6+ Kd8 13.Qxf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf7+ Ke8 15.e6 Nc5
16.Bc4 Bxh1 17.Nxh8 Bxe4 18.Bg5 Bf5 19.O-O-O Be7 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Rf1 g6 22.g4 Bxe6
23.Bxe6 Kxe6 24.Rf8 a5 25.h4 b6 26.Kc2 Nca6 27.Ne4 Ra7 28.Ng5+ Kd5 29.Nhf7 Re7
30.Rh8 Nd7 31.Rxh7 Ne5 32.Nxe5 Rxh7 33.Nxh7 Kxe5 34.Nf8 Kf4 35.Nxg6+ Kxg4
36.Ne5+ Kxh4 37.Nxc6 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 Re8 10.Rd1 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.e3 b4 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.Bxb5 bxa3 15.Qxa3 Qb6
16.Bc4 Re4 17.b3 Ng4 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 d6 20.Nd2 Re7 21.Be2 Nf6 22.Nc4 Qc7
23.Qa5 Qxa5+ 24.Nxa5 Nbd7 25.Nc6 Ree8 26.Ba6 Re4 27.Ke2 Rae8 28.Bd3 Rg4 29.Nxa7 Nb6
30.Nb5 Nfxd5 31.Kf3 Rb4 32.Bc4 Re6 33.g4 Nxc4 34.bxc4 Nb6 35.Nxd6 Nxc4 36.Nxc4 Rxc4
37.g5 Kh7 38.Rd7 Kg6 39.gxh6 gxh6 40.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Kb1 Be7 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Qf2 e5 15.Ba7 Rb7
16.Be3 Be6 17.g4 Qa5 18.h4 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qxd5 21.b3 Qc6 22.Qe2 a5
23.f4 Bd5 24.Rhf1 a4 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.g5 hxg5 27.Bxg5 f6 28.Bg6+ Bf7 29.Be4 Qc7
30.Qg2 Ra7 31.Be3 Ra6 32.Bd3 Ra5 33.Qxg7 Rg8 34.Qh7 axb3 35.cxb3 Rg3 36.Bf5 Ra8
37.h5 Rd8 38.Bg6 Rxd1+ 39.Rxd1 Bd6 40.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.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.Kb1 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 m rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E92"]

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.O-O-O c5 15.h4 Nd7
16.h5 Rfc8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bc2 c4 19.Rh3 Nc5 20.Rdh1 b4 21.Kd2 b3 22.axb3 cxb3
23.Bb1 Na4 24.Nh2 f6 25.Bh6 Nxb2 26.Ng4 Ba6 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rh7+ Kf8 29.Rd7 Nc4+
30.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.b3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Nb1 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Ng4
16.g3 Ne5 17.Bg2 Bg4 18.f4 Nd7 19.e4 Nf6 20.Re1 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rad8 22.Nc3 Bf5
23.Re2 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.b4 Nd7 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Bb2 a6 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Rxc6 b5
16.Qb3 Nb6 17.Rxb6 cxb6 18.Bf3 Qd7 19.Bxd5 Rad8 20.Bf3 Rc8 21.Kd2 a5 22.Rc1 Rxc1
23.Bxc1 Rc8 24.Bb2 axb4 25.axb4 Bxh2 26.g3 h5 27.Be4 h4 28.gxh4 Qg4 29.Bd5 Qf5
30.f3 Bg1 31.Be4 Qh3 32.Qd1 Bf2 33.Qe2 Bxh4 34.Qxb5 Be7 35.Ba3 Qh2+ 36.Qe2 Qxe2+
37.Kxe2 Rc3 38.Bb2 Rb3 39.Bc1 Bxb4 40.Kd1 Be7 41.Kc2 Rb5 42.Bc6 Rh5 43.e4 g5
44.e5 f6 45.Kd3 fxe5 46.dxe5 Rh6 47.Bd7 Rh1 48.Bd2 Kg7 49.Kc4 Rd1 50.Bc3 Kg6
51.Ba4 Rf1 52.Bc2+ Kf7 53.Be4 Rc1 54.Bd5+ Kf8 55.Bc6 Kg7 56.Be8 Bc5 57.Kd3 Kf8
58.Bc6 Be7 59.Kd2 Rf1 60.Kd3 b5 61.Bxb5 Rxf3+ 62.Kd2 g4 63.Bd4 g3 64.Bc6 Rf4
65.Ke3 Rg4 66.Bg2 Bg5+ 67.Kd3 Rh4 68.Bc5+ Kg7 69.Ke2 Rc4 70.Bd6 Rc3 71.e6 Re3+
72.Kf1 Bh4 73.Bh3 Re1+ 74.Kg2 Re2+ 75.Kf3 g2 76.Bxg2 Rxe6 77.Bf4 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Nd7 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Ne8
17.Bd2 Rf7 18.Be1 Bd7 19.Bf2 Bxb5 20.axb5 b6 21.Qd3 Rc8 22.Rfc1 Rfc7 23.Qd1 Nf6
24.Nd2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Ne7 27.Qc2 h5 28.Kf1 Qd7 29.Ke1 Kf7 30.Kd1 g4
31.Nc4 Ng6 32.Qc3 h4 33.h3 gxh3 34.gxh3 Ke7 35.Bf1 Qxb5 36.Qa3 Qd7 37.Qa6 Nh7
38.Na3 Ng5 39.Nb5 Nxf3 40.Nxa7 Ng5 41.Nc8+ Kf6 42.Nxb6 Qc7 43.Nc4 Nxe4 44.Be1 f3
45.Qa3 Ng3 46.Qxf3+ Nf4 47.Bxg3 hxg3 48.Qxg3 Qa7 49.Qh4+ Kf7 50.Nxd6+ Kg8
51.Qd8+ Kh7 52.Qh4+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ Kh7 54.Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 Kh8 13.Rc1 c6 14.b4 b5 15.dxc6 bxc4
16.Nb2 Nxc6 17.Nxc4 Be6 18.Be3 Nd4 19.Na5 Rc8 20.Ba6 Rc7 21.a3 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Nd5
23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Qd2 Nc3 25.Bd3 Bd5 26.Rce1 Re7 27.Qg5 Re5 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Bc4 Bxe4
30.fxe4 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Nxe4 32.Re1 d5 33.Nc6 Rd6 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxe4 Bh6 36.Re8+ Kg7
37.Rd8 Be3+ 38.Kf1 Rf5+ 39.Ke2 Rf2+ 40.Kd3 Rxg2 41.Rd7+ Kh6 42.Rxa7 Rxh2
43.a4 Bg1 44.Nxd4 g5 45.b5 Rb2 46.Ra6+ Kh5 47.Ne2 Bf2 48.Rf6 Be1 49.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be4 13.c4 c5 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Bb2 Nb6
16.Rac1 Bf6 17.Bf1 Na4 18.Ba1 Rfd8 19.Nd2 Bc6 20.Nb3 b6 21.d5 Bxa1 22.dxc6 Bf6
23.Bg2 Nc3 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qc2 Rd6 26.Re1 Rxc6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Nd2 a6 29.Nb1 Ne4
30.h4 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Nd2 Nc3 33.Nb1 Ne4 34.Nd2 Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Nc3 exd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Qc2 Nb6 11.b3 Bc5 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Rad1 a4 14.Bc1 axb3 15.axb3 Re5
16.e4 Bxf5 17.exf5 c6 18.Bf4 Re8 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 Nbd7 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Nxc5 dxc5
23.h3 Ra3 24.g4 Qa5 25.Bg3 Ra2 26.Qd3 Ne5 27.Qb1 Re2 28.f4 Qc3 29.Bh4 Rb2
30.Qc1 Rc2 31.Qb1 Rb2 32.Qc1 Rc2 33.Qb1 Nd3 34.Rf3 Ree2 35.Rfxd3 Rxg2+ 36.Kf1 Rh2
37.Kg1 Rcg2+ 38.Kf1 Rb2 39.Kg1 Rbg2+ 40.Kf1 Rb2 41.Kg1 Qa5 42.Qxb2 Rxb2 43.g5 Qa2  0-1

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qc5 Qb7
15.Qb5 Qc7 16.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 h6
9.Nc2 Be6 10.Be2 Bg5 11.O-O Nge7 12.b3 Bxc1 13.Rxc1 O-O 14.Qd2 Qd7 15.Nd5 Rad8
16.b4 Ng6 17.a4 Nce7 18.a5 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Bf3 Nfh4 21.Be4 Nf4 22.Nce3 Bxd5
23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Be4 Ne6 25.Qd5 Nd4 26.Rce1 Rf7 27.f4 exf4 28.Qxd4 fxe3 29.Rxf7 Qxf7
30.Rxe3 Rf8 31.Re1 Qf4 32.Qe3 Qf6 33.Bxb7 Qb2 34.b5 axb5 35.cxb5 Qxb5 36.a6 d5
37.Rc1 Qa4 38.Qc5 Rd8 39.a7 Nxg2 40.a8=Q Rxa8 41.Bxa8  1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.N1c3 a6 10.Na3 Ne8 11.b3 Bg5 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Nc2 Rc8 14.Kh1 Ne7 15.Qe2 g6
16.Rad1 Ng7 17.Ne3 Qb6 18.Rfe1 Nc6 19.Bb1 Rcd8 20.Ncd5 Qc5 21.Qf3 f5 22.Qg3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Rf7 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Qg5 Rdf8 27.h3 b5 28.e4 Nfd4 29.cxb5 axb5
30.Bc1 Qa7 31.Qh4 Nc2 32.Rg1 Qf2 33.Qg4 Kg7 34.Rgf1 Qxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kh2 N6d4
37.Bg5 Ne1 38.Be3 R8f7 39.Qc8 R1f2 40.Bxf2 Rxf2 41.Qd7+ Kh6 42.Ne3 Re2 43.Ng4+ Kg5
44.Kg1 Kf4 45.Qxd6 Rxg2+ 46.Kf1 Ndf3 47.Nxe5 Rg1+ 48.Kf2 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 h6 12.h4 e5 13.Qd3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Be6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Rfe8 19.Qg4 Qa4 20.b3 Qb4 21.Qg3 h5 22.c4 b5
23.Bd2 Qc5 24.Bc3 Bf8 25.Bd4 Qa3 26.Bb2 Qa6 27.cxb5 Qxb5 28.Rhf1 Qe2 29.Rfe1 Qg4
30.Qxg4 hxg4 31.Bd4 a6 32.Kc2 g6 33.b4 Bg7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.a4 g3 36.Kb3 f5
37.Re6 Rxe6 38.dxe6 Kf6 39.Rxd6 Ke7 40.Rd3 f4 41.Rf3 Rf8 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Kxe6
44.Kc4 Rc8+ 45.Kd4 Kf5 46.b6 Kg4 47.b7 Rb8 48.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nce2 O-O 10.c4 Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nd4 Ne4
16.Bb2 Bf6 17.Qd3 Qa5 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.Bf1 h5 20.Qa6 Qc7 21.Qd3 h4 22.Rac1 Qb6
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Ba1 Qa5 25.Qa6 Qc5 26.Qd3 a5 27.f3 Nc3 28.Bxc3 Qxc3 29.Qxc3 Rxc3
30.Kf2 a4 31.bxa4 Bxa4 32.Rd2 Be7 33.Bb5 Bxb5 34.Nxb5 Rc4 35.f4 hxg3+ 36.hxg3 g5
37.fxg5 Rc5 38.a4 Bxg5 39.Rd3 Kg7 40.Nc3 d4 41.Nb5 Be3+ 42.Kf3 Rf5+ 43.Ke4 Rg5
44.Rb3 Bf2 45.a5 d3 46.Kxd3 Rxg3+ 47.Kc4 Rxb3 48.Kxb3 Kf6 49.Ka4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8
8.Bc4 Ke8 9.e5 Nd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Bxe6 Bg7 12.Be3 b6 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc5
15.Bxc8 Rxc8 16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.Rhe1 Rf8 18.f3 Rf4 19.Re5 Ra4 20.Rde1 Rc7 21.Kb2 Rb7+
22.Ka1 Rc4 23.R1e3 Kf7 24.g4 Rf4 25.Rxc5 Rf6 26.Rce5 Rd6 27.Rd3 Re6 28.Rxe6 Kxe6
29.f4 h5 30.h3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rb8 32.c4 Rb4 33.Rd4 Rb8 34.Re4+ Kd6 35.c5+ Kd7
36.Ra4 a5 37.Rxa5 Rb4 38.Ra7+ Ke8 39.f5 Rxg4 40.fxg6 Rxg6 41.Kb2 Rg5 42.c4 Rxc5
43.Kc3 Kd8 44.a4 Re5 45.Kd4 Rh5 46.a5 Kc8 47.a6 Ra5 48.c5 Kb8 49.Rb7+ Kc8
50.Rxe7 Rxa6 51.Ke5 Ra1 52.Kd6 Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B49"]

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.e5 Nd5 14.Bc1 Bc5 15.c4 Ne7
16.b3 Qc7 17.Bb2 O-O 18.Kh1 Rfd8 19.Qc2 a5 20.Rad1 a4 21.Rd3 axb3 22.axb3 Ng6
23.f4 d6 24.exd6 Rxd6 25.g3 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Bf8 27.Qc3 c5 28.Rf3 Ne7 29.Qe5 Qc8
30.Rd3 Nc6 31.Qe3 Qa6 32.Bf3 Nd4 33.Bxd4 cxd4 34.Qxd4 g6 35.Kg2 Qa2+ 36.Rd2 Qa5
37.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Be2 b5 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bd4 e5 15.Be3 Be7
16.Kb1 O-O 17.Rhe1 Nd7 18.Ne2 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Rxb6 20.Ng3 Bh4 21.Rf1 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Bb7
23.Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nb3 b5
9.f4 Bb7 10.Qf3 g5 11.fxg5 Ne5 12.Qg2 b4 13.Ne2 h5 14.gxh5 Nf5 15.Bf2 Qxg5
16.Na5 Ne3 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.Nxg3 Nxc2+ 19.Kd1 Nxa1 20.Nxb7 b3 21.axb3 Nxb3
22.Kc2 Nc5 23.Nxc5 dxc5 24.Be1 Nf3 25.Bc3 Nd4+ 26.Kd3 Bd6 27.Bg2 Be5 28.Kc4 Ke7
29.Ra1 Nc6  0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Qe2 h5 11.gxh5 Nxh5 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Bg5 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Ng3 15.fxg3 Bxg5+
16.Kb1 Bf6 17.Rc4 Bxb5 18.Rxc7 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Rb8 20.c3 Bd8 21.Rc4 Bb6 22.Kc2 Ke7
23.g4 Rh7 24.Nd4 Rh6 25.g5 Rh5 26.Nf3 f6 27.a4 e5 28.Rh3 Ke6 29.b4 a5 30.bxa5 Bxa5
31.Rh1 Rhh8 32.Kd3 Bb6 33.Rb4 Bc5 34.Rb5 b6 35.a5 bxa5 36.Rxa5 Ra8 37.Rb5 Rhb8
38.Rhb1 Rxb5 39.Rxb5 f5 40.exf5+ Kxf5 41.Nd4+ exd4 42.cxd4 Ra3+ 43.Ke2 Rc3
44.dxc5 Rxc5 45.Rb7 g6 46.Rf7+ Kg4 47.Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.h3 Na5 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Qd3 Rc8
16.a3 Be7 17.g4 b4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4 19.axb4 Rxb4 20.Rd3 Nh7 21.Rhd1 O-O 22.e5 dxe5
23.fxe5 Rfb8 24.Nb3 Bc6 25.Bc5 Rxb3 26.Bxe7 Rxb2+ 27.Kc1 R2b7 28.Rd8+ Be8
29.Ba3 Ng5 30.R1d7 Rxd7 31.Rxb8 Nxh3 32.Rxe8+ Kh7 33.Bd6 Nf2 34.Na4 Rb7 35.Nc5 Rb5
36.Nd7 Kg6 37.c4 Rb3 38.Kc2 Rf3 39.c5 Nxg4 40.c6 Ne3+ 41.Kd2 Nd5 42.Nb6 Nxb6
43.c7 Rf2+ 44.Ke1 Rc2 45.Rb8 Nd5 46.c8=Q Rxc8 47.Rxc8 Ne3 48.Ra8 h5 49.Rxa6 Ng4
50.Ra3 Kf5 51.Rf3+ Kg6 52.Ke2 Nh2 53.Rf4 Ng4 54.Kd3 Nh6 55.Rf1 Kg5 56.Be7+ Kg6
57.Ke4 Ng4 58.Kf4 Nh2 59.Re1 Ng4 60.Re2 Nh6 61.Bd8 Ng4 62.Bg5 Kh7 63.Ke4 Kg6
64.Bf4 Kh7 65.Rg2 Kg6 66.Rg1 Kh7 67.Kf3 Kg6 68.Rh1 f6 69.exf6 gxf6 70.Kg3 e5
71.Bd2 f5 72.Kf3 f4 73.Ba5 Kg5 74.Bd8+ Kg6 75.Rh3 Nh6 76.Ke4 Nf7 77.Be7 Ng5+
78.Bxg5 Kxg5 79.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.e5 Nh5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Be2 g6 15.Bxh5 gxh5
16.Bf4 O-O-O 17.f3 Bg5 18.Bxg5 hxg5 19.Qg3 dxe5 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qxe5 Rg8
22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qd6 24.g3 Rd8 25.Qe3 Qd5 26.b3 Qd4 27.Qxd4 Rxd4 28.Rd1 Rxd1+
29.Kxd1 Kd7 30.Kd2 Kd6 31.c4 Kc5 32.Kc3 g4 33.f4 a5 34.a3 f6 35.b4+ axb4+
36.axb4+ Kd6 37.Kd3 Kc6 38.Kd4 Kb6 39.b5 Ka5 40.Kc5 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.Kd5 Kb4
43.b6 e4 44.Kxe4 Kxc4 45.Kf5 Kc5 46.Kg5 Kxb6 47.Kxh5 Ka5 48.Kxg4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.g4 d5
9.exd5 Bb4 10.dxe6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 fxe6 13.Nb3 Nd5 14.Qd4 Qc7
15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Qe4 Ne5 17.Bc5 Bd7 18.Re1 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Nf4 20.Nd4 Qxc5 21.Qxf4 Rf8
22.Qe4 O-O-O 23.Re2 Kb8 24.Rg1 Qc7 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qxe6 Qxh2 27.Qe3 Ka8 28.Rg3 Rc8
29.Rg2 Qh1+ 30.Rg1 Qh4 31.Rg2 Rf3 32.Qd2 Qh1+ 33.Rg1 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT "]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E42"]

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 "FRA-chT "]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E99"]

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+ Kg7 39.Qxc7+ Kg6 40.Qc8 Qxa2 41.c5 dxc5 42.d6 Qb3 43.Qe8+ Kg7
44.Ng3 Kh7 45.d7 Qxd3 46.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT "]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Qxf2
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 "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.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 "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Qe7 15.e5 Nd7
16.Kb1 Bb6 17.Qg3 g6 18.Bd3 Bc5 19.h4 b5 20.h5 g5 21.f4 gxf4 22.Qxf4 b4 23.axb4 Bxb4
24.Nxd5 Bxd2 25.Nxe7 Bxf4 26.Nxc6 Nxe5 27.Bxa6 Nxc6 28.Bb7 Ke7 29.Bxc6 Ra7
30.Rhe1 Rb8 31.Re4 Bg5 32.Rc4 Bf6 33.c3 Rc7 34.b4 Bxc3 35.Rxc3 Rxb4+ 36.Kc2 Ra7
37.Rd2 f5 38.Kd1 Rh4 39.Bf3 e5 40.Rc6 e4 41.Rxh6 Ra1+ 42.Ke2 exf3+ 43.Kxf3 Ra3+
44.Kf2 Rf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 f6 10.Ke2 Nd7 11.Be3 f5 12.e5 Ne7 13.c4 g5 14.Nd2 gxf4 15.gxf4 O-O-O
16.Rhg1 Bxe3 17.Kxe3 Nc5 18.Nd4 Rd7 19.N2b3 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 Rhd8 21.Nc5 Rd2
22.Bf1 Rxb2 23.Rg7 b6 24.Nxe6 Rd7 25.Rxh7 Nd5+ 26.cxd5 Rxh7 27.Ba6+ Kb8 28.dxc6 Rh2
29.Re1 Rxh3+ 30.Kd4 Rc7 31.Nxc7 Kxc7 32.e6 Ra3 33.Bc4 Ra5 34.Bd5 Be8 35.Ke5 Bh5
36.Rg1 Bf3 37.Rg7+ Kc8 38.Rd7 Bxd5 39.Rxd5 Rxa2 40.e7 Kc7 41.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 Kh8 15.Nd3 Rg8 16.c5 Bf8
17.c6 bxc6 18.Nb4 Ne7 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.dxc6 Nf6 21.Bc4 Rg6 22.h3 g4 23.fxg4 Nxg4
24.hxg4 Bxg4 25.Qe1 d5 26.exd5 Bf3 27.Qxe5+ Bg7 28.Qxg7+ Rxg7 29.Bd4 Bxg2
30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Kxg2 Qg5+ 32.Kf3 Qg3+ 33.Ke2 Qe3+ 34.Kd1 Qd4+ 35.Kc2 Qxc4
36.b3 Qc5 37.Rxf4 Rf8 38.b4 Qe3 39.Re4 Qf2+ 40.Kb3 Rf3 41.Rae1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Bd3 e6
9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Na5 11.Qc2 Be7 12.Rg1 g6 13.Ke2 b5 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qb1 Nc4
16.b3 Nh5 17.bxc4 Nxf4+ 18.exf4 bxc4 19.Bc2 O-O 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.Rxg6+ Kh8
22.Rh6 Rf7 23.Rxe6 Ba3 24.Rg1 Rb8 25.Qe1 Qh4 26.Nxd5 Qh3 27.Kd2 c3+ 28.Nxc3 Rb2+
29.Kd3 Qxf3+ 30.Qe3 Qxf4 31.Qxf4 Rxf4 32.Ne4 Rf3+ 33.Kc4 Rc2+ 34.Kd5 Rf5+
35.Re5 Rf8 36.Ng5 Rcxf2 37.Ne6 Rb8 38.Re3 Rxa2 39.Ng5 h6 40.Nf7+ Kh7 41.Reg3 Bf8
42.Rg8 Rb5+ 43.Ke4 Rg5 44.R8xg5 hxg5 45.Nxg5+ Kh6 46.Nf7+ Kh7 47.h4 a5 48.h5 Re2+
49.Kf3 Re7 50.Ne5 Bg7 51.Ke4 a4 52.Ra1 Ra7 53.Ra2 a3 54.Nc4 Re7+ 55.Ne5 Ra7
56.Nc4 Re7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beckhuis, Gernod"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E81"]

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.Qd2 Kh7
10.a4 e6 11.g4 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.Be2 h5 14.g5 Ng8 15.h4 f5 16.Nh3 Bxc3
17.bxc3 fxe4 18.fxe4 Rxe4 19.Nf2 Re8 20.O-O Nd7 21.Bxd6 Ndf6 22.Bg3 Qxd5
23.Bd3 c4 24.gxf6 cxd3 25.f7 Qxf7 26.Ne4 Qd5 27.Ng5+ Kg7 28.Qxd3 Be6 29.Nxe6+ Qxe6
30.Qd4+ Kh6  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Re1 h6
9.d4 Bd7 10.h3 Re8 11.Bd3 b6 12.Bb2 Nh7 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Bf1 Ng6 15.g3 Nf6 16.Bg2 Qc8
17.Kh2 Qa6 18.c4 Ba4 19.Re3 Bc6 20.f4 Qb7 21.d5 Bd7 22.f5 Nf8 23.g4 g5 24.fxg6 fxg6
25.Nf1 g5 26.Rf3 Kg7 27.Ng3 Ng6 28.Qd2 Rf8 29.Raf1 Nh7 30.Nf5+ Bxf5 31.exf5 Ne7
32.Qb4 Rae8 33.a4 Nf6 34.a5 Neg8 35.Ra3 Nd7 36.axb6 axb6 37.h4 Ngf6 38.hxg5 hxg5
39.Qd2 Kf7 40.Rfa1 Nxg4+ 41.Kg1 b5 42.c5 Nxc5 43.Qxg5 Rg8 44.Qh5+ Ke7 45.Qh7+ Kf6
46.Qh4+ Kf7 47.Qh5+ Ke7 48.Qh7+ Kf6 49.Bd4 exd4 50.Rg3 Qc8 51.Qh4+ Kf7 52.Rxg4 Rh8
53.Rg7+ Kxg7 54.Qg5+ Kf7 55.Qg6+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D48"]

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 "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 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 Kh8 15.Nd3 Rg8 16.c5 Bf8
17.c6 bxc6 18.Nb4 Ne7 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.dxc6 Nf6 21.Nd5 Be6 22.b4 h5 23.b5 Bh6
24.b6 axb6 25.axb6 Rxa1 26.Qxa1 Bxd5 27.exd5 cxb6 28.Rb1 g4 29.Bxb6 Qc8 30.c7 Nxd5
31.Ba6 Qd7 32.c8=Q Rxc8 33.Bxc8 Qxc8 34.Ba7 Kg7 35.Qb2 Kf6 36.Rd1 Qc6 37.Qd2 Ke6
38.Qa2 Qb5 39.h3 gxf3 40.gxf3 Bg5 41.Bf2 Bf6 42.Kg2 Be7 43.Rd2 Bf6 44.Rb2 Qd3
45.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B85"]

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 CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Rxa4 Nd7
16.Rb4 Nc5 17.Rxb7 Nxb7 18.b4 Bg5 19.Na3 O-O 20.Nc4 a5 21.Bd3 axb4 22.cxb4 Qb8
23.h4 Bh6 24.Ncb6 Ra2 25.O-O Rd2 26.Qf3 Qa7 27.Nd7 Nd8 28.Nxf8 Kxf8 29.b5 Qa3
30.Qf5 Ke8 31.Bc4 Rc2 32.Qxh7 Rxc4 33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Nb6+ Ke7 35.Nxc4 Qc5 36.Ra1 Qd4
37.Ra3 Bc1 38.Ne3  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.a3 Na5 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Na4 Nd7 14.b4 Nc6 15.c4 Qe8
16.Nd2 Kh8 17.Nb3 Qg6 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Rac8 20.Rad1 Rf7 21.f3 h6 22.b5 Nb8
23.a4 Bf8 24.Be3 Nd7 25.bxa6 bxa6 26.Rb1 Rc7 27.Nd2 Be7 28.Rb3 Rf8 29.Rfb1 Rfc8
30.Rb7 Qe8 31.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Bd3 e6
9.Bg3 Be7 10.Nge2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Nc1 Na5 13.Nb3 Nc4 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.e4 b5
16.e5 Nh5 17.f4 Nxg3 18.hxg3 a5 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Kf2 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.f3 Nh5 8.Be3 O-O
9.Ne2 f5 10.exf5 exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Bxf5 13.O-O-O Rae8 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.g4 Ne5
16.Qc3 h6 17.gxf5 hxg5 18.Nd4 Nf4 19.h4 Qf6 20.c5 d5 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.Kb1 Nc6
23.Bd3 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Nxd3 25.Qxd5+ Rf7 26.Rxd3 Qxf5 27.Qxf5 Rxf5 28.Rd7 Rf7
29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Rxf7 Rc8 31.Kc2 Kh7 32.Kd3 Kg6 33.Rd7 Kf6 34.Kd4 g5 35.Kd5 Kf5
36.Rf7+ Kg6 37.Rd7 Kf5 38.Rf7+ Kg6 39.Ke6 a5 40.Rf6+ Kg7 41.Rf7+ Kg6 42.Re7 Rf8
43.Rxc7 Rf6+ 44.Kd5 Rf5+ 45.Kd6 Rf6+ 46.Kd5 Rf5+ 47.Kd6 Rf6+ 48.Kd7 Rf7+
49.Kd8 Rxf3 50.Rxb7 g4 51.Rd7 g3 52.Rd1 g2 53.Rg1 Rf2 54.c6 Kf7 55.b3 Ke6
56.Kc8 Rxa2 57.c7 Rb2 58.Re1+  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nge7
9.a3 Nc8 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.b3 a5 12.Bb2 N8a7 13.Re1 O-O 14.Nf1 Rc8 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Bd1 Rc7 18.h4 h6 19.Re2 Rfc8 20.Qf4 Nb8 21.Re3 Nb5 22.Ne2 Nd7
23.Nh2 Rc6 24.Ng4 Qd8 25.Rh3 Qf8 26.a4 Na3 27.Bxa3 Bxa3 28.Rg3 h5 29.Ne3 Bb2
30.Ra2 Bc1 31.Qg5 Qb4 32.Nf4 Bxe3 33.fxe3 Rc1 34.Nxg6 Rxd1+ 35.Kh2 fxg6 36.Qxg6 Qe7
37.Rf2 Qxh4+ 38.Rh3 Qxf2  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 Be6
15.Qd3 Be7 16.h4 Bf6 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Ke2 Ra5 21.Rhd1 Rfa8
22.a4 b5 23.Rd4 bxa4 24.Raxa4 Rxa4 25.bxa4 Kf8 26.Rb4 Ra7 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.Kd4 Bd7
29.Bd1 Kd6 30.Bb3 f6 31.Kc3 Kc5 32.e4 b5 33.axb5 dxe4 34.b6 Rb7 35.Rxe4 Bc6
36.Rg4 Kxb6 37.Bc2 h6 38.Rb4+ Ka7 39.Rxb7+ Kxb7 40.g3 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Ne7 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Nc2 Bb7 15.Bd3 d5
16.Qe2 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.a4 Ke7 21.axb5 axb5
22.Kd2 Rhd8 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Nxa1 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 Qa5 12.f4 Rfc8 13.f5 b5 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Nxe6 b4
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Be5 18.Kb1 Bb5 19.Ne7+ Kf7 20.Qd5 Kxe7 21.Ng5 Re8 22.Rhf1 Bxf1
23.Qxa5 Be2 24.Rd2 Bg4 25.h3 Rf8 26.a4 Rf1+ 27.Ka2 Bd7 28.Rd5 Kf6 29.Nxh7+ Kg6
30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.Qa6+ Kxh7 32.Qxf1 Bxa4 33.Qf5+ Kh8 34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E44"]

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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Nde2 Bg7 8.Bg2 Rb8
9.b3 b5 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.f4 Ned7 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Nd5 a5 15.Rhe1 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 b4 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.f5 a4 20.Kb1 Nd7 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Qh6 axb3
23.axb3 e5 24.dxe6 Bxg2 25.e7 Qa5 26.Ne6  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Ne5 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 e6 10.O-O Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb2 Bb4 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.a4 bxa4
16.Nxa4 Qe7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Rab8 19.g3 a5 20.Rd3 Rfd8 21.Bd4 Nf8 22.Rad1 Qb7
23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Be3 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Nd7 26.f4 Kf8 27.Kg2 Ke7 28.Kf3 Rc7 29.Rd1 Rc2
30.h3 f6 31.exf6+ gxf6 32.g4 f5 33.Bf2 Nf8 34.Rd3 Ng6 35.Bg3 Rc1 36.Nb6 Rc6
37.Nc4 a4 38.gxf5 exf5 39.Ne3 Ke6 40.bxa4 Ra6 41.Rd4 Bc5 42.Rc4 Bd6 43.Nc2 Kd5
44.Ne3+ Ke6 45.Ke2 Rb6 46.Nc2 Rb3 47.Bf2 Rxh3 48.Be3 Rh4 49.a5 Nxf4+ 50.Bxf4 Rxf4
51.Rxf4 Bxf4 52.Nd4+ Kd5 53.a6 Bb8 54.Nxf5 Kc6 55.Kf3 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Nb8 14.Nc2 Nd7 15.a4 bxa4
16.Rxa4 Bg5 17.O-O O-O 18.Ra2 a5 19.Bc4 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Qd3 Rac8 22.Rd1 Rfd8
23.b3 g6 24.Rda1 Rc5 25.Ne3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Bxe4 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qxe4 Qxb3
29.Qh4 Rh8 30.Qh3 Rd5 31.Qf3+ Kg7 32.Ra3 Qb5 33.Rxa5 Qxa5 34.Rxa5 Rxa5 35.Qb7+ Kf6
36.h4 Rc5 37.Qd7 Rd5 38.g4 h6 39.c4 Rd4 40.Kg2 Rf8 41.f3 Rf7 42.g5+ hxg5
43.hxg5+ Kg7 44.Qh3 Rd2+ 45.Kg1 Rf5 46.Qh6+ Kf7 47.Qh7+ Kf8 48.Qxg6 Rxf3
49.Qh6+ Ke7 50.g6 Rg3+ 51.Kf1 Rd1+ 52.Kf2 Rdg1 53.Qg7+ Kd8 54.Qf8+ Kc7 55.Qe7+ Kc6
56.Qe8+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Ne7 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 Bf5 10.Bxf5 Nxf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf4 Ne7 13.c4 dxc4 14.d5 Ng6 15.Nh5 Qe5
16.Rb1 Rd8 17.Qg4 Nd7 18.e4 b6 19.Bb2 c3 20.Ba1 c4 21.Qf3 f6 22.Bxc3 Qe7
23.Qg4 Nde5 24.Qg3 Nd3 25.f4 Kh8 26.Kh1 Rd7 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 Rxd5 29.e6 Rxh5
30.Qf3 Re8 31.Qxh5 Qxe6 32.Qf3 Kg8 33.Qb7 Qe7 34.Qc6 Nge5 35.Qe4 h6 36.a4 Qc5
37.Qf5 a6 38.h3 Qc6 39.Bd4 b5 40.axb5 axb5 41.Ra1 Qd5 42.Bxe5 Rxe5 43.Qc8+ Kh7
44.Rf8 Nc5 45.Rh8+ Kg6 46.Rd8 Qe6 47.Qb8 Qf6 48.Rf8 Qe7 49.Rf3 Kh7 50.Kh2 Nd7
51.Qb7 Nf6 52.Qxe7 Rxe7 53.Rf5 b4 54.Rf4 Ne4 55.Ra4 g5 56.Rf8 Rb7 57.Rc8 Nd2
58.Raa8 b3 59.Rh8+ Kg6 60.Ra6+ Kf5 61.Re8 h5  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Ne4 Bd4 17.Nd6 Bxe5 18.Nxb7 Qb6 19.Qh5 Bf4 20.Nc5 Qxc5 21.Bxf4 Qd4 22.Bd6 Qxd3
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Qe5 Rc8 25.Rfc1 Rd8 26.h3 Kh7 27.Re1 Qc4 28.Rac1 Qxa2 29.Ra1 Qb3
30.Rxa7 Kg8 31.Qd4 Re8 32.Re2 Rc8 33.Rxe6 Nc3 34.Rae7 Qxb2 35.Re8+ Rxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kh7
37.Qd3+ g6 38.Qc4 Qb1+ 39.Kh2 Qf5 40.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B15"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C48"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7
9.f3 e6 10.a4 Be7 11.a5 b5 12.c4 bxc4 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.Nc3 Ne5 15.Bf1 Qc7 16.Be3 d5
17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nf5 Bb4 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Qd4 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 exf5
23.Qxd5 Re8 24.Rc1 Re6 25.b4 h5 26.Bc7 Qa7+ 27.Bb6 Qb8 28.Bc7 Qa7+ 29.Bb6 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 b4 10.Ne4 a5 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 Be7 13.Qe2 c5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Bd3 h6 17.O-O g5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Kg7 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.Nc4 Qe7 22.Qd4+ e5
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.Nxd6 Nc5 25.Bc4 Rhd8 26.Nf5+ Kg6 27.f3 Na4 28.Rf2 Nb6 29.Bb5 Bc8
30.axb4 axb4 31.Rxa8 Nxa8 32.Ne7+ Kg7 33.Nd5 Be6 34.Nxb4 Rb8 35.Bc6 Rxb4
36.Bxa8 Ra4 37.Bb7 Ra1+ 38.Rf1 Ra4 39.Rf2 Ra1+ 40.Rf1 Ra4 41.Bc6 Rb4 42.Rf2 Rc4
43.Bd5 Bxd5 44.exd5 Rd4 45.b3 Rd1+ 46.Rf1 Rxd5 47.b4 Kf6 48.Rb1 Ke6 49.b5 Kd7
50.b6 Kc8 51.b7+ Kb8 52.Rb6 Rd4 53.Kf2 h5 54.Ke3 g4 55.Rf6 Rd7 56.Rf5 Rxb7
57.Rxh5 Rb3+ 58.Kf2 gxf3 59.gxf3 f6 60.h4 Kc7 61.Rh6 Rb6 62.h5 Kd7 63.Rg6 Ke6
64.h6 Rb7 65.Kg3 Rb1 66.Kh2 Rb7 67.Kh3 Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.h3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 Ne8
10.O-O Nc7 11.b4 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Rxe5 16.e4 a5
17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qf6 20.exd5 Rxd5 21.Qc1 Rd4 22.b5 Kg7 23.bxc6 bxc6
24.Qe3 Ne6 25.Ra8 Bd7 26.Bg4 Nxc5 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Qe8 Rd3 29.Ne4 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+
31.Qxe5+ Nxe5 32.f4 Nd3 33.Ra7 Nxf4 34.Ng5 Rd5 35.Rxf7+ Kg8 36.Rxf4 Rxg5
37.Rf6 c5 38.Rc6 Kf7 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rxh7 c4 41.Rc7 Kd5 42.h4 Re5 43.Kg3 Kd4
44.Rd7+ Ke3 45.Rc7 Re4 46.Rc6 Kd3 47.Kf3 Rd4 48.Rxg6 c3 49.Ra6 c2 50.Ra1 Kc3
51.Rc1 Kd2 52.Rxc2+ Kxc2 53.g4 Kd3 54.h5 Re4 55.g5 Rh4 56.g6 Rxh5 57.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B54"]

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"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7
9.g3 Qe7 10.Bg2 Qb4 11.Nd2 Qxb2 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.O-O Nb6 14.Qd3 Be7 15.Nc4 Qa6
16.Ne5 Qxd3 17.Nxd3 O-O 18.a4 Rd8 19.a5 Nc4 20.a6 b6 21.Bxc6 Rb8 22.Ne5 Bxa6
23.Nb5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Rd2 25.Nxa7 Bc5 26.Rfc1 Rbd8 27.e3 g5 28.Nb5 Bxb5 29.Bxb5 R2d5
30.Bc6 Rxe5 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Bf3 Kg7 33.Rd7 Rf5 34.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D48"]

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.d5 Qc7 11.O-O Bb7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qc6
16.f3 Nfd7 17.Nxh7 Nxe5 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Qd4 Ncd3 20.Bxd3 Nxd3 21.Ne4 e5 22.Qe3 O-O-O
23.b3 c3 24.Ba3 b4 25.Rfd1 Qb5 26.Nxc3 Rxf3 27.gxf3 bxc3 28.Rac1 Nxc1 29.Qxc3+ Qc6
30.Qxc6+ Bxc6 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.O-O Qe8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Kh1 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.b3 Qb8 16.Qc2 Be3
17.Bf2 Qa7 18.Bxe3 Qxe3 19.f4 exf4 20.Rae1 Qc5 21.Qc1 Qd4 22.Rxf4 Rae8 23.Rff1 Qg7
24.Qc2 h4 25.Nf3 h3 26.gxh3 Bxh3 27.Rg1 Qh6 28.Rg3 Kg7 29.Qb2 Nf6 30.b4 axb4
31.axb4 Bg4 32.Nd1 Bxf3+ 33.Bxf3 Rh8 34.Ne3 Kf8 35.Ng4 Nxg4 36.Bxg4 Qg7 37.Qf2 Nxb4
38.Rb1 Na6 39.Rxb7 Nc5 40.Rxc7 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Qa4 e6 10.Bg5 Nc4 11.e4 Nxb2 12.Qb3 Nc4 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nf3 Bxb5 15.Qxb5+ Qd7
16.Bxf6 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 gxf6 18.Nc7+ Kd7 19.Nxa8 Bb4+ 20.Ke2 Re8+ 21.Kd3 Nb2+
22.Kc2 Re2+ 23.Kb3 Ba5 24.Rhc1 Nc4 25.Rc2 Re8 26.Rxc4 dxc4+ 27.Kxc4 Rxa8
28.Rb1 Rc8+ 29.Kd5 b6 30.Rb2 a6 31.Nh4 b5 32.Nf5 Rc1 33.g3 Bc3 34.Re2 Bb4
35.Rb2 Bf8 36.h4 Kc7 37.Ne3 Kd7 38.Nf5 Kc7 39.Ne3 Kd7 40.h5 Rh1 41.g4 Rc1
42.Nf5 Rc6 43.Re2 Rb6 44.Rb2 a5 45.a4 Bb4 46.axb5 Rxb5+ 47.Kc4 Rb8 48.Ne3 Kd6
49.Nf5+ Kc6 50.Ne7+ Kd6 51.Nf5+ Kc6 52.Ne7+ Kd6 53.Nf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E90"]

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"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A13"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.O-O d6 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Ne2 Qb6
9.d3 Be7 10.c3 dxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.d4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Bc2 f5 15.Ne2 Kh8 16.h4 Bxh4
17.g3 Be7 18.Kg2 c5 19.Nf4 Bg5 20.f3 Bxf4 21.Bxf4 cxd4 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Bb3 Be6
24.Rh1 d3 25.Rh4 d4 26.Qh5 Bf5 27.e6 e3 28.Be5 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 e2 30.Qg5 Bg6
31.Rxd4 Qf3 32.Rf4 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Rxf4 34.Qxf4 e1=Q 35.Rxe1 Qxe1 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7
37.Qd4+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 Qc7 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qc6
16.f3 Nfd7 17.Nxh7 Nxe5 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Qd4 Ncd3 20.Bxd3 Nxd3 21.Ne4 Rd8
22.Qxg7 Qb6+ 23.Nf2 Nxf2 24.Qg6+ Rf7 25.Qg8+ Rf8 26.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.e4 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.a4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nf6
16.Bb2 Qc7 17.Ne5 Bb4 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Ba1 Nd7 20.Ng4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Qc2 Bb7 24.e5 Nf8 25.Ne3 Qd7 26.Bb2 Bc6 27.Qc4 a5 28.Qa6 Bxa4 29.Qxb6 Qc6
30.Qb8 Bb3 31.f4 Qa4 32.Bb1 Bd2 33.Kf2 Bxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Bc2 35.Bc3 Qc6 36.Bxc2 Qxc3+
37.Bd3 a4 38.Qb1 a3 39.g4 g6 40.h4 h6 41.h5 gxh5 42.gxh5 Nd7 43.Qg1+ Kf8
44.Qb1 Ke7 45.Ke4 Kd8  0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 e6 10.O-O Bb4 11.Qc2 O-O 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 bxc4 14.bxc4 Nb6 15.c5 Nbd7
16.Rb1 Re8 17.Bd2 e5 18.Rb7 exd4 19.exd4 Ne4 20.Qd3 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Nf8 22.Rfb1 Qf6
23.Rc7 Re7 24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.Rb6 Qc7 26.Be2 Ne6 27.Bxa6 g6 28.a4 Ng7 29.a5 Nf5
30.Bb7 Re8 31.a6 Nxd4 32.a7 Ne2+ 33.Kh1 Qe5 34.Rb1 Nc3 35.Rc1 Ne4 36.Qc2 Qf4
37.Kg1 Nxf2 38.a8=Q Rxa8 39.Bxa8 Nxh3+ 40.gxh3 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qg2+ 42.Ke1 Qe2+
43.Qxe2 h5 44.Kd1 Kh7 45.Kd2 d4 46.Qd1  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 g6
9.Be3 Bg7 10.h3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Nce2 Nb4 13.Kb1 b5 14.f5 Ne5 15.Qf2 O-O
16.f6 Bh8 17.a3 Nbxd3 18.cxd3 Bb7 19.Ka1 Rfc8 20.g4 d5 21.Ng3 dxe4 22.dxe4 Nc4
23.g5 h5 24.h4 a5 25.Nb3 Nxa3 26.Nd2 Qc2 27.Bb6 Rd8 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.bxa3 Rd3
30.Nb1 Rxa3+ 31.Nxa3 Qxf2 32.Rd3 b4 33.Nc4 Ba6 34.Rc1 Bxc4 35.Rxc4 Qf4 36.Rd8+ Kh7
37.Rd7 Bxf6+ 38.gxf6 Qxf6+ 39.Kb1 Kh6 40.Rcc7 Qxh4 41.Nf1 Qxe4+ 42.Kc1 b3
43.Rxf7 a4 44.Kb2 Qe5+ 45.Rc3 a3+ 46.Kxb3 a2 47.Ra7 Qb5+ 48.Kc2 Qe2+ 49.Kb3  0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nb1 Ba6 8.Nbd2 c3
9.bxc3 Bxf1 10.Nxf1 bxc3 11.Ng3 e6 12.O-O c5 13.Ba3 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.Ne2 Be7
16.Nxc3 cxd4 17.Bxe7 dxc3 18.Ba3 Rc8 19.Qd6 Nc5 20.Qe5 Nb3 21.Qxa5 Nxa5 22.Bb4 Nc6
23.Bxc3 O-O 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.g4 Ne5 26.Nxe5 fxe5 27.Kg2 a5 28.Kf3 Kg7 29.Ke4 Rb8
30.Rc4 Rfc8 31.Rfc1 Rb4 32.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.f3 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qc3 O-O 10.Ne2 Nh5 11.g4 Qh4+ 12.Kd1 Nf6 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Be2 a5
16.Kd2 Nc5 17.b3 Rfe8 18.Rag1 f6 19.Kc1 Ra6 20.Kd1 Rb6 21.g5 a4 22.gxf6 g6
23.Bg5 Qxg5 24.Nf5 Qxf5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Rg5 Kf7 27.Rxf5 axb3 28.Rh5 gxh5
29.axb3 Rxb3 30.Qc2 Kxf6 31.Qxh7 Ra3 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Qg7+ Kd8 34.Rg1 Na4 35.Qf6+ Kc8
36.Rg8 Rxg8 37.Qe6+ Kb8 38.Qxg8+ Ka7 39.Qg7 Kb6 40.h4 Nc5 41.f4 Rh3 42.Bxh5 Rxh4
43.Bg4 Na5 44.Qc3 Nab3 45.Qf3 Nd4 46.Qg2 Rh8 47.f5 Rf8 48.Qf2 Nc6 49.f6 Ne5
50.Bh5 Nxc4 51.f7 c6 52.Qf4 Ne5 53.Qh6 Rxf7 54.Bxf7 Nxf7 55.Qf6 Ne5 56.Qxd6 Ncd3
57.Qe7 c5 58.Kd2 Nc6 59.Qg7 Nde5 60.Kc3 Ka6 61.Qf8 b6 62.Qa8+ Kb5 63.Qe8 c4
64.Qg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Nfd7 15.Rad1 Ne6
16.Qd2 Ndc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.a4 a6 9.Ra3 e6
10.Qd2 Qb4 11.Qc2 exd5 12.cxd5 Nbd7 13.Nh3 c4 14.Bd2 Ne5 15.Nf2 Qc5 16.Be2 Bd7
17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.O-O Rab8 20.Rb1 Rfc8 21.Nd1 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bf5 23.Qc1 Bxb1
24.Qxb1 Qd4 25.Bc3 Qxd5 26.Rxa6 Qc5 27.Ra5 Rb5 28.b4 Qb6 29.Rxb5 Qxb5 30.Qa1 Bf8
31.Ne4 f5 32.Nd2 Nd3 33.Qa7 Re8 34.Kf1 Qd5 35.Ne3 Qf7 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Ndxc4 Nf4
38.Bd1 d5 39.Ne5+ Ke6 40.g3 Nh5 41.Ba4 Ra8 42.Bb3 Nf6 43.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E42"]

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 ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.O-O Qa5 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 b5
9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.cxb3 b4 11.Ne2 c5 12.d3 Be7 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Nc4 O-O 15.f4 Bd7
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Ng3 Rad8 18.Qf3 Bc8 19.Bd2 Be6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Rd5 22.Re3 Rfd8
23.Rae1 Bd6 24.R1e2 Rd4 25.g4 e4 26.dxe4 Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 a5 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.Rac1 Qe7 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Ba3 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.Rb1 Bxb2 19.Qd2 Red8 20.h3 h6 21.Re1 Qc7 22.Re5 Nd7
23.Re4 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bd3 c4 10.Bf1 Ba4 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Kd7 13.Bf4 Qg8 14.g3 Qh7 15.Rc1 Nbc6 16.Bg2 a5
17.Nh2 b5 18.Qd2 Nf5 19.O-O Nfe7 20.Ng4 Rag8 21.Bf3 Kc8 22.Kg2 Kb7 23.Rfe1 Rd8
24.Re2 Ka6 25.Rh1 Nc8 26.Ne3 Nb6 27.Ree1 Qg8 28.Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.Nd1 Qxd2+
10.Bxd2 b5 11.Ne3 bxc4 12.Bxc4 exd5 13.Nxd5 Be6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.O-O-O Nc6 17.Ne2 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.Nc3 Nd4 21.h4 Rd7 22.Bg5 Bg7
23.Rhe1 Kf7 24.Be3 Rad8 25.Bg5 Rc8 26.Bf4 Bf6 27.Bg5 Bg7 28.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E46"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Nf6 6.Nd2 e5 7.Ngf3 Nbd7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be2 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A20"]

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 "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koliada, Timour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B22"]

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.Nf3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Desjardins, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "E91"]

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 op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C49"]

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 op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bd6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nbd2 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Nf1 d6 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6
16.a4 c5 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Qe2 bxa4 19.bxa4 a5 20.Nd2 c4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Rc8
23.Qa2 Rxc3 24.Bb3 Re7 25.Bb2 Rd3 26.Bc4 Rd2 27.Qb3 Bc6 28.Nf5 Nxe4 29.Nxe7+ Qxe7
30.Rad1 Rxf2 31.Rxe4 Qc5 32.Ba3 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Bxe4+ 34.Kg3 Qxa3 35.Bxf7+ Kh7
36.Bg8+ Kg6 37.Bf7+ Kf6 38.Rf1+ Bf5 39.Qxa3 Bxa3 40.Bd5 Bb4 41.h4 h5 42.Be4 g6
43.Kf3 Bd7 44.Bc2 Bh3 45.Rg1 Bg4+ 46.Rxg4 hxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3 e5 8.Nb3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Ne7 11.c4 g6 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Nd2 Nh5 15.Re1 b5
16.b3 Rb8 17.a4 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Nf4 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Bf2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.g3 Nh5
23.Ra2 a5 24.f4 Qb6 25.Kg2 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rae2 Qb4 28.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.Be3 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.Na3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.b3 f5
16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd2 19.Bxd2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 c6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.Ne2 f5 8.dxe5 Qxe5
9.exf5 Nf6 10.Qd4 Bxf5 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Qc3 Qxc3+ 13.Nxc3 O-O 14.O-O-O d5 15.Bd6 Rc8
16.f3 Nbd7 17.g4 Be6 18.g5 Ne8 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bg3 Be6 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Bc2 Rd8
23.h4 Bf7 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Kf8 26.Rdf1 Kg8 27.h5 Rd7 28.Rf2 Nd6 29.g6 Be6
30.gxh7+ Kh8 31.h6 g6 32.Rf6 Re8 33.Rxg6 Nc4 34.Be1 Kxh7 35.Rg3 Ne5 36.Bc3 Bc4
37.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 Qc7 11.O-O Bb7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 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.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Re6 b4 25.Na4 Rg5 26.g3 Rh5 27.h4 Bf3 28.Rd4 Bd5
29.Re7 Bf7 30.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 5.c3 c5 6.g3 Ba6 7.c4 dxe4 8.dxe4 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 "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Qg5 12.N5c4 f5 13.f4 Qxf4 14.c3 Ne6 15.d4 Qh4+
16.g3 Qd8 17.O-O f4 18.gxf4 Nxf4 19.Ne5 Nd6 20.Bb3+ Kh8 21.N3g4 Nh3+ 22.Kg2 Rxf1
23.Qxf1 Bxg4 24.Nxg4 Qh4 25.Qf3 Ng5 26.Qg3 Qh5 27.Bxg5 Qxg5 28.Ne5 Qxg3+
29.hxg3 g6 30.a4 a5 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Bxc4 Re8 33.Rf1 Re7 34.Rf8+ Kg7 35.Rb8 c6
36.d5 cxd5 37.Bxd5 Re2+ 38.Kh3 Rxb2 39.Rxb7+ Kf6 40.Rxh7 Bf2 41.Kg4 Ke5 42.Bf3 Rb3
43.Rc7 Ra3 44.Rc4 Kf6 45.Rc6+ Ke5 46.Bd1 Be1 47.Rxg6 Rxc3 48.Kh3 Ra3 49.Rg4 Rd3
50.Be2 Re3 51.Bb5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.Qe2 Rxd5 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.f3 Bc5+
24.Kg2 Nd3 25.h4 Kb7 26.Ra5 Qd4 27.b3 Bb6 28.Ra2 c3 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.h5 a5 31.g4 Nf4+
32.Bxf4 Qxd1 33.Qxd1 Rxd1 34.h6 Ka6 35.g5 Rd8 36.Kf1 Bd4 37.Ke2 e5 38.Be3 Kb5
39.h7 Rh8 40.Bxd4 exd4 41.g6 fxg6 42.f7 Kc6 43.Kd3 Kd7 44.Re2 a4 45.Re8 axb3
46.Rxh8 b2 47.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nb3 b5
9.f4 Bb7 10.Qf3 Na5 11.O-O-O Nxb3+ 12.axb3 Rc8 13.h4 Nc6 14.g5 Qa5 15.Kb1 Nb4
16.Bd4 d5 17.f5 dxe4 18.Qh3 Bd6 19.Qe3 exf5 20.Bh3 O-O 21.Bxf5 Rxc3 22.Bxc3 Qa2+
23.Kc1 Nd5 24.Rxd5 Qa1+ 25.Kd2 Qxh1 26.Rxd6 Qh2+ 27.Kc1 Qxd6 28.b4 Rd8 29.Bg4 Bc8
30.Be2 Be6 31.b3 Qh2 32.h5 Qc7 33.h6 Rc8 34.Kb2 f6 35.gxf6 gxf6 36.Qd4 Qe5
37.Qg1+ Qg5 38.Qb6 Qd5 39.Bg4 Bxg4 40.Qxf6 Qd7 41.Qh8+ Kf7 42.Qxh7+ Ke6 43.Qxe4+ Kf7
44.h7 Bf5 45.Qf4 Qe6 46.h8=Q Rxh8 47.Bxh8 Qe4 48.Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 e5 6.d3 f6 7.c3 Nh6 8.O-O Nf7
9.Be3 g5 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nd2 h5 12.a3 a5 13.Qe2 b6 14.Nc2 Ra7 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Rd7
17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Rfd1 Be7 19.Nf1 Bc4 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Qd2 Bd3 22.Qc3 Bxe4 23.Ng3 Bd5
24.Bxb6 h4 25.Ne2 g4 26.Nf4 Be4 27.Re1 Qf5 28.Ne6 Rg8 29.Ncd4 Nf3+ 30.Kf1 Bd3+
31.Re2 Bxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Qe4+ 33.Qe3 Nxd4+ 34.Nxd4 Qxe3+ 35.Kxe3 gxh3 36.gxh3 Rg5
37.Nxc6 Bc5+ 38.Bxc5 Rxc5 39.Nd4 a4 40.Kd3 Rc1  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D49"]

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.Qe2 Ba6 15.a4 Nc5
16.axb5 Bb7 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Bg3 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Ke7
22.Rc1 h5 23.Qc2 Rc8 24.Bf1 d3 25.Qc3 h4 26.g4 e5 27.Qb4 Kf8 28.g5 f5 29.Qc3 Qd8
30.f4 d2 31.Rd1 Ne4 32.Qxe5 Rc1 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qe5+ Kf8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.c3 a6 8.Nh4 O-O 9.Kh1 d5
10.Nd2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 f5 13.Bg2 Be7 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.Re1 Kh8 16.Be3 Be6
17.d4 e4 18.Nd2 Bd5 19.f3 exf3 20.Bxf3 Ne7 21.Bf4 c6 22.Qe2 g5 23.Be5 Ng6
24.Bxf6+ Rxf6 25.Bxd5 Qxd5+ 26.Qg2 g4 27.Qxd5 cxd5 28.Nf1 f4 29.gxf4 Nxf4
30.Re5 Nd3 31.Rxd5 Re8 32.Ng3 Nxb2 33.Re5 Rxe5 34.dxe5 Re6 35.Rb1 Nd3 36.Rxb7 Rxe5
37.Rd7 Nf4 38.Kg1 h5 39.Rd4 Ne2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Qd2 b6 10.Bh6 Bb7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 e5 13.Bg5 a6 14.Bf1 Rfe8 15.Qc1 Rc8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C19"]

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 "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B70"]

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 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.h3 Nb4 13.Nd5 Nbxd5 14.exd5 Qc7 15.Ra3 Rfe8
16.Re3 Rbc8 17.Nc3 a6 18.R3e2 Kf8 19.Be3 Qc4 20.Bxb6 Nd7 21.Be3 Nc5 22.Bg5 Be5
23.f4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Rc7 25.f5 Qxc3 26.Re3 Qb2 27.f6 Kg8 28.Rxe7 Rcxe7 29.Rxe7 Rf8
30.Qe2 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Qd4+ 32.Kh2 Qxd5 33.Bh6 Ne6 34.Bxf8 Kxf8 35.Qe3 Qc6 36.Qh6+ Kg8
37.Qd2 h6 38.h4 Qf3 39.Rd7 g5 40.Rxd6 gxh4 41.Qg2 Qxf6 42.gxh4+ Kf8 43.Qg3 Qf1
44.Rd2 Qc4 45.a5 Ke7 46.Rf2 Qc5 47.Qf3 Qe5+ 48.Kh1 f6 49.Re2 Qxa5 50.Qe4 Qb6
51.c4 a5 52.Qh7+ Kd8 53.Qg8+ Ke7 54.Qg7+ Kd6 55.Rd2+ Ke5 56.Rd5+ Kf4 57.Qxf6+ Kg3
58.Qg6+ Kh3 59.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Be2 e6 12.O-O Bd6 13.e4 b4 14.exd5 exd5 15.Na4 O-O
16.Bf3 Re8 17.Bg5 Qb8 18.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bh2+ 20.Kf1 Bf4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6
22.cxd5 cxd5 23.g3 Bd6 24.Qc6 Qb5+ 25.Qxb5 axb5 26.Nb6 Rxa2 27.Nxd5 Kf8 28.Rc1 Nxd5
29.Bxd5 Rd2 30.Ra1 Rxd4 31.Ra8+ Ke7 32.Ra7+ Kd8 33.Bxf7 Bc5 34.Ra2 Rd6 35.Re2 Rf6
36.Bd5 g5 37.Kg2 Kc7 38.Bf3 Bd4 39.Re4 Bc3 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rb7 Rf5 42.Be4 Rc5
43.Bd3 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 e5 10.Nf5 g6 11.Ng3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Bg7 17.h4 Nb6 18.Qa5 Rhe8 19.Rd3 Ne4 20.Rb3 Nxg3 21.Bxa6 Ne2+ 22.Kd1 Bd4
23.Bxe2 Rxe2 24.Kxe2 Qxc2+ 25.Qd2 Qe4+ 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Qg2+ 28.Kd3 Qxh1
29.Qxb6 Qd1+ 30.Kc3 Rd7 31.Kb4 Qxd5 32.Rc3+ Kb8 33.Qe3 Qe6 34.Qxh6 Qxg4+
35.Rc4 Qg1 36.Qh8+ Ka7 37.Ka3 Qe3+ 38.b3 d5 39.Rc8 Rd6 40.Ra8+ Kb6 41.Qb8 Qc1+
42.Ka4 Qc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C54"]

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"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.g3 Bb7 8.d5 exd5 9.Bg2 Ba6
10.cxd5 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.b4 Bc4 13.f4 d6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Kf2 Nbd7 16.Re1 Rb8
17.e4 Qa5 18.Re3 Bb3 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.g4 Bc4 21.Qf3 Na4 22.Nxa4 Qxa4 23.Kg1 Rfe8
24.g5 Nd7 25.Bd2 Qc2 26.Be1 Rb3 27.Rxb3 Bxb3 28.Qc3 c4 29.Qd4 Qd3 30.Bc3 f6
31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Re3 Qd1+ 34.Re1 Qd3 35.Re3 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Rg8 37.Bf1 Rg4
38.Qxa7 Rxf4+ 39.Kg3 Qxf1 40.Qxd7+ Kg6 41.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Rh8 Nxc3
17.bxc3 Qa3 18.Qxg6+ Kd8 19.Rd1 Qxc3+ 20.Ke2 Qb2+ 21.Rd2 Qb4 22.Qxe6 c3 23.a3 Qxa3
24.Rc2 Kc7 25.Rh7 b4 26.Ra2 b3 27.Rxa3 c2 28.Ra4 c1=Q 29.Rc4  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B20"]

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 "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Nd2 O-O
10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rb8 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a4 Rb4 14.a5 Ne8 15.Bd2 Qa7 16.Na4 Rb7
17.Nab6 Nc7 18.Bg4 Na8 19.Nxa8 Qxa8 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.Nb6 Rxb6 22.axb6 Bxb2
23.Rb1 Bf6 24.Qf3 Bb5 25.Rfc1 Qb7 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qxb6 28.h3 Rb8 29.Rb2 Qd8
30.Rcb1 Qf8 31.f4 Rd8 32.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 Rf6 15.a5 Rg6 16.cxd6 Nxd6
17.Nd3 g4 18.Bh4 Qf8 19.g3 Bf6 20.fxg4 hxg4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Qh6 23.Bxf6 Rxf6
24.Rxf6 Qxf6 25.Bxg4 Ng6 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Qg4 Re8 28.Rf1 Qd4+ 29.Kg2 Kg7 30.Rf4 Nc4
31.Qg5 Qd2+ 32.Kh3 Rh8+ 33.Kg4 Ne5+ 34.Kf5 Rf8+ 35.Ke6 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D52"]

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 "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 O-O 6.Ne2 c5 7.Nbc3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Nc1 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a4 h5 13.O-O Nh7 14.h3 f5 15.f4 Nf7 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Re8 19.Bf2 Be4 20.Ra3 g5 21.f5 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Nf6 23.c4 Kg7
24.Bg3 Re7 25.Nd3 b5 26.Nf2 b4 27.Rb3 Qe8 28.Re3 b3 29.Qd2 Qxa4 30.Bd3 Rae8
31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.f6+ Kf8 34.Qd3 Nxg3 35.Rxg3 Re5 36.Qg6 Qxc4
37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Qg8+ Kd7 39.Qxf7+ Kc8 40.Qg8+ Kc7 41.Qh7+ Kb6  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Bd7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.Nd5 b5 12.Qd2 bxc4 13.Nxf6+ exf6 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxb2
16.Nh4 Ne7 17.Bd5 Nxd5 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Qxg6+ Kh8 20.Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e4 Bg4 6.Be3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qe7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Rfb8 13.Bd3 b5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.Be4 b4 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Kd2 Na5 19.Ke2 Nc4 20.Bd2 c5 21.Rhg1 Rb6 22.Rg5 g6
23.dxc5 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 bxc3 25.Qxc3 Ra6 26.f4 Rc8 27.Rxd5 Qe6 28.Rd2 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Qxa2+
30.Kf1 Kg8 31.f5 Rd8 32.Kg2 Qd5+ 33.Kh2 Qe4 34.e6 Qf4+ 35.Qg3 Qxg3+ 36.Rxg3 fxe6
37.fxe6 a5 38.Rxg6+ Kf8 39.Rg4 Ke7 40.Ra4 Ra8 41.f4 Kxe6 42.Kg3 Kd5 43.Kg4 Kxc5
44.Kg5 Kb5 45.Ra1 Rg8+ 46.Kf6 Rf8+ 47.Ke5 Re8+ 48.Kd5 Rd8+ 49.Ke5 Re8+ 50.Kd5 Rd8+
51.Ke4 Re8+ 52.Kf3 Rh8 53.Rh1 Kc5 54.f5 Kd6 55.Kf4 a4 56.Kg5 Ke7 57.f6+ Kf7
58.Rb1 Rxh3 59.Rb7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B06"]

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.d5 cxd5
10.exd5 e5 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Ba4+ Nd7 14.N2c3 Ke7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4 Qxd5
17.Bg5+ Ndf6 18.Rd1 Qb7 19.Rd7+ Qxd7 20.Bxd7 h6 21.Qd1  1-0

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bxc4 e6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Nh4 c5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.dxc5 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Qa5
16.b3 Rac8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Bxc5 19.Bb2 Qb6 20.Rab1 Rfd8 21.g3 Qb4 22.Qxb4 Bxb4
23.Rfc1 Bd2 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Kf1 Rc2 26.Bd4 a6 27.b4 f6 28.b5 e5 29.bxa6 bxa6
30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Bb6 a5 32.Ra8 Ra2 33.Ra7 Rxa4 34.Bc5 Kg8 35.Ke2 Ra2 36.Kd3 Be1
37.f4 exf4 38.gxf4 Rxh2 39.Ra8+ Kh7 40.Ra7 Bb4 41.Bd4 Kh6 42.Ra8 Rd2+ 43.Ke4 g5
44.Kf5 Kh7 45.fxg5 Rf2+ 46.Ke6 fxg5 47.Ra7 Kh6 48.e4 Re2 49.Bxg7+ Kh5 50.e5 Kg4
51.Rd7 Kf4 52.Rd4+ Re4 53.Rd1 Bc3 54.Kd5 Re2 55.Rf1+ Ke3 56.Rg1 a4 57.Rxg5 a3
58.e6 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.O-O Qa5 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 Qc7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Ne2 Nxe4 12.Nxd4 d5 13.d3 Nd6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Rfe8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qg3 c3 19.Bxc3 Bf8 20.Rfe1 Qd7 21.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D48"]

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 c4 12.dxe6 cxd3 13.exd7+ Qxd7 14.Re1 Be7 15.e5 Nd5
16.Ne4 O-O 17.Qxd3 Qg4 18.Nfg5 Rfd8 19.h3 Qh5 20.Ng3 Qg6 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.a3 Rac8
23.Nf3 b4 24.Bg5 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Bd2 Kf7 27.axb4 Bxb4 28.Ra4 Bxd2 29.Nxd2 g5
30.Nc4 Kg6 31.Re6 Kf7 32.Re1 Kg6 33.b3 Nf4 34.Ne3 Rc5 35.Rb4 Rb5 36.Rxb5 axb5
37.Rc1 Rd3 38.Rc7 Bxg2 39.Nxg2 Nxh3+ 40.Kf1 Rxb3 41.Ne4 Rb1+ 42.Ke2 Rb2+
43.Ke1 f5 44.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E76"]

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 m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D52"]

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"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 h6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 Na5 13.Qd1 b5 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.Bb1 Bb7
16.Nf4 Qe7 17.b3 Nd6 18.Ne5 Rfc8 19.Qd2 Ne4 20.Qd3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Qc2 Bb7 24.Nfd3 g6 25.f3 Nd6 26.Qc5 Nf5 27.Kf2 Qxc5 28.Nxc5 Nd6 29.Ned3 a5
30.Ne5 Ba8 31.Bd3 b4 32.Ke2 Bd8 33.g4 g5 34.Ba6 Kf8 35.h3 Ke7 36.Kd2 f6 37.Ned3 Bc6
38.Kc2 Bb6 39.Kb2 Be8 40.a3 bxa3+ 41.Kxa3 Nb5+ 42.Kb2 e5 43.Na4 Ba7 44.Bxb5 Bxb5
45.Kc3 Kd6 46.Nab2 Be8 47.Nc1 exd4+ 48.exd4 f5 49.Ncd3 fxg4 50.fxg4 h5 51.Ne5 hxg4
52.hxg4 Ke6 53.Nbd3 Bb5 54.Nf3 Kf6 55.Kd2 Bb8 56.Ke3 Bd6 57.Nfe5 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.O-O Qa5 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 Be7
9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Qc7 11.Bb2 a5 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 axb4 14.axb4 b5 15.Bb3 Rxa1
16.Bxa1 c5 17.d3 Be6 18.c3 dxc3 19.Nxc3 Rb8 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.e5 Nd7 22.Nd5 Qd8
23.Nf4 Nf8 24.Nxe6 Nxe6 25.Qg4 Qb6 26.Re3 c4 27.dxc4 bxc4 28.Bxc4 Qb1+ 29.Kh2 h5
30.Qxh5 Qxa1 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Qg6 Rb6 33.Qe8+ Bf8 34.Rf3 Qxe5+ 35.g3 Qd6 36.Qf7+ Kh7
37.Qxf8 Qxf8 38.Rxf8 g5 39.g4 Kg6 40.h4 gxh4 41.Kh3 e5 42.Kxh4 e4 43.Re8 Rf6
44.Kg3 Rf3+ 45.Kg2 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Bb2 b5 10.Ne1 Na5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nd3 b4 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.e3 Ba6 15.Re1 e6
16.a3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 bxa3 18.Qxa3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rxb2 20.Reb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D58"]

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 Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2
16.Re1 Rc8 17.Qd1 Qc2 18.Qe2 Nc6 19.Bd3 Qa2 20.Bc4 Qa4 21.Bb3 Qa6 22.Qe3 Na5
23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Ng5+ Kg8 25.Qh3 h6 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Re3 b5 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Ng5+ Kh8
30.Nf7+ Kh7 31.Ng5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 c5
9.e4 N5f6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Qd2 a6 15.Nh4 Bxh2+
16.Kh1 Be5 17.Nf5 Rfe8 18.d6 Qc6 19.f3 c4 20.Be4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qb5 22.Be7 h6
23.Rab1 Qd5 24.Qe3 Qe6 25.g4 h5 26.Qg5 hxg4 27.Qxg4 Qg6 28.Qh3 Qh7 29.Bh4 Bxe4
30.fxe4 Bf6 31.Rf4 Ne5 32.Rg1 Ng6 33.Rfg4 Rad8 34.R1g3 Re6 35.Bxf6 Qxh3+
36.Rxh3 Rxf6 37.Rg5 Rfxd6 38.Nxd6 Rxd6 39.Rd5 Rxd5 40.exd5 Nf4 41.d6 Ne6
42.b3 cxb3 43.Rxb3 b5 44.a4 Kf8 45.axb5 axb5 46.Rxb5 Ke8 47.Rb7 Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.e4 e5 13.Ne2 c5 14.Ng3 g6 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Bxb5 Nfg4 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bc3 Qh4 19.h3 Ne3 20.fxe3 Qxg3 21.Bxe5 Qxe5
22.Rf4 Kg7 23.Rc1 Rac8 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Rfd8 26.Ra3 g5 27.Rf2 Rd1+ 28.Kh2 Ra8
29.Bc4 Rd7 30.e5 Be4 31.Ra6 Re7 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.Bxe6 Rd8 35.Bf5 Rf8
36.g4 h5 37.Kg3 h4+ 38.Kh2 Re8 39.Bxe4 Rxe4 40.Rf5 Kg6 41.Rxc5 Rxe3 42.Rb5 Kf6
43.a4 a6 44.Rf5+ Kg6 45.b4 Re4 46.Ra5 Rxb4 47.Rxa6+ Kg7 48.a5 Rb3 49.Kg2 Rb2+
50.Kg1 Rb1+ 51.Kg2 Rb2+ 52.Kf3 Rb3+ 53.Ke4 Rxh3 54.Kf5 Rf3+ 55.Kxg5 h3 56.Rg6+ Kf7
57.Rh6 Kg7 58.Rg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Rb1 Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Rb8 10.d4 b6 11.d5 Bb7 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.c4 e6 14.e4 c6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.dxc6 Qc7
17.e5 Rbd8 18.Qc2 Bxe5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.Rbd1 Bd4 22.Bf4 e5 23.Bd5+ Kg7
24.Rxd4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Re5 26.Rd4 Rde8 27.Bf3 Rf5 28.Qc3 Re7 29.Rfd1 h5 30.h4 Qe5
31.Qa3 Qe6 32.Rd6 Qxc4 33.Rd7 Re5 34.Rxa7 Kh6 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Qb2 Ne4 37.Bxe4 Qxe4
38.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.h4 h6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 e5 9.Na3 O-O
10.Nc4 d6 11.h5 f5 12.Nh4 fxe4 13.hxg6 Be6 14.Ne3 d5 15.c4 d4 16.Nd1 e3 17.dxe3 d3
18.Qd2 e4 19.Bxe4 Bxc4 20.Nc3 b5 21.b3 b4 22.Bb2 bxc3 23.Bxc3 Ba6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7
25.Qc3+ Rf6 26.Rfd1 Qc7 27.Bxd3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Ne5 29.Qc3 N5xg6 30.Nxg6 Kxg6
31.e4 Raf8 32.f4 Kh7 33.Rd2 Rg6 34.Rg2 Qd6 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Kh2 Rg7 37.f5 Rg4
38.e5 Qd4 39.f6 Nd5 40.Qxd4 Rxd4 41.Re2 Kg6 42.Rf1 Rc7 43.e6 Nxf6 44.e7 Ne8
45.Rf8 Rc8 46.Ref2 Re4 47.Rg8+ Kh7 48.Rff8 Rxe7 49.Rh8+ Kg6 50.Rhg8+ Rg7
51.Rh8 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Rb1 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nd2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Rd8 13.Qd6 Ne8 14.Qxc7 Nxc7 15.Nd6 Ne6
16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Bxe6 Rxd6 18.Bb3 Nd7 19.Rbd1 Bf8 20.Nb1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Kg7 22.Na3 Bxa3
23.bxa3 Kf8 24.a5 Ke7 25.f4 Nf6 26.fxe5 Nxe4 27.Rd4 Bf5 28.g4 c5 29.Rc4  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 Qb6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nd7 6.c4 Ngf6 7.c5 Qc7 8.b4 g6
9.e3 Bg7 10.Bf4 e5 11.dxe5 Nh5 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Nxf4 14.exf4 f6 15.Nd4 fxe5
16.Bxg4 exd4 17.g3 a5 18.Re1 Nf6 19.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd2 e6 9.Nge2 exd5
10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Bg5 Qa5+ 12.b4 Qd8 13.bxc5 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.cxd6 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bxa1
17.Qxa1 Re8 18.Qd4 f6 19.Nc3 a6 20.Qb4 b5 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Be2 Ne5 23.O-O Bd7
24.f4 Nf7 25.Bc5 Rc8 26.Qd4 Rxc5 27.Qxc5 Bc8 28.a4 Qxd6 29.Qxd6 Nxd6 30.axb5 Nxe4
31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Rc1 Bf5 33.Bd3 Ra4 34.Bxf5 gxf5 35.b6  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 Nbd7 10.b4 c6 11.Qd6 Ng4 12.Bc1 f5 13.h3 Ngf6 14.Ng5 Nb8 15.Bb2 h6
16.Nf3 fxe4 17.Nxe5 Nbd7 18.f4 exf3 19.Nxf3 Nh5 20.Rae1 Qe3+ 21.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 a6
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 a6 14.a5 Rf6 15.g4 fxg3 16.hxg3 h5
17.Ng2 Rh6 18.Ne3 Nf6 19.Kg2 Bd7 20.b4 Qe8 21.c5 Qg6 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Nc4 g4
24.Nb6 gxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Rf8 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Rh1 Nf6 28.Qe2 h4 29.Rh3 Rc8 30.Qd2 hxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.h3 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rfd1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qb6 14.Nb3 a5 15.a4 Ne5
16.Bf1 Rd8 17.Rab1 Be6 18.Nd4 Re8 19.Qh4 Nh5 20.f4 Qc5 21.Kh1 Nd7 22.f5 Bc4
23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Nf5 Qb4 26.Nxd6 Re6 27.Nf5 Ndf6 28.Nh6+ Kg7
29.Ng4 Rae8 30.Nf2 h6 31.Nd3 Qc4 32.Nf4 Nxf4 33.Qxf4 g5 34.Qf3 R8e7 35.Rd8 Nxe4
36.Nxe4 Rxe4 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qh8+ Kg6 39.Rd6+ R4e6 40.Rbd1 Kh5 41.Rxe6 Qxe6
42.Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C51"]

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"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D48"]

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 c4 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.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Rd6 b4 25.Na4 Rd5 26.Rb6 Rb5 27.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B47"]

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 "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A59"]

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 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Qa5 13.h3 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Rb7 17.d6 exd6 18.Qxd6 Rc8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qa6 21.Re4 c4 22.a4 Bxb2
23.Bxb2 Rxb2 24.Rc1 Rb4 25.Rf4 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Bxd8 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Bb5 Nd7 10.O-O-O Ncb8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6
10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Ne8 12.Be2 Nc7 13.O-O Rb8 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.Nf2 Nb5
17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Rxb5 20.Rad1 Bxb2 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 c4
23.Rc6 c3 24.Bd4 Rb3 25.Bf6 h5 26.Nd1 Bb7 27.Rc7 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "EUCup Gr1"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B06"]

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  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr1"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.h3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bf1 Nb8 12.b3 a6 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.a5 Qc6
16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Nc4 Nc5 18.Qf3 Ncxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Rxe4 d5
22.Rxe5 dxc4 23.Re3 cxb3 24.cxb3 Bc5 25.Rf3 Rd2 26.Bc3 Rc2 27.Be1 Rd8 28.Rb1 Rd7
29.Rd3 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr1"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E94"]

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.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bf3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bf5 15.Nxd6 cxd6
16.Bd4 Be4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4+ Qf6 19.Qxf6+ Kxf6 20.Kf2 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5
22.Rac1 Rab8 23.b3 Rb4 24.Rfe1 a5 25.Rc6+ Re6 26.Rec1 a4 27.Bd1 a3 28.g3 Rd4
29.Ke3 Rd3+ 30.Ke2 d4 31.Rxe6+ Kxe6 32.Rc4 Kd5 33.Ra4 Re3+ 34.Kd2 Rd3+ 35.Ke2 Re3+
36.Kd2 Rd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.d5 Nb8
9.Bc2 Be7 10.h3 h6 11.c4 Bg5 12.Nbd2 a5 13.b3 Na6 14.a3 Nc5 15.Rb1 Nf4 16.Ne1 O-O
17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Na4 19.Rb3 b5 20.Ra3 bxc4 21.h4 Be7 22.g3 Nh3+ 23.Kg2 Nb6
24.Rc3 Qc8 25.Rh1 Ra1 26.Nxc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Bxh4 28.f4 Bxg3 29.Kxg3 Nxf4 30.Rh2 Bb5
31.Rc3 Qd8 32.Qd2 Qg5+ 33.Kf3 Qg1 34.Bd1 f5 35.Rxc7 fxe4+ 36.Kxe4 Be8 37.Rf2 Bg6+
38.Ke3 Nh3 39.Nf3 Qg3 40.Rg2 Qf4+ 41.Ke2  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Bc4 Bd7 13.Bb3 Bc6 14.f5 exf5 15.Rhf1 Bxe4
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Bd5 e3 20.Qxf6 Rf8 21.Qg5+ Kh8
22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 Kh8 15.a5 dxc5 16.Bxc5 Nd6
17.Nd3 Ng8 18.a6 bxa6 19.Nb4 Nh6 20.Bxa6 Bxa6 21.Rxa6 g4 22.Qe2 Rg8 23.Bxd6 cxd6
24.Nb5 Bf8 25.Nc6 Qc8 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Nbxa7 Qd7 28.Nb5 Nf7 29.Nc3 Ng5 30.Kh1 gxf3
31.Rxf3 Nxf3 32.Qxf3 h4 33.b4 h3 34.gxh3 Qh7 35.b5 Qh4 36.Qf1 f3 37.Nd1 Qxe4
38.Nf2 Qe2 39.Qxe2 fxe2 40.Nd3 e4 41.Ne1 Bh6 42.Ne7 Bd2  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B96"]

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.g3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nf5 Nb6 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Bh6 Kg8
16.Nh5 Ng4 17.Bg7 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Nxc4 19.e5 Nge3 20.exd6 Nxd6 21.Rhe1 Ndf5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Bxh8 Nfe3 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Rxd5 Kxh8 26.Rxe3 Be6 27.Rd6 Kg7 28.a4 h5 29.a5 Bf5
30.c3 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rc8 32.Kd2 Rc5 33.Rxa6 Rb5 34.Ra8 Rb2+ 35.Ke1 Rxh2 36.a6 Ra2
37.a7 Ra1+ 38.Kd2 Ra2+ 39.Kc1 Kh7 40.c4 Ra1+ 41.Kd2 Ra2+ 42.Kd1 Kg7 43.Rg8+ Kxg8
44.Re8+ Kg7 45.a8=Q Bg4+ 46.Kc1 Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Bd4 48.Kd2 Bf2 49.Ra3 Kf6 50.Rd3 Ke6
51.Kc3 Be2 52.Rd8 Ke7 53.Rd5 f6 54.Kd2 Bg4 55.Rd3 Ke6 56.Ra3 Kd7 57.Ra6 Bxg3
58.Rxf6 Ke7 59.Ra6 h4 60.Ke3 h3 61.c5 h2 62.Ra1 Kf6 63.Rb1 Kf5 64.c6 Bxf4+
65.Kf2 Bh3 66.Kf3 Bc7 67.Rb5+ Kf6 68.Rb1 Be6 69.Rd1  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Ra2 c5 12.b3 Ne8 13.Rb2 f5 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 b6 16.bxc5 bxc5
17.Qb3 Ra6 18.Nf3 Nf6 19.Bd3 Qa8 20.Re1 Ra1 21.Bd2 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Bh6 23.Qb6 fxe4
24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Bf5 26.Qxd6 Nc8 27.Qc7 Bxe4 28.h4 Rf7 29.Qd8+ Rf8 30.Qc7 Rf7
31.Qd8+ Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8 8.Qg3 d6
9.f3 Ne5 10.h4 Kh8 11.Nh3 Nh5 12.Qh2 c6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Be2 Bxh3 15.Qxh3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Nf6 17.c4 Qb6 18.f4 Ned7 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.e5 Na4 21.Bb4 dxe5 22.c5 Qc7
23.Bc4 a5  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 O-O 7.Bh6 b5 8.Bd3 Bg4
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nfd7 12.Qe3 Qc7 13.e6 Bxe6 14.Ng5 Qe5 15.Nxe6+ fxe6
16.a4 Qxe3+ 17.fxe3 b4 18.Ne4 Rf5 19.Nd2 Rd5 20.Bc4 Re5 21.O-O-O Nc5 22.Rhe1 Nbd7
23.Nf3 Re4 24.Bd3 Rg4 25.Bf1 e5 26.g3 b3 27.e4 bxc2 28.Kxc2 Rf8 29.Bg2 a5
30.b3 Nb8 31.Rd2 Nca6 32.Nxe5 Nb4+ 33.Kc3 Rg5 34.Nf3 Rg4 35.Rd4 Na2+ 36.Kc4 Na6
37.e5 Rb8 38.Rxg4 Rb4+ 39.Kd3 Rxg4 40.Ke3 Rb4 41.Nd4 Nc5 42.Bxc6 Nxb3 43.Ne6+ Kh6
44.Rd1 Rb6 45.Bd7 g5 46.g4 Rb4 47.Rg1 Nc3 48.h4 Nd5+ 49.Kf2 gxh4 50.Be8 Rf4+
51.Nxf4 Nxf4 52.g5+ Kg7 53.Rg4 Nd3+ 54.Ke3 Nxe5 55.Rxh4 Nc5 56.Rf4 Nb7 57.Re4 Ng6
58.Bxg6 Kxg6 59.Re5 Nd6 60.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 g6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.O-O Bg4 14.Nd4 Rfc8 15.Rac1 Bd7
16.Qd2 Qf6 17.Rfd1 Qb6 18.Rc3 a6 19.Rdc1 Ne6 20.Rb3 Qa7 21.Nxe6 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Bxe6
23.Rb4 Rc8 24.Qd2 Qc5 25.f3 Qa5 26.a3 Rc5 27.h3 Qc7 28.f4 a5 29.Rd4 b6 30.Kh2 Kg7
31.Qf2 Rc1 32.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 e5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.exd5 O-O 10.Be2 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.O-O-O e4 14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Nb6
16.Nf1 Bf4+ 17.Ne3 Qd8 18.d6 Qxd6 19.Kb1 Be6 20.d5 Nfxd5 21.Nexd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bxd5
23.Rd1 Bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 Qe6+ 25.Qb3 Qxb3+ 26.Kxb3 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Rad8 28.Nxe4 Rxd1
29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Bxd1 Rd8 31.Bf3 Ke7 32.Nd5+ Ke6 33.Ne3 Rd2 34.Nd1 f5 35.Kc3 Rd7
36.Ne3 Ke5 37.g4 Rc7+ 38.Kb3 f4 39.Nc4+ Ke6 40.Na5 b6 41.Nc6 Kd6 42.Nd4 Ke5
43.Nb5 Re7 44.Kc3 a6 45.Na3 b5 46.Be2 Rc7+ 47.Kd2 Rd7+ 48.Bd3 f3 49.g3 Rd4
50.Nc2 Rxg4 51.b3 h5 52.Ke3 a5 53.Bxb5 Re4+ 54.Kxf3 g4+ 55.Kg2 Kd6 56.f3 Re5
57.Bc4 gxf3+ 58.Kxf3 Rc5 59.Ne3 Ke5 60.Ke2 a4 61.bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Bg5 Qe8
10.Nd2 Nd7 11.a3 f6 12.Bh4 Nb6 13.b3 Bh6 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Nca4
17.Nb5 Qd8 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Rd1 c6 20.Na3 c5 21.b5 Nd7 22.Nab1 Qa5 23.Rc1 Qb4
24.Rc2 Qxb3 25.Nxb3 Bg5 26.Bxg5 fxg5 27.Ra2 Nf6 28.N3d2 Bd7 29.Kd1 Nb6 30.Rxa8 Rxa8
31.Kc2 g4 32.h4 h5 33.Nc3 Kh6 34.g3 g5 35.Nf1 Ra1 36.Rh2 Be8 37.Nd2 gxh4
38.Rxh4 Bg6 39.Bd3 Nbd7 40.Nb3 Ra8 41.Rh1 Nh7 42.Ra1 Rxa1 43.Nxa1 h4 44.gxh4 Kh5
45.Nb3 b6 46.Nc1 Kxh4 47.N1e2 Ng5 48.Kd2 Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Estrada Nieto, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A08"]

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 Qf2+ 40.Kc1 Qe1+ 41.Kc2 Qf2+
42.Kb3 Kf7 43.Qa6 c4+ 44.Qxc4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Casper, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bd3 Ba4 10.h4 Qc7 11.h5 cxd4 12.Kf1 Qxc3 13.Rb1 h6 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.Nxd4 Nbc6
16.Rh4 Nxe5 17.Bb5+ Bxb5+ 18.Nxb5 Qb8 19.Qe2 N7c6 20.Re1 a6 21.Bxe5 Nxe5
22.Nd4 f6 23.f4 O-O 24.Kg1 Nc4 25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Qxd5 b5 27.Re7 Ra7 28.Nc6 Qb6+
29.Kh2 Qf2 30.Rg4 Ne3 31.Rxe3 Qxe3 32.Rg3 Qb6 33.Nxa7 Qxa7 34.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.c4 a5 11.f3 Nec5 12.b3 Qf6 13.Rb1 c6 14.Nh5 Qg6 15.Ng3 h5 16.f4 h4
17.f5 Qf6 18.Nh5 Qe5 19.Bf3 Nf6 20.Bf4 Qc3 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Bxd6 Ne4
24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rbd1 b5 26.c5 a4 27.Bc7 Re8 28.b4 Ra7 29.Bd6 Re2 30.Rd4 Rxc2
31.Rxh4 Rxa2 32.f6 Be6 33.fxg7 Bd5 34.Rg4 f5 35.Rxf5 Rxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Na6
9.Ng5 e6 10.Ne4 Qc7 11.Nbc3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxc5 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 Ne6 15.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D13"]

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 "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "Internet m"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E25"]

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 "Internet m"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4
10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.Qf3 Nbd7 15.Bb5 Ra5 16.Bc6 c4
17.Ne2 Nb6 18.Rd1 Qd8 19.d6 e5 20.Bg5 e4 21.Qf4 h6 22.Bh4 Qc8 23.Bxf6 Qxc6
24.O-O Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Kg8 26.Ng3 Rg5 27.Nf5 Qd7 28.Ne7+ Kh7 29.Qxf7+ Rg7 30.Qf4 Rg4
31.Qe3 c3 32.h3 Nc4 33.Qe2 Nxd6 34.Qxg4 Qxe7 35.bxc3 bxc3 36.Rxd6 Qxd6 37.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.c3 h6
9.Bh4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.a4 a5 12.Qc2 Qe8 13.Bb5 Nh5 14.Rad1 f6 15.Nc4 Rf7
16.Nfd2 Nf4 17.Ne3 Kh7 18.f3 h5 19.Bc4 Rf8 20.Nd5 Ne6 21.Bf2 c6 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Nxb6 Rd8 24.b4 axb4 25.cxb4 d5 26.exd5 cxd5 27.Bb5 Qe7 28.Bc5 Qc7 29.Rc1 Rf7
30.Bf2 Qd6 31.Bc5 Qc7 32.Bf2 Qd6 33.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C16"]

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 "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B89"]

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 "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.e3 O-O 11.O-O Nxd4 12.exd4 d6 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.a3 Qc7 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Rac1 Bd7 17.b4 Rc8 18.Ne3 b6 19.c5 dxc5 20.dxc5 Be6 21.Red1 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 bxc5
23.bxc5 Red8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 e4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nb6 15.Bb3 cxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Qb6 18.Qd3 Rad8 19.e4 Bd4 20.Bh6 Qxb2 21.Rd1 Rxd5 22.exd5 Qxf2+
23.Kh1 Bg7 24.Be3 Qg3 25.Bxa7 Qxd3 26.Rxd3 Rd8 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.g4 f5 29.gxf5 gxf5
30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Kf3 Be5 32.a4 Kf6 33.Be3 Rc7 34.h4 Ke7 35.Rb3 Rc3 36.Rxc3 Bxc3
37.Bf4 h5 38.Bg5+ Kd6 39.Kf4 Kxd5 40.Kxf5 Kc4 41.Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf1 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Bc1 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E44"]

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 "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D48"]

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.Bc2 c4 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qc6 16.f3 Nfd7
17.Qe2 Nd3 18.Bxd3 cxd3 19.Qxd3 Nxe5 20.Qe2 h6 21.Qxe5 Qc5+ 22.Qxc5 Bxc5+
23.Kh1 hxg5 24.Bxg5 Bd4 25.Rfe1 O-O 26.Be3 Bxc3 27.bxc3 e5 28.Rad1 Rac8 29.Rd7 Rf7
30.Rxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.e5 dxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 fxe6 11.h3 Ngf6 12.Bc4 Nd5 13.Ne4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qe2 Qb6
16.c3 Bd7 17.Be3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Bf4 19.Qc5 Rae8 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.g3 Bh6 22.f4 Kg7
23.Nf2 g5 24.fxg5 Bxg5 25.h4 Bf6 26.Bxe6 Bxe6 27.Rxe6 Rd8 28.Rae1 Rd2 29.R1e2 Rfd8
30.Kg2 b5 31.Kf3 R2d5 32.R6e3 R8d7 33.Ne4 Kg6 34.Rh2 h5 35.g4 c5 36.a3 c4
37.gxh5+ Kxh5 38.Ng3+ Kh6 39.Kf4 Rd1 40.Ree2 R7d3 41.Ne4 Kh5 42.Ng3+ Kh6
43.h5 Rd5 44.Re6 R1d2 45.Rhe2 Rxe2 46.Rxe2 Kg7 47.Nf5+ Kf7 48.Nh6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Qb3 c4 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.a4 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Ne4 Bc7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Nf8 15.Ne5 Bd7
16.f4 Be8 17.Nc5 Bd6 18.Rac1 Kh8 19.Ne4 Bc7 20.Qf2 Rac8 21.g4 f6 22.Nf3 Bg6
23.Nc5 Bd6 24.g5 b6 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Na4 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.Nxc5 Rxc5
30.Rxc5 bxc5 31.Qd2 Qxd2 32.Nxd2 Kg7 33.Nc4 Be4 34.Nd6 Bc6 35.Kf2 f5 36.a4 Kf6
37.a5 Nd7 38.Nc8 a6 39.Bc4 Nb8 40.Ke2 Bb7 41.Nd6 Bc6 42.Kd2 Ke7 43.Nc8+ Kd7
44.Nb6+ Kd6 45.Kc3 Be4 46.Be2 Nc6 47.Nc4+ Ke7 48.Bd1 Bd5 49.Ba4 Bxc4 50.Bxc6 Kd6
51.Bf3 Bb5 52.b4 Bf1 53.Bd1 Bb5 54.Bb3 cxb4+ 55.Kxb4 Bc6 56.Bc4 Bb7 57.Kc3 Bc8
58.Kd4 Bb7 59.Bd3 Bc8 60.e4 fxe4 61.Bxe4 Bd7 62.Bd3 Bc8 63.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bh6 e5
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Ne2 Qxd2 13.Nxd2 Bb7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nc1 a6
16.f3 Nh5 17.Ndb3 Rad8 18.g4 Nf4 19.Rh2 Nb6 20.Rhd2 Ne6 21.Na5 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Ba8
23.Nd3 Nd7 24.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

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"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.h4 c5 4.h5 Nc6 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.d3 d5 8.f4 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7
10.e5 a6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.a3 O-O-O 13.h6 Bf8 14.g4 Ng8 15.g5 Nge7 16.Ne2 Nf5
17.Nh4 Nce7 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Kf2 d4 20.Bxb7+ Qxb7 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.Kxg3 Kd7
23.Qf3 Qxf3+ 24.Kxf3 Be7 25.a4 Kc6 26.Ke4 Rd5 27.b3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C48"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 Qe8 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Nf1 Ndf6 12.a4 b6 13.Bb5 c6 14.Bc4 Qe7 15.Ne3 Qc7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc2 a6 19.f3 b5 20.Bf1 Rfd8 21.b4 c5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.bxc5 Qxc5 25.Bf2 Qc6 26.Qb3 Rc8 27.c4 bxc4 28.Ndxc4 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 c5 11.c3 Nf5 12.Bc2 Nxe3 13.dxe3 c4 14.Nf4 dxe5 15.Nd5 Nf6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.e4 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Bg5 Rb8
9.Rc1 Bd7 10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Be2 h6 15.Be3 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd5 c5 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Qd5 Qe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Rfd1 Rfd8
22.f4 Nc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Rxc4 Rxb2 25.e5 d5 26.Rxc5 Rxa2 27.Rc6 Re8 28.Rb1 Re2
29.Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59"]

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  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Be2 h6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxh4 14.Nxd6 Qc7 15.Rd2 Rd8
16.Rhd1 Be7 17.Qe5 f6 18.Nb5 Qxc2+ 19.Rxc2 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 fxe5 21.Nc7 Rb8
22.fxe5 Bg5 23.Bg4 Kf7 24.Nd5 exd5 25.Bxc8 Bf4 26.e6+ Ke7 27.g3 Be5 28.Ke2 Bxb2
29.Rc7+ Kd6 30.e7 Kxc7 31.e8=Q Rxc8 32.Qf7+ Kb8 33.Qxd5 Bf6 34.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Na5 b5 15.Bd3 f5
16.Rhe1 Nd7 17.Nc6 Rc8 18.Nxe7 Kxe7 19.Bd2 Kf6 20.Bc3 g5 21.g3 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Rc8
23.c4 bxc4 24.Bf1 Rc6 25.Re3 h5 26.f4 e4 27.Ra3 h4 28.Rd4 hxg3 29.hxg3 gxf4
30.gxf4 Ke7 31.Ra5 Kf6 32.Kd2 Ke7 33.c3 Kf6 34.Ke3 Ke7 35.Bh3 Nc5 36.Bxf5 Bxf5
37.Rd5 Nb7 38.Rxf5 Nxa5 39.Rxa5 Rd6 40.Kxe4 Rd3 41.Rxa6 Rxc3 42.f5 Rh3 43.Ke5 Re3+
44.Kd4 Rf3 45.Re6+ Kd7 46.Re5 c3 47.Rc5 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.c4 e5 10.Nc3 Ne8 11.Ne1 Nc7 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.g3 Ne6 15.Qd3 Qd7
16.Ncd5 Bxe3 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.fxe3 Qe7 19.Rf2 Nc7 20.Raf1 Ne8 21.Qe2 Kh8
22.Bc3 Rg8 23.b4 b6 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rb1 Rg6 26.Qd3 h5 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Ba5 Rd7
29.Rb8 Rg8 30.Qa8 Kh7 31.Rf5 Kh6 32.Kf2 Qe6 33.h3 Re7 34.Bd8 Rd7 35.Bxf6 Nc7
36.Rxg8 Nxa8 37.g4 hxg4 38.Rxg4  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 b4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Rde8 23.Bg7 Rh5
24.Rd1 Qb5 25.f4 c3 26.bxc3 c4 27.cxb4 Kc7 28.g4 Rh3 29.g5 Rd3 30.Rc1 c3
31.g6 fxg6 32.f7 Rxe7 33.Qxe7 Qb6+ 34.Kf1 Qb5 35.Qe2 Qc4 36.Ke1 Kb7 37.Qg2+ Kc7
38.Qe2 Kb7 39.Qg2+ Kc7 40.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.h4 Ne5 12.a3 h5 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.f4 Nc4 15.Qe1 Rc8 16.Bxc4 Rxc4
17.Nb3 Ng4 18.f5 a5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rf1 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Ne2 Rxe4 23.Rd4 Qb7
24.Qd2 Rxd4 25.Nexd4 e5 26.Qd3 e4 27.Qd2 g6 28.Qf4 Qd5 29.Nd2 Be7 30.Bxe7 Kxe7
31.Qxe4+ Qxe4 32.Nxe4 Ra8 33.Kd2 Ra5 34.Re1 Ne5 35.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C49"]

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 Rd8 12.a4 c6 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.c4 h6 15.c3 c5 16.g3 Re8
17.Bg2 Bd7 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.h4 Nd8 20.Nh2 Be6 21.Qe2 Qa5 22.Qf3 h5 23.Bg5 Ng4
24.Reb1 b6 25.Bxd8 Raxd8 26.Bf1 Rd2 27.Nxg4 Bxg4 28.Qe3 Red8 29.Rb5 Qa6 30.a5 Rd1
31.Rxd1 Rxd1 32.Kg2 bxa5 33.f3 Bd7 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Qg5 Qh6 36.Qxh6+ Kxh6 37.Ra8 Ra1
38.Kf2 Ba4 39.Rxa7 Bb3 40.g4 a4 41.g5+ Kh7 42.Rb7 Rc1 43.Ra7 Rxc3 44.Bh3 Rxc4
45.Bf5+ g6 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Ra7 gxf5 48.exf5 Rf4 49.Ra8+ Kf7 50.Ra7+ Ke8 51.f6 c4  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.a4 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.a5 Qc7
9.Bc4 Rb8 10.d5 b5 11.axb6 Nxb6 12.Bb3 cxd5 13.exd5 Nc4 14.Rxa7 Rb7 15.Rxb7 Bxb7
16.Bd4 Nxb2 17.Qb1 e5 18.dxe6 Bxf3 19.exf7+ Kh8 20.gxf3 Nc4 21.Qa2 Qe7+ 22.Kd1 Qb7
23.Ke2 Qe7+ 24.Kd1 Qb7 25.Ke2 Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nxh2
9.Nxh2 Bxh2 10.Rxg7 Qf6 11.Rxh7 a6 12.Rxh8+ Qxh8 13.e4 e5 14.exd5 exd4 15.Qe4+ Ne5
16.Ne2 Bg4 17.dxc6 f5 18.cxb7 Rd8 19.Qd5 Nd3+ 20.Kd2 Rxd5 21.cxd5 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.cxb5 Nxd5 8.O-O g6
9.Na3 Bg7 10.Nc4 O-O 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.a4 Nb4 13.Bc3 d5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nce5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Qd6 17.Nd3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 e5 19.Rac1 d4 20.exd4 cxd4 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rbc8
23.b3 Qf6 24.Rc4 Qg5+ 25.Kh1 Rxc4 26.bxc4 Rc8 27.a5 Qf5 28.Qxf5 gxf5 29.f4 Rxc4
30.fxe5 Rb4 31.Rd1 Rxb5 32.Rxd4 Rxe5 33.a6 Re6 34.Ra4 Kf6 35.Kg2 Re4 36.Ra5 h5
37.h3 Kg5 38.Ra3 h4 39.Kf3 Rb4 40.Kg2 Kf4 41.Rf3+ Ke5 42.Re3+ Kd6 43.Re8 Ra4
44.Rh8 Ke5 45.Rh6 f6 46.Rh7 Rxa6 47.Rxh4 Ra1 48.Rh7 a5 49.h4 Kf4 50.Rg7 Rc1
51.h5 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.b4 cxb4 8.Nd2 e6
9.Nb3 Qd8 10.Bb2 exd5 11.e5 Nh5 12.Qxd5 Ra6 13.Ne2 g6 14.g3 Be7 15.Ned4 O-O
16.Bxb5 Rb6 17.O-O Bb7 18.Qc4 Nc6 19.Qe2 Qb8 20.Rae1 Ng7 21.Bc4 Qa8 22.Nb5 Ba6
23.Nc7 Bxc4 24.Nxa8 Bxe2 25.Nxb6 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Rd8 27.Rd1 Nb8 28.Na5 Bc5 29.Nd5 Ne6
30.Nb7 Rc8 31.Rc1 Rc6 32.Nxc5 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Nxc5 34.Nxb4 Kf8 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.Nd5+ Ke6
37.Nc7+ Kf5 38.g4+ Kg5 39.Ne8 Nc6 40.Nd6 Kh4 41.Nxf7 Na4 42.Bc1 Nc3+ 43.Kd3 Nxa2
44.Bd2 Kh3 45.g5 Kg2 46.f4 Kf3 47.Nd6 Nab4+ 48.Kc4 Nc2 49.Ne8 Ke2 50.Bc3 Ne3+
51.Kc5 Kd3 52.Be1 Ke4 53.Bg3 Kf5 54.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 c5 11.c3 Nf5 12.O-O Nxe3 13.dxe3 c4 14.Nb4 dxe5 15.Qh5 f5
16.Rd1 Nf6 17.Rxd8 Nxh5 18.Rd5 e4 19.Bb5 a6 20.Bxc4 Be6 21.b3 a5 22.Rxa5 Bxa5
23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Kf1 Rad8 25.Nd5 Rfe8 26.Bf7 Rf8 27.Be6 Rfe8 28.Bf7 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 O-O 12.Nd4 Rfc8 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Rhe1 Nd7 15.h5 Nc5
16.Qg3 Bf6 17.Bg5 Bxg5+ 18.Qxg5 h6 19.Qg3 Be8 20.f4 a6 21.f5 Qe7 22.Rf1 Qg5+
23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.g4 b5 25.a3 Rab8 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Rf3 b4 28.axb4 Rxb4 29.Re3 Rcb8
30.Nf3 Rxb2 31.Rxd6 R2b6 32.Rxb6 Rxb6 33.Nxg5 Kf8 34.Ne2 Ke7 35.Rc3 Rb5 36.e5 Ra5
37.Nd4 Bd7 38.Rf3 Be8 39.Kd2 Ra4 40.Rf4 a5 41.Ngf3 Ra1 42.Nh4 a4 43.Ng6+ Kd8
44.Rf3 a3 45.Ke2 Na4 46.Rd3 Kc8 47.Kd2 a2 48.Ra3 Nc5 49.Kc3 Kb7 50.Kc4 Nd7
51.Nb3 Re1 52.Rxa2 Bxg6 53.hxg6 Re4+ 54.Kb5 Rxe5+ 55.Kb4 Rg5 56.c4 Rxg4 57.Rd2 Ne5
58.Kb5 Nxc4 59.Rd7+ Kc8 60.Rxg7 Ne5 61.Nc5 Rxg6 62.Rh7 Kd8 63.Nb7+ Ke8 64.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Kc7 Rxd8 60.Kxd8 Kd3 61.Ke7 Ke4 62.Kf6 Kf4 63.g4  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A48"]

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 "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 c6 8.Bg2 Bd6
9.O-O Re8 10.f3 c5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Qd2 b6 13.Bb2 Ba6 14.Rfe1 Nb4 15.Bf1 Nd3
16.Reb1 Nxb2 17.Rxb2 Qe7 18.Kf2 Rac8 19.Rc2 h5 20.Nf4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rc6
23.Rcc1 Qe6 24.Rg1 Qh3 25.Rg2 Qh4+ 26.Kf1 Rce6 27.Re1 Qh3 28.Kf2 Qh4+ 29.Kf1 Qh3
30.Kf2 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.h4 O-O 12.Nd4 Rfc8 13.f4 Rab8 14.f5 b5 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Kb1 b4 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Ne2 h6 19.Qb3 Qe5 20.Nd4 Rcc8 21.Nxe6 Kh8 22.Bf4 Qxe4
23.Rhe1 Qxg2 24.Rg1 Qe4 25.Rxg7 Nd5 26.Rxd5 Qxe6 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Rh5 Qe1+
29.Bc1 Rf8 30.Rxh6+ Kg7 31.Re6 Qxh4 32.Qe3 Rb5 33.Qxa7+  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B89"]

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 "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 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.Rb1 b5 12.b3 e5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Bf5
16.e4 Bd7 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.Qd3 Qc8 19.Ba3 Qa6 20.Rfb1 Nb7 21.R4b3 Na5 22.Rb4 Nb7
23.R4b3 Na5 24.R3b2 Nc4 25.Nxc4 bxc4 26.Qc2 Ra8 27.Bb4 Rfc8 28.Bf1 Ne8 29.Nd1 Bh6
30.Bc3 Qa7 31.Rb7 Qa4 32.Qe2 Rc7 33.Rxc7 Nxc7 34.Qxc4 Qxa2 35.Qxa2 Rxa2 36.Rb7 Bg4
37.Rxc7 Bxd1 38.Bb4 Bf8 39.h4 Bf3 40.Bg2 Ra4 41.Bxd6 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Bxg2 43.Rc8 Bxe4
44.g4 Bxd5 45.Rxf8+ Kg7 46.Bxe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.dxc5 Ng6
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Ncxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.Qd2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 d4 15.c4 O-O
16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.f4 Bc6 18.Rae1 Qg6 19.Rb1 f6 20.a4 e5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Rbe1 e4
23.dxe4 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.Rf4 Re8 26.h3 h5 27.Kh2 d3 28.Rf2 Re6 29.a5 Rf6
30.Rxf6 Qxf6 31.Qf4 Qg6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Qh7+ 34.Kg3 Qh1 35.Qf2 Qh6 36.Qf8+ Kh7
37.Qf4 Qh1 38.Qf2 Qh6 39.Qf4 Qe6 40.Qg5 Bc6 41.Be5 Qd7 42.Bc3 Kg8 43.Qe3 a6
44.Qg5 Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg8 46.Qg5 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O Nc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 a6 8.Re1 Rb8
9.Rb1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.b4 Bf5 12.e4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5 15.d5 Nd4
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Bg2 Qf6 18.Rc1 Rb7 19.h4 h6 20.f4 Ra8 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.e5 dxe5
23.d6 dxc3 24.Bxb7 Rxa2 25.Qd5 Qxd6 26.Qxa2 Qb6+ 27.Qf2 Qxb7 28.f5 e4 29.fxg6 fxg6
30.Qe3 Ne5 31.Qxe4 Qb6+ 32.Kg2 Nc4 33.Qe6+ Qxe6 34.Rxe6 Kf7 35.Rc6 Be5 36.Kf3 Nd2+
37.Ke3 Nc4+ 38.Ke4 Bxg3 39.Rxc3 Bd6 40.Kd5 Bxb4 41.Rf3+ Ke8 42.Rxg6 Kd7 43.Rxh6 Be7
44.h5 Nd6 45.Rxd6+ Bxd6 46.Rf7+ Ke8 47.Ke6 b4 48.h6 Be5 49.h7 Bh8 50.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 c6 10.b3 Ne8 11.Qf3 d5 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Re2 Nc7 14.Na4 Bxb2 15.Nxb2 Ne6
16.c3 Qd6 17.Rae1 Bd7 18.Bb1 Rae8 19.d4 Nf4 20.Re3 g6 21.b4 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Nh5
23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Qe6 25.Ra1 Re8 26.Bd3 Qf6 27.Rf1 Qxf3 28.Rxf3 Be6 29.Bc4 Bd5
30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.g4 Ng7 32.Nd3 Ne6 33.h4 h6 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.a4 Re7 36.Re3 Kf6
37.Nf4 Rd7 38.Nxe6 fxe6 39.g5+ hxg5 40.hxg5+ Kxg5 41.Rxe6 Kf5 42.Re8 Kf4
43.Rf8+ Ke4 44.Rf3 g5 45.Re3+ Kf4 46.Rf3+ Kg4 47.Rg3+ Kh4 48.Re3 Rc7 49.Re5 Rxc3
50.Rxd5 Rc2+ 51.Ke3 g4 52.Rd7 g3 53.Rxb7 g2 54.Kf3 Kg5 55.Rg7+ Kf5 56.a5 Rb2
57.Rxg2 Rb3+ 58.Kf2 Rb2+ 59.Kf3 Rb3+ 60.Kf2 Rb2+ 61.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.b4 Bg7 10.Bb2 c6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qb3 Re8 14.Rfc1 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.a4 c5 17.Bb5 c4 18.Qc2 Re6 19.Bc3 Ra7 20.Rcb1 Nb8 21.Ra2 Nc6 22.Rab2 Na5
23.Ne5 Qc7 24.Rf1 Bc8 25.f4 f6 26.e4 fxe5 27.exd5 exd4 28.Bxa5 bxa5 29.dxe6 Bxe6
30.Qe4 Qd6 31.Re2 Bf7 32.f5 d3 33.fxg6 hxg6 34.Ree1 d2 35.Rd1 Qd4+ 36.Qxd4 Bxd4+
37.Kh1 c3 38.Bd3 Re7 39.Rb1 Ba2  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.exd5 exd4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nc5 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.Qxd4 Bxf3
15.gxf3 Re8 16.Be3 Re5 17.Qg4 Nd7 18.f4 Nf6 19.Qf3 Rxd5 20.Bb3 Rf5 21.Qxb7 Bxf4
22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Rad1 Qf8 24.Be6 Rb8 25.Qxa7 Rg5+ 26.Kh1 Ne4 27.Qf7 Qxf7 28.Bxf7 Bxe3
29.fxe3 h5 30.b3 Nc3 31.Rd2 Re5 32.a4 Rxe3 33.a5 Ne4 34.Ra2 Nd6 35.Bxh5 Rexb3
36.a6 Ra8 37.Bg6 Rb6 38.a7 Kg8 39.Rfa1 Kf8 40.Bh5 Ke7 41.Bf3 Nb7 42.Rg2 g6
43.Be4 Kf7 44.Rc2  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 Bd7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Na3 Qb7 15.Qd3 b4
16.cxb4 Nxb4 17.Qd1 Nc6 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qc2 Bb4 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6
23.f3 Qb6+ 24.Kh2 Bc5 25.Nc4 Qa7 26.Qe2 Bd4 27.Ne3 c5 28.Nf5 Qa4 29.Qe1 Kh7
30.Rd3 Qc2 31.Qd2 Qb1 32.Ra3 Ne8 33.Ra7 Nd6 34.Ne3 c4 35.Ra4 Re8 36.Qc2 Qxc2
37.Nxc2 Bc5 38.Bd2 Rb8 39.Bc3 f6 40.Nb4 Rb7 41.Nd5 Ra7 42.Rxa7 Bxa7 43.g4 Nb5
44.Kg2 Kg8 45.h4 Kf7 46.h5 Bc5 47.f4 exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B13"]

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.Qg3 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 "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Be7 10.h4 h5 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Rxc6 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.f4 Ng8 15.f5 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qg5 Qe5 18.Ne2 O-O 19.g4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Nc3 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Qa4
23.Qc1 Bc6 24.Rhe1 Qc4 25.gxh5 exf5 26.Rg1 Be4 27.Rxd6 Qxc3 28.Qb2 Qxb2+
29.Kxb2 Kh7 30.h6 g6 31.h5 Rg8 32.hxg6+ fxg6 33.Kc3 Kxh6 34.Kd4 Kh5 35.c4 g5
36.Ke5 Re8+ 37.Kf6 g4 38.Rd4 Rf8+ 39.Ke7 Rc8 40.Kf6 Rc6+ 41.Ke5 Kg5 42.Rd8 Rc5+
43.Kd4 Ra5 44.Rf1 Bf3 45.Rg8+ Kf4 46.Rg7 Kg3 47.Rg5 Kf4 48.Rg7 Rxa2 49.Rxb7 g3
50.Rg7 g2 51.Rg1 Rc2 52.c5 Be4 53.Ra1 Rd2+ 54.Kc4 Kf3 55.Rxa6 Bd3+ 56.Kc3 Bxa6
57.Kxd2 Kf2 58.Rf7 Bc8  0-1

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Bd6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.a4 bxc4 14.bxc4 O-O 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3 Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rac8 18.Qf2 Nc5 19.Bc2 Qf6 20.Rad1 b6 21.Qd2 Ne6 22.Be4 Rcd8
23.Qc1 Ba4 24.b3 Bd7 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Qxc6 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc6 28.Bxc6 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 bxc5
30.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Bb4 10.Bxc4 Qd6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Nxc6 Qxf4 14.Qxd4 Bxc3+
15.bxc3 Qg5 16.f4 Qxg2 17.O-O-O bxc6 18.Rhg1 Qxh2 19.Bxc6 Rac8 20.Qxf6 Qxf4+
21.Kc2 g6 22.Rdf1 Qh2+ 23.Rg2 Qh3 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8
27.Rh1 Rf2+ 28.Kb3 Rb8+ 29.Ka3  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxe3 14.O-O-O exf2 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Qd5+ Ke8 17.f7+ Ke7 18.Qf3 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Kf8 20.Qxf2 Nd7 21.Ne4 Bg7 22.Rhg1 Nf6
23.Qg3 Qxf7 24.Qa3+ Qe7 25.Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.Rxg7+ Kf8 27.Rc7 Ne8 28.Rd8 Rg8
29.Ng3 Rg4 30.Rxh7 Rd4 31.Rh8+ Kf7 32.Rhxe8 Bd7 33.Kc1 Bxe8 34.Rxa8 Rh4 35.Rd8 Rxh2
36.Rd5 Kf6 37.Rd6+ Kg5 38.Re6 Rh8 39.f6 Bc6 40.Rxe5+ Kxf6 41.Re3 Re8 42.Kd2 Rxe3
43.Kxe3 Ke5 44.Ne2 Kd5 45.Nd4 Be8 46.Kd3 Bg6+ 47.Kc3 Kc5 48.Ne6+ Kd6 49.Nf4 Bf5
50.Nd3 Kd5 51.Kb4 Bxd3 52.cxd3 Kd4 53.Ka5 Kxd3 54.Kb6 Kc2 55.a4 Kb3 56.a5 Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Bb7 15.e5 Be7
16.Rd1 g5 17.Bd3 Bxg2 18.Rhg1 Bc6 19.f5 O-O-O 20.Rgf1 g4 21.f6 Bc5 22.Rde1 Bd4
23.Be4 Be8 24.Bg2 Rg8 25.h4 Kc7 26.Ne4 Bc6 27.Re2 Bxe5 28.Nc5 Bxg2 29.Rxg2 Kb6
30.Nd3 Bc7 31.Kd2 Rd5 32.Ke3 Rf5 33.Rc1 Rxf6 34.c4 Rf3+ 35.Ke2 f5 36.cxb5 axb5
37.Nb4 Kb7 38.Rc5 Bb6 39.Re5 f4 40.Kd1 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Re1 Nc7 11.Ne4 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Bf5
15.f3 Ne6 16.b3 Rfd8 17.Ba3 Kf8 18.Kf2 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Ke8 20.Ke3 Rab8 21.Bb2 h5
22.h4 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rf1 c5 25.Bc3 Nd4 26.Rf2 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Ne7 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nc3 Nbc6
9.dxc5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.O-O Bd3 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Bxd3 cxd3 14.Qa4 Be7 15.Rfd1 O-O
16.Rc3 Rd7 17.Qb5 Rfd8 18.Rcxd3 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Rxd3 20.g3 R8d7 21.Kg2 h6 22.Qc4 a6
23.h4 R7d5 24.b4 Ra3 25.Qc2 Rdd3 26.Qb2 a5 27.bxa5 Nxa5 28.Qb5 Bf8 29.Nd4 Nc6
30.Nxc6 bxc6 31.Qxc6 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B08"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C73"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 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.Qe3 Nc5 17.Be2 Qxg2 18.Rhg1 Qxh2 19.Rxg7 Rd4 20.Qxd4 Qxe2+
21.Nd2 Rd8 22.Qxc5 Rxd2+ 23.Kb3 Rxb2+ 24.Ka3 Rd2 25.Rg3 Qe4 26.Rb3 b6 27.Qf8+ Kb7
28.Qxf7+ Ka6 29.Qf3 Qxf3 30.Rxf3 Ka5 31.Rf4 Rd3+ 32.Kb2 Rh3 33.Re1 Rh2+ 34.Kb3 Rh3+
35.Kc2 Rh2+ 36.Kd3 Rh6 37.Rfe4 c5 38.Rxe6 Rh3+ 39.R1e3 Rh1 40.R3e4 Rh3+ 41.Kc4 Rg3
42.Rh6 a6 43.Rxh7 Rg5 44.Rb7 Rh5 45.Re6 Rh4+ 46.Kd5 Rb4 47.Rc6 Rd4+ 48.Ke5 Rb4
49.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B06"]

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.d5 cxd5
10.exd5 e5 11.Ne4 h6 12.g4 Nf6 13.N2g3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 O-O 15.Qh3 f5 16.gxf5 Bc8
17.Ng3 Rxf5 18.Qg2 a4 19.Ba2 Rf4 20.c3 Rh4 21.h3 Bf5 22.Nxf5 gxf5 23.Qg6 Qf8
24.Be3 Kh8 25.O-O-O Nd7 26.Qe6 Rd8 27.Rdg1 f4 28.Ba7 Nf6 29.Bb1 Re8 30.Qf5 Qf7
31.Bb6 Rf8 32.Rg6 Rh5 33.Qe6 Rg5 34.Rxg5 hxg5 35.Rd1 Qd7 36.Qxd7 Nxd7 37.Bc7 Rf6
38.Bd3 Nc5 39.Bxb5 e4 40.Bb6 Bf8 41.Bxc5 dxc5 42.Re1 e3 43.fxe3 f3 44.Bxa4 c4
45.Bb5 Rh6 46.Bd7 f2 47.Rf1 Bc5 48.e4 Rf6 49.Bb5 Rf4 50.Bxc4 Rxe4 51.Bb5 Re3
52.d6 Bxd6 53.Rxf2 Rxh3 54.Bd7 Rg3 55.Kc2 g4 56.Rd2 Bc7 57.a4 Rg1 58.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nge7 7.Be3 a6 8.f4 Bd7
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bg2 h5 11.gxh5 d5 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.O-O-O d4
16.Na4 Qc7 17.Ng5 Nf5 18.Nxf7 Re8 19.Be4 Nd6 20.Nxh8 Nxe4 21.Ng6 Nc5 22.Qc4 Be6
23.Qxc5 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bf5 25.Rde1 Rd8 26.Nh4 Qf7 27.Nxf5 Qxf5 28.Nd3 Qxh5
29.b3 Rd7 30.h4 Rc7 31.Kb2 b5 32.Re6 Kb7 33.Rhe1 Qxh4 34.f5 Qg4 35.Bf4 Rc8
36.f6 gxf6 37.Rxf6 Qg2 38.Ree6 Qd5 39.Rd6 Qg2 40.a3 Ka8 41.b4 Qf3 42.Rf7 Nb8
43.Rg7 Qe2 44.Nc5 Qc4 45.Bd2 Qe2 46.Nd7 Rc7 47.Nb6+ Kb7 48.Rxc7+ Kxc7 49.Bf4 d3
50.Rxd3+ Kxb6 51.Bxb8 Qe7 52.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Bb4 10.Bxc4 Qd6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Nc4 Qc5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Na2 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Ne7
16.Qb4 Qxb4+ 17.Nxb4 a6 18.Nb6 axb5 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.fxe6 bxa4 21.exf7+ Kxf7
22.Kd2 Ke6 23.Rhc1 Kd6 24.b3 b5 25.bxa4 bxa4 26.Rc4 Nf5 27.Nc2 Nd7 28.Rcxa4 Rxa4
29.Rxa4 Nb6 30.Nxd4  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.h5 Rxe3
16.Qxe3 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Bf5 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Rhh4 Be4 20.Rdxe4 Qxb2+ 21.Kd1 dxe4
22.Rxe4 Qxa2 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Re7 Qb1+ 25.Ke2 Bf6 26.Rd7 a5 27.Bxg6 Qb5+ 28.Qd3 Re8+
29.Be4 Qxd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 f6
9.g4 Qb6 10.e6 f5 11.g5 Qxd4 12.gxh6 Bxh6 13.Be3 Qf6 14.O-O-O Qxe6 15.Bd4 O-O
16.Bg2 Qf7 17.h4 Nd7 18.Kb1 Rae8 19.h5 g5 20.fxg5 Bxg5 21.Qg3 h6 22.Qc7 e5
23.Bxa7 Nf6 24.Qd6 d4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Qxd4 Ng4 27.Rdf1 Ne3 28.Rfg1 Rd8 29.Qc5 Kh8
30.Bf3 Rfe8 31.Be2 Qe7 32.Qa5 b5 33.Bd3 Rxd3 34.cxd3 Qd6 35.a3 Qxd3+ 36.Ka1 Nc4
37.Qc7 Qc2 38.Rh2 Qb3 39.Qxc6 Re3 40.Qc8+ Kg7  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxc6 Qb6
9.d5 e6 10.a4 Bc5 11.axb5 Bxf2+ 12.Kf1 Bc5 13.Na5 Bxd5 14.e4 Bb4 15.exd5 Bxa5
16.Rxa5 Qxa5 17.dxe6 Nb6 18.Qd6 Rc8 19.Bc6+ Rxc6 20.Qxc6+ Ke7 21.Qc7+ Kxe6
22.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Bd2 Nd8 13.Ne2 Ne6 14.Ng3 c5 15.c3 Bd8 16.Bc2 Bc7
17.c4 Bc6 18.b3 g6 19.Bh6 Ng7 20.Qd2 Kh8 21.b4 Ng8 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.Be3 Ne6
24.cxb5 axb5 25.Bb3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Rec1 Bd6 28.Qa2 Kg7 29.a4 Nf6 30.Qd2 h6
31.axb5 Bxb5 32.Bc4 Bxc4 33.Rxc4 Ra8 34.Rac1 Rfc8 35.Qc2 Rxc4 36.Qxc4 Ra5
37.Rb1 Qa7 38.Qc6 Ra6 39.Qc8 Qa8 40.Qxa8 Rxa8 41.Nd2 Nd7 42.Nc4 Ra6 43.Rb5 Bc7
44.Nf1 Rc6 45.Nfd2 Nc5 46.Nb2 Ne6 47.Ndc4 Nf4 48.Rb4 f5 49.f3 Kf6 50.Kh2 Ra6
51.Rb5 Ra1 52.Rc5 Ne6 53.Rd5 Rc1 54.Rd7 Rc2 55.h4 g5 56.hxg5+ hxg5 57.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.a4 Qe7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.d3 Be6 13.Nd2 g5 14.Nc4 O-O-O 15.Ba3 Nd7
16.Rb1 Nb8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rhe8 19.Qe4 Nd7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nxd6+ Qxd6 22.Bxb4 Qg6
23.Qe3 Kb8 24.c4 f5 25.c5 Nf6 26.d6 Nd5 27.Qd2 cxd6 28.c6 Rc8 29.cxb7 Rc6
30.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 31.Qxc1 Nxb4 32.Rxb4 Qe6 33.h4 Re7 34.Qc6 d5 35.Qxe6 Rxe6 36.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahedi, Ahmad Siar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 b6
9.g3 a5 10.Nh4 Kf7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bc4  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Niebling, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.exd5 exd5 7.Qe2 g6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 Bg4 11.d3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.Bd2 Nf5 14.g3 c4 15.Kg2 Nd4
16.Qd1 Qb6 17.Na4 Qb5 18.c3 Nf5 19.d4 Rfe8 20.Qc2 Bf8 21.b3 cxb3 22.axb3 Re2+
23.Rxe2 Qxe2+  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bb7 14.a5 Nd7 15.Ra4 Nf6
16.Rxb4 Bxd5 17.Rb7 Bxb7 18.Bd3 Be4 19.Bb5 Qc5  1-0

[Event "Chess Classics op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.c5 Nd7 14.Bc3 Bf6 15.b4 a6
16.a4 e5 17.dxe5 Bxf3 18.exf6 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 d4 20.Bb2 Nxf6 21.b5 d3 22.Qf3 Na5
23.Ra3 Qd5 24.Rxd3 Qxf3 25.Rxf3 Rfd8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Ne4 Rd4 28.Nxf6+ Kg7
29.Re1 Rc8 30.Re5 h6 31.Ne8+ Kf8 32.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Chess Classics op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Reinemer, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.Nbd2 Na6
9.c4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Ba3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 Qe7 15.Qd4 c5
16.Qc3 h6 17.Bb2 Kh7 18.Rd1 Nc7 19.Rxd6 Ne8 20.Rd5 Be6 21.Re5 Rd8 22.Qe3 Rd1+
23.Bf1 Ng7 24.Rxc5 f4 25.gxf4 Bh3 26.Nd2 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Rxd2 28.Bc3 Rd1  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics Final"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "Chess Classics Final"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.O-O Qe7 11.Bb3 e4 12.Ng5 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 Qxg5 15.Qxe4 Ndf6
16.Qf4 Qh4 17.f3 g5 18.Be1 Qh6 19.Qd6 Nxe3 20.Ne4 Be6 21.Bxe6 Nxe4 22.Bxf7+ Kg7
23.Qe5+ Kxf7 24.fxe4+ Nxf1 25.Bb4 Qh2+ 26.Qxh2 Nxh2 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Kxh2 Ke6
29.Re1 Rf2 30.Kg3 Rxb2 31.Rh1 Rb4 32.Rh6+ Kf7 33.Rxh7+ Ke6 34.Rh6+ Kf7 35.Rd6 Ke7
36.e5 Ra4 37.Kg4 c5 38.Kxg5 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 cxd4 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Ke4 d3 42.Kxd3 Kxe5
43.Kc4 Kf4 44.Kc5 Kg3 45.Kd6 Kxg2 46.Kc7 b5 47.Kb7 b4 48.Kxa7 Kf3 49.Kb6 Ke4
50.Kc5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Nxe5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 b4 14.Nd5 Nxe4 15.Bxd8 Raxd8
16.Qc2 Bxd5 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Bd4 20.Qb7 Bxe5 21.Qxa6 Bxb2
22.Qc4 Bc3 23.Qxc7 Rd2 24.Qc6 Kf8 25.a5 g6 26.g3 Ra2 27.Qc5+ Kg7 28.Rd1 Be1
29.Kf1 Rxf2+ 30.Qxf2 Bxf2 31.Kxf2 Kf6 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.a6 Kd5 35.a7 Kc5
36.Ra4 f5 37.Kf4 Kb5 38.Kg5 Kb6 39.Rxb4+ Kxa7 40.Ra4+ Kb7 41.Rxa8 Kxa8 42.Kh6 Kb7
43.h4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D49"]

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 "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 c5 7.c4 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4
9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 a6 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.Qc2 b5 13.Rfe1 Bh3 14.Bh1 Rab8 15.Rab1 e5
16.e3 h5 17.Ba1 b4 18.Nd1 Nb7 19.f3 Qe7 20.Nf2 Bd7 21.Bb2 Nh7 22.Bg2 f5 23.f4 Rbe8
24.Nf3 e4 25.Nh4 Kf7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 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 a3 19.bxa3 Rxa3 20.dxc6 Nxc6 21.Bd5 Nxb4 22.Bxb7 Rxe3+
23.Kd2 Rd3+ 24.Ke2 Rcd8 25.Bd5 Ra3 26.Rhd1 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Ra2+ 28.Ke1 Rb8 29.Rd2 Ra4
30.Re2 Rbb4 31.Kf1 Bh6 32.Rce1 f6 33.g3 Kf7 34.Kg2 Ke6 35.h4 Rc4 36.Nh2 Bf8
37.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Rac1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bxa2 15.Bc6 Ra6
16.Nxa2 Rxa2 17.e5 dxe5 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.b4 h6 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Rfd1 e6 22.b5 Bf6
23.Bxh6 Kh7 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Be3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rb2 27.g4 Rxb5 28.g5 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Rfd1 d5
16.cxd6 Bxd6 17.Bf3 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qa4 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Be5 21.Nxc6 bxc6
22.Nxd5 Qb7 23.Qxc6 Kh8 24.Nb6 Rg8 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.Qxc8 Rgxc8 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8
28.b4 h6 29.Rd5 f6 30.Bc5 Rb8 31.g4 Bc3 32.Rd3 Be1 33.Rb3 Rc8 34.Kg2 a5 35.a3 Bd2
36.Kf3 Bc1 37.Rd3 Kg8 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.Kd1 Bf4 40.Kc2 axb4 41.axb4 Ke6 42.Kb3 f5
43.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C43"]

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.Qc2 Bg6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qxd4 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Be3 Qb4
16.a3 Qb5 17.Bd4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qc3 Kg7 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Re3 Rd5 22.b4 Rfd8
23.h3 Rd3 24.a4 Qa6 25.b5 Rxc3 26.bxa6 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Rd5 28.Rb1 Rxc5 29.Rb7 Ra5
30.Rxa7 Rxa4 31.g4 Ra2 32.Kf1 g5 33.Ke1 Kf8 34.Kd1 Ke8 35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.a7 c5
37.Kc1 Kc6 38.Rf8 Rxa7 39.Rxf7 Ra2 40.Rxf6+ Kb5 41.Rf5 Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.g4 Nc5 13.Nf5 b5 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.g5 Rfc8
16.Rg3 Bf8 17.Qh5 g6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 b4 20.Bxc6 bxc3 21.Bxc5 cxb2+ 22.Kb1 Bxc6
23.Rxd6 Ba4 24.Rc3 Bxd6 25.Bd4+ e5 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Bxb2 Rb8 28.Ka1 Rxb2 29.Nxf7+ Rxf7
30.Kxb2 Rf3 31.Qg4 Ba3+ 32.Ka1 Rxf2 33.Qh3 Be7 34.Qc8+ Rf8 35.Qxa6 Bxc2 36.h4 Bc5
37.Kb2 Bxe4 38.Qe6 Rb8+ 39.Kc3 Bd4+ 40.Kc4 Bf5 41.Qf7 Rc8+ 42.Kd5 Bh3 43.h5 gxh5
44.Qf3 Bg4 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.g6 hxg6 47.Qxg6+ Kf8 48.Qf6+ Ke8 49.Qg6+ Ke7 50.Qg7+ Kd8
51.Qf6+ Kc7 52.Qc6+ Kb8 53.Qb5+ Ka7 54.Qa5+ Kb7 55.Qb4+ Bb6 56.Kxe5 Rc5+
57.Kd6 Bc8 58.Qa4 Kb8 59.Qb4 Ka7 60.Qa4+ Ra5 61.Qc4 Bb7 62.a4 Rc5 63.Qb4 Rd5+
64.Ke6 Bd8 65.Qxb7+ Kxb7 66.Kxd5 h4 67.Ke4 h3 68.Kf3 Bh4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kabatianski, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B85"]

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 "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.a3 Rfc8 18.Bd3 exd4 19.Nxd4 Ne5 20.Bc2 Qb7 21.f4 Nc4 22.Bf2 Ra6
23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Ne8 26.Be4 Qb8 27.Qf3 Rb6 28.Bxh7+ Kxh7 29.Qxf7 Bc5
30.Qxd7 Rxb2 31.Qf5+ g6 32.Qf7+ Ng7 33.Re4 g5 34.Ne6 Bxf2+ 35.Kh2 Rc7 36.Nxg5+ Kh8
37.Qg6 Ne8 38.Rf4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 h6 12.Re1 Rd8 13.a3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7
16.b4 Be8 17.Qe2 Nd5 18.Qe4 Nf6 19.Qh4 Rd5 20.g4 Bd8 21.g5 Nh7 22.Be4 Nxg5
23.Nxg5 Rxg5+ 24.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 25.Qxg5 Bxg5 26.b5 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7
10.a3 Nbd7 11.O-O g6 12.Qe2 e5 13.Nb3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Rad1 Nfxg4 16.Nd5 Bxd5
17.exd5 g5 18.Bg3 h5 19.Nd4 Bg7 20.h3 h4 21.Be1 Nh6 22.Qh5 Nhg4 23.hxg4 Rxh5
24.gxh5 Ng4 25.Nc6 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Rd3 Re8 28.Rdf3 Kg8 29.Ba5 Qc5 30.Rxf7 Ne3
31.h6 Bxh6 32.Re7 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.Bb4 Qb6 35.Re6 Nxg2 36.Kxg2 Kh7 37.Re4 Qb7
38.Rg4 Qf7 39.Nd4 Qxd5+ 40.Nf3 Be7  0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.Bb5 Nc6 8.Nce2 a6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qh4 Ne7 13.Bxf6 Ng6 14.Qg5 gxf6 15.Qxf6 Bh6
16.Qf3 Qg7 17.Qg3 Bb7 18.Nf3 O-O-O 19.O-O Rhg8 20.c3 Qf6 21.Qh3 Bf8 22.Bc2 Bd6
23.Rae1 Kb8 24.Ng3 Nf4 25.Qh4 Qf8 26.Ng5 Be7 27.Nxe6 Bxh4 28.Nxf8 Rdxf8 29.Bxh7 Rg7
30.Bc2 c5 31.Re3 cxd4 32.cxd4 Bd8 33.Re5 Bc8 34.Rd1 Bg4 35.f3 Bd7 36.Kf2 Rh8
37.Bf5 Rxh2 38.Bxd7 Rxd7 39.Ke3 Nxg2+ 40.Kd3  0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.a3 b5 12.Be2 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.h3 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.a4 Bd7 13.d5 Na5 14.Nbd2 Kh8 15.b4 Nb7 16.c4 g5
17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Kh2 Nf4 19.cxb5 axb5 20.a5 Ba7 21.Bxf4 gxf4 22.Qe2 Rg8 23.Bd3 Rg6
24.Bxb5 Rag8 25.Rg1 Bc8 26.g4 fxg3+ 27.Rxg3 Qf6 28.Rag1 Qf4 29.Qe1 Nd8 30.Bf1 c6
31.Bc4 R8g7 32.Qf1 h5 33.Kh1 Rxg3 34.Rxg3 Rxg3 35.fxg3 Qxg3 36.Qg2 Qf4 37.Qg5 Qxg5
38.Nxg5 Be3 39.Ndf3 Kg7 40.dxc6 Nxc6 41.Nxf7 Nxb4 42.Nxd6 Bxh3 43.Nxe5 Kf6
44.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.dxc5 b6 6.e4 bxc5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bc4 g6
9.Nb5 d6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Nd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Nc3 e6 15.Ne4 Kc7
16.Ng5 h6 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nd2 Nb6 19.Ne2 Bd7 20.Rhe1 Bd6 21.a3 Nd5 22.Bg1 Nd4
23.Ba2 Rhe8 24.Nc4 Ba4 25.Rd2 Be7 26.Nxe5 Bg5 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Bxd4 Re6
30.g3 Bxd2+ 31.Kxd2 g5 32.b3 Bc6 33.Ke3 f4+ 34.gxf4 Rf8 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qc7
16.Na5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.f4 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Bd3 Rae8 21.h4 Bd8 22.Qf5 g6
23.Qxf4 Re5 24.c3 Qb6 25.Bc2 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C68"]

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 "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qc3 Bb7 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qe3 Na5 14.Nd2 Nxb3 15.axb3 Nxd2
16.Bxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.h3 O-O
9.a4 Bb7 10.d4 Bb6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qe2 Bc6
16.Na3 Qa8 17.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.h4 Qa5 12.Qg5 b5 13.Qxb5 Qc7 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6
16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rfc8 19.Bxd6 exd6 20.Rxd6 Rxc3 21.h5 Rc5
22.Kb2 Rf5 23.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Qd5 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Bd3 21.Qa8+ Nb8 22.exd8=Q+ Rxd8
23.Re1 bxc3 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.bxc3 Bf5 26.h4 Qb7 27.Qxb7+ Kxb7 28.Re7+ Rd7 29.Bxb8 Kxb8
30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Kg2 Kc7 32.Kf3 Kd6 33.Kf4 Bc6 34.Kg5 Bf3 35.Kf5 Kd5 36.g4 Kd6
37.h5 Kd5 38.Kf4 Bd1 39.Kg5 Bf3 40.Kf4 Bd1 41.Kg5 Bf3 42.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Rc8 14.Na5 Qc7 15.Bxb6 Nxb6
16.Bh3 Ra8 17.Nc6 g6 18.f4 h6 19.f5 hxg5 20.Qd3 Rxh3 21.Qxh3 Nxd5 22.fxg6 Qxc6
23.gxf7+ Ke7 24.O-O-O Rc8 25.Qf5 Ne3 26.Qxg5+ Kd7 27.c3 Qe4  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.Nbd2 d6 10.c3 Bb6 11.h3 Nh5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Re1 Nf4 14.Nf1 Qf6 15.Be3 Ne7
16.N1h2 c5 17.Ng4 Qg6 18.Nh4 Qg5 19.Nf3 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qc7 8.Be3 b6
9.a3 Nf6 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 O-O 12.h3 Nh5 13.Nc3 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qd2 h6
16.e5 g5 17.d4 Bf5 18.Ne4 Rad8 19.Nd6 Be6 20.c4 Rxd6 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.c5 bxc5
23.bxc5 Qd5 24.Qc3 Rd8 25.Ra4 Bf6 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Qb3 28.Qxb3 Bxb3 29.Ra6 Rxd4
30.Rxc6 Kg7 31.Ra6 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Be6 33.Rxa7 Kf6 34.Re2 Rc1 35.Rc7 h5 36.f3 Kf5
37.Rd2 g4 38.hxg4+ hxg4 39.fxg4+ Kxg4 40.c6 Kf5 41.Re2 Kg4 42.Rb2 Rc5 43.Rb4 Rc2
44.Rd4 Kf5 45.Kg1 Ke5 46.Rd1 Kf5 47.Ra7 Rxc6 48.Ra5+ Kg4 49.Rd8 Bf5 50.Rd4 Rc1+
51.Kh2 Bg6 52.Ra3 Rf1 53.Rg3+ Kf5 54.Rf3 Rxf3 55.gxf3 Ke5 56.Rb4 Bf5 57.Rb5+ Kf6
58.Kg2 Be6 59.Kf2 Kg6 60.Re5 Kf6 61.Ra5 Bf5 62.Ke2 Bg6 63.Kd2 Ke6 64.Kc3 Kf6
65.Kd4 Ke6 66.Ra6+ Kf5 67.Rc6 Bh7 68.Kd5 Bg6 69.Kd6 Bh5 70.Rc5+ Kg6 71.Rc3 Kf5
72.Kd5 Bg6 73.Rc1 Bh5 74.Rf1 Bg6 75.Rh1 Kf6 76.Kd6 Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B52"]

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-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B54"]

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-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.O-O-O c5 10.dxc5 Qa5 11.Kb1 Nc6 12.Be2 b5 13.cxb6 Be6 14.Qxc6 Bxc3 15.Rd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Nxb6 17.Qxa5 Bxa5 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Bb5 Nc4 20.Nc6 Rxc6 21.Bxc6 Rc8
22.Bd5 Nxe3 23.fxe3 e6 24.Bb3 Bd2 25.Rd1 Bxe3 26.Bc2 Rc7 27.a4 Rb7 28.Rd3 Bg1
29.h3 Kg7 30.Rb3 Rxb3 31.Bxb3 Kf6 32.Kc2 Ke5 33.Kd3 Bd4 34.Bc4 Bxb2 35.Ke3 a5
36.Bb5 h5 37.Be8 Kf6 38.Kf3 h4 39.Kg4 Ke7 40.Bb5 Bf6 41.Kf3 Be5 42.Bc6 f5
43.Bb5 Bg3 44.Bc6 Kf6 45.Be8 Bb8 46.Bb5 Ke5 47.Be8 fxe4+ 48.Ke2 g5 49.Bc6 Kd4
50.Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Na5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa5 Rxa5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Nxe5 Bxe4 18.Nxf7 Bd5 19.Nxd8 Bxb3 20.Nd2 Bd5 21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.Ne4 Ra6 23.b4 h5 24.h4 Kg7 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.bxc5 Kg6 27.Re7 Ra1+ 28.Kh2 Ra4
29.Rxc7 Rxh4+ 30.Kg1 Rc4 31.c6 Rxc3 32.Rd7 Be4 33.f3 Bf5 34.Rb7 Rc5 35.Kh2 h4
36.g4 hxg3+ 37.Kxg3 Rc3 38.Kf2 Rc2+ 39.Ke3 Rc3+ 40.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8
23.Bf4 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Qf3 Ne5 26.Qe4 Re8 27.Ne3 Nc6 28.Qf3 Kc7 29.Nxc4 Qd4
30.b3 Qe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Kg2 Ne5 33.Ne3 Kd7 34.Rh1 Ke6 35.Rh8 Kxf6 36.Rc8 Nd3
37.Ra8 Rd4 38.Rxa7 Kg6 39.f4 Nc1 40.Nc4 f6 41.Ra6 Re4 42.Kf3 Re2 43.Ne5+ Kg7
44.Ra7+ Kh6 45.Nd3 Rc2 46.Nxc1 Rxc1 47.Ke4 Kg6 48.f5+ Kh5 49.Rh7+ Kg4 50.Rg7+ Kh3
51.Kd5 Rc2 52.Rg6 Rxa2 53.Rxf6 Rb2 54.Rh6+ Kxg3 55.f6 Rxb3 56.Rg6+ Kh4 57.f7 Rf3
58.Ke6 b3 59.Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Qa5 13.e5 fxe5 14.fxe5 d5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.e6 O-O 17.Rd3 Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Bxe6 19.Rg3 h6 20.h4 Qc7 21.hxg5 Qxg3 22.Rxh6 f6
23.Rg6+ Kh7 24.Rh6+ Kg7 25.Rxf6 Qe1+ 26.Bd1 Rxf6 27.Qxf6+ Kg8 28.Qg6+ Kf8
29.Qf6+ Ke8  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Be6 18.Rc1 Qa5 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.Bb1 h6 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Bb2 d5
23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Qe2 Be6 25.Nd4 Rd6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Bxf5 Bf8 28.Bc1 Qc3 29.Bf4 Rd8
30.Rc1 Qb4 31.Be5 Re8 32.Qb2 Bd6 33.Bxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Bb7
9.Re1 O-O 10.d4 Bb6 11.Be3 h6 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Qb1 c5 15.a3 Nc6
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne4 c4 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Bc2 Rfe8 21.Nd6 Nxe5 22.Nxe8 Nxf3+
23.gxf3 Nf4 24.Bf5 Qd8 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Qf5 Qh4 27.Qg4 Qxg4+ 28.fxg4 Kxh7 29.Nd6 Bd5
30.Rad1 Bf3 31.Rd2 Nxh3+ 32.Kh2 Ng5 33.Kg3 Rd8 34.Nxc4 Rb8 35.Nd6 b4 36.a4 b3
37.Re5 Bc6 38.f4 Nf3 39.Rc5 Nxd2 40.Rxc6 Rb4 41.Nxf7 Nc4 42.g5 Kg8 43.gxh6 gxh6
44.Nxh6+ Kh7 45.f5 Nxb2 46.Ng4 Nd3 47.Rc7+ Kg8 48.Nh6+ Kh8 49.Nf7+ Kg8 50.Nh6+ Kh8
51.Nf7+ Kg8 52.f6 Rf4 53.Nh6+ Kh8 54.Nf7+ Kg8 55.Nh6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C17"]

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 "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.a4 O-O 7.a5 Nbd7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qc1 Nf8 13.Rd1 Bd7 14.Bc5 Be8 15.Rxd8 Qxd8
16.Qe3 N6d7 17.Bxa7 Ne6 18.Bc4 Nf4 19.b4 Bh6 20.Nh2 Bg5 21.h4 Bxh4 22.Nf3 Be7
23.Rb1 Bf8 24.Bb6 Qf6 25.g3 Ne6 26.Kg2 Rc8 27.Na4 Bd6 28.c3 Nxb6 29.Nxb6 Rd8
30.Bb3 Nc7 31.Rd1 Nb5 32.Nc4 Bd7 33.Nxd6 Nxd6 34.Qg5 Kg7 35.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Nb5 f5 14.a5 fxe4 15.Nd2 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6
17.Bc3 bxa5 18.Nxe4 Be6 19.Nexd6 Nxd6 20.Nxd6 Nd4 21.c5 Nb3 22.Bf3 Ra7 23.Bd5 Nxc5
24.Bxe6+ Nxe6 25.Qd5 Qe7 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qxe5 Nf4 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxa5 Ne2+
30.Kh1 Nc3 31.f3 Rd8 32.Nc4 Re2 33.Ra3 Nd1 34.Ra1 Ne3 35.Nxe3 Rxe3 36.h3 Re2
37.Ra7 Rde8 38.Rc1 R8e7 39.Rcc7 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Rb2 41.Kh2 Rb4 42.Kg3 Ra4 43.f4 Ra2
44.Kf3 Rb2 45.g3 h5 46.Ke4 Rb3 47.Ke5 Rxg3 48.Kf6 Rxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D30"]

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 "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.O-O Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Bxb5 10.c4 Bc6 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Qg4 Nf5 13.Rad1 Qh4 14.Qxh4 Nxh4 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Rd4 Be7 17.Rxc4 O-O 18.b4 a6 19.a4 Ng6 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Nxb5 Ne5
23.Rc2 Rfc8 24.Rd1 Ra5 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.Rxd6 Kf8 27.h3 Nc6 28.Kh2 Ke7 29.Rb2 Ra7
30.Bg5+ f6 31.Rb6 Rac7 32.Be3 e5 33.f4 Kf7 34.fxe5 Nxe5 35.Rb4 h5 36.Rh4 Kg6
37.Re4 Nd7 38.Re7 Nxc5 39.Rxc7 Rxc7 40.Bxc5 Rxc5 41.Rd7 Rc4 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kf3 f5
44.Ra7 Kf6 45.Ra6+ Kg5 46.Rb6 g6 47.Ra6 Rb4 48.Rc6 Rb7 49.Ra6 Rf7 50.Rb6 Rf6
51.Rb8 Ra6 52.Rh8 Ra3+ 53.Kf2 Ra4 54.Kf3 Rf4+ 55.Ke3 Re4+ 56.Kf3 Kf6 57.Rf8+ Kg7
58.Ra8 g5 59.Ra6 Kf7 60.Rb6 Re6 61.Rb5 Kf6 62.Ra5 Rc6 63.Rb5 Ke6 64.Ra5 Rd6
65.Rb5 Rd3+ 66.Kf2 Rd5 67.Rb4 Ke5 68.Ke3 Ra5 69.Kf2 Ra2+ 70.Kf3 Ra3+ 71.Kf2 Rd3
72.Ra4 Rd4 73.Ra3 g4 74.hxg4 fxg4 75.Ra5+ Ke4 76.Ra2 g3+ 77.Ke2 Rb4 78.Kf1 Rb1+
79.Ke2 h3 80.Ra4+ Kf5 81.Ra5+ Kf6 82.Ra6+ Ke7 83.Ra7+ Kd6 84.Ra6+ Kc7  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 Nh5 10.Re1 b6 11.Nc4 Bb7 12.Nd6 Qc7 13.e5 Nf4 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Nd5
16.c4 f5 17.Re1 Ne7 18.Nf3 Nbc6 19.Qd2 b5 20.h4 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rab8 22.Bc3 Nc8
23.Rad1 Nxd6 24.exd6 Qd8 25.Rb1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qa5 28.Qe3 e5 29.Qh6 Qxa2
30.Rb7 Qxc4 31.Rxd7 Rf7 32.Nxe5 Qc1+ 33.Qxc1  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Nh5 9.g4 axb5
10.Nc3 c4 11.Be3 d4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Be3 Nxe5 14.gxh5 Nd3+ 15.Kd2 Ne5 16.Bd4 d6
17.f4 Bb7 18.Bg2 O-O-O 19.Nxb5 Qd7 20.a4 Nd3 21.Bxb7+ Kxb7 22.Nf3 Re8 23.Qg2 Ka6
24.Rhe1 d5 25.Rxe8 Bb4+ 26.Kc2 Rxe8 27.Ne5 Rxe5 28.fxe5 Qf5 29.Kd1 Ka5 30.Nc3 Nxb2+
31.Kd2 Qd3+ 32.Kc1 Qxd4 33.Qxd5+ Qxd5 34.Nxd5 Nd3+ 35.Kc2 Bc5 36.Rb1 Bd4
37.Rb7 Nxe5 38.Nc3 Bxc3 39.Kxc3 Kxa4 40.Re7 Ng4 41.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 c6 4.Qd2 d5 5.e5 f6 6.f4 Nh6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nc3 Nf5
10.Bf2 Nd7 11.O-O Bh6 12.Rae1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 fxe5 14.dxe5 e6 15.Bg4 Qe7 16.Bh3 Rf7
17.g4 Nh4 18.Bg3 Raf8 19.Kh1 Bg7 20.Qf2 Qb4 21.Bxh4 Rxf4 22.Qe2 Qxb2 23.Rxf4 Rxf4
24.Nd1 Qxa2 25.Ne3 d4 26.Nc4 b5 27.Bg3 Rf8 28.Nd6 Nb6 29.g5 h5 30.gxh6 Bxh6
31.Qg4 Qxc2 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Bg2 Qd3 34.Be4 Rf1+ 35.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 Nc6
10.Be2 g6 11.Ng3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.Qd4 Be6 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Nd5 Bxd5
17.exd5 Nfd7 18.Ne4 O-O-O 19.c4 f6 20.h4 Kb8 21.h5 g5 22.Be3 Nc5 23.Rhf1 Rhf8
24.Ng3 Rf7 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.a3 Qa4 27.Rc1 Qb3 28.Rc3 Qb6 29.Ka2 a5 30.b4 axb4
31.Rb3 Qa6 32.Rxb4 Kc7 33.Rfb1 Ra8 34.Bc1 Qa7 35.Rb5 Kd8 36.R1b4 Rc7 37.Bb2 Na4
38.Qxa7 Rxa7 39.Bd4 Nc5 40.Rb6 Ned7 41.Rxd6 Bxd6 42.Nxd6 Ra6 43.Nf7+ Ke8
44.Nxh6 b6 45.Nf5 Rca7 46.Nd6+ Kf8 47.Nb5 Ra8 48.d6 Ne5 49.Rb1 Kg7 50.Rf1 Ncd7
51.Bf3 Nxf3 52.Rxf3 Re8 53.Nc7 Re2+ 54.Kb3 Ra5 55.Nd5 Re6 56.Nc7 Re4 57.Re3 Rxe3+
58.Bxe3 Re5 59.Bd4 Re4 60.Nb5 Kf7 61.Bxb6 Nxb6 62.c5 Nc4 63.Kc3 Ne5 64.Nd4 Rxg4
65.c6 Nxc6 66.Nxc6 Ke6 67.h6 Kxd6 68.Nd4 Rg3+ 69.Kc4 Rh3 70.a4 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 e5 5.Ne2 exd4 6.Nxd4 c5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Be7 10.Ke2 a6 11.a4 b6 12.b3 Nc6 13.Nbd2 Rb8 14.Bb2 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Bd3 O-O 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rac1 Be7 19.Ne4 c4 20.bxc4 b4 21.Ra1 b3 22.Rhb1 Bg4
23.Nd2 b2 24.Ra2 Bf6 25.Ne4 Be5 26.h3 Bxf3+ 27.gxf3 f5 28.Nc5 Nb4 29.Ra4 g6
30.f4 Bh8 31.Na6 Nxd3 32.Kxd3 Rfd8+ 33.Kc2 Rbc8 34.c5 Rc6 35.Kb3 Bf6 36.Kc4 Rd2
37.Nb4 Rc8 38.Nd5 Bh4 39.Ra3 Rxf2 40.Rb3 Rc2+ 41.Rc3 Rd2 42.Rb3 Rc2+ 43.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 5th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C19"]

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 "Moscow PCA-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.Nc3 d6 8.e3 c6
9.Nf3 Be6 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.f4 h6 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Bh3 Ng4 15.e4 h5
16.Bg2 fxe4 17.Nxe4 exf4 18.gxf4 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Nc3 Ndf6 21.Rae1 Qd6
22.h3 Nh6 23.Re5 Nf7 24.d4 Qd7 25.f5 Rae8 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Qc7 28.f6 g5
29.Qd3 Kh8 30.Rdf5 Nh6 31.f7 Re6 32.Nd5 Qd6 33.Rxg5 Rxf7 34.Rxf7 Nxf7 35.Rxh5+ Kg7
36.Rf5 Rg6+ 37.Kf1 Qh2 38.Qe3 Qxb2 39.Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.Qe7+ Kg8 41.Nf6+ Rxf6+
42.Qxf6 Qb1+ 43.Kf2 Qxa2+ 44.Kg3 Qf7 45.Qd8+ Kh7 46.h4 b5 47.d5 b4 48.d6 b3
49.Qe7 Qxe7 50.dxe7 b2 51.e8=Q b1=Q 52.Qf7+ Kh6 53.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP  blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bh4 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.g4 Be4 7.f3 Bh7 8.e3 Nd7
9.Bg3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 e6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Ne7 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Bg3 Bd6 15.f4 Qc7
16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Nf3 Ne7 18.Ne5 Rhf8 19.Kb1 f6 20.Qd2 g5 21.Nd3 Ng6 22.h3 f5
23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 gxf4 25.exf4 Qg7 26.Rhg1 Qh7 27.Bh2 h5 28.g5 d4 29.Qb4 Qd7
30.Rgf1 Qd5 31.Bg1 c5 32.Qa5 Kb8 33.Rd3 Qg2 34.Rdd1 Qd5 35.Rd3 Qg2 36.Rc1 b6
37.Qa4 Nxf4 38.Ra3 Qb7 39.Qc4 Nd5 40.Rd3 f4 41.a4 f3 42.Bf2 Rf5 43.a5 Rxe5
44.Bg3 Qc7 45.axb6 Nxb6 46.Qb5 Rf8 47.Rf1 Ka8 48.Bxe5 Qxe5 49.Rdxf3 Rf5 50.Rxf5 exf5
51.Qc6+ Kb8 52.g6 d3 53.cxd3 Qd4 54.Qb5 c4 55.Qxf5 cxd3 56.Qf4+ Qxf4 57.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.d5 O-O
9.a4 a6 10.Qe2 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Nxb5 Qa5+ 14.Nc3 Ne8 15.O-O Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.e5 Nb6 18.f5 Qc4 19.Qxc4 Nxc4 20.Bh6 dxe5 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Ra1 e4 24.Ng5 Ned6 25.Ra7 Ne3 26.c4 Nexc4 27.Rc7 Ne5 28.Rxc5 Nd3 29.Ra5 Kg7
30.Kf1 Kf6 31.h4 Ke5 32.Ra7 Kf6 33.Nh7+ Kg7 34.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Liiva, Riho"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nbc6
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 b6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bb2 Nf5 14.Re1 Nce7 15.Be4 Qd7
16.g4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Nh6 18.Qd3 Nd5 19.Bc1 Ng8 20.Re1 Nge7 21.Ng5 Ng6 22.Ne4 O-O
23.Bg5 Rac8 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.h4 h6 29.h5 Nxe5
30.dxe5 hxg5 31.Nxg5 Qe7 32.Ne4 Qh4 33.Nd6 f6 34.exf6 Nxf6 35.Nc8 Qxg4+ 36.Qxg4 Nxg4
37.Nxa7 Nf6 38.Nc8 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.g4 Nd7 15.Kb1 d5
16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.exd5 Qxd5 19.Bg2 Rd8 20.Rhg1 Qd6 21.f4 Bxg2 22.Qxg2 Nf6
23.Qf3 Qd5 24.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Bb7 10.Qg4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Rad1 Qe6
16.Qh5 c6 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Rd4 Qg6 19.Qh3 f5 20.Bd2 Rac8 21.Bc3 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 Rc4
23.Qd3 Bc6 24.f3 Re6 25.b3 Rxd4 26.Bxd4 f4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bb4 8.Qd3 Nc6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rad1 h5 12.Kh1 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Be7 14.f4 b5 15.e5 f5
16.Nd5 exd5 17.e6 O-O 18.Rd3 h4 19.Rff3 Kh7 20.Rg3 hxg3 21.Rxg3 f6 22.Rh3+ Kg7
23.Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maidla, Vallo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O e5 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nb6 12.Nb5 Bd7 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Bf4 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 c6
16.Qb3 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Qd7 18.a4 Rd8 19.Be3 Qc7 20.c3 Nc8 21.a5 a6 22.Bf4 Qd7
23.h4 Ne7 24.Bf3 Qc8 25.Rd1 Ng6 26.Be3 Ne5 27.Be2 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Be7 29.f4 Ng6
30.Bg4 f5 31.Bh3 Qe6 32.Qd3 Qa2 33.Bxf5 Qa1+ 34.Qb1 Qxa5 35.Qe4 Kf8 36.h5 Bc5
37.hxg6 Bxe3+ 38.Kh2 h6 39.Be6 Qh5+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+ 41.Kh3 Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxb3 10.Qxb3 Qf6 11.f3 Nd6 12.a4 Qe6 13.Qd1 O-O-O 14.axb5 axb5 15.Na3 Qd5
16.b3 Nf5 17.Qd3 f6 18.Qxf5 fxe5 19.Qxe5 Qxe5 20.dxe5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rde8 22.b4 Bb6
23.Bf4 Rhf8 24.Bg3 h5 25.Nxb5 g5 26.h3 g4 27.fxg4 hxg4 28.h4 Bd5 29.Nd4 Kb7
30.Rxf8 Rxf8 31.Kg1 Bc4 32.Bf2 Rf4 33.Re1 Bd5 34.h5 Bxd4 35.cxd4 Rf5 36.h6 Rh5
37.Be3 g3 38.Bf4 Rh4 39.Bxg3 Rxh6 40.Bf4 Rb6 41.Bd2 Rg6 42.Re2 Rg4 43.Be3 Kb6
44.Rc2 c6 45.Kh2 Kb5 46.Rb2 Rg8 47.Kh3 Kc4 48.g3 Kd3 49.Bg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa sim"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Armengol, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Na3 Ng6 8.Nc4 Be7
9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qc2 Qb8 11.Ne3 O-O 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nf4 14.Qe4 Bd6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qxc6 Qb6 18.Qd5 Rad8 19.b3 Bb8 20.Qc4 Qf6 21.Qxc5 Rc8 22.Qa5 Qxc3
23.Qxc3 Rxc3 24.Rac1 Rfc8 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Rd1 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ke7 28.Ke2 Bc7 29.Rd4 Bb6
30.Re4+ Kf6 31.Kd2 Rc7 32.Rxf4 Bxf2 33.g4 h6 34.h4 Bb6 35.g5+ hxg5 36.hxg5+ Ke7
37.g6 Kf6 38.gxf7 Rxf7 39.Kd3 Rc7 40.Nd2 Ke5 41.Rf1 Rd7+ 42.Ke2 Re7 43.Kd3 Rd7+
44.Kc2 Kf6 45.b4 Rd5 46.Ne4+ Ke5 47.f6 gxf6 48.Nxf6 Rd4 49.Kb3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa sim"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bordell Rosell, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "E44"]

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 "Terrassa sim"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzalez, Anton"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D13"]

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 "Terrassa sim"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D02"]

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 "Terrassa sim"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ubach, Marcelo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Terrassa sim"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pablo Marin, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C67"]

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"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 e4 6.Nd2 f5 7.Nb1 Nf6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Be2 c6 13.O-O Qf7 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nb5 Ne5
16.Nxd6 Qg6 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.cxd5 Bd7 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 f4 21.exf4 Bh3 22.g3 Rxf4
23.d6+ Kh8 24.Qd5 Bxf1 25.Bxf1 Rff8 26.Rd1 Rad8 27.Bg2 Qf6 28.Rd2 e3 29.fxe3 Qh6
30.Rd3 Qf6 31.Rd2 Qh6 32.Rd3 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sutovskij, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.Bd3 Ba6
9.b3 c5 10.dxc5 dxc4 11.bxc4 bxc5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nb5 Ne5 14.Be2 Qb8 15.Bb2 Rd8
16.Qc2 Neg4 17.g3 Bb7 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Qxd1 h5 20.Qd6 Ne4 21.Qxb8+ Rxb8 22.h3 Ngxf2
23.Rxf2 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 a6 25.Be5 Rd8 26.Nc3 Bc6 27.Ke1 Rd7 28.Nd1 f6 29.Bc3 h4
30.gxh4 Kf7 31.Nf2 Ke7 32.h5 e5 33.Bd3 Bf3 34.h6 gxh6 35.Be4 Bxe4 36.Nxe4 Rc7
37.Ba5 Rc8 38.Ng3 Ke6 39.e4 Rb8 40.Bc3 Rb1+ 41.Kd2 Rg1 42.Nf5 h5 43.a4 Rg2+
44.Kd3 Rf2 45.h4 Rf3+ 46.Kd2 Rh3 47.Kc2 Kd7 48.Bd2 Rh1 49.a5 Rh3 50.Be1 Ke6
51.Kd2 Ra3 52.Ke2 Ra2+ 53.Bd2 Ra1 54.Ne3 Rg1 55.Be1 Rg7 56.Bf2 Rc7 57.Nd5 Rc8
58.Kd3 Rc6 59.Kc2 Rc8 60.Kc3 Rc6 61.Ne3 Rc7 62.Nf5 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 e6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.O-O Rc8 10.Bd2 c5 11.cxb5 c4 12.bxc4 dxc4 13.Be4 axb5 14.f3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.a3 Be7 17.Rfb1 O-O 18.Rxb5 e5 19.a4 exd4 20.exd4 Bg6 21.Ba5 Qe8 22.N2c3 Nf6
23.Rd1 Qd7 24.Bb4 Bxb4 25.Rxb4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 c3 27.d5 Rfd8 28.h3 h6 29.Kh1 Qe7
30.Rbd4 Qa3 31.Rb1 Qe7 32.Rc1 Qe5 33.Rcd1 Qb8 34.Rb1 Qe5 35.Rbd1 Qb8 36.d6 Qb2
37.Rc1 Qa3 38.Qd1 Rc6 39.d7 Rc7 40.Rc2 Bxe4 41.fxe4 Qe7 42.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B01"]

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"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7
10.a3 Nbd7 11.g5 hxg5 12.fxg5 Nh5 13.g6 Ne5 14.gxf7+ Kxf7 15.O-O+ Nf6 16.Nf3 Nxf3+
17.Bxf3 Qc7 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qg4 Rc8 21.Ne4 Rc4 22.Ng5+ Kg6 23.Qg3 Nh5
24.Qf3 Qxf3 25.Nxf3 Bd6 26.Rad1 Bb8 27.Rd2 Rg4+ 28.Rg2 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Nf4+
30.Kh1 Ne2 31.Bf2 e4 32.Nh4+ Kg5 33.Re1 Nf4 34.Rxe4 Rxh4 35.Bxh4+ Kxh4 36.a4 e5
37.axb5 axb5 38.c4 Kg4 39.cxb5 Kf3 40.Rc4 e4 41.Rc8 Bd6  0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe3+ Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.b3 Bc5 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd8 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Nf4 Bd6
16.Rac1 Nf7 17.Rfe1 Rac8 18.e4 fxe4 19.Rxe4 Qg5 20.h4 Qh6 21.Rce1 Rf8 22.Qd1 g6
23.Qg4 Rcd8 24.Bf6 Rb8 25.Bb2 Rfd8 26.R4e3 Bxf4 27.gxf4 Nd6 28.Bf6 Rf8 29.Bg5 Qg7
30.Re7 Nf7 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qxh5 Qg6 33.Qxg6+ hxg6 34.Bf6 Rfd8 35.Be4 Kf8 36.Bxg6 Bxd5
37.f5 b5 38.Rd1 Rb6 39.Rxf7+ Bxf7 40.Bxd8 Bxg6 41.fxg6 Rxg6+ 42.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 Qc7 11.O-O c4 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bc5 14.Qe2 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5
16.Kh1 O-O 17.f4 Qh5 18.Qxh5 Nxh5 19.e5 Bd4 20.Be4 Ra7 21.g4 Nxf4 22.Rxf4 Raf7
23.Ne2 Bxb2 24.Rxf7 Bxa1 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Ba3+ Kf7 27.Bd6 g5 28.Kg2 h6 29.Kf3 a5
30.Ke3 b4 31.Kd2 b3 32.a4 Bd7 33.Nc3 Bxc3+ 34.Kxc3 Bxa4 35.Bc7 b2 36.Kxb2 Bd1
37.Bxa5 Bxg4 38.Kc3 Be2 39.Kd4 Bf1 40.Bf3 Bd3 41.Bh5+ Bg6 42.Be2  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C69"]

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 "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 Bd8 18.Nd3 Bxa5 19.Rxa5 Qc7 20.Rxa6 Qxc4 21.Rxd6 O-O 22.O-O Nxd5
23.Re1 f6 24.Re4 Qb5 25.h3 Rb6 26.Rxb6 Qxb6+ 27.Kh2 Rd8 28.Nxb4 Nf4 29.Qe1 Qd6
30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.cxd3 Qxd3 32.f4 Re8 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.b4 h6 35.Qh4 Qd6 36.Qg3 Qd5
37.Qg6 Re7 38.Qf5 Qc6 39.h4 h5 40.Qf3 g6 41.Qe2 Qd6 42.b5 Kh7 43.Qc4 Re6
44.Qb4 Qb8 45.Qc5 Rb6 46.Qe7+ Kh6 47.Rc4 Rb7 48.Qg5+ Kh7 49.Rc6 e4+ 50.Kg1 Qe8
51.Qf6 Qf7 52.Qxf7+ Rxf7 53.Rc3 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.e4 e6 10.f3 c5 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qxd7+ Nxd7 14.O-O-O Ke7 15.Kb1 Rhd8
16.Bd3 f6 17.e5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.Bxh7 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rh8 21.Be4 b4 22.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Nde2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.b3 Nd7 15.Kh1 Qa5 16.Qd2 Nc5
17.Rab1 Qb4 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Bh4 Nb4 20.Qd1 Ncd3 21.Qd2 Qc5 22.f4 b5 23.f5 exf5
24.exf5 Rfe8 25.f6 Bf8 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Nxb5 Re4 28.Bg3 Rae8 29.Nf4 Qg5 30.Rbd1 Re3
31.Nxd3 Nxd3 32.Bxd6 Bh6 33.Be7 Qh5 34.Qxe3 Bxe3 35.Rxd3 Bg5 36.Nc3 h6 37.a5 Qg4
38.h3 Qe6 39.b4 Qa6 40.Rff3 Rc8 41.Bc5 Re8 42.Bf2 Bc1 43.Rd1 Bb2 44.Nd5 Qc4
45.Bc5 Re2 46.Nf4 Rc2 47.Nxg6 Rc1 48.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 49.Kh2 Qa1 50.Ne7+ Kh7 51.Nc6 Qa4
52.Nd4 Bxd4 53.Bxd4 Qxb4 54.Bb6 Qd6+ 55.g3 Kg6 56.h4 h5 57.Rf4 Qd2+ 58.Rf2 Qb4
59.Kg2 Qe4+ 60.Kh2 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 e6 8.Qc2 Bxe2
9.Nxe2 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.c5 Bc7 12.f4 g6 13.a4 Ng8 14.O-O Ne7 15.Ra2 O-O
16.Rfa1 Rc8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra7 f6 19.Ba5 Bxa5 20.R1xa5 Rc7 21.Qa2 Nc8 22.Rxc7 Qxc7
23.Ra8 e5 24.Qa5 Qb7 25.Qa6 Qc7 26.Qa5 Qb7 27.Qa6 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.Qd2 Qe7
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Na6 13.O-O Nh6 14.Ne1 Nf7 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Nc2 Rb8 17.Ne3 a5 18.Rfc1 h5 19.f3 Bh6 20.Ncd1 Ng5 21.Qxa5 f5 22.Qe1 fxe4
23.fxe4 Rf4 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Rc4 Ba6 26.Rc6 Bd3 27.Rac1 Rbf8 28.Rc8 Bxe4 29.Nf2 Rf7
30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rc3 Qf4 32.Qe2 Bb1 33.a3 Qd4 34.g3 a5 35.Qe1 e4 36.Kg2 Bd3
37.Nfd1 Qf6 38.h4 g5 39.Nf2 Qf3+ 40.Kg1 gxh4  0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5
9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Bc4 Nc5 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.Nb3 Qc8
16.Qe4 Rd8 17.Be3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Qe8 19.c4 Rd8 20.Rd5 Nb4 21.Rb5 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Nxc6
23.Rxb7 Nxe5 24.Nbd2 a6 25.b4 f5 26.g3 Nd3 27.b5 axb5 28.cxb5 Ra8 29.Ra7 Rxa7
30.Bxa7 Nb2 31.b6 cxb6 32.Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.dxc5 Nd5 10.Nd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bxc4 Bxf2+ 14.Kh1 Qxd1
15.Rxd1 Nxe5 16.Bb5+ Nc6 17.Ba3 f6 18.Rab1 Kf7 19.Rd7+ Kg6 20.Rf1 Be3 21.Bd3 Ne5
22.Bxf5+ Kh6 23.Rxb7 Rab8 24.Rc7 g6 25.Bc2 f5 26.Bd6 Rbe8 27.Re1 f4 28.c4 g5
29.h3 Ng6 30.c5 Bf2 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Bxg6 Kxg6 33.Rxa7 Rhe8 34.Re7 R8xe7 35.Bxe7 Rxa2
36.c6 Rc2 37.Rd1 h6 38.Ba3 Be3 39.Rd7 h5 40.Rd1 g4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bc2 d5 14.Bg5 exd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Bxd4 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Be4 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.Ra7 Rfe8 23.Bd3 Re7 24.Rb1 Nb3 25.h3 Nd2 26.Rc1 Rb3 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Nb3
29.Ra4 Nc5 30.Rg4+ Kh8 31.Bc4 h6 32.Bd5 Nd7 33.Kh2 Ne5 34.Rg3 Rd7 35.Bb3 Rd2
36.f4 Nd3 37.Bxf7 Nxf4 38.Rg4 Ne2 39.Rc4 Rc2 40.Bh5 Nxc3 41.Bg6 Rc1 42.Bd3 Na2
43.Rxc1 Nxc1 44.Bc4 f5 45.Kg3 Kg7 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Kf4 c6 48.h4 Kg6 49.Ke5 Kh5
50.g3 Kg4 51.h5 Kxg3 52.Kxf5 Kf2 53.Kg6 Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Be3 Bg6 8.Nh4 Nf5
9.Nxf5 Bxf5 10.g4 Bg6 11.f4 f5 12.g5 h6 13.h4 hxg5 14.hxg5 Kf7 15.Nd2 Be7
16.Kg2 Qc7 17.Rh1 Rag8 18.Bf3 Rxh1 19.Qxh1 Qd8 20.Qd1 Rh8 21.Qe2 Qg8 22.Rh1 Rxh1
23.Kxh1 Nb6 24.Kg2 Qh8 25.Bf2 Qd8 26.b3 Nd7 27.c4 Nf8 28.c5 Qa5 29.Nb1 Kg8
30.a3 Qd8 31.b4 Be8 32.Nc3 Ng6 33.Qd2 a5 34.Bg3 b5 35.Na2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 d4
24.Bxb7+ Rxb7 25.Nxb7 Qb6 26.Bxd4 Qxd4 27.Rfd1 Qxb2 28.Nd6+ Kb8 29.Rdb1 Qxg7
30.Rxb4+ Kc7 31.Ra6 Rb8 32.Rxa7+ Kxd6 33.Rxb8 Qg4 34.Rd8+ Kc6 35.Ra1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 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.b4 Bb6 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Be5 O-O 17.Qh4 Be3+ 18.Kb2 Bg5 19.Qd4 Bc6 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bd3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Bc3 Rad8 24.Rde1 Bb5 25.Bxb5 Rxb5 26.Re4 Rbd5 27.Rhe1 b5 28.R1e2 Rd1 29.Re1 R1d5
30.R1e2 Be7 31.Kb3 Rc8 32.Rg4 g6 33.Rge4 Rd6 34.Bd4 Rd5 35.Bb2 Bd6 36.h3 Kf8
37.c4 bxc4+ 38.Rxc4 Rxc4 39.Kxc4 Ke7 40.Bd4 Kd7 41.Rb2 h5 42.a4 Rf5 43.Be3 Re5
44.Rb3 Kc6 45.Bf4 Rf5 46.b5+ axb5+ 47.axb5+ Rxb5 48.Rxb5 Bxf4 49.Ra5 h4 50.Ra7 f5
51.Ra6+ Kd7 52.Kc5 Be3+ 53.Kb5 g5 54.Ra3 Bf4 55.Kb6 Bc7+ 56.Kb7 Bg3 57.Rd3+ Ke7
58.Kc6 Bf4 59.Ra3 Bg3 60.Ra7+ Ke8 61.Rh7 Bf4 62.Rg7 Kf8 63.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.Nge2 exd5
10.cxd5 b5 11.Ng3 c4 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.b4 cxb3 14.Nxb5 Qb6 15.Be3 Nc5 16.axb3 Nfxe4
17.fxe4 Bxa1 18.b4 Nb3 19.Qd3 Nc1 20.Bxc1 Ba6 21.Qa3 Be5 22.Be3 Bxb5 23.Bxb6 axb6
24.Qe3 f5 25.exf5 Bxg3+ 26.Qxg3 Bxe2 27.Qxd6 Bb5 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qe5+ Kg8
30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Qxb6 Ra1+ 32.Kd2 Rxh1 33.Qxb5 Rxf5 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Qe7+ Kg8
36.Qe6+ Kg7 37.d6 Rf2+ 38.Kc3 Rc1+ 39.Kb3 Rd1 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Qe6+ Kg7 42.Kc4 Rxg2
43.Kc5 Rf2 44.Qe5+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qe5+ Kg8 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.d7 Rfd2 49.Qe7+ Kh6
50.Qh4+ Kg7 51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.Kc6 Rc2+ 53.Kb7 Rcd2 54.Kc7 Rc2+ 55.Qc5 Rdc1 56.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Ne2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Bd2 c5 17.a4 Bh4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 h6
23.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.O-O-O c6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 b5 12.Qd3 Qa5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 c5 15.f4 Nc6
16.d5 b3 17.a3 Nb4 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Nc1 Qa4 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Qd3 Bxb2 22.Qa6 Qa3
23.Bb5 Rfc8 24.Qxa3 bxa3 25.Nxb3 Rab8 26.Bc6 Nxd5 27.exd5 Rxb3 28.Ka2 Rc3
29.Rd2 e6 30.Bd7 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.dxe6 Ra1+ 33.Kb3 Bf6 34.Ra2 Rb1+ 35.Kc2 Rb2+
36.Rxb2 axb2 37.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D78"]

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"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nd4 Nc6
9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qa4 Qxc5 12.Be2 d4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Be3 Rad8 15.O-O Qe5
16.Bxd4 Rxd4 17.Rce1 Rd2 18.Bf3 Qd4 19.Rd1 Bh6 20.Rxd2 Bxd2 21.Rd1 Qe5 22.Nb1 Ba5
23.b4 Bc7 24.g3 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 h5 27.Qc2 Kg7 28.Nc3 h4 29.Nb5 hxg3
30.hxg3 Bb8 31.Qd2 Ne4 32.Bxe4 Qxe4 33.Qd4+ Qxd4 34.Rxd4 Rc8 35.c5 b6 36.Rc4 bxc5
37.bxc5 Kf6 38.c6 Bd6 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.c7 Kd5 41.Rc2 e5 42.Kf3 e4+ 43.Kg4 Ke6
44.Kg5 e3 45.Re2 Bxc7 46.Rxe3+ Kd7 47.Rd3+ Bd6 48.Kxg6 Ke6 49.Nxd6 exd6 50.g4 Ke5
51.g5 d5 52.Kh7 Rc7+ 53.Kh6 Rc2 54.Rf3 Ke4 55.Rf8 Rc1 56.g6 Rh1+ 57.Kg5 Rg1+
58.Kf6 Rf1 59.Re8+ Kd4 60.Re2 Kd3 61.Ra2  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qg4
9.O-O Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Rc8 12.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B88"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B47"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O e6 13.Qg4 h5 14.Qe4 Rc8 15.Nc3 Be7
16.Be3 O-O 17.Rac1 Nd5 18.Qf3 g6 19.Ne4 Qa5 20.a3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Rfd8 22.Nc5 Qc7
23.b4 Rd5 24.Nb3 Bg5 25.f4 Bf6 26.Rc4 Rcd8 27.g3 Qb6 28.Rd1 Qb5 29.Rdc1 Qa6
30.Qc3 h4 31.Kg2 h3+ 32.Kxh3 c5 33.Rxc5 Kg7 34.Qf3 Qxa3 35.R5c4 Qb2 36.R4c2 Qa3
37.Rc4 Qb2 38.R4c2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 a6
9.f4 Be7 10.Qd2 g5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.f5 Nde5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.O-O-O b5 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Rhf1 Qd7 17.Ne2 O-O-O 18.Ng3 Kb8 19.Be2 Rhe8 20.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C26"]

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.Bf5 Nf8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 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.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.d5 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Na5 10.O-O f6 11.Nd2 b6 12.Qe2 Qa4 13.f4 Nh6 14.e5 O-O-O 15.Rb1 Nf5
16.g4 Nh4 17.exf6 exf6 18.Qf2 g5 19.Ne4 Qe8 20.Re1 Qg6 21.fxg5 Rhe8 22.Nxd6+ Rxd6
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Bf4 Nxc4 25.Bxd6 Nd2 26.Rd1 Qe4 27.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Rfd1 Nxe2+ 13.Ncxe2 Ne5 14.b3 c6 15.Rac1 Qc7
16.Nc3 b6 17.Nde2 Bf8 18.Bg5 Nd7 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Bb7 21.Qd2 Re6 22.Nd4 Ree8
23.Nde2 Re6 24.Nf4 Rf6 25.e5 Nxe5 26.Ne4 Rf5 27.Qe3 Nd7 28.Rxd6 Re8 29.Rcd1 Bc8
30.Ne2 Rfe5 31.Qh6 Rxe4 32.fxe4 b5 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.Qc1 Qd8 35.Qc6 Qg5 36.Ng3 h5
37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.Qxd7  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.f4 b5 12.f5 Bc4 13.a4 O-O 14.O-O Rc8 15.axb5 axb5
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Qd3 Qc8 18.Nd2 Rb4 19.b3 Nc5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Bg5 22.Bf2 Bxd2
23.Qxd2 Rxe4 24.f6 gxf6 25.Qh6 Qg4 26.Be3 f5 27.Qxd6 Ne6 28.Rae1 Rc8 29.Qd3 b4
30.Rf3 h4 31.Ref1 Rd8 32.Qb5 f4 33.Qb7 Ng5  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nge7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.Nb3 a6
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Nge5 11.g5 Na5 12.f4 Nec4 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.f5 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qb6
16.Qg3 Be7 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.e5 d5 19.f6 Bb4 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.e6 Rb7 22.exf7+ Kxf7
23.fxg7 Re8 24.g6+ Kxg7 25.gxh7+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Rxh7 27.Qg6 Qd8 28.Bd3 Qe7 29.Qxh7+ Qxh7
30.Bxh7 Kxh7 31.Rxd5 Bf8 32.Rdd1 Re2 33.Rde1 Rxh2 34.Rh1 Rxh1 35.Rxh1+ Kg6
36.Rh8 Kg7 37.Rh1 Kf7 38.Kd2 Ke7 39.Rh7+ Ke6 40.Rc7 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.e4 e6 10.f3 c5 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Be3 Be7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.Rd1 O-O
16.a3 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Rc8 18.Be2 Kf8 19.Kc2 Na4 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.h3 Ke7 22.Rd1 Nxc3
23.Bxc3 b4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Rd3 a5 26.Kb3 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 28.Kxc3 Kd6 29.Kd4 e5+
30.Kc3 Kc5 31.Bc4 f6 32.h4 Bc6 33.Bg8 h6 34.Bc4 Bd7 35.h5 f5 36.exf5 Bxf5
37.Bd3 Be6 38.Be4 Bf7 39.g4 Bc4 40.Bb7 Bb5 41.Ba8 Be8 42.Bb7 Bb5 43.Ba8 Bc4
44.Be4 Bd5 45.Bxd5 Kxd5 46.b3 e4 47.f4 e3 48.Kd3 e2 49.Kxe2 Ke4 50.g5 Kxf4
51.gxh6 gxh6 52.Kd3 Kg4 53.Kc4 Kxh5 54.Kb5 Kg4 55.Kxa5 h5 56.b4 h4 57.b5 h3
58.b6 h2 59.b7 h1=Q 60.b8=Q Qa1+ 61.Kb6 Qb1+ 62.Kc7 Qxb8+ 63.Kxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 Bd6 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Rec1 Qe7 20.Qa5 Rfb8 21.Nd2 Be8 22.Bd1 Nd7
23.a4 Nb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qc3 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 c4 27.Ra6 Bb4 28.Qc1 Bc5 29.Nb3 Bxe3
30.Qxe3 Qc7 31.Na5 b4 32.Rxb6 Qxb6 33.Qxb6 Rxb6 34.Nxc4 Ra6 35.Bg4 Bb5 36.Nxe5 Ra1+
37.Kh2 Rb1 38.d6 Kf8 39.Bc8 Rxb2 40.Bb7 f6  0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 b4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8
23.Bf4 Qe6 24.Qf3 Qh3 25.Rd1 b3 26.a4 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Kc8
30.g4 Rh3+ 31.Ke4 c3 32.bxc3 c4 33.Ne7+ Kd8 34.Nc6+ Ke8 35.Bg3 Nc5+ 36.Kd5 Nd3
37.Rb1 Kd7 38.Nb8+ Kc8 39.Kxc4 Nc5 40.Nc6 Ne4 41.Ne7+ Kd7 42.Rd1+ Ke8 43.Nd5 Bd6
44.Re1  1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C69"]

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 "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Bg4
9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Ne3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 f5 12.exf5 e4 13.dxe4 Qxe4 14.Ng5 Bxd1 15.Nxe4 Bxc2
16.Ng3 O-O 17.Rf2 Bd3 18.b3 Rae8 19.Rd2 Rxe3 20.Ba3 Rf7 21.Rad1 Rxg3 22.hxg3 Bxf5
23.Rf2 Bg4 24.Re1 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Nf6 26.Re7 Nd5 27.Re8+ Kf7 28.Rf8+ Ke6 29.Rg8 g6
30.Re8+ Kd7 31.Re5 Bf5 32.Bf8 a5 33.a3 h5 34.Ke1 b6 35.Kd2 Be6 36.Kc2 Nf6
37.Bg7 Ng4 38.Re2 c5 39.Kc3 Bd5 40.a4 c6 41.Bf8 Be6 42.Rd2+ Ke8 43.Re2 Kf7
44.Bd6 Nf6 45.Kb2 Nd5 46.Rf2+ Bf5 47.g4 hxg4 48.Re2 Bd3 49.Re1 g5 50.g3 Kf6
51.Be5+ Kf5 52.Bd6 Be4 53.Re2 Nf6 54.Bc7 Nd5 55.Bd6 Bd3 56.Re5+ Kf6 57.Re1 c4
58.bxc4 Bxc4 59.Rc1 b5 60.Ra1 b4 61.Bc5 Nc3 62.Bd4+ Ke6 63.Bxc3 bxc3+ 64.Kxc3 Bd5
65.Re1+ Kd6 66.Rf1 Bf3 67.Rb1 Kc5 68.Rb7 Bd1 69.Rg7 Kb6 70.Rxg5 Bf3 71.Re5 Bd1
72.Re4 Bf3 73.Rf4 Kc5 74.Rf5+ Kb6 75.Kd4 Bd1 76.Rg5 Bf3 77.Rg7 Be2 78.Rf7 Bd1
79.Rf4 Bf3 80.Ke5 Kc5 81.Ke6 Bd1 82.Kd7 Kb6 83.Kd6 c5 84.Rc4 Bb3 85.Rxg4 c4
86.Rf4 Bxa4 87.Rxc4 Kb5 88.Rc8 Kb4 89.g4 Bb3 90.Ke5 Ka3 91.g5 Kb2 92.g6 a4
93.g7 Bf7 94.Rf8 Bc4 95.Rf4  1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nb6
9.Bg2 Bxg4 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.O-O Nc4 12.Bg5 Nxb2 13.Qg3 Qc7 14.Qh4 Qxc3 15.Bxf6 h5
16.Bg5 Qxd4 17.h3 Nc4 18.c3 Qd3 19.hxg4 Ne5 20.d6 Nf3+ 21.Bxf3 Qxf3 22.dxe7 Bxe7
23.Rfe1 f6 24.Be3 Qxg4+ 25.Qxg4 hxg4 26.Rab1 b5 27.Bd4 Kf7 28.Re4 Rhe8 29.Rxg4 Bf8
30.Rg3 Rc4 31.Rd3 Re2 32.Bb6 Rxa2 33.Re1 Bc5 34.Rd7+ Kg6 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Ree7 Rg5+
37.Kf1 Kh6 38.Ra7 a5 39.Re8 a4 40.f4 Rf5  0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 exd4 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 dxc3 17.bxc3 Ne5 18.Qe2 Ng6 19.Bg3 Re8 20.Rad1 Qd7 21.Nd4 Qg4 22.f3 Qg5
23.f4 Qh5 24.Rf3 Nh4 25.Bxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6 10.Be3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 e5 13.c4 Rc8 14.Nc3 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Rb8 17.f4 Qa5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.d6 Qxa2 20.c5 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.O-O Nc6 14.Bf2 e6 15.Nce2 Ne5
16.b3 g4 17.f4 h4 18.Be3 h3 19.g3 Nc6 20.Qd3 O-O 21.Rad1 f5 22.c4 Qa5 23.Nc3 Rae8
24.Rfe1 e5 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.b4 Qa3 27.b5 exf4 28.Bxf4 axb5 29.cxb5 Qc5+ 30.Be3 Qxc3
31.bxc6 Qxc6 32.Qxd6 Qxe4 33.Qd5+ Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bc3 35.Re2 Re4 36.Kf2 Rfe8
37.Rd3 Bf6 38.Red2 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E62"]

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 "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.h3 c6
9.a4 Qc7 10.Be3 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Bh6 a6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rad1 b5 15.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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 b5 16.axb5 Nb4+ 17.Kc3 cxb5 18.Nb6 Qc5+ 19.Kb3 Nc6 20.Qxb5 Qe3+ 21.Kc2 Qf2+
22.Kc3 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nh6 7.O-O Nf5 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Qb6 11.Be3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qd8 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.Rc5 O-O
16.Qb1 b6 17.Rc2 h6 18.Ba6 Rcd8 19.Bb5 Na5 20.Rc7 a6 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxd7 Qxd7
23.Qxb6 Qb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Rb1 Rc8 26.Rxb5 Rc1+ 27.Kf2 Rc2+ 28.Kf1 Nc4 29.Rb3 Rxa2
30.Rc3 g6 31.h4 Kg7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Rxc4 exf3 34.gxf3 Rxa3 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 Rd2
37.Ra4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f4 Kg6 40.fxg5 Kxg5 41.Ra7 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.g3 g6
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Qb1 Qc8 12.a4 a5 13.O-O O-O 14.Ra2 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Rb2 Ra7 17.Rb6 f5 18.Qb2 Bd5 19.Bxd5+ cxd5 20.Rb1 Rd8 21.Qa2 Rc8 22.R6b5 Bf6
23.h4 Kf7 24.R1b2 Rc6 25.Bb8 Raa6 26.Rxb7 Qe6 27.Qb1 g5 28.g4 gxh4 29.gxf5 Qc8
30.Kh2 Qg8 31.Qh1 Qd8 32.Bf4 Rcb6 33.Rb8 Rxb8 34.Rxb8 Qd7 35.Qg2  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 a6
9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 e5 11.Qd3 Be6 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.f4 Qa5 14.a3 Rxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3
16.bxc3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nxe4 18.Re1 Nxc3 19.Bg2 Kd7 20.Re3 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5
22.Rd1 Bc4 23.Re4 Be6 24.Bxd6 Bxd6 25.Red4 h5 26.Rxd6+ Kc7 27.R6d4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Rh3
29.R1d3 Rh1+ 30.Kb2 Rg1 31.Rc3+ Kb8 32.Rc5 g6 33.g5 Bf5 34.Rd6 Rg4 35.Rb6 Rg3
36.a4 Rxg5 37.Rf6 Rg4 38.Rxf7 Rxa4 39.c4 Rb4+ 40.Kc3 Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Re1 Rb8
9.Rb1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.b4 e6 12.e4 Ne7 13.Nd2 c5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.dxc5 Nd7
16.Nxb5 Nxc5 17.Nc4 Nd3 18.Re2 Ba6 19.a4 Nxc1 20.Qxc1 Rc8 21.Rc2 Bxb5 22.axb5 Qd4
23.b6 Rb8 24.Rd2 Qc5 25.Rd7 Bd4 26.Rc7 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 Qh5 28.Rxe7 Bxg3 29.h3 Rbd8
30.e5 Qh4 31.Rc7 Bf2 32.Qa3  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.Qb3 Na5
9.Bxd5 Nxb3 10.Nxf3 Nxd5 11.axb3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 13.Nf5 a6 14.Ke2 O-O-O 15.Rd1 f6
16.b4 g6 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Kc7 20.Kd3 Bd6 21.Kc4 Kc6 22.Kb3 Rd8
23.g4 Bc7 24.Rg1 Rd3 25.Rg3 e4 26.Rh3 Rd7 27.Bd4 Rf7 28.Re3 Kd5 29.h3 Be5
30.Bc5 f5 31.Re1 Kc6 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.f3 Bg3 34.Rg1 Bd6 35.fxe4 fxe4 36.Bd4 Rf3
37.Rg4 Bf4 38.Kc2 Rf1 39.Rg7 Rh1 40.Rxh7 Rh2+ 41.Kd1 Rd2+ 42.Ke1 Rxb2 43.Re7 Kd5
44.Rxb7 Kc4 45.Re7 Kd3 46.Rd7 Bd2+ 47.Kf1 e3 48.Bg7+ Kc2 49.Re7 Rb1+ 50.Kg2 Kd3
51.Bh6 Re1 52.h4 Bxc3 53.Rd7+ Kc4 54.h5 e2 55.Re7 Bd4 56.Be3 Rf1 57.Bxd4 e1=Q
58.Rxe1 Rxe1 59.Bg7 Re4 60.Kg3 Re1 61.Kg2 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O a6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 Be7 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qc8 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qe3 Re8 14.Nd4 Bf8 15.h3 Qc7
16.Re1 g6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.Nc2 Nc5 20.Ba1 h5 21.Nb4 Qc8 22.Qf4 Qa8
23.Nd3 Nfd7 24.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C77"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B54"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E90"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Rfb1 Ng6 13.b4 f6 14.a4 Kf7 15.Kf1 Nf8
16.Ke2 Ne6 17.c3 Rhd8 18.Nc4 b6 19.Kd2 Be7 20.Kc2 Rd7 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Rd2 g6
23.Rad1 Bf8 24.Kb3 c5 25.b5 a5 26.Kc2 Bg7 27.Rh1 f5 28.Rdd1 f4 29.Bc1 Bf6
30.h4 Kg7 31.Rh2 Kh7 32.Rg2 Kh6 33.Rdg1 Rg7 34.Rh1 Kh7 35.Rhg1 Rdg8 36.Rh1 Kh6
37.Kd2 g5 38.hxg5+ Nxg5 39.Ke2 Ne6 40.Rgh2 h4 41.Rxh4+ Bxh4 42.Rxh4+ Kg5
43.Rh1 Kf6 44.Bb2 Rg5 45.Rh7 Re8 46.Rd7 Re7 47.Rd5 Rh7 48.d4 exd4 49.e5+ Kf5
50.cxd4 Rg2 51.Nd6+ cxd6 52.exd6+ Kg6 53.d7 Nd8 54.dxc5 bxc5 55.Bc3 Kf7 56.Bxa5 Ke6
57.Rxc5 Rxd7 58.Bc7 Rgg7 59.Bxf4 Nb7 60.Rc6+ Kd5 61.Be3 Rg1 62.Rh6 Kc4 63.Rc6+ Kb3
64.b6 Kxa4 65.f4 Kb5 66.Rc2 Nd6 67.Rc5+ Ka6 68.Rd5 Rgg7 69.Kf3 Nc4 70.Rc5 Nxb6
71.Rc6 Rb7 72.f5 Rgc7 73.Re6 Kb5 74.Re5+ Kc4 75.Ke4 Nd7 76.Ra5 Nf6+ 77.Ke5 Rc6
78.Bg5 Rb5+ 79.Rxb5 Nd7+ 80.Ke4 Kxb5 81.Kd5 Rc5+ 82.Ke6 Nf8+  0-1

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qe3 Nc5
16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Re1 Nxb3 18.cxb3 Be6 19.Nc3 O-O 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Bd2 Nf5 22.Qf2 b4
23.Nc5 Rfd8 24.Na6 Qxd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.Nxb8 h5 27.Rf1 Rxb2 28.Na6 Ne3 29.Rf2 Rxb3
30.Nxc7 Bc4 31.Rf3 Be2 32.Rg3 Rc3 33.Kf2 Rxc7 34.Rxe3 Bg4 35.Rb1 Rc4 36.Reb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 d6 9.d4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.f4 Rc8 13.Rc1 O-O 14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.Qe2 h5
17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 h4 19.Rxc8 Bxc8 20.Nd2 hxg3 21.hxg3 Bg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5
23.Qe3 Qh5 24.Bf3 Qh3 25.Kf2 Nf6 26.Qg5 Nh7 27.Qh4 Qxh4 28.gxh4 b5 29.Rc1 g6
30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Rc6 g5 32.hxg5 Nxg5 33.Ke3 Rd8 34.a4 Kf7 35.axb5 axb5 36.Rb6 Rh8
37.Rb8 Nxf3 38.Nxf3 Ke7 39.Rxb5 Bg4 40.Rb7+ Kf6 41.Kf2 Bxf3 42.Kxf3 Rh3+
43.Kg4 Re3 44.Rb4 Re2 45.Kf3 Rh2 46.Rb6 Kg5 47.Rxd6 Rh3+ 48.Ke2 Kf4 49.Rc6 Kxe4
50.d6 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh7 52.Rc7 Rh8 53.d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C39"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lillo Ferrer, JM."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.g4 Ne8
10.Bd3 h6 11.Be3 Nc7 12.Qd2 g5 13.h4 f6 14.Ng1 Rf7 15.Nge2 Nf8 16.Ng3 Ng6
17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.f3 Bf8 22.Qh2 Rg7 23.Kd2 Qd7
24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Rae1 Re8 26.Re6 Be7 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Ne4 Rf8 29.Nxg5 Qe8 30.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Romero, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.h4 b6
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Nbc6 11.O-O h6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bf4 f5 14.exf6 Qxf4 15.fxe7 Rf7
16.Re3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rxe7 18.g3 Qf6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Qh5 Rg7
23.Kg2 Rf8 24.f3 g4 25.f4 Be8 26.Qh1 Bg6 27.Qd1 Rc8 28.Qe2 Bxd3 29.cxd3 Rc6
30.Rh1 Kf7 31.Rh4 Rc3 32.f5 exf5 33.Rh5 Rg5 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Rxa7 Rg7 36.Re8+ Kh7
37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Re6 Qxd4 39.Re7+ Kf6 40.Qe6+ Kg5 41.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Ne7 7.e4 O-O 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe1 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.b3 f5 12.Bb2 fxe4 13.dxe4 Nc5 14.Qe3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 d4
16.Qe2 Be5 17.Qc4 Qe7 18.Bg2 d3 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qc3 Qd6 21.cxd3 Ncxd3 22.f4 Nc6
23.Nc4 Qc5+ 24.Kh2 Rad8 25.Rad1 Nf2 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qf3 Nd3 28.Rd1 Qd4 29.Qe3 Qxe3
30.Nxe3 Nd4 31.Nd5 exd5 32.e5 Nxf4 33.gxf4 c5 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 b6 36.Rd3 Kf7
37.bxc5 bxc5 38.Rc3 c4 39.Ra3 Ke6 40.Kg3 c3 41.Kf2 Rc8 42.h4 c2 43.Bh3+ Nf5
44.Ra6+ Ke7 45.Bxf5 c1=Q 46.Bxc8 Qxc8 47.Ra7+ Kf8 48.Kg3 d4 49.Ra4 Qd7 50.Ra8+ Ke7
51.Kf2 d3 52.Ke1 Qd4 53.Ra6 Qe3+ 54.Kf1 Qe2+ 55.Kg1 d2 56.Rd6  0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 Nc6
9.h3 Qc7 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Bd3 b5 13.Rhf1 Rb8 14.g5 hxg5 15.fxg5 Nh5
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Qf2 Bd8 18.g6 Nf6 19.gxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qg3 Kg8 21.Bg5 Nh5 22.Bxd8 Rxd8
23.Qg5 e5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nf4 26.Bf5 Rh6 27.Rxf4 exf4 28.Be6+ Kh8 29.Qxf4 Qe7
30.Rf1 Qf6 31.Qxf6 Rxf6 32.Rg1 Rdf8 33.Rg5 g6 34.b3 Kh7 35.Kb2 Kh6 36.Rg1 Rf1
37.Rg4 R8f4 38.Rg3 R1f2 39.Rc3 Rd4 40.Rc6 Rdd2 41.a4 b4 42.a5 Kg5 43.Rc4 Kf6
44.Kc1 Ke5 45.Kb2 Rd4 46.Rc6 Rf1 47.Bg4 Re4 48.Rb6 Kxd5 49.Bc8 Ree1 50.Rxb4 Rb1+
51.Kc3 Rf3+ 52.Kd2 Rf2+ 53.Kc3 Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 e5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Bf5
16.e4 Bd7 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.Bb2 Bh6 19.Qd3 Nb7 20.Rb1 Nc5 21.Qe2 Qd8 22.Bc1 Na6
23.R4b2 Qa5 24.Nb3 Qxc3 25.Bxh6 Rfc8 26.Bg5 Ne8 27.Rc1 Qb4 28.Nc5 Qxb2 29.Qxb2 Nxc5
30.Be3 Na4 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Qb4 Nc3 33.a3 Kf8 34.Bf1 Ke7 35.f3 Na2 36.Qb2 Nc3
37.Bd2 Na4 38.Qb3 Nc5 39.Qe3 h5 40.Qh6 Nb3 41.Bg5+ f6 42.Qh7+ Kd8 43.Be3 Rc3
44.Bb6+ Kc8 45.Qe7 Nd2 46.Qd8+ Kb7 47.Ba5  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.f4 d6
9.Qf3 Nd7 10.O-O Ngf6 11.Bd2 b4 12.Nd1 Bb7 13.Nf2 a5 14.c3 bxc3 15.Bxc3 Be7
16.Rac1 Qb6 17.g4 a4 18.Bd4 Qd8 19.Nd2 O-O 20.g5 Ne8 21.h4 e5 22.Bc3 exf4
23.Qxf4 Ne5 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Bd6 26.Qf5 g6 27.Qf3 Be5 28.Nc4 Bd4 29.Rcd1 f5
30.Be2 fxe4 31.Qg3 Ng7 32.Qd6 Nf5 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Nd6 Qc7 35.Nxf5 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nf1 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 Ne5 17.Qd1 Bf6 18.Ne3 Be6 19.a4 Nc6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nb4 22.Bb1 bxa4
23.Rxa4 a5 24.Bd2 g6 25.Bxb4 axb4 26.Rxb4 Qa5 27.Ree4 Rab8 28.Ra4 Qb5 29.b4 Rfe8
30.Bd3 Qxd5 31.Qf3 Rxe4 32.Bxe4 Qd4 33.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B92"]

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"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.h4 Nb6 13.Kb1 b4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 a5 17.Qd3 O-O 18.Nd2 a4 19.Ne4 Rfc8 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Qe4 Qc5 22.Bd3 Kf8
23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.Qf5 Bh6 26.Rh4 Ke7 27.Rc4 Qxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Qd3 Rac8
30.Re1 Bf4 31.Re4 Rxe4 32.fxe4 g5 33.a3 bxa3 34.Qa6 Rd8 35.Qb6 g4 36.c4 g3
37.c5 g2 38.cxd6+ Rxd6 39.Qc7+ Kf6 40.Qxd6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.exd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Bd6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Ne4 Nd7
9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.d4 O-O 11.Kf2 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nbxd5 13.Re1 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Re5 Nf6
16.Bxf4 Ng6 17.Rxh5 Qxf4 18.Rb5 Nh4 19.Kg1 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qxd4+ 21.Kh1 b6
22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Qb3+ Kg6 24.Qg3+ Kf7 25.Qb3+ Kg6 26.Qg3+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.Ra7 c5 15.e5 Nfd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qg3 O-O 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.exd6 Nf5 20.Qf2 Qb6 21.Rc7 Nd4 22.f5 b4
23.f6 g6 24.Nd5 Qxd6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Bh6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Qg3 c5
16.e5 Nh5 17.Qf3 c4 18.Qxh5 cxb3 19.cxb3 dxe5 20.Qxe5 Bb7 21.Rd1 Qc8 22.Qe2 Re8
23.Be3 Qe6 24.Ba7 Qc6 25.Qf3 Qe6 26.Qe2 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E76"]

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.a4 axb5
10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.Bd2 Bxb5 12.axb5 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 Qb6 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Qe1 Qb7 16.e5 Nxd5
17.e6 N7b6 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Ng5 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Rf5 21.Qe6+ Kh8 22.Nf7+ Kg7 23.Nd8 Qa8
24.Nc6 Qg8 25.Qxg8+ Kxg8 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.b6 Nxb6 28.Nxe7+ Kf7 29.Nxf5 gxf5
30.Bc3 Ke6 31.Re1+ Kd5 32.g4 fxg4 33.f5 Nd7 34.Re7 Nf6 35.Kg2 h5 36.Kg3 Ne4+
37.Rxe4 Kxe4 38.f6 Bxf6 39.Bxf6 d5 40.Kh4 d4 41.Kxh5 Kf3 42.Kg5 d3 43.Bc3 c4
44.Kf5 Ke2 45.Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Qf3 c6 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rfe1 Rae8
16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.c4 Qa3 18.h4 Qxa2 19.Rf1 dxc4 20.Bxf5 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 c3 22.Qd3 Qd5
23.Qxc3 Re4 24.Qg3 Rxd4 25.Qb8+ Qd8 26.Qxa7 h6 27.Qa2+ Kh8 28.g3 b5 29.Qe6 Qd5
30.Qxd5 Rxd5 31.Ra1 Rc5 32.Ra2 Kh7 33.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Be3 Qf6
16.Kh1 exd4 17.cxd4 Ba5 18.Rg1 Rxb5 19.Ba4 Rxb2 20.Bxc6 Bb6 21.Rg4 Rb4 22.e5 dxe5
23.dxe5 Qe7 24.Qd5 Bxe3 25.fxe3 g6 26.Rxb4 Qxb4 27.e6 Qc3 28.Rg1 Nf6 29.exf7+ Rxf7
30.Qe6 Kg7 31.Rg5 Qa3 32.Re5 Qd3 33.Kg2 Qe2+ 34.Kg1 Qe1+ 35.Kg2 Qe2+ 36.Kg1 h5
37.Rg5 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qc2+ 39.Kg3 Nh7 40.Qe5+ Kh6 41.Be4 Rxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Qd1+
43.Kf4 Qf1+ 44.Bf3 Qc4+ 45.Be4 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E90"]

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 "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.Ra7 c5 15.e5 Nfd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qf3 Qb6 18.Rxf7 c4+ 19.Kh1 Kxf7 20.Qxd5+ Be6 21.Qd1 Bf5 22.Qd5+ Be6
23.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Qc7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Qa5 Rc8 14.c3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4
16.Rhe1 Be7 17.Bg5 O-O 18.Bxf6 Qf4+ 19.Nd2 Qxf6 20.Qb6 Rb8 21.Qe3 Qg6 22.g3 Rfe8
23.Qe4 f5 24.Qd3 Bg5 25.Kb1 Rbc8 26.Nb3 Kh7 27.Re2 Rc7 28.f4 Bf6 29.fxe5 Rxe5
30.Rxe5 Bxe5 31.Nd2 f4 32.Ne4 fxg3 33.hxg3 b5 34.a3 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 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.Kb1 Nb4 18.Be2 Rad8 19.Rc1 Qg5 20.Qg4 Qc5 21.Ra3 Rd4
22.Qh5 Qd5 23.Qxd5 exd5 24.Nd6 b6 25.Re3 g6 26.Re7 a6 27.Rf1 f5 28.g4 Rd8
29.Re6 fxg4 30.Ne8 Nd3 31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.Rxc6 Nf4 33.Bxa6 Rxa4 34.Nxg4 Rxa6
35.Rxf4+ Ke7 36.Ne5 Rd6 37.Rc7+ Ke6 38.Nd3  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Ne5
9.Nc3 d6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nd4 b6 14.b3 Re8 15.f4 Ned7 16.Bf3 Bb7
17.Re1 Rac8 18.Bf2 Nf8 19.Qd2 Qb8 20.f5 N6d7 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Bh5 g6 23.Bg4 Bf6
24.Nf3 Rcd8 25.Rcd1 Qc7 26.Na4 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Rc1 Qb8 29.Nc3 Nc5 30.Qf4 Bxc3
31.Rxc3 e5 32.Qf6 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4 34.Ng5 Qb7 35.h4 Bd5 36.Rd3 h6 37.Rxd5 Qxd5
38.Bf3 e4 39.Bxe4 Qe5 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Bd5 Qg7 42.Qxg7+ Kxg7 43.Bd4+ Re5 44.Nf7 Rd7
45.Nxe5 dxe5 46.Bxe5+ Kh7 47.Bc6 Rd1+ 48.Kf2 Rd2+ 49.Ke3 Rxa2 50.g3 Ra6 51.Be4 h5
52.Kd4 Ra1 53.Bc6 Rb1 54.Bd6 Ne6+ 55.Ke5 Ng7 56.b4 Nf5 57.Bc5 Nxg3 58.Bxb5 Nf5
59.Bc6 Nxh4 60.b5 Nf3+ 61.Bxf3 Rxb5 62.Kd4 Kh6 63.Be2 Rb8 64.Ke3 g5 65.Kf2 Rb3
66.Bf3 g4 67.Be3+ Kg6 68.Bc6 h4 69.Bd7 Rb2+ 70.Kf1 g3 71.Bh3 Kh5 72.Bg1 Ra2
73.Bd7 Rb2 74.Bh3 Rd2 75.Bc8 Rc2 76.Bh3 Kg6 77.Be3 Ra2 78.Bg1 Ra3 79.Kg2 Kg5
80.Bc5 Rd3 81.Be7+ Kh5 82.Bc5 Rc3 83.Bb6 Rc6 84.Bg1 Rc2+ 85.Kf3 Rc3+ 86.Be3 Ra3
87.Ke4 Ra8 88.Kf3 Rf8+ 89.Kg2 Rf7 90.Bd4 Rf4 91.Be3 Rb4 92.Kf3 Kg6 93.Bf4 Rb2
94.Kg4 g2 95.Bh2 Rb3 96.Kxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.c3 Qf6 14.g3 Ne7 15.Nh4 b4
16.Bc4 bxc3 17.bxc3 Bb7 18.Rac1 c6 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.f4 d5 21.fxe5 Qe6 22.Nb3 Na4
23.exd5 cxd5 24.Bb5 Qb6+ 25.d4 Bc6 26.Bxa4 Bxa4 27.Nc5 Bb5 28.Qg4 Bxf1 29.Nd7 Qb2
30.Rxf1 Qxc3 31.Nxb8 Rxb8 32.Qf4 Rf8 33.Ng2 Nc6 34.e6 Qxd4+ 35.Qxd4 Nxd4
36.exf7+ Rxf7 37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B49"]

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.Bd3 c5 12.c4 Bb7 13.Nc3 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Qd2 d6 16.Rab1 Rd8
17.Bg5 Nh7 18.Bf4 Nf8 19.b4 cxb4 20.Rxb4 Ng6 21.Rfb1 Ba8 22.Be3 Rc8 23.Rb6 Ne5
24.Rxa6 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 O-O 26.Ra4 Rb8 27.Rb5 Rfc8 28.Bd4 Bc6 29.Ra7 Qd8 30.Rb3 Ra8
31.Nb5 Rcb8 32.Qe2 Bf8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.a3 Qg5 35.Be3 Qe5 36.f3 d5 37.Bd4 Qg5
38.cxd5 exd5 39.Rc3 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Qd2 41.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A26"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Ne5
9.h3 Bc5 10.Qd2 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Rae1 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 e5
16.f5 Ne7 17.g4 Bc6 18.Nd2 d5 19.Qg3 dxe4 20.Ncxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Nd5 22.Kh2 Nf4
23.f6 Rad8 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Qh4 Ng6 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Qg5 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rd6 29.h4 f6
30.Qh6 Qg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kg3 Nf4 33.Re3 Nxd3 34.cxd3 Rfd8 35.Rff3 h6 36.g5 hxg5
37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Rxe5 Rxd3 39.Rxg5+ Kh6 40.Rg4 Rxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Rd2 42.Rb4 b5
43.Ke3 Rg2 44.Kd4 Rc2 45.Kd3 Rg2 46.Kc3 Kg7 47.a4 Rg3+ 48.Kc2 Rg2+ 49.Kb3 Rg3+
50.Ka2 bxa4 51.Rxa4 Rg6 52.Ka3 Kf7 53.Rc4 Ke7 54.Ka4 Kd7 55.Ka5 Rh6 56.b4 Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 e5 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd7
16.Bc3 b4 17.Bb2 f5 18.Bg2 Nb7 19.f4 e4 20.e3 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Qf6 22.Qxf6 Rxf6
23.g4 a5 24.g5 Rff8 25.Kf2 a4 26.Rb2 Ra8 27.Rfb1 axb3 28.axb3 Ra3 29.Bf1 Rfa8
30.Be2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Qe8 15.h3 Bd7
16.Nc3 Nxe4 17.Re1 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qc8 19.c4 Bf5 20.Re2 Na5 21.Ba2 c5 22.d5 Bd8
23.Bd2 Qa6 24.Qa4 Ra8 25.Bc3 Nb7 26.Qd1 Ba5 27.Bb2 Bb4 28.Nh4 Bg6 29.f4 Qa4
30.Qxa4 Rxa4 31.f5 Rfa8 32.Re7 Bh5 33.g4 f6 34.gxh5 Rxa2 35.Rxa2 Rxa2 36.h6 Rxb2
37.Rxg7+ Kh8 38.Rxb7 Bc3 39.Rd7 Kg8 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rh8 Bd4+ 42.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.a4 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bxb5 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qe2 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Na5 Qa4 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Re1 f6 22.Qd3 Qc6
23.Ne3 Rc8 24.Bd2 Bf8 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Qb3+ Kh8 27.Bc3 Nc4 28.Nxc4 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4
30.Rd1 Kg8 31.Rd4 Rc7 32.Kg1 Kf7 33.Kf2 Ke6 34.Re4+ Kf7 35.Ke3 d5 36.Rh4 h6
37.Kd3 Bd6 38.Ba5 Rc8 39.h3 Be5 40.Rb4 g5 41.Rb7+ Ke6 42.g4 h5 43.Bb4 hxg4
44.hxg4 Rc7 45.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "Porzellan Cup rap"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.Ba3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5
16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb5 Nxb4 19.axb4 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Porzellan Cup rap"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.Nd4 Nd3 19.Bxd3 b4 20.Bxc4 bxa3 21.bxa3 Nc5 22.Bb2 g6
23.Nc6 Qb6 24.Qc2 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Qc3+ Kg8 27.Qf6 Qc7 28.e5 Nd7 29.Ne7+ Rxe7
30.Qxe7 Rc8 31.exd6 Qa5 32.Qxd7 Qxd2 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Rxc8 Qc1+ 35.Bf1 Bxc8
36.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Porzellan Cup rap"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 a5 10.Ba3 Nh5 11.c5 Nf4 12.Bc4 f5 13.bxa5 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf5 15.g3 Nh3+
16.Kg2 h6 17.Bb4 g5 18.Qd3 Kh8 19.Nfd2 Rg8 20.Kxh3 Ne3+ 21.g4 Bxg4+ 22.Kg3 Nxf1+
23.Rxf1 Bf5 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Bxd6 Bxd3 27.Bxd3 Rxa5 28.Bc4 Rc8
29.Bb4 Raa8 30.Bb3 Bf8 31.d6 Rd8 32.Ne4 Rac8 33.Rd1 b6 34.Kg4 Kg7 35.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Porzellan Cup rap"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.dxe6 Nc6 7.Ne2 fxe6 8.a3 Qd7
9.Be3 O-O-O 10.Nbc3 g5 11.Qa4 Qg7 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.b4 Nb6 14.Qb3 Be7 15.d5 exd5
16.cxd5 Qe5 17.Bf2 Bf6 18.dxc6 Be6 19.cxb7+ Kxb7 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qb1 Rxd1+
23.Nxd1 Bf5 24.Qb2 Qd6 25.Bd4 Rd8 26.Ne3 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Qe6 28.Qxd8 Qxe3+ 29.Qd2 Qxa3+
30.Kd1 Bd3 31.Nc1 Nc4 32.Qxd3 Nb2+ 33.Kc2 Nxd3 34.Bxd3 Qxb4 35.Bxh7 Qc5+
36.Kd1 Qf2 37.Be4+ Kc8 38.g4 a5 39.Re1 Qxh2 40.Re2 Qg1+ 41.Kc2 a4 42.Kb1 Qb6+
43.Rb2 Qd4 44.Ne2 Qc4 45.Nc1 c5 46.Nd3 a3 47.Rb6 a2+ 48.Ka1 Qc2 49.Rb2 Qd1+
50.Kxa2 c4 51.Nb4 Qa4+ 52.Kb1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Porzellan Cup rap"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Bd3 g6 14.Qh4 c5 15.Be4 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Ne5 18.Nd2 f6 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qe2 Nf7 22.Be3 Bxh2+
23.Kh1 Be5 24.Nf3 Bf6 25.Rac1 e5 26.c5 b5 27.g3 Qc6 28.Kg1 e4 29.Ne1 Ne5
30.b4 a5 31.a4 Nd3 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.bxa5 Qxa5 34.Nxd3 exd3 35.Qf3 d2 36.Rc2 Rac8
37.Rd1 Qa3 38.Rcxd2 Rxd2 39.Rxd2 Rxc5 40.Bxc5 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "Porzellan Cup rap"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 Bh5 10.d3 O-O 11.Re1 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nbd2 b4 14.Ba4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Ne7
16.Nf1 Nd7 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bb3 h6 19.Rb1 Kh8 20.Nh4 Bh7 21.Qf3 Nd5 22.exd5 Qxh4
23.Bc2 Rxb1 24.Bxb1 f5 25.Kf1 Nf6 26.d4 e4 27.Nxf5 exf3 28.Nxh4 fxg2+ 29.Nxg2 Bxb1
30.dxc5 Nxd5 31.cxd6 cxd6 32.Ba3 Bd3+ 33.Kg1 Rf3 34.Bxd6 Rxh3 35.Bg3 Rh5
36.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C68"]

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 "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.O-O e6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.f4 Nf6 13.h3 Qe7 14.a4 Bh5 15.Qc1 O-O-O
16.a5 g5 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Qxa3 Qxa3 19.Rxa3 c5 20.fxg5 cxd4 21.exd4 Rxd4 22.Ra2 Nd7
23.Nb5 Rd3 24.Nxa7+ Kb8 25.Nb5 Rg8 26.h4 Ne5 27.c5 e3 28.Nf3 Nxf3+ 29.gxf3 f4
30.a6 bxa6 31.Rxa6 Bxf3 32.c6 e2 33.Re1 Rg7 34.Kf2 Bg4 35.Rea1 Rf3+ 36.Kxe2 Rxb3+
37.Kd2 Rxb5 38.Ra8+ Kc7 39.R8a7+ Kxc6 40.Rxg7 Bf5 41.Rc1+ Kd6 42.Ke2 Rb3
43.Kf2 Be4 44.h5 Rb2+ 45.Ke1 Rh2 46.Rf7 Rxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.Nb1 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 b3 19.Bxb3 g5 20.Nxg5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 cxd4 22.Ra3 Nc6
23.Ba2 Ne5 24.Rg3 Kh7 25.f4 Ned7 26.e5 d3+ 27.Kh1 dxe5 28.fxe5 Re8 29.exf6 Rxe1+
30.Qxe1 Qe8 31.Be3 Nxf6 32.Qf2 Qc6 33.Bxb6 Qxb6 34.Qf5+ Kh8 35.Qg5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ne5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 O-O 14.Bf4 c6 15.Rae1 Ne4
16.f3 Nd6 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Re2 Bf8 19.b3 a5 20.Rfe1 a4 21.Kg2 axb3 22.axb3 Re7
23.Bg3 Nb5 24.Bf2 Ra2 25.Nd3 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Ra8 27.Ne5 Nc7 28.h4 f6 29.Nd3 Qd7
30.Bg3 Ne6 31.c3 Re8 32.Nf4 Nxf4+ 33.Bxf4 Rxe2+ 34.Qxe2 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O a6 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Na4 Ned7 15.Bd4 Rac8
16.Rxc8 Rxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.g3 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.e3 c5 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.O-O Rc8 14.b4 a5 15.f3 Nd6
16.c5 Nb5 17.Qc4 Ba6 18.a4 d5 19.cxd6 Ncxd4 20.Qd3 Nc3 21.Qxa6 Ndxe2+ 22.Kh1 axb4
23.Be3 Qxd6 24.f4 b3 25.Rae1 Nd4 26.Bc1 Nc2 27.Re5 Nb4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Nd2 c6
10.Be2 h6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.g4 Ndc5 13.Nb3 Bd7 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.h4 a4 16.Qd2 cxd5
17.cxd5 Qa5 18.Bxh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 a3 20.b4 Qxb4 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.h5 Nd3+ 23.Bxd3 Rxc3
24.O-O Be8 25.Rfd1 Qc5 26.Rxc3 Qxc3 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.Rh1 f6 29.hxg6 Qg7 30.Qxg7+ Kxg7
31.Rh7+ Kxg6 32.Rxb7 Kg5 33.Rb8 Rg8 34.Kg3 Bf7 35.Rb7 Bg6 36.Ra7 Rb8 37.Rxa3 Rb2
38.f3 Rd2 39.Bf1 Rc2 40.Ra8 Rc3 41.Kf2 f5 42.gxf5 Bh5 43.Be2 Kf4 44.Rh8  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 Qf6 13.Qf3 c6 14.Bf4 b5 15.Qg3 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 Rf7 17.Kf1 Raf8 18.Re2 Qd8 19.Rbe1 Qb8 20.Qh4 Qd8 21.Qf4 Qb8 22.Re5 Qd6
23.Qc1 a6 24.f4 g6 25.R1e3 Kg7 26.h4 h5 27.Kg1 Rh8 28.Be2 Rhf8 29.Bf3 Qf6
30.Qe1 Qd6 31.Kh2 Kh7 32.Qg3 Qf6 33.Kh3 Kh6 34.Be2 Kh7 35.Bf3 Kh6 36.Be2 Kh7
37.Kh2 Kh6 38.Kg1 Kh7 39.Bd3 Kg7 40.Kf2 Ra8 41.Qg5 Rc8 42.Re1 Rb8 43.a4 Rc8
44.a5 Rb8 45.R1e3 Kf8 46.Rg3 Kg7 47.Ke3 Qxg5 48.Rxg5 Rf6 49.Kd2 Kf7 50.Kc1 Be6
51.Kb2 Rh8 52.Kb3 Ke7 53.Kb4 Kd6 54.Rg3 Rb8 55.Rge3 Rb7 56.Be2 Rb8 57.Bf3 Rc8
58.Re1 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Rb8 18.Ba7 Nxe5 19.Qc3 Bd6 20.Qd4 Bc7 21.Qc5 Qc8 22.Rhe1 Nc4
23.Bxb8 Qxb8 24.g3 Be5 25.c3 Rc8 26.Qe7 b4 27.Qxb4 Qc7 28.Qb7 Na3+ 29.Kc1 Bf4+
30.gxf4 Qxf4+ 31.Rd2 Rd8 32.Rd1 Rxd2 33.Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Qf4 Be6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.f4 f5 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.O-O-O Rhg8 13.g3 h5 14.Bh3 h4 15.Na4 Bf2
16.Bb4 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 hxg3 18.hxg3 b5 19.Bxe7 bxa4 20.Bxf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Be3+
22.Kb1 Rxg3 23.Rd8+ Kb7 24.a3 Bxf4 25.Rf8 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D49"]

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.Qe2 Ba6 15.Rd1 Bc5
16.a3 Bb7 17.Bxb5 Rg8 18.b4 Be7 19.Rxd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxg2 21.Qe3 Bh3+ 22.Kh1 Bg2+
23.Kg1 Bh3+ 24.Qg3 Rxg3+ 25.hxg3 Bxb4 26.Bb2 Bc5 27.a4 e5 28.Nc6 Kf8 29.a5 Nb8
30.Rc1 Bd6 31.Nxb8 Rxb8 32.a6 Rxb5 33.a7 Ra5 34.Ra1 Rxa7 35.Rxa7 Kg7 36.Kh2 Be6
37.Ra8 Bc5 38.Kg1 h5 39.Bc1 Kg6 40.Rh8 Bg4 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Rb8 Be6 43.Rb5 Bd4
44.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Rxd1 O-O-O 15.Re1 Nxe5
16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Bb4 18.c3 Bc5 19.Kf1 Rd3 20.Ke2 Rhd8 21.Rg1 g6 22.Bf4 b5
23.Rac1 Kb7 24.Rc2 a5 25.Rf1 a4 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Bxd2 Be7 28.Be3 Bf6 29.Bc5 Bg5
30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Kc8 32.b3 axb3 33.axb3 Kd7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Be3 Be7 36.c4 Bd6
37.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.Nb1 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 b3 21.Bd3 c4 22.e5 dxe5
23.Rxe5 Qxd4 24.Re3 Ng4 25.Rxa5 cxd3 26.Bf6 Qxf6 27.Qxg4+ Qg6 28.Rg5 Bxe3
29.Rxg6+ fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.fxe3 Rbd8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid playoff 5'-6'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 h6 13.Ng3 Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5
16.Ng4 c6 17.Qf3 Kh8 18.c3 Re6 19.Bc2 Qc7 20.b4 c5 21.Bb2 Rae8 22.Rad1 c4
23.dxc4 dxe4 24.Qe2 bxc4 25.Ba4 Rc8 26.Rd2 Nb6 27.Bc2 Nbd5 28.g3 Qc6 29.Nfe3 Nxe3
30.Qxe3 Nd5 31.Qxe4 g6 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxe5+ Bg7 34.Qe4 f5 35.Qf3 Rd8 36.Red1 Kh7
37.h4 h5 38.a4 Qe6 39.a5 Bc6 40.Qe2 Qxe2 41.Rxe2 Nxc3 42.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 43.Bxd1 Bxc3
44.Rc2 Be1 45.Rxc4 Bb5 46.Rd4 Bc3 47.Rf4 Bd2 48.Bf3 Kg7 49.Bd5 Kf6 50.Kg2 Ke5
51.Bf7 Bxf4 52.gxf4+ Kxf4 53.Bxg6 Kg4 54.f3+ Kxh4 55.Bxf5 Kg5 56.Bc8 Kf4
57.Bb7 Ke5 58.Kg3 Kd4 59.f4 Kc4 60.Kh4 Kxb4 61.Kxh5 Bd3 62.Kg5 Kxa5 63.Kf6 Kb4
64.Ke5 a5 65.Be4 Bxe4 66.Kxe4 Kc5 67.Ke5 a4 68.f5 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d5 b5
9.Qe2 b4 10.Nd1 Nb6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf2 Qc8 13.Re1 a5 14.Rb1 e6 15.c4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Qa6 17.dxe6 Qxe2 18.Rxe2 Na4 19.Rd2 fxe6 20.Ng5 Re8 21.Rxd6 Nxc3
22.Rb7 Ra6 23.Rxa6 Nxa6 24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Bb2 h6 26.Bxc3+ Kf8 27.Nh7+ Ke7
28.Ng4 Nb4 29.a3 Nd3 30.Nxh6 Nxf4 31.Bf6+ Kd6 32.Nf7+ Kc6 33.a4 c4 34.Kf2 Kc5
35.Bc3 Rb8 36.Nf6 Rb7 37.Ne5 Rb3 38.Bxa5 Nd3+ 39.Nxd3+ Rxd3 40.Ke2 Ra3 41.Be1 Kd4
42.Bf2+ Ke5 43.Bh4 Rxa4 44.Nd7+ Kd6 45.Nf8 Ke5 46.Nd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C68"]

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 Qe6 14.d3 g6 15.Be3 b6 16.b4 cxb4
17.axb4 Bg7 18.Ra3 O-O 19.Rda1 Rfd8 20.Qe2 b5 21.Na5 Qc8 22.Bc5 Bf8 23.d4 exd4
24.Qa2+ Kg7 25.Bxd4 Re8 26.e5 Ng8 27.exf6+ Nxf6 28.c4 Re6 29.Rf3 Be7 30.c5 Qg8
31.g4 h6 32.Kg2 Rd8 33.Qb2 Rf8 34.Be5 Kh7 35.Bxc7 Nd5 36.Rxf8 Qxf8 37.Bg3 Bf6
38.Qd2 Nxb4 39.Rd1 Qxc5 40.Bd6 Rxd6 41.Qxd6 Qxd6 42.Rxd6 Kg7 43.Rd7+ Kf8
44.Kf3 Ke8 45.Ra7 Bd4 46.Rh7 Bb6 47.Nb7 Kf8 48.Rd7 Nc6 49.Rd6 Ne5+ 50.Ke4 Nc4
51.Rxg6 a5 52.Nd6 Bc5 53.Nxc4 bxc4 54.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rfd1 b5 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.Bb1 Nd7
16.a3 Nc6 17.e4 Nb6 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Be4 Qd7 21.d5 Na5 22.d6 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Bxd6 24.Qd3 Nc4 25.Rxc4 bxc4 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Bxd6 Rd8 28.Bb4 Rd7
29.Bc3 f6 30.f4 Kf7 31.Kf2 g6 32.Bf3 h6 33.h4 Ke7 34.Be2 Rc7 35.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 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 Be6 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rb7 d5 19.Rfb1 e4 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nb5 Rc8 22.Rc7 exd3
23.exd3 Qd7 24.Nf3 Rxc7 25.Qxc7 Rc8 26.Qxd7 Bxd7 27.Nbd4 Nf5 28.Nxf5 Bxf5
29.Rd1 Rc3 30.Ne1 Be6 31.Nf3 g5 32.h3 Bf6 33.Kh2 Kg7 34.Rd2 d4 35.Ng1 Rc1
36.Be4 h5 37.Ne2 Re1 38.Kg2 Kh6 39.Ng1 g4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Ne2 Be5 42.Nf4 Bxf4
43.gxf4 f5 44.Bb7 Rb1 45.Ba8 Bb3 46.f3 Kh5  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Nc2 Bd7
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O h5 11.Ne3 g5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Ne1 Qb6 14.Nc2 f4 15.Qd3 Nd8
16.h4 Ne6 17.hxg5 O-O-O 18.a4 Rdg8 19.a5 Qd8 20.a6 b6 21.Qc3+ Kb8 22.Nb4 Bxb4
23.Qxb4 Rxg5 24.Bf3 Rhg8 25.Ra3 R8g6 26.Rc3 Bc8 27.b3 Bxa6 28.Ba3  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Qe7
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Qc2 exd4 11.Nxd4 h5 12.Nc4 Nh6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rfe1 g5 15.Rad1 Rhe8
16.f3 c5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Bg3 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Re2 Qd5 21.Bf2 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Nxf5
23.Qe8+ Qd8 24.Qxd8+ Kxd8 25.Bxc5 Kd7 26.Kf1 Ke6 27.Ne3 Nh4 28.Nc2 Ng6 29.Be3 Bf4
30.Bf2 Be5 31.Ne1 f5 32.Nd3 Bd6 33.c4 Ne5 34.Nxe5 Bxe5 35.b3 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Be3 Qe8 9.g4 Nd7
10.Rg1 Kh8 11.Be2 Ndc5 12.a3 f5 13.b4 fxe4 14.Ng5 Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 exd3 16.Qxd3 Nb8
17.Nge4 a5 18.Ke2 Qf7 19.Ng5 Qe7 20.Nce4 c6 21.b5 c5 22.Rad1 Bf6 23.Ne6 Bxe6
24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Be7 27.Nxd6 b6 28.Ne4 Ra7 29.Rgd1 Kg7 30.Rxe5 Rf7
31.Red5 Bh4 32.g5 Rae7 33.f3 Nd7 34.Bf4 Rxf4 35.Rxd7 Bxg5 36.R1d6 Rxd7 37.Rxd7+ Kh6
38.Rd6 Rh4 39.Rxb6 Rxh3 40.Nxg5 Kxg5 41.Rc6 Kf4 42.Rxc5 Rxf3 43.b6 Re3+ 44.Kd2 Re8
45.Rd5 h5 46.c5 h4 47.c6 h3 48.Rd3 h2 49.Rh3 Rd8+ 50.Ke2 Re8+ 51.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h6 10.h4 b5 11.Rg1 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Qd3 Nfxd5 15.O-O-O Be7
16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 g6 18.f4 Qc7 19.Bxb6 Nxb6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Qxf5 Qd7 22.Qf2 Qc7
23.g6 fxg6 24.Rxg6 Rf8 25.Qg2 Ra7 26.Na5 Qc5 27.Nb7 Qe3+ 28.Kb1 Qf3 29.Nxd6+ Bxd6
30.Rgxd6 Qxg2 31.Bxg2 Nc4 32.Re6+ Re7 33.Rxa6 Ne3 34.Ra8+ Kf7 35.Bd5+ Nxd5
36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Rxd5 Kf7 38.Rb5 e4 39.Kc1 e3 40.Kd1 Re4 41.Ke2 Ke6 42.b3 Kd6
43.Rf5 Re8 44.Rf4 Rc8 45.Rd4+ Ke5 46.Kxe3 Rc3+ 47.Rd3 Rxc2 48.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.h3 O-O 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Be3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.d5 Nxb3 14.axb3 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Nbd2 Re8 17.Qb1 Ba5 18.Bd4 Bb4 19.Qd3 Qe7 20.Re3 Nxe4 21.Rc1 Bb7 22.Nf1 d5
23.Ng3 f6 24.Ne2 Rac8 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Nc3 Kf8 27.Rde1 Bd6 28.R3e2 Qf7 29.Nd1 Qg6
30.Nh4 Qh5 31.Nf3 Rc7 32.Ne3 Rce7 33.Bb6 Ng5 34.Nxg5 Qxg5 35.Bd4 Qf4 36.g3 Qe4
37.Qd1 h5 38.h4 Bc8 39.Ng2 Qg4 40.Re3 Qxd1 41.Rxd1 Rc7 42.Rxe8+ Kxe8 43.Ne3 Be6
44.Bb6 Rc6 45.Ba5 Be5 46.Nxd5 Bxb2 47.Nb4 Rc8 48.Nxa6 Bg4 49.Re1+ Kd7 50.Bb6 Rc1
51.Rxc1 Bxc1 52.Bd4 Kd6 53.Kf1 Ba3 54.b4 Kd5 55.Bc5 Kc4 56.Bf8 g6 57.Be7 Bb2
58.Nb8 Bc3 59.Nc6 Bf3 60.Na5+ Kd3 61.Nb3 Kc2 62.Na5 f5 63.Bd6 Kb2 64.Bc7 Bxb4
65.Bb6 Bc3 66.Bd8 Kc2 67.Bb6 Kb2 68.Bd8 Kc2 69.Bb6 Bd5 70.Ke2 b4 71.Ke3 Be5
72.Bd4 Bc7  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 c6 15.b4 Nh5
16.Re1 Qf6 17.c5 Nc7 18.Ra2 Be6 19.Rd2 Nf4 20.Bf1 a5 21.b5 cxb5 22.Nxb5 Nxb5
23.Bxb5 Rfd8 24.Bf1 Bf8 25.Kh2 Rdc8 26.g3 Nh5 27.Rb2 Bxc5 28.Bxh6 Bxa3 29.Bg5 Bxb2
30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.Ng5 Rc6 32.Qa4 Bd4 33.Nxe6 Rxe6 34.Bc4 Rb6 35.Re2 Kg7 36.Qa2 a4
37.Bxf7 a3 38.Bb3 Nd7 39.Rc2 Nc5 40.Rxc5 Bxc5 41.Qc2 Bd6 42.Qc4 Rf8 43.Kg2 a2
44.Bxa2 Rb2 45.h4 Rfxf2+ 46.Kh3 Rxa2 47.Qd5 Rad2 48.Qxb7+ Rf7 49.Qc6 Rd3
50.h5 Rff3 51.Qd7+ Kh6 52.hxg6 Rxg3+ 53.Kh2 Rxg6 54.Qd8 Rf3 55.Qh8+ Kg5 56.Qd8+ Rff6
57.Kh3 Kf4 58.Kh2 Kf3  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7
10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 Nh5 12.g6 Nf6 13.gxf7+ Kxf7 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nxe6 Kxe6 16.e5 Bxg2
17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Kxg2 Rc8 19.Qf3 Be7 20.Rae1 Kf7 21.Qd5+ Kf8 22.Qf5 Qc7 23.Bd4 Qb7+
24.Kg1 Rc4 25.Rf4 Qc8 26.Re6 Rxd4 27.Rxf6+  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.h4 Bd7 13.Bd3 h6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bc6
16.Qf4 Nh5 17.Qg4 Rxd3 18.Rxd3 hxg5 19.Qxh5 gxh4 20.Rd4 g6 21.Rg4 Qc5 22.Rf1 Bf6
23.Rxg6+ fxg6 24.Qxg6+ Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.g3 b5
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Ne5 f6 11.Nxc4 g5 12.Be3 bxc4 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.h4 Nd7 15.hxg5 fxg5
16.Bxg5 O-O-O 17.O-O Rg8 18.Qd2 h6 19.Be3 e5 20.Qc2 Bd6 21.Rxb7 Kxb7 22.Rb1+ Ka7
23.Bxc6 Rb8 24.Bxd7 Rxb1+ 25.Qxb1 exd4 26.Bxd4+ Bc5 27.Qe4 Rd8 28.Bxc5+ Qxc5
29.Be6 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Qh5 31.Qe3+ Kb7 32.Qf3+ Qxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Rc1 34.Ke3 Rxc3+
35.Kd2 Ra3 36.Bxc4 Kc6 37.Bb3 Kc5 38.g4 a5 39.e3 a4 40.Bf7 Kb4 41.f4 Kc5
42.Bg8 Kd6 43.Bf7 Ke7 44.Bc4 Kf8 45.Bd5 Ke7 46.Ke2 Kd6 47.Bg8 Rc3 48.Kf3 a3
49.g5 hxg5 50.fxg5 Ke5 51.Bf7 Rc1 52.g6 Rg1 53.Ke2 Rg2+ 54.Kd3 Rg3 55.Kc4 Kf6
56.e4 Re3 57.Kd4 Re1 58.Kd3 Kg7 59.Kd4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 c3 11.Qb3 cxb2 12.Rad1 b1=Q 13.Nxb1 Qc8 14.Qc3 Bxb1 15.Rxb1 Be7
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Nxc5 18.Bf3 Rb8 19.Qa5 O-O 20.Qxa7 Ra8 21.Qb6 Ra6 22.Qb5 Qc7
23.Rfc1 Ra5 24.Qxb7 Qxb7 25.Bxb7 Rd8 26.Be3 h6 27.Bf3 Nd3 28.Bb6 Rxe5 29.Rd1 Rd7
30.a4 Bb4 31.Bc6 Rd6 32.Bc7 Rxc6 33.Bxe5 Nxe5 34.Rxb4 Rc2 35.Rbb1 Ng4 36.Rf1 Rc6
37.a5 Ra6 38.Rb5 Nf6 39.Rc1 Nd5 40.Kf1 g5 41.g3 Kg7 42.Ke2 Kf6 43.Kd3 Kf5
44.f3 h5 45.Rc8 h4 46.Kd4 hxg3 47.hxg3 g4 48.f4 Kf6 49.Rg8 Ne7 50.Rxg4 Nc6+
51.Kc5 Nxa5 52.Rg8 Nc6 53.Rb7 Ne7 54.Rf8 Ra3 55.g4 Ra4 56.g5+ Kg7 57.Re8 Ng6
58.Rxe6 Rxf4 59.Rd6 Nf8  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Re1 Rb8
9.Rb1 Bf5 10.e4 Bg4 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Ne2 e5 13.d5 Ne7 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 f5
16.Bg2 Nf6 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Nc3 f4 19.gxf4 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxh6 Qg4
23.Ne2 Rf7 24.h3 Qd7 25.Qg5 Rbf8 26.Rf1 Qa4 27.f4 Qxc4 28.Qg4 Bg7 29.b3 Qc5+
30.Kh1 Qa3 31.Rbc1 c6 32.dxc6 bxc6 33.Rcd1 d5 34.exd5 cxd5 35.Bxd5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5 Qxa2
37.Rg5 Re8 38.Ng3 Qxb3 39.Rxg6 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 Qd2+ 41.Kg1 Re1 42.Nh5 Qe3+ 43.Kg2 Re2+
44.Kh1 Qe4+ 45.Kg1 Qe3+ 46.Kh1 Qe4+ 47.Qf3 Qxg6 48.Qxe2 Bd4 49.Qg4 Kh7 50.Kh2 Qc2+
51.Kg3 Qd3+ 52.Qf3 Qxf3+ 53.Rxf3 a5 54.Rd3 Bh8 55.Ra3 Ra7 56.Ra4 Bc3 57.Kg4 Kg6
58.f5+ Kf7 59.Nf4 Bb4 60.Nd5 Rb7 61.Kf4 Rb5 62.Ke5 Rc5 63.h4 Rc4 64.Ra2 Rxh4
65.Rc2 Be1 66.Rc7+ Ke8 67.Kf6 Kd8 68.Ra7 a4 69.Kg6 Rd4 70.Nc7 Re4 71.f6 Bb4
72.Kf5 Rc4 73.Ne6+ Kc8 74.Rxa4  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B36"]

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 a6 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.b3 b5 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Nxe7+ Kh8
16.Bxd2 Rfe8 17.Nc6 Nxe4 18.Bb4 Bd7 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Rxa2 21.Rfe1 h5
22.Re2 Rxe2 23.Bxe2 Nc5 24.Bb5 Nxb3 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.h3 Kg8 27.Bxd6 Bxc6 28.Bxc6 Rd8
29.Ba4 Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.d4 bxa4 8.dxc5 Nxe4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qd5 Bb7 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Re1 Kd8 14.Be3 Re8 15.Na3 Rb8
16.f3 Nf6 17.Bd4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Bd5 19.c4 Be6 20.Kf2 Ng8 21.c6 f6 22.cxd7 Kxd7
23.Rd1 Ke8 24.Ke3 Ne7 25.Kd2 Rd8 26.Kc1 Nf5 27.Bf2 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Nd6 29.b3 axb3
30.axb3 Kd7 31.Kd2 h5 32.Nb1 g5 33.Nc3 g4 34.Na4 Nb7 35.fxg4 hxg4 36.Bd4 Ke7
37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Bd7 39.Nb2 Na5 40.b4 Nc6 41.Bc3 Be6 42.Nd1 Bxc4 43.Ne3 Ne7
44.Nxc4 Nd5+ 45.Kxg4 Nxc3 46.Na5 Nd5 47.Nc6 Kg6 48.Kf3 f5 49.g3 Kg5 50.h3 Kh5
51.h4 Kg6 52.Ne5+ Kg7 53.Nd3 Kh6 54.g4 fxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Ne3+ 56.Kf4 Nc2 57.Ke5 Kh5
58.Kd5 Nxb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 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.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.c5 b6 17.Rc1 Rd8 18.Qa4 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Rxc5 Qb6 21.Qc2 Bb7 22.Rc1 Qd6
23.Rb5 Bc8 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Bc4 Bd7 27.Rc5 Be8 28.Nxe5 Qd6 29.Nf3 Rd8
30.Rd5 Qe7 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.e5 Kh7 33.Qe4 Qe7 34.b3 Bd7 35.Qd4 Bc6 36.Bd5 Qd7
37.Bxc6 Qxc6 38.Qc4 Qd7 39.g3 Bf8 40.Kg2 Kg8 41.Qd4 Qxd4 42.Nxd4 Bc5 43.Nc6 a6
44.b4 Bf8 45.a3 f5 46.Nb8 c5 47.Nxa6 c4 48.Kf3 Bg7 49.b5 Bxe5 50.b6 c3 51.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 b4 17.Nd5 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19.Kg1 Nxg5 20.Nd7 Rd8 21.Nxc7 Kh8
22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.Rd4 Ra1+ 24.Kf2 Rb1 25.Rxb4 Rxb2+ 26.Ke3 h5 27.h4 Ne6 28.g3 Rg2
29.Kf3 Rb2 30.Ke3 Rg2 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4 Qa5+
9.c3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Re5 Qb6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 h6 15.Bh4 Nd5
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Bb1 Rd6 21.Qc2 Kf8 22.Qh7 Rd2
23.Rf5 Be4 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Qb4+ Kg8 28.Qe4 Rad8
29.Qxe6+ Qf7 30.Bh7+ Kf8 31.Qe4 R8d6 32.h4 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qc7+
35.g3 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.Bf5 Qc6 38.Qf4 Qd6 39.Qf3 Qf6 40.Qf4 Rd6 41.h5 a5
42.Qe4 Rd8 43.g4 b6 44.a4 Kg8 45.Kg3 Kh8 46.Kf3 Qh4 47.Qe6 Qh3+ 48.Kf4 Qh2+
49.Kf3 Qd6 50.Qxd6 Rxd6 51.Ke4 Rd2 52.b4 Kg8 53.bxa5 bxa5 54.c4 Kf7 55.Ke5 Ke7
56.c5 Rd1 57.c6 Rc1 58.Kd5 Rc3 59.Bd7 Kd8 60.Ke6 Rc5 61.Kd6 Rc4 62.Be6 Rd4+
63.Bd5 Rd1 64.c7+ Kc8 65.Kc6 Rc1+ 66.Kb6 Rxc7 67.Be6+ Kb8 68.Kxa5 Rb7 69.Ka6 Rb2
70.Bf5 Kc7 71.a5 Kc6 72.Be4+ Kc5 73.Ka7 Ra2 74.a6 Kd6 75.Kb7 Rb2+ 76.Kc8 Ra2
77.Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.f3 Be6 11.g4 Rc8 12.h4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bg2 Nc6
16.Kb1 Nb4 17.c3 Rd8 18.Qf2 Nxa2 19.Bb6 Qc4 20.Bxd8 Qxb3 21.Ba5 Be6 22.f4 exf4
23.Qf3 Rb8 24.Qxf4 Rc8 25.Qd4 Qb5 26.Bd5 Qxa5 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qd7 Nxc3+ 29.bxc3 Qxc3
30.Qxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 c5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 Nc6
9.c3 Qa6 10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Bh2 b5
16.O-O b4 17.cxb4 Nxb4 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Be5 Rfd8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rfc1 Bc6
22.Rc3 b6 23.a3 Nd5 24.Rcc1 Bb7 25.Rd1 Nc7 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nec4 Ba6 28.Kf1 Bxc4
29.Nxc4 Nb3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Rd7 b5 33.Rxe7+ Kh6 34.Nd6 Nd5 35.Rb7 Rxb7
36.Nxb7 c4 37.Bd1 Nc1 38.Nc5 b4 39.axb4 Nxb4 40.Be2 c3 41.bxc3 Nd5 42.Na4 Na2
43.c4 Nc7 44.Ke1 f5 45.Kd2 Kg5 46.Nb6 Nb4 47.Kc3 Nc6 48.g3 Ne7 49.Kd4 Kf6
50.Nd7+ Kf7 51.Ke5 Ne8 52.Bf3 Nc8 53.c5 Ke7 54.Nb6 Na7 55.Nd5+ Kf7 56.Nb4 Nc8
57.Bb7 Na7 58.Bd5+ Ke7 59.Nc6+ Nxc6+ 60.Bxc6 Nc7 61.Bd5 Na6 62.Kd4 Nb4 63.Kc4 Nc2
64.Kc3 Na3 65.Bc4 Kd7 66.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C43"]

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"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Bxc3
16.Rxc3 fxe4 17.Bf1 e3 18.fxe3 fxe3 19.Rcxe3 c6 20.Qd2 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Qd4 Qd6
23.Qc5 Qf4 24.Rf3 Qg5 25.Rf7 Rxf7 26.exf7+ Kxf7 27.Qc7 Qh4 28.Re3 Qxb4 29.a3 Qh4
30.Qxb7 Re8 31.Qxa7 d4 32.Bc4+ Kf8 33.g3 Qg4 34.Be2 Qc8 35.Qxd4 Qc1+ 36.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A57"]

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"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B35"]

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.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 a4 12.Nxa4 Nfxd5 13.Bf2 Bf5 14.O-O b5 15.Nac3 Nxc3
16.Nxc3 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Bxc2 18.Bxc2 Nxc2 19.Rac1 Bxc3 20.Rxc2 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ferrer, JM."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.g4 Ne8
10.Bd3 h6 11.Be3 Nc7 12.Qd2 g5 13.h4 f6 14.Ng1 Rf7 15.Nge2 Nf8 16.Ng3 Ng6
17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.f3 Bf8 22.Qh2 Rg7 23.Kd2 Qd7
24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Rae1 Re8 26.Re6 Be7 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Ne4 Rf8 29.Nxg5  1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Ng5 Ne5 7.Bb3 h6 8.f4 d3+
9.Kh1 dxc2 10.Qxc2 hxg5 11.fxe5 Nh6 12.e6 fxe6 13.e5 Nf5 14.Rxf5 exf5 15.e6 Qf6
16.g3 Qd4 17.Qg2 Bxe6 18.Nc3 Bxb3 19.axb3 O-O-O 20.Bxg5 Rde8 21.Na4 Bb4 22.Rf1 g6
23.Qf3 Re6 24.Kg2 Rhe8 25.Rf2 Re1 26.Nc3 Bc5 27.Rc2 Rg1+ 28.Kh3 Rh8+ 29.Bh4 Rxh4+
30.gxh4 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo rapid op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.O-O O-O
10.Re1 e5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Re8 13.h5 g5 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bg4 16.dxe5 Ndb4
17.Be3 Nd3 18.Rf1 Ndxe5 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.Nfxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Bxa7 Rb5
23.a4 Rxb2 24.Rab1 Ra8 25.Be3 Rxa4 26.Rxb2 Bxb2 27.Rb1 Ra1 28.Rxa1 Bxa1 29.Bxb7 Bxh5
30.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 Bg7 9.a4 O-O
10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rb8 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Be3 Rb8
17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Rfc1 Nbd7 20.Nd2 Rb4 21.Ra4 a5 22.Nxc4 Ba6 23.Bd3 Bxc4
24.Bxc4 Nxe4 25.Rxb4 axb4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Qd3 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Bxb2 29.Rc2 Bc3
30.Bb5 Nf6 31.Ra2 Qc8 32.Bc6 Qf5 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Qe7 Ne4 35.Qf8+ Kf6 36.Qd8+ Kg7
37.Qf8+ Kf6 38.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.f5 Qa5 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Kb1 Kd7 17.e5 Bxf3 18.exd6 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Bf8 20.Qxf6 Bxd6 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Rxd6+ Qxd6
23.Nxd6 Kxd6 24.Qd4+ Kc6 25.a4 Rhd8 26.Qa7 Rd1+ 27.Ka2 bxa4 28.Qxa6+ Kd7
29.Qxa4+ Rc6 30.Qa7+ Kd6 31.Qf2 Rd5 32.b3 h5 33.c4 Rf5 34.Qd4+ Ke7 35.Ka3 Rd6
36.Qg7+ Ke8 37.b4 Rf7 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qxh5 Ra6+ 40.Kb3 Rf1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Ra3 Rb8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rea1 Qc7 24.Qe3 Ra8 25.Bh6 Nh7 26.Nh2 Rxa3 27.Rxa3 h4 28.Ne2 Ra8 29.Rxa8+ Bxa8
30.Ng4 Bb7 31.f4 Bc8 32.f5 Qd8 33.Qf2 Nf6 34.Qf3 Nh7 35.Be3 Ng5 36.Qf1 Ncxe4
37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.fxg6 fxg6 39.Bxe4 Kxh6 40.Qf7 Bf5 41.Bxf5 gxf5 42.Qxf5 Kg7
43.Qg4 Kf8 44.Kh2 Nf7 45.g3 Bg5 46.Bf2 hxg3+ 47.Nxg3 Bf4 48.h4 Nh6 49.Qh3 Qf6
50.Qc8+ Kg7 51.Qd7+ Kg6 52.Kg2 Bxg3 53.Bxg3 Nf5 54.Bf2 Kh5 55.Qxb5 Nxh4+
56.Bxh4 Qxh4 57.Qe8+ Kg4 58.Qc8+ Kg5 59.Qd8+ Kg4 60.Qc8+ Kg5 61.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.O-O d6 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bh4 Rd8 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Bg3 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5
16.Qe2 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Nc4 Nh5 19.Ne3 Nhf4 20.Qf1 Qg5 21.c4 h5 22.Nd5 h4
23.Bxf4 Nxf4 24.Kh1 b6 25.Qf2 Nh5 26.Rg1 Ng3+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rac1 d5 15.exd5 exd5
16.c5 Re8 17.Bf2 a6 18.Rfd1 Rcd8 19.Nce2 Ne5 20.Bh4 Rc8 21.Bg5 Qe7 22.Qf4 h6
23.Bxh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Rxc5 25.Qh4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nd3 27.Rf1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Kg7
29.Ng3 Re5 30.h3 Qd2 31.f4 Nf2+ 32.Rxf2 Qxd4 33.Kh2 Re1 34.Rf1 Rxf1 35.Nxf1 Ne4
36.Qe1 Qb2 37.Ne3 Nf6 38.Qd1 d4 39.Nc4 Qc3 40.Ne5 Ne4 41.Qd3 Qxd3 42.Nxd3 Kf6
43.g4 Nc3 44.a4 b6 45.Kg2 Ke6 46.Kf3 f6 47.h4 Nb1 48.Ke4 Nd2+ 49.Kxd4 Nxb3+
50.Kc3 Na5 51.Nb4 Nb7 52.Nxa6 Nd6 53.Nc7+ Kf7 54.Nd5 Nc8 55.Kb4 Ke6 56.Nc7+ Kd7
57.Nd5 Ke6 58.Ne3 Nd6 59.g5 fxg5 60.fxg5 Nc8 61.Kb5 Ke5 62.Nc4+ Kf4 63.Nxb6 Nd6+
64.Kc6 Nf5 65.a5 Nd4+ 66.Kd5 Nb5 67.Kc5 Na7 68.a6 Kg4 69.Nd7 Kxh4 70.Kb6 Nc8+
71.Kc7 Na7 72.Kb7 Nb5 73.Kb6 Nd6 74.Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.a5 f5 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.c5 fxe4
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rf4 19.Qb1 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Bd2 Rxf3
22.Bxh6 Rc3 23.Bd2 Rc7 24.Ra4 Rf7 25.Bc3 Rc8 26.Ba1 Qg5 27.f4 Qg4 28.Qe4 exf4
29.Qxf4 Qxf4 30.Raxf4 Re7 31.g4 Ne3 32.Rb1 Nxd5 33.Rd4 Ne3 34.Rxd6 Nxg4 35.Rdb6 Rcc7
36.a6 bxa6 37.Rxa6 Ra7 38.Rxa7 Rxa7 39.h3 Nh6 40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Bd4 Rd7 42.Bf2 Nf5
43.Ra8 Kf6 44.Ra7 Rd1+ 45.Kg2 h5 46.Ra6+ Kg5 47.h4+ Nxh4+ 48.Bxh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B17"]

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.Bd2 b6 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Qg4 g5 14.Qh3 O-O-O 15.Rhe1 c5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bc3 Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 Bf4+ 19.Kb1 Rxd3 20.cxd3 Rd8 21.Be5 Qd7
22.Bxf4 Qxd3+ 23.Ka1 gxf4 24.Rc1+ Kb8 25.Qxh6 Qf5 26.Qh4 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8
28.Qd8 Qe4 29.Qd6+ Kb7 30.h4 Qe2 31.a3 Qf1+ 32.Ka2 Qc4+ 33.Ka1 Qf1+ 34.Ka2 Qc4+
35.Ka1 e5 36.Nd2 Qc1+ 37.Ka2 Be6+ 38.b3 Qc2+ 39.Ka1 Qc3+ 40.Ka2 e4 41.Qxf4 Qc2+
42.Ka1 Qc1+ 43.Ka2 Qc2+ 44.Ka1 Qc1+ 45.Ka2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.b4 Ne7
9.d5 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 c5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra6 15.g3 Nh3+
16.Kg2 g5 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Be2 Nhf4+ 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Bd2 f3+ 21.Bxf3 Bxc3 22.Qxg5 Qxg5+
23.Bxg5 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 f6 25.Be3 Rxa2 26.Be2 Re8 27.Nd2 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Nf1 Be4+
30.Kg3 Kf7 31.Bg4 Kf6 32.Nd2 Bf5 33.Bg5+ Kxg5 34.Nf3+ Kf6 35.Rxe8 Bxg4 36.Kxg4 Rc2
37.Re6+ Kg7 38.Rxd6 Rxc4+ 39.Kg3 Rc3 40.Kg4 Rc4+ 41.Kg3 b5 42.Rb6 Rc3 43.Kg4 b4
44.Ng5 Rc4+ 45.Kg3 Rc3+ 46.Kg4 b3 47.Rb7+ Kf8 48.Nxh7+ Ke8 49.Nf6+ Kd8 50.d6 Ne5+
51.Kf5 Nc6 52.Rh7 Rf3+ 53.Kg5 Rxf6 54.Kxf6 b2 55.Rb7 Nb4 56.Ke6 Kc8 57.Rb5 b1=Q
58.d7+ Kc7 59.Rxc5+ Kb6 60.d8=Q+ Kxc5 61.Qd6+ Kc4 62.Qf4+ Kb5 63.Qe5+ Ka4
64.f4 Qg6+ 65.Qf6 Qe8+ 66.Qe7 Qg6+ 67.Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.h3 Be6 8.Ba4 Bb6
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.O-O O-O 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.Re1 c5 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.dxc5 exf3 17.cxb6 fxg2 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.bxa7 Rxa7 20.Bb5 Rxa2 21.Rxa2 Bxa2
22.Kxg2 Bd5+ 23.Kg3 Nf5+ 24.Kf4 Nd4 25.Bd3 Be6 26.Be4 Bxh3 27.Bxb7 Bc8 28.Be4 Ne6+
29.Kg3 Nc5 30.Bc2 Be6 31.Be3 Rc8 32.Rc1 Nd7 33.Bh7+ Kxh7 34.Rxc8 Nxe5 35.Rc7 Nd3
36.Bd4 g5 37.Rb7 h5 38.b4 h4+ 39.Kh2 Ne1 40.Be3 Nf3+ 41.Kg2 h3+ 42.Kxf3 Bd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O Ne7
9.h3 b6 10.g4 Bb7 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.g5 Nh5 14.Rhg1 Qa5 15.Kb1 Rab8
16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.c3 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Rge1 Qc7 21.Ne5 Rfe8 22.Qf2 Rbc8
23.Ng4 d4 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Bc1 Qd6 26.f5 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Ba6 28.Qd2 Bxd3+ 29.Qxd3 gxf5
30.Qxf5 Qg6 31.Qd3 Ng3 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.gxf6 Ne2 34.Bh6 Rc6 35.Qxg6+ fxg6
36.Bg7 d3 37.a3 Rd6 38.Rd2 Kf7 39.b4 Nf4 40.h4 Ne6 41.Kb2 Nxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Nh7 12.f3 Bd7 13.b3 f5 14.a3 f4 15.Rb1 g5 16.Bf2 h5 17.b4 axb4
18.axb4 Qg6 19.c5 g4 20.c6 Bc8 21.cxb7 Bxb7 22.fxg4 f3 23.Bxf3 Ng5 24.gxh5 Nxf3+
25.Nxf3 Qxh5 26.Nh4 Qxd1 27.Rfxd1 Bc8 28.h3 Bh6 29.g4 Rb8 30.Nf5 Bf4 31.Ne7+ Kg7
32.Nxc8 Rfxc8 33.b5 Nc5 34.Kg2 Nd7 35.Ra1 Ra8 36.Ra6 Nc5 37.Bxc5 dxc5 38.d6 cxd6
39.Rdxd6 Rd8 40.Rxd8 Rxd8 41.Nd5 c4 42.Rc6 Ra8 43.Nxf4 Ra2+ 44.Kf1 exf4 45.Rxc4 Kf6
46.Rc5 Ra4 47.Rf5+ Ke6 48.Rxf4 Ke5 49.Rf5+ Kxe4 50.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 cxd4
16.cxd4 Rc8 17.d5 Be7 18.a3 Nc4 19.Bh6 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 Na5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bc1 Bb7 15.b3 Na5
16.Nbd2 Nc6 17.Bb2 Ra8 18.Bd3 b4 19.d5 bxc3 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.Bxc3 Ne7 22.Nc4 c6
23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Qc2 Bc7 25.Rc1 Qb8 26.Bb2 Nd7 27.Ba3 f6 28.b4 Rc8 29.b5 Bxb5
30.Rb1 Kh8 31.Ncxe5 Nxe5 32.Nxe5 fxe5 33.Bxb5 Qa7 34.Qa4 Qxa4 35.Bxa4 Ra8
36.Rb7 Rxa4 37.Rxc7 Rxa3 38.Rxe7 h6 39.h4 h5 40.Rd7 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Rd1 42.g3 Kh7
43.Kg2 Kg6 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Ke2 Rd4 46.Ke3 g6 47.f4 Rd1 48.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.c5 Bh6 13.Bd3 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxc1
16.Rxc1 Nf5 17.Qd2 Nd4 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Rxe2 Bf5 20.f3 Qf6 21.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 b6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.d5 e6 15.Be7 Re8
16.d6 Bxe4 17.Bb5 Bc6 18.Qd3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 exd5 20.Rfc1 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 a5 22.Rxd5 a4
23.d7 Nxd7 24.Rxd7 a3 25.Bxa3 Rxa3 26.Rb7 Rb3 27.h4 Bh6 28.Rc6 Rb1+ 29.Kh2 Re2
30.Kg3 Rf1 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rcc7 Rfxf2 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rxh7 Rxg2+ 35.Kh3 Rgf2
36.Kg3 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.O-O Bxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Nd5 Nc6 15.Qe3 Be6
16.Nb6 Rb8 17.c4 Kf7 18.c5 dxc5 19.Qxc5 Qg8 20.f4 gxf3 21.Rxf3 Rd8 22.Raf1 Qg6
23.Nd5 Qxe4 24.Nxe7 Qd4+ 25.Bf2 Qxc5 26.Bxc5 Rh6 27.h4 gxh4 28.Be3 Ne5 29.R3f2 Rh5
30.Rxf6+ Kxe7 31.Bc5+ Rd6 32.Bxd6+ Kxd6 33.b3 Rg5 34.Rh6 Ke7 35.Rxh4 Bd5
36.Rf2 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 Bb7 11.Re1 O-O 12.axb5 axb5 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.Nb1 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 cxd4 19.Nbd2 Re8 20.Ra4 Bc6 21.Ra1 Rc8 22.Bd3 Nb7
23.e5 dxe5 24.Nxe5 g5 25.Bg3 Bd5 26.Bf5 Ra8 27.Rxa8 Qxa8 28.Nd3 Nc5 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8
30.Nxb4 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Bb5 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne2 c5
16.Bc3 Qb6 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Qg4 Rad8 19.h4 h6 20.h5 Bh7 21.f4 c4+ 22.Kh2 Bb4
23.f5 exf5 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Qe6 27.Raf1 Rfe8 28.R1f4 Rd5
29.Re4 Re7 30.Qf4 Rc7 31.Rxc4 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 Rxc4 33.Qb1 Rd8 34.Qb7 Rxc3 35.Qxa7 Rcc8
36.a4 Ra8 37.Qc7 Rdc8 38.Qb7 Re8 39.Qc6 Rac8 40.Qd7 Rcd8 41.Qc7 Rd5 42.a5 Rdxe5
43.a6 R5e7 44.Qc6 Rf8 45.Kh3 Ra7 46.g4 Rfa8 47.Kh4 Rxa6 48.Qb7 Ra5 49.Qc6 Rf8
50.Qb6 Rg5 51.Qb3 Kh8 52.Qb4 Re8 53.Qa4 Rd8 54.Qe4 f5 55.gxf5 Rf8  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C54"]

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"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B42"]

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"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Bc2 b6 20.Qg4 Rf6 21.Bb3 Qd6 22.Rad1 Rd8
23.b5 Qxe6 24.Qxe6+ Rxe6 25.Bc1 Kf7 26.Ba3 e4 27.g3 Rd7 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.Rxd5 Rxd5
30.Bxd5 Bc3 31.Re2 Re5 32.Bxe4 g5 33.a4 Kd6 34.Kg2 Kc5 35.f4 gxf4 36.gxf4 Re6
37.Kf3 Rd6 38.Kg4 Rd2 39.Rg2 Kd4 40.Bc6 Rxg2+ 41.Bxg2 Bd2 42.Bf3 Bc1 43.Bd1 Bd2
44.Bc2 Bc1 45.f5 Ke5 46.Kh5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.d3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Nxb5 dxe4
16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Nc3 Bb7 18.Re1 h6 19.Bf4 Bb4 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Re8 22.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Nxb5 dxe4
16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Re1 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Rb8 19.Nc3 Bc2 20.Rc1 Bxb3 21.Nc6 Re8 22.Nb5 Bc5
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Ncd4 Ba4 25.Kf1 Re5 26.Rc4 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Bxf2 28.Nxc7 Bb6
29.b4 Rf5+ 30.Ke1 Bf2+ 31.Ke2 Bg1 32.h3 Rf2+ 33.Kd3 Rxg2 34.Rg4+ Rxg4 35.hxg4 Kg7
36.Nd5 Kh6 37.Nxf6 Kg5 38.Nxh7+ Kxg4 39.Nf6+ Kf5 40.Ne4 Kg4 41.Nd6 f5 42.Nxf5 Kxf5
43.b5 Ke5 44.b6 Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B81"]

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.gxh5 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nxh5 12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Qh4+ 14.Kd2 Qg5+ 15.Ke1 Qh4+
16.Kd2 Qg5+ 17.Ke1 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.c4 Nxe4 11.c5 O-O 12.Rc1 f5 13.g3 Rb8 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.Rfd1 d5
16.cxd6 Bxd6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Qxe6 Rbe8 19.Qb3 Nxf2 20.Bxf2 Rxe2 21.Qd5 Rf6
22.Bd4 Rh6 23.Bc5 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Qxg3+ 25.Kf1 Rhe6  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Qf4 Be6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Na4 Bb4+ 11.c3 Bd6 12.Be3 b6 13.f4 Bd7 14.c4 Bb4+ 15.Bd2 Bxd2+
16.Kxd2 O-O-O 17.Nc3 Ng6 18.g3 h5 19.Ke3 h4 20.Be2 f5 21.e5 Rhe8 22.Kf2 c5
23.Nd5 Be6 24.Rad1 c6 25.Nf6 Rh8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Rd1+ Kc7 28.Bf3 hxg3+ 29.hxg3 Nf8
30.Ne8+ Kb7 31.Nd6+ Kc7 32.Ne8+ Kb7 33.Rd8 Ng6 34.Kg2 a6 35.a4 a5 36.b3 Rf8
37.Kf2 Rh8 38.Kg1 Rf8 39.Kg2 Rh8 40.Rd6 Ne7 41.Ng7 Rh6 42.Rd8 Kc7 43.Rf8 Kd7
44.Ne8 Nc8 45.Nf6+ Kc7 46.Bh5 Nd6 47.Bf3 Nc8 48.Rg8 Ne7 49.Re8 Ng6 50.Ra8 Kb7
51.Rd8 Kc7 52.Rg8 Ne7 53.Re8 Ng6 54.Ra8 Kb7 55.Rd8 Kc7 56.Rd6 Ne7 57.Ne8+ Kc8
58.Ng7 Kc7 59.Bh5 Nc8 60.Bxf7 Nxd6 61.Nxe6+ Kd7 62.exd6 Rf6 63.Ng5 Rxd6 64.Nf3 Ke7
65.Ne5 Rd2+ 66.Kh3 Rb2 67.Bg6 Rxb3 68.Bxf5 b5 69.Nxc6+ Kf6 70.Nxa5 Rb4 71.axb5 Kxf5
72.Nb7 Kf6 73.Nxc5 Rxc4 74.Na6 Rc1 75.b6 Rb1 76.Nc5 Ke7 77.b7 Kd6 78.Ne4+ Ke7
79.Kg4 Rxb7 80.f5 Rb1 81.Kg5 Re1 82.Nf6 Kf7 83.g4 Re5 84.Nh5 Re8 85.Nf4 Rg8+
86.Ng6 Re8 87.Kf4 Ra8 88.Ne5+ Ke7 89.Kg5 Rg8+ 90.Kf4 Ra8 91.g5 Ra4+ 92.Kg3 Ra1
93.Kg4 Rf1 94.Nc4 Kf7 95.Nd6+ Kg7 96.Ne4 Kf7 97.Ng3 Rg1 98.Kf4 Kg7 99.Nh5+ Kf7
100.Ng3 Kg7 101.Kf3 Kf7 102.Kg4 Kf8 103.Kh4 Kg7 104.Nh5+ Kf7 105.Nf4 Rf1
106.Kg4 Rg1+ 107.Kh4 Rf1 108.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bb4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Ne4 Nxe5
16.Bf4 Nf7 17.Bxc7 Rc8 18.Bg3 Rd8 19.c4 Be7 20.Bf4 Rf8 21.b3 b6 22.f3 Bf6
23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Rd1+ Ke7 25.Kf1 c5 26.Be3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.Ke2 Nc6 29.Bd2 Bd4
30.g4 g6 31.Bg5+ Kf7 32.Bh4 h6 33.Be1 Be5 34.Bd2 h5 35.Kd3 hxg4 36.fxg4 Bc7
37.Ng5+ Ke7 38.Ke4 Be5 39.Nf3 Bb2 40.h4 Kf6 41.h5 gxh5 42.gxh5 Kg7 43.Ng5 Nd8
44.Bf4 Kf6 45.h6 Kg6 46.h7 Nc6 47.Bd2 Nd8 48.Bf4 Nc6 49.Nxe6 Kxh7 50.Bd2 Ne7
51.Nc7 Kg6 52.Nb5 Kf7 53.Nxa7 Ke6 54.Bg5 Nf5 55.Bd8 Nd6+ 56.Kd3 Kd7 57.Bxb6 Nb7
58.a4 Ba3 59.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Ng4 12.Bxe4 Rb8 13.Bc6+ Ke7 14.Bg5+ Ke6
15.Bh4 Nxe5 16.Bd5+ Kf5 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Ne4 Bb6 19.Ng3+ Kg6 20.Bb3 f6 21.Ne2 Rhe8
22.Nf4+ Kh6 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Ng6 25.Bg3 f5 26.h4 f4 27.Bh2 Rf8 28.g3 Rbe8
29.Re1 Ne5 30.gxf4 Nd3 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Kf1 Kg6 33.f3 Nxb2 34.Be4+ Kf6 35.f5 Na4
36.Rc1 Nc5 37.Bb1 Re3 38.Bg1 Rxf3+ 39.Kg2 Rf4 40.Bd4+ Kf7 41.Kg3 Rxd4 42.cxd4 Nb7
43.Kf4 Nd6 44.Ke5 a5 45.Bd3 b4 46.h5 h6 47.Rf1 Ke7 48.Rg1 Nf7+ 49.Kd5 Ng5
50.Bc2 Kf6 51.Rg4 Kf7 52.Rg3 Kf6 53.Kc4 Ke7 54.Rg2 c6 55.Ba4 Kd6 56.Rxg5 hxg5
57.f6  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B17"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Qb3 Nxg5 8.Nxg5 e6
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.e3 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Be7 13.a3 Na5 14.Qc2 g6 15.e4 O-O 16.exd5 exd5
17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.Ne5 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Qb3 Rc7 21.Rad1 Qd7 22.Be2 Rfc8 23.h3 Rd8
24.Bf3 Rc4 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxe7 Rc1 28.Qd3 Qc4 29.Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7
9.Bc4 a6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Rad1 Nd5 14.Bg3 c5 15.c3 Qb6
16.Ne5 Rad8 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bc2 Bd6 19.Rd4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.a4 Bc7 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.axb5 axb5 24.Bh4 Bxe5 25.Qxe5 Rd5 26.Qb8+ Rd8 27.Qg3 Kf8 28.Bxf6 gxf6
29.Qf4 Ke7 30.h3 Qd6 31.Qe3 Rg8 32.Be4 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Rd8 34.Ra1 Rd7 35.Qh4 b4
36.Qxh6 bxc3 37.bxc3 Qd2 38.Qxd2 Rxd2 39.Ra7+ Kf8 40.c4 f5 41.g3 f4 42.gxf4 Rd4
43.c5 Rc4 44.Rc7 Rxf4 45.c6 Rc4 46.Kg2 Rc3 47.h4 Kg7 48.Rc8 e5 49.Kf1 Rc2
50.Ke1 f5 51.Kd1 Rc4 52.Kd2 Rxh4 53.Kc3 Rh1 54.Kc4 e4 55.Kd5 Rc1 56.Kd6 Rc2
57.Rb8 Rd2+ 58.Ke5 Rc2 59.Rb7+ Kg6 60.c7 Kg5 61.Kd6 Rd2+ 62.Ke7 Rc2 63.Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 a4 12.Bd2 Be7 13.b3 b5 14.Bg5 h5 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Ne2 Bb7
17.Nf4 axb3 18.cxb3 Rhd8 19.Rdc1 h4 20.e6 fxe6 21.Re1 Rd6 22.Ng5 Nd4 23.Ne4 e5
24.Rad1 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 Rxd1 26.Ng6+ Kf7 27.Nxe5+ Ke6 28.Rxd1 Kxe5 29.Nc5 Bc8
30.Rd8 g5 31.a3 Kf6 32.Kh2 Ke5 33.Rg8 Kd4 34.b4 Kc3 35.Ne6 Kb3 36.Nxc7 Rb8
37.Ne6 Kxa3 38.Nxg5 Kxb4 39.f4 Ra8 40.Ne6 Bxe6 41.Rxa8 Kc3 42.Re8 Bd5 43.f5 b4
44.Rd8 b3 45.Rxd5 cxd5 46.f6 b2 47.f7 b1=Q 48.f8=Q Qe4 49.Qa3+ Kd2 50.Kg1 d4
51.Qb2+ Kd1 52.Qa1+ Ke2 53.Qa2+ Kd1 54.Qa1+ Kd2 55.Qb2+ Kd1 56.Qa1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Bxc3
16.Rxc3 fxe4 17.Bg4 Nc6 18.Rxe4 Ne5 19.g3 g5 20.h4 Kh8 21.Qd4 fxg3 22.Rxg3 gxh4
23.Rg2 Qf6 24.Qe3 Rae8 25.f4 Nxg4 26.Rxg4 Rg8 27.Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 28.Kf2 Qb2+
29.Qe2 Qb1 30.Qe1 Qxa2+ 31.Re2 Qa3 32.Re3 Qb2+ 33.Re2 Qd4+ 34.Kf3 Qd3+ 35.Re3 Qg6
36.Qc3+ Qg7 37.f5 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 Kg7 39.c5 Kf6 40.cxd6 cxd6 41.Ke4 Rg1 42.Rc7 Re1+
43.Kf4 Rf1+ 44.Ke4 Re1+ 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Ke4 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Be2 Bf7 21.Nc4 Nd4 22.cxd4 Bxd5
23.dxe5 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 dxe5 25.Qe2 Qc7 26.Rfa1 Be7 27.f3 Bb4 28.Rd1 Rf4 29.Raa1 Rbf8
30.Bd5 Rd4 31.Kh1 Rd8 32.Be4 Qc3 33.Rab1 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd2 Bd7
9.Rc1 Rb8 10.d5 Na5 11.b3 b5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Nb1 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Bxd4 15.Rc2 e5
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd4+ Kg8 20.Rd1 Rb6 21.Nd2 c5 22.Qf4 Qe7
23.Ne4 Bf5 24.Rcd2 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd8 26.Rd5 Nc6 27.e3 Na7 28.Bd3 Nb5 29.Bxb5 axb5
30.h4 Ra6 31.R1d2 Rda8 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Rxd6 Rxa2 34.Rb6 Ra3 35.h5 gxh5 36.Qh6 Ra8
37.Qxh5 Qe4 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qg5+ Kh8 41.Kh2 c4 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.Qg5+ Kh8
44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C19"]

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 Ba4 10.h4 Qc7 11.Kf1 Nd7 12.h5 h6 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Kg2 Kb7 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Ra2 Qd8 17.Nh2 g5 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Ng4 g5 20.Bd2 Qf8 21.f4 Qg7 22.Rh5 c4
23.Be2 Qg6 24.Nf2 gxf4 25.Bxf4 Rcf8 26.Bg4 Nb8 27.Qh1 Rxf4 28.gxf4 Bxc2 29.Qh3 Bf5
30.Kh2 Nbc6 31.Bxf5 Nxf5 32.Ng4 Ncxd4 33.cxd4 Nxd4 34.Nf6 Qb1 35.Rg2 Ka6
36.Qe3 Qd1 37.Rh3 Rc8 38.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7
9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Bf4 Bc5 12.Qd2 Qh4 13.Rad1 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Nd8 15.Bg3 Qxd4
16.Rxd4 Ne6 17.Rd2 Rb8 18.b3 Rb4 19.Rfd1 c5 20.Nd5 Rd4 21.c3 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 c4
23.b4 Bb7 24.f4 d6 25.f5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Ng5 27.exd6 cxd6 28.Bxd6 f6 29.Bc5 h5
30.Bxa7 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Rc1 32.b5 Ne4+ 33.Ke3 Nxc3 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.b6 Rb1 36.Rd7 Nxa2
37.Rc7 c3 38.Kd3 Rd1+ 39.Kc2 Rd2+ 40.Kb3 Rxg2 41.Rxc3 Nxc3 42.Kxc3 Rg1 43.b7 Rb1
44.b8=Q Rxb8 45.Bxb8 g6 46.Kd4 gxf5 47.Ke3 Kg6 48.Kf4 h4 49.h3  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 Bg7 6.h5 Nc6 7.g3 Bg4 8.h6 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Bxf3 10.exf3 Qd6 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.Qb3 f5 13.a4 e5 14.a5 e4 15.f4 Nf6
16.O-O Ng4 17.Ba3 Qxd2 18.a6 Na5 19.axb7+ Kb8 20.Qb5 e3 21.Bc5 exf2+ 22.Rxf2  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qg4 O-O 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Bh6 Bf8
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O-O b5 12.h4 Nb6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Nc5 b4 15.Nb1 Bc4
16.Nxa6 Bxa6 17.Bxa6 O-O 18.g5 Nh5 19.gxh6 g6 20.Nd2 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nb3 Qd6
23.Bc4 Nhf6 24.h7+ Kxh7 25.h5 g5 26.Rxd5 Nxd5 27.Rd1 Nxe3 28.Rxd6 Nxc4 29.Rd7 Bf6
30.Qa7  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.g3 c6 11.Nh4 Nf6 12.Be3 Ne8 13.Qd2 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Ng2 cxd5
16.cxd5 Ng6 17.f4 Bd7 18.Rac1 Nf6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Kh1 Kh8 21.a4 b6 22.Bf3 Rc8
23.b5 Qe7 24.d6 Qe6 25.a5 f4 26.gxf4 Qh3 27.axb6 axb6 28.Bxb6 Ng4 29.Bg1 exf4
30.Bxg4 Bxg4 31.Bd4 Bf3 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rxf3 Qxf3 34.d7 Rcd8 35.Qd4+ Kh6
36.Ne4 Rf7 37.Nc5 Re7 38.Qf6 Rdxd7 39.Nxd7 Rxd7 40.Qc6 Rd1+ 41.Rxd1 Qxd1+
42.Ne1 Qxe1+ 43.Kg2 Qe2+ 44.Kg1 f3 45.Qc1+ Kh5 46.Qf1 Qxf1+ 47.Kxf1 Kg4 48.b6 Ne5
49.b7 Nc6 50.Kf2 Kf4 51.Ke1 Ke3 52.Kf1 f2 53.h3 h6  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.d5 O-O
9.Qe2 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Bd2 a6 13.a4 Rae8 14.Rae1 Qd8 15.Ng5 Qb6
16.Bc1 Qb4 17.Rd1 d5 18.e5 Nh5 19.Nh3 Bh6 20.Ne4 Nxe5 21.Nd6 Nc6 22.Nxe8 Rxe8
23.c3 Qxa4 24.g4 Ng7 25.g5 Nf5 26.gxh6  1-0

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D89"]

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.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Rc1 Bxa2 15.Qa4 Bb3
16.Qb4 b6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bf4 e5 19.Be3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Bf7 21.Ba6 Re8 22.Rfd1 Qe7
23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Nc6 Nxc6 25.Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 c6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.c4 Be8 15.Qh3 dxc4
16.Bxc4+ Bf7 17.Be6 Bxe6 18.Rxe6 Rae8 19.Qb3 Rxe6 20.Qxe6+ Rf7 21.Qe8+ Rf8
22.Qe6+ Rf7 23.Qe8+ Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D88"]

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.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 cxd4 15.cxd4 e5
16.d5 Nc4 17.Qd3 Nxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Qh4 19.h3 Bh6 20.Qd3 Rf8+ 21.Kg1 Qf2+ 22.Kh1 Qe3
23.Qxe3 Bxe3 24.Rd1 Rf2 25.Ng1 Kf7 26.Rd3 Bb6 27.Rf3+ Ke7 28.Rxf2 Bxf2 29.Nf3 Kd6
30.g3 Bxg3 31.Kg2 Bf4 32.Kf2 Kc5 33.Ke2 b5 34.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D89"]

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.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Rc1 Bxa2 15.Qa4 Bb3
16.Qb4 b6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Qd6 19.Qxd6 exd6 20.d5 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Ng3 Bb2
23.Nxf5 Bc4 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Bxc4 Rf4 26.Bg5 Rxc4 27.Rce1 Rc2 28.Nf5 Nc4 29.Re6 Rf8
30.Nxd6 Nxd6 31.Rxd6 Re8 32.Rd1 Ree2 33.Kh1 Rxg2 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Bf4 Bf6 36.Ra8 Bg5
37.Be5+ Bf6 38.Bf4 Bg5 39.Rxa7+ Kg6 40.Ra8 Kf7 41.Ra7+ Kg6 42.Bb8 h5 43.Rb7 Be3
44.Re7 Bc5 45.Re6+ Kg5 46.Re4 Kf5 47.Bf4 Rge2 48.Rxe2 Rxe2 49.Bg3 Re8 50.Kg2 Rd8
51.Kh3 Rd7 52.d6 h4 53.Rd5+ Ke6 54.Re5+ Kf6 55.Kxh4 Rh7+ 56.Rh5 Rxh5+ 57.Kxh5 b5
58.d7 Ke7 59.Be5 Kxd7 60.Bb2 Ke6 61.Kg6 Bd6 62.h4 b4 63.h5 Bf4 64.h6 Bxh6
65.Kxh6 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 d5 7.Bxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 O-O
9.c3 Re8 10.cxd4 Bxd4 11.O-O Rxe5 12.d3 c6 13.Nf4 b6 14.Qc2 Rc5 15.Qe2 Ba6
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Rac1 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.O-O Bf5
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.f3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 g5 14.e4 Bg6 15.b3 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 dxe4 17.fxe4 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Bf3 h5 20.Rd2 Ne5 21.Bg2 c5 22.d5 Nc6
23.Rad1 Nd4 24.e5 exd5 25.cxd5 Re8 26.Re1 Nc2 27.Ree2 Nd4 28.Re1 Nc2 29.Rxc2 Bxc2
30.d6 Bf5 31.Bxb7 Rad8 32.Bc6 Re6 33.Bd5 Rdxd6 34.Bxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D70"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 5.c3 Be7 6.Qa4+ Nfd7 7.exd5 exd5 8.d4 Bd6
9.Bd3 Qe7+ 10.Kd1 O-O 11.Re1 Qd8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Nf6 14.Ne5 Ng4 15.Nxg4 Bxg4+
16.f3 Be6 17.Be3 Qh4 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 Qxh2 20.Bh3 c6 21.Qc2 Na6 22.Qa4 Nb8
23.Qc2 Na6 24.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Qxb7 Rf6 13.Qb5 Rb8 14.Qa4 Bd6 15.h3 Bh5
16.Be2 Rg6 17.Kf1 Bf4 18.Nb3 Bxc1 19.Raxc1 Qd6 20.Rc2 Qf4 21.Bd1 Re8 22.Nbd2 Rge6
23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.g3 Qf5 25.Ng1 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 e3 27.Kg2 Qe4+ 28.f3 Qf5 29.Re2 Rg6
30.Rde1 Qf4 31.g4 h5 32.Qb5 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rh6 34.Qxd5 Ne7 35.Qe5 Qxe5 36.dxe5 Nd5
37.Kg3 Rc6 38.Nh3 Rxe5 39.Nf4 Nxf4 40.Kxf4 Ra5 41.a3 Rb5 42.Kxe3 Rcb6 43.b4 Ra6
44.Ra1 c5 45.Rb2 cxb4 46.Rxb4 Rba5 47.a4 Rc5 48.Ra3  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Ne5 f6 15.Nd3 Qf7
16.d5 f5 17.Nc5 fxe4 18.d6 Rd8 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 exd6 22.f4 d5
23.Bc2 Nc4 24.Rb3 a5 25.Ba3 d4 26.f5 Ne3 27.Qf3 Rd7 28.Qh3 d3 29.Bxd3 Nxf1
30.fxg6 Bd4+ 31.Kh1 Qf2  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 Be6 12.c3 Be7 13.Re1 Re8 14.b4 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Qd2 a5 17.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 e5 11.Nfe2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bc5 14.Nf5 g6 15.Ng3 Bg4
16.O-O Bxe2 17.Ncxe2 Qe7 18.b3 Rad8 19.Bb2 Rfe8 20.Nd4 Bd6 21.h3 Ned7 22.Nge2 Qe4
23.Rac1 Qxc2 24.Rxc2 Be5 25.Bc1 Ne4 26.b4 Nb6 27.Nb3 Rd3 28.Na5 Re7 29.g4 Nd6
30.Kg2 Nb5 31.Ra2 Nd5 32.Nc4 Bf6 33.Rd2 Rxd2 34.Nxd2 b6 35.Kf3 Bg7 36.Ne4 Kf8
37.a4 Nbc3 38.N2xc3 Nxc3 39.Nxc3 Bxc3 40.Ba3 Re6 41.Rc1 Bf6 42.b5+ c5 43.Rc4 Rd6
44.Ke2 Be7 45.Bb2 Rd7 46.Bc3 a6 47.bxa6 Ra7 48.Kd3 Rxa6 49.Ke4 Ra7 50.Kd5 Rd7+
51.Kc6 Rd6+ 52.Kc7 Re6 53.e4 Ke8 54.e5 Bd8+ 55.Kc8 Re7 56.f4 Rc7+ 57.Kb8 Kd7
58.e6+ Kxe6 59.Re4+ Kd7 60.Be5 Rc6 61.Ka7 Re6 62.Re1 Kc6 63.Rd1 Bc7 64.Ka6 Re8  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 Ne7 11.Nd4 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Ne4 Ng6 14.f4 c5 15.Ne2 Bg4
16.Kf2 Nh4 17.N4c3 h5 18.h3 Bd7 19.Ng3 Rc8 20.Nd5 Nf5 21.Ne4 Bc6 22.g3 Nd4
23.c4 f6 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Nexf6+ Kf7 26.Bd2 Bg7 27.Ne4 Rhe8 28.Re1 Nc2 29.Ng5+ Kg6
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rc1 Bd4+ 32.Kf1 Bxd5 33.Rxc2 Bc6 34.Bc3 h4 35.g4 Re3 36.Bxd4 cxd4
37.Re2 Rg3 38.Re6+ Kg7 39.f5 d3 40.f6+ Kf8 41.Re7  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 c5 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nb5 dxc4 14.Nc7 Nd5 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Bg3 c3 17.bxc3 Ndxc3 18.Qc2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Nxg3 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.hxg3 Bxd4
22.Rad1 Qf6 23.Qe4 Qf7 24.Qc2 Rad8 25.Nxd4 cxd4 26.Rd3 Rd6 27.Re4 Rfd8 28.g4 Rc6
29.Qd2 Qc7 30.Rdxd4 Rc1+ 31.Re1 Rxd4 32.Rxc1 Rxd2 33.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 Bd6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Re1 Rac8 13.Ne5 c5 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Bd2 Bg6 17.Ba5 Nb6 18.c4 Rfd8 19.Nd2 Be7 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf6 22.Rad1 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.b3 Bd4 26.Kg2 Qd6 27.Bd2 f5 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Qf3 Qc7
30.Qa8+ Kf7 31.Bd1 Ne5 32.Bf3 Qd7 33.Ba5 Nxf3 34.Kxf3 e5 35.Kg2 e4 36.f3 exf3+
37.Qxf3 Kg6 38.Bd2 Qe6 39.Kf1 h6 40.Bf4 Qa6 41.Qe2 Kh7 42.Be5 Bxe5 43.Qxe5 Qxa2
44.Qxf5+ Kh8 45.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.e5 Ng4
9.d4 Nc6 10.Bf4 Na5 11.Qe2 c5 12.h3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nh6 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Qd2 Nf5
16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Qb4 Kh8 19.Nxe7 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Nxf5 gxf5
22.Bb5 Nc6 23.a4 Bxe5 24.Bxe5+ Nxe5 25.Rd5 f6 26.f4 Ng6 27.O-O Rad8 28.Rxf5 Rd4
29.g3 Ne7 30.Rh5 Rdd8 31.Rf3 Nd5 32.Kf2 Nb4 33.Re3 Rd2+ 34.Re2 Rfd8 35.Rf5 Kg7
36.g4 Nc2 37.g5 fxg5 38.Rxg5+ Kf6 39.Re5 Rxe2+ 40.Rxe2 Nb4 41.Re5 Rd2+ 42.Re2 Rd1
43.b3 Nd5 44.Re4 Nc3 45.Re5 Rd4 46.Ke3 Rb4 47.Bc4 Nxa4 48.Re6+ Kg7 49.Kd4 Nc5
50.Re7+ Kf6 51.Rf7+ Kg6 52.f5+ Kg5 53.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7
9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.Nf2 Ba6 13.Kf3 Ne7 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qd6 Qb6 17.b3 c5 18.Be2 Rc8 19.Rhd1 Rc7 20.Ke3 Bb7 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Qb7
23.Rg1 Rg8 24.h4 Nc6 25.Nd3 Nb4 26.Nxb4 cxb4 27.h5 Qb6+ 28.Qd4 Kf7 29.Rg2 Qc6
30.Rd1 a5 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Ra8 33.Rd1 Rg8 34.Kd4 Rc6 35.c5 Rc7 36.Rdg1 Rc6
37.Kc4 Rc7 38.Kb5 Ra7 39.Ka4 Raa8 40.Rd2 Ra7 41.Rd6 Rc8 42.Rc1 Ke7 43.Rb6 Kd8
44.Rc2 h6 45.Rb5 Kc7 46.Rg2 Rg8 47.Rb6 Raa8 48.Kb5 Ra7 49.c6 g5 50.hxg6 dxc6+
51.Rxc6+ Kd7 52.g7 a4 53.Rd2+ Ke7 54.Kb6 Rd7 55.Rxd7+ Kxd7 56.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nfd2 c5
9.a3 Nd7 10.Ra2 Ne5 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 Nb7 15.Qb3 Qb6
16.Bc3 Bd7 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.h3 Rc7 19.Kh2 Rac8 20.f4 cxb4 21.axb4 Nc4 22.Bxg7 Nxd2
23.Rxd2 Kxg7 24.Qb2+ Kg8 25.Na3 Nd8 26.Nc2 Rc4 27.Rfd1 Qa7 28.Nd4 Qa4 29.Rb1 e5
30.dxe6 Nxe6 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.Rxd6 Re8 33.Qf6 Bf5 34.Rb2 Qa7 35.e4 Bxe4 36.Re2 Qe7
37.Qxe7 Rxe7 38.g4 f5 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Rf6 Rxb4 41.Rxf5 Bxf5 42.Rxe7 Rxf4
43.Bd5+ Kf8 44.Rf7+ Ke8 45.Be6 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5
16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8
23.Rd7 Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qg6 Bd7
30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne6 34.d5 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2
37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.a4 a5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Rad1 c6
16.Be2 Bc7 17.Rfe1 Rd7 18.Nf1 Rfd8 19.Ne3 Bb6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Ng4 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 c6 8.Qc2 Bc5
9.e4 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Re8 13.b3 Qe7 14.Bb2 Nxe4 15.Rae1 Bg6
16.Nh4 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Nxf2 18.Rxe7 Bxc2 19.Rxd7 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Nc4 Nd3
22.Ba3 b5 23.Na5 b4 24.Nxc6 bxa3 25.Nxd8 Nb4 26.Nf3 Nxa2 27.Nc6 Be4 28.Nfd4 Bxc6
29.Nxc6 a5 30.b4 axb4  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Nd5 O-O 12.b3 f5 13.Bb2 f4 14.Nxf4 Bg5 15.Qh3 Qxh3
16.Nxh3 Bh6 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Rfe1 Ne5 19.f3 g6 20.Nf2 Bg7 21.Bd4 a6 22.c3 c5
23.Be3 Re6 24.Nd3 Nc6 25.Nf4 Ref6 26.Nd5 R6f7 27.Bf2 b5 28.Bg3 Rd8 29.a4 Rb7
30.axb5 Rxb5 31.f4 Rxb3 32.e5 Rb7 33.Bh4 Re8 34.e6 h6 35.Nf6+ Bxf6 36.Bxf6 Na5
37.Rxd6 Nc4 38.Rxa6 Rb6 39.Rxb6 Nxb6 40.Re5  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 e5 9.Nf5 h5
10.g5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxf5 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.O-O Qd7 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Be7 16.Nxd6+ Bxd6
17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Rxf5 f6 20.Bxb7 Ra7 21.Bd5 Bxb2 22.Rd1 Be5
23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Rxh5 Rxh5 25.Bf7+ Kc6 26.Bxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Qxc6 dxc6
15.Ke2 O-O-O 16.Be3 Rd5 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Rb5 19.Rab1 Be7 20.c4 Rb4 21.Rxb4 Bxb4
22.Rb1 a5 23.Bb6 c5 24.a3 Bxa3 25.Bxa5 Re8 26.Kd2 Re7 27.Rb3 Rd7+ 28.Kc2 Bb4
29.Bxb4 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rd4 31.g3 g5 32.Kc3 Re4 33.Kd3 Re1 34.fxg5 Rxe5 35.Rb5 Re1
36.Rb2 Rf1 37.Ke3 Re1+ 38.Re2 Ra1 39.Rf2 Ra7 40.Rf6 Rc7 41.Kd4 Rd7+ 42.Ke5 Rc7
43.Rf4 Kd8 44.Kf6 Ke8 45.h4 Kf8 46.Rd4 Ke8 47.g4 Rc6 48.Kg7 e5 49.Re4 Rg6+
50.Kxh7 Kf8 51.Rxe5 Rg7+ 52.Kh6 Rg6+ 53.Kh5 Rg8 54.g6 f6 55.g7+ Rxg7 56.Rc5 Rh7+
57.Kg6 Rxh4 58.Kxf6  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bh6 8.Qh5 g6
9.Qd1 Nf6 10.h5 Nd4 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Nb3 Ng4 13.Bxh6 Rxh6 14.Rxh6 Nxh6 15.Qd2 Ng8
16.O-O-O Be6 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Nd5 Kd7 19.Rh1 Nf6 20.Bb5+ Kc8 21.Nf4 Bd7 22.Bc4 Qe8
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Kc7 25.Qa5+ b6 26.Qa6 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Kxc6 28.a4 Rd8 29.a5 Rd7
30.axb6 axb6 31.Kd2 Qb8 32.Rh7 Kc7 33.b4 Qb7 34.Qa2 Kc8 35.b5 d5 36.Rh8+ Rd8
37.Rxd8+ Kxd8 38.Qxd5+ Qxd5 39.exd5 Kd7 40.c4 dxc3+ 41.Kxc3 Ke7 42.d4 c4
43.d6+ Kxd6 44.Kxc4 Ke6 45.d5+ Ke7 46.Kd4 f6 47.f4 Kd7 48.g4 Kd6 49.Ke4 Ke7
50.g5 Kf7 51.Kd4  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Senec"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 c6 7.Be3 Be7 8.g4 d5
9.g5 Bc5 10.Qd3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.Bd4 Bxd4
15.Nxd4 Nc5 16.O-O-O Rd8 17.f5 h6 18.h4 Ne4 19.Bg2 Nd6 20.Bxc6 Nxf5 21.Bxb7 Bxb7
22.Nxf5+ Kf8 23.gxh6 gxh6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rf1 h5 26.Rd1 Rb8 27.Rd7 Be4 28.Nd6 Bg6
29.c4 Kg7 30.c5 Kf6 31.c6 Rb6 32.Ne8+ Ke6 33.Rd6+ Ke7 34.c7 Bf5 35.Rxb6 axb6
36.Ng7 Bc8 37.Nxh5 Kd6 38.Ng7 Kxc7 39.h5 Bb7 40.h6 Be4 41.Ne8+  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Senec"]
[Date "1998.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.h3 g5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bd4 dxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bc3 Qe7+
16.Kf1 Bg7 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Re1 Qd7 19.f4 O-O 20.f5 Bf7 21.Qd4 Qc7 22.Bb4 Rfe8
23.Kf2 Re5 24.Re3 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.b4 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Re8 28.Qd4 Kg7 29.c3 c5
30.bxc5 Rb8 31.Rd1 Rb5 32.c4 Rb4 33.Rc1 Ra4 34.Rc2 dxc4 35.c6 Ra3 36.Kg1 Rd3
37.Qe4 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Qh2 39.Rc3 Rd2+ 40.Kf1 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E81"]

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.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxe7+ Kf8 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Nh3 b6
16.Be2 Bb7 17.O-O Rac8 18.f4 Nc5 19.Ng5 Bxd5 20.exd5 h6 21.Nf3 Re8 22.Rfe1 Bc3
23.Rec1 Bd2 24.Nxd2 Rxe2 25.Rd1 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.d6 Rexc4 28.f5 gxf5 29.d7 Rd8
30.Rb3 Ke7 31.Rbd3 Rc2 32.Re3+ Kf8 33.Ra3 a5 34.Rd5 Rc7 35.Rad3 Ke7 36.Re3+ Kf8
37.Red3 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Rb5 Ra4 41.Rxb6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B29"]

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 "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E73"]

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 Kh7 10.h3 b5 11.cxb5 a6 12.Nf3 Qa5 13.b6 Nxb6 14.O-O Na4 15.Bd3 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bd7 17.c4 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Ba4 19.Rab1 Rfb8 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.Rb1 Rxb1+
22.Bxb1 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.f3 Na5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Nc6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qd2 Be6 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Rad8 17.Kh1 Qc8 18.Qe3 Bg4 19.c3 Rfe8 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Nd4 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.b3 Rd8 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Ne8 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Bf1 Bh6
16.Nfd2 Ng7 17.Nf3 f6 18.c3 Ne6 19.Qc2 Bb7 20.b4 Ndf8 21.Bc1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Bxc1
23.Rxc1 Rd8 24.Ne3 Kg7 25.h4 h5 26.Bc4 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.b4 Bf8 14.Bb2 Nb6 15.a3 a5
16.Qe2 exd4 17.Nxd4 axb4 18.cxb4 c6 19.Rac1 g6 20.Bb3 Rc8 21.N2f3 Bh6 22.e5 Bxc1
23.e6 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Qxc4+ d5 27.Qxc1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Ne4
29.Ne5+ Kg8 30.f3 c5 31.bxc5 Nxc5 32.Ng4 Qd6 33.Nh6+ Kf8 34.Ndf5 Qe6 35.Bg7+ Ke8
36.Qxe6+ Nxe6 37.Nd6+ Kd7 38.Nxc8 Nxg7 39.Nb6+ Kc6 40.Na4 Kb5 41.Nb2 Kc5
42.Kf2 Kd4 43.Ng4 Ne6 44.Ke2 Nf4+ 45.Kd2 Nxg2 46.Nd3 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava Match"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Ostrava Match"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Ostrava Match"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Ostrava Match"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Ostrava Match"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Rg1 h5 10.gxh5 Nxh5 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qb6 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.O-O-O Nd7 17.Na4 f6 18.Bf4 e5 19.Bxd7 Bxd7 20.Nxb6 Kf7 21.Nxa8 Rxa8 22.Be3 Rxa2
23.Kb1 Be6 24.b3 Ra8 25.f3 Rh8 26.Bf2 f5 27.Kb2 fxe4 28.fxe4 Bd7 29.Rh1 Bc6
30.Rde1 Ke6 31.Bg3 Rh6 32.Rhg1 Bf6 33.Bf2 Kf7 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Rg4 Be8 36.Rd3 Bh5
37.Rg1 Bg6 38.Be3 Bxe4 39.Bxh6 gxh6 40.Rh3 Bf5 41.Rh2 e4+ 42.c3 b5 43.b4 h5
44.Rg8 Bg4 45.Kc2 Be5 46.Rg2 Bf6 47.R2xg4 hxg4 48.Rxg4 Kf5 49.Rg8 Bxh4 50.Rb8 d5
51.Rxb5 Ke6 52.Rb6+ Kd7 53.Rg6 Kc7 54.Kd2 Bf2 55.Ke2 Bb6 56.Re6 Bg1 57.c4 dxc4
58.Rxe4 Kb6 59.Rxc4 Kb5 60.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Ostrava Match"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B83"]

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 "Grand Prix m2"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adla, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Nd7
16.Nf1 f5 17.exf5 Nf6 18.Ng5 Bxd5 19.Ne3 Qb7 20.b3 Rfe8 21.Bd2 Bd8 22.Bb4 h6
23.Ne6 Bb6 24.Qd2 Bxe6 25.fxe6 Nc6 26.Bg6 Rxe6 27.Bf5 Rce8 28.Bxe6+ Rxe6
29.Nf5 Nxb4 30.Qxb4 Bc5 31.Qh4 b4 32.Rad1 Qf7 33.Rd3 Nd5 34.Rxd5 Qxf5 35.Rd2 Rf6
36.Qc4+ Kh7 37.Qe4 Qxe4 38.Rxe4 Kg6 39.g3 Kf5 40.Rc4 Ke6 41.Kg2 a5 42.f4 exf4
43.Re4+ Kd7 44.Rxf4 Rxf4 45.gxf4 Ke6 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Ke4 g6 49.h4 Bf2
50.h5 gxh5 51.Rxh5  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix mf"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nd7
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.h4 Ngf6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.h5 O-O-O 14.h6 Bf8 15.e6 Nb6
16.exf7 e6 17.Qa5 Kb8 18.Rd3 Rc8 19.Rc3 Nc4 20.Qxc7+ Rxc7 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.d5 e5
23.a4 Be7 24.Rd1 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rf8 26.Re1 Kc8 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Bxd6 Rexf7 29.Bxf8 Rxf8
30.Rxc4+ Kd7 31.Rb4 b6 32.a5 Rf6 33.axb6 axb6 34.f4 Kc7 35.Re4 Rf5 36.Re7+ Kd6
37.Rxh7 Rxf4 38.Rg7 Rh4 39.Rxg6+ Kxd5 40.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix m2"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adla, Diego"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]

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.Rb1 b6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.h4 h5 14.Rb5 Qa4 15.Rb2 Na5
16.Bh6 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.O-O cxd4 20.cxd4 Rac8 21.Nf4 Rfd8
22.Nxh5+ gxh5 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Qg5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix mf"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Ne7 7.Bxg7 Rg8 8.Bb2 h5
9.c4 Bxf3 10.exf3 h4 11.Nc3 c6 12.Re1 dxc4 13.Ne4 Nf5 14.Nxd6+ Nxd6 15.f4 hxg3
16.hxg3 Qb6 17.d4 O-O-O 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Qc2 Qxa2 20.bxc4 Nxc4 21.Rec1 Ndb6
22.Qe4 Nd2 23.Rxc6+ Kd7 24.Rxb6 Nxe4 25.Rxb7+ Kc8 26.Bxe4 Qxb1+ 27.Bxb1 Kxb7
28.f5 exf5 29.Bxf5 a5 30.Bc2 Rge8 31.Kf1 Kb6 32.g4 Kb5 33.Bb3 Rd7 34.Ba3 a4
35.Ba2 Re4 36.Bc5 Rxg4 37.f3 Rh4 38.Kg2 f6 39.Kg3 Rhxd4  0-1

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Nd4 a6 10.h3 Bg7 11.g4 Bd7 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Bd2 h5
16.g5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.O-O-O Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.a4 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Bc2 c5 14.Nf1 Re8 15.Ng3 Bf8
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Nd2 Bc8 20.Qf3 g6 21.Ra3 Nfd7 22.Rea1 Qf6
23.Qe2 Nb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Nf3 Nba4 26.R1a2 Bd7 27.Qd2 Bxh3 28.Bxh6 Bg4 29.Bg5 Qh8
30.Nh2 Bd7 31.Bd1 f6 32.Be3 Re7 33.Bg4 Bxg4 34.Nxg4 Qh4 35.Qe2 Rh7 36.Bxc5 Nxc5
37.Qf3 Be7 38.Ra8 Rxa8 39.Rxa8+ Kf7 40.Kf1 Nd3 41.Ne3 Qf4 42.Ra7 Ke8 43.Rb7 Rh2
44.Ke2 Nc1+ 45.Kf1 Nd3 46.Ke2 Nc1+ 47.Kf1 Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h6 10.Qd2 b5 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Qf2 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.N5a4 Rb8
16.h4 Qc6 17.g5 Nd7 18.a3 hxg5 19.hxg5 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Rh3 Be7
23.f4 exf4 24.Rh8+ Nf8 25.Qxf4 Rd8 26.Bb6 Rd6 27.Bc5 Be6 28.Bxd6 Qxd6 29.Qe3 Qc6
30.Kb1 Bf5 31.Nb6 Qg2 32.Nbd5 Qxg5 33.Nc7+  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ndf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.Bd2 Qc7
9.O-O-O b6 10.N1f3 h6 11.Nh3 Ne7 12.Ne5 c5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Nc4 cxd4 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Bf4 Qd5 17.Be5 Nf5 18.c4 Qc5 19.Qf3 Qxe5 20.Qxa8 Qc7 21.Qc6 Qb8 22.Qf3 Bb7
23.Qa3+ Kg8 24.f3 g5 25.Ba4 e5 26.Rhe1 Kg7 27.Bc2 Nh4 28.Rd2 Rc8 29.Kb1 Rxc4
30.Ng1 Rc5 31.g3 Ra5 32.Qd3 Ng6 33.Bb3 Qd6 34.Rc2 e4 35.Qc4 Ne5 36.Qc7 Qb4
37.Rd1 Bd5 38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.fxe4 Nxe4 40.a3 Qb5 41.Ka2 d3 42.Rcc1 d2 43.Rc2 Nd3
44.Rcxd2 Rc5 45.Qd8 Qc4+ 46.b3 Nc3+ 47.Ka1 Ra5  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qf6
16.Rg1 Nf4 17.Be3 Ne6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Qd3 exd4 21.cxd4 e5 22.d5 Ne7
23.Bxb6 Rxb6 24.Nxc7 Rxb2 25.Ne6 Rg8 26.Kg1 Ng6 27.Qa3 Rb6 28.Kh1 Nf4 29.Nxg7 Ne2
30.Nf5 Rgb8 31.Qd3 Rb2 32.Rf1 Ra8 33.Qc4 Nxg3+ 34.hxg3 Qd8 35.Qc1 Rb3 36.Kg2 Qf8
37.Qc7  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E66"]

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.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 Bh6 13.Ba1 Ng4 14.h3 Nf6 15.e3 Bd7 16.Qe2 Qc7
17.f4 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rb4 19.Rbc1 Bg7 20.g4 e5 21.f5 gxf5 22.gxf5 Kh8 23.Nce4 Rg8
24.Kh2 Ra4 25.Rc2 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Qd8 27.Bd3 Qh4 28.Ne4 Bf8 29.Qf3 f6 30.Rg2 Nb7
31.Rfg1 Rg7 32.Bc3 Be8 33.Qd1 Rxg2+ 34.Rxg2 Bh6 35.Be1 Qh5 36.Nxf6 Qf7 37.Nxe8 Qxe8
38.Qb3 Na5 39.Bxa5 Rxa5 40.f6 Ra4 41.Qb7  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 dxc4 10.Na3 Qa5+ 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Nxc4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Be4 15.O-O Nd5
16.Bd2 Nb6 17.Bb3 Be7 18.Ba5 Nd7 19.Rfe1 Bg6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nxe6 Kf7 22.Nc7 Nc5
23.Nxa8 Nd3 24.Nb6 Nxe1 25.Rxe1 Bd8 26.Nc4 Bxa5 27.Nxa5 Rd8 28.f4 Ke6 29.Kf2 b6
30.Nc6 Rd2+ 31.Re2 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Be4 33.Nb8 Bxg2 34.Nxa6 Kf5 35.Kf2 Bb7 36.Nc7 Kxf4
37.Ne6+ Kxe5 38.Nxg7 Bd5 39.Nh5 Bxa2 40.Ke3 Bb1 41.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Rb1 b6 13.dxc5 Ba6 14.Bb5 Bxb5 15.Rxb5 Nc4
16.Bg5 h6 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Bxe7 Re8 19.Rb4 Ne5 20.Bd6 Nd3 21.Ra4 b5 22.Ra6 Rxe4
23.Nc1 Nb2 24.c6 Re6 25.Bb4 Rc8 26.Rxa7 Rexc6 27.Rb7 Bxc3 28.Rxb5 Bxb4 29.Rxb4 Rc2
30.h4 Nc4 31.Re1 Nd6 32.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C17"]

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 Qxa5 12.Rb1 Bd7 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.Qd3 d4 15.g3 Nf5
16.Bg2 Qc7 17.O-O Na5 18.Bh3 Nc6 19.a4 Nce7 20.Ng5 Rxg5 21.fxg5 Qxe5 22.Bf4 Qc5
23.Bg2 Nd5 24.Be5 Bxa4 25.g4 Nd6 26.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27.Bxd4 Bxc2 28.Rbc1 Be4 29.Bxc3 Bxg2
30.Bd4+ Kd7 31.Kxg2 b6 32.Kf3 a5 33.h4 b5 34.h5 Nc4 35.Rfe1 Nb4 36.Bf6 Rc8
37.h6 Nd5 38.Bg7 Ne7 39.h7 Ng6 40.Ke2 b4 41.Red1+  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 b5 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.b4 e6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.d3 Bd6 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Rfc1 Qe7 15.Nd4 Rbc8
16.Bxh5 Nxh5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 a5 19.Rxa5 Bxb4 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Rxc8 Bxd2
22.Raa8 g6 23.Nc6 Qc5 24.Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.Qb8 Kg7 26.d4 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Nd7 28.Qg8+ Kh6
29.Nd8 Nhf6 30.Nxf7+ Kh5 31.Qg7 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Qxe3 33.Ra2 Kh4 34.Ra3  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Bxe7 7.Bb3 c6
8.d4 Nf5 9.Nf3 d5 10.Ne2 O-O 11.O-O Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Ng3 Be6 14.c3 Nd7
15.Bc2 g6 16.Ne2 Nb6 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.b3 Rfe8 19.Be3 Nc8 20.Nd3 Nd6 21.Ne5 Bf5
22.Rac1 Bd8 23.g4 Bxc2 24.Rxc2 f6 25.Nd3 Bb6 26.h3 Rad8 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Kg2 Ba5
29.a4 Ne4 30.f3 Nd6 31.Bf4 Rxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 Rb8
9.Rb1 Na5 10.Qa4 b6 11.c5 Bd7 12.Qa3 Nc4 13.Qxa6 b5 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 dxc5
16.a4 b4 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxd4 19.Rec1 Rb6 20.Qa5 Qc8 21.Qa7 Ra6 22.Qb7 Qxb7
23.Bxb7 Rxa4 24.e3 Be5 25.Rxc5 Bd6 26.Rcc1 Rb8 27.Bc6 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Rba8 29.e4 Ra1
30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kg2 Rd1 32.Bc1 f6 33.Kf3 g5 34.h3 Kf7 35.Rc4 h5 36.Ke2 Rh1
37.Bd2 Rh2 38.Kf3 b3 39.Bb4 Rxh3 40.Kg2 g4 41.Bxd6 cxd6 42.Rb4 Ke6 43.Rxb3 h4
44.Rb5 hxg3 45.f3 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D88"]

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.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 cxd4 15.cxd4 e5
16.d5 Nc4 17.Qd3 Nxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Qh4 19.h3 Bh6 20.Qd3 Rf8+ 21.Kg1 Qf2+ 22.Kh1 Qe3
23.Qc4 b5 24.Qxb5 Rf2 25.Qe8+ Rf8 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.g5 Bxg5 28.Qxe5+ Bf6 29.Qd6 Bg7
30.Ng1 Qxe4 31.Rc1 h5 32.Qe6 Be5 33.Rc5 Qe3 34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Nf3 Bf4
37.Qc2 g5 38.Qd1 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Nh2 g3 41.Nf3 Bd6 42.Qd4+ Qxd4 43.Nxd4 Kf6
44.Nb5 Bc5 45.Nxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B49"]

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.c4 Nxe4 11.c5 O-O 12.Rc1 Rb8 13.g3 Nf6 14.Bf3 g6 15.Nb6 Rd8
16.Qa4 e5 17.Nb3 d5 18.cxd6 Rxd6 19.Na5 e4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Bh3 22.Rfe1 Re6
23.Qf4 Qxf4 24.Bxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D93"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd3 c5 12.c4 Bb7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.f4 d6 15.Qf3 Rad8
16.Qh3 Rfe8 17.Rae1 Nd7 18.Rf3 Nf8 19.f5 Bf6 20.fxe6 Rxe6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Rxe3
23.Rfxe3 Bd4 24.Kh1 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Qb8 26.Qe7 Nd7 27.Bc2 Ne5 28.Ba4 Ng6 29.Qg5 h6
30.Qd2 Ne5 31.b3 Qc7 32.h3 Rf8 33.Rxe5 dxe5 34.d6 Qd8 35.Qd5 Qg5 36.Qxc5 Qc1+
37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kh1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

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.Rb1 b6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Be2 Bc6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.h4 Rd8 14.h5 Ne5 15.dxe5 c4
16.Bd4 cxd3 17.Nf3 Bxe4 18.h6 Bf8 19.Ng5 Bxg2 20.Rh2 Qd5 21.Qxd3 f6 22.Rb5 Qc6
23.exf6 exf6 24.f3 fxg5 25.Rxg2 Bxh6 26.Qe2+ Kf7 27.Bxh8 Rxh8 28.Qd3 Re8+
29.Re2 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Qe6+ 31.Kd1 Qxa2 32.Qd7+ Kg8 33.Rd5 Qb3+ 34.Ke2 Qc4+
35.Kf2 Bf8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh8 39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.g5 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Be7 15.h4 O-O
16.O-O-O a5 17.Nd2 f5 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.h5 Qc8 20.h6 g6 21.Rhg1 Kh8 22.f4 Ng4
23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Bd4 Bf6 25.Qe3 Qc7 26.Ne4 Rac8 27.Rg2 Kg8 28.Qh3 Rce8 29.Rf2 Bh8
30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.b3 Kg8 32.Ng5 Qb7 33.Bxe5 Bxe5 34.Rf1 Bd4 35.Kb1 Be3 36.Ne6 Bd2
37.Qh2 Qxd5 38.Qf2 Qf5 39.Qg2 Rxe6 40.Qa8+ Kf7 41.Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bxd4 15.Rfd1 c5
16.Rxc5 Bxe3 17.Rxd8 Bxc5 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Qc3 Rc8 20.Kf1 Rc7 21.a4 Bb6 22.Qe5 Rc2
23.a5 Bc5 24.f4 e6 25.g4 Rc4 26.Qc7 h6 27.f5 gxf5 28.gxf5 exf5 29.exf5 f6
30.Qg3+ Kf8 31.Qg6 Bd4 32.Qxh6+ Ke7 33.Qf4 Kd7 34.h4 Ra4 35.Qe4 Kd6 36.h5 Ra1+
37.Ke2 Be5 38.Qb4+ Kd5 39.Qb7+ Kc4 40.h6 Ra2+ 41.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.O-O e6 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Bxd6 Ne5 15.Ncb5 axb5
16.Nxb5 f6 17.Rfd1 Kf7 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.Bxe5 fxe5 20.Nd6+ Kg6 21.Rd3 Qf6 22.Qxg4 Qf4
23.h3 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Bc6 25.c4 Rhd8 26.f3 Bf8 27.c5 b6 28.b4 bxc5 29.bxc5 Ra5
30.Rc3 Rb8 31.Rc2 Kf6 32.Kf2 Ba4 33.Rc3 Rb2+ 34.Kg3 Rc2 35.Rc1 Rxa2 36.Rb1 Bc6
37.Rb6 Ra6 38.Rb8 Be7 39.Rc1 Ra8 40.Rb6 R2a6 41.Rbb1 Be8 42.Rh1 Bg6 43.Rb7 Rc6
44.Nf5 Bf8 45.Rh8 exf5 46.gxf5 Bf7 47.Kg4 Kg7 48.Rh5 Bxc5 49.Rxg5+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 Qa3
16.Bd2 Bc3 17.Bc1 Qd6 18.e5 Qd7 19.Bd2 Rfc8 20.Bxc3 Rxc3 21.Qd4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rac8
23.Qxa7 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Qxd5 25.f4 Nc6 26.Qxb7 Rb8 27.Qc7 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Nd4 29.Qb7 Ne2+
30.Kf1 Qd3 31.Qb5 Nxf4+ 32.Qxd3 Nxd3 33.Rb5 Nf4 34.f3 Kg7 35.Kf2 g5 36.Ke3 e6
37.Ke4 Ng6 38.Rb8 h6 39.Ra8 Nf4 40.h4 Ng6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Ra1 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.Be2 Bb7
10.a3 Rc8 11.Nd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.c3 Na5 14.Qc2 Nc6 15.Qd3 g5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6
17.Nf2 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qb6 19.Qxb6 Rxb6 20.Nd3 gxf4 21.O-O Rg8 22.Rf2 Rg5 23.h4 Rg3
24.Bf3 Rc6 25.Rc1 Ke7 26.Kh2 Rg8 27.Rcf1 Rc4 28.Bh5 f6 29.exf6+ Nxf6 30.Bd1 f3
31.Bxf3 Rxh4+ 32.Kg1 Kd6 33.Bd1 Ne4 34.Rf8 Ng3 35.Rxg8 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Rxf1+
37.Ke3 Nf5+ 38.Kd2 Rg1 39.Bf3 Nh4 40.Rd8+ Kc7 41.Rh8 Nxf3+ 42.gxf3 Rh1 43.Ke3 a5
44.f4 Bc6 45.Ne5 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.cxb4 Ba4 48.Ra8 Bc2 49.Ra6 Bf5 50.b5 Rc1
51.Nf3 Rd1 52.Rc6+ Kb7 53.Ne5 d4+ 54.Ke2 Rh1 55.b4 h5 56.Nc4 d3+ 57.Kf3 Kb8
58.Nd6 d2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+ N8c6 7.d4 cxd4 8.a3 dxc3
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 Ke8 14.Nxc6 bxc6
15.Ke2 f6 16.Ra6 e5 17.Bc3 Kd7 18.Rha1 Be7 19.Rxa7+ Rxa7 20.Rxa7+ Ke6 21.Ra6 Kd7
22.Kd3 Rb8 23.Kc4 Kc7 24.Bd2 Kb7 25.Ra2 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Kxa8 27.Be3 Kb7 28.g4 g5
29.Bc5 Bxc5 30.Kxc5 Kc7 31.b5 cxb5 32.Kxb5 Kb7 33.Kc5 Kc7 34.Kd5 Kd7 35.f3 h6
36.h3 Ke7 37.Kc6 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B77"]

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.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Be6 15.Nb6 Ra6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qc7 18.Ra4 Rb8 19.h5 Nxh5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.g4 Nf6 22.Qh6+ Kg8
23.Rf4 Qc5 24.Rxf6 exf6 25.Kd1 Rxb3 26.cxb3 Qxd5+ 27.Kc2 Rc6+ 28.Kb1 Qd3+
29.Ka2 g5 30.Qxf6 Qg6 31.Qe7 Kg7 32.Rd1 h6 33.Qd7 Ra6 34.Qc8 Rb6 35.Qc7 Ra6
36.Qc8 Ra7 37.Qc6 d5 38.Qc3+ f6 39.Rxd5 a4 40.bxa4 Qf7 41.Qb3 Rxa4+ 42.Qxa4 Qxd5+
43.Qb3 Qa5+ 44.Qa3 Qd5+ 45.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A11"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.e3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be2 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Bc7 b6 15.Kd2 Be6
16.Rhc1 Rac8 17.Ba6 Bxa2 18.Bxc8 Nb3+ 19.Kd1 Rxc8 20.Rxa2 Nxc1 21.Rxa7 Nd3
22.Ke2 Nc1+ 23.Kd2 Nb3+ 24.Kd3 b5 25.Rb7 Nc1+ 26.Kc2 Na2 27.Kb3 Nc1+ 28.Kc2 Na2
29.Kd2 b4 30.Ba5 Ra8 31.Bxb4 Nxb4 32.Rxb4 Ra2+ 33.Ke1 Bf6 34.g4 e6 35.Rb7 h6
36.h4 Ra5 37.Kf1 e5 38.dxe5 Bxe5 39.Kg2 Bf6 40.Rb4 Kg7 41.Kg3 Be5+ 42.Kh3 Bf6
43.Re4 Rc5 44.Re8 Rd5 45.Kg3 Bd8 46.Kf4 Bc7+ 47.Ke4 Ra5 48.Re7 Ra4+ 49.Kd3 Bd8
50.Rd7 Bf6 51.g5 hxg5 52.hxg5 Ba1 53.Nd2 Ra3+ 54.Ke2 Ra2 55.Kf3 Bc3 56.Ne4 Bb4
57.Rb7 Ra4 58.Nf6 Bc3 59.Ne4 Bb4 60.Rd7 Ra5 61.Kg4 Re5 62.Rd4 Be7 63.f4 Re6
64.Kf3 Kf8 65.Ra4 Rc6 66.Ra8+ Kg7 67.Ra7 Kf8 68.Nf2 Rc8 69.Ng4 Rb8 70.Ne5 Rc8
71.Rb7 Re8 72.Nd7+ Kg7 73.e4 Ra8 74.e5 Ra6 75.Nf6 Bf8 76.Rb1 Ra3+ 77.Kg4 Be7
78.Rh1 Bxf6 79.gxf6+ Kg8 80.Rb1 Ra8 81.Rb7 Re8 82.Kg5 Kf8 83.Kh6 Rc8 84.e6 fxe6
85.Kxg6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Rxc6 Qxa2 15.Rc7 Qe6
16.h3 Qd6 17.Rc5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 e6 19.e5 Qd7 20.Ra1 Rfb8 21.g4 Bf8 22.Rca5 Qb7
23.Kg2 Be7 24.d5 Bd8 25.Bh6 Rc8 26.Rd1 Rab8 27.Ra3 exd5 28.Rxd5 Be7 29.Rad3 Bf8
30.Bg5 Qc6 31.Rd7 Qe6 32.Qf6 a5 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Rf3 h6 35.Bd2 Rd8 36.Rxd8 Rxd8
37.Bxa5 Rd5 38.Bc3 Bg7 39.Re3 Bf8 40.Re4 g5 41.Kf3 Rd3+ 42.Re3 Rxe3+ 43.Kxe3 Kf7
44.Ke4 Be7 45.f3 Ke8 46.Kd4 Kf7 47.Kc4 Bf8 48.Kb5 Bg7 49.Bd4 Ke8 50.Kc6 Kf7
51.Kd7 Bf8 52.Be3 Bg7 53.f4 gxf4 54.Bxf4 Bf8 55.h4 Bg7 56.h5 Bf8 57.Kc6 Bg7
58.Be3 Bf8 59.Kd7 Bg7 60.Bf4 Bf8 61.g5 hxg5 62.Bxg5 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxe3 14.fxe3 b5 15.Bb3 Bb7
16.Nd5 Qa5+ 17.c3 Nd7 18.O-O-O Nc5 19.Qc2 O-O-O 20.Rhg1 Bh6 21.Rg7 Nxb3+
22.Qxb3 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Qb6 24.Rxe5 Qd6  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nb3 Qd8
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Ndb4 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 c5
15.Nc6 Kd7 16.Ne5+ Ke6 17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Be3 c4 19.Nc5+ Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Rd8 21.Bb4 Bb7
22.Bc3 f6 23.Rfd1 Bc6 24.Ba5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rc8 26.f3 Ba4 27.Rd4 Rc5 28.Bb4 Rc7
29.Kf2 Bb5 30.Rd6+ Kf7 31.Rd5 a6 32.h4 Rb7 33.a3 Rb8 34.g4 h6 35.Rc5 Rd8
36.Rc7+ Rd7 37.Rc8 Kg6 38.Rh8 f5 39.h5+ Kg5 40.Kg3 fxg4 41.fxg4 Kf6 42.Rf8+ Ke6
43.Bc3 Re7 44.Rg8 Kd5 45.Rxg7 Rxe2 46.Rg6 Re6 47.Rxe6 Kxe6 48.Bd2 Ba4 49.Bxh6 Bd1
50.Bg7 Be2 51.Bc3 Bd1 52.Kh4 Bf3 53.Kg5 Kf7 54.Kh4 Ke6 55.g5 Kf5 56.g6 Bd5
57.Kg3 Kg5 58.g7 Kh6 59.Kf4 Kh7 60.h6 Kxh6 61.Ke5 Bf7 62.Kd6 Kh7 63.Kc5 Be6
64.Kb6 Bc8 65.Kc6 Kg8 66.Kd5 Bd7 67.Kxc4 Kf7 68.Kb4 Be6 69.Ka5 Bc4 70.a4 Bb3
71.Kxa6 Bxa4 72.b4 Bc2 73.b5 Bd3 74.Kb6 Be2 75.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B83"]

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 Rg8 28.Rg6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D30"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 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 Qa3
16.Bd2 Bc3 17.Bc1 Qd6 18.e5 Qd7 19.Bd2 Rfc8 20.Bxc3 Rxc3 21.Qd4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rc4
23.Qe3 b6 24.e6 Qd6 25.exf7+ Kg7 26.Rfe1 Rf8 27.Qxe7 Qxe7 28.Rxe7 Rxf7 29.d6 Rd4
30.Rc1 Rxd6 31.Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rc7+ Kg8 33.Rxa7 Nc6 34.Rb7 Nd4 35.Be4 Ne6 36.g3 Nc5
37.Rb8+ Kg7 38.Bf3 Rf6 39.Be2 Ne4 40.Rb7+ Rf7 41.Rxb6 Nxf2 42.Bc4 Rc7 43.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Bf6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Nd2 Qd7 17.Nb3 Rce8 18.Nc5 Qc8 19.Qa4 a5 20.Bf3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nd8 22.Ne4 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 b6 24.Qc4 Ne6 25.Bg4 Qb7 26.Bf3 b5 27.Qe2 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Qb6 29.Rf5 b4
30.axb4 axb4 31.Rb5 Qa6 32.Rxb4 Qa1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B36"]

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 a6 11.O-O Be6 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Qxd2
16.Nxf6+ Kg7 17.Nh5+ gxh5 18.Rxd2 b5 19.Rdc2 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Rxc4
22.Rxc4 Rb8 23.b3 Rb5 24.g3 f5 25.Kg2 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Kf6 27.Rf4+ Kg6 28.Ra4 a5
29.Kf3 Kf5 30.Ke3 Rc5 31.Kd3 e5 32.Rh4 Kg6 33.f4 Rd5+ 34.Ke3 Rc5 35.fxe5 dxe5
36.Rc4 Rd5 37.Rc6+ Kg5 38.h3 Rb5 39.Ra6 Kf5 40.Ra7 h6 41.Ra6 Rc5 42.Kd3 Rd5+
43.Kc4 Rd4+ 44.Kc3 Rd5 45.Rxh6 Kg5 46.Re6 Kf5 47.Re8 e4 48.Kc4 Rd2 49.Rf8+ Ke5
50.Re8+ Kf5 51.Rf8+ Ke5 52.Rh8 Rd4+ 53.Kc5 Rd5+ 54.Kc6 Kd4 55.g4 hxg4 56.hxg4 e3
57.Rh1 Rg5 58.Rg1 e2 59.a3 Kc3 60.b4 a4 61.b5 Rxg4 62.Rxg4 e1=Q 63.Rxa4 Qe8+
64.Kb6 Kb3 65.Ra6 Kc4 66.a4 Qd7 67.Ra7 Qd6+ 68.Kb7 Kc5 69.Ra6 Qd7+ 70.Kb8 Qd8+
71.Kb7 Kb4 72.Ra7 Kc5 73.Ra6 Qd7+ 74.Kb8 Kb4 75.Ra7 Qd6+ 76.Kb7 Kc5 77.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bb4+
9.Bd2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Qd2 O-O 14.O-O Rfd8 15.h3 Be6
16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Ne2 Qb6 18.Nf4 Bf5 19.g4 Be4 20.f3 Bc2 21.Qxc2 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxf4
23.Qd2 Qg3 24.Qe1 Qd6 25.Qf2 Re8 26.Rac1 Qf4 27.Kg1 Re3 28.Rd4 Qe5 29.f4 Qe7
30.g5 Nh5 31.Rxd5 Re8 32.Rd2 Nb4 33.Rc3 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Nxa2 35.Rcd3 g6 36.Rd7 Qe3
37.Qxe3 R8xe3 38.Rxb7 Nxf4 39.Rd8+ Re8 40.Rxe8+ Rxe8 41.Bf3 Re3 42.Bg4 Kg7
43.Nd4 a5 44.Nc6 Ne6 45.h4 Nb4 46.Bxe6 Rxe6 47.Nxb4 axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nb5 Nxg3 11.hxg3 a6 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Nxc8+ Rxc8 14.e3 d5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Qxd5 exd5 17.a3 Bxc3+ 18.Rxc3 d4 19.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Nd5 Nh5 10.Bb2 e6 11.Nc3 b5 12.d5 Ne7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Nd1 Qd6 17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.Rc1 Nef5 19.Qxc5 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.Ne3 Ne8 22.Rfd1 Nxf3+
23.exf3 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxf3 25.Rc6 a5 26.Rxe6 a4 27.bxa4 bxa4 28.Ng4 Nd6 29.Re7 Rf7
30.Re6 Kg7 31.Ne5 Rf5 32.f4 Re8 33.Rxe8 Nxe8 34.Rd7+ Kg8 35.Re7 Rf8 36.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.dxc5 Nxe4 7.cxd6 Nxd6
8.O-O Nc6 9.Qe2 g6 10.Rd1 Bg7 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nb5 Rfe8 13.c3 a6 14.Nxd6 exd6
15.Be3 Bh6 16.Rd3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Rxe3 18.Qxe3 Re8 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Nd4 Nc4 21.Qc2 Qe7
22.g3 d5 23.Rd1 Qe4 24.Qc1 Kg7 25.h4 h5 26.a4 Qg4 27.Re1 Re4 28.Kg2 Rxe1
29.Qxe1 Qe4+ 30.Qxe4 dxe4 31.b4 Nb6 32.a5 Nd5 33.Ne2 Kf6 34.Kf1 Kf5 35.b5 axb5
36.Nd4+ Ke5 37.Nxb5 Ne7 38.Nc7 Nd5 39.Nb5 f5 40.Ke2 Ne7 41.Nc7 Nd5 42.Nb5 Ne7
43.Nc7 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Re1 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.h3 Bh5 17.Bc4 Qd7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Bg3 Nf6 22.Ra3 Nxd4
23.Nbxd4 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Bxd4 25.Kh2 c5 26.Qd3 Re7 27.b3 Qb7 28.Rf5 Qe4 29.Qxe4 Nxe4
30.f3 Nxg3 31.Kxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D97"]

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 "Grand Prix de Bordeaux"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.Kh1 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 h5 11.Bg5 Ng4 12.f4 f6 13.e5 fxg5 14.Qg6+ Kd8 15.Qxg5+ Be7
16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.f5 Qc6 19.fxe6 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qxe6 21.Rd1 Qf5
22.Nd5 Bf8 23.Qh8 b5 24.e6  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix de Bordeaux"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Nc6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8
9.Bb2 Na5 10.Nbd2 Nc4 11.Nxc4 dxc4 12.Rc1 a5 13.Nd2 axb4 14.Nxc4 Qd8 15.a4 Bc6
16.a5 Rc7 17.Qb3 Qd5 18.f3 Nh6 19.Bd3 Nf5 20.Be4 Qd8 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Nb6 Qh4+
23.g3 Qh3 24.Kf2 f4 25.a6 bxa6 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Qa4 Qh6 28.Kg2 fxg3 29.d5 Qd2+
30.Kh3 Qh6+ 31.Kg4 Qg6+ 32.Kf4 Qh6+ 33.Ke4 Qg6+ 34.Ke3 Bc5+ 35.Bd4 Qh6+ 36.Kd3 Qg6+
37.Kc4 Bxb6+ 38.dxc6 Bc7  0-1

[Event "Grand Prix de Bordeaux"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.g4 Rfc8 13.h4 Qa5 14.Qg5 Qxg5 15.hxg5 Nd7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rh4 Rc5 18.f4 Nb6 19.Bd3 f6 20.gxf6+ exf6 21.f5 Bf7 22.Nb5 g5
23.Rh3 Rd8 24.Rdh1 h5 25.gxh5 Kh6 26.Nd4 Re8 27.Nb5 Rd8 28.Nd4 Re8 29.Nb5 Nc8
30.b4 Rce5 31.Nd4 Nb6 32.Nf3 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.a3 Nc4 35.Nh2 Ne5 36.Rg1 g4
37.Rh4 Bxh5 38.Rh1 Kg5 39.Rxh5+ Kf4 40.Rf1+ Kg3 41.Rh7 Kg2 42.Rd1 g3 43.Nf1 Kf2
44.Nxg3 Kxg3 45.Rxb7 a5 46.bxa5 Ra4 47.Rxd6 Nc4 48.Rd3+ Kf4 49.Rb4  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix de Bordeaux"]
[Site "Bordeaux"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 O-O 6.c3 d6 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 a5 10.a4 exd4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3 c5 15.Nb5 Bb7
16.Qc2 d5 17.e5 Nh5 18.e6 Qe7 19.Bd6 cxd6 20.exf7+ Qxf7 21.Nxd6 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qf6
23.Ne8 Qf7 24.Nd6 Qf6 25.Ne8 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.O-O Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Qxg4 f6
16.Rab1 Qxc3 17.Rfd1 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.g3 b5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Qf3 c3 22.Rbc1 Bb7
23.Qxc3 Bxe4 24.Nxd6+ exd6 25.Re1 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 d5 27.f3 Kf7 28.fxe4 Rhe8
29.Rc7+ Kg6 30.Rf1 dxe4 31.Rc6 Rf8 32.Re6 Rae8 33.Rfxf6+ Rxf6 34.Rxe8 Kf5
35.Kf2 Rh6 36.Rf8+ Ke5 37.Re8+ Kf5 38.Rf8+ Ke5 39.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.cxd5 Qxd5 14.c4 Qd6 15.Be3 Bf6
16.Ra2 Rad8 17.d5 Na5 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.a4 Rfe8 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.axb5 b6 22.Bd2 Nb7
23.Rxa7 Nc5 24.Bf3 Be5 25.g3 Qf6 26.Kg2 Re7 27.h4 h6 28.Qc2 Rde8 29.Re1 Bd6
30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Qf5 g6 32.Qb1 h5 33.Bg5 Qe5 34.Ra3 Qd4 35.Qc2 Nd7 36.Rd3 Qa1
37.Rd1 Qe5 38.Bd2 Qf6 39.Bc3 Be5 40.d6 cxd6 41.Bd2 Qe6 42.Bd5 Qg4 43.Bg5 Kg7
44.Re1 Rc8 45.Qa2 Qf5 46.Re3 f6 47.Rf3 Qg4 48.Bf4 Re8 49.Qa7 Re7 50.Qc7 Kh7
51.Bxe5 dxe5 52.Qd6 Rg7 53.Bc6 Qd4 54.Rd3 Qxd6 55.Rxd6 Nc5 56.Rxf6 Ra7 57.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.d3 Bc5
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Ne5 13.Be2 Re8 14.Kg2 Ng6 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.f3 Rad8 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Rad1 Nh5 19.f4 Nxg3 20.Kxg3 Qg5+ 21.Kh2 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4+
23.Kh1 Qg3 24.Bg4 h5 25.Qf2 hxg4 26.Qxf4 Qxh3+ 27.Qh2 Qe3 28.Qh5 g6 29.Qxg4 Rxd1
30.Qxd1 Qh3+ 31.Kg1 Qg3+ 32.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 Nbd7 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Bd6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.d4 b6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.c4 Rae8 15.c5 bxc5
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Qd2 Rfe8 20.Rxe5 Qxe5 21.Rb1 c4
22.Bxc4 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Bf5 15.Bh6 Bxb2
16.Rad1 Qa5 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qxa2 20.Rd2 Rd8 21.Qb1 Qxb1
22.Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.Rxb1 Ba3 24.Rd1 Nc6 25.Rd3 Bb4 26.Rd7 Kg7 27.Rc7 Nd8 28.Ng5 Kf6
29.Nxh7+ Ke5 30.c6 Ne6 31.Ra7 Kd6 32.Rxa6 Bc5 33.h4 b4 34.Ng5 Nxg5 35.hxg5 b3
36.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "1999.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "1999.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "1999.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.Bf5 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nd4
16.Bxd3 O-O 17.Be3 Bb4 18.Rf1 c5 19.Ne2 Ng4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Bf5 Ne5 22.Qxd4 Qxd4
23.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.h3 Be6 13.a3 Bf6 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.Qb3 Nb6
16.d5 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Ne7 18.Be3 Nec8 19.Rac1 Nd6 20.Bb1 Qd7 21.Rc5 g6 22.Rec1 Rac8
23.Nd4 a6 24.Ba2 Rfe8 25.Qd3 Ne4 26.Ra5 Qd6 27.b4 Be5 28.Nf3 Bb2 29.Rc2 Bg7
30.Bc5 Qd7 31.Bb3 Rcd8 32.Be3 Qd6 33.Rac5 Rd7 34.Nd2 Nf6 35.Nc4 Nxc4 36.Bxc4 Ne4
37.Ra5 Rde7 38.Bb3 Be5 39.Ba4 Bh2+ 40.Kf1 Ng3+ 41.Ke1 b5 42.Rc6 Qe5 43.d6 cxd6
44.Rcxa6 Nf5 45.Bxb5 Nxe3 46.Bxe8 Qa1+ 47.Kd2 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D85"]

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.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Bd4 Qd6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qd2 Qf6 15.f4 Nac4
16.Bxc4 Nxc4 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Qe3 Nc4 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.Qe3 Nc4 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 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 "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Be7 10.h4 Nf6 11.Nfg5 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 g6 13.Bc4 Rb8 14.Qe3 Bf6 15.f4 b5
16.Bb3 a5 17.h5 Bxg5 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.fxg5 Qe7 20.Rdf1 Bd7 21.a3 a4 22.Ba2 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qf4+ Ke8 26.Kd2 b4 27.Qe5 Kd8 28.Qh8+ Be8 29.Qf6 bxa3
30.bxa3 Qxf6 31.gxf6 Kd7 32.d5  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C39"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qf3 Rg8 12.d3 Bh6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Ne2 Rxb2 15.Bxb2 Qxb2
16.O-O Qxc2 17.Rac1 Qxa2 18.Nd4 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 f3 20.Rxc6 fxg2 21.Rg1 Kd8
22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Rg4 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.dxc4 Ke7 26.Kf3 Kf6 27.Kg4 Bd2 28.Rxg2 Bb4
29.Kf4 a5 30.Rg8 a4 31.Rc8 d5 32.cxd5 h5 33.Ke4 Bd6 34.Ra8 a3 35.Re8 Be5
36.Ra8 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qc6
16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.fxe5 Kc7 18.Qxe7 Rxa2 19.exf6 Ra1+ 20.Kd2 Qd5+ 21.Kc3 Qa5+
22.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h6 8.f4 Be7 9.Bg2 Bxh4+
10.Kf1 Be7 11.f5 Bh7 12.Nf4 Qd7 13.Nh5 Bf8 14.dxc5 Nc6 15.Nb5 Bxc5 16.c4 Nxe5
17.Qe2 Nxc4 18.Bxd5 Qxb5 19.Bxc4 Qb6 20.fxe6 O-O-O 21.exf7 Ne7 22.Qe6+ Kb8
23.Bf4+ Ka8 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Be5 Rhf8 26.Ke2 Nd5 27.Rhf1 Ne3 28.Bb5 Nxf1 29.Rxf1 Bg6
30.Rf4 Bd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Bc4 b5 33.Bb3 Bd3+ 34.Ke3 g5 35.Rf2 Bc4 36.Bxc4 bxc4
37.Ke4 Rd7 38.Rf6 Rfxf7 39.Rxh6 Rfe7+ 40.Kf5 Rd5+ 41.Kg6 Re2  0-1

[Event "Amsterdam blind sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pappot, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 f6 6.O-O Bc5 7.c3 Bb7 8.d4 Bb6
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 fxe5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxe5+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Nxe7 14.Re1 O-O-O
15.Be3 Bxe4 16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.Rxe4 Rhe8 18.Nd2 d5 19.Re6 Kc7 20.Rae1 Rd7 21.Nf3 h6
22.Ne5 Kd8 23.Nxd7 Kxd7 24.Rxb6 Nf5 25.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam blind sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 Qb8 12.d5 Nd8 13.b4 c6 14.Bg5 cxd5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Qxd5 Ne6 17.g3 Qb6 18.Nbd2 Nc7 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Ra3 g6 22.Nf1 d5
23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Ne3 Rdd8 25.Nd2 Bg7 26.Ne4 f5 27.Nc5 Bf8 28.Nb3 Rd7 29.Rd1 Red8
30.Raa1 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qd6 33.Qe2 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam blind sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Knoppert, Erik G J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Bd7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.e5 Be7 13.exd6 Bf6 14.Qd3 Qb6 15.b3 g6
16.Ne4 Bg7 17.g4 Bc6 18.g5 Rfd8 19.Bg2 Qb4 20.c3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 22.Nxc3 Bxg2
23.Rhg1 Bc6 24.b4 a6 25.Kb2 Rac8 26.Rge1 Kf8 27.Re5 Rd7 28.Re3 Rcd8 29.Red3 Bd5
30.Nxd5 Rxd6 31.Kc3 exd5 32.Kb3 Kg7 33.a4 h5 34.a5 Kf8 35.f5 d4 36.f6 Ke8
37.h4 R8d7 38.Rc1 Kd8 39.Rc4 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam blind sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Joop J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.e5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.Be3 h5
10.g3 Nd7 11.O-O-O b5 12.g4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Ne7 14.Bd3 b4 15.Ne2 c5 16.dxc5 Nc6
17.Ng3 h4 18.Ne4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Ncxe5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Bc6+ Kf8 22.Qe4 f5 23.gxf5 gxf5
24.Rhf1 Rd8 25.Rd6 Bf6 26.Rxf5 exf5 27.Rxf6+ Nf7 28.Rxf7+ Kxf7 29.Qe5 Kf8
30.Qxh8+  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam blind sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 a6
9.f4 Qc7 10.Bg2 b5 11.O-O Bb7 12.f5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Ne5 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.a4 bxa4
16.Nxa4 Be7 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Bh3 Qxc2 19.Qa4+ Qxa4 20.Rxa4 Bc6 21.Ra5 Bd8 22.Rxe5 dxe5
23.Nc4 Rb3 24.Nd6+ Kd7 25.Nc4 Ke8 26.Nd6+ Kd7 27.Nc4 Bxe4 28.Nxe5+ Kc7 29.Rf7+ Kd6
30.Nc4+ Kc6 31.Bxe6 Rxe3 32.Nxe3 Bb6 33.Kf2 Rd8 34.Ke2 Bd3+ 35.Kf3 Bg6 36.Nc4 Bxf7
37.Bxf7 Bc7 38.Ke4 Bxh2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.a3 Nc7 14.Qa4 f5 15.Ne2 f4
16.Nc3 Ng5 17.Ne5 f3 18.g3 Nh3+ 19.Kf1 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Bd2 Qf6 22.Re3 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Qe6 24.Qg4 Ng5 25.Ree1 Nf7 26.Bf4 h5 27.Qxf3 g5 28.Ne2 gxf4 29.Nd4 Qa6+
30.Kg2 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxe5 32.Qxf4 Re8 33.Rc1 Qb6 34.Qg5+ Ng6 35.Rxc7 Qxc7
36.Qxg6+ Kf8 37.Ne6+ Rxe6 38.Qxe6 Qc4 39.Qh6+ Ke7 40.Qxh5 d4 41.Qe5+ Kd7
42.Qe4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 Qa3
16.Bd2 Bc3 17.Bc1 Qd6 18.e5 Qd7 19.Bd2 Rfc8 20.Bxc3 Rxc3 21.Qd4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rc4
23.Qe3 b6 24.e6 Qd6 25.exf7+ Kg7 26.Rfe1 Rf8 27.Qxe7 Qxe7 28.Rxe7 Rxf7 29.d6 Rd4
30.Rc1 Rxd6 31.Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rxa7 h5 34.g3 Nc6 35.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Nxa6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.e4 Nc7 13.a4 Nb5 14.Ne2 Ng4 15.Nf3 Nc7
16.Ra3 Qb8 17.b3 Qb4 18.Nd2 Rfb8 19.Qc2 Nb5 20.Ra2 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.h3 Ne5
23.Kh2 Qc3 24.f4 Nd3 25.Ba3 Nb4 26.Bxb4 Rxb4 27.Rf3 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 f5 29.exf5 Bxf5
30.Ra2 e5 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.g4 e4 33.Rf1 Bd7 34.Bxe4 Bc3 35.Nc4 Rxb3 36.d6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 Nc6
9.h3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.O-O-O e5 12.Qd3 Be6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nd7
16.h4 Be7 17.Bh3 exf4 18.Bxf4 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Bd2 Qb5 21.Qf5 Bf6 22.Bc1 Qc5
23.Bg2 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Qb6 25.Rh6 Qd4 26.c3 Qe5 27.Be4 Ke7 28.Qf3 Nb6 29.Bf5 Rc5
30.Bc2 Nc4 31.Bb3 b5 32.a3 Bg7 33.Rh5 Bf6 34.Rh6 Bg7 35.Rh5 Bf6 36.Qf2 Qxd5
37.Bc2 Qe6 38.Bf5 Qe5 39.Rh1 Qd5 40.Rf1 Ne5 41.Bc2 Qe6 42.Qg2 Qc4 43.Rd1 Rc7
44.Rd4 Qc6 45.Be4 Qd7 46.Bf5 Qc6 47.Qh3 Qf3 48.Qh6 Qf1 49.Bc2 Qg1 50.Rd1 Qxg4
51.Rf1 Nd7 52.Qh1 Ne5 53.Rf5 Qc4 54.Qh6 Ng4 55.Qh5 Rc5 56.Rxc5 dxc5 57.Bxg5 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Godena,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Rd1 Nd5 15.Ne4 O-O
16.Bh6 Qe7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Rc4 Kh8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Rc7 22.Rdc1 Rac8
23.h4 h6 24.Nf3 c5 25.dxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Qd4 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 a5
30.b3 Kg8 31.Qa4 Qc7+ 32.Kg1 Nc3 33.Qa3 Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Nf4 35.Qb2 Qc5 36.Qd2 Qf5
37.Ne1 Qb5+ 38.Kg1 e5 39.g3 Ne2+ 40.Kg2 Nd4 41.f3 Qc5 42.h5 f6 43.Qe3 Qa3
44.Qd2 Kf7 45.Nd3 Ke6 46.Qb2 Qd6 47.Qc3 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.Bf5 dxc4 14.Qa4+ c6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Qxc4 Nd5 17.Rxe6 O-O 18.Be3 Bf6 19.Bc5 Rf7 20.Rae1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 h6 22.Bxa7 Nc7
23.Re7 Qd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Re8+ Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Bc5+ Kg8 28.c4 Nf4 29.Bd6 Nd3
30.Re2 Rd8 31.Bc7 Rd4 32.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bb4+
9.N3d2 d5 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Qa6 12.b3 Be7 13.Bb2 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qc7 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Be2 Be6
16.Qc5 Rfb8 17.g3 Qb7 18.b3 a5 19.a4 Nd5 20.Ne4 Nb4 21.Bc4 Bd5 22.Rd4 Qa7
23.Qxa7 Rxa7 24.f4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rd8 26.Rf1 e6 27.g4 Kg7 28.f5 exf5 29.gxf5 Rd6
30.fxg6 hxg6 31.h4 Rad7 32.Re2 Nd5 33.Kb2 Nb6 34.Bd3 Rd5 35.Rh2 Re5 36.Rg1 Nd5
37.h5 Nf4 38.hxg6 Nxd3+ 39.cxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mitkov,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C01"]

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 "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Atakisi,U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stohl,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Holscher, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 O-O 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.Nxc3 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Nc6 13.b5 Ne5 14.b3 Ng6 15.Bb2 f6
16.Qd4 b6 17.Rfc1 Rf7 18.Rc6 Nf8 19.Ba3 Qd7 20.Rac1 Qe8 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Bd6 Rfd7
23.Bg3 Bf7 24.Bg4 Be6 25.Be2 Bf7 26.b4 Ne6 27.Qd2 d4 28.e4 d3 29.Bg4 h5 30.Bf5 Rd4
31.h4 Nf8 32.Rc7 Be6 33.Bf4 Qxb5 34.Bh6 R4d7 35.Bxe6+ Nxe6 36.Rxd7 Qxd7 37.Be3 Nd4
38.Kf1 Nb3 39.Qa2 Qf7 40.Rd1 d2 41.Kg1 Rd7 42.Qc2 Rc7 43.Qb2 Rc1 44.Rxc1 dxc1=Q+
45.Bxc1 Nxc1 46.Qxc1 Qe6 47.f3 Qe5 48.Qc4+ Kh7 49.Kf2 b5 50.Qc5 Qb2+ 51.Kg3 Qe5+
52.Kh3 Qe6+ 53.Kh2 Qe5+ 54.g3 Qb2+ 55.Kh3 Qe5 56.Qc6 f5 57.exf5 Qxf5+ 58.Kg2 Qe5
59.Qe4+ Qxe4 60.fxe4 Kg6 61.Kf3 Kf6 62.Kf4 Ke6 63.e5 g6 64.Ke4 a6  1-0

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holscher, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 Bd7
10.Rc1 Qc8 11.Kh2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.b3 Re8 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.Nd5 c5 16.Nf3 Nxf3+
17.exf3 Nxd5 18.cxd5 b5 19.Rfe1 b4 20.Bf4 Qc7 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8 22.Be3 a5 23.f4 Bd7
24.h4 h5 25.Bf1 Bf5 26.Bd3 Qd7 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.Rxc2 f5 30.Kg2 Kf7
31.Kf3 a4 32.Ke2 Ra8 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Kc4 Kd7 36.Kb5 Ra8 37.Re2 Re8
38.Rc2 Kc7 39.Kc4 Kb6 40.Kb3 Kb5 41.a4+ bxa3 42.Kxa3 c4 43.Rb2+ Bxb2+ 44.Kxb2 Kb4
45.Kc2 c3 46.Kd3 Kb3 47.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Becx, Cesar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.dxe4 e5 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.f5 h5 14.Nd5 c6 15.f6 cxd5
16.fxg7 Kxg7 17.exd5 Rac8 18.c3 f5 19.Be3 Nf6 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Bg5 Rd7 22.Bxf6+ Kxf6
23.h3 Ke7 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 f4 26.Be4 Kd6 27.Kf2 Rh7 28.Rh1 Rch8 29.Rxh7 Rxh7
30.Kg2 Rh4 31.Bf3 g5 32.b4 Ba6 33.a4 Bc4 34.Re1 Bd3 35.a5 bxa5 36.bxa5 e4
37.Bxe4 Rxg4+ 38.Kf2 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Kxd5 40.Re7 a6 41.Ra7 Rg3 42.Rxa6 g4 43.Rf6 Ke5
44.Rh6 Rxc3 45.Rh5+ Ke4 46.a6 Rc2+ 47.Kf1 g3 48.a7 Ra2 49.Rh7 f3 50.Re7+ Kd4
51.Rd7+ Kc5 52.Rf7 Ra1+  0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Becx, Cesar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qd5 8.c4 Qd6
9.Nxa7+ Bd7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qe5+ Kf7 13.Nb5 c6 14.Qd4 Rd8 15.O-O Nf6
16.Qxd7+ Rxd7 17.Nc3 Bc5 18.d4 exd3 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Rae1 Rd4 21.b3 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Rdxe4
23.Rxe4 Rxe4 24.Re1 Re2 25.Rxe2 dxe2 26.g3 g5 27.g4 Bd6 28.Kg2 Bf4 29.Be1 Ke6
30.h3 Ke5 31.Kf3 b5 32.cxb5 cxb5 33.Bc3+ Kd5 34.Kxe2 Kc5 35.Bd2 Kd5  1-0

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 f6 7.h4 fxe5 8.h5 Bf7 9.dxe5 c5
10.Ng3 Be7 11.Bg2 Nc6 12.O-O Nh6 13.f4 g5 14.f5 Nxe5 15.fxe6 Bxe6 16.Nxd5 Nhxg4
17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Ne4 Rd8 19.Bxg5 Rxd1 20.Raxd1 Rg8 21.Nd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Rxg5
23.Rxe6+ Kd7 24.Ref6 Nxf6 25.Rxf6 Rxh5 26.Bxb7 Rg5+ 27.Kf1 Rg6 28.Rf5 Ke6
29.Bc8+ Kd6 30.Rf2 h5 31.Bf5 Rf6 32.Ke2 Nc6 33.c3 Ke5 34.Bd7 Rxf2+ 35.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Bxc3+
9.Bd2 Be6 10.Qxb7 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.b4 Qa3 13.Rd1 Na6 14.e3 Nxb4 15.Bc4 Bxc4
16.Nxc4 Qc3+ 17.Nd2 Rad8 18.O-O Rxd2 19.Rc1 Nc2 20.c6 Rd6 21.Qxe7 Rxc6 22.Qxa7 Rfc8
23.h4 Qb4 24.Rb1 Qxh4 25.Rb7 Qf6 26.Rd1 Rc4 27.a4 Nb4 28.a5 Nc6 29.Qb6 Kg7
30.a6 Ne5 31.Qxf6+ Kxf6 32.a7 Rc1 33.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34.Kh2 Ra1 35.Kg3 g5 36.f4 gxf4+
37.exf4 Ra3+ 38.Kf2 Nd3+ 39.Kf1 Nxf4 40.g3 Nh5 41.Kf2 Kg6 42.g4 Nf6 43.Ke2 Nxg4
44.Kd2 h5 45.Kc2 h4 46.Kb2 Ra5 47.Rb6+ f6 48.Rb7 h3 49.Kb3 h2 50.Kb4 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B70"]

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 "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7
9.Nc3 Nc5 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf4 Ne6 12.Bg3 d5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Ne4 d5 15.c4 Bb7
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Qa5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.Be5 Rfe8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qg5 Nxg5  0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Re1 Nc6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.h4 Rac8 15.h5 Na5
16.Qd3 Qc6 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Bd2 Nc4 19.Rac1 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Qe6 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.Rh1 Qf5
23.Qxf5 Rxf5 24.Be3 e6 25.Bh6 Bxh6 26.Rxh6 Rg5+ 27.Kf1 Kg7 28.Rh1 Rf5 29.Ke2 b6
30.Rh3 Rf7 31.Rch1 Kg8 32.Rb1 Na3 33.Rb3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.e3 Nd7 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 g6 10.Be5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Na4 Qd8 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.b4 b6
16.Nd3 Bb7 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rac1 Qc7 20.Qb2 Kg8 21.Rfd1 Rfc8 22.a4 a5
23.b5 Qd6 24.Ne5 e6 25.bxc6 Bxc6 26.Nxc6 Rxc6 27.d5 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 exd5 29.Qb5 Nc5
30.Rcd4 Rd8 31.e4 Qe5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.exd5 Ne4 34.Re1  1-0

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 bxa4 18.Rxa4 a5 19.Ra3 Ba6 20.Nh2 Ne5 21.Ndf3 c4 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Rg3 Kh7 24.Qf3 Ra7 25.Be3 Rb7 26.Ng4 Bd6 27.Bxh6  1-0

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 Qc7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Qf2 Na5 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Bb6 Qc4
16.Bxa5 Rde8 17.Qa7 Qc6 18.f5 Bc4 19.b3 Bb5 20.a4  1-0

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D85"]

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.Kxd2 O-O 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Ne2 Rd8 14.Rc4 f5 15.Rhc1 Be6
16.Ra4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Bd5 18.Bxd5+ Rxd5 19.Rc5 Rd6 20.Ke1 Rad8 21.Rb5 b6 22.f3 Bxd4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Rxa7 Rd1+ 26.Kf2 R8d2+ 27.Kg3 Rg1 28.Rxe7 Rgxg2+
29.Kf4 Rxa2 30.Rxb6 Ra8 31.Rbb7 Rf8+ 32.Ke3 Rxh2 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Rge7 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Qd2 a6 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O-O b4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne2 d5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Rhe1 Bd6 18.Kb1 a5 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.Qd4 Be7 21.Ba4 Rd8 22.Qf2 h5
23.Bb3 Bxb3 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.axb3 hxg4 26.hxg4 Qd2 27.f5 e5 28.Rf1 Rh3 29.g5 Qxg5
30.Qa7 Rh2 31.Rg1 Qd2 32.Qa8+ Bd8 33.Rg2 Qd1+ 34.Ka2 Rxg2 35.Qxg2 Qxc2 36.Qf3 e4
37.Qe3 Bb6 38.Qxb6 Qxe2 39.Qxf6 Qf3 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.Qe5+ Kf8 42.f6 Kg8 43.Qg5+ Kf8
44.Qg7+ Ke8 45.Qg8+ Kd7 46.Qxf7+ Kd6 47.Qe7+ Kd5 48.f7 a4 49.bxa4  1-0

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 exd4 13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4
15.cxd4 Nxe4 16.Re1 Bf5 17.f3 Nf6 18.d5 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Bc4 Qe5 21.Ra3 Nd7
22.Re3 Qf6 23.b3 h6 24.Bd2 Qd4 25.Qe1 Nb6 26.Bc3 Qc5 27.Bb4 Qd4 28.Bc3 Qc5
29.Bb4 Qd4 30.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Re1 Bb4 12.Bd2 Be6 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 c5 15.g4 Ne7
16.Ng5 h5 17.f3 a4 18.Kg2 Ra6 19.Kg3 Bd5 20.Rad1 Rg6 21.f4 hxg4 22.hxg4 c6
23.Rd2 b5 24.Rde2 Bc4 25.Rf2 Rxg5 26.fxg5 Be6 27.Rff1 Nd5 28.Rh1 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Nxc3
30.bxc3 g6 31.Kf4 Kd7 32.Rd1+ Kc7 33.Rf1 Kb6 34.Ke3 Ka5 35.Kd2 Kb6 36.Rf4 Kc7
37.c4 Kb6 38.Kc3 Ka5 39.cxb5 cxb5 40.Re4 Bd5 41.Rf4 Be6 42.Kb2 Kb6 43.c3 Kc6
44.Kc2 Kd5 45.Kd3 Kxe5 46.Ke3 Bd5 47.Rf1 Be6 48.Rb1 Bc4 49.Rb2 Bb3 50.Rd2 Be6
51.Rb2 Bc4 52.Rf2 Be6 53.Rb2 Bb3 54.Rd2 Bc4 55.Rd8 Be6 56.Rb8 Bc4 57.Rb6 Kd5
58.Rf6 Ke5 59.Rb6 Kd5 60.Rb7 Kd6 61.Ke4 Kc6 62.Rb8 Be6 63.Kf3 Bc4 64.Kf4 Kd5
65.Rb7 Kd6 66.Rb6+ Kc7 67.Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Porzellan-Cup"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Nb5 O-O-O 10.Bxc5 bxc5 11.Qa4 Kb8 12.Nd2 Nc8 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.f4 d6
16.Rad1 Rhe8 17.Bd3 d5 18.e5 Qh4 19.g3 Qg4 20.Qc2 g6 21.Be2 Qe6 22.Bf3 g5
23.fxg5 Nxe5 24.Bg2 Ng4 25.Qa4 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Nf2+ 27.Rxf2 Qxf2 28.Rf1 Re1 29.Qa7+ Kc8
30.Bh3+ Rd7 31.Bxd7+ Kxd7 32.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe2+ 34.Kh3 Qh5+ 35.Kg2 Qe2+
36.Kh3 Qh5+ 37.Kg2 Kc8 38.Qa4 d4+ 39.Kf2 Qf3+ 40.Ke1 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qd3+ 42.Ke1 Qe3+
43.Kf1 Qf3+ 44.Ke1 Qh1+ 45.Kd2 Qxh2+ 46.Kc1 Qg1+ 47.Kd2 Qxg3 48.Na7+ Kb8
49.Nc6+ Bxc6 50.Qxc6 Qxg5+ 51.Kd3 Qg6+ 52.Qxg6 fxg6  0-1

[Event "Extraliga CZE"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Bxc3+
9.Bd2 Be6 10.Qd3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxc5 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Qd4 O-O 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.a3 Nd7
16.Nd4 Rac8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Kd2 Nc5 20.g3 Nb3+ 21.Kd3 Nc1+ 22.Kd2 Nb3+
23.Kd3 Nc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Extraliga CZE"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Babula,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 a5 11.bxa5 f5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Nb3 Nxe2+ 14.Rxe2 f4 15.Rc2 f3
16.gxf3 h6 17.c5 g5 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Na4 Ng6 20.Nb6 Nh4 21.Nd2 Rb8 22.Qf1 Rxf3
23.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 24.Kh1 Bg4 25.Qg2 Ne1 26.Qxg4 Nxc2 27.Rb1 Qc7 28.Bd2 Rf8 29.Rf1 Nd4
30.Be3 Qc2 31.Rc1 Qd3 32.Rd1 Qc2 33.Rc1 Qd3 34.Nd7 Rf7 35.h4 gxh4 36.Qg6 Nc2
37.Kh2 Qe2 38.Qe6 Nxe3 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Qxf7 Ng4+  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rytshagov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.e3 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miezis,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.Ng5+ Kg8 13.Qxh5 Nf6 14.Qh4 Qxd4 15.Nce4 Qd3
16.Bf4 Rfd8 17.Rfe1 Rd4 18.Re3 Qc2 19.Rc3 Qxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Qg4 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Rc4
23.Qg3 Bf6 24.Rc1 Re8 25.Bg5 Be5 26.Qd3 b5 27.a4 a6 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qd5 Bd6
30.Qxb5 Rc5 31.Qa4 Rxc3 32.Kf1 Rxc1+ 33.Bxc1 Bb4 34.Be3 Re6 35.g4 Bf8 36.Qa8 Ne5
37.Bc5 Nd7 38.Ba3 c5 39.Qc8 Rd6 40.Kg2 Rd3 41.Bc1 Nf6 42.Be3 Rd5 43.Qc6 Re5
44.Qc8 Nd5 45.Kf3 Nxe3 46.fxe3 Re6 47.g5 g6 48.h4 Rb6 49.e4 Re6 50.Kf4 Rb6
51.e5 Rb4+ 52.Kf3 Rb6 53.Ke4 Re6 54.Kd5 Rb6 55.Qe8 Re6 56.Qb8 Kg7 57.Qc8 Kg8
58.Qa8 Kg7 59.Qa1 Kg8 60.Qh1 Rb6 61.h5 gxh5 62.Qxh5 Re6 63.Qg4 Bg7 64.Kxc5 Rxe5+
65.Kd6 Re6+ 66.Kd7 Bf8 67.Qf5 Rg6 68.Qe5 Re6 69.Qf4 Rd6+ 70.Kc8 Rg6 71.Qf5 Be7
72.Kd7 Bxg5 73.Ke8 Re6+ 74.Kd7 Rg6 75.Ke8 Re6+ 76.Kd7 Bh6 77.Qxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rausis,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5 8.h4 cxd4
9.Nb5 Nec6 10.h5 Be4 11.f3 g5 12.fxe4 dxe4 13.Nh3 h6 14.c3 dxc3 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8
16.Bg2 Nxe5 17.Bxe4 Nbc6 18.Be3 Nxg4 19.O-O-O+ Ke7 20.Bc5+ Kf6 21.Rhf1+ Kg7
22.Rd7 cxb2+ 23.Kb1 Nge5 24.Bxf8+ Rhxf8 25.Rxb7 Rab8 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Rc7 Rxb5
28.Rxc6 Rb4 29.Rd1 g4 30.Nf2 Kf6 31.Nd3 Rd4 32.Rf1+ Kg5 33.Nc5 Rf4 34.Rg1 Rd8
35.Rxe6 Rd5 36.Ne4+ Kf5 37.Re7 Rd4 38.Ng3+ Kf6 39.Rxa7 Rf3 40.a4 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Rfd8
16.Nb3 a5 17.f3 Be6 18.Rxc6 a4 19.Nc1 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Rf2 Rd1+ 22.Rf1 Rad8
23.Rc3 R1d2 24.Rf2 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Rd2+ 26.Kg3 Bxa2 27.Nxa2 Rxa2 28.Rc7 e6 29.Ra7 g5
30.Kh3 Kg7 31.g3 h5 32.f4 g4+ 33.Kh4 Kh6  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Rxa5 11.Re1 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 c5 14.a4 Nh5 15.Ra3 Ra6
16.Nb5 Nf6 17.Bb2 Nd7 18.g3 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bg2 Ng6 21.h4 e4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.f4 Nf6 24.Nf1 Ne7 25.Ne3 Neg8 26.Bh3 Nh6 27.Kh2 Kf7 28.Qe2 Rg8 29.Nc3 Rg7
30.Rg1 Kg8 31.Ncd1 Bd7 32.Nf2 Qc8 33.Qb2 Ne8 34.a5 Ra7 35.Rb3 Rxa5 36.Rxb7 Qa8
37.Rb8 Ra2 38.Qxg7+ Kxg7 39.Rxa8 Rxa8 40.Nxe4 fxe4 41.Bxd7 Nf6 42.Nf5+ Nxf5
43.Bxf5 Ra4 44.Rb1 Rxc4 45.Rb7+ Kf8 46.Be6 Rc2+ 47.Kh3 e3 48.Rf7+ Ke8 49.Rxf6 e2
50.Bf7+ Ke7 51.Re6+ Kxf7 52.Kg4 Rd2 53.Kf3 Rxd5 54.Rxe2 h5 55.Ke4 Rd1 56.Ra2 c4
57.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D88"]

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.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.fxg4 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 e5
16.Kg1 exd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18.Nxd4 Rc8 19.Nf3 Qxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rc2 21.Rd8+ Kg7
22.Rd7+ Kg8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Ne6 Rxa2 25.Rg7+ Kh8 26.Rxg6 Nc4 27.h3 a5 28.Rxh6+ Kg8
29.g5 Ne3 30.Rg6+ Kf7 31.Nf4 a4 32.Rb6 a3 33.Rxb7+ Kg8 34.Ra7 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Nd1+
36.Kf3 Nc3 37.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem (Rapid)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Ne8 11.Bd2 Bg5 12.g3 Bxe3+ 13.Bxe3 Nf6 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Kg2 Qe8 17.Rf2 Qg6 18.Raf1 Qe8 19.Nd1 Qd7 20.h3 Rf7 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Raf8
23.g4 d5 24.Be5 Nc6 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Nf2 Kg7 29.g5 Qe7
30.gxf6+ Qxf6 31.Ng4 Qxb2 32.e5 Kf7 33.Qf2+ Ke8 34.Qxc5 h5 35.Nf6+ Kf7 36.Nxh5 Qxe5
37.Qf2+ Ke7 38.Nf4 Qg5+ 39.Kh2 Kd6 40.h4 Qf5 41.Qg3 e5 42.Ne2 Nb4 43.Nd4 Qh5
44.a3 Nc6 45.Nf3 Kc5 46.c3 e4 47.Qf2+ Kd6 48.dxe4 dxe4 49.Ng5 Qg4 50.Qg3+ Qxg3+
51.Kxg3 Ke5 52.h5 Ne7 53.Nf7+ Kf5 54.Nd6+ Kg5 55.Nxe4+ Kxh5 56.Kf4 Nd5+ 57.Ke5 Nb6
58.Nd6 Na4 59.Kd4 b6 60.Nb5 a6 61.Nc7 a5 62.Kc4 Kg4 63.Nd5 Kf5 64.Kb5 Nb2
65.Nxb6 Ke5 66.Kxa5 Kd6 67.Kb5 Kc7 68.a4 Nd1 69.Nd5+ Kd6 70.c4 Nf2 71.a5 Kd7
72.a6 Ne4 73.a7 Nd6+ 74.Ka6 Nxc4 75.a8=Q Nd6 76.Nb6+ Ke6 77.Qd5+ Ke7 78.Qe5+ Kf7
79.Qxd6 Ke8 80.Nd5 Kf7 81.Qf6+ Kg8 82.Ne7+ Kh7 83.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Passau GER"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 Qb6 11.Nf4 cxd4 12.Bd3 Nxe5 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Bxg6+ Kd7 15.gxh5 Ne7
16.Bf7 Nf5 17.O-O Bb4 18.Bg5 Raf8 19.Bg6 Be7 20.Qg4 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Qd6 22.Rae1 Ne7
23.f4 Nxg6 24.hxg6 Rf5 25.Kg2 Rhf8 26.Kg3 Kc7 27.Rf2 e5 28.fxe5 Rxe5 29.Rxf8 Rxg5+
30.Rf4 Rxg4+ 31.Kxg4 Qxg6+ 32.Kf3 Qxc2 33.Rxd4 Qxb2 34.Rxd5 Kc6 35.Rg5 Qxa2
36.Rg6+ Kc5 37.Re5+ Kd4 38.Re4+ Kd5 39.Rg5+ Kd6 40.Rg6+ Kd5 41.Rg5+ Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Passau GER"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schlosser,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bc6 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.e4 e6 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Nd2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Nb3 Qh5 18.Qxh5 gxh5 19.Na5 Rfd8 20.Rb4 Bf8 21.Nxc6 Rxc6 22.Rb3 Rdc8
23.Rfb1 Rc3 24.Kf1 Be7 25.Bd2 R3c7 26.Ke2 Rd7 27.Be3 h4 28.Kf3 Rcc7 29.Bb5 Rd8
30.a4 Nc8 31.Bd3 b6 32.Rd1 Nd6 33.Ba6 f5 34.e5 Nf7 35.Ke2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1 Ng5
37.Bd3 Ra2 38.f4 Ne4 39.Bc4 Kf7 40.d5 exd5 41.Rxd5 Rxd5 42.Bxd5+ Kg6 43.Rxb6+ axb6
44.Bxa2 Nc5 45.Bd5 Nxa4 46.Bc6 Nc5 47.Be8+ Kg7 48.Ke2 Ne6 49.Bd7 Kf7 50.Kd3 Bd8
51.Kc4 Be7 52.Kd5 Nc7+ 53.Kc6 Ne6 54.Kxb6 Ba3 55.Kc6 Ke7 56.Bc8 Kf7 57.Ba6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Ng4 12.Bxe4 Nxf2 13.Bc6+ Ke7 14.Rd5 Bb6
15.Bxa8 Nd3+ 16.Kf1 Nxc1 17.Na3 Be6 18.Rxc1 Rxa8 19.Rd3 Bf5 20.Rdd1 Be3 21.Ra1 Bf4
22.g3 Bxe5 23.Rd2 Rd8 24.Ke2 Bg4+ 25.Ke3 Bd6 26.Nc2 f5 27.Nd4 Rf8 28.Rf1 g5
29.Rdf2 f4+ 30.gxf4 Bxf4+ 31.Rxf4 gxf4+ 32.Rxf4 Rg8 33.Nc6+ Ke6 34.Nb4 a5
35.Nc6 b4 36.cxb4 axb4 37.Nxb4 c5 38.Nd3 Kd5 39.Re4 Kd6 40.Rc4 Re8+ 41.Re4 Rg8
42.Rc4 Re8+ 43.Kf4 Be2 44.Rc3 Rf8+ 45.Ke3 Bxd3 46.Rxd3+ Ke5 47.b3 Rf6 48.h3 Rg6
49.Kf3 Rf6+ 50.Kg4 Rf2 51.a4 Rc2 52.Kg5 c4 53.bxc4 Rxc4 54.a5 Rc6 55.Re3+ Kd4
56.Rf3 Rg6+ 57.Kh5 Ke4 58.Rb3 Ra6 59.Rb5 Kf4 60.h4 Rd6 61.Rb4+ Kf5 62.Rb6 Rd7
63.a6 Ra7 64.Kh6 Kg4 65.h5 Kf5 66.Rb5+ Kf4 67.Rb4+ Ke5 68.Ra4 Kf5 69.Ra2 Kg4
70.Ra1 Kf4 71.Rf1+ Ke5 72.Rf2 Rxa6+ 73.Kxh7 Ra1 74.Kg7 Rg1+ 75.Kf7 Rh1 76.Ra2 Rf1+
77.Ke7 Kf5 78.Rh2 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bd2 c3 20.Bxc3 Rac8 21.Be4 Rc4 22.Rbb1 Rxa4
23.Bxb7 Ra3 24.Rfc1 Qc7 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.Be4 Rb3 27.Bd2 Bh2+ 28.Kh1 Rxf3 29.Rxc7 Rxf2
30.Kxh2 Rxd2 31.Raxa7 Nc8 32.Rab7 Rxb7 33.Rxc8+ Kg7 34.Bxb7 Rxd4 35.g4 h5
36.g5 h4 37.Rc7 Rf4 38.Bc8 Rf2+ 39.Kg1 Rf4 40.Kg2 Kf8 41.Bg4 Kg7 42.Rc5 Kf8
43.Bf3 Kg7 44.Kf2 Ra4 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf4 Ra4+ 47.Ke5 Ra3 48.Bd5 Re3+ 49.Kf4 Rd3
50.Bc4 Rd7 51.Rc6 Re7 52.Rf6  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nac5 13.f3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc5 15.Qd4 Nb3
16.Qxg4 Nxa1 17.Bh6 g6 18.Nc3 Qb6+ 19.Rf2 Rfe8 20.Qf4 f5 21.cxd5 Nb3 22.e6 cxd5
23.Nxd5 Qxe6 24.Nc7 Qc6 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.g4 Qc5 27.Kg2 Nd4 28.b4 Qe5 29.Rd2 Qxf4
30.Bxf4 Ne6 31.Be3 a6 32.gxf5 Ng7 33.Bc5 Nxf5 34.a4 Ne3+ 35.Kf2 Nc4 36.Rd7 Ne5
37.Rxb7 Nd3+ 38.Kg3 Nxc5 39.bxc5 Rc8 40.Rb6 Rxc5 41.Rxa6 Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kh6
43.Rb7 Rg5+ 44.Kh3 Rh5+ 45.Kg2 Rh4 46.a5 Ra4 47.Rb5 g5 48.Rb6+ Kh5 49.a6 g4
50.f4 Ra2+ 51.Kg1 g3 52.h3 Rc2 53.Rb7 Ra2 54.Rg7 Rxa6 55.Kg2 h6 56.Kxg3 Ra3+
57.Kg2 Ra2+ 58.Kf3 Kh4 59.f5 Kxh3 60.f6 Ra1 61.Kf4 Rf1+ 62.Ke5 h5 63.Rg5 h4
64.Rf5 Re1+ 65.Kf4 Rf1+ 66.Kg5 Rg1+ 67.Kh6 Rg8 68.Rg5 Rf8 69.Kg7 Ra8 70.f7 Kh2
71.Kf6 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Be7 10.Bd3 a5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.b5 a4 14.bxc6 Qxb2 15.O-O bxc6
16.Nxa4 Qb5 17.Nc3 Qc4 18.Ne2 O-O 19.Rc1 Qa6 20.Rc3 Rfc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 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 b5 16.axb5 Nb4+ 17.Kc3 cxb5 18.Rd1 Qc5 19.Qe5 Nd5+ 20.Rxd5 b4+ 21.Kb3 Qxd5
22.Be2 O-O 23.Qxd5 exd5 24.Na5 Rfe8 25.Bf3 Rac8 26.Rd1 Re3+ 27.Ka4 b3 28.Rxd5 g6
29.Rd7 Rc2 30.Ka3 Kg7 31.Rxa7 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Rb7 Rc5 34.Kb4 Rf5 35.Rc7 g5
36.Nxb3 Rf4+ 37.Rc4 Rxc4+ 38.Kxc4 f5 39.Nd4 Kf6 40.b4 Re1 41.b5 Ke5 42.Nc6+ Kd6
43.b6 Rc1+ 44.Kb5 g4 45.b7 Rb1+ 46.Nb4 Kc7 47.hxg4 fxg4 48.Be4  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 Qb6
9.Nb3 e6 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.O-O-O b5 13.g4 Ne5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.f4 Nc4
16.Bd4 Ndb6 17.h4 Bb7 18.h5 e5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Be7 21.Bxb6 Qxb6 22.Rh3 O-O
23.Qe4 Qf2 24.Rf3 Qh4 25.Bd3 g6 26.Rg1 exf4 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Qxc4 Bxg5
30.Nd4 Rae8 31.Qf1 Re3 32.Rh1 Qg4 33.Rg1 Qh4 34.Rh1 Qg4 35.Rg1 Qh5 36.Rh1 Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nge2 h5 7.h3 d6 8.d4 Bd7 9.d5 Na5
10.Qd3 O-O 11.e4 c5 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Nd5 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qa6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
17.b3 h4 18.O-O hxg3 19.fxg3 Bg7 20.g4 Rab8 21.a4 Na5 22.Rf2 Qb6 23.Rb1 a6
24.Ng3 f6 25.Bf3 Nc6 26.Kg2 Qd4 27.Qf1 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.axb5 Nb4 30.Bxb4 Qxb4
31.h4 Qxb5 32.Qh1 Bh6 33.h5 Qe8 34.b4 Be3 35.Rc2 g5 36.Qd1 Qa4 37.Be2 Bd4
38.Bc4 Bxc4 39.Rxc4 Qxd1 40.Rxd1 Ra8 41.Nf5 Ra2+ 42.Kh1 Re2 43.Rdc1 Rxe4
44.Rc8 Rxc8 45.Rxc8+ Kh7 46.Rc7+ Kh8 47.Rc8+ Kh7 48.Rc7+ Kh8 49.Nxd6 Rf4
50.Rd7 Bb6 51.Nc8 Be3 52.Ne7 Rf1+ 53.Kg2 Rf2+ 54.Kg3 e4 55.Ng6+ Kg8 56.h6 Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.a3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Bf3 Na5 15.c5 c6
16.Re1 Bf6 17.Ng4 Bc8 18.cxb6 axb6 19.a4 Nc4 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Ba3 Nxa3 22.Rxa3 Be6
23.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O O-O 14.c4 f5 15.Qf3 Re8
16.Rfe1 b4 17.Nc2 f4 18.Be2 Rb8 19.b3 Kh8 20.Qh5 d5 21.cxd5 Rb6 22.Rad1 a5
23.d6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Rd1 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Bc4 Be6 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 29.Rd5 Rc6
30.Ne1 Rc1 31.Kf1 f5 32.f3 Bf6 33.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D19"]

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.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.h3 a6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 cxd5 17.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 a5
9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Qd2 Bf8 13.f3 Qb6 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.Qf4 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Qd2 dxe5 21.Qg5 Be7 22.Qg3 Qc7
23.Ne4 Nf4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Nf2 Ng6 26.Qg4 Qd7 27.Nd3 Bd6 28.h4 Qf7 29.h5 Nf4
30.Nxf4 Qxf4 31.Qxe6+ Qf7 32.Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.Bxe5 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 b6 35.Re2 Rd5
36.g4 b5 37.Kg2 bxa4 38.bxa4 Rc5 39.Kg3 Rc4 40.Re5 c5 41.Rf5+ Kg8 42.g5 Rxc2
43.Rd5 Rc4 44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Rd7+ Kf8 46.Rd8+ Kf7 47.f4 Rxa4 48.Rh8 Ra1 49.h6 gxh6
50.Rxh7+ Ke8 51.Rxh6 a4 52.f5 a3 53.Ra6 c4 54.Ra8+ Kd7 55.f6 Ke6 56.Kg2 Ra2+
57.Kg3 Ra1 58.Kg2 Ra2+ 59.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.Bd2 e5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Ng5 g6 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 c5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Be4 Rac8 19.Bc3 a5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qe2 b4 22.axb4 axb4
23.Bxe5 Qe4 24.Bf6 Rc6 25.Ra6 Rfc8 26.h3 Bb6 27.Bg5 Rc2 28.Qb5 Bd8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8
30.Qg5 Re8 31.Qf6 Qe5 32.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Rb1 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Rd8 15.Bxb7 Rb8
16.Bxc8 Rdxc8 17.Rxb8 Rxb8 18.Rd1 Bc5 19.Rd7 Rc8 20.a4 f5 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 a6
23.Rxe7 Rc4 24.a5 Rc5 25.e4 fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Ne7 7.Nd2 Bg6 8.f4 Nd7 9.Ngf3 a5
10.Qxb6 Nxb6 11.a4 Nf5 12.Bf2 h5 13.g3 Nd7 14.Be2 f6 15.O-O fxe5 16.fxe5 Be7
17.h3 O-O 18.Kg2 Rfb8 19.g4 hxg4 20.hxg4 Nh6 21.Bh4 Bf8 22.Ng5 Be7 23.Ndf3 Re8
24.Kg3 Bxg5 25.Nxg5 Nf8 26.Rf2 Nh7 27.Nh3 Nf7 28.Raf1 Nh8 29.Nf4 Be4 30.g5 Nf8
31.Bh5 Nfg6 32.Nxg6 Bxg6 33.Bg4 Be4 34.g6 Nxg6 35.Rf7 Bf5 36.Bxf5 exf5 37.R1xf5 Rf8
38.Rxf8+ Nxf8 39.Be7 Ne6 40.Kg4 b5 41.axb5 cxb5 42.Rf1 Ra7 43.Bd6 Rf7 44.Ra1 a4
45.b3 axb3 46.Rb1 Rf2 47.Rxb3 Rg2+ 48.Kf3 Rc2 49.Rxb5 Rxc3+ 50.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 Nxe5 10.Bg2 h5 11.Qe2 Nbc6 12.Nxg6 Nxg6 13.Nxd5 Bxc5 14.Bg5 Nge7 15.Qb5 f6
16.Qxc5 Nxd5 17.O-O-O Qe7 18.Qb5 O-O-O 19.Bd2 hxg4 20.Qc4 Nb6 21.Qxg4 Rd4
22.Qg3 Rhd8 23.Bc3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Na4 26.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D30"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bf4 c5 14.e5 Nh5 15.Bc1 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Rad8 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qe4 Qf7 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4 Nf4 21.Na2 a5 22.Nxb4 axb4
23.Nb5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Ncd3 25.Nd6 Nxe5 26.Qxf4 Qxf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Nxb7 b3
29.a5 Ra4 30.g3 Ra2 31.Nc5 Rxa5 32.Nxb3 Rb5 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Nd2 Rxb2 35.Ne4 g5
36.h3 g4 37.hxg4 Nxg4 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Re7 Re2 40.f3 Ne5 41.Kf1 Rc2 42.Nd6 Kf6
43.Rb7 Nxf3 44.Ne8+ Ke5 45.Nxg7 Nd2+ 46.Ke1 Ne4 47.Rb5+ Nc5 48.Kf1 Ke4 49.Rb6 Kf3
50.Ke1 Ke3 51.Kd1 Rd2+ 52.Kc1 Nd3+ 53.Kb1 Rd1+ 54.Ka2 e5 55.Rxh6 Rf1 56.g4 Rg1
57.Rg6 e4 58.Nf5+ Kf4 59.Rg8 Ne5 60.Rf8 Nxg4 61.Nd6+ Ke5 62.Nxe4 Kxe4 63.Rg8 Kf4
64.Rf8+ Kg3 65.Kb3 Rc1 66.Kb2 Rc7 67.Kb3 Ne5 68.Kb4 Nd3+ 69.Kb5 Nf4 70.Rf6 Kf3
71.Rc6 Rh7 72.Rc1 Ke4 73.Kc6 Rh6+ 74.Kb5 Ne6 75.Kc4 Ke5 76.Re1+ Kd6 77.Re4 Rh8
78.Rg4 Ke5 79.Kd3 Nf4+ 80.Kc4 Rc8+ 81.Kb5 Ne6 82.Rh4 Nd4+ 83.Kb4 Nf3 84.Rh3 Ke4
85.Rh7 Ne5 86.Rh4+ Kd5 87.Rh5 Rc7 88.Kb3 Rg7 89.Kb4 Rg3 90.Rf5 Rh3 91.Rg5 Rh8
92.Rf5 Ke4 93.Rf1 Nd3+ 94.Kb5 Rb8+ 95.Kc6 Ne5+ 96.Kc7 Rb2 97.Rd1 Rc2+ 98.Kd6 Rc6+
99.Ke7 Rh6 100.Re1+ Kd5 101.Rd1+ Kc6 102.Rc1+ Kb7 103.Rc5 Nc6+ 104.Kd7 Kb6
105.Rc1 Na7 106.Rb1+ Nb5 107.Rc1 Nd4 108.Rc4 Nf5 109.Rc1 Rd6+ 110.Ke8 Rf6
111.Kd7 Ne3 112.Rb1+ Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxe3 14.O-O-O exf2 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Qd5+ Kxf6 17.Ne4+ Ke7 18.Nd6 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Kf6 20.Rhf1 Rf8 21.Rxf2 Nc6 22.Qc4 Bf4
23.Rxf4 exf4 24.Qc3+ Kg5 25.Rg1+ Kh4 26.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B08"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.Rc1 b5 12.Bxb5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Nc4 14.Nc7+ Qxc7 15.Qxa8+ Qd8
16.Qb7 Qa5+ 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.Qa8+ Qd8 19.Qb7 Qb6 20.Qc8+ Qd8 21.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bd2 c3 20.Qxc3 Rac8 21.Qb3 Bb8 22.Bd1 Qxd4
23.Be3 Qg7 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.Rd1 Re8 26.a5 Rc3 27.Qb4 Nc4 28.Bh6 Qf6 29.Rxb7 Qe5
30.f4 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Bd6 32.Qb5 Bf8 33.Rb8 Nd6 34.Rxe8 Nxe8 35.Bxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D19"]

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.Rd1 Qe7 13.h3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5
16.f4 Qc7 17.e5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nd5 19.Ra3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Rad8 21.c4 Ne7 22.Be3 c5
23.Bf2 b6 24.a5 Rxd3 25.axb6 axb6 26.Qxd3 Rd8 27.Qe4 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Nxc6 29.Ra6 Rd1+
30.Kh2 Rb1 31.e6 fxe6 32.Bxc5 Na5 33.Ra8+ Kh7 34.Bd4 Nc6 35.Ba1 Rc1 36.Ra6 Rxc4
37.Rxb6 Kg6 38.Rb7 Nd4 39.Re7 h5 40.Bxd4 Rxd4 41.Rxe6+ Kf5 42.Re5+ Kxf4 43.Rxh5 g5
44.Rh8 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tischbierek,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.e5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.fxg5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Bd3 hxg5 14.Bg3 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Rh4
16.Qd2 f5 17.Nf6+ Nxf6 18.Bxf6 Bb4 19.c3 Bd6 20.Bxg5 Rg4 21.Be2 Rxg5 22.Qxg5 Qxb2
23.Bh5+ Kd7 24.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Bd3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.O-O Be6 14.Ne2 Rac8 15.Qd2 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 Rc7 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.Rxc7 Rxc7 19.Rc1 h6 20.f3 b6 21.Rxc7 Qxc7 22.Qc3 Qe7
23.Kf2 Qa3 24.Bb1 Qd6 25.Kg1 a5 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Bf5 Be8 28.Bd3 Qe5 29.Bf1 Bd7
30.a3 h5 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 g5 33.Ne2 Qxc3 34.Nxc3 Kf8 35.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Ne4
9.Bxe4 Bxe4 10.O-O Bg6 11.Nxc4 O-O 12.Qb3 a5 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Na2 Rfd8
16.Nxb4 Qxb4 17.Qc3 c5 18.Qxb4 axb4 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Nb6 Bc2 21.Rdc1 Nb3 22.Nxa8 Nxa1
23.Nb6 Rd1+ 24.Rxd1 Bxd1 25.Kf1 Nc2 26.Bd6 Nd4 27.Ke1 Bxe2 28.Bc5 Nb3 29.Bxb4 Bf3
30.Nc4 f6 31.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Bb3 Bg4 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.c4 Bd6 22.Nc5 Bxc5
23.dxc5 Ne7 24.Bf4 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Be2 26.Rfe1 Nf5 27.Qh3 g6 28.Qc3 Re6 29.f3 Rae8
30.Bg3 Nxg3 31.hxg3 Qe7 32.Qd4 Kg7 33.g4 Bxc4 34.Rxe6 Bxe6 35.Re1 Qd7 36.Qxd7+ Bxd7
37.Rd1 Re7 38.Kf2 b6 39.cxb6 axb6 40.a4 Kf8 41.Bc4 Be8 42.Rd6 Ra7 43.Rxf6+ Kg7
44.Re6 Rxa4 45.Bb5 Ra2+ 46.Kg3 Ra8 47.Bxc6 Bxc6 48.Rxc6 Rb8 49.Rc7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Nbd2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxd1 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Rxd1 Bxe5
15.Bh6 Bd6 16.Bg7 Rg8 17.Bf6 Kd7 18.Be5 Rge8 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Kf1 Re5 21.Rd4 Rae8
22.Rad1 R8e6 23.g3 h5 24.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Nb5 Nb4 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Bb1 Rac8
16.Be3 f5 17.g3 f4 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 19.gxf4 Qxf4 20.Rxe4 Bh3 21.Bd3 Qh6 22.Rh4 Rc1+
23.Qd1 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qe6 25.Bxh7+ Kf8 26.Rf4+  1-0

[Event "Senat-CanalWeb GP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.O-O-O e5 10.d5 Nb6 11.Qb3 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Qc2 N8d7 14.Kb1 c6 15.h3 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Qf6 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.h4 h6 19.h5 g5 20.Bh3 Bf8 21.Bg4 Bc5 22.dxc6 bxc6
23.Bxd7 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Nxd7 25.Rd2 Nf8 26.Rhd1 Ne6 27.Rd6 Rdc8 28.R1d2 Qe7
29.Rd7 Qf8 30.R2d6 Rc7 31.Qb6 Rb8 32.Qa5 Rxd7 33.Rxd7 Qxa3 34.Nd1 Qxf3 35.Qxe5 Rb5
36.Qc3 Qxe4+ 37.Ka1 Rc5 38.Qe3 Qxe3 39.Nxe3 Nf4 40.Rd4 Nxh5 41.Rxa4 Nf4 42.Ra7  0-1

[Event "Senat-CanalWeb GP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 Be7
9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 Nf6 11.d4 e4 12.Ng5 h6 13.f3 d5 14.Nh3 O-O 15.Nd2 exf3
16.Nxf3 Rf7 17.Nf2 Bd6 18.Bd2 Qf8 19.Re2 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 Re7 22.Rxe7 Qxe7
23.Kf1 Qe6 24.Be1 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Senat-CanalWeb GP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Spassky,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 e6 5.h4 h6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.e5 Bb7 9.Qd2 Nd7
10.exd6 cxd6 11.d5 e5 12.h5 f5 13.Nh4 Ne7 14.hxg6 f4 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Nxd5 19.Qf3 Qe7+ 20.Kf1 O-O-O 21.Re1 Be5 22.Be4 Nf6
23.Nf5 Qc7 24.Bxb7+ Qxb7 25.g7 Rhg8 26.Rxh6 Qxf3 27.gxf3 Bxb2 28.Re6 Kc7
29.Rhxf6 Bxf6 30.Rxf6 Rd7 31.Rf8 Rgxg7 32.Nxg7 Rxg7 33.f4 Kc6 34.f5 Kd5 35.Ra8 Rc7
36.Rxa6 Rxc2 37.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Senat-CanalWeb GP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Spassky,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Qxe5 Rxe5+
15.Kd2 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rd8+ 17.Kc2 Re2+ 18.Kb3 fxe6 19.Rad1 Rd6 20.Rxd6 cxd6
21.Rf1 d5 22.a4 Kf7 23.a5 e5 24.Ka3 Ke6 25.b3 g5 26.Kb4 h5 27.h3 e4 28.g3 Ke5
29.Kc5 Rd2 30.Kb4 h4 31.gxh4 gxh4 32.a6 bxa6 33.Ra1 Rxf2 34.Rxa6 Rf7 35.Rh6 e3  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 Qh4 13.Nc3 Nc7 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rfe8 18.Qd3 Ne6 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Rfe1 a6 21.Rad1 h6 22.h3 b5
23.Qc2 bxc4 24.Qxc4 Qb5 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Nd2 Nf4 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Rc2 Nd5 29.Nb3 Ra8
30.Rxc6 Bf4 31.Na5 Nxe3 32.g3 Nf5 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.gxf4 Nxd4 35.Rc5 Re1+
36.Kg2 Ra1 37.Nc6 Ne6 38.Rxb5 Rxa3 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D18"]

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.Nh4 O-O 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Kh1 c5 14.Na2 Ba5 15.dxc5 Qe7
16.b4 Bxb4 17.Nxb4 Qxc5 18.Bb3 Qxb4 19.Ba3 Qh4 20.Qa2 Nc5 21.Bc4 Nfd7 22.a5 b6
23.Rac1 Ne5 24.axb6 axb6 25.Bd5 Rc7 26.Qb1 Rd7 27.Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C18"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.O-O Nc5 8.Re1 Be6
9.Bb5+ c6 10.d4 cxb5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Be3 a6 13.a4 b4 14.c3 a5 15.cxb4 axb4
16.Nbd2 Qd7 17.Rad1 Be7 18.Nc4 Qd8 19.Nd4 O-O 20.Nb6 Ra5 21.Nb3 Ra6 22.Qf3 Bf6
23.Bd4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Qc7 26.Rxb4 Qxc5 27.Rb5 Qc6 28.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.e5 Qxf3 15.gxf3 dxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxg7 Rh7 19.Be5 f6 20.Rxd5 Bc6 21.Rd3 fxe5 22.h4 gxh4
23.Rxh4 Rd8 24.Re3 Rd6 25.Rxe5 Rg7 26.Bd3 Rg2 27.Reh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 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.Kh1 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7
16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 bxa3 18.bxa3 Rac8 19.Nf2 Nh5 20.Qf3 g6 21.Ng4 f6 22.f5 exf5
23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qxh5 fxe4 26.Qg5 Rf7 27.Bc4 Rg8 28.Qe3 d5 29.Bb3 Qd7
30.Rf4 Rg4 31.Rf2 Kg8 32.c4 Qe6 33.cxd5 Bxd5 34.Bd1 Rg5 35.h4 Rgg7 36.Bb2 Bd6
37.Rd2 Rg3 38.Bf3 Rxf3 39.Qxf3 exf3 40.Rxe6 Bxe6  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 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 "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Nd7 7.Nd2 Ne7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Ngf3 c5
10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Qa3 b6 12.b4 bxc5 13.bxc5 Rb8 14.Nb3 Be7 15.Nfd4 Bh4+ 16.g3 Be4
17.Rg1 Be7 18.Qa4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 f6 20.Bb5 fxe5 21.fxe5 Rxb5 22.Qxb5 O-O 23.Qa6 Bf5
24.g4 Bh4+ 25.Kd2 Bg6 26.Qxe6+ Bf7 27.Qd6 Qb7 28.c6 Qb5 29.cxd7 Bg6 30.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D48"]

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.Qe1 e5 17.f5 h6 18.Nf3 N8d7 19.Bd2 c4 20.Rc1 Qc6 21.a4 Nc5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Be3 b4 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Qxd5 26.Qe2 Kb8 27.Bb1 Nd3 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.Qf2 Rc8
30.Ba7+ Ka8 31.Ra1 Rc6 32.Rfe1 Ba6 33.Be3 Kb7 34.Qg3 g5 35.Qh3 Rhc8 36.Nd2 Bc5
37.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 38.Kh1 Qf2 39.Red1 Kb8 40.Nb3 e4 41.Rf1 Qxb2 42.Qg3+ Ka8 43.Nc5 Rxc5
44.Rxa6+ Kb7 45.Qd6 R5c6 46.Rxc6 Rxc6 47.Qe7+ Kb6 48.Qd8+ Kc5 49.h4 d2 50.Qe7+ Kb6
51.Qd8+ Kb5 52.Qd5+ Rc5 53.Qb7+ Ka4 54.Qa8+ Kb3  0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.Bc2 Re8 10.d4 Bd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Nf8 13.Re1 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 h6 15.Bh4 Ng6
16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.fxg3 Nf8 18.g4 N6h7 19.Qe3 c6 20.Ne5 Be6 21.Ndf3 Qe7 22.Re1 Re8
23.h4 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Nd3 Qd8 26.Nc5 b6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.Qd2 Qe7 29.Rxe6 Nxe6
30.Qd3 Nhf8 31.g3 f6 32.Kg2 Nc7 33.Nd2 Ne8 34.Nf1 Nd6 35.Ne3 Kf7 36.Kf3 Ke8
37.Qa6 Qc7 38.Nf5 Nxf5 39.Bxf5 Kf7 40.a4 Ne6 41.Bxe6+ Kxe6 42.Qd3 Qe7 43.b4 Kd6
44.b5 Qe1 45.Kg2 Qe6 46.Kh3 Kc7 47.Qh7+ Qd7 48.Qh8 cxb5 49.axb5 Qxb5 50.Qxf6 a5
51.Qxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 b5 8.a3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 b4 11.a4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Bb5 Nb6 15.b3 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.a5 Nd7 18.Qe2 Nb8 19.Kf2 Qxe2+ 20.Kxe2 Nc6 21.Rhc1 Rfc8 22.Ra2 Rc7
23.Rac2 Rac8 24.a6 Kf8 25.g4 Ke8 26.f5 Kd7 27.Bf4 g5 28.Be3 h6 29.f6 Bf8
30.Kd3 Na5 31.Rxc7+ Rxc7 32.Rxc7+ Kxc7 33.Nxg5 hxg5 34.Bxg5 Nxb3 35.h4 Na1
36.Bc1 Nb3 37.Be3 Na5 38.g5 Nc4 39.Bc1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hernandez,Gi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nd2 g6 6.Ngf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.h4 h6
9.Re1 b6 10.exd5 exd5 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Kh7
16.Re2 Qd7 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Bg2 a5 19.a3 Rad8 20.Qd3 a4 21.Nd2 Na5 22.Kh2 Nb7
23.Bh3 f5 24.Qa6 Nc5 25.Qxb6 d3 26.Re5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 dxc2 28.h5 c1=Q 29.Qf6 Nc6
30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qh6+ Qh7 35.Qf6+ Kg8
36.Qxc6 Qxh5 37.Nf3 Qc2  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "It"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "It"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hernandez,Gi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.O-O Nd7 13.Rad1 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Nc5 15.Qe3 Qd6
16.Rfe1 a5 17.a3 a4 18.Nxe5 Rfe8 19.f4 Re7 20.Qf2 h5 21.g3 g6 22.Bf1 b6 23.Nc4 Rxe1
24.Rxe1 Qd7 25.d6 Rd8 26.Qf3 b5 27.dxc7 Qxc7 28.Ne3 Nb3 29.Bg2 Qc5 30.Kh1 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Bxg5 10.Nxg5 Nf6 11.Be2 Qd6 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Bxb7 Rab8 14.Bf3 Bc6 15.Rhe1 h6
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.Qa5 Rb6 19.Ne5 Qb7 20.Qa3 Ra6 21.Qb3 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C17"]

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 "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O c4 11.f5 Nb6 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.h4 Bd7 14.h5 O-O-O 15.h6 gxh6
16.Rxh6 Rdg8 17.Qf4 Be8 18.Qf6 Bg6 19.g4 Qe8 20.Bg2 Rf8 21.Qh4 Nb4 22.Rd2 Na4
23.a3 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Qa4 25.cxb4 Qxa3+ 26.Kd1 Rxf3 27.Qe7 Re3 28.Qxe6+ Kb8
29.Qd6+ Ka8 30.Re2 Qa1+ 31.Kd2 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.c4 Ne3 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6 Qc6 14.Bf3 Nxd1 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.Rxd1 O-O 17.Be3 Rfc8 18.Rac1 Rab8 19.Rd2 Be4 20.f3 Bg6 21.Rc3 Rb6 22.Ra3 a6
23.Ra5 Rbc6 24.b4 cxb4 25.c5 b3 26.axb3 Rb8 27.Rb2 Bd3 28.b4 f6 29.Ra3 Bc4
30.f4 h6 31.Bd4 Kf7 32.h4 h5 33.Kf2 Rcc8 34.Ke1 Rb7 35.Kd2 Bb5 36.Kc3 Rbb8
37.Ra1 f5 38.Rba2 Rc6 39.Re1 g6 40.Ra5 Rb7 41.Rea1 Rb8 42.Be5 Rb7 43.Re1 Rb8
44.Re3 Rb7 45.Rg3 Rb8 46.Ra1 Be2 47.Re1 Bb5 48.Bd4 Rbc8 49.Kd2 Ra8 50.Ra1 Rb8
51.Rg5 Re8 52.Re1 Rcc8 53.Re3 Rc6 54.g4 fxg4 55.f5 exf5 56.Rxe8 Kxe8 57.Rxg6 f4
58.Rg5 f3 59.Ke3 Kf7 60.Rxh5 Rc8 61.Rf5+ Ke6 62.Re5+ Kf7 63.Kf4 Re8 64.Rf5+ Ke6
65.Kxg4 Rg8+ 66.Kf4 Bc6 67.Re5+ Kf7 68.h5 Rg2 69.Re7+ Kf8 70.Re1 Rh2 71.Kg5 Re2
72.Rf1 Kf7 73.h6 Rg2+ 74.Kf5 Rh2 75.Be3 Rh5+ 76.Kg4 Kg6 77.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 78.Kxf3 Rd5
79.Ke4 Rd1 80.Bd4 Rc1 81.Bg7 Rc4+ 82.Kd5 Rxb4 83.Bd4 Rb5 84.Kc4 Kxh6 85.c6 dxc6
86.Bc5 Rb7 87.Bd4 a5 88.Kc5 a4 89.Kxc6 Rb4 90.Be5 Rb1 91.d7 Rc1+ 92.Kb7 Rd1
93.Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FSC Computer Match"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "FRITZ on Primergy K800"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C99"]

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 "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.Qe4 g6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Nh5 15.a3 Rd8
16.Qe3 Bd7 17.g4 Nf6 18.Qf4 Nd5 19.Qh6 Nf6 20.Ng5 Bc6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Qxg6+ Kh8 24.Qxf6+ Kh7 25.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qc5 27.g5 Rf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8
29.Qxe6+ Kg7 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Rd6 Be8 35.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 Qc6
16.Bf3 d6 17.Bc3 e5 18.a4 c4 19.Qe3 O-O 20.a5 Rb7 21.g3 Rfb8 22.Bg2 Ne8 23.f4 Bf6
24.f5 Nc7 25.g4 h6 26.Qg3 Qd7 27.Rfd1 Nb5 28.Bf1 Nxc3 29.Qxc3 Rxb2 30.Bxc4 Qc7
31.Qd3 Bg5 32.Ra2 R2b4 33.Bb3 Qc5+ 34.Kg2 Rd4 35.Qf3 d5 36.Rxd4 Qxd4 37.Bxd5 Rb1
38.c3 Qg1+ 39.Kh3 Rf1 40.Qg3 Qh1 41.Rf2 Re1 42.Rf3 Re2 43.Bc4 Rxh2+ 44.Qxh2 Qxf3+
45.Qg3 Qh1+ 46.Qh2 Qxe4 47.Qe2 Qh1+ 48.Qh2 Qc6 49.Qe2 Bf4 50.Qf1 Qc5 51.Qd3 Qxa5
52.Kg2 Qc7 53.Qd5 a5 54.Qa8+ Kh7 55.Qd5 g6 56.Qxf7+ Qxf7 57.Bxf7 gxf5 58.gxf5 Kg7
59.Bd5 Bd2 60.c4 Bb4 61.Bc6 Kf6 62.Kf3 Kxf5 63.Bd7+ Kf6 64.Ke4 Ke7 65.Ba4 Kd6
66.Bd1 Bc5 67.Kd3 Bd4 68.Ke4 Kc5 69.Kd3 Kb4  0-1

[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B95"]

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 GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bxd4 Nf6
16.Bf5 Qa5 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.Qb3 Qd5 19.Bxf6 Qxb3 20.axb3 gxf6 21.Rfd1 Rd8
22.g3 Bc5 23.Kg2 Bb6 24.Rac1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rc8 26.Rd2 Rc5 27.Nh4 h5 28.f4 Rb5
29.Rd3 Rc5 30.Rd2 Rb5 31.Rd3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FSC Computer Match"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "FRITZ on Primergy K800"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.c4 c6 10.c5 Bc7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8
16.Bh7+ Kg7 17.h3 Be6 18.Bd3 Nf4 19.Re3 f6 20.Rae1 Bf7 21.Bf5 Nf8 22.a3 Rxe3
23.fxe3 Nh5 24.e4 Re8 25.e5 Ne6 26.b4 Nhf4 27.g3 Ng6 28.Nb3 fxe5 29.dxe5 Nef8
30.Qc3 Kg8 31.Qe3 Be6 32.Nbd4 Qf7 33.Qd3 Ne7 34.g4 Neg6 35.Nxe6 Rxe6 36.Bxe6 Nxe6
37.Qf5 Ngf4 38.h4 d4 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Qd3 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 O-O 10.h4 f6 11.Rh3 Na5 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Nc4 14.Ng3 a5 15.Bd3 f5 16.Ng5 Rd8
17.Qh5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Rf8 19.Nh5 Rf7 20.Rg3 g6 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.b5 Qxb5 23.Ba3 b6
24.Qh6 Bb7 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Qxf7 Rg8 28.Bf8  1-0

[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C60"]

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 Bd7 13.O-O-O Bc6 14.g4 Rhe8 15.Rhe1 b6
16.f4 Nxe4 17.Ncxe4 f5 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.Nd6+ Qxd6 20.Nc4 Qf6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Ne5 Be4 23.Rg1 Qe6 24.b3 Qd5 25.Nc4 Kb7 26.Kb2 Rg8 27.Rxg8 Qxg8 28.Qf2 Qd8
29.Ne5 Qd1 30.h4 a5 31.a4 Kc8 32.Nc4 Qd4+ 33.Qxd4 cxd4 34.c3 dxc3+ 35.Kxc3 Kd7
36.Ne3 Ke6 37.Kd4 Bf3 38.Kc3 Bd5 39.Nf1 Kd6 40.Ng3 Be6 41.Nf1 Kc5 42.Ne3 c6
43.Nc2 b5 44.axb5 cxb5 45.b4+ axb4+ 46.Nxb4 Bc4  0-1

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d5 Na5 15.Bc2 Nc4
16.Nh2 Be7 17.Ng4 f5 18.exf5 Bxd5 19.b3 Ncb6 20.Ne3 Be4 21.Nd2 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Nd5
23.Ne4 Nxe3 24.Bxe3 d5 25.Rd1 c6 26.c4 Nf6 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Ng5 d4 29.Bd2 Rc8
30.Qd3 Qd5 31.Ne6 Kh8 32.Qg3 Rg8 33.Bg5 h6 34.Bd2 Ne4 35.Qf3 Nf6 36.Qg3 Ne4
37.Qf3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Bb3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 Qc5+
16.Kh1 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qb3 Rae8 19.e5 Ng4 20.g3 Re7 21.Rae1 Qb6 22.Qa3 Rd7
23.Ne4 Rd4 24.Qe7 c5 25.Nd6 Qc6+ 26.Kg1 Qd5 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Nxb7 Rb8 29.Nxc5 Rxb2
30.Rd1 Rc4 31.Rc1 Rd4 32.Nxe6 Rdd2 33.Rc8+ Kf7 34.Ng5+ Ke7 35.Rc7+ Ke8 36.Nf3 Rg2+
37.Kh1 Nxh2 38.Nh4 Nxf1 39.Nxg2 Nxg3+ 40.Kg1 Ne2+ 41.Kf1 Ng3+ 42.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian,Art"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.a4 a5 12.Nfd4 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Qc2 Re8
16.e3 Bg6 17.Nd2 c5 18.Qb3 Rc8 19.Ra3 c4 20.dxc4 Bc5 21.cxd5 Bb4 22.Ra1 Rxc1
23.Rfxc1 Bxd2 24.Rd1 Bb4 25.Rac1 Ne4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Rd4 Bf5 28.d6 Bd7 29.Rc7 b6
30.Qd5 Rf8 31.Qb7 Bxh3 32.d7 Qf6 33.Rc8 Be7 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Rf4  1-0

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4 e5 6.dxe5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Ndb4 8.Bg5 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Be6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.a3 Nd5 12.e4 Nxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Kc2 h6
16.Be3 O-O-O 17.f4 Bg7 18.Be2 Rhe8 19.Rhe1 Bd7 20.Bf3 Ba4+ 21.Kb2 Bc6 22.e5 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Kd7 24.h4 Ke6 25.h5 Kf5 26.Kc2 g5 27.Rg1 gxf4 28.Bxf4 Bxe5 29.Bxh6 Bf6
30.Rad1 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rh8 32.Be3 Rxh5 33.Rd7 Be5 34.Rxf7+ Ke6 35.Rf8 Bd6 36.Ra8 a5
37.a4 b6 38.Re8+ Kd5 39.Re4 Rh3 40.Bf4 Rxf3 41.Rd4+ Kc5 42.Bxd6+ cxd6 43.Kb3 d5
44.Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 a5
9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bb2 Kh8 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Bf1 Bf6 15.h3 Ne5
16.Qe3 Ng6 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nh4 19.Nd5 cxd5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qd4 Nxf5 22.Qxf6+ Ng7
23.Rxd5 Qd8 24.Qh6 f6 25.g4 Qd7 26.Red1 Qe7 27.Rxd6 Rad8 28.R6d5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Rd8
30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Bc4 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qd4 33.Kg1 Nce6 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.fxe3 Kg8
36.c3 Kf8 37.b4 b6 38.Kg2 Ke7 39.h4 h6 40.Kf3  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.g5 b4 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qd2 a5 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 a4 15.Nc1 Qa5 16.Bh3 Bxh3
17.Rxh3 Nb6 18.b3 d5 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Rd1 d4 21.Bg1 axb3 22.axb3 Rc8 23.Qh2 Qa2
24.Rxh7 Rxh7 25.Qxh7 Rxc2 26.g6 Qxb3 27.Qxg7 fxg6 28.Nxe5 Qc3+ 29.Kf1 Bxe5
30.Qxe5+ Kf7 31.Qf4+ Kg8 32.Bf2 Nd7 33.Qg5 Qxf3 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Qf5+ Qxf5
36.exf5 Ne5 37.Bxd4 Nf3 38.Be3 b3  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giorgadze,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 Bg7 7.O-O Qe7 8.h3 Nf6 9.Re1 O-O
10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Nbd2 Nh5 13.Nf1 Nf4 14.Ne3 g5 15.Bg3 Ne7 16.dxe5 dxe5
17.h4 b5 18.Bb3 g4 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxg4 Neg6 21.h5 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Kh7 23.hxg6+ fxg6
24.Rad1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Rd1 Qf6 27.Rd7+ Kh8 28.Bxf4 Bxf4 29.Qe6 Qh4 30.Rf7  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D89"]

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.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Rc1 Bxa2 15.Qa4 Bb3
16.Qb4 b6 17.d5 Qd6 18.Qxd6 exd6 19.Rc7 Ba4 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nb3 22.Bc2 Rfc8
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Bxb3 Bxb3 25.Ra1 a5 26.Bxb6 a4 27.e5 Kf8 28.exd6 Ke8 29.Bc7 Kd7
30.Re1 Re8 31.Rxe8 Kxe8 32.Ba5 a3 33.Bc3 Kd7 34.Kf2 a2 35.Be5 Bxd5 36.f4 Ke6
37.h4 f6 38.Ba1 Kxd6 39.Bxf6 Ke6 40.Be5 Kf5 41.g3 Ke4 42.Ke2 Be6 43.Kd2 Bf5
44.Kc1 Kf3 45.Kb2 Kxg3 46.Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.h4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h5 a5 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rc8
16.Qd2 Rxc2 17.Qxc2 Bxd4 18.e5 e6 19.Be4 Qg5 20.exd6 Rc8 21.Qd2 Be3 22.Qe2 b4
23.Kf1 Bd4 24.g4 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Bd3 Rc1+ 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Kg2 Qg5+ 29.Kf1 Qc1+
30.Kg2 Qg5+ 31.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.h3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.Be3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bxc4 12.b3 Be6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Bg5 a5 17.Rac1 Kf7 18.Rc2 Ra6 19.Rfc1 Ke8 20.Na4 Ke7 21.Kg2 Rd5 22.e3 e4
23.Bxf6+ Bxf6 24.Nc5 Rb6 25.Nxe4 Rb4 26.Nc5 Be5 27.Na4 g5 28.Rxc6 g4 29.hxg4 Rxg4
30.R6c2 h5 31.f4 Bd6 32.Kf3 e5 33.Nc3 Rc5 34.Ne4 Rb5 35.Rh1 exf4 36.gxf4 Rg8
37.Rch2 Rh8 38.Ng3 a4 39.Rxh5 Rhxh5 40.Rxh5 Rb4 41.Nf5+ Kf7 42.Rh6 axb3 43.axb3 Rb6
44.Nd4 Rb4 45.Rh7+ Kg6 46.Rd7 Kf6 47.Kg4 Rb8 48.Nf3 Rxb3 49.e4 Rb4 50.e5+ Ke6
51.Rh7 Be7 52.Ng5+ Bxg5 53.Kxg5 c5 54.Rh6+ Kd5 55.Rd6+ Ke4 56.e6 Rb8 57.e7  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B81"]

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.Bd3 Nc5 15.gxf6 dxc3
16.Bxc3 Qc6 17.Qe3 e4 18.Bc4 Bxf5 19.Rd4 Ne6 20.Bd5 Qb6 21.Rc4 Bc5 22.Qg3 Bxf2
23.Qe5 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Nxf4 26.Bxb7 O-O 27.Rf1 Rad8 28.b3 Be3 29.Ba5 Bh3
30.Bxd8 Bxf1 31.Rxe4 Rxd8 32.Rxe3 h5 33.Kb2 Rd6 34.Rf3 Rxf6 35.Rxf1 Nd3+
36.Kc3 Rxf1 37.Kxd3 a5 38.a4 Rf4 39.c4 Kf8 40.b4 axb4 41.a5 b3 42.a6 b2 43.Kc2 Rxc4+
44.Kxb2 Ra4 45.Kb3 Ra1 46.Kc4 Ke7 47.Kd5 Kd7 48.Ke5 Kc7 49.Kf6 Rf1+ 50.Kg5 Rg1+
51.Kxh5 f5 52.h4 f4 53.Kh6 Rb1 54.Be4 Rb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bf4 b6 12.a4 a5 13.Rad1 Kc8 14.b3 Bb4 15.Ne4 Be6 16.c4 c5
17.g4 Ne7 18.Ne1 Bd7 19.Ng3 g5 20.Be3 Ng6 21.Nd3 Bc6 22.f4 gxf4 23.Nxf4 Bc3
24.Nfe2 Bxe5 25.Rxf7 Kb7 26.Rff1 Rae8 27.Rd3 Re6 28.Rf2 Rhe8 29.Bd2 Nh4 30.Kf1 Bd6
31.Nc3 Bxg3 32.Rxg3 Rd8 33.Bc1 Rde8 34.Bd2 Rd8 35.Bc1 Rd7 36.Bf4 Rde7 37.Bd2 Rd7
38.Bc1 Rde7 39.Bd2 Rd7 40.Bc1 Rde7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Markowski,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C39"]

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 "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6
9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Qd8 12.Nde2 Qa5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nf4 Nd7 15.a3 e6
16.Qxd6 Nde5 17.Qc5 Rfc8 18.Nce2 Qa4 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Qe3 Nxc4 21.Qc3 N6a5 22.Nd4 e5
23.Nd5 exd4 24.Bxd4 Ne5 25.Qe3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bg7 27.b4 Nac6 28.Bxe5 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O Qd6 14.Rac1 Na5 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Rfd1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 bxc4 19.Ne4 Qd5 20.Qxc4 Qf5 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6
22.Qc2 Qxf3 23.Qc6 Kf7 24.Qxf3 Rxf3 25.Rxc7 Rf5 26.Rdc1 Ra5 27.a3 Rb5 28.R1c2 Rab8
29.Ra7 Rxb2 30.Rxb2 Rxb2 31.Rxa6 Rb5 32.Ra4 Rb3 33.h3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B70"]

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.Be3 b4 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.Rb1 e6 16.Ndf4 b3
17.cxb3 Nc5 18.Nc1 Na5 19.e5 Ba6 20.Re1 Naxb3 21.exd6 Qd7 22.Nxb3 Nxb3 23.Ne2 Be5
24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd6 26.Bc3 Qe7 27.Ra1 Bb7 28.Bxb7 Rxb7 29.Qf3 Rb5 30.Qe3 Bb4
31.Ra7 Rb7 32.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "DrFractal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E97"]

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 b6 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.c5 f5 12.Nc4 Rf7 13.a4 Bf8 14.Ba3 Ba6 15.b5 Bc8 16.f4 fxe4
17.fxe5 bxc5 18.Rxf7 Kxf7 19.e6+ Bxe6 20.dxe6+ Kxe6 21.Nxe4 Bg7 22.Ng5+ Kd7
23.Nf7 Qb8 24.Bg4+ Nf5 25.Nfe5+ Ke6 26.Nc6 Qc8 27.Ra2 Nf6 28.Bxf5+ gxf5 29.Re2+ Ne4
30.Qd3 d5 31.Ne3 Qd7 32.Bxc5 a6 33.g4 axb5 34.gxf5+ Kf7 35.Qxb5 Rg8 36.Rg2 Nxc5
37.Qxc5 Qd6 38.Qxd6 cxd6 39.Nxd5  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "SutterCane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.Nf3 b5 4.a4 b4 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.Re1 Nf6 8.d5 Qc7 9.d6 Qc8
10.e5 c4 11.Bf1 Nd5 12.Qd4 c3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Qh4 bxc3 15.Na3 g6 16.Rb1 Rb8
17.Bh6 Qd8 18.Qh3 Ncb4 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Re4 Bc6 22.Bc4 Nxc2 23.Rxb8 Qxb8
24.Nxc2 Qb1+ 25.Nfe1 Nb4 26.Qh4 Bxe4 27.Qd8+ Kg7 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "RFrancisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Kh1 Be6 12.f4 Qc7 13.g4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nc6 15.g5 Nd7
16.Qe1 Nce5 17.Rd1 f6 18.Qg3 fxg5 19.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rf8
22.Nd4 Rxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Nf8 24.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "AStoneWaller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qc2 e5 7.d3 h6 8.O-O Ngf6
9.h3 Bf5 10.b3 Bd6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bh7 13.e4 Rfe8 14.Nh4 Rad8 15.Rad1 g5
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 e4 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Be5 20.Bg2 Nc5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Nf3 Ree8
23.h4 g4 24.Nh2 Kh7 25.Qb2 Nce4 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Nxg4  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "fpawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C97"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nf1 Rad8 15.Qe2 Be6
16.Ne3 Bc4 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.b3 Na5 19.Bb2 c4 20.b4 Nc6 21.a4 Ra8 22.Nd2 g6
23.Nf1 Nh5 24.g3 Bg5 25.h4 Bf6 26.Ne3 Ne7 27.Red1 Rfd8 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.exd5 Qd7
30.d6 Bxh4 31.gxh4 Qh3 32.Be4 Rab8 33.Bg2 Qxh4 34.Qxe5 Re8 35.Qh2 Qg4 36.Rd4 Qd7
37.axb5 axb5 38.Rad1 Re2 39.Bc1 Rc2 40.Bh3 f5 41.Re4 Rxc3 42.Re7 Qc6 43.Bxf5 Qf3
44.Be6+ Kh8 45.Qe5+ Nf6 46.Rf1  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "canchess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E25"]

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 Nbc6 13.h4 h6 14.Rh3 Qc7 15.Rg3 Rg8
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.Nxf4 Rb8 19.Nh5 Ng6 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Nf6+ Ke7
22.Nxg8+ Rxg8 23.h5 Kf6 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Nxb8 27.Ke2 Nd7 28.f4 e5
29.Rd3  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "rudenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d5 Nb4 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 c6 7.e4 Qe7 8.Be2 Nxe4
9.O-O f5 10.Re1 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Be3 Qe6 13.Nd4 Qe5 14.Nb5 Bd6 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6
16.f3 Nf6 17.Rc1 b6 18.Qd2 O-O 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Bd3 Qf7 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Re1 Qh5 24.Re5 Bb7 25.Rxf5 Qe8 26.Be5 Qe7 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Rh5 Re8 29.Bxh7+ Kf7
30.h4 Qe1+ 31.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 32.Kf2 Rd1 33.Bf5 Rd2+ 34.Kg3 Bc6 35.Rh7+ Kg8 36.h5 Rxb2
37.h6  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "TheBied"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.f3 e6 8.g4 h6
9.h4 b5 10.Rg1 g6 11.g5 hxg5 12.hxg5 Nh5 13.a4 b4 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Nxb4 Bg7
16.Nd3 Rb8 17.Ne2 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Rb1 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 Bxb2 21.c3 Bxc3+ 22.Nxc3 Qxc3+
23.Kf2 Qe5 24.Rg2 Rh7 25.Qc1 Bd7 26.Bxa6 Bxa4 27.Qd2 Bc6 28.Be2 d5 29.exd5 Bxd5
30.Qb4 Bc6 31.Qb6 Kd7 32.Rg4 Qc7 33.Rd4+ Bd5 34.Qb5+ Ke7 35.Rxd5 exd5 36.Bc5+ Ke6
37.Qe8+ Kf5 38.Bd3+ Kxg5 39.Be7+ Nf6  0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lampes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D44"]

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+ Kc7 21.Bf4+ Kc6 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Rfe1 Rd7
24.b3 c3 25.Bf1 Qb6 26.Ra2 Qd8 27.Rae2 Kb6 28.Re7 Rxe7 29.fxe7 Bxe7 30.Qe2 Bd6
31.Qb5+ Kc7 32.Qc5+ Bc6 33.Qxa7+ Bb7 34.Qc5+ Bc6 35.Bxd6+  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "miorca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 cxd4 5.O-O a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6
9.Qd5+ e6 10.Qxa8 Qc7 11.b4 Bxb4 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Nxa3 b4 14.c3 bxa3 15.cxd4 Qb7
16.Qxb7 Bxb7 17.f3 Ne7 18.Rab1 Bc6 19.Rfc1 g5 20.Rc3 Bb5 21.Rxa3 Rc8 22.Rc3 Rxc3
23.dxc3 d5 24.Kf2 Ng6 25.Ke3 h5 26.g3 h4 27.Rb4 hxg3 28.hxg3 Ne7 29.a4 Bc4
30.Rb7 g4 31.fxg4 dxe4 32.Rc7 Bb3 33.a5 Kf8 34.c4 Bc2 35.Ra7 Bd3 36.Rxa6 Bxc4
37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.a6 Nc6 39.a7 Nxa7 40.Rxa7+ Kg6 41.Kxe4 Kf6 42.Kf4 Be2 43.g5+ Kg6
44.Re7 Bc4 45.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Olympic Exhibition"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.bxa4 d5
17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.f5 Nxa4 20.fxe6 Nc3 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Bd3 Bxb4 23.Rdf1+ Kg8
24.Qf2 Ba3+ 25.Kd2 Ne4+ 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.g5 Bd5 28.gxh6 Bb2 29.Rb1 Bc3+ 30.Kc1 Bxd4
31.Bxd4 e3 32.Qxe3 Bxh1 33.Rb6 Rc8 34.Qb3+ Qc4 35.hxg7 Rxh4 36.Rb8 Qxb3 37.Rxc8+ Kxg7
38.cxb3 Rxd4 39.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympic Exhibition"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.Qd2 Kh8 13.O-O-O Bg4 14.Be2 Qd6 15.Nh4 Rg8
16.g3 Rad8 17.Bxg4 Rxg4 18.Qe2 Ra4 19.Kb1 Nxd5 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Ne3 Rd6 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.a3 Raa5 24.c4 Rd4 25.Rxd4 exd4 26.Qd3 Rc5 27.Qxd4 Rxc4 28.Qd8+ Kg7 29.Rd1 Qf5+
30.Qd3 Qxd3+ 31.Rxd3 f5 32.Rd8 a5 33.Rd5 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.Be2 h5 13.Bxg4 hxg4 14.Qd2 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 f6
16.O-O-O Be6 17.Nd5 Nc6 18.Qe3 Rc8 19.Nb6 Rc7 20.Nd5 Rc8 21.Nb6 Rc7 22.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rabiega,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "D36"]

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 "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Copperfield"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B90"]

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.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Na5 b5 15.Bd3 f5
16.Rhe1 Nd7 17.Nc6 Rc8 18.Nxe7 Kxe7 19.Bd2 Kf6 20.Bc3 g5 21.g3 Rc5 22.f4 gxf4
23.gxf4 Re8 24.fxe5+ Nxe5 25.Bf1 Bxa2 26.Rd6+ Re6 27.Rxe6+ Bxe6 28.Bd4 Rd5
29.Bc3 Rc5 30.Bg2 b4 31.Bd4 Ra5 32.b3 f4 33.Kb2 h5 34.Bc6 Bc8 35.h4 Bg4 36.Kb1 f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "SutterCane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Bg7 8.gxh7+ Kf8
9.Ne2 Bxh1 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Qh4 Qe7 12.Nf4 Qf7 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Rg1 Ne7
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6+ Ke8 18.Rg7 Qf8 19.Ng6 Ng4 20.Qh5 Nf6 21.Qh6 Ng4 22.Qh5 Nf6
23.Qh6 Ng4 24.Qh5 Nf6 25.Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "FireOnBoard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.exd6 cxd6
9.d5 e5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 N8d7 12.a4 a5 13.Nc3 f5 14.Nb5 Nc5 15.Nd2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nbd7
17.f4 e4 18.Bd4 Bf6 19.Qe3 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Nf6 21.Rab1 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Ne8 23.Nf1 Nc7
24.Nc3 Rae8 25.Ne3 Rb8 26.Rd2 g6 27.g3 Qg7 28.Ne2 N7a6 29.Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.Nd4 Nb4
31.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "DrMate"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.h4 h6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Nd5 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Ne4 Rfd8 17.Kb1 Qe7 18.Qh3 Bc7 19.g4 Bb6 20.g5 Bxd4 21.gxh6 Nf6 22.Bg5 gxh6
23.Rxd4 hxg5 24.hxg5 Nxe4 25.Rh1 f5 26.Rxe4 fxe4 27.Qh8+ Kf7 28.g6+ Kxg6
29.Rg1+ Qg5 30.Rxg5+ Kxg5 31.Qe5+ Kh6 32.Qxe6+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kg6 34.Qxe4+ Kg5
35.b3 Re8 36.Qb4 b6 37.Qd2+ Kf5 38.Qd7+ Re6 39.Qb7 Rf8 40.Qxa7 c5 41.a4 Kg6
42.a5 bxa5 43.Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Internet USCF"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Acdc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Kd7 14.Qg4+ f5 15.Qe2 Qf6
16.Nd2 Re8 17.N2b3 Bd6 18.Nc5+ Bxc5 19.bxc5 Bxg2 20.c6+ Kd6 21.Bf4+ Kc5 22.Ne6+ Kxc6
23.Kxg2 g5 24.Bxc7 Rxe6 25.Qxe6+ Qxe6 26.Rxe6+ Kxc7 27.Rae1 Nd6 28.R1e5 Kc6
29.Rxf5 Kd7 30.Rfe5 h6 31.Rg6 Kc6 32.Ree6 Rd8 33.Rxh6 a5 34.f4 gxf4 35.h4 d4
36.cxd4 b4 37.Kf3 a4 38.Re5 b3 39.axb3 axb3 40.Rc5+ Kd7 41.Rh7+ Ke6 42.Re5+ Kf6
43.Kxf4 b2 44.d5 Kg6 45.Ree7 Rf8+ 46.Kg4 Nf7 47.Rhxf7 Rxf7 48.h5+ Kg7 49.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Annageldyev,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 d5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bf5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Qd6 13.Rfe1 b6 14.a4 a5 15.Bh4 Bh6
16.Bg3 Bf4 17.Nf1 Bxg3 18.Nxg3 Bd7 19.Nf1 Rfe8 20.Bd3 Rab8 21.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Antonio,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 cxd5
9.cxd5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 h5 12.Nd2 Na6 13.Nc4 Nh6 14.f3 Nf7 15.O-O Bd7
16.a4 Qb8 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Bf2 Bh6 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qa3 a6 21.Nbxd6 Nxd6 22.Nb6 Bf8
23.b4 Ncxe4 24.fxe4 Be8 25.Qf3 Be7 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Bc5 Qb8 28.a5 Qc7 29.Rac1 Qd7
30.Bd3 Kg7 31.Qe3 Bf7 32.Bb6 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Qa4 34.Bc5 g5 35.Qf2 Qd7 36.Qc2 h4
37.h3 Bg6 38.Bb6 Kh6 39.Qc7 Qe8 40.Bc5 Qf8 41.Rf1  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.e3 Qa5
9.Bd3 Ne4 10.O-O Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Nf6 12.f4 Bb4 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Qe1 Bd7 15.Qh4 h6
16.Nf3 Rfc8 17.g4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rxc3 19.g5 Rxd3 20.gxf6 Rxe3 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qh4 h5
23.Qg5 Qb4 24.Rb1 Qa3 25.Nh4 Kh7 26.Rxb7 Rd8 27.f5 exf5 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miezis,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C01"]

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 "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hatanbaatar,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.d3 g6
9.Ne2 Bg7 10.Ng3 O-O 11.c3 e5 12.h3 d5 13.Nh2 Qc7 14.Ng4 h5 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.c4 d4 19.Rab1 Nh7 20.Bc1 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Nxh5 f4
23.b4 Rf5 24.Qd1 Rg5 25.bxc5 Qc6 26.Re4 Qxc5 27.Be2 Bxe4 28.dxe4 d3 29.Bg4 Rd6
30.Qb3 Rxg4 31.Ba3 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rg6+ 33.Kf1 Qd4 34.c5+ Kh8 35.Qd5 Qc3 36.Qb3 Qd4
37.Qd5 Qc3 38.Qb3 Qd4 39.Qd5 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "E38"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C02"]

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.Re1 O-O-O 11.c4 Qxe5 12.Bf3 Qd6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Bxd5 Bf5 18.Bf3 Bd6 19.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Ng3 Nd7 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.b4 Kh8 20.Qb3 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.Qa4 Qc8
23.Rad1 Nf6 24.Qc2 e4 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Ndf5 Bd8 27.Bc5 Rg8 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Qxe4 Qe6
30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxc3 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxc4 Bf6 34.Rf5 Rge8 35.Nh5 Bd4 36.Nd6 Re1+
37.Kh2 Bxc5 38.Rxc5 Nb5 39.Nxb5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Re2 41.f4 Re7 42.f5 Rxa3 43.Nf4 Kg8
44.Ng6 Re8 45.Rb7 Raa8 46.Ne7+ Kf8 47.Ng6+ Kg8 48.Ne7+ Kf8 49.Ng6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qh4 Be6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Qxe7+ Kxe7
15.Be2 Rhd8 16.e4 Nc7 17.Be3 Ne6 18.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.c5 b6 12.b4 bxc5 13.bxc5 Qe6 14.Bd3 Ba6 15.Bc2 Qc6
16.Bb2 Rab8 17.Bc3 Rfe8 18.g4 Rb5 19.g5 Rxc5 20.Ba4 Qb6 21.Bxe8 Nxe8 22.f3 Qc6
23.Bd2 Qb5 24.Kf2 Qe2+ 25.Kg3 Rc2 26.Qe5 Nd6 27.Rab1 Bb5 28.Rxb5 Qxb5 29.Bc3 d4
30.Bxd4 Nf5+ 31.Kf4 Nxd4 32.exd4 Qxe5+ 33.Kxe5 Kf8 34.Rb1 Ke7 35.Rb7 Kd7
36.Rxa7 Rxh2 37.Ra8 h6 38.Rg8 hxg5 39.Rxg7 Ke7 40.Rg8 Re2+ 41.Kd5 Re3 42.a4 Rxf3
43.Kc6 Rc3+ 44.Kb5 Rb3+ 45.Kc4 Ra3 46.Kb4 Rd3 47.a5 Rxd4+ 48.Kc5 Ra4 49.Kb5 Ra1
50.a6 Kf6 51.Rd8 Rb1+ 52.Kc5 Ra1 53.Kb5 Rb1+ 54.Kc5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bc4 a6
9.Qe2 b5 10.Bd5 Rb8 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bc6 Rb6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bb3 c5
16.Bd5 Qc7 17.Rhe1 Bd8 18.Qe3 c4 19.Nfg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Nf6 21.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.e3 Ne6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 c6 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.Bb2 h5 17.Ra1 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 d5 19.Nxe5 d4 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Nd1 dxe3 22.Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C14"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 a5
9.h3 Nd4 10.Nd2 c6 11.e3 Ne6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.e4 Bd7 14.Be3 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5
16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qxd5 Be6 22.Qd4+ Qf6
23.Qxf6+ Kxf6 24.e5+ dxe5 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Ra1 Bxh3 27.Rfc1 Be6 28.Rc5 h5
29.Rb5 e4 30.a3 bxa3 31.Rxa3 Rd8 32.Re3 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 a4 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.g4 hxg4
36.Rxe4 Rd2 37.Kg3 Bb3 38.Rxg4 Rxb2 39.Rxa4 Bxa4 40.Rxb2 Bd7 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Rb6+ Be6
43.Ra6 Kg7 44.Kg5 Bf5 45.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Rb1 a5 8.d3 e5
9.h3 h6 10.e4 Nd7 11.Be3 Nc5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Ndb5 Ne5 15.Qe2 Bc6
16.Rbd1 Ned7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Re8 19.Qc2 h5 20.Rfe1 a4 21.f4 Ra5 22.Na3 h4
23.g4 b5 24.Bd2 Qa8 25.Bxa5 Qxa5 26.Kh1 b4 27.Nc4 b3 28.axb3 axb3 29.Qe2 Qb4
30.e5 Nb6 31.Nxb6 cxb6 32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Rxd2 g5 34.e6 gxf4 35.exf7+ Kxf7 36.Rxe8 Kxe8
37.Bf1 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ne4 39.Rd3 Nc5 40.Rf3 Bxb2 41.Rxf4+ Kg6 42.Rb4 Be5 43.Bc4 b2
44.Ba2 Kg5 45.Bb1 Nd7 46.Kf3 Nf6 47.Rb5 Bd4 48.Bc2 Nd7 49.Ke4 Be5 50.Ke3 Bf4+
51.Ke2 Be5 52.Bf5 Nc5 53.Rb4 Kf6 54.Kf3 Bc3 55.Rxb6 Ke5 56.Bb1 Kxd5 57.g5 Nd7
58.Rb7 Ne5+ 59.Kf4 Nc4 60.g6 Kc6 61.g7 Be5+ 62.Kf5 Ne3+ 63.Ke4 Nd5 64.Rf7 Nc3+
65.Kd3 Bxg7 66.Rxg7 Nxb1 67.Kc2 Nd2 68.Kxb2 Kd5 69.Kc2 Nf3 70.Kd3 Ke5 71.Rg4 Kf5
72.Ke3 Ng5 73.Rxh4 d5 74.Rf4+ Kg6 75.Rh4 d4+ 76.Kd3 Kf5 77.Rh8 Ne6 78.Kc4 Ke4
79.h4 Kf5 80.Rg8 Ke4 81.h5 d3 82.Kc3 Kf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Na5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Bh3 Re8 19.Qxf4 Bf8 20.Rd3 g6 21.Rc3 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Na5 12.d5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Nxd5 14.Rad1 Nxf4 15.Rxd8 Rxd8
16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.h3 b5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.Bc2 b5 15.b3 Bb7
16.Ne4 Rc8 17.Bb1 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc6 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.Bb1 Nd5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Rc1 Qd6
23.g3 Ne7 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Rd1 Nc6 28.Bxc6 Qxc6 29.g4 Qd5
30.h4 Rc8 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Be7 33.Kg2 Bd6 34.Rh1 b4 35.Qe2 Qf5 36.Rh4 Bf4
37.Qxa6 Bxg5 38.Rh3 Rc1 39.Qa8 Bh6 40.Qb8 Qg4+ 41.Rg3 Qh5 42.Qe5+ Qxe5 43.Nxe5 Bf4
44.Nd3 Bxg3 45.Nxc1 Bd6 46.Nd3 g5 47.Nb2 f5 48.Nc4 Bc7 49.a4 bxa3 50.Nxa3 Bb6
51.Nc2 Kf6 52.b4 e5 53.d5 e4 54.Na3 e3 55.fxe3 Bxe3 56.Nc4 Bd4 57.b5 g4 58.b6 f4
59.b7 Ba7 60.Na5 Bb8 61.Nc6 Bc7 62.Kf2 Bb6+ 63.Kf1 Bc7 64.Na7 Ke5 65.Nb5 Bb8
66.d6 Ke6 67.Ke2 Kd7 68.Kd3 g3 69.Ke2 g2 70.Kf2 f3 71.Kg1 Kc6 72.Nd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Nb3 Be7 14.f3 a5 15.e4 a4
16.Nd4 Bc5 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Kf2 Kf8 19.Nb5 Ke7 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 21.Nc3 Ba6 22.Rac1 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 Ne5 24.Be2 Rdb8 25.Rd2 g5 26.g3 c4 27.Ke3 a3 28.Rb1 axb2 29.Rbxb2 Rxb2
30.Rxb2 Ra3 31.Rb7+ Kd6 32.Kd2 Kc5 33.f4 gxf4 34.gxf4 Rxc3 35.Kxc3 Nxe4+
36.Kb2 Nc6 37.Rxf7 c3+ 38.Kc1 Nb4 39.Rc7+ Kd5 40.a3 Nc6 41.Bf3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.b5 Rc8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Rd1 Qd7
16.d3 c5 17.a4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.dxc4 Rc7 22.Rd5 f6
23.Bd2 Re8 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rc6 26.Rb7 Ra6 27.Rdd7 Bf8 28.Rxa7 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Qe2 e6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.h4 Rc8 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Rg1 Nce5 15.Qf2 b4
16.Na4 Nxf3 17.Qxf3 Qc6 18.Nac5 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Na5 Qc7 21.Nxb7 Qxb7
22.Bc4 Be7 23.Qe2 Qc6 24.g5 O-O 25.h5 Rcd8 26.g6 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 fxg6 28.hxg6 Rf4
29.Qh2  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bb3 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Ra1 f4 26.Bc1 Rfe8 27.f3 c2 28.Kf2 a6 29.Ra4 Nb2
30.Bxf7+ Kf8 31.Bxb2 c1=Q 32.Bxc1 Rc2+ 33.Kf1 Rxc1+ 34.Kf2 Rc2+ 35.Kf1 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2000.12.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 a5 7.Bd3 Bd7 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4
10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Qg4 g6 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Na4 Bxa4 15.Qxa4+ Kf8 16.Bxc5+ Qxc5
17.Rac1 Qb6 18.Qd7 Rd8 19.Qc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7 Rb8 21.Rfc1 Ne7 22.f4 Nc6 23.Rc5 Kg7
24.Rb5 g5 25.g3 h5 26.Rbxb7 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 h4 28.Kg2 hxg3 29.hxg3 gxf4 30.gxf4 Rh4
31.Kg3 Rh1 32.Kg2 Rh4 33.Kg3 Rh1 34.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.a4 dxe4
9.axb5 Bg4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.bxc6 O-O 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb6 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Be3 Qd6
16.d5 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Rad8 18.Rxa6 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Qxd5 20.Qxd5 Rxd5 21.Nd4 g6
22.Rf4 Bf5 23.Ra7 Rxe3 24.c4 Rc5 25.Rxc7 Re4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Re7 Bf5 28.c7 Kf8
29.Nxf5 gxf5 30.Rd7 Kg7 31.Rd4 Rxc7 32.Kf2 Kf6 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.g3 f6 35.Kd3 Ra7
36.Kc3 Ke5 37.Rh4 Rb7 38.Rf4 Rb1 39.Rf2 Rc1+ 40.Kb4 Ke6 41.Kb5 Kd6 42.Rxf5 Rb1+
43.Ka4 Rb2 44.Rxf6+ Kc5 45.Rh6 Kxc4 46.Rh4+ Kd5 47.Rxh7 Ke5 48.Ka3 Rb8 49.Rh5+ Kf6
50.Rh4 Kg5 51.Rb4 Rh8 52.h4+ Kh5 53.Rb5+ Kh6 54.g4 Re8 55.Rb4 Kg6 56.Rb6+ Kf7
57.Rb7+ Ke6 58.Rh7 Rb8 59.g5 Kf5 60.Rh6 Ke5 61.h5 Kf5 62.g6 Kf6 63.Rh7 Rg8
64.Kb3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "B49"]

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.axb5 Bxe3 17.fxe3 axb5 18.Bxb5 O-O 19.Rxf6 gxf6 20.Bxd7 Ra8 21.Qg4+ Kh8
22.Rf1 Rg8 23.Qh3 Qc5 24.Bf5 Qxe3+ 25.Kg2 h6 26.Qh5 Kg7 27.Qg4+ Qg5 28.Qf3 Rgd8
29.h4 Qd2+ 30.Kh3 Rd6 31.Rf2 Qd1 32.Kg4 Ra2 33.Qxd1 Rxd1 34.c4 Rb1 35.Rd2 Raxb2
36.Rd7 Rb7 37.Rd6 Rc7 38.Kh5 Rc1 39.g4 R7xc4 40.Rd7 Rc7 41.Rd8 Rh1  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2000.12.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.c3 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6
9.a3 Be7 10.h4 O-O 11.Rh3 a5 12.b3 Qc7 13.Neg1 a4 14.b4 fxe5 15.fxe5 Ndxe5
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18.Qe2 Bxh4+ 19.Kd1 Qf6 20.Nf3 Qxc3 21.Bb2 Qb3+
22.Kc1 e5 23.Rxh4 Bf5 24.Qd1 e4 25.Qxb3 axb3 26.Nd2 e3 27.Nf3 Rae8 28.Kd1 c4
29.Be2 Be4 30.Kc1 Re6 31.Bc3 Rg6 32.Rh2 Bd3 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Kb2 d2 35.Kxb3 Rg3
36.Kb2 g5 37.Kc2 Rc8 38.Kd3 g4 39.Be5 Rc1 40.Rh1 Rxg2 41.Nh4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne8 12.Be2 Bd7 13.a3 Nac7 14.Qb3 b5 15.Bg5 f6
16.Bd2 f5 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Ne6 Nxe6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Qxb5 Nf6 21.Qd3 fxe4 22.Nxe4 d5
23.Ng5 Bf5 24.Bb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 Bxd3 26.Bxd3 e4 27.Bb5 Rab8 28.Bc6 Rxb4 29.Rxa7 Bh6
30.h4 Rxb2 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Bxd5+ Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Rcxf2 34.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be7 10.Qf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.h4 h5 14.g3 Bd7 15.Rh2 O-O-O
16.Rhd2 Be7 17.Qe3 Kb8 18.Kb1 g6 19.Na4 Ne5 20.Nb6 Ng4 21.Nxd7+ Rxd7 22.Qe2 Rc8
23.Rd3 Qb6 24.Nd4 e5 25.Rb3 Qc5 26.Rc3 Qb6 27.Rb3 Qc5 28.Rc3 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qc7 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Be2 Be6
16.Qc5 Rfb8 17.g3 Qb7 18.b3 Nd5 19.Rd4 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 a5 21.h4 h6 22.Ra4 Qb6
23.h5 g5 24.f4 Qf2 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.Bf3 Qxg3 27.h6 f6 28.Re1 Qd6 29.Rae4 Bf5
30.Rxe7 a4 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Qf7 Rg8 33.Re8 Qf4+ 34.Kb1 Bxc2+ 35.Kxc2 axb3+
36.Kc3 Raxe8 37.Rxe8 Qxf3+ 38.Kb4 Qf4+ 39.Kxb3 Qf3+ 40.Kb4 c5+ 41.Kb5 Qd3+
42.Kb6 Qb1+ 43.Kc6 Qh1+ 44.Kc7 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D03"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qb3 Be6 17.h4 Rc8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rxh8+ Bxh8 20.Kb1 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 Rxc4
23.f3 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Bf6 25.b3 Rc3 26.Kc1 g4 27.Be1 Rc8 28.f4 Kd7 29.Rh5 e6
30.Rh7 Ke7 31.Bh4 b5 32.Kd2 b4 33.Rh6 Bxh4 34.Rxh4 f5 35.Rh7+ Kf6 36.Rh6+ Ke7
37.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Kh8 15.f4 Bxe5
16.fxe5 Bg6 17.a4 Qd7 18.Ba3 Rfe8 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Qb3 b6 21.Bd6 Nc7 22.Rf3 Rac8
23.Raf1 h6 24.Qc2 Qg4 25.Rg3 Qh5 26.Rh3 Qg5 27.Rg3 Qh5 28.Bxc7 Rxc7 29.Rxg6 Qh4
30.h3 Qxd4+ 31.cxd4 Rxc2 32.Rf7 Rg8 33.Rd6 Rc4 34.Rxd5 Rxa4 35.Rdd7 Ra1+
36.Kf2 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Kh7 38.e6 Kg6 39.d5 Rc8 40.Rc7 Re8 41.g4 a5 42.Rxg7+ Kf6
43.Rgf7+ Ke5 44.Rf5+ Kd4 45.e7  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C10"]

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.Nxd4 Be7 11.Bf3 O-O 12.Re1 Qc7 13.c3 a6 14.Bh4 Bd6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.g3 Rd8 17.Bg2 Bf8 18.Qh5 Bg7 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Nb3 Re8 21.c4 Qc7 22.Qa5 Qxa5
23.Nxa5 Bf8 24.Re3 Rb8 25.Rb3 b6 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Na5 Rb8 28.Bc6 Re7 29.c5 b5
30.Rbd3 b4 31.Rd8 Rc7 32.Bd7 Rxc5 33.Nc6 Bxd7 34.Nxb8 Bb5 35.Nd7 Bxd7 36.R1xd7 Kg7
37.Rb8 Rc2 38.Rbb7 Bc5 39.Rxf7+ Kg6 40.Rxh7 Bxf2+ 41.Kf1 Rxb2 42.Rh4 Bc5
43.Rc4 Bf8 44.Rc8 Bd6 45.Rc6 Be5 46.Rxa6 Kf5 47.Rbb6 Ke4 48.Rxe6 Rxh2 49.Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Bc4 Qb6 12.O-O Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxd4 14.Nxd6+ exd6 15.Qe2+ Be6
16.Bxe6 O-O 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Bd5 Nc6 19.c3 Rad8 20.Rfe1 Qg6 21.a4 Kh7 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.Qxa6 d5 24.a5 f5 25.Be5 Ra8 26.Qb6 Rf7 27.b4 f4 28.f3 h5 29.Qf2 Bh6 30.Bd4 g4
31.hxg4 hxg4 32.fxg4 f3 33.gxf3 Raf8 34.Kg2 Rxf3 35.Qxf3 Rxf3 36.Kxf3 Qc2
37.a6 Qh2 38.Be5 Qa2 39.Ra1 Qc2 40.a7 Qd3+ 41.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Bf4 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 f6 8.Nbd2 fxe5
9.Bxe5 Nf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O a5 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.Kb1 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 a4 15.Nc1 a3
16.b3 Qa5 17.c4 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Qc7 19.Rhe1 Nd5 20.Qd2 Ncb4 21.Ne2 Rxf2 22.Be4 b5
23.Qd4 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 bxc4 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.bxc4 Ba6 27.Rc1 Nf4 28.Rd2 e5 29.Qe3 Bxc4
30.Ka1 Qf7 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rxd3 Bxd3 33.Qxd3 h6 34.Qb3 Qxb3 35.axb3 Kf7 36.Rc6 a2
37.h4 Ra3 38.b4 e4 39.Rc4 e3 40.Re4 Kf6 41.g4 h5 42.gxh5 Kf5 43.Re7 Kf4 44.b5 Rb3
45.Rf7+ Ke4 46.Re7+ Kd3 47.Rd7+ Kc2 48.Rc7+ Kd2 49.Kxa2 Rxb5 50.Rxg7 e2 51.Rd7+ Kc2
52.Rc7+ Kd3 53.Re7 Rxh5  0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B23"]

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.h3 e6 10.d3 f5 11.Qg3 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.f3 fxe4 14.dxe4 a5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Qb6
17.Qf2 Bxe4 18.Nxd4 Bc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.h4 Nf5 21.h5 Rab8 22.Rc4 Qb6 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Rg4 Rfc8 25.Qd2 Qc7 26.Qd3 Rb4 27.Rxg6 Qe5+ 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Qe2 Kf7 30.Rg5 Ng3+
31.Rxg3 Qxg3 32.Be3 Rb4 33.Qd3 Rc7 34.Rh5 Qg6 35.Rf5+ Kg8 36.Qd6 Qxf5 37.Qxc7 a4
38.Bc4 Rxb2 39.Qxd7 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Qxc2+ 41.Be2 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Radisson SAS Challenge"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.Nc3 e6 8.f3 Bg6
9.Bd2 Qxb3 10.axb3 Bc2 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b4 g5 13.Rc1 gxh4 14.Rxc2 Bxb4 15.e4 dxe4
16.fxe4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nxe4 18.Bh6 Nd7 19.Bd3 Nd6 20.Re2+ Kd8 21.Bg5+ Kc7 22.Bxh4 Rae8
23.Rf1 Rxe2+ 24.Kxe2 c5 25.Bg3 f6 26.Bf5 Re8+ 27.Kd3 c4+ 28.Kd2 Re7 29.Bc2 a5
30.Rf5 Kc6 31.Ba4+ Kc7 32.Rc5+ Nxc5 33.dxc5 Rg7 34.cxd6+ Kd8 35.Ke3 Rg5 36.Bh4 Re5+
37.Kd4 Re6 38.Kc5 b6+ 39.Kd5 Re5+ 40.Kc6 Rf5 41.g4 Rf4 42.d7 Rf3 43.g5 Rf4
44.Bg3 fxg5 45.Kxb6 Rf6+ 46.Kb7 Rf4 47.Kb6 Rf6+ 48.Kb7 Rf4 49.Bxf4 gxf4 50.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Radisson SAS Challenge"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Agdestein,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O f6 8.Qe2 fxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Nf6 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.cxd5 Qb6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Ng4
16.Qd4 Rxf1+ 17.Rxf1 Nxe3 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.dxe6 Nxf1 20.exd7 Ne3 21.h3 Rf8
22.Na4 Kf7 23.Nxb6 Ke7 24.a4 h5 25.a5 Kd8 26.b4 Rf4 27.b5 Rd4 28.a6 bxa6
29.bxa6 Rxd3 30.a7 Ra3 31.a8=Q+ Rxa8 32.Nxa8 Nd5 33.Kf2 Kxd7 34.Kf3 Kd6 35.Ke4 Ke6
36.h4 g6 37.g3 Kd6 38.Kd4 Ne7 39.Ke4 Kc6 40.g4 hxg4 41.Kf4 Kb7 42.Kxg4 Kxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Radisson SAS Challenge"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "Radisson SAS Challenge"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Agdestein,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B04"]

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 "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mork,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Bb7 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 Qxb6 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Bd3 exd5 11.exd5 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Qd8 14.Qb3 Bc8 15.Re2 d6
16.Rae1 Re8 17.Bg5 Nbd7 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 f6 20.Bf4 Rb8 21.Qc2 Nf8 22.h3 Bf5
23.R4e2 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Ng6 25.Bg3 Ne5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.b3 Qd7 28.Qxa6 Bd6 29.Qd3 Re7
30.Nd2 f5 31.Nc4 e4 32.Qc3 Rbe8 33.a4 Be5 34.Qd2 Bd4 35.d6 Rf7 36.a5 Qb7
37.Qc2 Rf6 38.Kh1 Rfe6 39.b4 cxb4 40.Rd1 Bc3 41.Qb3 Kf8 42.d7 Rd8 43.Nb6 Re5
44.Ra2 e3 45.fxe3 Rxe3 46.Qd5 Qxd5 47.Nxd5 Re1+ 48.Rxe1 Bxe1 49.a6 b3  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gullaksen,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Qb7
16.cxb5 d5 17.exf5 e4 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.Be2 Bxb2 20.Nc2 Be5 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Rad1 Rg8
23.Qh3 axb5 24.a3 Qc5 25.Nb4 Bb7 26.Rc1 Qb6 27.Qb3 d4 28.Qxf7 d3 29.Bh5 e3
30.Nd5 Bxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Qd6+ 32.g3 Bxd5 33.Qc7 Qxc7 34.Rxc7 e2 35.Rb1 Rxa3 36.f6 Rf8
37.Re7 Bc4 38.f7 Ra2  0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fyllingen,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.d5 Na5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Nbd2 c6 15.b4 Nc4 16.Nxc4 bxc4
17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd2 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Ne4 Qe6 21.Qh5 g6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qe2 Rfe8
24.Be3 Qc6 25.f3 f5 26.Bg5 Kf7 27.a5 Qe6 28.Rad1 Bc6 29.Qf2 Kg7 30.Qh4 Rac8
31.Rd2 Nf6 32.g4 Nd5 33.Rde2 e4 34.gxf5 Qxf5 35.fxe4 Qf3 36.Rf2 Qh5 37.Qxh5 gxh5
38.Ref1 Nc7 39.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bern,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nec6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Ba6 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.c4 d4 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Re1 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.h3 Qc7 15.Nbd2 O-O-O
16.Ne4 Rdg8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.exd6 Qb8 19.b4 Qxb4 20.Rb1 Qa3 21.Be4 Nb4 22.Nxd4 h4
23.Bh2 Bxc4 24.Nc2 Nxc2 25.Qxc2 Ba6 26.Re3 Qa5 27.Qb2 g4 28.Ra3 Qb4 29.Rxa6 Qxe4
30.Rxa7 g3 31.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hersvik,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.dxc5 Nxe4 7.cxd6 e6 8.Qe2 Nxd6
9.O-O Qb5 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qh5 12.Nd4 Nf5 13.Nxf5 Qxf5 14.Qg3 Rd8 15.Qc7 Rd7
16.Qc8+ Nd8 17.Be3 Bd6 18.Rad1 Qa5 19.Ne4 Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Qh5+
22.Kg3 Qxd1 23.Bc5 f5 24.Nd6+ Ke7 25.Nxf5+ Kf6 26.Ne3 Qh5 27.Bd4+ Kg6 28.f4 h6
29.Ng4 Kh7 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Qc3+ e5 32.Nxe5 Rg8 33.Kf2 Qh4+ 34.g3 Qf6 35.Qc7+ Nf7
36.Qxb7 Qb6+  0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hauksson,Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxc3
9.Rb1 Ba5 10.Ba3 Bc7 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.cxd5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qxd5 14.f4 Qxa2 15.Qc1 Bb6
16.Bc4 Bxe3+ 17.Qxe3 Qxc4 18.Rfc1 Qd5 19.Rd1 Qa5 20.f5 b6 21.Qg5 f6 22.Qxg7 Qxa3
23.Qxh8+ Qf8 24.Rd8+ Kxd8 25.Qxf8+ Kc7 26.Qd6+ Kb7 27.exf6 e5 28.Rc1 c5 29.Qd5+ Kc7
30.Qxa8  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Manne,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Re8
9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O-O c6 11.Kb1 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Be6 15.Rhe1 Qb4
16.d5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne6 19.Nc3 Rad8 20.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hagesaether,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d5 Ne5 5.Nxe5 dxe5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g3 exd5 8.cxd5 Bc5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bd6 15.Qb3 Bg4
16.f3 Bd7 17.g4 b6 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Rg1 Be7 20.Bf5 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Bxd7 Qxd7
23.e4 c6 24.Rcd1 cxd5 25.Rxd5 Qe6 26.Rgd1 Rc6 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.R1d2 Rec8 29.Kg3 Qf6
30.Kg2 Qe6 31.Qd3 b5 32.a3 R8c7 33.Qe3 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Martinsen,Stig K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.d5 exd5 7.exd5 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Ne5
9.f4 Ned7 10.Qf3 Qe7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Re1 Qd8 13.Rg1 Rg8 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Qh3 Nc5
16.Bxh7 Nxh7 17.Qxh7 Kf8 18.f5 Bf6 19.h4 Bxh4 20.Bh6 Bf6 21.Rxg7 Bxg7 22.Bxg7+ Rxg7
23.Qh8+ Rg8 24.Qh6+ Rg7 25.f6  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gatland,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Be6
9.c4 b4 10.Nc2 Rb8 11.Bd2 a5 12.Bd3 Be7 13.O-O Nf6 14.a3 b3 15.Nce3 O-O 16.Bc3 Nd7
17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nc5 19.Re1 Bf6 20.Be4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qd3 Re8
24.Rae1 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Bg5 26.f4 Bf6 27.g4 g6 28.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Havold,Even"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Ng4
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Nh6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 c5 14.Qe4 Rb8 15.c4 Bb7
16.Qf5 f6 17.cxb5+ Kh8 18.bxa6 fxe5 19.Qxe5+ Bf6 20.Qxc5 Bxb2 21.axb7 Qf6
22.Nd2 Bxa1 23.Ne4 Bd4 24.Nxf6 Bxc5 25.Ne4 Rbe8 26.Kf1 Ba7 27.f3 Re5 28.Nd6 Rxe1+
29.Kxe1 Rf6 30.Nb5 Bb8 31.a4 Rb6 32.Bd5 Kg7 33.Kd2 Kf6 34.Kd3 Ke5 35.Kc4 d6
36.g3 Ra6 37.f4+ Kf5 38.Nd4+ Kf6 39.Kb4 Ra7 40.a5 Bc7 41.a6 Ke7 42.Nc6+  1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Bergen NOR"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Eriksen,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Feygin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Bb5 7.b4 cxb4 8.axb4 Nd7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ne7 11.O-O Nc8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Qc6 14.b5 Qc7 15.Nf4 Ncb6
16.Nd2 a5 17.bxa6 Rxa6 18.Rxa6 bxa6 19.Bb2 a5 20.Rc1 Be7 21.c4 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Nxc4
23.Rxc4 Qb7 24.Ba3 Nb6 25.Qb3 Bxa3 26.Qb5+ Ke7 27.d5 Rb8 28.d6+ Bxd6 29.exd6+ Kxd6
30.Rc1 Nd7 31.Qxa5 Ke7 32.g3 Qb4 33.Qc7 Qd6 34.Qc2 g5 35.Rd1 Rb2 36.Qc1 Qb6
37.Nd3 Rb5 38.Qa3+ Ke8 39.Qa1 Ke7 40.Qa3+ Qd6 41.Qxd6+ Kxd6 42.Nc5+ Kxc5
43.Rxd7 f5 44.Rh7 g4 45.Rxh6 Kd5 46.Kg2 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B62"]

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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B17"]

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 c5 11.Qg4 Qf6 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Be3 h5
16.Qh3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rd8 18.Rac1 g5 19.Be4 Ke7 20.Rfe1 Bf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.d5 Ne5
23.dxe6 f5 24.Rc7+ Kd6 25.Rxa7 fxe4 26.e7 Nxf3+ 27.Kf1 Rde8 28.Qd7+ Ke5 29.Rd1 Kf6
30.Qc6+ Kf7 31.Rd8 Nxh2+ 32.Ke1 Ng4 33.Qxb6 e3 34.Qb3+ Kg7 35.Qc3+ Qf6 36.fxe3 Qxc3+
37.bxc3 Ne5 38.Rd5 Kf6 39.e4 Nf3+ 40.Kf2 g4 41.Kg3 Rh7 42.Rf5+ Kg6 43.Ra6+ Kg7
44.Ra7 Kg6 45.Ra6+ Kg7 46.Ra7 Rh6 47.Rd7 Re6 48.Rxh5 Rxe4 49.Rf5 Ne5 50.Rc7 Re1
51.a4 Nf7 52.a5 Nh6 53.Rf4 R8xe7 54.Rxe7+ Rxe7 55.a6 Re3+ 56.Kg2 Rxc3 57.Ra4 Rc8
58.a7 Ra8 59.Kg3 Kf6 60.Kf4 Ke7 61.Ra6 Nf7 62.Kxg4 Kd7 63.Kf5 Nd6+ 64.Kf4 Nb5
65.Ke5 Kc7 66.Kd5 Kb7 67.Ra1 Nxa7 68.Rb1+ Kc7 69.Rc1+ Kb6 70.Rb1+ Nb5 71.Kc4 Rc8+
72.Kd5 Rc5+ 73.Ke4 Kc6 74.Ra1 Nd6+ 75.Kd4 Rd5+ 76.Ke3 Kd7 77.Ra8 Ke6 78.Ra7 Kf5
79.Rc7 Re5+ 80.Kd3 Rd5+ 81.Ke3 Ne4 82.Rc4 Nc5 83.Rc3 Ke5 84.Ra3 Rd4 85.Rc3 Kd5
86.Ra3 Re4+ 87.Kf3 Re8 88.Re3 Rf8+ 89.Ke2 Kd4 90.Re7 Rf6 91.Re8 Ne6 92.Ra8 Nf4+
93.Kf3 Nd3+ 94.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.O-O cxd4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 O-O-O
15.Rfd1 Bc5 16.Ne2 Kc7 17.g3 Kc6 18.Kg2 h5 19.Nf4 h4 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Nd3 Bd6
22.Rd1 Rg8 23.Ne1 Be5 24.c3 f5 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.Nd4+ Kc7 27.Nb5+ Kc6 28.Nd4+ Kc7
29.Nb5+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.g4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.g5 Qb6 13.Nf5 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qc5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.c3 b5 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Qc2 Bb7 19.Kf2 Nd7 20.b4 Nf8 21.h4 Qc7 22.h5 Nd7 23.h6 g6
24.a4 Nb6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Kg3 Nc4 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Bxc4 Qxc4 29.Rd1 Bd5 30.Rd4 Qf1
31.Qd1 Ra1 32.Qxf1 Rxf1 33.Kg4 Rf3 34.Bg1 Rxc3 35.Rd2 Kf8 36.Bc5+ Ke8 37.Re2 Rc1
38.Kg3 Kd7 39.Kf2 Kc6 40.Be3 Rb1 41.Bc5 Rc1 42.Bd6 Rh1 43.Re3 Rh2+ 44.Kg3 Rc2
45.Bf8 Ra2 46.Bc5 Ra1 47.Kf2 Rc1 48.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 h5 18.Nd3 Bh6 19.Qxb4 Qc7 20.Qa3 O-O 21.Nf2 Bc1 22.Nd3 Be3
23.Kd1 Rfc8 24.Re1 Bh6 25.c3 Rb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Rb4 Nxd5 28.Rxb5 Qc4 29.Rxd5 Qxd5
30.Kc2 Ra8 31.a6 Qc6 32.Ra1 e4 33.Nb4 Qc4 34.Qa5 exf3 35.gxf3 Re8 36.Qd5 Re2+
37.Kd1 Rd2+ 38.Qxd2 Bxd2 39.Kxd2 Qf4+ 40.Kc2 Qf5+ 41.Nd3 Qxf3 42.Ra5 Qa8
43.a7 d5 44.Nb4 d4 45.Nd5 dxc3 46.bxc3 Kg7 47.Kb3  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B45"]

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 "2001.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 Nc6 10.Be2 Ke7 11.a3 a5 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.Rfc1 Bb7 15.Bxf6+ gxf6
16.Ne4 Bd6 17.Nxd6 Rxd6 18.Rc3 f5 19.Rac1 Kf6 20.Ne1 Ne7 21.Kf1 Rad8 22.Rc7 Bd5
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 e5 25.b5 Be6 26.Nf3 Nd5 27.R7c6 Rxc6 28.bxc6 Rc8 29.Ke1 Nb4
30.Bb5 Rc7 31.Nd2 Bd5 32.f3 Ke6 33.Kd1 Kd6 34.Nc4+ Kc5 35.Na3+ Kd6 36.Nc4+ Bxc4
37.Rxc4 Nd5 38.Kd2 Ra7 39.Rc2 Ra3 40.c7 Nxc7 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Rxb6+ Nxb5 43.Rxb5 Ra2+
44.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 h6 10.Nc3 Bc5 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 Na5 13.Ba2 d5 14.Nxe5 dxe4 15.d4 Ba7 16.Be3 Bd5
17.c4 bxc3 18.b4 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Nxc3 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Qg4+ Kh8
24.Qh5 f5 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Re3 f4 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Qh6+ Kg8
31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Nxd5 fxe3 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Rc1 Qh4 36.fxe3 Rg8 37.Nf4 Bxd4
38.Qxe4 Bf6 39.Qxa8 Rxa8 40.Ng6+ Kg8 41.Nxh4 Bxh4 42.Rxc7 Be1 43.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Rfd1 Ke6 24.Rac1 Rhe8 25.Kf1 Kf5 26.c6 g5 27.Ba5 Rd6 28.Bb4 Rdd8 29.Rd3 g4
30.Bc5 Ke4 31.Rcd1 h5 32.Nxd4 b4 33.Re3+ Kd5 34.Bxb4 Kc4 35.Bxc3 Rxe3 36.fxe3 Rf8+
37.Ke2 Kxc3 38.Ne6  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.g4 Nc6
9.Qe2 d5 10.Be3 d4 11.Bf2 Bc5 12.a3 Qc7 13.O-O-O Bxa3 14.bxa3 dxc3 15.Bc5 e5
16.Qe3 Nd4 17.g5 Nh5 18.Qxc3 Nxb3+ 19.cxb3 Be6 20.Kb2 Rc8 21.Bb4 Qxc3+ 22.Bxc3 f6
23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Rd6 Nf4 25.Bd2 Kf7 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Bc4 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Rxc4
29.Rd7+ Ke6 30.Rhd1 Rc6 31.Rxb7 Rg8 32.Rdd7 Rg2+ 33.Kb3 Rxh2 34.Re7+ Kd6
35.Rbd7+ Kc5 36.Rd5+ Kb6 37.a4 a5 38.Rb5+ Ka6 39.Re8 Rb6 40.Ra8+ Kb7 41.Rb8+ Kxb8
42.Rxb6+ Kc7 43.Rxf6 h5 44.Rxf4 h4 45.Kc4 h3 46.Rh4 Rh1 47.Kd5 h2 48.Ke5 Rf1
49.Rxh2 Rxf3 50.Rc2+ Kb6 51.Rc4  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dautov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Be6 15.Qb3 b5
16.Ne2 f6 17.Bg3 Rc8 18.a4 b4 19.Qd3 Rc6 20.Rfc1 Qd7 21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Rc1 Qxa4
23.Qe3 Kf7 24.Nf4 Qd7 25.Re1 Re8 26.Nxe6 Bf8 27.Ng5+ fxg5 28.Qf3+ Kg6 29.Qd3+ Kf7
30.Qf3+ Kg6 31.Qd3+ Kf7 32.Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Be5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.a4 h6
23.Qd2 Nd5 24.a5 Rb4 25.Bxa6 Qxa5 26.Bc4 Qc7 27.Qd3 Nf6 28.f4 Rbb8 29.Rde1 Rbd8
30.Qf3 g6 31.Re2 Rd4 32.c3 Rd7 33.g4 Rfd8 34.Rff2 Kg7 35.Kg2 h5 36.h3 hxg4
37.hxg4 Rh8 38.Kg3 Rd1 39.Rh2 Rg1+ 40.Reg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Rxh2+ 42.Kxh2 g5
43.Kh3 gxf4 44.g5 Nh7 45.Kg4 f5+ 46.Kh5 Nf8 47.g6 Kf6 48.Qg2 f3 49.Qd2 f2
50.Qg5+ Kg7 51.Qh6+ Kg8 52.Qg5 Qh2+ 53.Qh4 Qg2 54.Qf6 Qg4+ 55.Kh6 Qh3+ 56.Kg5 Qg3+
57.Kh6 Qh3+ 58.Kg5 Qe3+ 59.Kh5 Qf3+ 60.Kh6 Qf4+ 61.Kh5 Qg4+ 62.Kh6 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxf2+ 11.Kf1 exf3 12.exf6 Bh4 13.fxg7 fxg2+ 14.Kxg2 Rg8
15.Bh6 Bg5 16.Re1+ Be6 17.Bxg5 Rxg7 18.h4 h6 19.Be4 Kd7 20.Rd1+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.h4 h5 11.Qe2 Na5 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.g4 Nxb3+ 14.axb3 hxg4 15.h5 gxf3
16.Nxf3 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Qa5 18.Bd4 e5 19.Bf2 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Bh6+ 21.Kd3 Qa6+ 22.c4 Nxe4
23.hxg6 Nxf2+ 24.Qxf2 e4+ 25.Kxe4 Bg7 26.Qh2 d5+ 27.Rxd5 Qxg6+ 28.Ke3 Re8+
29.Kd2 Qf6 30.Rxd7 Qc3+ 31.Kc1 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qc3+ 33.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B80"]

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.Qf2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Nce2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Kb1 Be7
16.h4 O-O 17.g5 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Nf5 Ne5 20.Nf4 Rxf4 21.Bxf4 Ng6 22.Nxe7+ Nxe7
23.b3 Qd7 24.h5 Qc6 25.Rd3 Nf5 26.Be5 b4 27.Bb2 a5 28.h6 g6 29.Rhd1 a4 30.Qe2 Rc8
31.R1d2 Qc5 32.c4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Kc8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Rad1 a5 13.h3 h5 14.g3 Ra6 15.Bc1 Re8 16.Bg5 Bb4
17.Rd3 Ne7 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Kg2 Bf5 20.Re3 Bxc2 21.Ne4 a4 22.Rc1 axb3 23.axb3 Bxe4
24.Rxe4 c5 25.Rf4 Rf8 26.g4 hxg4 27.Rxg4 g6 28.h4 b5 29.Ng5 Ra3 30.Rg3 Kb7
31.Rf3 Kb6 32.Nh7 Re8 33.Rxf7 Rxb3 34.Rg7 Bxh4 35.Rxg6+ c6 36.f4 c4 37.Rh1 Rd8
38.Rxh4 Rd2+ 39.Kh1 Rb1+ 40.Rg1 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 c3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ng4 12.Qxg4 exd4 13.Bg5 Qxg5 14.Qxg5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 Nc6 10.Be2 Ke7 11.a3 a5 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Ne1 Rd7
16.Nd3 Rad8 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.Nc4 Ba6 19.Rxd7+ Rxd7 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxa6 Nd3
22.Bc3 Ne4 23.Bxa5 Ndxf2 24.Bb5 Rb7 25.a4 f5 26.h3 Ra7 27.Bb6 Rb7 28.a5 Kd6
29.Rf1 Nc3 30.Ba6 Rxb6 31.axb6 Nfe4 32.Bc4 Kc6 33.Bxe6 g6 34.Bg8 Nf6 35.Bc4 Nfe4
36.Ra1 Kxb6 37.Ra6+ Kb7 38.Re6 Nd1 39.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 Nd7 8.h4 h6 9.Nxg6 Nxg6
10.h5 Ne7 11.Ne2 c5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Bg2 Rc8 14.O-O Qh4 15.Nf4 Be7 16.Be3 O-O
17.f3 Bd8 18.Qe2 Bb6 19.Rfd1 Rc7 20.Qf2 Qxf2+ 21.Bxf2 Rfc8 22.Bf1 a6 23.Kg2 cxd4
24.cxd4 Na5 25.Bd3 Nb8 26.Ne2 Nbc6 27.Be1 Nc4 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Rac1 Ne7 30.f4 Ba7
31.Kf3 Nd5 32.f5 b5 33.Nf4 Rd7 34.Nxd5 Rxd5 35.Ke4 Rcd8 36.Bf2 Bb8 37.Rf1 Ba7
38.Rfd1 Bb8 39.Rg1 Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nb4 13.Nb1 Qc7 14.c3 Nc6 15.c4 Nb4 16.Nc3 Nfd5
17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Qd2 f5 19.a5 bxa5 20.Nxa5 Rad8 21.Nd5 Nbxd5 22.cxd5 fxe4
23.fxe4 Bc8 24.Rac1 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1 Rf8 26.h3 Qb6 27.Nc4 Qb8 28.Kh2 Bd7 29.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.g3 Bd6 10.Kf2 Nbd7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.c5 Bc7 13.f4 b6 14.b4 bxc5 15.bxc5 Ba5
16.Bd3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4+ 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qa4 Qc8 20.Rab1 Nf6 21.h3 Nd5 22.Bd2 g5
23.fxg5 e5 24.Kg2 Qf5 25.Rhf1 Qxg5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxc6 Rad8 28.Qb5 Nc3 29.Qb2 Rxd2+
30.Qxd2 Nxb1 31.Rxb1 Qxc5 32.Rb7 Rc8 33.g4 a5 34.Rd7 Qc2 35.Kg3 Qc5 36.Rd8+ Rxd8
37.Qxd8+ Kh7 38.Kf4 f6 39.Qd4 Qc7+ 40.Kxe4 Qc2+ 41.Kf3 Qxa2 42.Qe4+ Kg8 43.h4 Qh2
44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg8 46.Qd5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 h5 18.Na2 Bh6 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Nxb4 e4 21.O-O exf3 22.Qxf3 Ng4
23.Nc6 Qxb2 24.Nxb8 Qxb8 25.Bd3 Qe8 26.Re4 Qd8 27.Qg3 Qxa5 28.Qxd6 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+
30.Rxf2 Bxf2 31.Qxa6 Qxd5 32.Qf6 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Bh3 Nc5 15.Rhg1 g6
16.Kb1 Qb6 17.Qe3 b4 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.f5 Rb8 20.Na2 Qc4 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Qc3 Qxc3
23.Nxc3 Bc8 24.e5 dxe5 25.Nc6 Rb6 26.Nxe5 O-O 27.Nd3 Rf3 28.Bg4 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxd3
30.cxd3 Bxg5 31.Bxe6+ Rxe6 32.Rxg5 Re1+ 33.Kc2 Bf5 34.Kd2 Re6 35.Nd5 Kf7
36.Ne3 Kf6 37.Rg1 Rd6 38.Nxf5 Kxf5 39.Ke3 g5 40.d4 h5 41.h3 Rb6 42.Rf1+ Ke6
43.Ke4 Rxb2 44.d5+ Ke7 45.Rf5 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.h3 Bh5
9.O-O Nb4 10.a5 Be7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 c5 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Nd3 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Rfd8 17.Qb5 Bxc5 18.a6 Rab8 19.Qc4 bxa6 20.Rxa6 Rb4 21.Qe2 h6 22.Rd1 Rbb8
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bd2 Qb7 25.Be1 Nd7 26.Ra5 Bb6 27.Ra1 Nc5 28.Na4 Nxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Be5 Rd8 20.Qg3 Bf6 21.f4 Rb4 22.Bc4 Bxe5
23.fxe5 Qc6 24.Rf3 Ne7 25.Raf1 Nf5 26.Qf2 Rb7 27.g4 Nh6 28.h3 Rbd7 29.Rd3 Rd4
30.Qf3 Qc7 31.Qe3 a5 32.Rfd1 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Bxd3 Kh8 35.Kf2 Ng8 36.Qe4 g6
37.Bb5 Ne7 38.c4 Kg7 39.Qf4 Ng8 40.Ke2 h6 41.h4 Qd8 42.g5 hxg5 43.hxg5 Ne7
44.Qd2 Qh8 45.Qxa5 Qh2+ 46.Kd3 Qg3+ 47.Kc2 Nf5 48.Qd8 Nd4+ 49.Kb2 Qf2+ 50.Ka3 Qd2
51.Qf6+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kh7 53.Qd6 Qb4+ 54.Kb2 Qd2+ 55.Ka3 Nc2+ 56.Kb2 Qf2 57.Kc1 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe3 Rd8 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 Qxb2 13.O-O Qf6 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Be4 Nf6
16.Ne5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rd5 18.c6 Qd6 19.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 a6
9.Bd3 b5 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.a4 b4 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Bc6 Bxc6 15.Nxc6 Qe8
16.Qc4 Nd5 17.a5 Qc8 18.O-O Qb7 19.Bd2 g5 20.Ra4 Qb5 21.b3 Kg7 22.Nxb4 Bxb4
23.Bxb4 Qxc4 24.bxc4 Nxb4 25.Rxb4 c5 26.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Castrop Rauxel GER"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Castrop Rauxel GER"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van der Sterren,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5
9.Nge2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Na4 Nd7 13.a3 Bg6 14.b4 Rc8 15.Nc5 Nxc5
16.bxc5 Qa5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qb3 e5 19.dxe5 g5 20.Bg3 Bxc5 21.Bf2 Nxe5 22.Qxd5 Bb6
23.Qxb7 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Nd3 25.Rc8 Bc5 26.Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.Qb1 Qxa3 28.Nd4 Qc3
29.Kf1 Bb4 30.Bg3 a5 31.Qc2 a4 32.Qxc3 Bxc3 33.Nb5 Bb2 34.Ke2 a3 35.Nxa3 Nc1+
36.Kd2 Bxa3 37.Kc2 f5 38.Be1 f4 39.exf4 Ne2 40.fxg5 Nf4 41.g3 Ne6 42.f4 Nd4+
43.Kd3 Nf3 44.Bf2 Nxh2 45.Ke2 Bb2 46.Bg1 Ng4 47.Kf3 Ne5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match g/20 10"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz POL"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.g5 Be7 15.d5 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qg4 Qc8 18.b3 Qxg4+ 19.hxg4 Nd7 20.Nb5 a6 21.d6 cxd6 22.Nxd6 Bxd6
23.Rad1 Bc7 24.Rxd7 Rac8 25.Rfd1 Rfd8 26.Kg2 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 b6 28.Kf3 Kf8 29.Ke4 Ke8
30.Rd5 Ke7 31.c5 bxc5 32.Rxc5 Kd7 33.Rc4 Re8 34.b4 Rb8 35.a4 Bd6 36.Bd2 Ke6
37.Rc6 Kd7 38.Rxa6 Bxb4 39.Be3 Bd6 40.Kd5 Bc7 41.a5 Rb5+ 42.Bc5 Rxa5 43.Rxa5 Bxa5
44.Bf8 Bd2 45.Bxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match g/20 10"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz POL"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B77"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 "Rapid Match g/20 10"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz POL"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 Bg7 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.Kf2 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.h5 Nf6 22.hxg6 fxg6
23.g4 Qc5+ 24.Kg2 Rb4 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.g5 Nh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.g6 hxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kf8
30.c3 Rxa4 31.Qf5+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qf5+ Kg7 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Bxa4 Rb6 36.Qh6+ Kf7
37.Qxh5+ Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kf7 39.Bd7 Rxb2+ 40.Kh3 Re2 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Qg4+ Kf6
43.Qf5+ Kg7 44.Qg5+ Kf7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg4+ Kf8 47.Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Arthur Andersen Simul"]
[Site "Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Taddei,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "C02"]

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"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hattu,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[ECO "B49"]

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.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Nxc8 Rxc8 14.Bd3 Be5 15.a4 b4
16.Qe2 a5 17.c3 bxc3 18.Rac1 O-O 19.f4 Bb8 20.bxc3 Nxe4 21.Bd4 f5 22.Bb5 Qd6
23.Rfd1 Qe7 24.c4 Bd6 25.Kg2 Bc5 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Bxc5 Qc6 28.Bxf8 Nc3+ 29.Qf3 Qxf3+
30.Kxf3 Nxd1 31.Bd6 Nb2 32.c5 Nd3 33.Rd1 Nb4 34.g4 Kf7 35.Be5 fxg4+ 36.Kxg4 Nd5
37.Rc1 Ke7 38.c6 Nb4 39.c7 Nd3 40.Rc6 Nxe5+ 41.fxe5 Kd7 42.Rd6+ Ke7 43.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Arthur Andersen Simul"]
[Site "Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Forthofer,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[ECO "B76"]

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"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bang,Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A52"]

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 "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rogozenko,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Rg1 g6 12.f4 Qa5 13.Qf3 Rad8 14.Be3 Qb4 15.Qe2 Nc7
16.a5 Nb5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nxb5 Qxb5 20.Qxb5 cxb5 21.a6 Rd7 22.f5 bxa6
23.f6 Bd8 24.Rxa6 Bb6 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Kg2 Kf8 27.Kf3 Ke8 28.Ke2 Rdd8 29.Kd3 Rdc8
30.b3 Kd7 31.Bd2 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Ke6 33.Bd2 Kf5 34.Ba5 Bxa5 35.Rxa5 Rb7 36.Ra6 b4
37.Ra5 Ke6 38.f4 Rd7 39.Ke3 Rc7 40.Rc5 Rd7 41.Rc8 Kf5 42.Re8 Rc7 43.Re7 Rc3+
44.Kd2 Rh3 45.Rxf7 Kxf4 46.Rc7 Rxh2+ 47.Kc1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hracek,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+ Be7
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd3 c6 10.b3 Ne8 11.Qf3 d5 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Re2 Nc7 14.Na4 Bxb2
15.Nxb2 Qd6 16.Rae1 Bd7 17.Bf5 Rae8 18.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O b5
9.a4 b4 10.Na2 Nxe4 11.c3 b3 12.Qxb3 Be7 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.b4 O-O 17.b5 Ng4 18.Bf4 e5 19.Qe2 exd4 20.Qxg4 axb5 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.cxd4 Qc4
23.Rae1 Nc6 24.Nc1 Qxd4 25.Ne2 Qa4 26.Qg3 Rfd8 27.Nc3 Qb3 28.Re3 d5 29.Bh6 Bf8
30.Ne4 Qb2 31.Nc5 Bxc5 32.Rc3 Bxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Ra1+ 34.Rf1 Qb6+ 35.Re3 Rxf1+
36.Kxf1 Qd4 37.Qc7 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 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 "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Qxb3 12.axb3 Bd6 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bd3 Ng3 15.Rhe1 O-O-O
16.cxd5 exd5 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 f6 19.Re3 Nh5 20.Rf3 g5 21.e5 fxe5 22.Bxg5 Nhf6
23.Bf5 Kc7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Bf4 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Rd8+ 28.Kc2 Nxe4
29.Bxe5+ Bd6 30.Bxg7 Rg8 31.Bxe4 Rxg7 32.g4 Be7 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.Kd4 a6 35.Bd3 Rg8
36.Bc4 Rf8 37.Rxf8 Bxf8 38.g5 Bg7+ 39.Ke4 Bxb2 40.Kf5 b5 41.Bd3 a5 42.h4 a4
43.bxa4 bxa4 44.Bc4 a3 45.Ba2 Bd4 46.Kg6 Kc5 47.h5 Kb4 48.Kf5 c5 49.Ke4 Bb2
50.h6 Bc1 51.Kf5 c4 52.Ke6 Bb2 53.g6 c3 54.g7 c2 55.g8=Q c1=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.dxc5 O-O 12.Ne5 Qd5 13.O-O Bxc5 14.Rad1 Qe4 15.Rfe1 Qxe2
16.Rxe2 Rfd8 17.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Be6 10.c5 Bg4 11.Bb5 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Re8 15.Be3 Qb8
16.Rab1 Bf8 17.Rfe1 Qb4 18.a3 Qc4 19.Rbc1 Rab8 20.Qf5 Qb3 21.Bg5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4
23.Rxe4 Qd3 24.Rce1 Rxb2 25.Qf4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.Rxe4 f6 28.Bf4 Kf7 29.Bxc7 Ra2
30.Bd6 Rxa3 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Re6 Rd3 33.Rxc6 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rxd4 35.Rc8+ Ke7
36.c6 Rc4 37.Rc7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.g3 Qe7 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Nb3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Bd7 14.Kb1 Rfc8 15.g4 Nb4
16.Nd4 Rc5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Ncb5 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rac8 20.Bd3 Nc4 21.Qh3 h6 22.g5 Nxa3+
23.bxa3 Rc3 24.gxh6 g6 25.Qg2 Rxa3 26.Nb3 Qb4 27.Bxg6 Rxb3+ 28.cxb3 Qxb3+
29.Qb2 Qxb2+ 30.Kxb2 fxg6 31.h4 Kh7 32.h5 Kxh6 33.hxg6+ Kxg6 34.Rhg1+ Kf5
35.Rd4  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.O-O Nd6 8.Qd1 g6
9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Bg7 11.d4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Nbd2 Rfe8 15.h3 f6
16.Qa4 Bf7 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.b4 a6 19.Nb3 Ne4 20.Nc5 Qf5 21.Be3 Nd8 22.Qc2 Qc8
23.a4 Nd6 24.Bf4 Nc4 25.a5 Ne6 26.Bg3 Nxc5 27.bxc5 Bh6 28.Bd3 Re7 29.Nh2 Qe8
30.Ng4 Bg7 31.Bh4 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33.Kh2 f5 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Bxc4 dxc4 36.c6 bxc6
37.Qb2 Bf8 38.Bg3 Bd6 39.Bxd6 cxd6 40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.Qxd6 Qxf2 42.Nd7 Kh6 43.Qg3 Qd2
44.h4 Be6 45.Nb8 Bc8 46.Nxc6 Bb7 47.Ne5 Bd5 48.Nd7 Be4 49.Nc5 Kg7 50.Ne6+ Kh6
51.Qg5+ Qxg5 52.hxg5+ Kh5 53.Kg3 h6 54.gxh6 Kxh6 55.Nc5 Kg5 56.Nxa6 f4+ 57.Kf2 Kf6
58.Nc5 Bc6 59.a6 Ke7 60.Nb7 Bd5 61.Na5 Kd6 62.a7 Kc7 63.Nxc4 g5 64.Ne5 Kb6
65.c4 Bf7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 b6 13.Rad1 Ne7 14.Ne2 Ng6 15.Ng3 Nf4
16.Nd4 a5 17.a4 b5 18.Kh2 bxa4 19.bxa4 Nd5 20.Rd3 Nb6 21.Re1 Nxa4 22.Ba1 c5
23.e6 fxe6 24.Nxe6 Bd6 25.Nxg7 Rf8 26.Kg1 c4 27.Rdd1 Bb4 28.Re3 Ra6 29.Ne4 Rc6
30.Nh5 c3 31.Nhg3 Re6 32.Rde1 Rfe8 33.Nh5 Rf8 34.Nxc3 Rc6 35.Nxa4 Bxe1 36.Rxe1 Rxc2
37.Bd4 Bxa4 38.Re5 Bd7 39.Rxa5 Rf5 40.Rxf5 Bxf5 41.Be3 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D46"]

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 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Qxc7 Bxc7 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Be5 18.Bc5 Re8 19.Re1 Bd7 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Rxe5 Rxe5
22.Bd6 Ree8 23.Bxb8 Rxb8 24.Be4 Rxb2 25.Rd1 Be8 26.Rd8 Kf8 27.a4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C02"]

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"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Be7 10.g4 Bb7 11.f3 O-O 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.g5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nd7 15.h4 Rac8
16.h5 e5 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.g6 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.gxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qxg5 Qe6
23.Rhg1 Rg8 24.Kb1 Rcd8 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc8 27.Rgd1 Rc6 28.f4 exf4 29.Qxf4 Rd8
30.Rg5 Rg8 31.Rgd5 Rd8 32.Rg5 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 c5
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.c3 e5 14.Be3 Qa5 15.g4 e4
16.g5 Be7 17.gxh6 Qxa2 18.Qd4 Nf6 19.hxg7 Re8 20.Bc4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Bb3 Qxd4
23.Nxd4 Kxg7 24.Rdg1+ Kh7 25.Bxf7 Rf8 26.Bg6+ Kh8 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Nd5
29.Bxe4 Nxe3+ 30.fxe3 Rf2+ 31.Kb1 Bc5 32.Rg5 Bxe3 33.Rh5+ Kg7 34.Re1 Bb6
35.Rg5+  1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nce2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.h4 h6 8.N1e2 Ne7
9.Nf4 c5 10.Nxg6 Nxg6 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qd7 14.Qxg6+ Qf7 15.Qxf7+ Kxf7
16.Bd2 Nc6 17.f4 h5 18.O-O-O Bc5 19.f5 exf5 20.Nxf5 Nxe5 21.Bg5 Nc6 22.c3 Kg6
23.cxd4 Rhf8 24.Ne3 Bxd4 25.Nxd5 Rae8 26.Rhf1 Be5 27.Nf4+ Bxf4+ 28.Rxf4 Rxf4
29.Bxf4 Re4 30.g3 Rc4+ 31.Kb1 Rd4 32.Rc1 Rd5 33.a3 Kf5 34.Ka2 g6 35.Rc4 Kg4
36.Re4 Rd7 37.Rc4 Kh3 38.Re4 Re7 39.Rc4 Re6 40.Rc5 Nd4 41.a4 Ne2 42.Bb8 Re4
43.Ka3 Re3+ 44.Kb4 Nxg3 45.Rc7 Kxh4 46.Rxb7 g5 47.Ka5 Re6 48.Rb6 Rxb6 49.Kxb6 Kg4
50.b4 h4 51.b5 axb5  0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Nd2 Nc5 15.Qc2 Nfd7
16.Bg4 g6 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Qb3 f5 19.f3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Nc5 22.Qg3 Bxf4
23.Qxf4 Qf6 24.b3 g5 25.Qf2 Rce8 26.Rad1 g4 27.Nb1 f4 28.Qd4 Qg5 29.Kh1 Qh5
30.Nd2 Qe5 31.Qxe5 dxe5 32.Rfe1 e4 33.Re2 Kg7 34.Kg1 Kg6 35.g3 f3 36.Re3 Rf6
37.Nb1 h5 38.Nc3 h4 39.gxh4 Kh5 40.d6 Kxh4 41.Rd5 b6 42.d7 Rd8 43.Nxe4 Nxe4
44.Rxe4 Rf7 45.Re6 Rh7 46.Red6 Kh3 47.Rxb6 f2+ 48.Kxf2 Kxh2 49.Rg6 Rf7+ 50.Ke3 g3
51.Rd2+ Kh3 52.Rh6+ Kg4 53.Rd4+ Kg5 54.Rhd6 Rf1 55.c5 g2 56.R4d5+  1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.g3 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nb8 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Qf2 Bd7 15.Kb1 Qa5
16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Qe1 Nb4 18.a3 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Rc4 20.Qd2 Rac8 21.Ne2 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 Re4
23.Nc3 Rec4 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Nd1 Ke7 26.b3 R4c5 27.Kb2 a5 28.Ne3 Bb5 29.Rd4 a4
30.b4 R5c6 31.f5 h6 32.g4 Kd7 33.Rg1 Kc7 34.c3 Kb6 35.Rg3 Ka7 36.Nc2 Bc4
37.Rd2 R6c7 38.Nd4 Re8 39.fxe6 fxe6 40.Rf2 Kb6 41.Rgf3 Ree7 42.Kc2 Bb5 43.Kd2 Be8
44.Rf8 Rc4 45.h4 Bg6 46.Rd8 Rxd4+ 47.cxd4 Rc7 48.Rd6+ Kb5 49.Rxe6 Be4 50.Kd1 Rc3
51.Re7 Rxa3 52.e6 g5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Rc7 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Rxd4 56.e7 Bg6 57.Rf6 Be8
58.Rxb7+ Kc4 59.Rf3 Rxg4 60.Rb8 Bh5 61.Kf2 Re4 62.Re3 a3 63.e8=Q Rxe8 64.Rexe8 Bxe8
65.Rxe8 Kxb4 66.Ke3 a2 67.Ra8 Kb3 68.Kd2 d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B49"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Be3 b4 11.Na4 Nbd7 12.Qf2 Rb8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd4 e5 15.Nf5 g6 16.Ng3 Nf4
17.O-O-O Be7 18.h4 O-O 19.b3 f6 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.h5 fxg5 22.hxg6 Nxg6 23.Nf5 Nf6
24.Bxg5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Be6 d5 28.Qd4 Bd6 29.Rde1 Rb7 30.Kb1 Qd8
31.Nb2 Rg7 32.Nd3 Rg3 33.Nxf4 Bxf4 34.Qxf4 Qb8 35.Qd4 Rxf3 36.Rxh7+ Kxh7
37.Qh4+  1-0

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B49"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Be3 b5 10.Qf2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O b4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.g4 Rc8 14.Ned4 e5 15.Nf5 g6
16.Ng3 d5 17.g5 d4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.gxf6 Bh6+ 20.Kb1 Be3 21.Qg2 Nxf6 22.Bd3 Nd7
23.Ne2 Qb6 24.Nexd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Qxd4 26.Bb5 Qxd1+ 27.Rxd1 axb5 28.Qd2 Nc5
29.Qd6 Ne6 30.Qd7+ Kf8 31.Qxb7 Kg7 32.Qxb5 Rhd8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.b3 Rd4 35.a4 bxa3
36.Ka2 Rd2 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qc3 Rxh2 39.b4 Rh5 40.Qc4 Kg7 41.b5 Rc5 42.Qb4 Rxc2+
43.Kxa3 Rc8 44.b6 Ra8+ 45.Kb2 Rb8 46.Qd6 Rb7 47.Qc6 Nd8 48.Qd6 Ne6 49.Kc3 h5
50.f4 h4 51.f5 gxf5 52.exf5 Ng5 53.Kc4 Nf3 54.Qd5 Rxb6 55.Qxf3 Rh6 56.Qg4+ Kf6
57.Kd4 h3 58.Qf4 Rh5 59.Qe5+ Kg5 60.Qg3+ Kxf5 61.Qf3+ Kg6 62.Qg3+ Kh7 63.Qg4 Kh6
64.Qf4+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B49"]

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"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Banc Agricol Blitz"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.c4 Na6
9.Nc3 c6 10.Ba3 Rb8 11.Re1 b5 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.Bb2 b4 14.Na4 Nc7 15.Nd2 Bb7
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Rc1 Ncd5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Qf7 21.Qe2 Rbb8
22.Rf1 Rbc8 23.f3 Rc7 24.Rf2 Rfc8 25.Kg2 Bf6 26.Qd2 Nc3 27.Bxc3 bxc3 28.Qc2 Qd5
29.Rfe2 Bxd4 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 Be5 32.Kf2 Rf8 33.f4 Qh1 34.Ke3 Bf6 35.Qe4 Qc1+
36.Kf3 Bxe7 37.Qxe7 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qd5+ 39.Kh3 c2 40.Qc7 Qe6+ 41.Kg2 Qe2+ 42.Kh3 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kengis,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "B42"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D18"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dlugy,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Magem Badals,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.O-O Nd6 8.Nc3 c6
9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C11"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adianto,U"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D19"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.d3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6
9.fxe6 Qd6 10.dxe4 Qxe6 11.O-O dxe4 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Nd4 Qe5 14.g3 O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Bf4 Qe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.c4 Qd7 19.Qe2 Rae8 20.Rad1 Qh3 21.g4 c5  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D18"]

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 "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia,Jo"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C01"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aleksieva,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B90"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Qd2 a5 15.Ng3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 a4
17.Nc1 Qa5 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 d5 20.Bg2 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Rc8 22.Nd3 Rc4 23.Bg2 g6
24.O-O Bg7 25.a3 Qc7 26.Nxb4 Bxb2 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Rxc2 29.Qb4 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Qc3
31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Bd4 Rd3 33.Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.Bxh8 Ke6 35.Kf2 Kf5 36.Ke2 Rb3 37.Rd1 Nb6
38.Rh1 Nd5 39.Rxh7 Nxf4+ 40.Kd2 Rxa3 41.Ra7 Kxg5 42.Bb2 Ra2 43.Kc2 Nd3 44.Kxd3 Rxb2
45.Rxa4 Rf2 46.Ke3 Rf6 47.Ra1 Kh4 48.Rh1+ Kg3 49.Rg1+ Kh3 50.Ke2 Kh4 51.Rh1+ Kg4
52.Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Franco Ocampos,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A21"]

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"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Palac,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B84"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.h4 Be6 18.hxg5 Rc8 19.Rd2 hxg5 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qe3 Qa4 22.a3 Bxd5
23.exd5 Bf6 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.g3 Bf6 26.Kb1 Qa5 27.c3 Qc5 28.Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C95"]

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"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shredder 5.32"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D19"]

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"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thiruchelvam,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B81"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thiruchelvam,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nd4 Rc8 12.f4 Qb6 13.f5 e5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Qxd6 Rfd8 17.Qa3 Rd4 18.Rhe1 Rcd8 19.Rxd4 exd4 20.Na4 Qa5 21.b4 Qe5 22.Nc5 Qxh2
23.Qxa7 Qxg2 24.Nd3 h5 25.Qc7 h4 26.e5 Bg5+ 27.Kb2 h3 28.e6 fxe6 29.fxe6 Rf8
30.e7 Re8 31.Qd7 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Bxe7 33.Qxe7 h2 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qe8+ Kh7
37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B85"]

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 "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.e4 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.exd5 exd4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Qxd4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Re8
15.Qd4 Bf5 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Rfe1 b6 18.Bh4 Bc5 19.Qd2 Be4 20.Rad1 a5 21.a3 Qg4
22.Bg3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Qxf3 24.d6 Red8 25.d7 h5 26.Qd5 Qf6 27.Qxa8 Rxa8 28.Re8+ Kh7
29.Rxa8 Be7 30.Re1 Bd8 31.h4 b5 32.Rxd8 Qxd8 33.Rd1  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matamoros Franco,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg7 14.b5 Ne7 15.Qb3 Be6
16.Nd2 c6 17.Rfc1 d5 18.Qb4 Nf5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Qb7 Nd6 21.Qb6 dxc4 22.Bxc6 Qxb6
23.Rxb6 Rab8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.dxc4 Bxc4 27.Bd5 Ba6 28.Kg2 e4
29.Nxe4 Rd8 30.Bc4 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 f5 32.Nc5 Rc8 33.Rc1 Bb2 34.Rb1 Rxc5 35.Rxb2 Kf7
36.Rb6 Rc3 37.e3 Rc4 38.h3 Ra4 39.Rd6 h5 40.Kf3 Rc4 41.Rd4 Rc2 42.g4 hxg4+
43.hxg4 Kf6 44.Rd6+ Kg5 45.Kg3 fxg4 46.Rd5+ Kh6 47.Rd4 Kh5 48.Rxg4 Rxf2 49.Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E66"]

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"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rodriguez,Or"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "2001.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.d5 Nd4 15.O-O Qd7
16.h4 Rad8 17.a3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Qxd5 Rxd5 21.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suba,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D80"]

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"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cacho Reigadas,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D12"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Ne5 c5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Bc8 14.a3 Na6 15.Qc2 f6
16.Ng4 Bd6 17.f4 exf3 18.Bxf3 Qc7 19.g3 Bd7 20.Nf2 b5 21.b3 Rae8 22.Kg2 Be5
23.Rb1 Bd4 24.Bd2 b4 25.a4 Qc8 26.Rbe1 Bf5 27.Be4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 Bh3+ 29.Kh1 Bxf1
30.Rxf1 Qg4 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Qf5 h5 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Nb5 Rd7 35.Bf4 Re7 36.Nxd4 cxd4
37.c5 g5 38.Bd6 Re3 39.c6 Kf7 40.Bb8 Nxb8 41.c7 Re8 42.cxb8=Q Rxb8 43.Rd1 f5
44.Rxd4 Kf6 45.Rc4 Ke5 46.Rc7 Kxd5 47.Rxa7 Rc8 48.Rd7+ Ke4 49.Rd1 Rc3 50.a5 Rxb3
51.a6 Ra3 52.Rb1 f4 53.Rxb4+ Ke3 54.Rb1 Rxa6 55.Rb3+ Ke2 56.Rb2+ Kd3 57.gxf4 gxf4
58.Rb4 Ra1+ 59.Kg2 f3+ 60.Kf2 Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kh1 Rd2 63.Kg1 Ke3 64.Rb3+ Rd3
65.Rb1 Rd4 66.Rb3+ Kf4 67.Rb8 Rd1+ 68.Kf2 Rd2+ 69.Kg1 Rg2+ 70.Kh1 Re2 71.Kg1 Ke3
72.Re8+ Kd2 73.Ra8 Rg2+ 74.Kh1 Ke3 75.Ra3+ Kf4 76.Ra4+ Kg5 77.Ra8 g3 78.hxg3 Kg4
79.Rg8+ Kh3 80.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quinn,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sturua,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 h6 8.Be3 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Nce2 Qa5 13.Kb1 c5 14.dxc5 Nxe5 15.Qb3 O-O-O
16.Nd4 a6 17.Nd3 Nc4 18.Nb4 Kb7 19.Qc3 Rc8 20.b3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Nc6 22.a3 Nd8
23.c6+ Ka8 24.Nxd5 Qxc3 25.Nxc3 Bxa3 26.c7 Nc6 27.Nxc6 Rxc7 28.Nxb5 axb5
29.Nd4 Rb7 30.c3 Rc8 31.Rd3 Be7 32.Kc2 Bf6 33.Ra1+ Kb8 34.Ra5 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Rc5
36.b4 Re5 37.Kd3 Kc7 38.Ra8 h5 39.h4 hxg4 40.Rxg4 g6 41.Rg5 Rf5 42.Rxf5 exf5
43.Ra6 Kd8 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rf6 Rd7+ 46.Kc2 Rd5 47.Rxf7 Ke8 48.Rh7 f4 49.exf4 Kf8
50.Rc7 Ke8 51.Kb3 Rf5 52.Kb2 h4 53.Rh7 Rxf4 54.Rh5 Rf6 55.Kb3 Kd7 56.Rxb5 Rh6
57.Rd5+ Kc6 58.Rd2 h3 59.Rh2 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Papaioannou,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.e4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 O-O 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 c5 13.Qb5 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.e5 Qd7 17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.Rac1 Nb6 19.Ne4 Ba3 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rd1 Nd5 22.Nd4 a6
23.g3 Kf8 24.Rd2 Ke7 25.Rc2 Rd8 26.Ne2 Nb4 27.Rc7+ Rd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7 29.N4c3 Bb2
30.f4 Kc6 31.Kf2 Bxc3 32.Nxc3 Kc5 33.Ke3 Nd5+ 34.Nxd5 Kxd5 35.Kd3 a5 36.a4 Kc5
37.Kc3 Kd5 38.Kd3 b6 39.Ke3 Kc5 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.Ke3 Kc5 42.Kd3 b5 43.axb5 Kxb5
44.Kc3 Kc5 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Ke3 f6 47.exf6 gxf6 48.g4 h6 49.h4 e5 50.Kf3 exf4
51.Kxf4 Kc5 52.Kf5 Kb4 53.Kxf6 Kxb3 54.g5 hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.c3 Re8
9.Bc2 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nd7 17.Kh2 Re6 18.Rg1 Qf6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Rag1 Rg8 21.f4 Re7 22.Qd3 Nf8
23.Qf3 c5 24.d5 b5 25.R1g2 Re1 26.Rg1 Re7 27.a3 c4 28.Qg4 Nd7 29.a4 a6 30.a5 Nc5
31.Re3 Nb3 32.Rge1 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Nc5 34.h4 Re8 35.Rg1 Nd3 36.Bxd3 cxd3 37.Rg3 b4
38.cxb4 Qxb2+ 39.Rg2 Qc3 40.Qd7 Rg8 41.Qg4 Qe1 42.f5 d2  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nxd5 15.Qxb7 Nxc3
16.Bc4 Rb8 17.Qxc6 Be4 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxc3 Bb4 20.Qc4 Bd5 21.Qd3 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Qd7
23.Rfb1 Qh3 24.Bf4 Rf8 25.Rxb4 Rxf4 26.Rb8+ Kf7 27.Rb7+ Kg8 28.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kengis,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Bf5 7.c4 c6 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C24"]

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"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Agrest,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rizouk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rizouk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C48"]

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"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E71"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 Ne7 10.Bb5+ N7c6 11.Qe2 Be4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Kf1 a6 15.Ba4 Be7
16.c3 Ng6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Qc4 Qe5 19.Bc2 f5 20.Bb3 Nd8 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.cxd4 Rc8
23.Ke2 Rh3 24.Rhg1 Kf8 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Rf3 28.Rg3 Ne6 29.Rxf3 exf3+
30.Kxf3 g6 31.Re5 Ng5+ 32.Ke2 Ne4 33.Re6 Nxc5 34.Bh6+ Ke8 35.Rxg6 Nxb3 36.Rg8+ Kd7
37.Rxc8 Kxc8 38.axb3 Bf6 39.Bc1 Kd7 40.Kd3 Kc6 41.Kc2 Kd5 42.f3 Kd4 43.Bf4 b5
44.Bh6 a5 45.Bd2 Bd8 46.h3 Be7 47.Bf4 a4 48.bxa4 bxa4 49.Bc1 Bf6 50.Bh6 Be7
51.Kd2 Bb4+ 52.Ke2 a3 53.Bg7+ Kc4 54.bxa3 Bxa3 55.h4 Kd5 56.h5 Ke6 57.Kd3 Bc1
58.Bd4 Kf7 59.Be3 Bb2 60.Kc4 Be5 61.Kd5 Bc7 62.Bg5 Bb8 63.Bd2 Kf6 64.Bh6 Bc7
65.Kc6 Be5 66.Bf8 Kg5 67.Kd5 Bc3 68.h6 Kg6 69.Ke6 Bd2 70.Bg7 Bc1 71.Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 Ba7 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Na5 Rhc8 14.Nxc6+ Bxc6 15.Ne5 Bb5
16.Bxb5 axb5 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.Be1 Bc5 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Rd1 Rc2 21.a3 g5 22.Rac1 Rac8
23.f3 Rxc1 24.Nxc1 Bc5 25.Rd3 Nf6 26.Nb3 Bb6 27.Bb4+ Ke8 28.Bc3 Nd5 29.Kf2 Ke7
30.Ke2 Nxc3+ 31.Rxc3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Bc7 33.h3 Bd6 34.Nd4 Bxa3 35.Nxb5 Bc5 36.Kd3 Kd7
37.g4 Kc6 38.c4 f5 39.e4 fxg4 40.fxg4 Bf2 41.e5 Bg3 42.Nd4+ Kd7 43.Ke4 Bf2
44.Nb5 Bc5 45.Kd3 Kc6 46.Nc3 h6 47.Ne4 b5 48.cxb5+ Kxb5 49.Nf6 Kc6 50.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D20"]

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"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Qg5 12.N5c4 f5 13.h4 Qg6 14.Ne5 Qf6 15.f4 Nc6
16.d4 Nxd4 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Nc4 Qb4+ 21.c3 Qxc4 22.Bxd4 Be6
23.Bb3 Qc6 24.O-O Rad8 25.Qf3 Bxb3 26.Qxc6 bxc6 27.axb3 c5 28.Bf2 Rd2 29.Rad1 Rfd8
30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Rb1 c4 32.Bxb6 axb6 33.bxc4 Kg7 34.b4 Rc2 35.Rb3 Kg6 36.Kh2 Kh5
37.Kh3 Ra2 38.Rb1 Rc2 39.Rb3 Ra2 40.Kg3 Rd2 41.Ra3 Rd3+ 42.Kf2 Kg4 43.Ra7 c5
44.Rg7+ Kxh4 45.g3+ Kh5 46.Rxh7+ Kg6 47.Rc7 Rxc3 48.bxc5 bxc5 49.Rxc5 Rc2+
50.Kf3 Rc3+ 51.Kf2 Rc2+ 52.Kf3 Rc3+ 53.Kg2 Rc2+ 54.Kh3 Rc1 55.Rc8 Kh5 56.c5 Rc2
57.Rc6 Kg6 58.Rc7 Kh5 59.Rc8 Kg6 60.c6 Kf7 61.g4 fxg4+ 62.Kxg4 Rc5 63.Kf3 Ke6
64.Kg4 Kd6 65.Rf8 Ke7 66.Rc8 Kd6 67.c7 Kd7 68.Rf8 Kxc7 69.Rxf6 Kd7 70.Rf5 Rc6
71.Re5 Rg6+ 72.Kf5 Rg8 73.Re6 Rf8+ 74.Rf6 Rg8 75.Rf7+ Ke8 76.Kf6 Rh8 77.Ra7 Rh6+
78.Kg7 Rh5 79.Ra4 Rh4 80.Re4+ Kd7 81.Kg6 Rg4+ 82.Kf5 Rg8 83.Kf6 Rg4 84.Re7+ Kd8
85.f5 Rf4 86.Re5 Ra4 87.Kf7 Ra7+ 88.Kf8 Ra6 89.Rd5+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g5 10.Ba3 d6 11.exd6 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Bg7 13.cxd5 Bxe2 14.Kxe2 Bxa1 15.Rc1 O-O-O
16.Rxc6 Rd7 17.Nd2 Re8+ 18.Kd3 Re5 19.Nc4 Rxd5+ 20.Ke4 Rd4+ 21.Ke3 f5 22.Bc5 Re4+
23.Kd3 Kb7 24.Rxc7+ Rxc7 25.dxc7 Kxc7 26.Bxa7 Re1 27.a4 Rb1 28.Kc2 Rh1 29.Bc5 Kc6
30.b4 Rxh2 31.a5 Rh4 32.Kd3 Rh1 33.a6 Bf6 34.Na5+ Kb5 35.a7 Rd1+ 36.Kc2 Rd8
37.Nb7 Ra8 38.Nd6+ Kc6 39.Nxf5 Bd8 40.Nd4+ Kb7 41.Ne6 Bb6 42.Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Qg5 12.N5c4 f5 13.h4 Qf6 14.f4 Nd6 15.c3 Nxc4
16.Nxc4 Qg6 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Ne5 Qg3 19.cxd4 Bd5 20.Qe2 Qxf4+ 21.Nf3 c6 22.d3 Qd6
23.Be3 Rae8 24.Qd2 Ba5 25.Bf4 Qg6 26.Qf2 Qg4 27.Be5 f4 28.Bd1 Qf5 29.Qe2 c5
30.Bb3 Rd8 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.Ng5 g6 33.Bxd5+ Qxd5 34.Qxd5+ Rxd5 35.Ne6 Re8 36.Nxf4 Rd7
37.Ne2 Rf7+ 38.Bf4 cxd4 39.g3 h6 40.Nxd4 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rh5 Bd8 43.Ne2 gxf4
44.Nxf4 Bc7 45.Rg5+ Kf8 46.Rg4 Re3 47.Rd1 Bxf4 48.gxf4 Rd7 49.Rh4 Kg7 50.Kf2 Rexd3
51.Rxd3 Rxd3 52.Ke2 Rg3 53.Kd2 b6 54.a4 Rb3 55.Kc2 Rb4 56.b3 a5 57.Kc3 Re4
58.Kd3 Rb4 59.Kc2 Rd4 60.Kc3 Re4 61.Rg4+ Kf7 62.Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B77"]

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"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 a5 15.Na4 Rb8
16.Nc5 Bd6 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Na3 Rb7 22.Nb5 Bb8
23.d5 Bd7 24.a4 Be5 25.d6 Qb8 26.Rc7 Rd8 27.Qc4 Na6 28.Rc1 Nxc7 29.dxc7 Rxc7
30.Nxc7 Rc8 31.Qd5 Rxc7 32.Rd1 Qe8 33.Bxb6 Bxa4 34.Qxe5 Qxe5 35.Rd8+ Be8
36.Bxc7 Qe7 37.Bxa5 h6 38.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Nc7
17.Ne5 Bxe2 18.Nxc6 Qd7 19.Nxe2 Ra6 20.Ne5 Qd8 21.Ng3 Bf6 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 Re6
24.c6 Bxe5 25.dxe5 f5 26.Qc4 f4 27.Bb6 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Nxd5 29.Bxa5 f3 30.c7 Nf4
31.Rac1 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 Nxc1 33.Rxc1 Rc8 34.Rd1 Kf7 35.Rd8 Rc6 36.h3 R8xc7 37.Bxc7 Rxc7
38.Rd3 Rc2 39.Rxf3+ Ke6 40.b4 Kxe5 41.Kg2 Rb2 42.Rf7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Ne5 a5 14.g4 Be6 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.a3 f6 17.axb4 fxe5 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.bxa5 Rxa5
23.Qxe4 Rb5 24.Rfd1 Qe8 25.h3 Rxb2 26.Qxe5 Rb5 27.Qe6 Bg5 28.Qxe8 Rxe8 29.Bxg5 Rxg5
30.Ra7 h5 31.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 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.Kf2 h5 20.Re1 Ne8 21.Bxg7 Nxg7 22.g4 Qd8
23.Kg2 Ra7 24.Qe3 Rab7 25.Re4 Rb4 26.Qg5 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rb4 28.Rxb4 axb4 29.Qe3 Qc7
30.Qd4 Qa5 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Qd4 Qa5 33.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Ne5 c5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Bc8 14.a3 Na6 15.Qc2 f6
16.Ng4 Qd6 17.f3 f5 18.Nf2 Bf6 19.fxe4 Be5 20.h3 Bd4 21.e5 Qxe5 22.Kh1 Bd7
23.Nd3 Ba4 24.Qxa4 Qxe2 25.Rf3 Rae8 26.Bf4 h6 27.Bd6 Rf6 28.Nf4 Qe4 29.Ne6 Rexe6
30.dxe6 Qxe6 31.Bg3 Bxb2 32.Re1 Qf7 33.Bh4 Re6 34.Rxe6 Qxe6 35.Qc2 Bd4 36.Qxf5 Qxc4
37.Kh2 Qe2 38.Bg3 Qd1 39.Rf1 Qb3 40.Qe4 Qb5 41.Qe6+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Qc8+ Kh7
44.Rf8  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bf3 Be7 11.Nb5 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.c4 Bc6 14.Qe2 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qb6
16.Rad1 a6 17.Bc7 Qc5 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Nxd6 b5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 bxc4 22.Nxc4 h6
23.Rd4 Rfb8 24.Rfd1 a5 25.Kf2 Kh7 26.R1d2 a4 27.Kf3 Ra7 28.e4 Rb4 29.Nd6 Rb8
30.Nc4 Rb4 31.Nd6 Rb8 32.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 h6 11.Bd2 dxe5 12.h3 Nf6 13.Be3 b6 14.a3 Bb7 15.Qc2 Nh5
16.Rfe1 Kh8 17.b4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.e5 c5 20.Nd5 Rc8 21.b5 Nc7 22.Nxf4 Ne6
23.Nd5 Nd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Bf3 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxb5 27.Qd3 Qc5 28.Rab1 a6 29.a4 Rb8
30.e6 fxe6 31.Rxe6 g5 32.Qg6 Rf4 33.g3  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 O-O 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.b3 a5
16.Rad1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bf3 Rfd8 19.c4 Nf6 20.Qc3 Bd6 21.g3 c5 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Qxf6 Be7 24.Qh6 Qe5 25.Rde1 Qf6 26.Qh5 Bf8 27.Re4 Rd4 28.Rxd4 Qxd4 29.Re1 Qf6
30.Re4 Bg7 31.Rf4 Qe7 32.Rh4 h6 33.Rg4 f5 34.Rg6 Kh7 35.g4 Rf8 36.gxf5 Rxf5
37.Be4 Rxh5 38.Rxe6+ Kh8 39.Rxe7 Re5 40.Rxe5 Bxe5 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Bb1 Kf6 43.h4 Bf4
44.Kf3 Ke5 45.Kg4 Bc1 46.f3 Bd2 47.Kh5 Kf6 48.Bc2 Bc1 49.Be4 Bd2 50.Bd5 Bc1
51.a4 Be3 52.Bg8 Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Ne4 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nh4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Be4 13.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nc3 b4 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Ba2 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Rad8
16.Qe2 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.h3 g6 20.Qe3 Kg7 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nc4
23.Qb3 Na5 24.Qe3 Nc4 25.Qb3 Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd2 Ne7 14.Bc4 O-O 15.Kf1 Rad8
16.Re1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Qe4 Nb6 20.Bb3 Rd4 21.Qxb7 c4 22.dxc4 e4
23.Kg1 Rd7 24.Qa6 e3 25.fxe3 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Qxh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Nd4 Nf4 15.Ne4 Rd8
16.Rfe1 Rd5 17.c4 Rd8 18.Kh2 a5 19.g4 a4 20.Kg3 Ne6 21.Nf5+ Kf8 22.f4 b6
23.Rxd8+ Nxd8 24.Ne3 Ne6 25.f5 Nd4 26.Kf4 Bb7 27.c5 a3 28.b3 Ba6 29.cxb6 cxb6
30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Ndc4 Bxc4 32.Nxc4 b5 33.Nd6 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 g5 14.Nf3 f6 15.Be3 g4
16.Nd2 fxe5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nc5 Bf5 19.dxe5 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Bxe5 21.Nd7 Bxd7
22.Rxd7 Bxb2 23.Rxe7 Rfe8 24.Rc7 Rec8 25.Re7 Re8 26.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 b4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nc2 Qg6 12.Qd5 Bb7 13.Nxb4 Rc8 14.Be3 Be7 15.h4 O-O
16.h5 Qg4 17.f3 Qg3+ 18.Kd1 Bg5 19.Nxc6 Bxe3 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Qd3 Bg5 22.Nxc8 Rxc8
23.h6 gxh6 24.Kc2 d5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Rd8 27.Qc5 Rd2+ 28.Kb3 Kg7 29.a3 e4
30.Rh3 Qf4 31.fxe4  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 Ng6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nh4 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Bb1 Bd6 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Nb4
16.Bd2 a5 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Ra1 Bf4 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Qg4 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Bc6
23.h4 Kh8 24.Ra3 Rg8 25.h5 h6 26.Qf4 Rcf8 27.Bd4 Bb5 28.Rc3 Nc6 29.Bc5 Be2
30.Rd2 Bxh5 31.Rh3  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bb1 N4d5 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.O-O Nxc3
16.bxc3 Be6 17.Re1 Bd5 18.Bd3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Ne5 Bf7 21.Nxf7 Rxf7 22.Qb3 c5
23.d5 b5 24.Re6 Qd7 25.Rae1 c4 26.Qd1 Rd8 27.Qe2 Qxd5 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Qxe7 Qxd2
30.Qe6+ Kf8 31.Qxf5+ Kg8 32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qe6+ Kf8 35.h4 Qd7 36.Qa6 Qd2
37.Qe6 Qd7 38.Qe5 Re8 39.Qc5+ Kg8 40.Rxe8+ Qxe8 41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.Kf1 h6 43.f3 a5
44.Kf2 Qg6 45.Qa8+ Kh7 46.Qxa5 Qc2+ 47.Kg3 Qg6+ 48.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Re1 b5
9.Nbd2 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.d4 Ba6 12.Nf1 b4 13.Ba4 Rc8 14.Bxc6 Rxc6 15.cxb4 Bxf1
16.Rxf1 cxb4 17.Be3 Qa5 18.g3 Rfc8 19.Ne1 Qb5 20.h4 a5 21.b3 a4 22.Nd3 Rc3
23.Nf4 Nf8 24.Qg4 Qd7 25.h5 axb3 26.axb3 Rxb3 27.h6 g6 28.Nh3 Rbc3 29.Bg5 b3
30.Rfb1 Rb8 31.Kg2 Rc7 32.Rb2 Bxg5 33.Qxg5 Qe7 34.Qe3 Qb4 35.Qf4 Qe7 36.Qf3 Rcb7
37.Rab1 Nd7 38.Rxb3 Rxb3 39.Rxb3 Qf8 40.Rxb8 Nxb8 41.Ng5 Nd7 42.Qf4 Qe7 43.Qc1 Qd8
44.Nf3 Kf8 45.Ng5 Kg8 46.Nf3 Kf8 47.Kg1 Qb8 48.Qa3+ Ke8 49.Ng5 Nf8 50.Qa4+ Ke7
51.Kg2 Qb7 52.Qa3+ Ke8 53.Qf3 Qe7 54.Qf6  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Qh4 14.O-O Rg8 15.f4 Kd8
16.c3 Ra6 17.a4 fxe4 18.f5 Bb7 19.Ra2 e3 20.Nxe3 Qe4 21.Re1 Nxb4 22.cxb4 Bh6
23.Kh1 Bxe3 24.Qe2 Rc6 25.a5 Qxb4 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Qxe3 Qd4 28.Qc1 Qd5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Qh5 Nf6
16.Nxe6 Nxh5 17.Nxd8 Rxd8 18.Re1+ Be7 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Bg5 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.Rad1 Rg8 23.f4 Kf8 24.Nxd7+ Bxd7 25.Rxd7 Bc5+ 26.Kf1 Rxd7 27.Bxd7 Kg7
28.Be8 h5 29.g3 h4 30.Kg2 hxg3 31.hxg3 Rh8 32.b3 Rh5 33.Rd1 Be7 34.Bc6 Rc5
35.Be4 Rc7 36.Rd5 Bc5 37.Kf3 Bb6 38.Rb5 Bc5 39.Bd3 Be7 40.Bc4 Rd7 41.Ke4 Kf8
42.Kf5 Kg7 43.Ke4 Kf8 44.Rb8+ Kg7 45.Rc8 Bd8 46.Kf5 Bb6 47.Rc6 Bd4 48.Ke4 Bb6
49.Kf5 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C99"]

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"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Be7 7.Qf3 O-O 8.Be3 e5
9.Nb3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Qe3 Nfg4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Nd5 Bh4+ 15.g3 Bf6
16.h3 Nc4 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qd4 Bf3 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.O-O Bxe4 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 f5
23.c3 f6 24.Rad1 Kf7 25.Be3 d5 26.Rd4 Rfc8 27.Rb4 b6 28.Rd1 Ke6 29.Kf2 Rc4
30.Rxc4 dxc4 31.Rd4 Rc8 32.Ke1 h5 33.h4 b5 34.Kd2 a5 35.a3 Bd5 36.Bf4 Rc6
37.Kc1 Rb6 38.Bd2 Rb7 39.Kd1 Be4 40.Ke2 Bd5 41.Kf2 Kd6 42.Bf4+ Kc6 43.Bd2 Re7
44.Be3 Re8 45.Bf4 Re6 46.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nc6
9.c4 O-O 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Bxe4 Nxc2 13.Bxd5 Rae8 14.Bxb7 Bb4 15.Rxe8 Rxe8
16.Bc6 Rb8 17.g4 Bg6 18.a3 Nxa1 19.axb4 Bxb1 20.Bd2 Ba2 21.b5 Bc4 22.Ne5 Bxb5
23.Nd7 Bxc6 24.Nxb8 Bf3 25.h3 Nb3 26.Be3 a5 27.Na6 c6 28.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C02"]

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"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bf3 Bc5 11.Be3 Bb6 12.c4 e5 13.Nb5 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Ke7
16.Nd6 Rb8 17.c5 Rd8 18.b4 b6 19.Nb5 bxc5 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.bxc5 e4 22.c6 Ra8
23.c7 Re8 24.c8=Q Bxc8 25.Nc6+ Kf8 26.Be2 Ra3 27.Kf2 Be6 28.Nd4 Rea8 29.Rd2 Bd5
30.Rc1 Rxa2 31.Rxa2 Rxa2 32.Kg3 g6 33.Kf4 Bb7 34.Rb1 Ba6 35.Rb8+ Kg7 36.Bxa6 Rxa6
37.g4 Ra1 38.Rb7 Rf1+ 39.Kg3 Rg1+ 40.Kf2 Rxg4 41.Ne6+ Kh6 42.Rxf7 Nh5 43.h3 Rg3
44.h4 Rg4 45.Ng5 Ng7 46.Rd7 Rxh4 47.Nf7+ Kh5 48.Ne5 Kg5 49.Rxg7 Kf6 50.Nxg6 Rh2+
51.Kg3 Kxg7  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.e5 f6
9.Qe4 Kf7 10.Na3 d5 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Nc4 Qd5 13.Ne3 Qxe4 14.dxe4 e5 15.g3 Be6
16.Nd2 Ne7 17.b3 Nc8 18.Bb2 Nd6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 g6 21.O-O-O Bh6 22.Rhf1 Rhe8
23.e5 fxe5 24.Bxe5 Rad8 25.Nf3 Nf5 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Re1 Bg4 29.Ng5+ Bxg5
30.fxg5 Bf5 31.Bf6 Re8 32.Rxe8 Kxe8 33.c4 Kd7 34.Kb2 a6 35.Bg7 Kc7 36.Bf8 Kb6
37.Be7 Be4 38.Bd8+ Kb7 39.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Bg5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.Qxd4 Qd7 19.Ra3 Nh5 20.Rfa1 h6 21.Bd2 Kh7 22.e5 dxe5
23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Bc3 Rb5 25.h4 Nf4 26.Ra5 Ne2+ 27.Kg2 Rdd5 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Re1 Nxc3
30.bxc3 Rc5 31.h5 Kg8 32.Re4 Kf7 33.c4 g6 34.f4 exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C10"]

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"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 b4 10.Ne4 c5 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.O-O Rg8 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.axb4 cxd4 15.exd4 Qc6
16.Kh1 Bxb4 17.Bf4 Rg4 18.Bg3 Rxd4 19.Rg1 Re4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Rgc1 a5
23.Nd4 e5 24.Nb5 Rb8 25.Nc7+ Ke7 26.Na6 Rb6 27.Nxb4 Rxb4 28.f3 Bf5 29.Rxa5 Rxb2
30.Be1 Kf8 31.Bc3 Rb3 32.Kg1 Be6 33.Ra4 Kg7 34.Rb4 Ra3 35.Rb7 Ra2 36.Bb2 Ra4
37.Rcc7 Nf8 38.Ra7 Rb4 39.Ba3 Rb1+ 40.Rc1 Rb6 41.Bc5 Rb5 42.Bxf8+ Kxf8 43.Rac7 Kg7
44.R7c5 Rb4 45.Kf2 h5 46.R1c2 Kg6 47.Rd2 h4 48.Ra5 Kg7 49.h3 Bf5 50.Rda2 Kh6
51.R5a4 Rxa4 52.Rxa4 Kg5 53.f4+ exf4 54.Ra5 Kg6 55.Kf3 Bc8 56.Kxf4 Bb7 57.Ra2 f5
58.Rd2 f6 59.Rd8 Be4 60.Rh8 Bd5 61.Rd8 Be4 62.Rd2 Bc6 63.Rd1 Be4 64.Rg1 Kh5
65.g4+ hxg3 66.Kxg3 Kg5 67.Rf1 Bd3 68.Rf2 Be4 69.h4+ Kh5 70.Kf4 Kg6 71.Rd2 Kh5
72.Rd8 Kg6 73.Rg8+ Kh7 74.Rd8 Kg6 75.Rd6 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B12"]

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.Nd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bxc5 11.Qa4+ Kf8 12.Bxc5+ Rxc5 13.Qxa7 b6 14.Nb5 h5 15.g5 Ne7
16.Nd4 Kg8 17.Qa3 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.cxd3 h4 21.d4 h3 22.Qg3 Rc2
23.g6 Qh4 24.O-O Qe4 25.Rfe1 Qf5 26.Re3 Rh6 27.gxf7+ Qxf7 28.Rf3 Qh5 29.Kh1 Rg6
30.Qxh3 Qxh3 31.Rxh3 Rxf2 32.b4 Rb2 33.a3 Rgg2 34.Rf1 Rgd2 35.Rh4 Ra2 36.Rg1 b5
37.Rh3 Rf2 38.Rd1 Kf7 39.Rg1 Rad2 40.Rh7 Kf8 41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.Rh7 Kf8 43.Rh8+ Kf7
44.Rh7 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bd6 15.Ba3 Rf6 16.b5 Nxd2
17.Qxd2 Bxf3 18.bxc6 Rg6 19.g3 bxc6 20.Bxf5 Rf6 21.Qd3 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 Qf8 23.Bxh7+ Kh8
24.Ra2 Qf7 25.Re3 Rf8 26.Qb1 g6 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Bxg6 Qf6 29.Qc2 Qe6 30.Qb1 Qf6
31.Qc2 Qe6 32.Qb1 c5 33.dxc5 Qf6 34.Qc2 Qe6 35.Qb1 Qf6 36.Qc2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Be3 Bb4 15.f4 Bxc3
16.bxc3 c5 17.Ne2 b6 18.Ng3 h5 19.f5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 f6 21.Rfe1 Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 f5 8.Ba3 Nf6
9.Nxd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qxd6 11.Bxd6 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Be6 13.f3 Nf6 14.Nc3 O-O-O
15.Rc1 e4 16.Be2 e3 17.O-O Rd2 18.Rfd1 Rhd8 19.Rxd2 Rxd2 20.Rd1 Rc2 21.Rc1 Rd2
22.Rd1 Rc2 23.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B31"]

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.g4 Be6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.O-O-O Rad8 14.Rhf1 b5 15.Ng5 h6
16.Nxe6+ Qxe6 17.Kb1 c4 18.Qe3 cxd3 19.Rxd3 Rxd3 20.Qxd3 Nd7 21.Rd1 Nc5 22.Qe3 Qe7
23.Ne2 Ne6 24.Qc3 Qc5 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.f3 Rc8 27.c3 Kf6 28.h4 a5 29.Kc2 Ke7
30.Rh1 Kf6 31.Rd1 Ke7 32.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Bb7
10.h4 Nbd7 11.Rg1 b4 12.Nce2 e5 13.Nf5 d5 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 g6 16.gxf6 gxf5
17.exd5 Nxf6 18.Rg5 Qxd5 19.Rxf5 Qe6 20.Ng3 Rd8 21.Qe2 Be7 22.Rg5 Nd5 23.Nf5 Kf8
24.Nxe7 Nxe3 25.Ng6+ fxg6 26.Qxe3 Rh1 27.Kf2 Qf6 28.Re1 Rd2+ 29.Re2 Bxf3
30.Rxd2 Be4+ 31.Kg3 Rxf1 32.Rf2 Rg1+ 33.Kh2 Rh1+ 34.Kg3 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Bg7 22.Bg5 Bf6
23.Bh6 Qe7 24.Qc1 Nb6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra5 Qd7 27.Bg5 Bg7 28.Bh6 Bf6 29.Bg5 Bg7
30.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D44"]

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"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Othman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Othman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.d5 O-O
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bh6 Rd8 14.Qf3 f6 15.Rae1 Qf5
16.Qxf5 gxf5 17.Rxe5 fxe5 18.Rxf5 Nd7 19.Ne4 Nf8 20.Rg5+ Ng6 21.h4 Rxd5 22.h5 Rd4
23.Nf2 Rad8 24.hxg6 Rh4 25.Ng4 Rd4 26.Rf5 hxg6 27.Rf8+ Kh7 28.Rf7+ Kg8 29.Rf8+ Kh7
30.Rf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Re1 Bg4 11.Ng5 Ke8 12.h3 Bf5 13.Re2 Nd5 14.g4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Be6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Be3 Rd8 18.c4 b6 19.Kg2 Bb4 20.Rb1 c5 21.f4 g6 22.Rb3 Kf7
23.Kf3 Rd1 24.c3 Ba5 25.Rd2 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 h5 27.g5 Rd8 28.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C72"]

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"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 Bg7 9.Nbd2 Nge7
10.Bb3 Na5 11.O-O Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Qc8 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Qa3 g5 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.dxe5 dxe5
17.h4 h6 18.Nb3 Bg4 19.Rd3 Bf8 20.Nc5 Be7 21.b4 b6 22.Nb3 gxh4 23.Nxh4 Nxh4
24.Bxh4 Be2 25.Rg3 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Qe6 27.Kg1 Rg8 28.Nd2 Rxg3 29.Bxg3 Rd8 30.Nf3 Qc4
31.Qc1 Qxe4 32.Kh2 Bf8 33.Nh4 b5 34.f3 Qe2 35.Qg1 Qxa2 36.Qa7 Bd6 37.Nf5 Kd7
38.Qb7 h5 39.Qe4 Rg8 40.Nh6 Rg7 41.Nf5 Rg5 42.Nxd6 cxd6 43.f4 exf4 44.Qb7+ Ke6
45.Bxf4 Qd5 46.Qc8+ Kf7 47.Bxg5 Qe5+ 48.Kh1 fxg5 49.Qxa6 h4 50.c4 Qe1+ 51.Kh2 Qe5+
52.Kh1 bxc4 53.Qxc4+ d5 54.Qc5 g4 55.b5 Qe1+ 56.Kh2 Qe5+ 57.Kh1 g3 58.b6 Qa1+
59.Qg1 Qb2 60.b7 Qxb7 61.Qa7 Qe7 62.Qe3 Qf6 63.Qa7+ Kg6 64.Qb6 d4 65.Qxd4 Qf1+
66.Qg1 Qxg1+ 67.Kxg1 Kf5 68.Kh1 Ke4 69.Kg1 Ke3 70.Kh1 h3 71.Kg1 h2+ 72.Kh1 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.a4 b4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.Ng3 h5
10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.e6 f5 13.Nh4 Ne5 14.Bf4 Qd5 15.O-O Nbc6 16.Be4 Qxe6
17.Bd5 Qd6 18.Nhxf5 gxf5 19.Nxf5 Qf6 20.Nxg7+ Qxg7 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Re1 Qg7
23.Bf3 Rd8 24.Bxh5+ Kf8 25.Qf3+ Qf6 26.Re3 Qxf3 27.Rxf3+ Kg7 28.Rg3+ Kf6
29.Rg6+ Kf5 30.g4+ Kf4 31.Rg7 Ne5 32.Rxe7 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Rxh5 34.gxh5 Rg8+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+
36.Ke2 Rxa1 37.Rf7+ Kg5 38.Rg7+ Kf4 39.Rf7+ Ke5 40.Rxc7 Be4 41.Re7+ Kf4  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A07"]

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"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D30"]

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"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B06"]

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"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
9.Qd2 Nd7 10.a3 Qa5 11.Bb5 Bxc3 12.Bxd7+ Kxd7 13.bxc3 Rc8 14.O-O Qxc3 15.Rfb1 b6
16.Qxc3 Rxc3 17.a4 Ne7 18.a5 Nc8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra8 f6 21.Rb8 Re8 22.Nb5 Rxc2
23.Rb7+ Kd8 24.Ra1 Re7 25.Rb8 Kd7 26.Rb7+ Ke8 27.Rb8 fxe5 28.Bg5 Rf7 29.Raa8 Kd7
30.Rb7+ Kc6 31.Rxf7 Kxb5 32.Rxg7 Nd6 33.h4 Ne4 34.Bd8 Nxf2 35.Rxg6 hxg6 36.h5 Nh3+
37.Kh1 Nf2+ 38.Kg1 Nh3+ 39.Kh1 gxh5 40.gxh5 Nf4 41.h6 Rc3 42.Ra2 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Rc3
44.Kh1 d4 45.h7 Ng6 46.Bf6 Rh3+ 47.Rh2 Rxh2+ 48.Kxh2 d3 49.Bg5 Kc4 50.Kg3 b5
51.Kg4 b4 52.Kh5 Nh8 53.Kh6 b3 54.Kg7 b2 55.Kxh8 b1=Q 56.Kg7 Qb7+ 57.Kg6 Qxh7+
58.Kxh7 Kc3  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.h3 Bd7
9.f4 Rc8 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Bb4 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Qe3 Re8
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.Rxd7 Rxe4 20.Qf3 Rf4 21.Qd1 Qa5 22.Kb1 Ra4
23.a3 Qb6 24.Qf3 Qe6 25.Rd1  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Nd5 13.Bd2 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.Ne4 a4
16.Qxb4 Bxb4 17.Bxb4 Qb6 18.a3 Qa6 19.Rh3 b6 20.Rg3 Rh7 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 c5
23.Bc3 Rd8 24.Nf6+ Ke7 25.Nxh7 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Qa8 27.Nf6 gxf6 28.exf6+ Kf8
29.Be5 Qc6 30.Rd3 Kg8 31.f3 Qc8 32.c4 Kh7 33.g4 Qb7 34.Kc2 b5 35.b3 Qa6 36.Rd7 axb3+
37.Kb2 Kg8 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rd7 b4 40.Rxf7+ Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kh8 42.Kxb3 Qxa3+ 43.Kc2 Qa2+
44.Kd3 Qb1+ 45.Kd2 Qa2+ 46.Ke3 Qa3+ 47.Kf2 Qa2+ 48.Ke3 Qa3+ 49.Ke4 Qa2 50.f7 Qe2+
51.Kf4 Qh2+ 52.Ke4 Qe2+ 53.Kf4 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O a6 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.a4 Qb6
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.e3 c5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.axb5 cxd4 20.exd4 Rb8 21.Na4 Qxb5 22.Qxb5 Rxb5
23.Nc6 Rd7 24.Rc4 Nd5 25.Rdc1 Bg5 26.R1c2 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Rxb6 28.b4 Bf6 29.Kf1 Rd6
30.Ke2 h5 31.h3 g6 32.Ke3 Kg7 33.Ke4 Rbxc6 34.Rxc6 Rxd4+ 35.Kf3 Rxb4 36.Rxa6 Rb7
37.Rac6 Be5 38.Ke4 Kf6 39.R6c5 Bd6 40.R5c4 Ra7 41.Rd2 Be7 42.Kf3 Kg7 43.Kg2 Bf6
44.Rc8 Rb7 45.Ra2 Bd4 46.Rc4 Be5 47.Rca4 Bf6 48.Ra7 Rxa7 49.Rxa7 Bd4 50.Rd7 Bc5
51.Kf3 Kf6 52.Ke2 Bb6 53.f3 Bc5 54.Rb7 Bd6 55.g4 hxg4 56.hxg4 Kg7 57.Kd3 Kf8
58.Kc4 Ke8 59.Kb5 Bf4 60.Kc6 g5 61.Ra7 Be5 62.Rd7 Bf4 63.Rd3 Be5 64.Kb7 Bf4
65.Kc8 Ke7 66.Rd7+ Ke8 67.Rb7 Be5 68.Rb5 Bf4 69.Ra5 Ke7 70.Ra7+ Ke8 71.Kb7 Ke7
72.Kc6+ Ke8 73.Ra8+ Ke7 74.Rg8 Be3 75.Kb5 Bf4 76.Kc6 Be3 77.Rh8 Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B80"]

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"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D12"]

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.Rc1 Rc8 11.g3 Be7 12.Kf2 O-O 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.e4 Nxc3
16.bxc3 c5 17.Be2 e5 18.Be3 c4 19.Qb2 f5 20.Kg2 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nf6 22.Bf3 Bd6
23.a4 Rce8 24.Qc2 b6 25.Rhe1 Qc8 26.Rf1 Rf7 27.Rb1 Ref8 28.Bg5 Nh7 29.Be3 Nf6
30.h3 Qc7 31.g4 Re8 32.Bd2 Nh7 33.Be2 Rfe7 34.Bf3 Rf8 35.g5 exd4 36.cxd4 Bf4
37.e5 Bxd2 38.Bd5+ Kh8 39.Rxf8+ Nxf8 40.Qxd2 Qd8 41.Bxc4 Rxe5 42.Rb5 Qa8+
43.Kg3 Re4 44.Bd5 Qb8+ 45.Kg2 Rf4 46.Qe3 Qd6 47.Qe5 Qxe5 48.dxe5 Nh7 49.e6 Rf8
50.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E97"]

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"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C02"]

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.h4 Nb4 11.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 12.Kf1 h5 13.a4 Rc8 14.g3 Be7 15.Kg2 Rc7
16.a5 Qb4 17.b3 Bb5 18.Ba3 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qxb3 20.Bxe7 Nxe7 21.a6 b6 22.Rhc1 Rc3
23.Rab1 Qc4 24.Qd2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qxa6 26.Rc7 Qa3 27.Qg5 Kd8 28.Rb7 Re8 29.Qxg7 Kc8
30.Qxf7 Kxb7 31.Qxe8 Nf5 32.Qxh5 Qd3 33.g4 Nxd4 34.Qf7+ Ka6 35.Nxd4 Qxd4
36.Qxe6 Qe4+ 37.Kg3 d4 38.Qd6 Qd3+ 39.f3 Qe3 40.g5 d3 41.e6 d2 42.e7 Qg1+
43.Kh3 d1=Q 44.Qxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 h6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Na5 Nf6 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.Rb3 Kh8 21.Qd3 e4 22.Qh3 Nh7
23.f3 a6 24.Nc3 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Qg7 26.Na4 f4 27.Qh4 Rg8 28.g4 exf3 29.Bxf3 Bf6
30.Qh5 Bxg4 31.Bxg4 Qxg4 32.Qxg4 Rxg4 33.Nb6 Re8 34.Nd7 Bd4 35.Nxd4 cxd4
36.c5 dxc5 37.Nxc5 Nf6 38.d6 Rd8 39.d7 Nxd7 40.Ne6 Re8 41.Nxd4 Nc5 42.Rb6 Kh7
43.Rg1 h5 44.h3 Rxg1+ 45.Kxg1 Re3 46.Nf5 Rxh3 47.Rc6 Ne4 48.Rc4 Ng5 49.Rxf4 Ra3
50.Rb4 Rxa2 51.Rb6 Nh3+ 52.Kh1 Nf4 53.Rh6+ Kg8 54.Rf6 Ra4 55.Kh2 a5 56.Kg3 Nd5
57.Rd6 Rg4+ 58.Kh2 Nf4 59.Nh6+ Kg7 60.Nxg4 hxg4 61.Ra6 Nh5 62.Kg2 Kh7 63.Kf2 Kg7
64.Ke3 Kf7 65.Rh6 Nf6 66.Kf4 Kg7 67.Rh1 Kg6 68.Ra1 Nd5+ 69.Kxg4 Ne3+ 70.Kf3 Nd5
71.Rxa5 Nf6 72.Kf4 Nh5+ 73.Ke5 Kg5 74.Ra8 Kg6 75.Rf8 Kg7 76.Rf1 Kg6 77.Rg1+ Kf7
78.Kd6 Kf6 79.Rf1+ Kg5 80.Ke5 Kg4 81.Rg1+ Ng3 82.Ra1 Kf3 83.Ra4 Ke3 84.Ra3+ Kf2
85.Kf4 Ne2+ 86.Kg4 Nd4 87.Rd3 Ne2 88.Kf5 Ng3+ 89.Kf4 Ne2+ 90.Kg4 Ng1 91.Rd2+ Ne2
92.Rd3 Ng1 93.Rb3 Ne2 94.Ra3 Ng1 95.Kf5 Ne2 96.Ke5 Ng3 97.Kf4 Ne2+ 98.Ke4 Ng3+
99.Ke5 Ne2 100.Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C01"]

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"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jussupow,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D28"]

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"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C02"]

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"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne4 h6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Nd4 Bd5 14.Nf5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.Nc3 g6 17.Nd4 Bb4 18.Nxd5 Bxe1 19.Bxc7+ Kc8 20.Rxe1 cxd5 21.Bd6 a5 22.Re7 Ra6
23.Nb5 a4 24.Ba3 f6 25.Nc3 Ne5 26.Nxd5 Rd8 27.Ne3 Rc6 28.b3 axb3 29.axb3 Rd7
30.Re8+ Rd8 31.Re7 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Ra2 Qd7
16.Ng5 Na5 17.Bd3 b5 18.Qf3 Bg6 19.Rae2 Nc4 20.a4 a6 21.h4 h6 22.Ne4 Rae8
23.h5 Bh7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Nf6+ gxf6 26.Bxh6 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Re8
29.g3 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qe6 31.Qf3 Kh7 32.Bf4 f5 33.Bxd6 Nxd6 34.Qd1 Qe4 35.Qd2 f4
36.gxf4 Nf5 37.Qa2 Kg7 38.Qa6 Nh4 39.Kf1 Qd3+ 40.Kg1 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.a3 N4d5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6 13.Qxh8 Qe7 14.Ne2 Bf5 15.Nbc3 O-O-O
16.O-O Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Kh1 Bxa3 19.Qxf6 Bxb2 20.Rf3 Qe8 21.Raf1 Nc4
22.Qg5 Bxc3 23.Nxc3 Rxd4 24.h3 Nd2 25.Re3 Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rf4 a5 28.g4 Bd7
29.Kg1 Bc6 30.Rf6 g5 31.Re7 a4 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Nxa4 Rd5 34.Kf2 Nc4 35.Nc3 Rd2+
36.Re2 Rd3 37.Ne4 Rxh3 38.Nxg5 Rh2+ 39.Kf3 Rxe2 40.Kxe2 Ne5 41.Ke3 Nxg4+
42.Kd4 Kb7 43.Ne4 Kb6 44.Nc5 Nf6 45.Kc4 Ka7 46.Ne6 Kb7 47.Nc5+ Kb6 48.Kb4 Nd5+
49.Kc4 Ne3+ 50.Kb4 Ka7 51.Ne6 Kb6 52.Nc5 Nd5+ 53.Kc4 Nf6 54.Kb4 Ka7 55.Kc4 Kb8
56.Ne6 Kb7 57.Nc5+ Kc8 58.Kd4 Nd7 59.Na4 Kd8 60.Nc3 Ke7 61.Ne4 Ke6 62.Ng5+ Kf5
63.Ne4 Nf8 64.Ng3+ Ke6 65.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Ne5 c6 17.c4 Qd8 18.Bh5 g6 19.Bg4 Bg5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Re3 Rad8
23.Qe1 b6 24.Rd1 f6 25.Ng4 Kf8 26.h3 h5 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Ne3 Qf4 29.d5 cxd5
30.cxd5 Qd6 31.Qc3 Re7 32.Rc1 Kg7 33.Qd3 Rd7 34.Rc8 Nb7 35.Qe4 Qe7 36.Qf3 Nd6
37.Rc6 Qe5 38.g4 h4 39.Kg2 Qe4 40.Qxe4 Nxe4 41.f4 Nd6 42.a4 Kf7 43.Kf3 Nb7
44.g5 fxg5 45.fxg5 Kg7 46.Kg4 Nc5 47.a5 Re7 48.axb6 axb6 49.Ng2 Nd3 50.Rxb6 Re5
51.Nxh4 Re4+ 52.Kg3 Re3+ 53.Nf3 Ne1 54.Kf2 Rxf3+ 55.Kxe1 Rxh3 56.Rb7+ Kf8
57.Ke2 Rh5 58.Ke3 Rxg5 59.Kd4 Ke8 60.Kc5 Rg1 61.Kc6 Rc1+ 62.Kd6 Ra1 63.Rb8+ Kf7
64.Rb3 g5 65.Rf3+ Kg6 66.Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Rb8
9.Rb1 Bd7 10.b4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.b5 Be6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.bxa6 bxa6
16.Bc6 Nd7 17.Rxb8 Qxb8 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qa4 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Rd1 Kg7 22.Nxc7 Qxc7
23.Bxd7 Re7 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Qb4 Rc6 26.Rc1 Rc5 27.Qc3 h5 28.h4 a5 29.a3 Kh7
30.Qe3 a4 31.Qc3 Qd7 32.Qd3 Qe6 33.Kg2 Qg4 34.Qf3 Qe6 35.Qd3 Qc6+ 36.Qf3 Qc7
37.Qd3 Kg7 38.Qe4 f5 39.Qd3 f4 40.Qe4 Qf7 41.Rc3 fxg3 42.fxg3 Qe6 43.Rc1 Qd6
44.Rc3 Rc7 45.Qe3 Rf7 46.Qe4 Qd1 47.Qxe5+ Kh7 48.Rf3 Rd7 49.Rf8 Rg7 50.Qe8  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D27"]

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.Be2 Ke7 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Ne5 Bb5 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bf3 Rab8 15.Nc3 Bd3
16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Rhc8 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Bb4 b6 20.Rc4 a5 21.Ba3 Ke8 22.Rac1 Rd8
23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.b3 Rd2 25.Ra4 c4 26.Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kurajica,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B28"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bh5 4.d4 Nd7 5.Bg2 e6 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Qb6
9.Nc3 Qxb3 10.axb3 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Be3 a6 13.h3 Nd7 14.Rc1 Bc5 15.Nd1 d4
16.Bd2 Be7 17.b4 O-O 18.Be4 e5 19.f3 a5 20.bxa5 Nc5 21.Nf2 Nb3 22.Rd1 Bf7
23.Bd3 Nxa5 24.Bxa5 Rxa5 25.Ne4 Ra4 26.Rc1 Bg6 27.Kf2 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Bg5 29.Rc2 Be3+
30.Kg2 Rfa8 31.Rb1 Rb4 32.b3 g5 33.Bd3 Kg7 34.c5 Ra3 35.Bc4 Kf6 36.Rbb2 Ra5
37.Bd3 h5 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.bxc4 Ra7 40.h4 gxh4 41.gxh4 Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Qe3+ Be7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Ne4 Qe5 15.Bd2 O-O
16.Bc3 Qf5 17.Qg3 Qg6 18.Qc7 Bd5 19.Qxe7 Rae8 20.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D97"]

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.h4 c5 11.e6 c4 12.Qd1 Nb6 13.exf7+ Rxf7 14.Be3 Nc6 15.h5 Bg4
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Be2 Nb4 18.Ng5 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Bxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Rf5 21.Qg4 Nd5 22.Kg1 Nxe3
23.fxe3 Nf2 24.Qh4 Qd6 25.g4 Rxg5 26.Kxf2 Bxd4 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Qh7+ Kf8
30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Qh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D48"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rac1 b6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.h3 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Be1 h6
16.Bd3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f3 Nd5 19.Kh1 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 a5 21.Bd4 Bd6 22.Bb5 Qe7
23.Bc3 Qh4 24.Be1 Qf6 25.Bc3 Qh4 26.Be1 Qf6 27.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B31"]

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.Nd2 Nf8 13.f4 exf4 14.Qxf4 Ne6 15.Qh6 Nd4
16.O-O-O Be6 17.Rhf1 O-O-O 18.Kb1 f5 19.Rde1 Rhe8 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.Nxd4 cxd4
22.exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.g3 b5
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.Nxc4 bxc4 13.O-O e6 14.Qa4 Ra7 15.Be3 c5
16.Bf4 Be7 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Rfd1 Ke7 19.Rxd7+ Qxd7 20.Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.Bxb7 f6
22.Bf3 e5 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Kc7 25.Rb4 Rc8 26.Bg4 Rb8 27.Rxc4+ Kd6 28.Bf3 Rb6
29.Ra4 a5 30.Kf2 Rb2 31.g4 Rc2 32.c4 Kc5 33.Bd5 Rb2 34.a3 Rc2 35.Kf3 g6 36.h3 Rc3
37.h4 f5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Kf2 h6 40.h5 Kb6 41.Be6 Rc7 42.Ke1 f4 43.exf4 exf4
44.Bd5 Rc5 45.Kd2 Re3 46.Bf3 Kc7 47.Bd5 Kd6 48.Bb7 Rxh5 49.Ba6 Rb3 50.c5+ Rxc5
51.Rxf4 h5 52.Ra4 Rg3 53.Rh4 Rxa3 54.Bb7 Rb3 55.Bf3 Rb4  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lekic,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxb5 Rc8 22.Nf3 Ned3
23.Rf1 Qa1 24.Bd2 Qxb2 25.Bc3 Qb3 26.Qd2 Qa4 27.Nfd4 Ba6 28.Bxd3 Nxd3 29.Ra1 Bxb5
30.Rxa4 Bxa4 31.Kh2 Nc5 32.f3 g6 33.Ne2 Nd3 34.Qe3 Bg7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Qb6  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cvitan,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 e5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 Bf5 15.e4 cxb4
16.Rxb4 Bd7 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.Bf3 Bh6 19.Nb3 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 Qc8 22.Qb2 h5
23.h4 Ng4 24.Nxb5 Qa6 25.a4 Rfc8 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Nxc7 Rxb4 28.Qxb4 Qd3 29.Kg2 Nh2
30.Kxh2 Qxf3 31.Qe1 Bxa4 32.Kg1 Bd7 33.Qe3 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 Qc2 35.Na6 Bb5 36.Nb4 Qb1
37.Nc6 Bd3 38.f3 Qf1+ 39.Kh2 Be2 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nc8 Bxf3 42.Qh6+ Ke8 43.Qh8+ Kd7
44.Nb6+ Kc7 45.Qc8+ Kxb6 46.Qc6+ Ka5 47.Qc3+ Ka4 48.Qc2+ Kb4 49.Qb2+ Kc4
50.Qa2+ Kd4 51.Qa7+ Kxe4 52.Qa4+ Kf5 53.Qd7+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 c5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Ba5 Nb6 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qc1 Qg5 20.e4 Bxe4 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Bxb5 Bd3
23.Bc6 Bxf1 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Kxf1 Rc8 26.Bd2 Rc2 27.Bxg5 Rxb2 28.Be3 a5 29.Rc1 Nd5
30.Bc5 f6 31.g3 Kf7 32.Rc4 g5 33.h4 gxh4 34.Rxh4 Kg6 35.Ra4 Rb5 36.Rc4 Kf5
37.Ke2 e5 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Rc2 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8 19.a3 Rc7 20.Qe2 Rfc8 21.Rb1 Rb7 22.Rec1 Na5
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Rc1 Be6 25.Qf1 h6 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Rxc5 Nc4 29.Nxc4 bxc4
30.Bxc4 Nxe4 31.Rb5 Rxb5 32.Bxb5 Nd6 33.Bxa4 Qxb2 34.Qd1 Nf5 35.Bc2 Nd4 36.Nxd4 exd4
37.Qb1 Qxb1+ 38.Bxb1 Bc4 39.f4 Kf8 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.Ke1 Kd6 42.h4 Kc5 43.Kd2 f6
44.g3 g5 45.Bd3 Bd5 46.a4 Kb4 47.Bb5 Be4 48.Bd7 gxf4 49.gxf4 Ka5 50.Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.c4 f5 15.O-O O-O
16.Qf3 bxc4 17.Nxc4 d5 18.exd5 e4 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.d6 Qf6 21.Bc2 f4 22.Qh3 Rac8
23.b3 Qg5 24.Rad1 f5 25.d7 Rcd8 26.Nd6 Ba8 27.f3 Rxd7 28.fxe4 f3 29.Qg3 Qe3+
30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 fxg2 32.Kxg2 Rfd8 33.Nc4 Bxe4+ 34.Bxe4 Rxd1 35.Rxf5 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8 19.Qe2 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Nf1 Bd7 24.Qd2 exd4 25.Nxd4 Nc6 26.Ng3 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Ne8 28.a3 Bf6 29.Nf5 Bxd4
30.Nxd4 Qb6 31.Qe3 Qc5 32.Bd3 Nc7 33.Kf1 Ne6 34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.e5 h6 36.Ke2 b4
37.Qxc5 dxc5 38.Ba6 Bc6 39.f3 Kf7 40.Kd3 Bd5 41.Bb5 Kg6 42.Ke3 Bb3 43.Be8+ Kg5
44.g3 h5 45.f4+ Kh6 46.Kd2 h4 47.gxh4 g6 48.Kc1 Kh5 49.Bf7 Kxh4 50.Bxg6 Kg3
51.f5 exf5 52.Bxf5 bxa3 53.bxa3 Kf4 54.Bc2 Be6 55.h4 Kg4 56.Bxa4 Kxh4 57.Kc2 Kg5
58.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 g6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Qe7 12.c5 O-O 13.a3 Ba5 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.f4 Nf6
16.Rd1 Nd5 17.g3 Bc7 18.Bg2 Bd7 19.Rhe1 b6 20.Kf2 Rab8 21.b4 Be8 22.Nc4 b5
23.Ne5 a5 24.Nc3 Bxe5 25.fxe5 axb4 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.axb4 Bd7 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.Kg1 Qg5
30.Qc3 h5 31.h4 Qg4 32.Qe3 Ra4 33.Rxa4 bxa4 34.Bf1 Rb8 35.Be2 Qh3 36.Bf1 Qg4
37.Be2 Qh3 38.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Kh1 Rb8 19.f3 b4 20.Nb1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Bxc3 22.Nxc3 Qxc3
23.fxe4 f4 24.Bb3 Ng6 25.Rc1 Qf6 26.Qf5 Qe7 27.Rc4 a5 28.h3 Rb4 29.Rxb4 axb4
30.Bd1 Ra8 31.Rf2 Qa7 32.Rc2 Kg7 33.Kh2 Qe3 34.Bf3 Qe1 35.Rc7 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Ne5
37.Bh5 Rxa2 38.Rxf7+ Nxf7 39.Qxf7+ Kh6 40.Qf6+ Kxh5 41.Qf5+ Kh6 42.Qf6+ Qg6
43.Qh4+ Kg7 44.Qe7+ Qf7 45.Qg5+ Kf8 46.Qd8+ Qe8 47.Qf6+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.a5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Nc1 d5
16.Bb6 Qe8 17.exd5 Bb4 18.d6 Qd7 19.Nd3 Qxd6 20.Nxb4 Qxb4 21.Ne4 Qxd2 22.Nxf6+ gxf6
23.Rxd2 Be6 24.f3 Rc4 25.c3 Kg7 26.Re1 Rfc8 27.Kf2 h5 28.Red1 Ra4 29.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.g4 a4 14.Ne2 b5 15.Ng3 b4
16.Qg5 Re8 17.Nd2 a3 18.bxa3 h6 19.Qe3 Be6 20.Nb3 Rxa3 21.Qxc5 Qb8 22.Kb2 Nd7
23.Qe3 Nb6 24.Ra1 c5 25.Kc1 c4 26.dxc4 Nxc4 27.Qe1 Qa7 28.Qxb4 Qxf2 29.Nf5+ gxf5
30.gxf5 Rc8 31.fxe6 Ne3  0-1

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E11"]

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.Rc1 Ne4 10.Be3 b6 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Nb5 Nc4 15.a4 a6
16.Na3 g5 17.Be3 g4 18.Nd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bg5 20.Qd3 f5 21.e3 Be7 22.Nc2 a5
23.Na3 Nf6 24.Nb5 Rc8 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Qd7 27.Nb1 Rc8 28.N1c3 Ba6 29.Qd1 Bb4
30.Rc1 Kf7 31.Bf1 h5 32.Bd3 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Bxb5 34.Bxb5 Qc7 35.c4 Ne4 36.Ba6 dxc4
37.Bxc8 Qxc8 38.d5 c3 39.Qb3 Qc5 40.dxe6+ Ke7 41.Rb1 Qc6 42.Qxb6 c2 43.Qa7+ Kxe6
44.Rc1 Ng5 45.Qxa5 Nf3+ 46.Kf1 Nxh2+ 47.Kg1 Nf3+ 48.Kf1 Nh2+ 49.Kg1 Nf3+
50.Kf1 Ne5 51.e4 Qc4+ 52.Kg1 Nf3+ 53.Kh1 Qxe4 54.Qb6+ Kd7 55.Qa7+ Kd6 56.Qb6+ Kd7
57.Qa7+ Kd6 58.Qb6+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.c4 Ne7 7.c5 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qc7
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Be2 h6 11.b4 g5 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Bg7 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Rxh8+ Bxh8
16.Bxg5 a5 17.b5 Nxc5 18.Bf6 Bxf6 19.exf6 Ng8 20.dxc5 d4 21.Nf3 dxc3 22.Qxc3 Qf4
23.g5 Rd8 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Qe4+ 27.Kf1 Bh5 28.Qb3 Qf4 29.Qb7 Qc4+
30.Ke1  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bf3 N4d5 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Nh3 Qd7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Re1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Ba3 17.Nf4 Bc4 18.Qc2 Rhe8 19.Nd3 Qa4 20.Qxa4 Nxa4 21.Ne5 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.Nc4 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Bb2 25.Nxb2 Nxb2 26.Re7 Rd7 27.Re8+ Rd8 28.Re7 Rd7 29.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Bd2 Re8
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 e4 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bf5 13.Qd2 c5 14.Bc3 Qe7 15.Qf4 Bg6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.dxe4 Bxe4 19.e3 a6 20.Rfd1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Re6
22.a4 Rc8 23.Ra3 Rc6 24.Rb3 b6 25.Rd5 Re4 26.Rc3 b5 27.b3 Kf8 28.f4 Re8 29.Rh5 Kg7
30.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "B17"]

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.b3 e5 14.c3 b6 15.Re1 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nc5 17.Bf5 h5 18.Qh3 Nd3 19.Rd1 e4 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qxe5
23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.Rd4 f6 25.Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B80"]

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"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mastrovasilis,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D45"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 a5 7.Be2 a4 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bd3 Na5
10.Bc2 Nc4 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Nxh7 g6 13.Ng5 Nh6 14.Ra2 Nf5 15.Nf3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nh4
17.Ne1 Nf5 18.Nf3 Nh4 19.Ne1 Nf5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Nf3 Rg8 22.Nbd2 Bc6 23.Re1 Kd7
24.Nf1 Ra5 25.Ng3 Rb5 26.Nh5 Kc7 27.Nf6 Rf8 28.Re2 Rb3 29.h4 Rh8 30.h5 Rxf3
31.gxf3 Bxf6 32.exf6 Rxh5 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.f7 Rh8 35.Bh6 Kd7 36.f8=Q Rxf8
37.Bxf8 Qd8 38.Bb4 Qg5+ 39.Kh2 Qh5+ 40.Kg2 Qg6+ 41.Kh2 Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Nc5 14.Ba2 Ne6 15.Ng5 Nxg5
16.Bxg5 h6 17.Be3 d5 18.Qf3 Bf8 19.Rad1 Qd6 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.dxe4 Qc6
23.Qf5 Re7 24.c3 Kh8 25.b4 g6 26.Qf3 Bg7 27.c4 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 Nxe4 29.cxb5 Nc3
30.Bc5 Nxd1 31.Bxe7 Nc3 32.Bxf7 axb5 33.Bxg6 Rxa3 34.Kh2 Ra2 35.Bc5 Bf6 36.Rc1 Kg7
37.Rxc3 Kxg6 38.Be3 Rb2 39.Rxc7 Rxb4 40.g4 h5 41.Kg3 hxg4 42.hxg4 Rb3 43.Kf3 Bg5
44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Ke4 Bxe3 46.fxe3 b4 47.Rb6 Kg7 48.Re6 Rb1 49.Kxe5 b3 50.Rb6 b2
51.e4 Kh7 52.g5 Kg7 53.g6 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.a4 Be6 11.f4 exf4 12.Nd4 Nbd7 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Rfe8
16.Qd4 Rac8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bg3 Nc6 19.Qf2 Qa5 20.Bxd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Rcd8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Qf4 Rd4 24.Qe3 Qb4 25.b3 Qd6 26.Bf3 Nb4 27.Ne4 Nxc2 28.Nxf6+ Qxf6 29.Qc3 Nb4
30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Bxb7 Rf4 32.Bf3 Nd3 33.g3 Rxf3 34.Rxf3 Qa1+ 35.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "ch-ESP Gp A"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Estremera Panos,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B70"]

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 "ch-ESP Gp A"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D27"]

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.Be2 Ke7 10.b3 Bd7 11.Nc3 b5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nxd7 Nbxd7 14.Bb2 Rhc8 15.Rac1 Rc7
16.Bf3 Rac8 17.Ne4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Ne5 20.Nxf6 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Kxf6
22.h3 g5 23.Kf1 Kg6 24.e4 f5 25.Bd2 Kh5 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Bc3 Bd6 28.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-ESP Gp A"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Romero Holmes,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 "ch-ESP Gp A"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Del Rio Angelis,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "ch-ESP Gp A"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "C99"]

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"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D10"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "ch-ESP Final"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B12"]

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.Re3 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 "ch-ESP Final"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B32"]

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"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C82"]

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"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Na3 Be6
9.d4 Bxb3 10.Qxb3 cxd4 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Be3 Qc6
16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.O-O-O Ke7 19.Rhe1 Rxa2 20.Nxe5 Ra1+ 21.Kc2 Rxd1
22.Kxd1 Bxe5 23.Rxe5+ Kd6 24.Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Na3 Be6
9.d4 Bxb3 10.Qxb3 cxd4 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.O-O O-O
16.Be3 Qc6 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Rfe1 Rae8 19.Rad1 Re7 20.Qd5 Bc7 21.Qxc6 bxc6
22.Nd4 c5 23.Nf5 Re6 24.Rd7 Bd8 25.Red1 Bg5 26.h4 g6 27.hxg5 gxf5 28.R1d6 Rfe8
29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Ke2 Kg6 31.Rxe6+ Rxe6 32.a4 f4 33.b4 cxb4 34.cxb4 e4 35.b5 Kxg5
36.Rxf7 h5 37.Rc7 Re8 38.Rc6 Ra8 39.Rxb6 Rxa4 40.Rb8 Ra2+ 41.Ke1 Ra1+ 42.Kd2 Ra2+
43.Kc3 e3 44.fxe3 fxe3 45.b6 e2 46.Re8 Ra6 47.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.Qe2 Re8 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.b3 Nd6 18.c4 Nf8 19.Bb2 Bf6 20.Ne3 Ne6 21.Ng4 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4
23.cxb5 axb5 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Bd3 Kh8 26.a4 bxa4 27.bxa4 Rg8 28.g4 Ra5 29.f4 Qd7
30.Kh2 Rxa4 31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Bb5 Nxb5 33.Rxa4 Nc3 34.Bxc3 Qxa4 35.Qf2 Qc6
36.Rxd4 exd4 37.Qxd4+ f6 38.Qxf6+ Qxf6 39.Bxf6+ Rg7 40.e5 Kg8 41.Bxg7 Kxg7
42.Kg3 Bc8 43.Kf4 Kg6 44.h4 Be6 45.Kg3 Bb3 46.Kf4 Bc2 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.Kf4 Ke6
49.Kg5 Kxe5 50.h5 Ke6 51.Kh6 Kf6 52.g5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.b3 e5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O Nd3 13.Qe2 Nxc1 14.Raxc1 O-O
15.Nd4 Rac8 16.Qd3 g6 17.h3 a6 18.N2f3 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.Ne2 Qc5
22.Nfd4 Qa5 23.Qb1 Ne4 24.a4 Nc3 25.Nxc3 Qxc3 26.Qd1 h5 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.Nf3 Bb4
29.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Qc5 31.Ng1 Bc3 32.Ne2 Be5 33.Qd3 b5 34.axb5 Qxb5 35.Qd1 Qd7
36.f3 Qe6 37.Qd3 Kg8 38.Kg2 Bc7 39.Kf1 Be5 40.Kg2 Bc7 41.Kf1 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.O-O c6 10.Nd4 Na6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Bf3 Kf8 13.b4 Bd7 14.b5 d5 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Rb1 Bd6 17.Rb7 Nfe8 18.Be3 Bc8 19.Rb3 Bd7 20.Reb1 Ke7 21.Rb7 g6 22.Nb3 Ng7
23.Na5 Nge6 24.Na4 c5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Rxc7 Bxc7 27.Bxc5+ Bd6 28.Bd4 Rhc8
29.Bxd5 Rab8 30.Re1+ Kf8 31.Nc4 Bc5 32.Be5 Re8 33.Kf1 Rbd8 34.Bf6 Rxe1+ 35.Kxe1 Re8+
36.Be4 Bb5 37.Ne5 Re6 38.c4 Ba4 39.Bh8 f6 40.Ng4 f5  0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 O-O 15.O-O Bb7
16.Nb6 Nd7 17.a5 f5 18.f3 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qd7 20.b4 Bd8 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rb1 Rbc8
23.b5 axb5 24.Rxb5 e4 25.fxe4 Rfe8 26.Rb4 Bc3 27.Bb5 Qd8 28.Bxe8 Bxb4 29.Bc6 Ba6
30.Rxf5 Bxa5 31.h3 Rb8 32.Kh2 g6 33.Bg5 Qc7 34.Rf3 Rb4 35.Bh6 Rb8 36.Qa1 Be2
37.Rf2 Bd3 38.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Rd1 exd4 10.Nxd4 a5 11.e4 Nc5 12.f3 c6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Bf2 Nfd7 15.b3 Ne5
16.h3 Ned7 17.Rd2 Bh6 18.Re2 f6 19.f4 Nf8 20.Rd1 Bd7 21.Ree1 Rad8 22.a3 Bc8
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Nce6 25.Nde2 Qc7 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Rc1 Qf7 28.Na4 Nc7 29.Nb6 Qg8
30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Qc2 Nd7 32.Red1 Bf8 33.Bd4 Ra8 34.h4 Qf7 35.Bh3 Ne6 36.Bb2 Nb6
37.Nd4 Nc7 38.Nf3 Kg8 39.e5 dxe5 40.fxe5 Ra2 41.Qb3 Rxb2 42.Qxb2 Nxc4 43.e6 Nxb2
44.exf7+ Kxf7 45.Rd7+ Re7 46.Rc2 Rxd7 47.Bxd7 Nd3 48.Bc8 Nxb4 49.Rb2 b5 50.Kg2 c5
51.Rd2 Nbd5 52.Bb7 Ke6 53.Re2+ Kd7 54.Nd2 c4 55.Ne4 Be7 56.Rd2 Ke6 57.Re2 Kf7
58.Rd2 Ke6 59.Re2 Kf7 60.Rd2 Nb6 61.Nd6+ Ke6 62.Nxb5 Nxb5 63.Rb2 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Paunovic,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.f4 g6 10.g4 Bg7 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.f5 exf5 14.exf5 Re8 15.Bf4 Nc6
16.f6 Bf8 17.Be4 b5 18.Bxd6 b4 19.Bxf8 bxc3 20.Be7 Nxe7 21.Bxb7 Qb6+ 22.Qd4 Qxb7
23.fxe7 cxb2 24.Rae1 Rac8 25.h4 Qb6 26.Qxb6 Nxb6 27.Nd2 Nxc4 28.Ne4 Kg7 29.Nf6 Nd2
30.Nxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rb1 Nxb1 32.Rxb1 Rxe7 33.Rxb2 Re4 34.Rh2 h6 35.gxh6+ Kxh6
36.h5 g5  0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vera,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D12"]

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"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Amura,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E63"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kurajica,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B01"]

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"]
[Round "9"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Granero Roca,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Nbd4 Ne4 14.Bc3 Qd6 15.g3 Nxf3+
16.Nxf3 Rc8 17.Qb3 Ng5 18.Qd1 Ne6 19.Nd4 Bh3 20.Re1 a6 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Rc4
23.Rac1 g6 24.b3 h5 25.Qh4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Rc6 27.Qg5 Kh7 28.Rxc6 bxc6 29.e4 Ba7
30.Be5 Qe6 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Rc1 Re8 33.Bc3 d4 34.Bd2 Qd7 35.Qf4 Bb8 36.Qf3 d3
37.Rc3 Rd8 38.Qf6 Ba7 39.Rxd3 Qxd3 40.Qxf7+ Kh8 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.Qf6+ Kg8
44.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Qe3+ Be7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rae1 f6
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Bb4 Bxb4 18.Qxb4 Bf5 19.Re2 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Nd6 Bg6 22.b3 Rfd8
23.Nc4 b5 24.axb5 cxb5 25.Ne3 Kg8 26.f3 h6 27.Kf2 Ra6 28.g3 Rc6 29.Ra1 Ra6
30.Rae1 Rc6 31.Ra1 Ra6 32.Rc1 Ra2 33.Ke1 Kf8 34.Rd2 Raa8 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.Ra1 Be8
37.Rd1 Rc8 38.Kd2 Bc6 39.f4 Be4 40.Ra1 Kf7 41.Ra5 Bc6 42.Ra1 h5 43.Nf5 Rd8+
44.Ke3 Re8+ 45.Kd2 Rd8+ 46.Ke3 Re8+ 47.Kf2 Rd8 48.Re1 g6 49.Ne3 Be4 50.Ke2 g5
51.fxg5 fxg5 52.Ra1 Ke6 53.Ra5 Bc6 54.c4 bxc4 55.bxc4 Kf6 56.h4 gxh4 57.gxh4 Rd4
58.Rxh5 Rf4 59.Kd3 Bf3 60.Rh6+ Kg7 61.Re6 Kh7 62.Nd5 Rxh4 63.Re7+ Kg6 64.Rxb7 Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Nbc6 13.Nf3 Qf8 14.O-O c4 15.Be2 h6
16.Bc1 Kh7 17.a4 Bd7 18.Ba3 Qb8 19.Qd2 Nf5 20.Rab1 b6 21.a5 Qd8 22.axb6 axb6
23.Bc1 g5 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Qc7 26.Bh5 Rg7 27.Bg4 Rf7 28.f4 Qc5+ 29.Qf2 gxf4
30.Bxf4 Qxf2+ 31.Rxf2 b5 32.Be3 Kg6 33.Bc5 h5 34.Bf3 Rc8 35.Bb4 Bc6 36.h3 Rcc7
37.Kh2 Nh4 38.Rbf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bf3 N4d5 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Nh3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Bf7
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.Ng5 Bf6 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Qb3 c6 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.Ba5 Rdf8
23.h3 Kh8 24.Bd2 Rd8 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 cxd5 27.Bf4 g6 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rc7
30.Rd2 Kg7 31.g4 Kf6 32.Kg2 Rc4 33.f4 Rd7 34.Kg3 a5 35.Kh4 a4 36.a3 b5 37.gxf5 gxf5
38.Kh5 b4 39.axb4 Rxb4 40.Re8 Rb3 41.Rf8+ Rf7 42.Rxf7+ Kxf7 43.Kg5 Rxh3 44.Kxf5 Rh5+
45.Kg4 Rh1 46.Kf5 Rh5+ 47.Kg4 Rh1 48.Rc2 Rd1 49.Rc7+ Kg8 50.Rc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Nc4 b5
9.Ne3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Rb8 12.Ncd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Na5 14.a4 b4 15.Bd2 f5
16.c3 bxc3 17.Bxc3 e4 18.Bc2 Bf6 19.g3 Bd7 20.Rb1 Nb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nb4 13.Bb5+ Nd7 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Bxb4 Rxb5
16.Qc2 Nb6 17.Ra5 Bd6 18.Qxc7 Bxc7 19.Rxb5 axb5 20.Nc3 Bd7 21.Nd4 Be5 22.Ndxb5 f6
23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Nc4 25.Ra6 Kf7 26.Ra7 Rd8 27.f4 Ke8 28.Ne4 Rb8 29.Bc3 Nxe3
30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Rxg7 h5 32.Bxf6 Ra8 33.h3 Nf5 34.Rc7 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Ba6 36.Nxa6 Rxa6
37.g4 Nd6 38.Be5 hxg4 39.hxg4 Nf7 40.Bc3  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb3 a5 19.Qg5 Qb7 20.f3 h6 21.Qf4 a4 22.Bc2 b4
23.cxb4 Qxb4 24.fxe4 Ng6 25.Qxf5 Bxb2 26.e5 Bxe5 27.Nb1 Rae8 28.Be4 Bf4 29.g3 Re5
30.Qg4 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Qxe4 32.gxf4 Rb8  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Ncb4 Bd7 17.Nxe7+ Bxe7 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.Qd5 Be6 20.Qd3 Bd7 21.Qd5 Be6 22.Qd3 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 Ne7 10.Qe2 N7c6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nfxd5 exd5 13.f4 d4 14.h4 Nd3+ 15.cxd3 h5
16.f5 Bh7 17.Bd2 dxc3 18.Bxc3 O-O 19.d4 a5 20.a3 Re8 21.Qc4 Bxh4 22.Bd3 hxg4
23.Kb1 Qg5 24.Ka1 Rad8 25.Bb1 Ne7 26.Bxa5 Bxf5 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.Rhf1 g6 29.Qb3 Be6
30.Qxb7 Qd5 31.Qxd5 Nxd5 32.Rh1 Bf2 33.c6 Rc8 34.Rc1 g3 35.Be4 Nf6 36.Bg2 Bd5  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Qh5 Nf6
16.Nxe6 Nxh5 17.Nxd8 Rxd8 18.Re1+ Be7 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Bg5 Nf6 21.Rad1 a6 22.Ba4 h6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Nxd7 Bxd7 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Rd1 O-O 27.Rxd7 Rc8 28.g3 Kf8 29.Bb3 Rd8
30.Ra7 Rd2 31.Rxa6 Rxb2 32.Ra7 Rd2 33.Rc7 Rd3 34.Kg2 Rd8 35.Kf3 Ra8 36.Kg4 Ra5
37.f4 Rb5 38.Rd7 Rc5 39.Rb7 Ra5 40.Kh4 Rf5 41.Rb8+ Kg7 42.Re8 Bf8 43.Rd8 Be7
44.Rd7 Kf8 45.Kg4 Rc5 46.Rb7 Ra5 47.Bc4 h5+ 48.Kh4 Rf5 49.Bb3 Ra5 50.Rd7 Rb5
51.Ra7 Rc5 52.Ra8+ Kg7 53.Re8 Bd6 54.Re4 Rc8 55.Rd4 Rd8 56.Rd5 Be7 57.Ra5 Rd2
58.Kh3 Kg6 59.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 h5
9.Nf4 d4 10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Qd3 Kf7 12.O-O-O dxc3 13.Qxc3 Qc7 14.Bc4 Qxe5 15.Bd4 Qf4+
16.Kb1 Re8 17.g5 Qxg5 18.Rhg1 Qh4 19.Rge1 Nf6 20.Qb3 Nd8 21.Be5 Kg8 22.Bg3 Qg5
23.Re5 Qh6 24.h4 Kh7 25.Rg5 e5 26.Bd3 Ne6 27.Rxg6 Qxg6 28.Bxg6+ Kxg6 29.Bxe5 Nxc5
30.Qg3+ Kf7 31.b4 Nce4 32.Qb3+ Kg6 33.Bxf6 Nxf6 34.Rg1+ Kh7 35.Qd3+ Kg8 36.Qc4+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 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 "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Langheinrich,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.Na4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 a5
16.Bb5 Rb8 17.Bd3 f6 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Qxf6 Rxf6 20.Re3 Rxf4 21.Rxe6 Nf6 22.Rd6 Bg4
23.Re1 Bh5 24.Nb6 Bf7 25.Nd7 Nxd7 26.Rxd7 Rxh4 27.Ree7 Rf8 28.Bf5 Rh6 29.Bg4 Rf6
30.Bf3 Rf5 31.Kd2 h5 32.Ke3 h4 33.b3 Kh7 34.Ke2 Kh6 35.Ra7 Bg6 36.Kf2 h3
37.Kg1 hxg2 38.Bxg2 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.e5 Qxf3 15.gxf3 dxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd7 17.h4 Bc6 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rxh8+ Bxh8 20.Be2 Bg7 21.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2003.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Nh4 e6 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Nf1 Rb8 14.f3 Ng5 15.dxc5 Ne6
16.b4 Qc7 17.f4 d4 18.Qf3 a5 19.a3 dxc3 20.Qxc3 axb4 21.axb4 Qb7 22.Rb1 Rfd8
23.Be3 Nc7 24.Bd2 Nb5 25.Qb3 Rd5 26.Be3 Rbd8 27.Red1 h5 28.g3 h4 29.gxh4 Bh6
30.h5 Kh7 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.hxg6+ fxg6 33.Rb2 Nd4 34.Qc4 Qd7 35.Kf2 Qd8 36.Bxd4 Rxd4
37.Qf7+ Bg7 38.Rb3 Rxf4+ 39.Kg2 Rg4+ 40.Rg3 Qd4 41.Rxg4 Qxg4+ 42.Ng3 Qxb4
43.e6 Qd2+ 44.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gretarsson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D12"]

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"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kristjansson,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 b6 7.Bc4 Nge7 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 g5 21.Qg4 Rd8 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 e3  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 Ne4 15.Nbd2 Nf6
16.Ng5 g6 17.Ndf3 Qd6 18.h3 Bf5 19.Qe2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 Rae8 21.Be3 Qd7 22.b3 Bd6
23.c4 Nb4 24.Qd2 dxc4 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Qc3 h6 27.Qxc4+ Nbd5 28.Bd4 Qb5 29.Qc2 Nf4
30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.Ne4 Rf7 32.Rfe1 Ref8 33.Nxd6 cxd6 34.Rad1 Qh5 35.Rxd6 Nxh3+
36.gxh3 Qxf3 37.Rxg6+ Rg7 38.Re7 Qxf2+ 39.Qxf2 Rxg6+ 40.Qg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "2003.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ng4 7.Qe2 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.Ne4 e5 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Nh4 d5 12.d3 Rg8 13.Qh5+ Qf7 14.Qxf7+ Kxf7 15.f4 c4
16.dxc4 Ba6 17.fxe5 Bxc4 18.e6+ Kxe6 19.Bf4 Bb4+ 20.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ingvason,Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.bxc3 Qxc3+
9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Nge7 12.Re1 Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.b5 Ne7 15.e6 f6
16.Nd4 b6 17.Bb4 O-O 18.Ra3 g6 19.Rc3 Qd8 20.Nc6 Nxc6 21.bxc6 Qc7 22.Bxf8 Kxf8
23.e7+  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vlassov,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
9.Bg2 h5 10.g5 Ne7 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbc6 13.Rb1 Qd7 14.f4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8
16.Rb3 b6 17.Rf2 Nf5 18.Bf1 O-O 19.Be2 Qa4 20.Bxh5 Bxh5 21.Qxh5 g6 22.Qd1 Kg7
23.a3 Rh8 24.Qd3 Rh4 25.Qb5 Rc4 26.Qxa4 Rxa4 27.Kg2 Rg4+ 28.Kf3 Rg1 29.Ke2 Rc4
30.Kd3 Rd1+ 31.Rd2 Rf1 32.Rb4 Rc8 33.Bf2 Rh8 34.Bg3 Rf3+ 35.Ke2 Rxc3 36.Rb3 Rc4
37.Rb4 Rc5 38.Kd3 Rhc8 39.Rb3 Rc4 40.c3 Kf8 41.Rf2 Ke7 42.Rf3 Ra4 43.Rf1 Kd7
44.Ra1 Re4 45.Rc1 Rh8 46.Rb4 Re3+ 47.Kd2 Rc8 48.c4 d4 49.a4 Ra3 50.c5 bxc5
51.Rb7+ Kc6 52.Rxa7 Nxg3 53.hxg3 Rh8 54.Ra6+ Kb7 55.Ra5 Rh2+ 56.Kd1 Rxg3
57.Rb5+ Ka6  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf5 Bxf5 7.exf5 Qd7 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 Rd8 13.Qf3 b5 14.Bb3 Nd4 15.Qh3 Qc6
16.Rfe1 Nxb3 17.cxb3 b4 18.Ne2 O-O 19.Ng3 Qd6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qg4 Qb6
23.Nh5 e4 24.Re3 Bxb2 25.Rg3 g6 26.Qg5 Kh8 27.Qh6 Rd6 28.Nf4 Bg7 29.Qh4 Qd8
30.Qg4 d4 31.h4 Be5 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Rh3 Qc8 34.Qg5 Qf5 35.Ne2 d3 36.Ng3 Qxg5
37.hxg5 Bc3 38.Nf1 Rd5 39.Rg3 Ra5 40.Rg4 Rxa2 41.Ng3 e3 42.fxe3 Rxe3 43.Nf1 Re8
44.Rxd3 Rb2 45.Rd7 Rf8 46.Ne3 Rb1+ 47.Kh2 Be5+ 48.g3 Rf2+ 49.Ng2 Rbb2  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sigfusson,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B32"]

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.Be3 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nf6 11.c4 Ng4 12.Nc2 bxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Be7 15.O-O O-O
16.Bd3 f5 17.Rc1  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Votava,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B42"]

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.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.b4 Be7 11.b5 Bd7 12.a4 O-O 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Be2 e5
16.b6 Qb8 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Rd2 Rc8 19.Rad1 Rc6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.c5 Rc8 22.exd5 dxc5
23.d6 Bf8 24.d7 e4 25.Bc4 Rd8 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Bb2 Qf4 28.Qc3 Qf5 29.Qg3 Qg4
30.Qe5 e3 31.h3 Qh4 32.Qf5 Ne4 33.fxe3 Nd6 34.Bd5 Be7 35.Qe6  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.bxa3 Bd6 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Nc4 Rb8 18.Qd2 Rb3 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxc6 Qb8 21.Rxa6 Rxb2 22.Qd3 Rb3
23.Qc2 Rb2 24.Qd3 Rb3 25.Qc2 Qb5 26.Rc6 Rxa3 27.Bd1 Nd5 28.Rc5 Qb4+ 29.Qd2 a5
30.Qxb4 axb4 31.Rb5 Nc3 32.Rxb4 Nxd1 33.O-O Nc3 34.g3 g6 35.Kg2 Nd5 36.Rb7 Rc8
37.Rb2 h5 38.Rfb1 Kg7 39.h4 Nf6 40.Rb7 Ng4 41.R1b2 Rac3 42.Kf3 Rc2  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Rg1 O-O 14.Qf2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 f5 18.gxf6 Rxf6 19.Qe2 Rc8 20.Kb1 Qd7 21.Rdd1 Qh3 22.Nd2 Nf4
23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Rg2 Qg3 25.Rgg1 Qh3 26.Rg3 Qe6 27.Nf1 Bh4 28.Rg1 Rcf8 29.Ne3 g6
30.Ng2 Rxf3 31.Nxh4 Rf2 32.Qd3 Kh8 33.Nf5 Rxh2 34.Nxd6 Rff2 35.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bd3 h6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Ba3 13.Bxa3 Qxa3 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Qb2 Rd8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.e4 b5 18.Ne3 Be8 19.Rac1 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.h3 Nc6 24.b4 Nd7 25.a3 Qc7 26.Qc3 Qd6 27.Bc2 Kf8 28.Bb3 Nde5 29.Nxe5 Qxe5
30.Qxe5 Nxe5 31.Kf1 Bc6 32.Bc2 g5 33.Ke2 Ke7 34.g3 f6 35.f4 gxf4 36.gxf4 Ng6
37.Ng2 e5 38.f5 Nh8 39.Ne3 Nf7 40.h4 Nd6 41.Kf3 Kf8 42.Bd3 Kg7 43.Bc2 Bb7
44.Bd3 Bc6 45.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 a6
9.Bd3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qd5 12.Kb1 b5 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.c4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 Qa5
16.Rhg1 Rb8 17.Ka1 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.f4 Qa5 20.Bd4 O-O 21.g4 Ne4 22.g5 hxg5
23.Bd3 Bd5 24.Bb1 Rb4 25.a3 Rb3 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Qb5 28.Qe3 c5 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.Bxe4 Rb8 31.Qc3+ Kf8 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.Qe5 Rb6 34.f5 f6 35.Qc3 d4 36.Qc2 c4
37.Re1 c3 38.b4 Rb8 39.Qf2 Qd3 40.Re6 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dautov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qd3 Bd7
9.d5 Nb4 10.Qd1 a5 11.e4 e5 12.Ne1 c6 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Be3 b6 15.Nd3 Na6 16.Qe2 Qb8
17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Rd2 Nc5 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.Bh3 Qf8 22.b3 h5 23.Qf2 Rab8
24.Bg5 Ne6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Nb2 Rd7 27.Kg2 Rbb7 28.h3 Qb8 29.Rd3 Ne8 30.Nba4 Rf7
31.Be3 b5 32.cxb5 Bxb5 33.Nxb5 Rxb5 34.Qc2 Kh7 35.Qc4 d5 36.exd5 Nd6 37.Qc2 e4
38.fxe4 Nxe4 39.d6 Qb7 40.Kg1 Rf3 41.Qc7 Rxg3+ 42.Kh2 Qa8 43.Bd4 e5 44.d7 Qf8
45.Rxg3 Qf4 46.Rd3 Nxg3 47.d8=Q Ne2+ 48.Kg2 Qe4+ 49.Rf3 Nf4+ 50.Kg3 Rd5 51.Qde7 h4+
52.Kh2 Nh5 53.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Schmittdiel,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 h6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 a6 8.a3 b5 9.Ba2 c4
10.dxc4 b4 11.axb4 Bxb4 12.Ng3 d6 13.O-O Bg4 14.f3 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Be6 16.Nd5 O-O
17.c3 a5 18.Bb1 Nd7 19.Nf5 Nb6 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.b4 Nxd5 23.cxd5 Bxf5
24.bxc5 Bg4 25.Qe1 f6 26.Qg3 h5 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Bd3 Qc7 29.c6 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rf8
31.h3 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 Bd1 33.Qg6 a4 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qd7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B17"]

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.b3 e5 14.c3 b6 15.Re1 Bb7
16.Qh3 Rd8 17.Bb2 g6 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.c4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rh7 21.Be4 f5 22.Bd5 Nd3
23.Qh4 g5 24.Qh3 Bxh2+ 25.Qxh2 Qxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Nxb2 27.Re5 Nd3 28.Rxf5+ Ke7
29.Kg3 Nf4 30.Kg4 Rd7 31.Re1+ Kd8 32.Rf8+ Kc7 33.Be4 h5+ 34.Kf5 Rhg7 35.Rf6 Ng2
36.Rc6+ Kd8 37.Rh1 h4 38.Rh6 Nf4 39.Re1 Rdf7+ 40.Kg4 Kc7 41.Bf5 Rf8 42.Re5 Rd8
43.Be4 Rd1 44.Re8 Rd8 45.Re5 Rd6 46.Rh8 Rd8 47.Rh6 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.Ne3 Be6 12.g3 Qd7 13.Bg2 Bd8 14.O-O Bb6 15.Ned5 Bd4
16.Be3 Bxc3 17.Nb6 Qd8 18.bxc3 Rb8 19.Rb1 O-O 20.Nd5 Kh8 21.Rb2 Nd7 22.Be4 Na5
23.Qh5 Bg8 24.Bg5 Qe8 25.Qh4 Nc5 26.Bb1 e4 27.Nf6 Rxf6 28.Bxf6 Bxc4 29.Re1 gxf6
30.Qxf6+ Kg8 31.Qxd6 Qf8 32.Qc7 Nc6 33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Rxe4 Qf3 35.Rxc4 Qd1+
36.Kg2 Qd5+ 37.Kg1 Qxc4 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Qxb7 Qxc3 40.Qxa6 Nd4 41.Qa8+ Kf7
42.Qd5+ Kf6 43.Kg2 Kg7 44.a4 Nc6 45.h4 Na5 46.g4 Nc6 47.h5 Ne7 48.Qe6 Kf8
49.Qe4 h6 50.Qf3+ Qxf3+ 51.Kxf3 Nc6 52.Ke4 Ke7 53.Kd5 Nb4+ 54.Kc4 Nc6 55.Kb5 Ne5
56.a5 Kd7 57.g5 hxg5 58.h6 Kc7 59.h7 Ng6 60.Kc5 Kb7 61.Kd5 Ka6 62.Ke4 Kxa5
63.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.Qe4 g6 12.O-O-O e5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Bb5 Rd8 15.Rhe1 Kg7
16.h5 Re8 17.Rxd4 Re7 18.Qe3 gxh5 19.Rh4 Qh6 20.Qxh6+ Kxh6 21.g4 Kg7 22.Rxh5 f6
23.g5 f5 24.Bxd7 Bxd7 25.Rxe5 Rae8 26.Rxe7+ Rxe7 27.Kd2 Bc6 28.Nh4 Rd7+ 29.Kc1 f4
30.c4 Be4 31.Rh6 Rc7 32.b3 b5 33.Re6 Bd3 34.Kd2 bxc4 35.bxc4 Bxc4 36.Nf5+ Kf8
37.Rf6+ Rf7 38.Rxf7+ Bxf7 39.a3 Ba2 40.Ke2 Bb1 41.Nd4 Ke7 42.Kf3 Kd6 43.Kxf4 Kc5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 Bh5 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nge4 Bd4+
16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Bb3 Ng4 18.h3 Bg6 19.Nd5 Bxb2 20.Rae1 Nh6 21.Nxc5 b6 22.Ne7+ Kh8
23.Nxg6+ hxg6 24.Ne4 f6 25.c3 Ba3 26.d4 g5 27.Bc2 Re8 28.c4 Bd6 29.Nxd6 Qxd6
30.Qd3 f5 31.d5 g4 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.hxg4 Nxg4 34.Qh3+ Kg8 35.Qh4 g6 36.Bxf5 gxf5
37.Qg5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.g4 Nge7 7.Be3 a6 8.f4 b5
9.Bg2 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qb6 Qxb6 12.Bxb6 Rb8 13.Be3 g5 14.fxg5 Ne5 15.h3 Be7
16.b3 Rg8 17.O-O-O Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Rxg5 19.Rxd6 h5 20.Rd2 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rxg4
22.Rh8+ Ke7 23.Kb2 Rg3 24.Bf1 Rg1 25.Bd3 Nc6 26.a4 b4 27.Nd5+ exd5 28.exd5 Bg4
29.Rh6 Ne5 30.d6+ Kd7 31.Bxa6 Bf3 32.Rf6 Bc6 33.Rf5 Re8 34.Rd4 Rg4 35.Rxg4 Nxg4
36.Rxf7+ Kxd6 37.Rf4 Re4 38.Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Bb7 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Bd4 Rc8
16.Kb1 Qa5 17.a3 Nc6 18.f5 Ndxe5 19.Bb6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A15"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]

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+ Ke7
16.Qb4 a5 17.Nxc8+ Kd8 18.Qe7+ Kxc8 19.Rxb7 Kxb7 20.Qxd7+ Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Bc5 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.c3 dxc3
9.Nxc3 h6 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Bb3 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Bf7+ Kd8
16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Qe6+ Kd8 19.O-O Qc6 20.Rfe1 Qd7 21.Qb3 Rb8 22.Ne2 b5
23.Nf4 Rb6 24.Qc3  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne4 Bf5 12.Re1 Nd5 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Bd2 c5 15.Nb5 a6 16.Na3 Kc8
17.Rad1 Nb4 18.Bxb4 cxb4 19.Nc4 a5 20.Rd5 b6 21.Ned6+ Kb8 22.Nb5 Bc5 23.Rd7 Rc8
24.Ncd6 cxd6 25.exd6 a4 26.Ree7 Ra5 27.Rb7+ Ka8 28.Na7 Bxd6 29.Nxc8 Bxe7
30.Nxb6+ Kxb7  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C87"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B30"]

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"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qf6 22.Nf4 Bf5
23.Qf3 Re8 24.Nh5 Qg6 25.Ng3 Be6 26.Re1 Re7 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Re4 Rf7 29.Qe2 e5
30.Rg4 Qe6 31.f4 Qb3 32.fxe5 dxe5 33.dxe5 Nxe5 34.Re4 Nd7 35.Qc4 Qxc4 36.Rxc4 Ne5
37.Re4 Nd3 38.Rd4 Nf4 39.Kh2 Ne6 40.Rd6 Nc5 41.Rd5 Rc7 42.c4 b6 43.Nf5 Ne4
44.Rd4 Nf6 45.g4 Rc5 46.Kg3 h5 47.Ne3 hxg4 48.Nxg4 Nxg4 49.Kxg4 Ra5 50.Rd7 Rxa3
51.Rb7 Kh7 52.h5 Ra4 53.Kg5 Rxc4 54.Rxa7 Rc5+ 55.Kg4 Kh6 56.Ra6 Rg5+ 57.Kf4 Rb5
58.Ra7 Rxh5 59.Rb7 Rb5 60.Rd7 g6 61.Kg4 Rb4+ 62.Kg3 Kh5 63.Rh7+ Kg5 64.Rd7 Rb3+
65.Kg2 b5 66.Rd5+ Kh4 67.Rd4+ Kh5 68.Rd5+ g5 69.Rd4 Rc3 70.Rb4 Rc5 71.Kg3 Kg6
72.Rb1 Kf5 73.Rf1+ Ke4  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 f5 11.Nc3 Nc7 12.b4 a5 13.c5 Be7 14.Bb2 Ne6 15.Na4 Bf6 16.Nb6 Ra7
17.Ne5 Nf4 18.f3 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Ng5 20.e6 Bxe6 21.Qd2 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 axb4 23.axb4 Rxa1
24.Rxa1 Bf7 25.Qxf5 Ne6 26.Qg4 d4 27.Rd1 Re8 28.h3 h5 29.Qg3 Qf6 30.Kh1 Rd8
31.Nc4 Nxc5 32.bxc5 Bxc4 33.Qf2 Qe5 34.Bxd4 Qe2 35.Qg1 Rd7 36.Re1 Qd3 37.Be5 Re7
38.Rd1 Qf5 39.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Qf3 c5
16.Be3 c4 17.Ba2 Rac8 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nc5 21.Bd4 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8
23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nxf7+ Kg8 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Qg3+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 a6
9.Be2 b5 10.O-O b4 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Bd3 f5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.f3 Nf6
16.c5 Bc7 17.a3 bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qf7 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.f4 a5 21.Bc3 Ra7 22.Rfa1 Rfa8
23.Nb2 Qf8 24.b4 Qd8 25.Qe1 Ba6 26.bxa5 Nf6 27.Bxa6 Rxa6 28.Nd3 Qe8 29.Qd1 Ne4
30.Be1 h6 31.Rb3 R8a7 32.Rb6 Qa8 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.Nb4 Rxa5 35.Nxc6 R5a6 36.Nxa7 Bxb6
37.cxb6 Rxb6 38.Nc8 Rb8 39.Ne7 Qa3 40.Nc6 Qxe3+ 41.Kh1 Rb2 42.Bg3 Re2 43.Ne5 h5
44.Qf1 Rf2 45.Qg1 Nxg3+ 46.hxg3 Qxg3 47.Qh2 Qxh2+ 48.Kxh2 Rxf4 49.Nf3 Kg6
50.Rc8 Kf6 51.Rf8+ Ke7 52.Rh8 g6 53.Kg3 Rg4+ 54.Kf2 Kf6 55.Rh7 Re4 56.Ra7 g5
57.Ra4 f4 58.Ne5 g4 59.Nd7+ Kf5 60.Nc5 Re3 61.Ra8 g3+ 62.Kf1 f3 63.gxf3 Rxf3+
64.Kg2 Rc3 65.Rf8+ Kg4 66.Rg8+ Kh4 67.Nxe6 Rc2+ 68.Kf3 Rc3+ 69.Kf4 Kh3 70.Rh8 Kg2
71.Rxh5 Kf2 72.Rh3 Rf3+ 73.Kg4 Re3 74.Nf4 g2 75.Nxg2 Rxh3 76.Kxh3 Kf3 77.Ne1+ Ke4
78.Nc2 Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 Bd7
16.Bf3 Bb5 17.b3 Bxc4 18.bxc4 Ra7 19.Bb2 b6 20.Rfd1 Rc8 21.g4 g5 22.Kg2 Nd7
23.h4 gxh4 24.Rh1 Bd6 25.Rxh4 Rxc4 26.Rxh7 Rc2 27.Rb1 Rac7 28.g5 R7c5 29.g6 Rg5+
30.Kf1 Rxg6 31.Be4 Rxb2 32.Bxg6 Rxb1+ 33.Bxb1 Nf6 34.Rh8 Nd5 35.Ra8 a5 36.Ra7+ Kf6
37.a4 Bc5 38.Rb7 Ne7 39.Bd3 Ke5 40.Ke2 f5 41.f4+ Kd6 42.Bb5 e5 43.Rd7+ Ke6
44.Rd8 exf4 45.exf4 Ng6 46.Kf3 Bd6 47.Be8 Nf8 48.Rc8 Ke7 49.Bb5 Ne6 50.Rc4 Bc5
51.Ba6 Kd6 52.Ke2 Bb4 53.Bb5 Bc5 54.Kd3 Nc7 55.Rc1 Nxb5 56.axb5 Kd5 57.Rh1 Bd6
58.Rh6 a4 59.Rf6 Bxf4 60.Rxb6 a3 61.Ra6 Kc5 62.Rxa3 Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 O-O 14.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A13"]

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 "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Nbc6 10.Nf3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qh5 Nf5 13.g4 c4 14.gxf5 cxd3 15.Rg1 Bd7
16.c4 Qc7 17.Bh6 Be8 18.Qh4 Rxh6 19.Qxh6 dxc4 20.cxd3 cxd3 21.f6 Bg6 22.Qxg7+ Qxg7
23.fxg7 Rd8 24.Rg4 Bf5 25.Rf4 Ne7 26.Kd2 Ng6 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Rb1 b6 29.Rb5 Ne7
30.Re5 Rd7 31.Kxd3 Kxg7 32.h4 Kf6 33.Ng5 Ng6 34.Re6+ Kg7 35.Kc4 Rc7+ 36.Kb5 Nxh4
37.Rxb6 axb6 38.Ne6+ Kf6 39.Nxc7 Nf3 40.Nd5+ Kg5 41.Kxb6 Nxd4 42.Kc5 Ne6+
43.Kd6 Nd4 44.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rustemov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Bb2 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.h3 Bd7 13.e4 a5 14.Qe2 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.a3 Na6 17.Rac1 Qb6 18.Qe3 Rbc8 19.Rc3 Bd7 20.Rfc1 Nc7 21.R3c2 Ne6 22.Bf1 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Rxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 O-O 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.g4 Nxg4
16.Rhg1 f5 17.Qe2 Kh7 18.Qxe6 Qd5 19.Qxe7 Qxf3 20.Be5 Rg8 21.Qxb7 Qxf2 22.Kb1 Rae8
23.Qxc6 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Rxe5 25.a4 Qc5 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Rd7 Ra5 28.Rf7 f4 29.Rxf4 Rxh5
30.b4 g5 31.Rf7+ Rg7 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.Kb2 Kf6 34.b5 Ke5 35.Kb3 Kd5 36.Rd1+ Kc5
37.Rd7 g4 38.Rc7+ Kb6 39.Rc6+ Kb7 40.Rg6 Rg5 41.Rxh6 g3 42.Rh1 g2 43.Rg1 Kb6
44.Kb4 Rg4+ 45.c4 a5+ 46.bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Campora,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 c6 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.Rfe1 Qa5 15.Qd2 Re6
16.f3 Rae8 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.a3 f5 19.Qg5 Qe5 20.Qc1 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Qf5 22.c4 h6
23.Bd4 a6 24.a4 Qf7 25.h3 Ne5 26.Qc3 Ng6 27.Bg1 Nf4 28.Bh2 d5 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.Nf2 Ne2 31.Qd2 Bc5 32.Ng4 Nd4 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Qc3 Qb6 35.Be5 Qxb3 36.Qd2 Nxf3
37.gxf3 Qxf3+ 38.Kh2 h5 39.Qxd5+ Qxd5 40.Rxd5 b6 41.Kg2 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kf7
43.Kf3 Rc8 44.Rd3 Be7 45.Rb3 Rc6 46.Bd4 Bd8 47.Ke4 Re6+ 48.Kd5 Rg6 49.Rf3+ Ke8
50.Rf4 Bc7 51.Re4+ Kd7 52.Kc4 Rc6+ 53.Kd5 Rd6+ 54.Kc4 g6 55.Be3 Re6 56.Rd4+ Kc6
57.Bh6 Bd6 58.g5 Re3 59.Rd3 Rxd3 60.Kxd3 Kd5 61.Bg7 Be7 62.Bd4 b5 63.axb5 axb5  0-1

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 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.Nh3 e5 18.a4 Nd3 19.Bxd3 cxd3 20.Qxd3 b4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 O-O
23.Be3 exf4 24.Rac1 Qd7 25.Bxf4 Rad8 26.a5 Rf5 27.Bxd6 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Qxd6
29.Nf4 Bxd5 30.Nxd5 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Qxd5 32.Qxa6 Ra8 33.Qb6 Qxa5 34.Qe6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D18"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Nxd4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Ndf5 Bf8 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Qd2 Qb7 21.Bd4 Bxg2 22.Qg5 g6
23.Nh6+ Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Qe3 Ng7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7
29.Qg5 Bxh3 30.Nh5+ Kg8 31.Qd8+ Nf8 32.Be4 Qc8 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Qe7 Be6 35.Kg2 Nd7
36.Nxd7 Bxd7 37.Qxf7 Be6 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.a3 Bf7 40.f3 Qd7 41.b4 a5 42.bxa5 Qd2+
43.Kh3 Qxa5 44.Qd6 Qa7 45.Kg2 Bc4 46.Bd5+ Bxd5 47.Qxd5+ Kf8 48.Qxb5 Qxa3
49.Qb8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurajica,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nc6 11.O-O Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 Nb4 14.Qe2 Rfc8 15.Rac1 Rc6
16.a3 Na6 17.Qd3 Rac8 18.Nb5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rxc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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.O-O Nc5 15.Qc2 Ne6
16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 a5 20.b3 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qd8 22.Qa1 f6
23.Qc1 fxg3 24.hxg3 Ng5 25.f4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Nd7 27.Bc2 Qe8 28.Qd1 Kc7 29.Kg2 Qe6
30.e3 Nc5 31.g4 Bc3 32.Kf3 Bb4 33.Ng3 Qf7 34.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qg4 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bh6 Bf6
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.h4 Rd5 19.Bg5 Nd7 20.Rac1 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Rd8 22.Qg3 f5
23.gxf6 Nxf6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Rxc6 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Ng3 Qe8 17.a4 Qd7 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rfb8
23.Qc4 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Qa2 Bb4 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Bg5 Kh8 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Rxd5 a5
30.Qb1 Re8 31.Rd1 Rad8 32.Rf1 Qf7 33.b3 Rd5 34.Ra2 Red8 35.Rc2 Qg6 36.Re2 Rd3
37.Qc2 h6 38.Rb1 Qf7 39.Ne4 Qd5 40.f3 Qf7 41.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 c6 14.b4 Nf7 15.Qb3 Nc7
16.Bc4 Ne6 17.Ne2 Kh8 18.Bc3 b6 19.Qa3 Bd7 20.Rfd1 b5 21.Bb3 Qc8 22.Bd2 Qc7
23.Qb2 a5 24.a3 a4 25.Ba2 Rad8 26.Qc2 Qc8 27.Rac1 Nc7 28.Bc3 Be6 29.Ng3 Bh6
30.Ra1 Kg7 31.Nf1 Bf4 32.Bd2 Bxa2 33.Rxa2 Ne6 34.Qc1 h5 35.h4 Nd4 36.Nxd4 Rxd4
37.Bxf4 Rxd1 38.Bh6+ Nxh6 39.Qxd1 Rd8 40.Rd2 Rxd2 41.Qxd2 Nf7 42.Qd3 Qe6
43.Nd2 Kf8 44.Kf1 Qg4 45.Nf3 Ke8 46.Qe3 Qd7 47.Ke1 Ke7 48.g3 Qe6 49.Ng1 Qa2
50.Ne2 Qb1+ 51.Kd2 g5 52.Qf3 Qb2+ 53.Kd1 Qa1+ 54.Kd2 Qf1 55.Nc3 gxh4 56.gxh4 Nd8
57.Nd1 Qc4 58.Ne3 Qa2+ 59.Kd1 Qb1+ 60.Kd2 Qb2+ 61.Kd1 Qb1+ 62.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Jahorina BIH"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Atalik,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ng6
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.c4 Qc7 12.cxd5 O-O 13.Qd4 exd5 14.Qxd5 Ndxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.cxd6 Bf5 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.Bg3 Rfc8 20.c4 b5 21.O-O-O bxc4 22.d7 Rd8
23.Bxc4 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Kb2 Be6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Rc1 e5 28.Rc7 h5 29.h4 Nf4
30.Kb3 Re8 31.Rxa7 Nxg2 32.a4 e4 33.Rc7 e3 34.fxe3 Nxe3 35.Rc5 Rf8 36.a5 Nf5
37.Bf2 Nd6 38.Rd5 Rf3+ 39.Kb4 Nb7 40.Bd4 Nxa5 41.Rxa5 Rf4 42.Kc4 Rxh4 43.Rg5 Rg4
44.Rxh5 Kf7 45.Kd5 Rg2 46.Ke4 Rg4+ 47.Ke3 Kg6 48.Rd5 Kh7 49.Kf3 Rg6 50.Rd7 Kg8
51.Kf4 Rg2 52.Kf3 Rg6 53.Ra7 Kh7 54.Ra2 Rd6 55.Ke4 Rg6 56.Kf4 Kg8 57.Kf5 Rg3
58.Rh2 Kf7 59.Rh8 Rg2 60.Bc5 g6+ 61.Ke4 Rg4+ 62.Ke5 Rg5+ 63.Kd6 Rh5 64.Rc8 Kf6
65.Rf8+ Kg7 66.Rf1 Rh4 67.Be3 Ra4 68.Ke5 Ra5+ 69.Ke6 g5 70.Bd4+ Kg6 71.Be5 Ra2
72.Rh1 Re2 73.Rh8 Re1 74.Rg8+ Kh5 75.Kd5 Rb1 76.Bf6 Rb5+ 77.Ke6 Kg4 78.Ra8 Kf3
79.Ra3+ Kf2 80.Bd4+ Kf1 81.Be5 Kf2 82.Ra4 Kf3 83.Kf5 Rc5 84.Ra3+ Ke2 85.Ke4 Rc2
86.Rg3 Rd2 87.Bc3 Rc2 88.Rg2+ Kd1 89.Rg1+ Ke2 90.Bd4 g4 91.Rg3 Kd2 92.Rg2+ Kd1
93.Rg1+ Ke2 94.Rg3 Kd2 95.Be3+ Ke2 96.Bf4 Rc4+ 97.Kf5 Rc2 98.Kxg4 Rc8 99.Re3+ Kf2
100.Re4 Rc2 101.Bg3+ Kg2 102.Re3 Ra2 103.Bf4 Rc2 104.Rh3 Rf2 105.Rd3 Re2
106.Be3 Kf1 107.Kf3 Rf2+ 108.Ke4 Rc2 109.Bf4 Ke2 110.Re3+ Kf2 111.Bg3+ Kg2
112.Be5 Rc8 113.Bd4 Rc2 114.Ra3 Kf1 115.Kd3 Rc8 116.Ra2 Rd8 117.Rf2+ Ke1
118.Rf7 Rd5 119.Re7+ Kf1  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Jahorina BIH"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovacevic,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Brynell,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h4 Qe7 12.Nh3 Bd7 13.h5 gxh5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.Qf4 Qxf4
16.Nxf4 O-O-O 17.Rxh5 Ne7 18.f3 a6 19.Kd2 Na4 20.Rah1 Bb5 21.Rxh6 Rxh6 22.Rxh6 Bxd3
23.cxd3 c5 24.dxc5 d4 25.Bf2 Nc6 26.Bh4 Rf8 27.Ne2 Nxc5 28.f4 Rg8 29.g3 Kd7
30.Rh7 Ke8 31.Ng1 b5 32.Nf3 a5 33.Ng5 Rf8 34.Rh6 Kd7 35.Nh7 Rb8 36.Nf6+ Kc7
37.Rh7 Rf8 38.Bg5 b4 39.Bh6 Ra8 40.Rxf7+ Kb6 41.axb4 axb4 42.Nd7+ Nxd7 43.Rxd7 Ra2+
44.Kc1 Rg2 45.f5 Nxe5 46.Rxd4 Nc6 47.Rc4 exf5 48.Be3+ Kc7 49.Bf4+ Kd7 50.Rc5 b3
51.Rb5 b2+ 52.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g5 8.h4 h5 9.hxg5 hxg4
10.Rxh8+ Bf8 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ne2 c5 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Nc3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6
16.Nxe4 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berndt,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grivas,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.f4 a6 10.Qf3 Be7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Kb1 Na4 15.Bd2 Nxc3+
16.Bxc3 e5 17.Bd2 exf4 18.Bxf4 O-O 19.h4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goloshchapov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Atalik,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C16"]

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 "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nh6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Nb3 Nd7
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nfd4 Ng4 11.Bb5+ Kd8 12.O-O Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Bg6 14.Rfd1 Kc7 15.c4 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Rc8 17.Nd2 Kb8 18.Bb5 a6 19.Be2 Na4 20.Nc4 Rxc4 21.Bxc4 Nxb2 22.Nxe6 Qxe3
23.Rd8+ Ka7 24.fxe3 fxe6 25.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Genov,Peta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.g4 Nxg4 11.Rg1 h5 12.h3 Ne5 13.Nd5 Bd8 14.f4 Ng6 15.f5 Ne7 16.Nxe7 Bxe7
17.Bg5 c5 18.Nf3 Bxf5 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Rxg7 Bxh3 21.d4 Nc6 22.dxc5 Bg4 23.Rg5 Kf6
24.Rd5 dxc5 25.Rxc5 Rhe8 26.Rc3 Rad8 27.Kf1 Rxe2 28.Kxe2 Nd4+ 29.Kf2 Nxf3
30.Rxf3+ Bxf3 31.Kxf3 Rd2 32.Rc1 Kg5 33.a4 h4  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Nf6 15.Bf5 Qa5
16.Bxc8 Rfxc8 17.Qb3 Qd5 18.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C41"]

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.Qd3 Qc7 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxb5 Qa5 14.Qc4 Rb8 15.a4 Qb4
16.Nxe5 Qxc4 17.Nxc4 a6 18.Nbd6+ Bxd6 19.Nxd6+ Kf8 20.f4 Bb7 21.e5 Ne8 22.Nxe8 Kxe8
23.Rxg7 Bc8 24.Rd6 Kf8 25.Rg1 Rg8 26.Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.Rxh6 Nf8 28.Rd6 Ra8 29.c4 Be6
30.b3 Kg7 31.Kb2 Kg6 32.h4 Kh5 33.Kc3 Ng6 34.b4 Nxh4 35.Bc1 Rc8 36.c5 a5
37.Rb6 Nf5 38.Ba3 Ne3 39.bxa5 Nd5+ 40.Kd3 Nxb6 41.axb6 Bd5 42.a5 Ra8 43.Kd4 Bc6
44.Bb4 Kg6 45.e6 f6 46.f5+ Kxf5 47.e7 Ke6 48.a6 Kxe7 49.b7 Rd8+ 50.Kc4 Kd7
51.Bc3 Rf8 52.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D10"]

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 "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delchev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.O-O d6 10.h3 a4 11.Nxa4 Nxe4 12.Nb5 Rxa4 13.Bxa4 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.c4 Be6
16.Bb3 Qd7 17.Re1 Rc8 18.Rc1 Ne5 19.Bd4 Nc5 20.Rc3 Qd8 21.f4 Nc6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Kh2 Qh8 24.Qd2 Kf8 25.Rf3 h5 26.Rff1 Qf6 27.Rf2 Bf5 28.Rf3 Be4 29.Rff1 Bd3
30.Rf3 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 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.c4 Qe4 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Rc1 h6 19.d5 Ne5 20.Bxa7 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Qxd3 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Bd4 Qxa3 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qd2 Kg7 26.h3 Bxh3 27.Rc3 Qa1+ 28.Rc1 Qa3 29.Rc3 Qa1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nd4 17.Nd2 Nf5 18.Ne4 Nd7 19.b4 Rc8 20.Bd2 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.a4 Nh4
23.Qh5 g6 24.Qd1 f5 25.Ng3 e4 26.Ne2 Bf6 27.Rb1 Be5 28.Bh6 Rf7 29.Nf4 Nf3+
30.gxf3 Qh4 31.Ne6 Qxh6 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.b5 Nh5 34.bxa6 Nf4+ 35.Nxf4 Qxf4 36.Rh1 e3
37.fxe3 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Qxe3 39.Rb7 Qa3 40.Rxf7 Kxf7 41.Bb1 Qxa4 42.Kg2 Qxa6
43.Qe2 Kg7 44.h4 h5 45.Kh3 Ra8 46.Rg1 Qc8 47.f4 Qc5 48.Rg3 Qxd5 49.fxe5 Qh1+
50.Qh2 Qxh2+ 51.Kxh2 dxe5 52.c3 Kf6 53.Rg2 Ra3 54.Rc2 e4 55.Ba2 Ra4 56.Kg3 Ke5
57.Rb2 Ra3 58.Rc2 Ra4 59.Rb2 Ra3 60.Rc2 Ra4 61.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 O-O 17.Nc2 Rc8 18.Rad1 Rc5 19.Ne3 f4 20.Nf5 Ng6 21.Rfe1 Re8 22.f3 e3
23.Bd3 Re5 24.Be4 Ne7 25.Qg5 Qf8 26.Qxf4 Nxf5 27.Bxf5 Rc4 28.Rd4 Qe8 29.Be4 Qe7
30.Rxc4 bxc4 31.g4 Qh4 32.Qxe3 Bh6 33.Qf2 Qf6 34.Kh1 Bf4 35.Rg1 Kg7 36.Rg2 h6
37.Kg1 Re8 38.Kf1 a5 39.Qe2 Qh4 40.Qf2 Qf6 41.h4 Qe5 42.Qe2 Qe7 43.Qf2 Qe5
44.Kg1 Rb8 45.Qe1 Re8 46.Kh1 Qxd5 47.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 b4 17.Nc4 bxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.Rad1 f4 20.f3 e3 21.g3 Ng6 22.Qf5 Rc8
23.gxf4 Re8 24.Rb1 Bh6 25.Rb7 Rc7 26.Rfb1 Bxf4 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Qf6 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Qxb8
30.Bd3 Qe8 31.Kf1 Qa4 32.Be2 Qxa2 33.Qd4 Qb1+ 34.Qd1 Qf5 35.Qd4 Qh3+ 36.Ke1 Qxh2
37.Kd1 h5  0-1

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4
16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Qf3 Be6 19.Be3 Qc2 20.Qe2 Qg6 21.Qf3 Qc2 22.Qe2 Qg6
23.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B83"]

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 "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Bd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Nc5 17.Qg4 Bf6 18.Ne4 Rxe4 19.Rxe4 h5 20.Nh6+ Kf8 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Nf5 Bxd5
23.Re1 Nc5 24.Ne3 Re8 25.Bd2 Be6 26.Rab1 Ba2 27.Ra1 Be6 28.Rab1 Ba2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.Qc2 Kb8 14.g4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Rh3
16.g5 Nd5 17.e4 Nxc3+ 18.Qxc3 Qc7 19.Bc1 Nb6 20.Bb3 Rxh2 21.Rxh2 Qxh2 22.d5 Qe2
23.Re1 Qb5 24.Qxg7 Qd3+ 25.Bc2 Qxf3 26.dxe6 Bb4 27.Re3 Qh1 28.Re2 fxe6 29.Qf6 Kc7
30.a3 Bd2 31.Qe5+ Kc8 32.Qxe6+ Kb8 33.Qe5+ Kc8 34.Qe6+ Kb8 35.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Rfc8 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.Bd3 Qb8 20.Qe2 b4 21.Nc4 exd4 22.Bf4 Re8
23.e5 dxe5 24.Nfxe5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Qb7 26.Qc2 bxa3 27.bxa3 Qb3 28.Qd2 Be6 29.Bxd4 Bxc4
30.Bxc4 Qxa3 31.Ra1 Qb4 32.Qa2 Rf8 33.Rab1 Qa3 34.Rb7 Qxa2 35.Bxa2 Bd6 36.g4 h6
37.Kg2 a3 38.Rd1 Rab8 39.Rxb8 Bxb8 40.Bc5 Rc8 41.Bxa3 Ba7 42.Bb2 Bb8 43.Bxf6 gxf6
44.Rd7 Rf8 45.Kf3 f5 46.gxf5 Kg7 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.Kh5 Bf4 49.h4 Kg7 50.f3 Kf6
51.Bd5 Kg7 52.Rb7 Be5 53.Bb3 Bf6 54.f4 Bd8 55.Bd5 Bf6 56.Rd7 Bc3 57.Rd6 Bf6
58.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Rfc8 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.Bd3 Qb8 20.Qe2 b4 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Nc4 Bc5 24.Bg5 Ne8 25.axb4 Bxb4 26.Red1 Be6 27.Ne3 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 h6 29.Bh4 a3
30.bxa3 Bxa3 31.Rb1 Qc7 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Rb8 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Qe4 g6 36.Qa4 Bd6
37.Qd7 Kg7 38.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 Nb6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.b4 Be7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O b6 14.Bd2 a5 15.a3 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Rfb8
17.e4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 bxc5 20.bxc5 dxe4 21.Bf4 e5 22.dxe5 Nh5 23.Qxe4 Nxc5
24.Qxc6 Qxc6 25.Bxc6 Nxf4 26.gxf4 Ra8 27.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Nbc3 Na5 11.Bc2 Bxc2 12.Qxc2 Be7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.Nf4 Qc6 15.Qe2 Qc4
16.Qg4 g5 17.Nfe2 Nc6 18.Qh5 f6 19.b3 Qb4 20.Qf7 fxe5 21.Qxe6+ Kb8 22.dxe5 g4
23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Nd5 Qe4 25.Ng3 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Ne4 Ba3 28.e6 Rde8 29.Nf4 Rhf8
30.Nxg6 Rf5 31.Nh4 Rf4 32.Ng5 Be7 33.Ng6 Bxg5 34.Nxf4 Bxf4 35.Rfe1 Bd6 36.Rd5 Rg8
37.Re4 Kc8 38.g3 Kd8 39.Kg2 Ke7 40.Rf5 Nd8 41.Rh5 Nc6 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Rf7+ Kg5
44.h3 gxh3+ 45.Kxh3 Rh8+ 46.Kg2 Ne7 47.Rd4 Bc5 48.Rd7 Re8 49.f4+ Kg4 50.Rxc7 Nf5
51.Rf6 Ne3+ 52.Kf2 Nd5+ 53.Rxc5 bxc5 54.Rg6+ Kf5 55.Rg5+ Ke4 56.Re5+ Kd4
57.Kf3 b5 58.Re4+ Kd3 59.Re5 Kd4 60.Re4+ Kd3 61.Re5 Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Na5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Re1 Nc6 14.a3 a6 15.Bc2 Re8
16.Qd3 g6 17.Bg5 Nd5 18.Qd2 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bd5 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Ne5 Qd6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Re1 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Qd6 25.Qh6 f6 26.Re1 Bf7 27.a4 Qa3 28.Re4 Qf8 29.Qf4 Qd6
30.Qe3 Kg7 31.Re7 Kf8 32.Re4 Kg7 33.Re7 Kf8 34.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 Qd7 11.a3 O-O-O 12.Qc1 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Rd1 Ne7 15.Ng3 Nbd5
16.Nce4 b6 17.Qc4 Kb8 18.Rac1 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Nf5 20.Ba4 Nfxe3 21.fxe3 Nxe3
22.Qb3 Qd5 23.Qxe3 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Rxd4 26.Bc6 Rhd8 27.Kf2 a6 28.Ke2 Ka7
29.Rc2 h6 30.Nd2 e5 31.Nf3 R4d6 32.Ke3 b5 33.Be4 Kb6 34.b4 Re6 35.h4 Rd1
36.h5 Ra1 37.Rc3 a5 38.bxa5+ Kxa5 39.Rxc7 Rxa3+ 40.Kf2 Ra4 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Ke2 Ra4
43.Bf5 Rd6 44.Ke3 Kb6 45.Rxg7 b4 46.Rg6 Kc5 47.Nxe5 b3 48.Nd3+ Kd5 49.Nf4+ Ke5
50.Nd3+ Kd5 51.g4 Ra3 52.Rg8 Rb6 53.Be4+ Kc4 54.Rc8+ Kb5 55.Kd4 Ra4+ 56.Ke5 Ra2
57.Bd5 Re2+ 58.Kd4 b2 59.Bc4+  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Qd7
16.Qd3 Rfd8 17.Bg5 g6 18.Rad1 Nd5 19.Qd2 f6 20.Rxe6 Qxe6 21.Re1 Qf7 22.Bb3 fxg5
23.Nxg5 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Kg7 25.Bxd5 Qf6 26.Qxf6+ Kxf6 27.Re6+ Kg7 28.Bxc6 bxc6
29.Rxc6 Rxd4 30.Rxc7+ Kh6 31.f3 Rad8 32.Ne4 R4d7 33.Rc6 a5 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Rxa5 Rxb2
36.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B77"]

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.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bxd5 Rc8 15.O-O-O Qb6
16.h4 h6 17.h5 g5 18.f4 f6 19.fxg5 fxg5 20.Rdf1 b4 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bb3 Qd4
23.Qe2 Rf6 24.Rxf6 exf6 25.Rd1 Bg4 26.Rxd4 Bxe2 27.Rd7+ Kh8 28.Bf7 Bg4 29.Rxa7 e4
30.Kd2 f5 31.Bg6 Rd8+ 32.Ke3 Rc8 33.Kd2 Rd8+ 34.Ke3 Rc8 35.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.h3 d6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nbd2 Qd7 14.c3 b4 15.Nc4 Ra8
16.Qb3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Nd8 19.Ra2 Rxa2 20.Qxa2 Nf7 21.Qa6 h6 22.Ra1 c5
23.g3 Kh7 24.Kg2 Rb3 25.Bd2 Bd8 26.Qa4 Qb7 27.Qa8 Be7 28.Ra7 Qxa8 29.Rxa8 Rb7
30.Kf1 Nd7 31.Ra6 Kg8 32.Ke2 g6 33.Kd1 Kg7 34.Kc2 Nb8 35.Ra8 Nd7 36.Na5 Rc7
37.Ra6 Nb8 38.Rb6 Nd7 39.Rb7 Rxb7 40.Nxb7 d5 41.Be3 Kf8 42.c4 dxe4 43.dxe4 Ke8
44.Kb3 Nf6 45.Nd2 Nd7 46.Ka4 h5 47.Kb5 h4 48.gxh4 Bxh4 49.Nxc5 Ke7 50.Nb7 Nd6+
51.Nxd6 Kxd6 52.c5+ Kc7 53.Nc4 Nf6 54.f3 Bg3 55.c6 Ne8 56.Bd2 Kc8 57.Bc3 Nc7+
58.Ka5  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Bc8 13.c3 Nc6 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 cxd4
16.Nb3 Be6 17.Nbxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxa2 19.Rxa2 Rc8 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7
22.b3 Qe6 23.Rae2 Nd7 24.Bb2 Rc6 25.f4 Rfc8 26.Re3 Rc2 27.Ba1 Ra2 28.R1e2 Rxa3
29.Bb2 Ra2 30.f5 Qe7 31.Bf6 Rxe2 32.Bxe7 Rxe3 33.Qxd6 Nc5 34.Qd2 Rd3 35.Qh6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bh4 Nxe4 10.Qf4 Ng5 11.Qg3 Be7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qg4 h5 15.Qg3 Ne4
16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bd3 Bc6 20.Qc3 h4 21.Rhg1 Qc7 22.Qf6 Qe7
23.Qc3 Qc7 24.Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kindermann,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Nc4 Ng6 13.Rfd1 f6 14.Kf1 Kf7 15.c3 c5
16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd6+ cxd6 19.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Rfd1 Rb8
16.Nc2 Qd7 17.h3 f5 18.Ncb4 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 "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rytshagov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bc5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ng3 Qd7 14.Kh2 b6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Bd6
17.Qf3 Ne5 18.Qd5 c6 19.Qd4 c5 20.Qf2 Nc6 21.h4 h6 22.Rbe1 Rbe8 23.Rxe8 Rxe8
24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.h5 Bxh5 27.gxh5 f6 28.Qf4 Qd5 29.c4 Qf7 30.Rf3 Qe6
31.Rf2 Qf7 32.Qg4 Re5 33.Re2 Rg5 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Re8 Rxh5+ 36.Nxh5 Qxh5+ 37.Kg3 Qg6+
38.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 b6 10.d3 O-O 11.h3 Bf5 12.Ng3 Qd7 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Qd2 Rfe8 15.Bh6 Bh8
16.Qf4 Bd5 17.Ne4 Ne6 18.Qh4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Ng5 f6 21.e6 Qc8 22.Nf7 Bg7
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nh6 Bxe6 25.Re2 Qd7 26.Rae1 Bd5 27.Ng4 Qd6 28.Qh6+ Kh8 29.f4 Qd7
30.f5 gxf5 31.Nxf6 exf6 32.Qxf6+ Kg8 33.Re7 Rxe7 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qxe7  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Qxd4 Ne7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe3 g6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.Bg5 Rdf8 14.Rad1 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5
16.Be3 Re8 17.c4 Re4 18.Qd3 Rg4 19.f4 Rf8 20.Rfe1 Qf5 21.Qd2 Rh4 22.b4  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brodsky,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 b4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nc2 Be7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.O-O Qg6 15.b3 a5
16.Bb2 a4 17.Qd3 a3 18.Bc1 Bg5 19.Ne3 Rad8 20.h4 Bh6 21.Bd2 Kh8 22.Rad1 Qh5
23.Be1 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Bc8 25.Rd2 g5 26.Qd5 Ne7 27.Qa5 gxh4 28.gxh4 Rg8 29.Qc7 Rd7
30.Qb6 Bb7 31.Kh2 Ng6 32.Rf5 Qh6 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Qxd6 Qxe3 35.Bd2 Qe2 36.Qf6+ Rg7
37.Bh6 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Nxh4+ 39.Kf2 Nxf5 40.exf5  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.e6 Bxe6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nc3 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.O-O Na5 14.Qc2 Nac4 15.Ne4 O-O
16.Nc5 Qd5 17.b3 Nd6 18.Qe2 Rf5 19.Rad1 Raf8 20.Rfe1 Rxf3 21.gxf3 Nf5 22.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Ng5 d5 15.d4 h6 16.dxe5 hxg5
17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Ba2 Be5 19.exd5 Bxg3 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.fxg3 cxd5 22.Kh2 Qe5
23.Qg4 Nf6 24.Qxg5 Re8 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Bf4 Re2 27.Rd1 Rxc2 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 d4
30.Ba5 Be4 31.g4 Nd5 32.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d6 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ne3 Ne8
9.Ncd5 Bg5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Nxc7 Qxc7 12.c3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.Nd5 exd5
16.Bxg5 Qf7 17.f4 dxe4 18.dxe4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Qe7 20.Bg5 Qe5 21.Rf5 h5 22.Rxe5 hxg4
23.Rd5 Rae8 24.Re1 Re6 25.Bh4 Rfe8 26.Bg3 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Rxd6 Ke7
30.Rd2 Ke6 31.Bc7 Ne7 32.Bd6 b6 33.Bb8 Nd5 34.Re2 Rxe2+ 35.Kxe2 a6 36.c4 Nb4
37.Ba7 Nxa2 38.Bxb6 Kd6 39.Ke3 Nc1 40.Ba5 Ke6 41.Ke4 Nb3 42.Be1 g5 43.Bf2 Na5
44.Kd3 Nb7 45.Bg3 Nd8 46.Bf2 Nb7 47.Be3 Kf5 48.g3 Kf6 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Bxg5 Nd6+
51.Kd3 Nf7 52.Bf4 Ne5+ 53.Bxe5 Kxe5 54.b3 a5 55.Ke3 Kf5 56.Kd3 Ke5 57.Ke3 Kf5
58.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 g6 17.d5 Ne7 18.c4 c6 19.Bb2 Bg7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.c5 Nh5
23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.b4 dxc5 25.bxc5 f6 26.Qb1 Nf4 27.Nb3 Qc8 28.Bc1 g5 29.Bxf4 gxf4
30.Nh4 Be8 31.Rd1 Bf8 32.Rd3 Ng6 33.Nf5 Bxc5 34.Nxh6+ Kh7 35.Nf5 Ne7 36.Nxc5 Qxc5
37.Qd1 Nxf5 38.exf5 Rc8 39.Rd2 Rc7 40.Kh2 Qe7 41.Bb3 Rd7 42.Bd5 Qg7 43.Qb3 Qg5
44.Rc2 Re7 45.Qb4 Rg7 46.Qf8 Bd7 47.Rc7 f3 48.g4 Qf4+ 49.Kh1 Qd2 50.Bxf3 Qe1+
51.Kh2 Qxf2+ 52.Bg2 Qf4+ 53.Kh1 e4 54.Rc2 Qe5 55.Ra2 Bc6 56.Rc2 Qa1+ 57.Kh2 Qe5+
58.Kh1 Qa1+ 59.Kh2 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Qc1 Nbd5 13.Nbd2 Nxf4 14.gxf4 c5 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.c6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6 Bxc6 18.Ne5 Bd5 19.a4 Rac8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rdc1 h6 22.Ndf3 Bd6
23.Nd4 b4 24.Nd3 Bc4 25.Ne5 Bd5 26.Nb5 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Ng4 28.e4 Rxc1+ 29.Rxc1 Ba2
30.f4 f6 31.Bf3 Ne3 32.Kf2 Nc4 33.Be2 Nd2 34.Ke3 Nb3 35.Rc7 fxe5 36.fxe5 Na1
37.Nd4 Ra8 38.Bg4 Ra6 39.Be2 Ra5 40.Bc4 Bxc4 41.Rxc4 b3 42.Rc8+ Kf7 43.Rc7+ Kg6
44.Kf4 Ra6 45.Re7 Kh5 46.Nxe6 g5+ 47.Kf5 Nc2 48.Ng7+ Kh4 49.e6 Ne3+ 50.Kg6 Kh3
51.Kxh6 g4 52.Kg5 Kxh2 53.Nf5 Nc4 54.Re8  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 f6 11.e5 fxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxh3 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd5
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Ne6 Nxe6 18.Rxe6 Rf6 19.Qe2 Kf8 20.Re1 Rxe6 21.Qxe6 Qd6 22.Qh3 Kg8
23.Re6 Qf4 24.Rxe7 Qc1+ 25.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd7 14.Qf5 Nb6 15.Ng5 g6
16.Qh3 h5 17.g4 Qd7 18.gxh5 Qxh3 19.Nxh3 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Nxf4 g5 22.Nh3 Na4
23.Rac1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Nxc3 25.Re7 Kg7 26.Rc7 Ne2+ 27.Kf1 Nxd4 28.Nxg5 Kh6
29.Nxf7+ Kxh5 30.Rxb7 Nf3 31.Rb5 Kg6 32.Rxd5 Nxh2+ 33.Kg2 Kxf7 34.Kxh2 Ke6
35.Ra5 Kd6 36.f4 Rg8 37.f5 Ke7 38.Rxa7+ Kf6 39.Ra5 Rg4 40.a4 Rb4 41.Kg3 Rc4
42.Kf3 Rh4 43.Ke3 Rg4 44.Kd3 Rf4 45.Ra8 Kg7 46.Ra7+ Kf6 47.Ra5 Rh4 48.Kc3 Rf4
49.Kd3 Rh4 50.Ra8 Kxf5 51.a5 Kg6 52.a6 Kg7 53.Ra7+ Kf6 54.Kc3 Re4 55.Rh7 Ra4
56.a7  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Rc7 24.a6 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Kg7 26.e4 f6 27.Qxc3 Rff7 28.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C72"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 f5 11.Nc3 Nc7 12.b4 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 dxc4 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Bxc4+ Nd5
16.Qb3 h6 17.Bxd5+ cxd5 18.Bd2 Qf7 19.b5 Re8 20.Bb4 Bc7 21.Rac1 Be6 22.a4 Rac8
23.Qa3 Qd7 24.Rfe1 Bf7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Bd3 Rab8 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 dxe5
22.Nf3 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bd6 24.b4 axb3 25.axb3 h6 26.Nh4 Be6 27.b4 Red8 28.Bc3 Qe7
29.Qb2 Nh5 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 Nf4 32.Bf1 Nd5 33.Bxe5 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 Qxb4 35.Qxb4 Nxb4
36.Rxb5 Nd5 37.Rbc5 Ne7 38.g4 Rbc8 39.Bg2 Kf8 40.Kh2 Rxc5 41.Rxc5 Rd6 42.Rb5 g6
43.fxg6 fxg6 44.h4 Rd4 45.Kg3 h5 46.f3 hxg4 47.fxg4 Kf7 48.Bf3 Kf6 49.Rb6+ Kf7
50.Ra6 Ng8 51.Be2 Nf6 52.Rc6 Kg7 53.Rc7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.h3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5
16.f4 Qa5 17.f5 Bh7 18.Bf4 Rfe8 19.Qf3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qxc3 21.Rac1 Qd4+ 22.Kh2 Qxa4
23.e5 Nd5 24.Rc4 Qb3 25.Rb1 Qa3 26.Rxb7 Nxf4 27.Rxf4 Rxe5 28.Qg3 Qd6 29.Bc4 Rxf5
30.Rxf5 Qxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Bxf5 32.Rxf7 Bd3 33.Rxa7+ Bxc4 34.Rxa8+ Kf7 35.Kf4 Kf6
36.Re8 Bd5 37.g3 g5+ 38.Ke3 Bg2 39.h4 Bd5 40.Ra8 Kf5 41.Ra4 Kg6 42.Kf2 Kh5
43.Kg1 Kg6 44.Kh2 Kf5 45.g4+ Ke5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Kg3 c5 48.Kf2 Bb3 49.Ra3 Bd1
50.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Bf6 17.Nh2 Qa5 18.Bd2 Ne7 19.Bf3 Rcd8 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 h6 22.Rb1 b6
23.a4 c6 24.Qc2 Qa6 25.Re4 Qc8 26.Rbe1 Qd7 27.Qd3 Nd5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8
30.c4 Nc7 31.a5 bxa5 32.Bxa5 Ne6 33.d5 cxd5 34.Qxd5 Bd4 35.Be4 Qa4 36.Kh2 Bxf2
37.Bc3 Qa3 38.Qd2 Bd4 39.Bb4 Qa1 40.Bd5 Bg1+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dorfman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Bd3 Rab8 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 dxe5
22.Nf3 Bb4 23.Red1 Bc6 24.Bc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Nd7 26.Rc3 Nf6 27.Re1 b4 28.Rc5 Nd7
29.Rc4 Nf6 30.a3 bxa3 31.bxa3 Qa8 32.Qc2 Bb5 33.Rc5 Bxd3 34.Qxd3 Rbc8 35.Rxe5 Rxe5
36.Nxe5 Re8 37.Qd4 h6 38.f4 Rd8 39.Qc4 Qa7+ 40.Kh2 Rf8 41.Nc6 Qf2 42.Rf1 Qe3
43.e5 Nd7 44.Rf3  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shchekachev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Qc1 g6 12.Bg2 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rd1 Be6 15.Ne4 Bxc4
16.Qxc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc7 Ndb6 18.a5 Nd5 19.Bf4 Nxb2 20.Rdc1 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Rad8
22.Ra3 Rfe8 23.e3 Nd3 24.Rd1 Nb4 25.Rb1 Na6 26.h4 Re7 27.h5 f5 28.Ng5 Bf6
29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Nf3 Nc5 31.Bf1 Kg7 32.Ra2 a6 33.Kg2 Ne4 34.Rc1 Rd5 35.Ne1 Red7
36.Bc4 Rc5 37.Rcc2 Nc3 38.Be6 Re7 39.Bc8 Ne4 40.Rxc5 Nxc5 41.Rc2 Ne4 42.Nd3 Nd6
43.Bxb7 Nxb7 44.Rxc6 Nxa5 45.Rxa6 Nc4 46.Rc6 Nd2 47.Rc2 Ne4 48.Kf3 Kf7 49.Ke2 Nc3+
50.Kd2 Rc7 51.Ke1 Ra7 52.Kd2 Ra3 53.f3 Nd5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Stuttgart GER"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D17"]

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.Rfc1 Nc5 19.Qf4 h5 20.b4 Ne6 21.Qe4 Bxb4 22.Nb5 Qb8
23.f4 Ng4 24.Rxc6+ bxc6 25.Qxc6+ Nc7 26.Nxc7 Qxc7 27.Qa6+ Kd7 28.Rd1+ Ke8
29.Qc6+ Kf8 30.Qxc7 Rxd1+ 31.Bf1 Kg8 32.Kg2 Rd5 33.Kf3 Nh2+ 34.Kg2 Ng4 35.Kf3 Nh2+
36.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Stuttgart GER"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D96"]

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 "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nc1 h5 20.Nd3 Bh6 21.Qe2 O-O 22.Nxb4 Qd7
23.Nc6 Rxb2 24.O-O h4 25.Bb3 h3 26.g3 e4 27.fxe4 Qg4 28.Qd3 Qg5 29.e5 dxe5
30.Rh4 e4 31.Qd4 Ng4 32.Rxh6 Nxh6 33.Qxb2 Qe3+ 34.Rf2 Qe1+ 35.Rf1 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C99"]

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.a3 exd4 15.Nb3 Ne5
16.Nbxd4 Re8 17.Bf4 Bf8 18.Rc1 h6 19.Bb3 Qb6 20.Be3 Qb7 21.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Rac1 Nc6 13.Nb5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Qe3 Nc5
16.Bb4 a5 17.Ba3 Qd7 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.f4 b5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.f5 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 exf5
23.Nxf5 g6 24.Nd4 Qd8 25.h4 b4 26.Qf4 f6 27.Bh3 fxe5 28.Qxe5 Bf6 29.Qe6+ Kh8
30.e3 Bg7 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qd7 Bh6 33.Ne6 Qc8 34.Qe7 d4 35.e4 Bxe4 36.Nc5 Qxh3
37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qe7+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Bf8 40.Nxe4 Qf5 41.b3 d3 42.Qc6 Kh8 43.Kg2 h6
44.Qc4 Qd7 45.Nf6 Qg7 46.Ne4 Qb2+ 47.Kf3 Qe2+ 48.Kf4 Bg7 49.Qc8+ Kh7 50.Qd7 Qf1+
51.Ke3 Qe2+ 52.Kf4 Qf1+ 53.Ke3 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Ng5 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5
16.Qf3 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Qxd5 Nb6 19.Qb7 Qd8 20.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nac5 15.Nxe4 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Bg6 17.Qb3 Bxe4 18.Qxb7 Qh4 19.Qb3 d4 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Rfc8 22.f3 Bg6
23.Rf2 h5 24.Bf4 d3 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc3 Kf8 27.Rd2 Rc8 28.Rad1 Ke7 29.Kf2 Rc4
30.Ke3 Bf5 31.Rh1 g6 32.Rh4 Rxh4 33.gxh4 a6 34.Kd4 Kd7 35.Kc5 Kc7 36.a4 Rc1
37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Bxg4 39.Rxd3 Rh1 40.Ba5+ Kb7 41.Rb3+ Kc8 42.Rb4 Rxh4 43.Rd4 g5
44.Be1 Rh1 45.Rxg4 Rxe1 46.Rxg5 Kd7 47.Rf5 Ke7 48.b4 Ra1 49.a5 Rc1+ 50.Kb6 Rc4
51.b5 axb5 52.a6 Ke6 53.Rf6+ Kxe5 54.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Ba2 c6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.Nf5 d5
16.d4 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.exd5 e4 19.Nh2 Nxd5 20.Ng4 h5 21.Nge3 Nf4 22.b4 Na4
23.g3 Qxd1 24.Rxd1 Nxh3+ 25.Kg2 Ng5 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 Re5 28.Bxg5 Rxf5
29.Bf4 Rc8 30.Ne3 Rf6 31.Rd5 g6 32.Rad1 Rfc6 33.Rd8 Nb6 34.g4 Kh7 35.R8d4 Re6
36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Rh1 Kg6 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rc3 40.Rg1+ Kh7 41.Rd3 Rxd3 42.cxd3 Rf6
43.Ke4 Re6+ 44.Kf3 Nd7 45.d4 Rc6 46.Rg5 Rc3 47.Rxh5+ Kg6 48.Rg5+ Kh7 49.Rh5+ Kg6
50.Rg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O Ra7 17.a4 Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bc2 Kh8 21.Ra6 e4 22.Nd5 Ree8
23.Nf4 Bc4 24.Re1 Be5 25.g3 Qg5 26.Ng2 f4 27.Bxe4 fxg3 28.fxg3 Qf6 29.Ra1 b4
30.Bd5 Qf2+ 31.Kh1 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C97"]

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.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8 16.c4 g6
17.Nc3 Nh5 18.Ne2 Re8 19.Ra2 Bf8 20.g4 Ng7 21.Ng3 f6 22.Nh2 Re7 23.h4 Rf7
24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Qd8 26.Rf1 Qe7 27.h5 Ne8 28.Bd3 Bg7 29.Kg2 Qf8 30.Qc1 bxc4
31.bxc4 Rb8 32.Raf2 Rb3 33.Rf3 Ne7 34.Bd2 Bc8 35.Qc2 Rb8 36.Kh1 gxh5 37.Nxh5 Ng6
38.e5 dxe5 39.Bxg6 hxg6 40.Qxg6 e4 41.Rh3 Rfb7 42.Nf4 Rb1 43.Qh7+ Kf7 44.Qh5+ Kg8
45.Ng6  1-0

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Na5 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.f4 Rfd8 15.c6 Qxc6
16.Bb6 Bg4 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Qc2 Nc4 19.Nd4 Qc5 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Rbc1 Bxd4+
22.cxd4 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Rc8 24.Qb1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 b5 26.Rc7 Be6 27.h3 Qd6 28.Qc1 b4
29.f5 gxf5 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Ra7 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qd6+ 33.g3 Qd8 34.exf5 Bxa2 35.Rxa6 Bd5
36.Qd2 Qc8 37.Rb6 Qxf5 38.Rxb4 e6 39.Kg1 Qe5 40.Kf2 Qf5+ 41.Rf4 Qb1 42.Qc3 Qb6+
43.Ke2 h5 44.Rb4 Qa6+ 45.Ke3 Qd6 46.Kf2 Ke7 47.Qd4 Qc7 48.Rb2 Qc1 49.h4 Qh1
50.Qb4+ Kd7 51.Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Qf3 Qxf3 10.Nxf3 Bg7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Bd3 e5 13.dxc5 h6 14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Rd8
16.Ke2 Bf8 17.Nb3 Be6 18.Rhd1 f6 19.f3 Rd7 20.e4 Kf7 21.Bf2 Rc8 22.Bb5 Rdc7
23.Rd2 Kg6 24.Kd1 Nb8 25.Na5 g4 26.c4 h5 27.Ba4 Bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Nxb7 Rxc4
30.Nd6 Rxa4 31.Nxc8 Nc6 32.Rc1 Nd4 33.Ne7+ Kg5 34.Nc6 gxf3 35.Nxd4 exd4 36.gxf3 Bxa2
37.Ke2 Bc4+ 38.Kf2 Kf4 39.Rxd4 Ra2+ 40.Ke1 Bb5 41.e5+ Kxe5 42.Rd2 Rxd2 43.Kxd2 Kf4
44.Rc3 a5 45.Ke1 a4 46.Kf2 Bd7 47.Rc4+ Kg5 48.Rd4 Be8 49.Rd5+ f5 50.Kg3 h4+
51.Kf2 Bf7 52.Ra5 Bb3 53.Ke3 Bc2 54.h3 Bb3 55.f4+ Kf6 56.Kd4 Bc2 57.Ra6+ Kg7
58.Ke5 Kf7 59.Ra7+ Kg6 60.Ke6 Bb3+ 61.Ke7 Kg7 62.Ra5 Bc2 63.Rc5 Be4 64.Rc1 Bd5
65.Rg1+ Kh6 66.Kf6 a3 67.Rg6+ Kh7 68.Rg7+ Kh6 69.Ra7 a2 70.Kxf5 Bc4 71.Kf6 Bb3
72.f5 Bc4 73.Ra4 Kh7 74.Kg5 Kg7 75.Ra7+ Bf7 76.f6+ Kg8 77.Kxh4 Be6 78.Kg3  1-0

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Be6 14.Kh1 Kh7 15.Qg2 d5
16.Rg1 g6 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Qh3 h5 20.Rae1 Bf6 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.b3 Rad8
23.Re4 Qd7 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Kg2 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Bd3 Be5 14.Bg3 Qb8 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Qe2 a6 18.Na4 Rc6 19.f4 Bxf4 20.e5 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Nh7 22.Qe3 Ng5
23.Nxb6 Rxb6 24.Qxb6 Bxg2 25.Qxb8+ Rxb8 26.Rhe1 a5 27.Bc2 Bc6 28.b3 Kf8 29.Kb2 Ke7
30.Kc3 f5 31.exf6+ gxf6 32.b4 axb4+ 33.axb4 Rc8 34.c5 Rg8 35.Re3 Nf7 36.Rd4 Ne5
37.Bd1 Ra8 38.Rh4 Ra1 39.Be2 Ra3+ 40.Kd2 Ra2+ 41.Kc1 Ra1+ 42.Kc2 Ba4+ 43.Kb2 Re1
44.Kc3 Rc1+ 45.Kd2 Rc2+ 46.Ke1 Rc1+ 47.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.Ne3 Be6 12.g3 Rc8 13.Bg2 Na5 14.O-O O-O 15.Ned5 Nxc4
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxb7 Rc7 18.Bg2 Kh8 19.Nd5 Rc8 20.Nxf6 gxf6 21.b3 Na5 22.Ba3 Nc6
23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxd6 Rfd8 25.Rad1 Kg7 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Nd4 28.Rd2 Bg4 29.Kf2 Nb5
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rc1 Bf5 32.Rc6 Rd1 33.Rxa6 Rb1 34.Bd2 Rb2 35.Ke3 Bb1 36.Bf1 Nd4
37.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 Nh5 10.Nf1 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ng5 Kh8 13.Bb3 d5 14.g4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4
16.Nxh7 Kxh7 17.gxf5 Rxf5 18.d4 Qh4 19.Kh1 Qxf2 20.Qg4 Qxb2 21.Rac1 Raf8
22.Bc2 f3 23.Ne3 f2 24.Bxf5 fxe1=Q+ 25.Rxe1 Rf6 26.Rg1 Ne7 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Bxg6+ Kg8
29.Bh5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O b5 8.Re1 Bb7
9.a4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b4 11.Nd1 Nf6 12.e5 Bc5 13.Qf4 Nd5 14.Qg3 f5 15.Bh5+ g6
16.Bf3 O-O 17.h4 f4 18.Qg4 Rf5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxf4 Raf8 21.Bg3 Qc6 22.Qh3 Bd4
23.c3 bxc3 24.bxc3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Qxc3 26.Qg4 a5 27.Rab1 Bc6 28.Rec1 Qd3 29.Qc4 Rf3
30.Qxd3 Rxd3 31.Rc5 Ra8 32.Ra1 Rd4 33.f3 Bxa4 34.Be1 Kf7 35.Kh2 Bc6 36.Rcxa5 Rxa5
37.Rxa5 Ra4 38.Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qb3 c5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Bb5 d4 12.Bxc6 dxc3 13.Qxb4 cxb2 14.Rb1 bxc6 15.O-O Ba6
16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.Qa3 Bc4 18.Nd4 Rfe8 19.Rxb2 Rxb2 20.Qxb2 Bxa2 21.Qxa2 Qxd4
22.Qxa7 Qd5 23.Rc1 h5 24.Qa4 Rd8 25.h3 g6 26.Qf4 Kg7 27.Rc4 Ra8 28.Rc1 Ra2
29.h4 Rd2 30.Kh2 Re2 31.Kg3 Rd2 32.Rc4 Ra2 33.Rc3 Rd2 34.e4 Rd3+ 35.f3 Qd4
36.Rxd3 Qxd3 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qxc6 Qe3 40.Qc7 Qe1+ 41.Kh3 Qh1+
42.Qh2 Qa1 43.c6 Kh7 44.Qf4 Qh1+ 45.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.O-O Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nd5 O-O 12.f4 Ng4 13.g3 exf4 14.Nxf4 Bxc4 15.Qxg4 Ne5
16.Qh5 Be6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bc3 Nc6 19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.Kg2 b5 22.Rf2 b4
23.Bd2 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 Qf7 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Bf4 e5 29.Be3 h5
30.Kf3 Ke6 31.Ke2 a6 32.Kd2 Kd7 33.Kc2 Na5 34.c4 Nc6 35.Kc3 Kc7 36.a3 Kb6
37.Kb3 Nb8 38.Bg5 Nc6 39.Be3 Nd8 40.Kc3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 g6 18.Ne3 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bg7 20.Nhg4 h5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qf3 Qe7
23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Qg3 Kh7 27.Qh4 c5 28.c3 c4 29.Bc2 Nd5
30.Qxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Bg5 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qd5 12.Kb1 c5 13.Bc2 Rfd8 14.h4 h6 15.c4 Qd6
16.Be3 cxd4 17.Rxd4 Qc7 18.Rhd1 e5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Bc1 e4
22.Nd2 e3 23.fxe3 Qg3 24.Nf3 Qg4 25.Bd2 Ne4 26.Be1 Bf6 27.Kc1 g6 28.Bd1 Nd6
29.b3 Nf5 30.Qd2 Be7 31.Nd4 Ba3+ 32.Kb1 Qe4+ 33.Nc2 Bc5 34.Bf3 Qe7 35.Bxb7 Qxb7
36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Bc3 Ng7 38.Qf6 Bf8 39.g4 Kg8 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Qh1+ 42.Kb2 Qxh5
43.a4 Qg6 44.Qd8 Ne6 45.Qb8 Nc5 46.Bd4 a5 47.Ne1 h5 48.Bxc5 bxc5 49.Kc1 Qf6
50.Kd1 Kg7 51.Qg3+ Kh7 52.Nf3 Qf5 53.e4 Qg6 54.Qxg6+ fxg6 55.Ke2 Kg7 56.Kf2 Kf6
57.Ne1 Ke5 58.Kf3 g5 59.Ke3 Ke6 60.Nd3 Be7 61.Kf3 Bd6 62.e5 Bxe5 63.Nxc5+ Kf5
64.Nd3 g4+ 65.Kg2 h4  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.a4 c5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 b4 20.Na2 Qb7 21.Nc1 Nbd7 22.Nd3 Rb8
23.Qd4 h6 24.Ra1 Be4 25.Ra7 Qb5 26.Nfe5 Bxd3 27.Nxd3 e5 28.Qd6 e4 29.Bxe4 Nxe4
30.Qxd7 Qxd7 31.Rxd7 f5 32.f3 Ng5 33.Rd4 b3 34.Rb4 Re8 35.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nd7 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Ba7 Ra8 14.Bd4 Rb8 15.Ba7 Ra8
16.Be3 Rb8 17.g4 b5 18.g5 Bb7 19.h4 b4 20.Ne2 Nc5 21.Qd4 Qa5 22.Kb1 e5 23.fxe5 Ne6
24.Qd3 dxe5 25.Nc1 Rbc8 26.Rh2 Qc7 27.Qd7 Bc5 28.Qxc7 Rxc7 29.Bxc5 Nxc5 30.Nd3 Nxd3
31.Rxd3 f5 32.gxf6 Rxf6 33.a3 a5 34.axb4 axb4 35.Rhd2 Ba6 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Bg4 Rf4
38.R2d7+ Rxd7 39.Rxd7+ Kf8 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 g6 20.Ne3 Qd6 21.Qf3 Rad8 22.Rad1 Bg7
23.c4 bxc4 24.dxc4 dxe4 25.Qxe4 Qc5 26.Ba4 a5 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Qxb4 29.Bxc6 Rd4
30.Qf3 e4 31.Nc2 Bxc6 32.Qe3 Qxe1+ 33.Qxe1 Rxc4 34.Ne3 Rd4 35.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ne7 11.Ne4 b6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2 c5 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Nh5 g5 16.Nd2 Ng6
17.c4 Kd7 18.Ne4 Kc6 19.g4 a6 20.a4 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Be7 22.f3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 b5
24.axb5+ axb5 25.Ng7 bxc4 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.bxc4 Rb8 28.Bc3 Nf4 29.Kf2 Nxh3+
30.Ke3 Nf4 31.Rh1 Bf8 32.Ra1 Rd8 33.Nf2 Bg7 34.Ra6+ Kb7 35.Ra5 Kb6 36.Ra2 Ng2+
37.Ke2 Rf8 38.Ne4 Nh4 39.Rb2+ Kc6 40.Ra2 Kb6 41.Rb2+ Kc6 42.Ra2 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 dxe4 17.dxe4 c5 18.c4 Qb6 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 b4 21.Ba4 Red8 22.Bg5 f6
23.Be3 Qe6 24.g5 Nb6 25.Bb3 a5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Qg4 fxg5 28.Bxg5 Qg6 29.Nh4 Qf7
30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Nf5 g6 32.Rad1 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Qf6 34.Ne3 h5 35.Qf3 Qxf3 36.gxf3 Kf7
37.Ra1 Nc8 38.Ba4 Nd6 39.Bd7 Ke7 40.Bh3 Kd8 41.Be6 Kc7 42.Bd5 Bh6 43.Bxb7 Bxe3
44.fxe3 Kxb7 45.b3 g5 46.Kg2 g4 47.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Bc8 13.c3 Nc6 14.d4 c4 15.b3 exd4 16.cxd4 cxb3
17.Qxb3 Na5 18.Qd3 d5 19.e5 Ne8 20.Nf1 Nc4 21.Ng3 g6 22.a4 Ng7 23.Bb3 Be6
24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Bg5 Qd8 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.Ra1 Rc8 29.Bd1 b4 30.Nd2 Qg5
31.Nb3 Nf5 32.Nc5 Nxg3 33.Qxg3 Qxg3 34.fxg3 Nd2 35.Ra4 Ne4 36.Rxb4 Nxc5 37.dxc5 Rxc5
38.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 h6 12.Nc4 Rb8 13.h3 Qc8 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Qe2 Bf8 16.Red1 Ne7
17.Nfd2 Ng6 18.d4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nh7 20.Be3 d5 21.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 O-O 17.Nc2 Re8 18.Rad1 Ng6 19.f4 exf3 20.Qxf3 f4 21.Bd3 Qg5 22.Bxg6 Qxg6
23.Ne1 Re4 24.Qd3 Rae8 25.Nf3 Re3 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Rf2 a5 28.Kf1 b4 29.cxb4 axb4
30.b3 Bc3 31.Rc2 R8e4 32.Rdc1 Kg7 33.a4 Rd3 34.a5 Rxd5 35.Ra2 Re7 36.a6 Ra7
37.Ra4 g5 38.h3 Kg6 39.Rc2 f5 40.Re2 g4 41.Re6+ Kh5 42.hxg4+ fxg4 43.Ke2 gxf3+
44.Kxf3 Kg5 45.Re8 Rd3+ 46.Ke2 Rg3 47.Rg8+ Kf5 48.Rxg3 fxg3 49.Kd3 d5  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A59"]

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.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.h3 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Rb7 17.d6 e6 18.Re2 Qa6 19.Bf4 Qc6+ 20.Kg1 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.b3 Bf8
23.Rd2 d4 24.Rc1 Qd5 25.Rdc2 Bxd6 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Qf3 Rbb8 28.Rxc5 Rxa2 29.Rd5 Qe6
30.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.f4 c5 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nh6
9.Nb3 c4 10.Nbd2 Bg6 11.h3 Nf5 12.Bf2 h5 13.g3 Qa5 14.a3 Be7 15.Be2 Nb6 16.O-O Na4
17.Re1 O-O-O 18.Bf1 Kb8 19.b4 Qc7 20.Qc1 Nc3 21.Ra1 Ka8 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.fxg5 h4
24.g4 Ng3 25.Bxg3 hxg3 26.Re3 Qb6 27.Nf3 Ne4 28.Kg2 Rh7 29.h4 Rdh8 30.h5 Qd8
31.Re2 Bxh5 32.gxh5 Rxh5 33.Qf4 Nxg5 34.Nxg5 Rxg5 35.Kg1 Rf5 36.Qg4 Rg5 37.Qf4 Rf5
38.Qg4 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 Ng6 8.h4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 h6 11.Nc2 Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Rh3 f5 14.Rg3 Kh7 15.h5 Nh8
16.Ng1 Nf7 17.Nh3 Bh4 18.Re3 Ng5 19.Kg1 Rc8 20.Nf4 Ne4 21.Re2 Ne7 22.Qe1 Bg5
23.f3 Bxf4 24.Bxf4 Ng5 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.f4 gxf4 27.Qh4 Rh8 28.Qxf4 Kg8 29.g4 Qe8
30.Rg2 Bb5 31.Bxb5 Qxb5 32.Ne3 Qd3 33.Rf1 Rf8 34.gxf5 Nxf5 35.Rxg7+ Kxg7
36.Qg5+ Kf7 37.Nxf5 exf5 38.Rxf5+ Ke8 39.Qg6+ Ke7 40.Qd6+ Ke8 41.Qe6+ Kd8
42.Qxd5+ Ke8 43.Qe6+ Kd8 44.Qd6+ Ke8 45.Qb8+ Ke7 46.Qxb7+ Ke8 47.Qc6+ Ke7
48.Qd6+ Ke8 49.Qg6+ Ke7 50.Rf7+ Rxf7 51.Qxd3 Rxh5 52.Qa3+ Ke8 53.Qa4+ Kf8
54.Qb4+ Kg8 55.Qb8+ Kh7 56.Qb3 Rg5+ 57.Kh2 Kg6 58.Qe6+ Kg7 59.d5 Rg6 60.Qe8 Rh6+
61.Kg3 Rg6+ 62.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga Playoff 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bc3 Ne8 10.Nbd2 Nc7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.a3 f6 13.e5 a5 14.exf6+ exf6 15.Re1 Be6
16.Ne4 Qd7 17.Qd2 a4 18.Re2 Rf7 19.Rae1 h6 20.c4 Qd8 21.Qc3 Rd7 22.Re3 Kf7
23.g4 Kg7 24.Ne5 Rd4 25.Nxc6 Qd7 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Qb4 dxe3 28.Rxe3 Bf7 29.Nxf6 Qd4
30.Ne4 Ne6 31.Nd6 Rf8 32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.bxc3 Rd8 34.Nb5 g5 35.d4 Kf6 36.d5 Nf4
37.Nc7 Rc8 38.d6 Rd8 39.c5 bxc5 40.Re4  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Delchev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.e4 dxe4
17.d5 O-O 18.dxe6 Nc5 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.Qd5 Nd3 21.Rb1 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Bc7 23.Nd4 Qe8
24.Ne6 Nf4 25.Nxf4 Rd8 26.Qe6 Bxf4 27.Qxa6 Ra8 28.Qb6 Rxa2 29.Rfe1 Bd2 30.Red1 e3
31.fxe3 Bxe3 32.Qd6 Raa7 33.Re1 Rae7 34.Ra1 Ba7 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Qd5+ Kh8
37.Bc3 Bb8 38.Rf1 h6 39.Qf5 Bd6 40.Qd5 Re6 41.Qf5 Qg6 42.Qxg6 Rxg6 43.g4 h5
44.Rf5 hxg4 45.Rxb5 Rh6 46.Be5 Rxh3+ 47.Kg2 Bxe5 48.Rxe5 Rxb3 49.Re4 g3 50.Rg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C87"]

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.Nbd2 Nc5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Nf1 Ng5 13.Bxg5 Bxg5 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 O-O
16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Qe2 g6 18.Nf1 Qg7 19.Nh2 Rad8 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Qe3 Rd7 22.Ba4 b5
23.Bb3 Re7 24.a4 Rb8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra1 Qf8 27.Ra6 Nd8 28.Rea1 b4 29.Ra8 Ne6
30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Bd5 Qb5 32.Ra8+ Re8 33.c4 Qd7 34.Bxe6 Qxe6 35.Qa7 c5 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8
37.Kf1 Qd8 38.Ke2 Kg7 39.Qa6 h5 40.Kd1 Bh4 41.Ke2 Be7 42.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kurajica,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.b3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nh5
16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Nbd2 Bf6 19.Rb1 Qb6 20.Qe2 b4 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Qd8
23.Ndf3 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxd5 25.Bxa6 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bxa6 27.Rxa5 Ra8 28.Ne5 Be2
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Rb2 Bb5 31.Rd2 f6 32.Nf3 Bc6 33.Nd4 Rd8 34.f3 Bb5 35.Kf2 Ba6
36.h4 Kf7 37.g3 fxg3+ 38.Kxg3 g5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.f4 gxf4+ 41.Kxf4 Kf6 42.Ke3 Re8+
43.Kf2 Rd8 44.Ke3 Re8+ 45.Kf2 Re4 46.Nf3 Kf5 47.Rd6 Re2+ 48.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A49"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Atalik,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 h5 8.h3 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.b4 Nxd4 12.bxc5 Ndc6 13.Na3 d5 14.cxd6 Rxd6 15.Qa4 Rd3
16.Nb5 a6 17.Qc2 Rd7 18.Nd4 Rhd8 19.Rad1 Qg6 20.Ne2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qf6
23.h4 g6 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.Qa4 b5 26.Qb4 Qd6 27.Bg5 c5 28.Qb3 cxd4 29.cxd4 Qxd4
30.Bxe7 Qa1+ 31.Bf1 Bxe4 32.Bf6 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Bxf3 35.Ke1 Kd7
36.Kd2 b4 37.Kc2 a5 38.a3 Ke6 39.Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 O-O 17.Nc2 Rc8 18.Ne3 f4 19.Nf5 Re8 20.Bg4 Rc5 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Rae1 Qe5
23.Bf5 Qxd5 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.Bxe4 Qxa2 27.Qh4 Be5 28.g3 Qe6 29.Bf3 fxg3
30.fxg3 Bf6 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Kg2 b4 33.Bb7 Rf5 34.Rxf5 Qxf5 35.cxb4 Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruck,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 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.Rfd1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.a5 fxg3 20.hxg3 Bxa5 21.Ned6+ Kb8
22.Qe4 f6 23.Qh4 Ng5 24.Qh6 Ng6 25.e4 Bb4 26.Nc4 Qf7 27.b3 Rd3 28.Rb1 b5
29.Nce3 Ne5 30.f4 Bf8 31.Qh1 Bc5 32.fxe5 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B31"]

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.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.O-O-O a5 13.Ne2 a4 14.g4 b5 15.Ng3 b4
16.Qg5 Re8 17.Nd2 h6 18.Qe3 Qd4 19.Qxd4 cxd4 20.Ne2 Be6 21.a3 bxa3 22.bxa3 Nd7
23.f4 f6 24.f5 gxf5 25.exf5 Bd5 26.Rhg1 Rab8 27.h4 Kf7 28.c4 dxc3 29.Nxc3 Nc5
30.Nce4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Nb3+ 32.Kb2 Nc5+ 33.Kc2 Nxe4 34.dxe4 Red8 35.Rxd8 Rxd8
36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Rxg5 Rd4 39.Rg4 c5 40.Kc3 Kf6 41.Rg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bc4 cxd4 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 Qb6 13.Nxd4 Qxb2 14.Nf5 exf5 15.Qxe7 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Qxf5 Qxa2 19.Rd6 Ng8 20.Qe4 Qf7 21.Bg3 Rad8
22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Be5 Rd7 24.h3 Ne7 25.Qe3 Qg6 26.Qxa7 Qxc2 27.Qa1 Nc6 28.Bf4 Kh7
29.Be3 Qe4 30.Qb1 Qxb1 31.Rxb1 Ne7 32.g4 Nd5 33.Kg2 Nxe3+ 34.fxe3 Rf7 35.h4 Kg8
36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.f3 Qb7
17.Nf4 Rhc8 18.Nd3 Ke8 19.Nc5 Qb8 20.Qd3 Kf8 21.e4 Kg8 22.e5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Nd7
24.Qe3 Rc6 25.f4 Qf8 26.Bd4 Re8 27.b4 Nb8 28.Qd2 Rc7 29.Rc3 Nc6 30.Rg3 a5
31.a3 axb4 32.axb4 Ra7 33.f5 exf5 34.Rxf5 Re6 35.Kh2 Qe8 36.Rf6 h5 37.Rf5 Rg6
38.Bf2 Qe6 39.Rxh5 d4 40.Qf4 Rxg3 41.Bxg3 Ne7 42.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 Ne5 15.Bc3 Bg4
16.Be2 Rc8 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Nh6 8.Bd2 f6
9.e5 O-O 10.exf6 exf6 11.Bc3 Nf7 12.Nbd2 Nd6 13.b3 Be6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Nc4 Nf5
16.Qd2 Bd5 17.Nh2 Bh6 18.Ne3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rae8 20.Qf2 f5 21.Re2 Bg7 22.Bxg7 Qxg7
23.Rae1 a5 24.Qf4 g5 25.Qg3 h6 26.h4 Rf6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rf1 f4 29.Qe1 Ref8
30.Ng4 Rg6 31.exf4 gxf4 32.Re7 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D13"]

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 "Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Rapid KO Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bxf2+
9.Kf1 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nh6 11.Bd3 Ng4 12.Qg5 Bb5 13.c4 Bg3  0-1

[Event "Rapid KO Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O b5 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.f4 Bb7 10.e5 Rd8 11.Qe1 Nh6 12.Ne4 c5 13.Ng5 Be7 14.Bd2 c4 15.Ba5 Qc5+
16.Kh1 Rd7 17.c3 Nf5 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Qc6 20.Qe2 Rd3 21.Rad1 Qd5 22.Rd2 Ne3
23.Re1 Bc5 24.a3 Ng4 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Qxg4 d2 28.Rd1 Bc5 29.Qxg7 Rf8
30.Qxh7 Be3 31.Bb4 Qb3 32.Qh5 Rg8 33.Qf3 Qd5 34.Qxd5 exd5 35.c4 Bxf4 36.cxd5 Bxe5
37.Rxd2 Kd7 38.g3 Rg4 39.Kg2 Rc4 40.Kf3 Rc1 41.b3 Rf1+ 42.Ke4 Bc7 43.Bc5 f5+
44.Kd3 f4 45.gxf4 Bxf4 46.Rg2 Be5 47.Rg6 Bxh2 48.Rxa6 Rf3+ 49.Ke4 Rxb3 50.Ra7+ Kc8
51.d6 Rc3 52.Rc7+ Kd8 53.Kd5 Bxd6 54.Kxd6  1-0

[Event "Rapid KO Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Rac1 Nc4 15.Bf4 Rc6
16.Rb1 Qc8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bc1 fxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rxc3 21.Bg5 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5
23.f4 e6 24.Bf6 Bxf6 25.g4 Rc2 26.Qf3 Rc3 27.Qe2 Rc2 28.Qf3 Rc3 29.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid KO Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Qc7 8.f4 d5
9.exd6 Bxd6 10.g3 Nf6 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.b3 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Rd8 15.Qe1 Bd4
16.Rb1 a5 17.Ne2 Ba6 18.Bd2 a4 19.c4 Bc5 20.Ba5 Bb6 21.Bxb6 Qxb6 22.Nc3 axb3
23.axb3 Rd3 24.Na4 Qd4 25.Qa5 Ng4 26.Qxa6 Nf2+ 27.Rxf2 Qxf2 28.Rf1 Qe2 29.c5 Rbd8
30.Nc3 Qe3 31.Ne4 h6 32.Nd6 Rxb3 33.Qxc6 Rc3 34.Nxf7 Rxc5 35.Nxd8 Rxc6 36.Nxc6 g5
37.fxg5 hxg5 38.g4 Kg7 39.h3 Qc3 40.Nd8 Qe3 41.Rf7+ Kg8 42.Rf3 Qe1+ 43.Rf1 Qe3
44.Nb7 Qb6 45.Rd1 Qb3 46.Rd8+ Kf7 47.Nc5 Qb1+ 48.Kh2 Qc1 49.Ne4 Qf4+ 50.Ng3 Qe3
51.Rd1 Ke7 52.Ne4 Qf4+ 53.Kh1 Qe3 54.Rf1 Ke8 55.Bf3 Ke7 56.Kg2 Qd3 57.Rc1  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.b3 a5 12.Bb2 a4 13.Qe2 Ra6 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Bc3 Ne4
16.Be1 axb3 17.axb3 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Bf6 19.Rd1 Qa8 20.h4 Nd6 21.g4 g6 22.c5 Nc8
23.Bd2 Ne7 24.b4 Bd5 25.Bg5 Bg7 26.b5 h6 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.c6 Re8 29.Ne5 Qd8
30.Nd7 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 f5 32.Kh3 Qe7 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Rg1 Kh7 35.Qh5 Ra8 36.Qg6+ Kh8
37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.dxe5 Ra3+ 39.Rg3 Rxg3+ 40.fxg3 Qg7 41.Qxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6
16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Nd2 g5 18.Rh6 Ng4 19.Ne4 Nxh6 20.Nxd6 Qg6 21.Ne4 Bg4 22.Qd2 Nf5
23.Qxg5 Bf3 24.Qf4 Bxe4 25.dxe4 Ng7 26.Be3 Rad8 27.a4 Rd7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bd4 Re8
30.f3 h6 31.Ra6 Kh7 32.Kf2 b4 33.g4 bxc3 34.Bxc3 Ne6 35.Bxe6 Qxe6 36.h4 Qd6
37.Qxd6 Rxd6 38.Ra7 Kg8 39.h5 Red8 40.Kg3 R8d7 41.Ra6 Rd8 42.Kf4 c5 43.Ra5 Rc8
44.Kf5 c4 45.f4 Rdc6 46.e5 Rc5 47.Ra4 Kh7 48.Ke4 R5c7 49.Ra1 Rd7 50.Ra6 Rg8
51.Kf5 Rd3 52.Rf6 Rg7 53.e6 fxe6+ 54.Rxe6 Rf7+ 55.Ke4 Rdd7 56.Be5 Rde7 57.Rc6 Rg7
58.Kf3 Rgf7 59.Kg3  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.f3 g6 15.Nde2 Ne6
16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Bf8 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Ba2 Rad8 21.b4 Nh5 22.Be3 Be5
23.Ne2 c5 24.c4 cxb4 25.axb4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 Nf6 27.Nf4 Rc8 28.Rc1 Rc7 29.Bf1 Rec8
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Ne2 d5 32.Rc1 Qb8 33.Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.Bd4 Qc7 35.Qb2 Qb6 36.Bxb6 Bxb2
37.e5 Bxe5 38.Bd4 Nd7 39.Bxe5 Nxe5 40.Nd4 Kf8 41.Nb3 Nd7 42.Na5 Bc8 43.Nc6 Bb7
44.Na5 Bc8 45.Nc6 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 d3 22.axb5 d2
23.c6 Kb8 24.Rad1 Rd5 25.bxa6 Rhd8 26.Na1 Ka7 27.Nc2 Rb8 28.Rb1 Rdb5 29.Rb3 R8b6
30.Rxc3 Bxc3 31.Bxc3 Rc5 32.Bxd2 Rxc2 33.Be3 Kxa6 34.Bxb6 cxb6 35.f4 b5 36.g4 Rxc6
37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 b4 39.f6 Rc8 40.Kg2 b3 41.Rb1 Rf8 42.Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bb4 14.axb5 Nxb5 15.Ne4 O-O
16.Be3 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 a5 18.Nfg5 Nxg5 19.Nxg5 Rfe8 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 fxe5 22.fxe5 c5
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Kf2 h6 25.Rd7 Nc7 26.Bxc5 Ne6 27.Be3 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Rc8 29.Rd1 Rc2+
30.Kg3 Kf7 31.h4 Kg6 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Kh3 Nc5 34.Rd1 Ne4 35.Rd7 h5 36.Rc7 Nf2+
37.Kg3 Nd3 38.Rc6+ Kf7 39.e6+ Kg8 40.Ng5 Kf8 41.Nh7+ Kg8 42.Ng5 Kf8 43.Nh7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bg5 Bxe4
16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Rxe4 Qxf5 18.Bxf6 Qxe4 19.Bd5 Qf4 20.Bxa8 Qxf6 21.c3 c6 22.Qd4 Qe6
23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Qxa6 d5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Qxa4 g6 28.Rd1 Bc5 29.b4 Bb6
30.c4  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Nxe7+ Rxe7
16.f3 Rd8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxd7 Rdxd7 20.Rxe5 h6 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.a4 Kf7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra7 c6 27.Rxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Rapid Match"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 h5 6.h3 a6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Be6
9.Nf3 Nce7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Ng5 O-O-O 14.Rhf1 h4 15.g4 Kb8
16.Kb1 Rdf8 17.Nf3 Nh7 18.Nd2 Ng5 19.Nb3 Bxb3 20.axb3 c6 21.b4 Qc7 22.b3 Qb6
23.Qc4 Rc8 24.Kb2 f6 25.Ra1 Rhd8 26.Ra4 Rd7 27.Qd3 Rdc7 28.Rf2 Ne7 29.Rd2 c5
30.dxc5 dxc5 31.b5 Nf7 32.Qc4 Nd6 33.Rxd6 Qxd6 34.bxa6 Rd7 35.Bf1 Rcd8 36.axb7 Rxb7
37.Ra6 Rb6 38.Rxb6+ Qxb6 39.Qf7 Nc6 40.Qxg7 Nb4 41.Bc4 Rd2 42.Qf8+ Rd8 43.Qf7 Rd2
44.Nd5 Rxc2+ 45.Kb1 Qd6 46.Qe8+ Kb7 47.Qb5+ Ka7 48.Qa4+ Kb8 49.Ba6 Nxd5 50.exd5 Rh2
51.Qb5+ Kc7 52.Qb7+ Kd8 53.Qc8+ Ke7 54.Bb5 Kf7 55.Be8+ Kg8 56.Bh5+ Qf8 57.Qe6+ Kg7
58.d6 Qg8 59.Qe7+ Kh8 60.Qxf6+ Qg7 61.Qd8+ Qg8 62.Qf6+ Qg7 63.Qd8+ Qg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kristjansson,St"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C16"]

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 "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pinter,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.a4 Ng4
16.axb5 axb5 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qd6 19.N2f3 Bd7 20.h3 Nxf2 21.Kxf2 Bh4+
22.Kg1 Bxe1 23.Qxe1 c5 24.Nb3 Bxh3 25.Ng5 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Qe6+ Qxe6 28.Nxe6 Re8
29.Nbxc5 Re5 30.Ra6 Re2 31.b4 Rc2 32.Ra7 Rxc3 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Rd7 Rc4 35.Ng5 Rxb4
36.Nce6 Rh4 37.g3 Rh5 38.Kg2 b4 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nf4  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Bc2 Bf5 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Qxd7 Rxd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.Nxe4 Nd3 20.Re2 Rf5 21.g3 Kf7 22.a4 h6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra6 Re5 25.f3 Red5 26.Kg2 Ne5 27.b3 b4 28.c4 Rd1 29.Bc5 Nd3
30.Bxe7 Rxe7 31.Rd2 Rxd2+ 32.Nxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D14"]

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 "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qd2 Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bf3 Rc8 11.O-O-O Na5 12.b3 Qc7 13.Nb1 e5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 e4
16.Be2 Nd5 17.Bd4 Nc6 18.Nc3 Ndb4 19.Kb2 d5 20.a3 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Nc6 22.Nxd5 Bxa3+
23.Kb1 Nxd4 24.Nxc7+ Rxc7 25.Rxd4 Bc5 26.Rxe4+ Re7 27.Bf3 Rxe4 28.Bxe4 Ke7
29.Re1 Bb4 30.Re2 Rd8 31.Bd3+ Kf8 32.Kb2 Re8 33.Be4 Rc8 34.Bd3 Bc3+ 35.Ka3 Re8
36.b4 Rxe2 37.Bxe2 a5 38.bxa5 Bxa5 39.Bxb5 Bc7 40.g3 Bb6 41.Kb4 Bg1 42.h3 Bh2
43.g4 Bxf4 44.Kc5 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qe2 f5 18.h4 Bf6 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Nce3 Bd7 21.Qc2 e4 22.Qxe4 Ne5
23.Ra3 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Be5 25.Qd3 Bb5 26.Qd2 Rb7 27.g3 Rf3 28.c4 Bc6 29.Qxa5 Qxa5+
30.Rxa5 Rxb3 31.O-O h5 32.c5 Bxd5 33.cxd6 Rbxe3 34.Rxd5 Re2 35.d7 Bc7 36.d8=Q+ Bxd8
37.Rxd8+ Kh7 38.Rd5 Kg6 39.Kg2 Rf6 40.Rd3 Rb2 41.Rf3 Rxf3 42.Kxf3 Rb3+ 43.Kg2 Kf5
44.Rc1 g6 45.Rc5+ Kf6 46.Rc4 Ra3 47.Re4 Rb3 48.Re3 Rb2 49.Kf3 Ra2 50.Re2 Ra4
51.Ke3 Kf5 52.Rd2 Re4+ 53.Kd3 Ra4 54.f3 Ra8 55.Ke3 Re8+ 56.Kf2 Ra8 57.Rd5+ Ke6
58.Rd4 Kf6 59.Ke3 Ra3+ 60.Ke4 Ra6 61.Kf4 Rb6 62.Ra4 Rc6 63.g4 hxg4 64.fxg4 g5+
65.hxg5+ Kg6 66.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belkhodja,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nc7 10.Re1 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Qd2 Nd5 15.Bh6 Bh8
16.Rac1 Bf5 17.Ne5 Rac8 18.h3 Nb6 19.g4 Be6 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Rc5 Qxa2 22.Nxc6 Qa6
23.Ng5 Nd7 24.Nb4 Qd6 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.d5 Ne5 27.Rxe5 Bxe5 28.Ne4 Qd7 29.dxe6 Qxd2
30.Bxd2 Bxb2 31.Nd5 Ba3 32.exf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nedev,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C45"]

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.f4 O-O-O 10.b4 Bxd4 11.cxd4 Nxb4 12.a3 Nbc6 13.Nc3 d5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rxd5
16.exd5 Ne7 17.Qg4+ Qf5 18.Qxf5+ Nxf5 19.Bf2 Kd7 20.Rfe1 f6 21.g4 Nd6 22.Re3 Bxd5
23.Rae1 Re8 24.f5 Ne4 25.Rc1 a5 26.Bg3 c6 27.Rb1 b5 28.Be1 a4 29.Bb4 g6 30.Rf1 Ng5
31.Kf2 Ne4+ 32.Kg1 Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.c3 f6 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 fxe5
16.Qxe5 Qd7 17.a4 Bf7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rad1 c6 20.Bc2 Rfe8 21.Qd4 Ra2 22.Rd2 Qd6
23.b4 Ra3 24.Rc1 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Bc2 c5 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Nb3 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Rb1 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxe4
22.Bxe4 Rad8 23.Bxh7+ Kf8 24.Qf3 Rxd4 25.Re1 Qg5 26.h4 Qd2 27.Rf1 Rxh4  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotronias,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c4 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.Qd2 b4 17.Qxb4 Rb8 18.Qa4+ Kf8 19.Rab1 Bxb2 20.Nc2 Ng6 21.Ne3 f4 22.Qc2 Qf6
23.Nd1 f3 24.Rxb2 Rxb2 25.Qxb2 Qxb2 26.Nxb2 fxe2 27.Re1 Kg7 28.Rxe2 Rb8 29.f3 Nf4
30.Rxe4 Rxb2 31.Rxf4 Rxa2 32.Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.a4 b4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Na6 12.Qd2 h5 13.O-O-O Nc7 14.Ne1 Nd5 15.Nd3 Qa5
16.f4 f5 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Kb1 Rd8 19.Qd3 Bf6 20.Rhe1 c5 21.Ng3 Kf8 22.dxc5 Nc3+
23.bxc3 Rxd3 24.Rxd3 Bc8 25.c6 bxc3 26.Nxf5 exf5 27.Nd7+ Kg7 28.Rg3+ Kh6
29.Nxf6 Be6 30.Re5 Qb4 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Re8 33.Rd1 Rc8 34.Ka2 Rxc6 35.Rd8 Kh7
36.Rgg8 Qxf4 37.Rh8+ Kg7 38.Rhg8+ Kf6 39.Rd7 Qc1 40.Rxf7+ Ke5 41.Re8+ Kf4
42.g3+ Kg4  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Be7
9.dxc5 O-O 10.Nd4 Bxc5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 e5 13.Nb3 Ba7 14.c4 Ne7 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.Be3 Kf8 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Ke8 19.Bxa7 Rxa7 20.Nc5 Nf5 21.Bg4 Ke7 22.Re1 Kd6
23.Ne4+ Kc7 24.c5 f6 25.f4 Nd4 26.Bxc8 Kxc8 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.Nd6+ Kd7 29.Rxe5 Ra8
30.Re4 Ne6 31.Nc4 Ke7 32.b4 Rd8 33.Ne5 Rc8 34.Kf2 a5 35.Nd3 Kf6 36.bxa5 Ra8
37.Ra4 Nc7 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.a6 Nb5 40.Re4+ Kd5 41.a4  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d5 b5
9.O-O b4 10.Ne2 Nb6 11.a3 a5 12.axb4 axb4 13.Rxa8 Nxa8 14.g4 Qc8 15.g5 Nb6
16.h4 h6 17.Kf2 hxg5 18.hxg5 Qa6 19.b3 N8d7 20.Be3 Na8 21.Rh1 Rxh1 22.Qxh1 Qa2
23.Qh7 Kf8 24.f5 Qxc2 25.Bf4 Qb2 26.f6 Nxf6 27.gxf6 Qxf6 28.e5  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.c4 Bb7 13.Bd3 bxc4 14.Nxc4 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5
16.Qa4+ Kf8 17.O-O-O Qc5 18.f3 Kg7 19.Qa5 Rac8 20.Kb1 Rhd8 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Ne3 Rd7
23.Be2 Rdc7 24.Rc1 f5 25.b4 Rxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Rd7 27.Nc4 Nd5 28.a3 e4 29.fxe4 fxe4
30.Na5 Nf4 31.Bg4 Re7 32.Nxb7 Rxb7 33.Bc8 Rb6 34.Rc4 Nd5 35.Kb2 a5 36.Rxe4 axb4
37.a4 Nc3 38.Rg4+ Kf6 39.Kb3 Nd5 40.Rc4 Ke5 41.a5 Rb5 42.a6 Ra5 43.Bb7 Ra3+
44.Kb2 Ra5 45.Rh4 Nc7 46.Rh5+ f5 47.g4 Kf4 48.Rxf5+ Rxf5 49.gxf5 Nxa6 50.f6 Nc5
51.Bc8 Nd3+ 52.Kb3 Ne5 53.h4 Nf7 54.Kxb4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.c4 bxc4 13.Nxc4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qa4+ Bd7
16.Qa3 Qe7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Bc4 Nf4 19.g3 Bc6 20.Rf1 Ng2+ 21.Ke2 Nf4+ 22.Ke1 Ng2+
23.Ke2 Nf4+ 24.gxf4 exf4+ 25.Kd2 Rd8 26.Kc2 Qxd6 27.Qxd6+ Rxd6 28.Rad1 Be4+
29.Kc3 Rc6 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Rg1+ Bg6 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Rg4 Bb1 34.a4 f3 35.Rf4 Kg7
36.Rxf3 f5 37.Kd4 Kf6 38.b4 Be4 39.Rh3 Rd6+ 40.Kc3 Rc6 41.Rh6+ Ke7 42.Rxc6 Bxc6
43.a5 Bb7 44.Kd4 Kd6 45.Bxf7 f4 46.Bc4 h6 47.h4 Bc8 48.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 d5 8.Bxd5 Bg4
9.d3 c6 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Nxd4 Bxd1 13.Nf5 Qf8 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.d4 Qb4
16.Rxd1 Ng6 17.Nxg7+ Kf8 18.Nf5 a5 19.a3 Qb6 20.O-O Rd8 21.e5 Rg8 22.f4 Ne7
23.Nd6 Nc8 24.Nxf7 Rxd4 25.Kh1 a4 26.Nxa4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Qf2 28.Ng5 Rg6 29.Nxh7+ Ke7
30.Ng5 Qxf4 31.Nf3 Qe3 32.Nc3 Qf2 33.Rg1 Nb6 34.Ne4 Qe2 35.Ng3 Qf2 36.Rf1 Qc5
37.e6 Nd5 38.Nd4 Rf6 39.Ngf5+ Ke8 40.Ng7+ Kf8 41.Rxf6+ Nxf6 42.e7+ Qxe7 43.Nde6+ Kg8
44.Nf5 Qc5 45.Ned4+  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8
9.d5 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.b3 Bh6 12.Bf1 Qe7 13.a3 Bd7 14.Rb1 Nh5 15.Qc2 f5 16.b4 axb4
17.axb4 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.c5 Nf4 21.c6 bxc6 22.dxc6 Be6 23.b5 Bf5
24.Be3 Nd3 25.Red1 d5 26.f3 Nf4 27.g4 Be6 28.Bc5 Qg5 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.b6 cxb6
31.c7 exf3 32.Rxb6 Qxg4+ 33.Kh1 Ne2 34.Qc5 d4 35.Qxf8+ Kxf8  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.c4 Bb7 13.Bd3 Rg8 14.Rg1 bxc4 15.Nxc4 d5
16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.O-O-O Rg4 19.Be2 Rd4 20.Qb4 a5 21.Qc3 Nf5 22.b3 a4
23.Nb6 Qe4 24.Bf3 Qf4+ 25.Kb2 a3+ 26.Ka1 Ra7 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.g3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxf2
30.Nc4 Nd4 31.Nxa3 Ra7 32.Rd2 Qe1+ 33.Kb2 Rxa3 34.Qb4+ Kg7 35.Kxa3 Qc1+ 36.Ka4 Qc6+
37.Ka3 Qc1+ 38.Ka4 Qc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Acs,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 c4 14.Nf1 Nb7 15.a4 Na5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Ne3 Bb7 18.Nd5 Re8 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Nh4 g6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Bh6 f6
23.Re3 Nb3 24.Rd1 Nbc5 25.b4 Ne6 26.Re2 Ndf8 27.Red2 Ra3 28.Bxf8 Qxf8 29.Rd7 Re7
30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Qxe6 Rxc3 32.Rd2 Qe7 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qg4 Kf7 35.f4 exf4 36.e5 Rxc2
37.Rxc2 fxe5 38.Nf3 h5 39.Qc8 e4 40.Ng5+ Kf6 41.h4 e3 42.Ra2 Ra7 43.Rxa7 Qxa7
44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Kg8 46.Kh2 Qd7 47.Qf6 e2 48.Qxg6+ Kf8 49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2004.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johannessen,LE"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 Qe5 22.Qf3 Qe4
23.Qxe4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bb4 25.Rfd1 Kc7 26.Kg2 Kb6 27.Rac1 h5 28.e3 Ne5 29.Bd5 Rd7
30.f4 Rhd8 31.e4 Ng4 32.Kf3 Kxb5 33.Ne3 Nxe3 34.Kxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2004.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabriel,Ch"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nc4 Qxb3 12.axb3 Be4 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bd6 a6 15.Nfe5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Bxd6 17.Nxd6 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rab8 19.Rfd1 f6 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Rd3 Rfd8
22.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hanley,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 a6 7.a4 Nb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 d6 10.Nf1 Bg4 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Ne3 Rb8 13.a5 Nh5 14.Ncd5 Nc6 15.Nxe7+ Nxe7
16.g3 g6 17.c3 Nc6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.Qe2 Kg7 21.Qg4 d5 22.exd5 exd5
23.Nb6 Nf6 24.Qh4 h5 25.Bg5 Qd6 26.h3 Rf7 27.Be3 Rbf8 28.Re2 Ne7 29.b4 cxb4
30.Qxb4 Qe6 31.Bg5 Nc6 32.Qc5 Nh7 33.Be3 Qxh3 34.Qxd5 Nf6 35.Qg2 Qf5 36.d4 Qd3
37.Rae1 exd4 38.cxd4 Ng4 39.d5 Nce5 40.f4 Nd7 41.Rd2 Qb5 42.Bd4+ Kh6 43.Qe2 Qxa5
44.Nc4 Qb4 45.Rb2 Qa4 46.Rxb7 Rc8 47.Rc1 Nde5 48.Rxf7 Nxf7 49.Kg2 Qb3 50.Kh3 Qb7
51.Qd2 Kh7 52.Bb2 Qd7 53.Nb6 Rxc1 54.Qxc1 Qb5 55.Bd4 Qe2 56.Bg1 Nf6 57.d6 Qe6+
58.Kg2 Qe4+ 59.Kf1 Qd3+ 60.Kg2 Qe4+ 61.Kf1 Qd3+ 62.Kg2 Nxd6 63.Qc7+ Kh6 64.Bf2 h4
65.gxh4 Qe4+ 66.Kg1 Qxf4 67.Qc5 Ng4 68.Qg5+ Qxg5 69.hxg5+ Kxg5 70.Bg3 Nb5
71.Na4 Nd4 72.Bc7 Nb3 73.Kf1 Kf5 74.Bd8 Nf6 75.Ke2 Ne4 76.Be7 g5 77.Kd3 g4
78.Ke3 g3 79.Kf3 Nd4+ 80.Kg2 Kg4 81.Bd8 Ne6 82.Bb6 Nf4+ 83.Kf1 g2+ 84.Ke1 Nc5  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Williams,Si"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "B75"]

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 "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 a6 6.h3 d6 7.Nge2 Be6 8.Nd5 Bxd5
9.exd5 Ne7 10.Bg5 Nd7 11.c3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Qb3 Bb6 14.O-O O-O 15.Kh2 Re8
16.Rae1 Qd7 17.c4 Nf5 18.Bc3 Re7 19.g4 Nh4 20.Ng3 Nh7 21.Be4 g6 22.f4 exf4
23.Rxf4 Rae8 24.Qd1 c6 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.gxf5 cxd5 27.cxd5 g5 28.Rff1 f6 29.Qh5 Rg7
30.Qxh6 Rf8 31.Bf3 Qb5 32.Be4 Ba5 33.Re2 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Qc5 35.c4 b5 36.cxb5 axb5
37.Rfe1 g4 38.h4 Ng5 39.Rg2 g3+ 40.Kh1 Rh7 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.Qxh7+ Kxh7 43.Rxg3 Kg7
44.Rxg5+ Kf7 45.Rh5 Qc3 46.Rf1 Rh8 47.Rxh8 Qxh8+ 48.Kg2 Kf6 49.Rf3 Qh6 50.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Haba,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Re1 Ng6 11.Ne4 h6 12.h3 Ke8 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nb5 Kd7 15.f4 Kc6 16.a4 b6
17.g4 a6 18.Nbc3 Be7 19.Ng3 Nh4 20.Kf2 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Nh5 Bd4+ 23.Kg3 g6
24.Ne4 Nf5+ 25.gxf5 gxh5 26.c3 Rg8+ 27.Kh2 Bh8 28.f6 Rf8 29.b4 Bxf6 30.Nxf6 Rxf6
31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Re5 Rf5 33.Re8 Bb7 34.Rxa8 Bxa8 35.c4 Bb7 36.Kg3 Bc8 37.Bb2 h4+
38.Kf3 Rf8 39.Rg1 Bxh3 40.Rg6+ Kb7 41.Rxh6 Bf1 42.Rxh4 Bxc4 43.Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Promopro Matches"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.Nf4 d5
9.Nfxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qh4 11.Ne3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Rf6 14.Nxf5 Rxf5 15.Bd7 Nf3+
16.gxf3 Rh5 17.h3 Qg3+ 18.Kh1 Rxh3+ 19.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 20.Kg1 Qg3+ 21.Kh1 Qh3+
22.Kg1 Qg3+ 23.Kh1 Bxf2 24.Rxf2 Qxf2 25.Qg1 Qxf3+ 26.Qg2 Qh5+ 27.Qh2 Qd1+
28.Qg1 Qh5+ 29.Qh2 Qf5 30.d3 Rf8 31.Qe2 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Qg3+
35.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Promopro Matches"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B54"]

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 "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Polzin,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 Re8 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.Bd6 Qb6
16.h4 Nf6 17.h5 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Be6 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Qc3 Rad8 21.Be2 Qf2 22.Bf3 g5
23.b3 Qg3 24.Kb2 g4 25.Be2 Qxc3+ 26.Kxc3 Bd5 27.Bc7 Rc8 28.Ba5 Bxe4 29.Bxg4 f5
30.Bh5 Re7 31.Bg6 Bxg2 32.Bxf5 e4+ 33.Kd2 Rf8 34.Bh7+ Kf7 35.Rhg1 Bf3 36.Rdf1 Ke6
37.Rxg7 Rxg7 38.Bxe4 Rg2+ 39.Kc3 Bxe4 40.Rxf8 Rxc2+ 41.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bd7 15.exf5 O-O
16.O-O Kh8 17.a4 f6 18.b4 Rb8 19.Qd3 Re8 20.Rfd1 e4 21.Qe2 Qc8 22.Ba6 Qd8
23.Bb5 Qc8 24.Ba6 Qd8 25.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qd5 11.a5 c5 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qxc4 Qxc4 14.Bxc4 Bc6 15.Ke2 Na6
16.Rhb1 Nc7 17.Be1 O-O-O 18.Rb2 f6 19.Rc1 Ng5 20.Nxg5 fxg5 21.Bd2 g4 22.Kf1 a6
23.dxc5 Nd5 24.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.O-O Nd6 8.Re1 Qxe2
9.Rxe2+ Be7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nd4 Kd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Nd1 c5 14.c3 Nc6 15.Bc2 b5
16.d3 a5 17.Bd2 a4 18.a3 Na5 19.Ne3 Nb3 20.Rae1 Bf6 21.Ng4 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 b4
23.cxb4 cxb4 24.axb4 Ra6 25.d4 Rb8 26.Bxh7 Rxb4 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.h4 Nc4 29.Rd3 Rxb2
30.Rg3 a3 31.Rg7+ Ke8 32.h5 a2 33.h6 Kf8 34.Bg6 Rb8 35.Ra1 Nd2 36.Kh2 Nb3
37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rh7+ Kg8 40.Rg7+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lie,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 a6
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.a4 Ne8 11.Be3 Nc7 12.d4 b6 13.b3 Bd7 14.h3 e5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Ne6
17.b4 cxb4 18.Nxb4 Ncd4 19.Nxa6 Ra8 20.Nb4 Bxa4 21.Qd2 Rc8 22.Qa2 b5 23.Nc3 Ra8
24.Ra1 Nc7 25.Qb2 Qd7 26.cxb5 Bxb5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Ra1 Rxa1+ 29.Qxa1 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wells,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 Bb6 10.c4 e4 11.Nf4 Re8 12.Rb5 Ne5 13.Rd5 Qe7 14.Re1 c6 15.Rxe5 Qxe5
16.Rxe4 Qxe4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.d3 Re8 19.Bb2 f6 20.h4 Bd7 21.h5 h6 22.Bc3 Bc7
23.Ng2 Re6 24.Bd2 Rae8 25.Be3 b6 26.Kh2 c5 27.c3 R8e7 28.Qf3 Bc6 29.Qg4 Bd7
30.Qf3 Bc6 31.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Spraggett,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Johannessen,LE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 c6
16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.a4 d5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Bf4 Qe6 22.e5 Nd7
23.Bh6 Bh8 24.f4 Qe7 25.Re3 Nf8 26.Rf1 c5 27.f5 d4 28.cxd4 cxd4 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.Nf5 gxf5 31.Rg3+ Ng6 32.Bxf5 Qxe5 33.Rg4 Bg7 34.Bxg6 fxg6 35.Rxg6 Re7
36.Rf4 Be4 37.Rg5 Qe6 38.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B45"]

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 "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rytshagov,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Ng5 Bg6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qe4 22.Nf4 Ne5
23.dxe5 Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Brodsky,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B60"]

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 "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 a5 10.a3 Be7 11.Rfd1 O-O 12.e4 Nb6 13.exd5 cxd5 14.c5 Nc4 15.Bc1 a4
16.Nxa4 Rxa4 17.b3 Ra5 18.bxc4 dxc4 19.Qxc4 Rxc5 20.Qb3 Rb5 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.a4 Rd5
23.Rb1 Rd8 24.Be3 e5 25.h3 h6 26.Qb3 Bf8 27.a5 Qc7 28.Qxb7 Qxb7 29.Rxb7 Ra8
30.Ra1 exd4 31.Bxd4 Rdxa5 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.g3 Bc5 35.Rb2 h5 36.Kg2 Kg7
37.Rd2 Ba7 38.Nh4 Bb6 39.Rd3 Ra2 40.Rf3 Bc5 41.Rf5 Bb6 42.Rf3 Bc5 43.g4 hxg4
44.hxg4 Rb2 45.Kg3 Bd6+ 46.Kh3 Bc5 47.Kg2 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bg4
9.f3 Be6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nce2 Re8 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.b3 Bd7 15.Kh1 Qb6
16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rad1 a5 18.g4 Ng6 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.c3 Bd6 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 h6
23.Rc1 Re7 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rxc4 Qb6 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Qc3 Re8 29.Qc5 Qa6
30.Qc4 b5 31.Qd3 Ne5 32.Qd2 b4 33.Nf4 Qd6 34.Re1 Nc6 35.Rxe8+ Bxe8 36.Nfe2 Nxd4
37.Qxd4 Qxd4 38.Nxd4 Nd5 39.f4 Nc3 40.Bc6 Kf8 41.Bxe8 Kxe8 42.Nc6 Nxa2 43.Nxa5 Kd7
44.Kg2 Kd6 45.Kf3 Kd5 46.Ke3 Nc3 47.Nc4 Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D45"]

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.Ne4 Bc7 11.Bd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O-O Ba5 15.Rdg1 Bxd2+
16.Qxd2 Qe7 17.Ng3 Rd8 18.Kb1 c5 19.Ndf5 Bxf5+ 20.Nxf5 Qe6  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 O-O
9.c3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qf3 c5 15.Nf1 c4
16.Bc2 Be6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Ng3 Nd7 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nc5 21.a4 Rad8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Red1 h6 24.Rd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5 Rc8 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Qxa8+ Kh7 28.Qd5 Nb7 29.Qxb5 Nd6
30.Qd5 Nc8 31.Bc5 Qa5 32.Qxc4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxb2 34.Bb3 Qd2 35.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shaw,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 Nh5 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Nxe5+ Nxe5 13.Qxd8 Nf3+ 14.Kd1 Nxg1
15.Kc1 Nh3 16.f4 Bc5 17.Qc7+ Be7 18.Bc5 Re8 19.f5 Kf8 20.Bxe7+ Rxe7 21.Qd8+ Kf7
22.b3 Nf6 23.Kb2 Ng5 24.Rg1 Rd7 25.Qh8 Re7 26.Qd8 Rd7 27.Qh8 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cazelais,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
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 ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Del Rio Angelis,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 h5 13.gxh5 Bb5 14.Bxb5+ Qxb5 15.Ne3 Nac6
16.b3 g6 17.Ng4 O-O-O 18.h6 Nf5 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Nf6 Rc7 21.Ne8 Rd7 22.Nf6 Rc7
23.Ne8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kristjansson,St"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B18"]

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 ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bxd4 Nf6
16.Bf5 Qa5 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.Qd3 Rd8 19.Qb3 Qd5 20.Bxf6 Qxb3 21.Bxg7+ Kxg7
22.axb3 Be7 23.Ne5 Bf6 24.f4 a6 25.Rac1 Rac8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rd1 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Rc5
29.Rd7 Rxe5 30.Rxb7 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 c5 11.Nde2 Bf5 12.Bg5 Bxc2 13.Rac1 Bf5 14.Nd5 c6 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Rxc5 Kc7 17.Ra5 h6 18.Bh4 Ng6 19.Bg3 Rd8 20.Rxa7 Rd2 21.Nc3 Bc5 22.Ne4 Bxa7
23.Nxd2 Ra8 24.Nc2 Ne7 25.a3 Nf5 26.Bf4 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Rb1 g5 29.Bg3 Rd8
30.Ne4 Rd5 31.b4 Bb2 32.f4 gxf4 33.Bxf4 Bxa3 34.Bxh6 Rd4 35.Ng5 Bd5 36.Bf8 Rg4
37.Nf3 Bxf3 38.Rb3 Rxg2+ 39.Kf1 Bd5 40.Rxa3 Rxh2 41.Bd6+ Kb6 42.Ra5 Rb2 43.Ke1 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.d5 Bf6 20.c4 h6 21.h3 Ne7 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.Rxe5 Ng6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bg3 Qe7 26.Kh1 Qc5 27.Rb5 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Qe7 29.Rb1 Rxb1
30.Qxb1 Qxa3 31.Qf5 Qc5 32.Qc8+ Nf8 33.Qd8 Kh7 34.d6 Ne6 35.dxc7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Ne7 8.Ne2 Qd8
9.O-O Nd7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.Rd1 h6 15.Bh4 Qb4
16.Be2 g5 17.Bg3 h5 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bxh4 Bh6 20.f4 Nxe5 21.a3 Qb6 22.Na4 Qa5
23.dxe5 Qxa4 24.Qc5 Bf8 25.Qf2 Qa5 26.b4 Qb6 27.Rd4 Bc2 28.Ra2 Bb3 29.Rad2 Bd5
30.f5 Qc7 31.Bf6 Rh6 32.Qg3 Rxf6  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bb4 14.axb5 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 axb5
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Ng5 Qc6 18.Qg4 Qc4 19.Qf5 Nd8 20.Rd1 Qc6 21.Nxh7 Be7 22.Qh5 g6
23.Qh3 Ne6 24.Be3 Qc2 25.Rc1 Qxb2 26.f4 Qa3 27.Kf2 Qa2+ 28.Kf1 Qa3 29.Kf2 Qa2+
30.Kf1 Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.O-O Bd5
9.d3 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Qd5+ 11.f3 O-O-O 12.c4 Qe6 13.Be3 Bb4 14.Rb1 f5 15.Rb3 b6
16.c5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb5 c4 19.Rc5 Nb4 20.Qd2 cxd3 21.Qxb4 dxe2 22.Rb1 Qb6
23.Rb5 Rd1 24.Rxb6 axb6 25.Kf2 e1=B+ 26.Qxe1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.g4 fxg4
29.fxg4 Kd7 30.Re3 Rf8+ 31.Ke2 Rf4 32.h3 Kd6 33.Rd3+ Rd4 34.Rf3 Re4+ 35.Kd2 Rf4
36.Re3 b5 37.Ke2 Kd5 38.Rb3 c6 39.a3 e4  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.Bc3 b5 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 b4 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.Bb5 Bd7
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Qd2 O-O 18.O-O Rfb8 19.Rab1 Rb6 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Rc2 h6 22.g3 a5
23.Kg2 a4 24.Ra1 Be8 25.h3 Bd7 26.Rac1 Rc6 27.g4 Ne7 28.Ra1 Rc4 29.Ra2 Qb6
30.Rc1 Rb4 31.Rca1 Ng6 32.Nd1 Bb5 33.Nc3 Qd8 34.Kg3 Bc4 35.Rxa4 Rxb2 36.Qe3 R2b3
37.R1a3 Qe7 38.Rxb3 Rxb3 39.Ra1 Qb4 40.Rc1 Ne7 41.Nd2 Ra3 42.f3 Nc6 43.Nxc4 dxc4
44.Qd2 Qa5 45.h4 Rb3 46.h5 Qd8 47.Rd1 Nb4 48.Ra1 Nd3 49.Ne2 Nxe5 50.Qa5 Qxa5
51.Rxa5 Nxf3 52.Nc1 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Qd5 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qg4 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Nxe5
16.Qg3 Nf7 17.Be3 e5 18.Rfd1 Qc6 19.Rd2 O-O 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.b4 Nd6 22.Bc5 Rf6
23.Rd5 Nf7 24.Qe3 Qe6 25.Qxe4 c6 26.Rd7 Qxa2 27.Ra7 Ng5 28.Qxe5 Qe6 29.f4 Qxe5
30.fxe5 Rf7 31.Rxa6 Rc7 32.Bd6 Rcc8 33.Ra7 Ra8 34.Rc7 Nf7 35.h3 Rad8 36.Rd4 Rc8
37.c4 Rxc7 38.Bxc7 bxc4 39.Rxc4 Re6 40.Rc5 Kf8 41.Kf2 Ke7 42.Ra5 Kd7 43.Ra7 h5
44.Bb8+ Ke8 45.Ra5 Kd7 46.b5 cxb5 47.Rxb5 Kc6 48.Ra5 Kb6 49.Ra3 Nxe5 50.Re3 Rf6+
51.Kg3 Nf7 52.Bf4 Kc6 53.Re7 Kd5 54.Bc1 Nd6 55.Re1 Ne4+ 56.Kh4 Rf2 57.g4 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D10"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.h3 Bg7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.e3 Ne8 12.Be2 Nc7 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Ne6 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Ndxc5
17.Bg3 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Rc8 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.Qb1 Rfd8 22.Bh4 Re8 23.Qb6 Na4
24.Qxa5 Ra8 25.Qb4 Nxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxa2 27.Bc4 Ra4 28.Bb3 Re4 29.Bg3 Bf8 30.Qd2 Bb4
31.Qa2 Rd8 32.Bh4 g5 33.Bxg5 Nxg5 34.Nxg5 Rxe5 35.Nf3 Rf5 36.Rd4 Be7 37.Rg4+ Kh8
38.Bc2 Rh5 39.Qb2+ f6 40.Rd1 Rg8 41.Rdd4 Qd6 42.Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.Rg4+ Kf7 44.Qb1 Bd7
45.Rf4 Kg7 46.Qxb7 Qc6 47.Qxc6 Bxc6 48.Nd4 Bd7 49.Bf5 Be8 50.Rg4+ Kh8 51.Be6 Bg6
52.Ne2 Re5 53.Nf4 d4 54.Rxg6 hxg6 55.Nxg6+ Kg7 56.Nxe5 fxe5 57.exd4 exd4
58.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 Be6 11.Ne2 Bd5 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Nf5 Rg8 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Ke7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rd4 Be6 19.Rfd1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 g5 21.f3 a5 22.Kf2 b6
23.g3 f6 24.exf6+ Kxf6 25.h4 c5 26.Re4 Rd8 27.Ke2 Rd4 28.hxg5+ hxg5 29.a4 Rd8
30.f4 gxf4 31.Rxf4+ Kg5 32.Re4 Kf6 33.Rf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 Nge7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Be3 e5 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Nd5 a5 14.a4 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Nb4
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Nc1 Qc7 18.b3 Qc5 19.Qd2 Nc6 20.Bc2 Bg4 21.Qxd6 Qb6 22.Rd5 Rfd8
23.Qc5 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Rd2 25.Bb1 Rad8 26.Rd5 Be6 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.f3 Nc6 29.Rf2 Rd1+
30.Rf1 Rd2 31.Rf2 Rd1+ 32.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B30"]

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.O-O Be6 10.Nd5 O-O 11.Bg5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qg4 Ne7 15.Bb3 Rad8
16.Rae1 Qf4 17.Qh3 Nc6 18.c3 Qd2 19.Rb1 b5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Ne7 22.a4 bxa4
23.Bxa4 d5 24.Bb3 Rd7 25.Rf2 Rb8 26.Ba2 Kf8 27.Rbf1 f6 28.g4 dxe4 29.dxe4 Rb6
30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ke8 32.Bc4 Rdd6 33.Ra1 a6 34.b3 Kd7 35.gxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxf6 gxf6
37.Rxa6 Rxa6 38.Bxa6 Kc7 39.Kf2 Kb6 40.Bd3 Nc8 41.Kf3 Nd6 42.Kg4 Kc7 43.Kh5 Kd7
44.Kg6 Ke7 45.b4 c4 46.Be2 Nxe4 47.b5 Nxc3 48.b6 Kd6 49.Bxc4 Kc6 50.Kxf6 Kxb6
51.Kxe5 Nd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 Nb4 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c6 13.Bg5 Nbd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Qc2 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rad1 Nd5 19.Be4 Qa5 20.a3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Rac8
23.Ne5 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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.O-O fxg3 15.hxg3 Kb8
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Qc2 a5 18.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Ne6 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Nf6 Rd8 22.f4 Rxd1+
23.Qxd1 Nc4 24.Qc2 Qd8 25.Ng4 Nd4 26.Qxc4 Nxf5 27.Qxf7 Nxg3 28.Bf3 Qh4 29.Qe8+ Kc7
30.Qe5+ Kb6 31.Nf6 Qh3 32.Bg2 Bc5+ 33.e3 Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Qxe3 35.Nd7+ Ka7 36.Qxe3 Bxe3
37.Kxe2 Bxf4 38.b3 h5 39.Kd3 h4 40.Ke4 Bg3 41.Kf5 Bf2 42.Ke6 Bg1 43.Ke7 Bf2
44.Kd8 Bg1 45.Kc8 Bf2 46.Ne5 Bg3 47.Nc4 Ka6 48.Bf1 b5 49.Na3 Kb6 50.axb5 cxb5
51.Nxb5 a4 52.bxa4 Ka5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg3 Ne7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 a5 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Bh3 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Qd1 b3 17.O-O Rb8 18.Nc3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Rb4 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxc5 Nb6 22.Rxa5 Nxa4
23.Rd5 Qf6 24.Qd2 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rb4 26.Rb1 g6 27.e4 Nb6 28.Rb5 Rd4 29.e5 Rxd3
30.exf6 Nd5 31.Bf1 Rd2 32.Rxb3 Nxf6 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.Bxd3 Rd8 35.Bf1 h5 36.b4 Rd6
37.b5 Nd7 38.Bh3 Nb6 39.Rc1 Kf8 40.f4 f5 41.Rc7 Nd5 42.Rb7 h4 43.Bg2 hxg3
44.fxg3 Nb6 45.Bf3 Nc4 46.Rc7 Nb6 47.Rc6 Ke7 48.Kf2 Re6 49.Rxe6+ Kxe6 50.Ke3 Nd7
51.Bc6 Nf6 52.b6 Kd6 53.Bf3 Kc5 54.b7 Nd7 55.Kd3 Nb8 56.Kc3 Nd7 57.Bd1  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.Nh3 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Ng5 Ke7 10.e4 h6 11.Nf3 Nxe4 12.Nxe5 Kf6 13.Nxe4+ fxe4 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Bb4+
16.Kf2 Na6 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rhf1 Re8 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Kg1 Kg6 21.b4 Nd3 22.b5 cxb5
23.cxb5 Bd7 24.Nh4+ Kh7 25.Bxb7 Rab8 26.Bd5 Bxb5 27.Rab1 Ba6 28.Be4+ Kg8
29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Nf5 Nc5 31.Bd5+ Kh7 32.Rc1 Bd3 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Rxc5 Rb2 35.Rc7+ Kf6
36.Rxa7 Ke5 37.Bf3 Kd4 38.Re7 Rxa2 39.h4 h5 40.Re1 Ra5 41.Kh2 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 a5 13.Nfd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Bc2 15.Rf1 a4
16.Bb2 Bg6 17.Rfc1 Nb6 18.h4 h6 19.Nc4 Nd5 20.e4 a3 21.Nxa3 Bxe4 22.Nb5 Qd7
23.Bxe4 cxb5 24.a3 Bf6 25.Rc5 b4 26.axb4 Rxa1+ 27.Bxa1 b6 28.Rc1 Nxb4 29.Qc4 Nd5
30.Qc6 Rd8 31.Qxd7 Rxd7 32.Rc8+ Rd8 33.Rc6 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Bb2 Kg7 36.Kg2 g4
37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxb6 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Nd2 Na5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bb2 Qc6
16.Re1 Bg5 17.Bf3 Qb6 18.Bc1 Bxd2 19.Bxd2 c6 20.Bf4 Bd5 21.Rb1 Qd8 22.Be2 b5
23.a4 a6 24.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bd3 c4 10.Be2 Ba4 11.h4 Nc6 12.h5 h6 13.Bf4 O-O-O 14.g4 Nge7 15.Bg3 Qd7
16.Qd2 Kb7 17.Nh4 Rdg8 18.Ng2 f6 19.Ne3 fxe5 20.dxe5 b5 21.f4 Rd8 22.Bf3 Ka6
23.Kf2 Qc7 24.Rad1 Qb6 25.Kg2 d4 26.cxd4 Nxd4 27.Qf2 Nxc2 28.Nxc2 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Bxc2
30.Rd6+ Rxd6 31.exd6 Nc8 32.d7 Nb6 33.Bc6 Nxd7 34.Bxd7 Rd8 35.Bxe6 Rd2+ 36.Ke3 Rd3+
37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kogan,Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Rd8 11.Qe2 e5 12.fxe5 Qxe5 13.Bg4 Bd6 14.Bf4 Qc5+ 15.Be3 Qe5
16.Bf4 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Nf6 19.Bh3 O-O 20.e5 Rfe8 21.Rf5 Bc8 22.e6 Qe7
23.Re5 Bxe6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.h3 Nd7 26.Re3 e5 27.Re1 Qb4 28.b3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ginsburg,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 2004-5"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wall,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Flear,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nh5
9.Nf1 f5 10.Ng3 fxe4 11.Rxe4 d5 12.Re3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 Nxg3 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rxg3 Qd6 17.Rf3 Rfe8 18.Bg5 Rab8 19.Qc2 e4 20.dxe4 Rxe4 21.Re3 Qe5 22.Rxe4 Qxe4
23.Qxe4 dxe4 24.b3 Rb5 25.Be3 Ra5 26.Kf1 c5 27.a4 c4 28.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 Bb4 10.Qb3 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne2 dxc4 13.Qxc4 e5 14.b3 Qe7 15.Bb2 Ba3
16.Bxa3 Qxa3 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Qc3 Rfe8 19.Rfd1 g5 20.h3 g4 21.hxg4 Nexg4 22.Rd4 Rad8
23.Nf4 Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Ne5 25.Ne2 c5 26.Qd2 Re7 27.Qd8+ Re8 28.Qd2 Re7 29.Nf4 Qb4
30.Qb2 c4 31.Rd1 Rd7 32.Nd5 Neg4 33.Nxb4 Rxd1+ 34.Bf1 axb4 35.bxc4 Ne4 36.Kg2 Rd2
37.Qxb4 Rxf2+ 38.Kg1 Nxe3 39.Bh3 Rd2 40.Qxb7 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd2+ 42.Kg1 Rd1+
43.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gouliev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 h6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.a3 Bb7 12.h4 Rc8 13.Rg1 Qa5 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Nfd7
16.g6 Nxg6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rxg6 Kf7 19.Rg3 Nf6 20.Bd3 e5 21.Qf2 Rxc3 22.Bb6 Qa4
23.bxc3 Qxa3+ 24.Kd2 b4 25.cxb4 Qxb4+ 26.c3 Qb2+ 27.Bc2 Bc6 28.Rb1 Qa2 29.Ke3 d5
30.Qd2 g6 31.Kf2 Ba4 32.Rc1 Rh2+ 33.Rg2 Bh6 34.Be3 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Bxe3 36.Qxe3 Bxc2
37.Qa7+ Kg8 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Qc7+ Kh6 40.Rh1+ Nh5 41.Rxh5+ gxh5 42.Qd6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Nc6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bd6 15.Rb1 Nxd2
16.Nxd2 Qh4 17.Nf1 Ne7 18.Bd2 f4 19.f3 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Be2 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Qb3 O-O 12.O-O Qb8 13.g3 a6 14.a4 Qa7 15.a5 Rac8
16.Rfc1 Rc6 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Na4 Ne4 20.Be1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Qf8
23.f3 Nef6 24.Qb3 Qb8 25.Qc2 Qf8 26.Qd2 e5 27.b4 Qe7 28.Nc5 exd4 29.exd4 Bxc5
30.dxc5 Nb8 31.Bf2 Nc6 32.b5 axb5 33.Bxb5 Qc7 34.a6 bxa6 35.Bxa6 d4 36.Bxd4 Nxd4
37.Qxd4 Nd7 38.Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Ne7 6.f4 Nd7 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7
9.Be2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c5 12.c3 Nf5 13.Bf2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bb4+ 15.Ke2 O-O
16.Qd3 Ne7 17.a3 Ba5 18.Rhc1 Nc6 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.f5 Qd8 21.Bg4 exf5 22.Bxf5 h6
23.Kf1 Re8 24.Kg1 Nf8 25.Be3 Ne7 26.Bg4 Qb6 27.Rf1 Neg6 28.Rf2 Re7 29.Raf1 Rae8
30.b4 Rc7 31.Bd1 Qe6 32.b5 a6 33.a4 axb5 34.Qxb5 Qc6 35.Qb3 Qc3 36.Rf3 Qxb3
37.Bxb3 Rd8 38.Bd2 Rdd7 39.Bb4 Ne6 40.Rd3 Rc8 41.a5 Ngf4 42.Rd2 Nxd4 43.Ba4 Nfe2+
44.Kf2 Rdc7 45.Rb1 Rc4 46.g3 Nc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Qe3 Nxb3
16.axb3 f5 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Ng5 Nd4 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.g3 Be6 15.Bg2 Qd7
16.O-O Bd8 17.Qd3 a5 18.Nce3 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Bxe7 20.a3 Rfc8 21.Rfd1 g6 22.Rd2 Rc6
23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Rad1 Kg7 25.Kh2 Rc5 26.Qe3 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 b4 29.axb4 axb4
30.Qd2 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rb6 32.c4 Be7 33.c5 Rc6 34.Rxe5 Qc7 35.cxd6 Rxd6 36.Qa2 Rc6
37.Ra5 Rc2 38.Qa1+ Kh6 39.Ra2 Rxa2 40.Qxa2 Bxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Bd6 10.g3 a6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Rc8
16.Rc2 b5 17.b4 Ncd7 18.a4 Bxb4 19.axb5 axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.Qf3 Be6 15.Rd1 Qd7
16.Nce3 Bd8 17.g4 Ne7 18.h5 Bxd5 19.exd5 f5 20.gxf5 Nxf5 21.Bh3 Nxe3 22.Qxf8+ Kxf8
23.Bxd7 Nxd1 24.Kxd1 b4 25.Kc2 bxc3 26.bxc3 Bg5 27.Bf5 h6 28.a4 a5 29.Rg1 Ke7
30.f3 Rf8 31.Be4 Rb8 32.Rg2 Kd7 33.Bf5+ Ke7 34.Kd3 Rb1 35.Kc4 Rb8 36.Re2 Bf4
37.Be4 Bc1 38.Rg2 Bg5 39.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5+ Kd8 16.Rxa8 Bxa8
17.Qa4 Bd6 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Qxa8 Qg5 20.Qb7 Qc1+ 21.Ke2 Qxh1 22.Ne5 Qc1 23.Nxf7+ Ke7
24.Nxh8 Qxb2+ 25.Kf3 Qc3+ 26.Kg4 Qxd4+ 27.Kh3 Qb6 28.Qc8 Qxb5 29.Qxc7+ Nd7
30.Ng6+ Kf6 31.Nxh4 Qd3+ 32.f3 Ne5 33.Qc1 Nf7 34.Qb2+ e5 35.Qb6+ Kg7 36.Kg3 Qc4
37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qf6 Kg8 39.Ng6 e4 40.Nf4 exf3 41.Ne6  1-0

[Event "18th Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nd2 dxc4
16.Nxc4 Qd7 17.Bf4 Rad8 18.Re1 Bg8 19.h3 Bd6 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.c4 Rfe8 22.Qd2 b6
23.Bf1 Na5 24.Qb4 Rc8 25.d5 Nb7 26.a4 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rc5 28.Be2 Ra5 29.Bg4 Qd8
30.Re3 Bf7 31.Qe1 Kg8 32.Re7 Nc5 33.Bf5 Kf8 34.Re2 Rxa4 35.Qc3 Qc7 36.Bh6 Qd8
37.Bf4 Qc7 38.Bh6 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 b4
10.Nce2 e5 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.O-O-O a5 13.Kb1 a4 14.Nbc1 Be6 15.Ng3 Qa5 16.h4 d5
17.g5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Nd4 19.f4 b3 20.cxb3 Bb4 21.fxe5 Bxd2 22.Bxd2 Qc7 23.Bc3 Qxe5
24.Rg1 axb3 25.Bb5+ Kf8 26.Bxd4 bxa2+ 27.Ka1 Qb8 28.Bc6 Ra6 29.exd5 Bg4 30.Rde1 Rxh4
31.Ne4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 g5 33.Bc5+ Kg7 34.Rexg4 Rxg4 35.Rxg4 f6 36.Bd4 Kg6 37.Rg1 Qf4
38.Bc3 Qf2 39.Be8+ Kg7 40.Rxg5+ Kf8 41.Bb5 Qc2  0-1

[Event "18th Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B80"]

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.a3 Bb7
10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Rg1 Qc7 15.f4 Bd6 16.Nf5 Bf8
17.Qd4 O-O-O 18.Nxg7 Bf3 19.Rd3 e5 20.fxe5 Bxg7 21.Rc3 Bc6 22.Rxc6 Qxc6 23.Bg2 Qc7
24.Qe4 Nb6 25.e6 Nd5 26.Rd1 Bxb2+ 27.Kxb2 Qc3+ 28.Ka2 Qxe3 29.Rxd5 Qxe4 30.Rc5+ Kb8
31.Bxe4 fxe6 32.Rc6 Ka7 33.Rc7+ Kb6 34.Rc6+ Ka5 35.Bg6 Rd4 36.h3 Rhd8 37.Kb2 R8d6
38.Rc8 Rf4 39.Rc3 e5 40.Bf5 e4 41.Re3 Rd4 42.Kc3 Rc4+ 43.Kb2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "18th Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.a3 Bg4 8.d3 Nf6
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nc4 O-O 13.a4 b5 14.Ne3 Nb6 15.b3 Qd4
16.Bd2 c4 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Ng4 cxd3 19.Be3 Qd8 20.cxd3 Nd7 21.Nh6+ Bxh6 22.Bxh6 Re8
23.Rec1 c5 24.Rab1 Rb8 25.Bd2 Qc7 26.Bc3 Qc6 27.Qd1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 c4 29.dxc4 Nb6
30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Qd8+ Re8 32.Qxb6 Qxa4 33.Qb5 Qxb5 34.cxb5 Rxe4 35.b6 Re8
36.Ra1 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yam,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A03"]

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 "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dougherty,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "2005.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.d5 Ne7 14.Bc2 Qe8 15.c4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 f5 17.Bd3 e4 18.Be2 exf3 19.Bxf3 Ng6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.g4 Be6 14.Ng5 Nd7 15.Nxe6+ fxe6
16.g5 a4 17.h4 Qd4 18.Rdf1 a3 19.h5 c4 20.f4 cxd3 21.Rf3 Nc5 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Qh2 axb2+ 24.Kb1 dxc2+ 25.Qxc2 exf4 26.Qxb2 Rh8 27.Rd1 Qe5 28.Rxf4 Rh3
29.Na4 Qxb2+ 30.Nxb2 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Kxf8 32.Rd6 Rh4 33.Kc2 Rh2+ 34.Kc1 Ke7 35.Rxc6 Nxe4
36.Rxb6 Rh4 37.Kc2 Rh2+ 38.Kd3 Nxg5 39.a4 Nf3 40.Nc4 g5 41.a5 g4 42.Ke3 Rc2
43.Nd6 Nd2 44.Kf4 Ra2 45.a6 Ra4+ 46.Kg3 Nc4 47.Nxc4 Rxc4 48.Rb8 Ra4 49.Ra8 Kf6
50.a7 Ke5 51.Kh4 Ke4 52.Kxg4 e5 53.Kg3 Ra2 54.Kh4 Ke3 55.Kh5 e4 56.Kg5 Ra5+
57.Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 f6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.b5 Qh5 15.bxa6 Bg4
16.Re1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 f5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 dxe4
22.Be3 Bg3 23.Ra2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Osmanovic,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.Kxe2 Ne5
9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.f4 cxb5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Rd1 Bc5 14.c3 Bg4+ 15.Nf3 d3+
16.Rxd3 O-O-O 17.a4 Bf5 18.Rd4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Bxb1 20.Rxb1 bxa4 21.Ra1 Nb6
22.Ra3 Kb7 23.Be3 f6 24.Nd2 Rhe8 25.Ne4 fxe5 26.Bg5 Rxd4 27.Nc5+ Kc6 28.Be3 Kxc5
29.Rc3+ Kb5  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Scalcione,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.b3 Nd7 10.f4 Bf6 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Rae1 Nc5 14.Nd1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 c5
16.Nf2 a5 17.Kh1 a4 18.b4 cxb4 19.Bxb4 Bd4 20.Bd2 f5 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rb1 Qc8
23.g4 fxe4 24.dxe4 Bh4 25.Rfe1 a3 26.Bd4 c5 27.Qb3+ Kh8 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qxb7+ Re7
30.Qxc8 Rxc8 31.Kg2 Rce8 32.e5 dxe5 33.f5 e4 34.Re3 Bg5 35.Rxa3 Bd2 36.Ra6 Kf7
37.Rd6 e3 38.Nh3 h6 39.Nf4 Bb4 40.Ne2 Ra7 41.Rb2 Kg7 42.Kf3 Ra3 43.h4 Ra4
44.Rc2 Ra5 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 c4 47.Rg6+ Kf7 48.Rf6+ Kg7 49.Rxc4 Be7 50.Rc7 Kg8
51.Rg6+ Kf7 52.Rf6+ Kg8 53.Rg6+ Kf7 54.Kg4 Ra4+ 55.Kg3 Rxa2 56.Nf4 e2 57.Re6 Ra3+
58.Kg4 Ra4 59.g6+ Kg7 60.Rcxe7+ Rxe7 61.Rxe7+ Kf8 62.Rxe2 Kg7 63.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pirrot,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.Na3 a6 10.O-O e6 11.cxd4 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Ne5 Na5 14.Bc2 Nd5 15.Rc1 b5
16.Bd2 b4 17.Nac4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Qd8 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Ba4 Bd6 21.Nd7 Qh4 22.g3 Qe4
23.Re1 Qxd4 24.Nxf8 Rxf8 25.Bc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Bc5 27.Be3 Nxe3 28.Qxd4 Bxd4
29.fxe3 Bxb2 30.Rxa6 h5 31.Rd1 Kh7 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.Rd3 Rc8 34.Rd2 Bc1 35.Re2 Rc4
36.h3 Kf6 37.Rb6 g5 38.e4 Rd4 39.e5+ Kg6 40.Rb5 h4 41.gxh4 Rxh4 42.Kg3 Rc4
43.Kg2 Rd4 44.Kg3 Bd2 45.Kg2 Rd3 46.Kh2 Kf5 47.Kg2 Rd4 48.Rb7 Kg6 49.Rb5 Bf4
50.Kf2 Rd3 51.Rxb4 Rxh3 52.a4 Ra3 53.Ree4 Kf5 54.Rec4 Bxe5 55.Rb5 g4 56.Rxe5+ Kxe5
57.Rxg4 f5 58.Rb4 f4 59.Ke2 Kf5 60.Kf2 e5 61.Rc4 Ra2+ 62.Kg1 f3  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Polzin,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Nde2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Rfc8 12.Rc1 Qd8 13.Kh1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.b3 e6
16.Nf4 Ne7 17.f3 Rd8 18.Nb5 Qc6 19.Bb4 Bh6 20.Bd2 Bg7 21.Qe2 a6 22.Nc3 Rac8
23.Be3 g5 24.Nd3 h6 25.a4 Ng6 26.a5 Nd7 27.Na4 Re8 28.Rfd1 Qc7 29.b4 Qb8
30.b5 Nge5 31.Nb4 Bf8 32.bxa6 bxa6 33.Nb6 Nxb6 34.axb6 Qb7 35.Qa2 a5 36.Qxa5 Rxc4
37.Qa6 Qxa6 38.Nxa6 Ra4 39.b7 Rxa6 40.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe5 Qb6 13.Na4 Qb5 14.b3 Rd8 15.Ba3 Bf5
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Qf3 Bf6 18.h3 Bd7 19.Nc5 Be8 20.Bb2 Bg7 21.a3 Nf6 22.Rc4 Nd5
23.Rec1 a5 24.Qe4 Qb8 25.Ra4 Qc7 26.Qe1 Ra8 27.Nc4 Nf4 28.Rd1 Rd5 29.Rxa5 Rad8
30.Ne3 Rg5 31.h4 Rh5 32.g3 Ne2+ 33.Qxe2 Qxa5 34.Nb7 Qc7 35.Nxd8 Qxd8 36.b4 Rb5
37.d5 Bxb2 38.dxc6 Qb8 39.Qxb2 Bxc6 40.Qc3 Ba8 41.Rc1 Qa7 42.Ng4 f6 43.Qc4+ Kg7
44.Qxb5 Qxa3 45.Re1  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kritz,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Be3 Bg6 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.c4 b6 19.a4 Nf5 20.Qc2 Nh4 21.Nxh4 Qxh4 22.g3 Qh3
23.c5 Bf8 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Bf4 bxc5 26.dxc5 c6 27.Bd6 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Rd8 29.Qb3 Qc8
30.Rd1 Qg4 31.a5 Qe2 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Qf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kxf3 f6 35.Rb1 Bxd6 36.cxd6 Rd7
37.Rb8+ Kf7 38.Rc8 Ke6 39.Rxc6 Rxd6 40.Rc8 Rd5 41.Rc7 Rd7 42.Rc8 Rd5 43.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vogt,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Be3 b6
9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Ne2 f6 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.Rad1 a5 15.Nh2 g5
16.Ng4 Bxg4 17.hxg4 h5 18.gxh5 Nxh5 19.g3 Qe6 20.Kg2 Kf7 21.Rh1 Rh8 22.b3 Rh7
23.Qe3 Rah8 24.Qf3 Ng7 25.Rxh7 Rxh7 26.Rh1 Rxh1 27.Kxh1 Qh3+ 28.Kg1 Ne6 29.Qh1 Qxh1+
30.Kxh1 g4 31.Kg2 Kg6 32.c3 b5 33.f4 gxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Kh5 35.Ng1 b4 36.Ne2 Kg5
37.c4 Kh5 38.Kf2 Kg4 39.Kg2 Nf8 40.Ng1 Nd7 41.Nh3 Nb6 42.Nf2+ Kg5 43.Kf3 a4
44.Nd1 a3 45.Ne3 Nd7 46.Nf5 Nb6 47.Ne3 Kh5 48.Nc2 Nd7 49.Ne3 Nf8 50.Nf5 Ne6
51.Kf2 Kg4 52.Kg2 Kg5 53.Kf3 Nd4+ 54.Nxd4 cxd4 55.c5 Kh5 56.Kf2 Kg4 57.Kg2 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B42"]

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"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Qb3 a5 8.Ne5 a4 9.Qd1 Bg7
10.f4 Ne4 11.Bd3 f6 12.Nf3 f5 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.g4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 fxg4 16.e4 dxe4
17.Bxe4 O-O 18.O-O Bf5 19.Bg2 h5 20.Qe2 e6 21.Bd2 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Na6 23.Qe3 Qd7
24.Qg5 Nc7 25.Rf4 Nd5 26.Rxf5 Rxf5 27.Qxg6+ Kh8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Be4 Raf8
31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Bxf5 Rxf5 36.Rf1 Qh7 37.Qe8+ Kg7
38.Qd7+ Kh8 39.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2005-6"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kogan,Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.O-O-O b4
9.Na4 Nf6 10.f3 Ne5 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Qf2 Be7 13.Ba7 Ra8 14.Bd4 O-O 15.f4 Nc6
16.Bb6 Qb8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bc5 a5 19.Bc4 Bxc5 20.Nbxc5 Nce7 21.Ne4 Ba6 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Nd6 f6 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Qc5 fxe5 26.Nb6 Ra7 27.Nxd5 exf4 28.Re1 f3 29.gxf3 Ra8
30.Qd4 Qa7 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Qd5 h6 33.Ng6+ Kh7 34.Qe4 Kg8 35.Qd5+ Kh7 36.Qe4 Kg8
37.Nf5 Rxf5 38.Ne7+ Kh8 39.Nxf5 Rf8 40.Ne7 Rb8 41.f4 a4 42.Ng6+ Kg8 43.f5 b3
44.Ne7+ Kh8 45.f6 Qb6 46.fxg7+ Kxg7 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Qe5+ Kg6 49.Qg7+ Kh5 50.Re5  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2005-6"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levitt,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D93"]

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.Nxc6 Qb6 18.Ncxe5 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Qc2 f5 21.b3 g5 22.Bh2 Rac8
23.Nc4 g4 24.hxg4 fxg4 25.Nfd2 Nc3 26.Nb1 Qf5 27.Qxf5 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Rxf5 29.Nbd2 Rcf8
30.f3 g3 31.Re1 Rh5 32.Nf1 Rd8 33.Nxg3 Nxg3+ 34.Kg1 Ne2+ 35.Rxe2 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rxh2
37.e4 Bd4+ 38.Kg3 Rhh1 39.Kf4 Kg7 40.e5 Rhe1 41.Rxe1 Rxe1 42.Kf5 Re2 43.g4 Rxa2
44.f4 Rg2 45.g5 Rg3 46.b4 Rb3  0-1

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ferrandi,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Be3 e5 5.Nf3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e4 11.Nfd2 f5 12.f3 Nxe3 13.Qb3+ Nd5 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Qxb7 Nxd4
16.Bc4 Nxc3 17.Bxe6+ Nxe6 18.bxc3 Nc5 19.Qb5 Qxd2 20.Rfd1 Qe3+ 21.Kh1 exf3
22.gxf3 Qxf3+ 23.Kg1 Ne4 24.Qf1 Bc5+  0-1

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Chomet,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nfd7 8.d5 a5
9.Rb1 Nc5 10.Be3 f5 11.Nd2 f4 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Bg4 Ra6 14.a3 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 h5
16.Qe2 Raf6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Nd7 19.f3 R8f7 20.b5 g5 21.Ra1 Bf8 22.Ra7 Rg6
23.Rxb7 Bd6 24.Ra7 g4 25.Rfa1 Qg5 26.Ra8+ Kh7 27.Re8 Nf6 28.Re6 Nd7 29.Ra8 Nb6
30.Rae8 Rfg7 31.Rxg6 Qxg6 32.Re6 Qg5 33.Nd1 Qd8 34.Nf2 Nd7 35.fxg4 Nf8 36.gxh5 Nxe6
37.dxe6 Qf6 38.Ng4 Qxe6 39.h3 Be7 40.Nf3 Bd6 41.Qd3 Rg8 42.h6 Rd8 43.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhatko,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 dxc4 8.bxc4 e5
9.Ng3 h5 10.h3 Be6 11.Bd3 h4 12.Nge2 b5 13.c5 g6 14.O-O Bg7 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.f4 exd4
17.exd4 Nh5 18.f5 gxf5 19.Bxf5 O-O-O 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Ne4 e5 22.a4 b4 23.Qc4 a5
24.Bg5 exd4 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Qf7 d3 27.Nd6+ Kb8 28.Ra2 Nxc5 29.Qxh5 Qxd6 30.Rad2 Bh6
31.Qxh4 Be3+ 32.Kh1 Bxd2 33.Rxd2 Nxa4 34.Nf4 Rf8 35.g3 Nc5 36.Qh7 b3 37.Qg7 Rd8
38.Kh2 a4 39.Qc3 Qd4 40.Qa5 Nb7 41.Qa6 Qc3 42.Rxd3 Qc2+ 43.Kh1 Rxd3 44.Nxd3 a3
45.Nb4 Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Ne4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Nxc4 O-O 12.Ba3 Bxa1 13.Qxa1 Nd7 14.a5 Nf6 15.Bxf8 Qxf8
16.a6 bxa6 17.Qxa6 Nd5 18.e4 Nb4 19.Qa3 Bg6 20.Rb1 a5 21.Nxa5 c5 22.Qa4 h6
23.dxc5 Qxc5 24.Qxb4 Qxb4 25.Rxb4 Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8
9.Bb2 Nge7 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Rc1 Nc4 12.Bxc4 dxc4 13.O-O Nd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bc3 Be7
16.Ne1 h5 17.Nc2 Ba4 18.Qe2 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 O-O 20.f4 f5 21.Qe2 g6 22.g3 Kf7
23.a4 Ke6 24.b5 Qd8 25.a5 Rh8 26.h4 Rh7 27.Rb1 Rg7 28.Kf2 Bf8 29.Qa2 Be7
30.Ke2 Bf8 31.Kd2 Rd7 32.Kc2 Be7 33.Rh1 Qf8 34.Qa4 Rdd8 35.Rh2 Rd7 36.Rhh1 Rdd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Nfd5 13.e4 Nb4 14.Be3 O-O 15.a3 Na6
16.h4 Nc7 17.a4 Bb4 18.a5 Nd7 19.Qxc4 Na6 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 Rc8 22.Qb5 Bxc3
23.bxc3 e5 24.Qxb7 Nac5 25.Qb4 Re8 26.d6 e4 27.Rd5 Nd3 28.Qd4 f5 29.h5 N3c5
30.Rb1 Qxa5 31.hxg6 Qa2 32.Rd1 Rf8 33.Bh3 Ne6 34.Bf1 Ra8 35.Bc1 Nb8  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Auge,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.g3 f6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Bb5 Bc5
9.Ne5 Ne7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Bxc6 Nxc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nf3 Ba6 14.Ne5 Qf5 15.Nd7 Qe4+
16.Kf2 Be2 17.Ke1 Ba6+ 18.Kf2 Be2 19.Nxc5 Qe5 20.Qxe2 d3  0-1

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.Bf4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 e5 12.Be3 a6 13.Nd6 Nf6 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Qf3 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qe6 17.Rfd1 f5 18.Qd5 Qxd5 19.Rxd5 f4 20.Bb6 Rac8 21.Rc1 Rc6 22.Ba5 e4
23.c4 Bf6 24.b3 Re8 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Bd2 g5 27.g3 b5 28.gxf4 gxf4 29.cxb5 axb5
30.Bxf4 Rc2 31.Rxb5 Rxa2 32.Rb7 Bd4 33.Be3 Bxe3 34.Rxe3 Re6 35.Rc3 Re7 36.Rxe7 Kxe7
37.Re3 Kf6 38.Rxe4 Rb2 39.b4 Kf5 40.Rc4 Rb3 41.Kg2 h6 42.f3 Kg5 43.Kg3 Kf5
44.Rc5+ Kg6 45.b5 Rb1 46.h4 Rg1+ 47.Kf4 Rh1 48.h5+ Kg7 49.b6 Rb1 50.Rc7+ Kf6
51.Rc6+ Kg7 52.Rg6+  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhatko,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Be2 e6 12.a3 g5 13.e4 g4 14.e5 gxh3 15.g3 Ng8 16.c5 Ne7
17.Bg4 h2 18.f4 Nf5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Qxf5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.b4 Nb3 23.Rb1 Qb6
24.Ne2 Nd4 25.Be3 Nxf5 26.Bxb6 Kd7 27.Kf2 Rh3 28.Kg2 Rah8 29.Bf2 g6 30.Nd4 Nxd4
31.Bxd4 R8h7 32.a4 R3h5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ra1 Ke6 35.Ra6 Kf5 36.Kf3 Rh8 37.Raa1  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Rxf1+
23.Qxf1 Rxb3 24.Rc4 Rb5 25.Nc7 Rb6 26.Nd5 Rb5 27.Nc7 Rb6 28.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Graf,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Re8 14.b3 Bb7 15.Nf1 Bf8
16.Bb2 Nf6 17.Qe2 Bc6 18.c4 Qb8 19.Bc3 Nb7 20.Rad1 Nd8 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.Bxe5 Qe7 24.Bc3 Re8 25.Ng3 g6 26.e5 Nd7 27.Be4 Qe6 28.Qf3 Bxe4 29.Nxe4 bxc4
30.Nd6 Rb8 31.Nxc4 Nb6 32.Nxb6 Rxb6 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Qd5 Qxd5 35.Rxd5 c4 36.bxc4 Rb1+
37.Kh2 Rc1 38.Rd3 Bc5 39.f4 Kf8 40.a4 Ke8 41.Kg3 Rc2 42.a5 h5 43.Kf3 Rf2+
44.Ke4 Rxg2 45.Kd5 Be7 46.Kc6 g5 47.f5 g4 48.f6 Bd8 49.hxg4 Rxg4 50.c5 h4
51.Kb7 Rg3 52.Rxg3 hxg3 53.Kxa6 Kd7 54.Kb7 g2 55.Bd4 Bxa5 56.c6+ Ke6 57.Kc8 Kd5
58.Bg1 Kxe5 59.c7 Kxf6 60.Kd7 Bxc7 61.Kxc7 Kf5 62.Kd6 Ke4 63.Ke7 f5 64.Kf6 f4
65.Kg5 Kf3 66.Kh4 Ke2 67.Kg4 f3 68.Kg3 Kf1 69.Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gouliev,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bg5 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.Ncb4 a5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Nd5 Qb7 17.Qh5 Bd8 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Bc2 b4 20.O-O bxc3 21.bxc3 Qb2 22.Bb3 a4
23.Rb1 Qa3 24.Bc4 Rc8 25.Qe2 Qc5 26.Rb4 a3 27.Bb3 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qxc3 29.Rb3 Qc5
30.Qf3 Bb6 31.Rxa3 Kh8 32.Rd3 Qa5 33.Qf5 Rc2 34.Bxf7 Rxf2 35.Rf3 h6 36.Ra1  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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.Rd1 Qf5+ 17.Kc1 Nb4 18.b3 Rfd8 19.g3 Qf6 20.Ne5 Qg5+ 21.Rd2 Na2+
22.Kc2 Rxd2+ 23.Qxd2 Qxe5 24.Bg2 a5 25.Re1 Qc5+ 26.Kb2 Nb4 27.Be4 g6 28.h4 Qe5+
29.Ka3 Qxg3 30.h5 Nd5 31.hxg6 hxg6  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Ne5 a6
16.f4 b5 17.Rde1 Rad8 18.Rf3 b4 19.axb4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bxb4 21.Rc1 Qb8 22.Rh3 Qa8
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.d5 exd5 25.Bxf6 Kxf6 26.e5+ Ke7 27.Qg4 Kf8 28.Qf5+ Kg8 29.Qxh7+ Kf8
30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 c5 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6
9.Be3 O-O 10.dxc5 Nd5 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qxc5 14.Qe4 f5 15.Qc4 Qxf2
16.Nd4 Bf6 17.Bxf5 Bxd4 18.Rhf1 Qh4 19.Rxd4 Qe7 20.Be4 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 e5 22.Rd2 Be6
23.Qd3 h6 24.Qd6 Re8 25.b3 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 b6 27.a4 Kf7 28.a5 bxa5 29.Ra6 Re7
30.Rxa5 Kf6 31.c4 Bf5 32.Bxf5 Kxf5 33.Kc2 Ke4 34.c5 Kd5 35.Kd3 e4+ 36.Ke3 Rb7
37.b4 Rxb4 38.Rxa7 g5 39.Rd7+ Kxc5 40.g4 Rb2 41.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.Ne2 Ng4 13.h3 Bf6 14.Rb1 Ne5 15.Nf4 Bc6
16.Nf1 a5 17.Nh5 Re8 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Ng3 a4 20.Bb2 axb3 21.axb3 Ra2 22.Qc1 Qg6
23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Bxa1 h5 25.Qf4 f6 26.Nf5 d5 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Qh4 dxe4 29.Ne3 Qf7
30.Rd1 Kh7 31.Rd8 Re6 32.Rc8 Rd6 33.Rd8 g6 34.Qg5 Rf6 35.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.Qg3 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Kd8 15.Nc6+ Bxc6
16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Qxg7 Re8 19.Qxf7 Ra7 20.Rxe7 Raxe7 21.Qxf6 Kc7
22.Qd4 Qb6 23.Qxb6+ Kxb6 24.Kd2 Kc5 25.f5 Rg8 26.g3 h5 27.Rf1 h4 28.Rf4 hxg3
29.hxg3 d5 30.f6 Rf7 31.g4 a5 32.Ke3 Rg5 33.b3 Re5+ 34.Kf3 Kd6 35.Bg6 Rf8
36.f7 Ke7 37.Bh5 Rc8 38.Bg6 Kf8 39.Rf6 Kg7 40.Ra6 d4 41.Kf4 Re2 42.Bf5 Rf8
43.Rxa5 Rxf7 44.Rb5 Rxc2 45.Rxb4 d3 46.Rd4 d2 47.Ke3 Re7+ 48.Kf3 Rxa2 49.Be4 Rb2
50.Rd3 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 f6 10.c3 O-O 11.Na3 Nb8 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Nh4 g6
16.g3 b5 17.Ne3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Neg2 c4 20.d4 cxd3 21.Rxd3 Qf7 22.Rfd1 a5
23.R3d2 a4 24.Qxb5 Na5 25.Qxe5 Bf6 26.Qe3 axb3 27.axb3 Nxb3 28.Re2 Rae8 29.Qf3 Bg5
30.c4 Bxc4 31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Qc3 Qe6 33.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Ngf6 6.c4 Bc5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a3 Re8 10.b4 Bf8 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Nb6 13.Re1 a4 14.e3 g6 15.Qc2 Bg7 16.Nd4 Qd7
17.Nce2 Rac8 18.Rac1 h5 19.Bc3 h4 20.Ba5 hxg3 21.hxg3 Qd6 22.Bxb6 Qxb6 23.Qxa4 Bxe2
24.Nxe2 Ra8 25.Qd4 Qxb5 26.Nc3 Qa5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Qxd5 29.Bxd5 c6 30.Be4 Rxa3
31.g4 Ra5 32.Rb1 Re7 33.Rb3 Rg5 34.Bf3 f5 35.Reb1 fxg4 36.Be4 b5 37.Bxc6 g3
38.f4 Rc5 39.Be4 Rc2 40.Rxb5 Re2 41.Rb8+ Kh7 42.R1b6 Bc3 43.Bxg6+ Kg7 44.Be4 Bd2
45.Rg6+ Kf7 46.Rxg3 Bxe3+ 47.Kf1 Rf2+ 48.Ke1 Ba7 49.Rh8 Rxf4 50.Rh7+ Kf8
51.Rg8+ Kxg8 52.Rxe7 Bd4 53.Kd1 Rf2 54.Rd7 Be3 55.Bg6 Kf8 56.Bh5 Rd2+ 57.Ke1 Rb2
58.Rf7+ Kg8 59.Re7 Bc5 60.Re5 Bb4+ 61.Kf1 Kg7 62.Be2 Bc3 63.Re4 Kf6 64.Kf2 Rb4
65.Re8 Rf4+ 66.Ke3 Rb4 67.Rd8 Ke5 68.Re8+ Kd6 69.Bf3 Bd4+ 70.Kf4 Be5+ 71.Kg5 Bd4
72.Kf5 Rb5+ 73.Ke4 Re5+ 74.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 Na5 15.Nxa5 Qxa5
16.a3 b4 17.axb4 Qa1+ 18.Nb1 Bxe4 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rhf1 Rc8 21.Bd3 Bd5 22.Bd4 e5
23.Bf5 Ba2 24.c3 exd4 25.Qxd4 Bxg5+ 26.Kc2 Bxb1+ 27.Rxb1 Qa4+ 28.b3 Qc6 29.Rbe1+ Kd8
30.Qxg7 Bf6 31.Qxd7+ Qxd7 32.Bxd7 Rxc3+ 33.Kd2 Kxd7 34.Rxf6 Rxb3 35.Ree6 Rd8
36.Rxd6+ Kc7 37.Rxd8 Kxd8 38.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Postny,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5
9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.cxd5 Nxb4 12.Qd1 c6 13.Be2 Nxe5 14.O-O Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5
16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Rab1 b6 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Rb5 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kuderinov,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6.O-O g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Re1 Ng4
9.Bb2 Nge5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Nd5 e6 13.Ne3 Nc6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.c3 d5
16.exd5 exd5 17.Qf3 d4 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.a4 Rfe8 20.h4 h5 21.g3 Re7 22.Re4 Rae8
23.Rbe1 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Qd7 26.Qf3 Qe6 27.Kg2 b6 28.Qf4 a6 29.Qf3 b5
30.axb5 axb5 31.Nb2 Ne5 32.Qe4 dxc3 33.dxc3 Qd6 34.Nd1 Ng4 35.Ne3 Nxe3+ 36.Qxe3 Qd5+
37.Kh2 Kf6 38.b4 cxb4 39.cxb4 Qc4 40.Qe1 Qd4 41.f3 Qb2+ 42.Kh3 Qe5 43.Qd2 Ke6
44.g4 Kf6 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Qd8+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kuderinov,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "C62"]

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 "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kotronias,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kotronias,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Bb2 f5 10.Nd2 Qh4 11.f4 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Nf6 13.Rf3 Ng4 14.Rh3 Qe7 15.Rf1 Bd7
16.Qc2 Nf6 17.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.h4 Be7 15.g5 O-O
16.Ne2 Rfd8 17.h5 Nf8 18.Rg1 Rxc1 19.Nxc1 Nc6 20.Rg4 Rc8 21.Ncb3 Nd8 22.Nc5 Bb5
23.Rg3 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 a5 25.Bc3 axb4 26.axb4 Ra8 27.Kg2 Qb5 28.Nd3 Nc6 29.Qb1 Ra3
30.Bb2 Ra8 31.Nf3 Nxb4 32.Nf4 Qc4 33.g6 Qc2 34.gxf7+ Kxf7 35.Qxc2 Nxc2 36.Nh2 Ra4
37.Rf3 Ne1+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kritz,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Levin,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bxf3 7.exf3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 d5 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 Nc6 12.g4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Na5 14.Ba2 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.f4 c5 17.dxc5 d4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxg6+ Kh8 20.Qxh6+ Kg8 21.g5 Qc7 22.g6 Qxc5+
23.Kd2 Be3+ 24.fxe3 Nc4+ 25.Bxc4 Rfd8+ 26.Kc2 Qxc4+ 27.Kb1 Qe4+ 28.Ka1 fxg6
29.Rdg1 Kf7 30.h5  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Berg,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Nh6 11.h3 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Nc3 Nf7 14.Qe2 Be7 15.Na4 Qc7
16.Nc5 O-O 17.Bg2 Rae8 18.O-O Bd6 19.Rac1 a6 20.Rc2 Bc8 21.Rfc1 Nfd8 22.a4 Bf4
23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Bxc1 25.Bxc1 Na5 26.Na6 Qd6 27.Rxc8 bxa6 28.Bh6 Rf7 29.bxa6 Nc4
30.Qa2 Ra7 31.Qa4 Kf7 32.Qc2 Kg8 33.Qa4 Ree7 34.Bf1 Nb6 35.Bf4 e5 36.dxe5 fxe5
37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Qf4 Nxc8 39.Nxe5 Nf7 40.Qf5 Qxe5 41.Qxc8+ Kg7 42.Qc5 Rc7
43.Qa5 d4 44.Qa2 Rc1 45.Qb2 Qe1 46.Qxd4+ Ne5 47.Kh2 Kg6 48.Bd3+ Nxd3 49.Qxd3+ Kf6
50.Qd6+ Kf7 51.Qf4+ Ke7 52.Kg3 Qc3+ 53.Kg2  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nh4 Qxb3 13.axb3 Bxh4 14.gxh4 Nef6 15.e4 Bg6
16.Be3 Ng4 17.Bf4 e5 18.dxe5 Ngxe5 19.Red1 Bh5 20.Rd6 f6 21.Be3 Nb6 22.f4 Nf3+
23.Bxf3 Bxf3 24.Kf2 Bh5 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rd7 Ra1 28.Rxb7 Rh1
29.Kg2 Rc1 30.Rxb6 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Rxb2 32.e5 Kf7 33.Rxc6 fxe5 34.fxe5 Rxb3 35.e6+ Kf6
36.Kf4 Rb4+ 37.Ne4+ Ke7 38.Ke5 Rb5+ 39.Nc5 Be8 40.Rc8 h6 41.Kd5 Rb2 42.Rc7+ Kf8
43.Ne4 Rxh2 44.e7+ Kg8 45.Rc8 Kf7 46.Nd6+ Kxe7 47.Rxe8+ Kd7 48.Ra8 Ke7 49.Ke5 Re2+
50.Ne4 Rh2 51.Ra7+ Kf8 52.Nd6 Re2+ 53.Kf5 Kg8 54.Kg4 Rg2+ 55.Kf3 Rg1 56.Nf5 Rf1+
57.Kg4 Rg1+ 58.Ng3 Kh7 59.h5 Kg8 60.Kf4 Kh7 61.Kf3 Kh8 62.Kf2 Rb1 63.Nf5 Rb5
64.Ng3 Rb6 65.Ke3 g6 66.Kf4 gxh5 67.Nxh5 Kg8 68.Kf5 Kf8 69.Nf6 Rb1 70.Nd7+ Ke7
71.Ne5+ Kd6 72.Rd7+ Kc5 73.Ke6 Rb6+ 74.Kf5 Rb1 75.Rc7+ Kd5 76.Rd7+ Kc5 77.Rd2 Rf1+
78.Ke6 Re1 79.Rc2+ Kd4 80.Rc4+ Ke3 81.Rh4 Ra1 82.Nc4+ Kf3 83.Kf5 Kg3 84.Rg4+ Kf3
85.Rf4+ Ke2 86.Ke4 Ra8 87.Rh4 Re8+ 88.Ne5 Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]

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.Rb1 b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.f3 Nc6 12.Ne2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Rd8 15.Rhd1 Bxd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Kc3 Nc6 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Rd1 Bc6 20.Bh6 Rg8 21.h4 Ne6 22.Rd2 Bd7
23.Be3 h5 24.Kb4 Nd8 25.Kc3 Rf8 26.Bh6 Rh8 27.Bf4 Rf8 28.Bb8 Nc6 29.Bc7 Na5
30.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Liiva,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nd6 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.c3 O-O 10.Qc2 g6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Rfe1 Bf6 13.Ne5 Ne7 14.Ndf3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nexf5
16.Ng4 Bg7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.h3 Ned6 21.Re1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Qb3 Qe4 24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.Ne3 c6 26.Qa3 Bf8 27.Qxa7 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qxb2 29.Ng4 Ne4
30.Qb8 Qxc3 31.Qe8 Qb4 32.Qe6+ Kg7 33.g3 Qe7 34.Qc8 h5 35.Ne3 Nxf2 36.Ng2 Ne4
37.Nf4 Nd6 38.Qb8 Nf5 39.Kg2 Qd7  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kosyrev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nc6
9.c3 Qc7 10.Nf1 O-O-O 11.Qa4 h6 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.Rad1 g5 14.Bc1 Kb8 15.Qc2 Ka8
16.a3 Qc7 17.Ne3 g4 18.Nh4 dxe4 19.Nc4 b5 20.Ne3 exd3 21.Rxd3 c4 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.a4 Ne5 24.axb5 Bxg2 25.Nexg2 Nd3 26.Rf1 Bc5 27.Be3 Ne4 28.Qa4 Ndxf2 29.Rxf2 Nxf2
30.Qxc4 Nd3 31.Qxg4 Bxe3+ 32.Nxe3 Nxb2 33.c4 Qc5 34.Ng2 Nd1 35.Qf3+ Kb8 36.Qf4+ e5
37.Qe4 Nxe3 38.Nxe3 f5 39.Qf3 Rd3 40.Kf2 Qd4 41.Ke2 Rd2+ 42.Ke1 Qc3  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 Nh5
9.Ng3 Nf4 10.Bxf4 exf4 11.Ne2 g5 12.h4 b5 13.Bb3 g4 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Nxf4 h6
16.Bxf7+ Nxf7 17.Nge6 Bxe6 18.Nxe6 Qf6 19.Nxc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Rxa8 21.Qxg4+ Ke7
22.d4 h5 23.Qxh5 Bh6 24.Rh3 Rh8 25.Qf5 Qxf5 26.exf5 d5 27.Kf1 Nd6 28.Re1+ Kd7
29.g4 Bg5 30.Kg2 Rxh4 31.Rxh4 Bxh4 32.Re5  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.e5 d4 9.Be4 Nd5
10.d3 Bb7 11.c4 Nb6 12.Bf4 Be7 13.Nbd2 g5 14.Bg3 h5 15.h3 Qd7 16.Re1 O-O-O
17.cxb5 axb5 18.a4 Nxa4 19.Nc4 bxc4 20.Rxa4 cxd3 21.Qxd3 Nb4 22.Qa3 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 Qc6 24.Ra8+ Kd7 25.Ra7+ Ke8 26.Rxe7+ Kxe7 27.Nxg5 d3 28.Bh4 Ke8 29.Re1 Nc2
30.Qa7 Qd7 31.Qxc5 Rc8 32.Qa5 Nxe1 33.Ne4 Qd4 34.Qxe1 d2 35.Qxd2 Qxe4 36.Qg5 Qb4  0-1

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Williams,Si"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "A96"]

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 "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qc7
9.Kd1 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qh5 h6 13.g4 e5 14.g5 hxg5 15.h4 e4 16.hxg5 Rg6
17.Bb5 Nbc6 18.Ne2 Qb6 19.a4 Kf7 20.Ba3 Nxd4 21.Rb1 Bd7 22.a5 Bxb5 23.Rxb5 Qxb5
24.Nxd4 Qa4 25.Bb2 Rc8 26.Qg4 Rc4 27.Qf4+ Kg8 28.Qb8+ Kf7 29.Qf4+ Kg8 30.Qb8+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sisask,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dunn,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.Ne5 Bh5 10.Ndf3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd5 12.Qxd5 exd5 13.Bh3 Nb6 14.b3 Ne4 15.Ba5 f6
16.Nd3 Bxf3 17.exf3 Ng5 18.Bg2 Ne6 19.Bc3 Ba3 20.O-O Kf7 21.f4 a5 22.Rae1 Nc7
23.Bh3 Rhe8 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.Ne1 Bb4 26.Bb2 a4 27.Nd3 Be7 28.Re1 Nd6 29.Be6+ Kf8
30.f5 Ne4 31.Re2 axb3 32.axb3 Ba3 33.Bxa3+ Rxa3 34.Nc5 Nxc5 35.dxc5 Na8 36.Re3 Ra5
37.Bc8 Nc7 38.Bxb7 Rxc5 39.Kg2 Nb5 40.Ba6 d4 41.Re4 d3 42.Bxb5 Rxb5 43.Kf3 Rxb3
44.Ke3 Rb5 45.Kxd3 Rxf5 46.f4 Rd5+ 47.Ke3 Kf7 48.Rc4 c5 49.Ra4 h5 50.Ra7+ Kg6
51.Rc7 Kh6 52.h3 f5 53.Rc6+ Kh7 54.h4 Kg8 55.Rc7 Kf8 56.Ke2 g6 57.Rc6 Kf7
58.Ke3 Ke7 59.Rxg6 c4 60.Rc6 Rd3+ 61.Ke2 Rc3 62.Rc5 Ke6 63.Re5+ Kf6 64.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sandipan,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Kb1 a4
16.Nc1 Qb8 17.Nf5 Bd8 18.Nxd6 b3 19.Nc4 Be7 20.cxb3 axb3 21.Nxb3 Nc7 22.Qxd7 Bxd7
23.Rxd7 Ne6 24.Rxe7 Qd8 25.Rxe6 Qd1+ 26.Nc1 Qxf3 27.Rg1 fxe6 28.Bg2 Qh5 29.h3 Rad8
30.Nxe5 Rd1 31.Bf3 Rxc1+ 32.Kxc1 Rxf3 33.Nxf3 Qxf3 34.Bd2 Qxe4 35.Rg3 Qc4+
36.Kb1 Qe4+ 37.Kc1 Qc4+ 38.Kb1 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 f5 6.c4 Bh6 7.e3 f4 8.exf4 Bxf4
9.Qxf4 Qxb2 10.Ne2 Qxa1 11.Nc3 Qb2 12.d6 Qc2 13.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Klinova,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sundararajan,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Rxb7 e6 17.d6 Rfd8 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qa5 20.Rf1 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Qc2 Qh5
23.f4 Qh4 24.f3 g5 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.Bb5 Ne5 27.Qf2 Qh5 28.Be2 Qg6 29.Qg3 Bf6
30.f4 gxf4 31.Bxf4 Rd8 32.Bh5 Qxg3+ 33.Bxg3 Bg7 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Bxf7+ Kg7
36.Bxe6 Rxd6 37.Bd5 a5 38.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "McNab,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B09"]

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.Rf2 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 Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D78"]

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 "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C54"]

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 "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Nbd7 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rg1 g6 15.Na5 Qc7
16.Qf2 Bd8 17.Nb3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Rd2 f5 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Nd5
23.Qxf8+ Kxf8 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qc4 26.Nd4 Bh4 27.b3 Qxd5 28.Rf1+ Ke7
29.Bf4 Rd8 30.Ne2 Qg2 31.Rfd1 Qf3 32.Bh6 Bf6 33.Nf4 d5 34.Rd3 Qf2 35.Nxd5+ Kf7
36.Bc1 Qf5 37.a4 b5 38.a5 Qe5 39.Nxf6 Rxd3 40.Rxd3 Qxf6 41.Rd7+ Kg8 42.Rb7 Qc3
43.Rb8+ Kf7 44.Rb7+ Ke8 45.Rb8+ Kf7 46.Rb7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Kirchheim GER"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Polzin,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Kirchheim GER"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Nd5 Nc6 15.Qb6 Qxb6
16.Nxb6 Rb8 17.c4 Be6 18.c5 Rd8 19.cxd6 exd6 20.Ke2 f5 21.exf5 Nd4+ 22.Kd3 Nxf5
23.Rhe1 Kf7 24.a4 Rde8 25.Rac1 Re7 26.Kd2 Nd4 27.Rc3 Nb3+ 28.Kd1 Nc5 29.Ree3 a5
30.Ke2 Rd8 31.f4 gxf3+ 32.gxf3 g4 33.Bh4 Rh8 34.Bxe7 Rxh2+ 35.Kf1 Kxe7 36.fxg4 Rxb2
37.Nd5+ Kf7 38.Rf3+ Kg7 39.Nf4 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Bd7 41.Nh5+ Kh6 42.Rf6+ Kg5 43.Rxd6 Rb2+
44.Kg1 Rb1+ 45.Kh2 Rb2+ 46.Kg1 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Qc8 14.e3 Nf5 15.Qe2 Nd6 16.a4 Bg4
17.f3 Be6 18.f4 Nf7 19.Nb3 Bb4 20.Qc2 Bh3 21.Ne4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 f5 23.Nf2 Qe6
24.e4 Nxa4 25.Nxa5 Bxa5 26.Qxa4 Bb6 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.Rxb3 exf4 29.Bxf4 fxe4
30.Nxe4 Ra2+ 31.Kh3 Rd8 32.Rc1 Rd5 33.Bxc7 Be3 34.Rh1 Rh5+ 35.Kg4 Rhxh2 36.Rxh2 Rxh2
37.Kf5 Rc2 38.Rc3 Rb2 39.Be5 Nxe5 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.Nd6+ Ke7 42.Kxe5 Bb6 43.Re8+ Kd7
44.Rg8 Bd4+ 45.Kd5 Rb3 46.Kxd4 Kxd6 47.Kc4 Ra3 48.Kb4 Ra1 49.Rxg7 b6 50.Rxh7 Rb1+
51.Kc4 Rc1+ 52.Kd4 Rb1 53.Rh6+ Kc7 54.Rh5 Rb4+ 55.Ke3 Rg4 56.Kf3 Rd4 57.g4 Kd6
58.Kg3 Rxd3+ 59.Kh4 Rd1 60.Kg5 Rd4 61.Kf5 Rb4 62.Rh6+ Kc5 63.g5 Rxb5 64.g6 Rb1
65.Rh5 Rf1+ 66.Ke6+ Kc4 67.Rh4+ Kc3 68.Rg4 Rf8 69.g7 Rg8 70.Kf7 Rxg7+ 71.Rxg7 b5
72.Ke6 b4 73.Kd5 b3 74.Rg3+ Kc2 75.Kc4 b2 76.Rg2+ Kc1 77.Kc3 b1=N+ 78.Kd3 Na3
79.Rd2 Nb1 80.Rc2+ Kd1 81.Rb2 Kc1 82.Rc2+ Kd1 83.Rc8 Na3 84.Rc7 Nb1 85.Rc2 Na3
86.Rb2 Kc1 87.Rb4 Nb1 88.Rb3 Nd2 89.Rc3+ Kd1 90.Rc8 Nb1 91.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 e5 8.h3 Bh5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qa4 Rab8 15.b3 Rb5
16.d4 Ng5 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Nf1 exd4 19.cxd4 f5 20.Ng3 f4 21.Nxh5 Qxh5 22.f3 cxd4
23.Qxd4 Rg5 24.Kf1 Rf6 25.Rad1 Rfg6 26.Rd2 Kh7 27.e5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 dxe5
30.Rd7 c5 31.Rxa7 Rd6 32.Ke2 Rg6 33.Kf1 Rd6 34.Rc7 Rd1+ 35.Ke2 Rg1 36.Kf2 Rc1
37.a4 Rb1 38.Rxc5 Rxb3 39.Rxe5 Ra3 40.a5 Ra2+ 41.Kg1 g5 42.Re7+ Kg6 43.Re6+ Kh5
44.a6 Kh4 45.Kh2 Kh5 46.Rc6 Rb2 47.a7 Ra2 48.Rc7 Ra1 49.Rg7 Ra2 50.Rh7 Kg6
51.Rb7 Kh5 52.Rg7 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.e4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.fxe4 c5 17.d5 Qd6 18.a5 a6 19.Rf1 Rce8 20.Bh6 Ne5 21.g3 f6 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.Rf4 Kg7 24.Kh1 Rf7 25.b3 Qd8 26.Be2 h5 27.Qc1 Bxa5 28.Qxc5 Bc7 29.Rc1 Bd6
30.Qe3 a5 31.Rff1 b6 32.Rfd1 Ba3 33.Rc6 Nxc6 34.dxc6 Qc7 35.Bb5 Qe5 36.Bc4 Re7
37.Qf4 Rc7 38.Bb5 Kf7 39.Rd5 Qxf4 40.gxf4 Ke6 41.f5+ gxf5 42.Rxf5 Bb2 43.Rxh5 Be5
44.Rh8 Kd6 45.Rd8+ Kc5 46.Rd5+ Kb4 47.Ba4 Rh7 48.Kg2 Rxh2+ 49.Kf3 Ka3 50.Rd7 b5
51.Bxb5 Kxb3 52.Rb7 Rh3+ 53.Kg4 Rc3 54.Kf5 a4 55.c7 Rxc7 56.Rxc7 Bxc7 57.Bxa4+ Kxa4
58.Kxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O Nge7 5.b4 cxb4 6.Bb2 Ng6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qg5 10.e5 Nf4 11.Qe4 a6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.Nd2 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Qg6 15.Ne4 b5
16.Rae1 Bb7 17.Nf6+ Kf8 18.Nxd7+ Kg8 19.Qh3 h5 20.Re3 h4 21.f4 Qe6 22.Qxe6 fxe6
23.f5 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C48"]

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 "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O-O O-O-O
15.g3 Bd6 16.Bh3+ Kc7 17.Rhf1 Bxf4+ 18.Rxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 h6 13.Bh4 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Qa4 c5
16.Rd1 Qc8 17.O-O Qb7 18.Qxc4 Rac8 19.Qe2 c4 20.e4 b5 21.f4 a5 22.e5 Nd5
23.f5 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nxd5 Qxd5 26.f6 g6 27.Qe3 Kh7 28.Bg5 Rh8 29.Bxh6 Kg8
30.Bg7 Rh5 31.Rc1 Nb6 32.Rf3 Rd8 33.Rd1 c3 34.bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sprenger,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.Qe2 Bh5 18.Bb2 Rad8 19.Rad1 c4 20.bxc4 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Nxc4 22.Qc1 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Nh5 24.e5 Qc8 25.Bb3 Nxb2 26.Qxb2 Qf5 27.Qd4 Qxf3 28.e6 f5 29.Rd3 Qa8
30.Rc1 Qe8 31.Rc7 Kh8 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.f3 Ng8 34.Qa7 a5 35.Qxa5 Bd8 36.Rdd7 Qh5
37.Qc3 Bf6 38.Qd3 Be5 39.Qe2 Bxc7 40.Rxc7 Re8 41.Bd5 Ne7 42.Qxb5 h6 43.Bb7 Kh7
44.Qe5 Qg5 45.f4 Qh4 46.Rc1 Qf2 47.Rg1 Rg8 48.Qc7 Re8 49.Qd7 Qb2 50.Bg2 Qb8
51.Bc6  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bb3 c5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nf4 c4 12.Nxh5 Nxh5 13.Qe2 g6 14.Bc2 Bg7 15.a4 Rb8
16.axb5 axb5 17.O-O O-O 18.Rd1 b4 19.Ne4 Qc7 20.Bd2 Rfc8 21.Ra4 c3 22.bxc3 f5
23.Ng5 bxc3 24.Bc1 Bf6 25.e4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Nf8 27.Be3 Rb2 28.Bc1 Rb5 29.d5 Qe5
30.Qg4 Rcb8 31.Re4 Qd6 32.Nxh7 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qxd5 34.Nxf8 Kxf8 35.Qxg6 Qf7
36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.g4 Rg8  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3 Bd7 8.f4 b5
9.a3 Rc8 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.g4 b4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.g5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxc2+
16.Kf2 Nxa1 17.Rxa1 d5 18.Nec5 O-O 19.Rxa6 Rb8 20.Ra7 Bb5 21.Bg4 Bc4 22.Na5 d4
23.Qxd4 Bxc5 24.Qxc5 Rxb2+ 25.Kg3 Bd5 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Qxc6 Qd3 28.Qc5 Rb3
29.Kf2 Rb2+ 30.Kg3 Rb3 31.Kf2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bf3 O-O 7.Ne2 e5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 exd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Re8+ 12.Kf1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4
15.Bg3 Na6 16.Rd1 Be6 17.f3 Bc4+ 18.Kf2 Ree8 19.Rd2 Bxa2 20.Nb3 Rad8 21.Rhd1 Rxd2+
22.Rxd2 Re6 23.Rd8+ Kh7 24.Rd7 f6 25.Nd4 Re8 26.Nb3 b6 27.h4 h5 28.Bf4 Bxb3
29.cxb3 Nc5 30.Rxc7 a5 31.Rc6 Nxb3 32.Rxb6 Nc5 33.Kg3 Nd3 34.Ra6 Re2 35.Rxa5 Kg6
36.Bd6 Ne1 37.Kh3 Nxg2 38.c4 Ne3 39.c5 Nf5 40.Ra4 Rc2 41.Re4 Kf7 42.Rf4 Ke6
43.Bf8 Rc3 44.Bd6 Rc2 45.Bf8 g5 46.hxg5 fxg5 47.Re4+ Kd5 48.Re8 Rc3 49.Rd8+ Kc6
50.Kg2 Nh4+ 51.Kg1 Nxf3+ 52.Kf2 Ne5 53.Be7 Rf3+ 54.Ke2 g4 55.Rd6+ Kb7 56.Rb6+ Kc8
57.Bd6 Nc4 58.Rb8+ Kd7 59.Rb7+ Kc6 60.Rc7+ Kd5 61.Rh7 Rf5 62.Be7 Ne5 63.Rg7 Nc6
64.Bh4 Nd4+ 65.Ke3 Re5+ 66.Kd3 Ne6 67.c6 Kxc6 68.Rf7 Nc5+ 69.Kd4 Re4+ 70.Kc3 g3
71.Bxg3 Re3+ 72.Kc4 Rxg3 73.Rf6+ Kd7 74.Kxc5 Ke7 75.Rh6 Rg5+ 76.Kd4 Kf7 77.Ke4 Kg7
78.Ra6 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c4 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.Rb1 O-O 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Bxb2 19.Nc4 Bg7 20.a4 Ng6 21.Qh5 Qf6 22.Ne3 f4
23.Nf5 Ne7 24.Bd7 Ra7 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.Bf5 h6 27.Rb4 Rfa8 28.Qd1 Qe5 29.Bxe4 Qc3
30.Rb3 Qc4 31.Qf3 Rxa4 32.Bb1 Rb4 33.Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C49"]

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 h6 10.Bh4 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 Bg4 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g5 15.Bg3 Nd7
16.Rab1 Nb6 17.h4 f6 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.c4 exd4 20.c5 dxc5 21.e5 Nd5 22.exf6 Qxf6
23.Qh5 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.f3 Rab8 26.Rbd1 Rf7 27.Re4 Rh7 28.Qg6+ Rg7 29.Qe6+ Qf7
30.Qxc6 g4 31.Rde1 gxf3 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Qe4+ Rg6 34.Qh4+ Rh6 35.Qe4+ Rg6 36.Qh4+ Rh6
37.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.Bd3 b5 12.O-O b4 13.Ne2 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 a5 15.h3 Ba6
16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rd1 Rc8 19.Nd4 Rc4 20.Nc6 Qd6 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.b3 Rxe4
23.Bb2 Qd6 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bb7 26.Qd4 f6 27.Re6 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C49"]

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 Bd7
9.d4 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxd7 axb5 15.Qxc7 Qe6
16.h3 Re7 17.Qb6 Nd4 18.Qxe6 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Rxe6 20.Reb1 Rf6 21.Kg2 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.e4 Nf4
16.Be3 Ng6 17.Bb5 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Nge5 19.O-O-O Rfd8 20.Nh3 Bc6 21.Bxc6 Nxc6
22.Nf2 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 c5 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Be2 Bxg2 13.Rg1 Bb7 14.O-O-O Rfc8 15.d5 exd5
16.cxd5 a6 17.Qf5 b5 18.Bd3 g6 19.Ne4 gxf5 20.Bxf6+ Kf8 21.Bxe7+ Kxe7 22.Ng3 Nf6
23.Nxf5+ Kd7 24.e4 Rg8 25.Nh6 Rxg1 26.Rxg1 Rf8 27.Rg7 Ke7 28.Nf5+ Kd7 29.Kd2 Bc8
30.b4 c4 31.Bc2 h5 32.h4 Kc7 33.Nh6 Ng4 34.Nxf7 Nxf2 35.Ne5+ Kb6 36.a4 a5
37.bxa5+ Kxa5 38.Nc6+ Kb6 39.a5+ Kc5 40.Rc7 Ng4 41.Kc3 Rf3+ 42.Kb2 Rf2 43.Ne5+ Kb4
44.Nc6+ Kc5 45.Ne5+ Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.c5 Bh6 14.cxd6 Qxd6 15.e5 Qd7
16.f4 Nd5 17.Bg4 Qd8 18.g3 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 e6 20.Bf3 Qxd1 21.Rcxd1 Rfc8 22.Bxc6 Rxc6
23.a4 Bf8 24.Rd7 b6 25.Kg2 Rc4 26.Rd4 Rac8 27.Rfd1 Bb4 28.Bxb4 Rxb4 29.Rxb4 Rc2+
30.Kh3 axb4 31.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Bd7
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Be6 12.b3 Re8 13.Qxd8 Rexd8 14.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Agrest,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.a4 b6
9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Nc4 Bg4 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Ne3 b5
16.b4 Nxa4 17.Nxa4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Ra7 19.Qd3 Qb8 20.Bd2 Bc8 21.c4 Rc7 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.exd5 Rd8 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Bf8 26.c5 g5 27.cxd6 Bxd6 28.Bxd6 Rxd6 29.Re8+ Kg7
30.Qd4+ Rf6 31.Ra1 Qb6 32.Qxb6 Rxb6 33.Re4 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5
16.Bc5 b6 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.d6 Nc6 19.Bb5 Nxe7 20.Bxe8 Rxe8 21.dxe7 Rxe7 22.Qd8+ Bf8
23.Qb8 Qe6 24.Rfe1 Qc8 25.Qf4 Rc7 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.e5 Rc4 28.h4 Bc5 29.Re4 a5
30.Rbe1 Be6 31.Nxe6 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Qxe6 33.Qxh6 b5 34.Qc1 Qd5 35.Qe1 Bb4 36.Qe2 Be7
37.e6 f6 38.Re3 a4 39.Qc2 f5 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qc3+ Kh7 42.Re5 b4 43.Qc7 Qd1+
44.Kh2 Qd6 45.Qxd6 Bxd6 46.e7  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 f5
9.Bb5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.f3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bd6 14.Re1 c5 15.Rb1 Rb8
16.Bf4 Re8 17.Qd3 Qc8 18.h4 cxd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.Ng6 Ba6 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Rxb8 Bxb8
23.Qxa6 hxg6 24.Bxb8 Qxb8 25.Qe6+ Kh7 26.h5 gxh5 27.Qxf5+ g6 28.Qf7+ Kh6
29.Qxd5 Qb4 30.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Be6 10.Nb3 Bxb3 11.axb3 c5 12.c3 Nc6 13.b4 cxb4 14.d4 exd4 15.Bg5 Qd6
16.cxd4 Be7 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bf4 f6 19.Nd4 Kf7 20.Qb3 g6 21.Rad1 Kg7 22.Bh2 Qb6
23.Kh1 a5 24.f4 a4 25.Qc2 b3 26.Qe2 Nd7 27.e5 f5 28.Bg1 Qa5 29.Qc4 Bh4 30.Re3 Rac8
31.Rc3 Rhe8 32.Ne6+ Kh6 33.Nxc7 Bd8 34.d6 Bxc7 35.dxc7 Re7 36.Rd6 a3 37.Rg3 Nf8
38.Qg8 Rg7 39.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rahman,Zia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B48"]

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.Qe1 Ba5 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 d5 14.exd5 Nexd5 15.Bd4 O-O
16.g4 h6 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Ng3 Bb7 19.Nh5 f6 20.Bd3 e5 21.Bc5 Rfc8 22.Bf2 Bb6
23.Bxb6 Nxb6 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Rxh6 e4 26.fxe4 Nd7 27.Rdh1 Nc5 28.Kd2 Bxe4
29.Bxe4 Nxe4+ 30.Ke3 Nd6 31.Rxf6 Nc4+ 32.Ke4 Re8+ 33.Kf5 Ra7 34.Rhh6 a5 35.Rfg6+ Rg7
36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.Ra6 Rf8+ 39.Ke4 Rg8 40.Ra7+ Kh6 41.Ra6+ Kh7
42.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B80"]

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.O-O-O Nfd7 11.Qf2 Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Nce2 d5 14.e5 Nxe5 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Bxb6 Qf6 17.f4 Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 Bd6 19.Bd4 Qf7 20.Rf1 O-O 21.Rf3 Qc7 22.Rc3 Qa5
23.Qe3 e5 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxa2 27.Nc3 Qc4 28.Qxd5+ Qxd5
29.Nxd5 Bxg4 30.b4 Be6 31.Ne3 g6 32.Kd2 Kg7 33.Kc3 Rc8+ 34.Kd4 Kf6 35.Ra1 Rc6
36.Ra3 g5 37.Nd5+ Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C90"]

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"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Qd7
16.c3 Bd8 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Bb6 19.Qb3 h6 20.Bd2 a5 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qxe6 fxe6
23.bxa5 Bxa5 24.Reb1 Rfb8 25.Ra2 Ra7 26.Nc2 Nd7 27.d4 Nf6 28.dxe5 Nxe4 29.exd6 Bb6
30.Rxa7 Bxf2+ 31.Kf1 Bxa7 32.d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bxd4 Nf6
16.Bf5 Qa5 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.Qb1 Nh7 19.Qe4 Ng5 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qd4+ Kg8
22.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Qf5 24.Rad1 Rc6 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc2 27.Rb5 b6 28.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E15"]

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"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.O-O Bb4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.e4 e5 15.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nxe5 10.Nxd5 Bc5 11.c3 c6 12.Ne3 Nbd7 13.b4 Bb6 14.b5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Nc5
16.Ba3 Bd7 17.Nd4 Re8 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxb7 Bh3 20.Re1 Rb8 21.Be4 g6 22.Nb3 Bxe3
23.Rxe3 Ng4 24.Qxd8 Rbxd8 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Bg2 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 h5 28.h3 Nf6 29.Rc1 Re4
30.Rd4 Re2 31.Nd2 Rc5 32.Kf1 Re6 33.c4 Ra5 34.Rc2 Rea6 35.c5 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rxa2
37.c6 Rc2 38.Nc4 Nd5 39.Ke1 Nb6 40.Ne5 Rc5 41.f4 Kg7 42.Rd6 Nc4 43.Nxc4 Rxc4
44.h4 a5 45.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 Be6 11.Kb1 Bf6 12.Ng5 Qd7 13.Bd4 Rad8 14.Be2 Rfe8 15.f4 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nf3 Re2 19.Qd4 Qf5 20.Rd2 Re4 21.Qxa7 Qxf4 22.b3 Ba6
23.c4 Rde8 24.Rhd1 Qe3 25.Rd4 Rxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 b6 28.Kc1 Bb7 29.Rg4+ Kf8
30.Kd2 h5 31.Rf4 Ke7 32.g3 Rg8 33.Nd4 c5 34.Ne2 Ke6 35.Rf1 Ke5 36.Ke3 Be4
37.Rc1 d5 38.cxd5 Bxd5 39.c4 Bc6 40.Rc2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Rg8 42.a4 Be4 43.Kf2 f5
44.Nf4 Rh8 45.Rd7 Rh7 46.Ke3 Bc6 47.Rd8 Be4 48.Rd7 Bc6 49.Ng6+ Ke6 50.Nf8+ Ke5
51.Nxh7 Bxd7 52.Ng5 Be8 53.Nh3 Bc6 54.Nf4 Be4 55.Kd2 Bf3 56.Ke3 Be4 57.Nxh5 Bc2
58.Nf4 Bxb3 59.Nd5 Bxa4 60.h5 f4+ 61.gxf4+ Kf5 62.Ne7+ Kf6 63.h6  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.Ngf3 Qc7 8.Bf4 fxe5
9.dxe5 Ne7 10.h4 Ng6 11.Bh2 O-O-O 12.Ng5 Ndxe5 13.g4 h6 14.gxf5 hxg5 15.fxg6 Rxh4
16.Bf3 Bb4 17.c3 Rdh8 18.cxb4 Rxh2 19.Rxh2 Nd3+ 20.Ke2 Nf4+ 21.Ke1 Qe5+ 22.Qe2 Qxe2+
23.Bxe2 Rxh2 24.Nf3 Rh5 25.Ne5 Rh1+ 26.Bf1 Kd8 27.Nf7+ Ke7 28.Nxg5 Kf6 29.Nf3 Nd3+
30.Ke2 Nxb2 31.Nd2 Na4 32.Kf3 e5 33.Kg3 Rg1+ 34.Kh2 Rg4 35.a3 Rxg6 36.f3 Ke7
37.Bd3 Rh6+ 38.Kg3 Kd6 39.Nf1 Nb2 40.Be2 Rh1 41.Kg2 Rh4 42.Ne3 g6 43.Ng4 b5
44.Ra2 Na4 45.Rc2 Nb6 46.Rc1 Nd7 47.Kg3 Rh8 48.Bd3 g5 49.Re1 Ke6 50.Rc1 Kd6
51.Re1 Ke6 52.Bc2 a6 53.Bd3 Rh4 54.Rc1 Kd6 55.Re1 Ke6 56.a4 e4 57.axb5 axb5
58.Be2 Nf6 59.fxe4 Nxe4+ 60.Kg2 Kd6 61.Ra1 Rh8 62.Ra6 Nc3 63.Bd3 Re8 64.Ra7 Ne2
65.Kf3 Nd4+ 66.Kf2 Rf8+ 67.Ke3 Ne6 68.Nh6 d4+ 69.Kd2 Ke5 70.Re7 Kd6 71.Ra7 Ke5
72.Ng4+ Kd6 73.Nh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Re1 Qf6 12.Qf3 Qh4 13.g3 Qg4 14.Qxg4 fxg4 15.c4 dxc4
16.Bxc4+ Kh8 17.Bd5 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Be3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 e5 15.Bd2 c4
16.Bc2 b6 17.f4 f6 18.Ng3 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nb7 21.a4 Rae8 22.Qd2 Rf7
23.h4 Bg4 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rb5 Qc8 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Bf8 28.Rbb1 Bd6 29.Rbe1 Rxe1
30.Rxe1 Bxf4 31.Qxf4 Qc5 32.Qf3 Re7 33.Re6 Nd8 34.Qg3+ Kf7 35.Be4 Nxe6 36.fxe6+ Kf8
37.Qf4 Kg7 38.Qf5 Kg8 39.Qxf6 Qd6 40.Bf3 Rg7 41.Qh4 Kf8 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.Qh4 Kf8
44.Qxc4 Qg3 45.Qb4+ Kg8 46.Qe4 Kf8 47.Bxh5 a5 48.Bf3 Ke7 49.Kg1 Rg6 50.Qe3 Rf6
51.c4 Rf5 52.c5 Rxd5 53.Qe4 Rxc5 54.Qxh7+ Kxe6 55.Qh6+ Ke7 56.Qh7+ Kf8 57.Qh8+ Kf7
58.Qh7+ Qg7 59.Qe4 Qa1+ 60.Kf2 Qb2+ 61.Kg1 Qc1+ 62.Kh2 Qh6+ 63.Kg1 Rc1+ 64.Kf2 Qd2+
65.Be2 Qe1+ 66.Ke3 Qg3+ 67.Qf3+ Qxf3+ 68.gxf3 Kf6 69.f4 Rb1 70.Bd3 Rb4 71.Bb5 Rxb5
72.axb5 Kf5 73.Kd3 Kxf4 74.Kd4 Kg5 75.Ke5 Kh6 76.Kd4 Kh7 77.Kd5 Kh8 78.Kd4 Kg8
79.Ke4 Kf8 80.Kd4 Kf7 81.Kd5 Kg7 82.Ke5 Kh6 83.Kd4 Kh7 84.Kd5 Kg8 85.Ke4 Kf8
86.Kd4 Kf7 87.Kd5 Kf6 88.Kd4 Kg5 89.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 d6 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 d5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 exd4
16.Bg5 dxc3 17.Nxc3 Nd4 18.Qd3 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Nxd5 Qe5 21.Kh1 Nxc2 22.Qxc2 f5
23.Qc4 Kh7 24.Rae1 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Qxb2 26.Re2 Qa3 27.Qc2+ Kh8 28.Ne7 Rf6 29.Ng6+ Kg8
30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Ng6+ Kg8 32.Rfe1 Qc5 33.Qa2+ Kh7 34.Ne5 Rd8 35.f4 Rxf4 36.Qb1+ Kg8
37.Nd3 Rxd3 38.Qxd3 Qf5 39.Qd1 Kh7 40.Re5 Qg6 41.Re6 Rf1+ 42.Rxf1 Qxe6 43.Qb1+ Kg8
44.Rc1 Qf7 45.Qe4 Qf6 46.Rd1 Kh8 47.Rb1 Kg8 48.g3 Qd4 49.Qe6+ Kh7 50.Qf5+ g6
51.Qf7+ Qg7 52.Rf1 Qxf7 53.Rxf7+ Kg8 54.Rd7 Ba5 55.Kg2 c5 56.Kf3 Bc3 57.g4 Bf6
58.Rc7 Bh4 59.Ke4 c4 60.Kd5 c3 61.Ke6 Bg5 62.Rxc3 Kg7 63.Rc7+ Kg8 64.Rb7 Bh4
65.Ke5 Bg5 66.Ke4 Bh4 67.Kf4 Kh8 68.Ke4 Kg8 69.Kd5 Bg5 70.Ke6 Bh4 71.Rc7 Bg5
72.Rd7 Bh4 73.Rd4 Bg5 74.Ra4 Kg7 75.Ra1 Kg8 76.Rh1 Bh4 77.Rf1 Kg7 78.Rf7+ Kg8
79.Rf6 Kg7 80.Rf3 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.dxc5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 dxc5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.O-O-O Bd7
16.e4 O-O-O 17.e5 g4 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 Qa5 20.Nd2 Qxa2 21.Ne4 c4 22.Be2 Na5
23.Qb1 Nb3+ 24.Kc2 Qa4 25.Rde1 Bc6 26.Nd2 Rxd6  0-1

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wichmann,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.b4 Qe8 8.Bb2 h6 9.Nbd2 g5
10.e3 c6 11.Qb3 Qh5 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 f4 14.exf4 gxf4 15.Rfe1 Rf7 16.Rac1 Na6
17.Nh4 Bg4 18.h3 fxg3 19.fxg3 Bd7 20.b5 Nc5 21.Rxc5 dxc5 22.Re5 c4 23.Nxc4  1-0

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zude,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Bf4 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.Nbd2 d5 10.Bb5 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Kd8 12.O-O-O Bc5 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nfxd4 Nxd4
15.Nxd4 Re8 16.Bf3 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Nf5 c6 19.Nd6 Rf8 20.Bg3 Nxf2 21.Rhf1 Be3+
22.Kb1 Kd7 23.Rde1 Bd2 24.Re2 Ne4 25.Rd1 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Kxd6 27.Rexd2 Rae8
28.c4 Rf5 29.Rh1 h6 30.Rh4 Rg5 31.Rhd4 Re3 32.cxd5 Rxd5 33.Rxd5+ cxd5  0-1

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kunin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Ne5 Nf6 7.Qf3 Qc8 8.Nxd7 Nbxd7
9.d3 e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.g4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Nf6 15.Qf5 Nxg4
16.Qxc8 Raxc8 17.h3 Nf6 18.O-O-O Nd5 19.Bg3 Rfd8 20.Rhe1 Bf6 21.c3 g6 22.Kc2 Kg7
23.Re4 Ne7 24.Rde1 Nf5 25.Bf4 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.Bc4 Rd7 28.R1e3 Rcc7 29.Re8 Re7
30.Ra8 b6 31.Bd5 Bg5 32.Re4 f5 33.Rxe7+ Rxe7 34.Kb3 Bc1 35.Kc2 Bg5 36.Kd1 Bh4
37.f3 Kf6 38.Bc6 Kg5 39.Re8 Rc7 40.Bd5 Kf4 41.Rh8 Re7 42.Bg8 Re8 43.Rxh7 Rxg8
44.Rxh4+ Kxf3 45.Rh7 Rf8 46.Rxa7 f4 47.Ra6 Rb8 48.a5 bxa5 49.Kc2 Rg8 50.Rxa5 Kg2
51.Rxc5 f3 52.Rg5+ Kxh3 53.Kd2 Kh4 54.Rg1 f2 55.Ra1 Kg3  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Romero Holmes,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B63"]

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 Qb6
9.Nb3 O-O 10.f3 Rd8 11.Nb5 Rd7 12.Qe1 a6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.N5d4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Rc7
16.g4 b5 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 Bb7 19.Qg3 Rac8 20.h5 Nf8 21.Bd3 Rc5 22.f4 e5 23.Nf5 exf4
24.Bxf4 Ne6 25.g6 Rxf5 26.exf5 Nxf4 27.gxh7+ Kh8 28.Rhg1 Nxd3+ 29.Rxd3 Qf8
30.h6 gxh6 31.f6 Bxf6 32.Rxd6 Bg5+ 33.Kb1 Be4 34.Rxa6 Bxc2+ 35.Ka1 Kxh7 36.a3 Bg6
37.Rf1 Qg7 38.Qb3 Rc7 39.Qxb5 Qd4 40.Ra8 Qd3 41.Qxd3 Bxd3 42.Re1 Rb7 43.b4 f5
44.Kb2 f4 45.Kc3 Rd7  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 c6 10.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qd1 f5 14.Ng5 Bf7 15.Nh3 Qc7
16.g3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Be3 g6 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Rc1 Qa3 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 Rac8
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Qb1 Qc3 25.Re7 Qc1+ 26.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Kg2 Rd1 28.Rxa7 g5 29.Nh3 h6
30.Rxa6 Kg7 31.Ra4 Bh5 32.Ng1 Rd3 33.Kf1 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Rd3 35.Kf1 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valmana Canto,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Be3 b5 12.g4 Nb6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Nd5 Nfxd5 15.exd5 Bd7
16.b3 f5 17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.Rac1 a5 20.c4 bxc4 21.bxc4 Nd7 22.c5 Nxc5
23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.d6 Ra7 25.Rxc5 Kh8 26.Rd1 Rd7 27.Bc6 Bg5 28.Qd5 Rg7 29.d7 Bxh3
30.Rxa5 Bxd7 31.Ra8 Bxc6 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Qb3 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Rd7 35.Qc2 Bb7
36.Qc5 Kg7 37.Qxe5+ Bf6 38.Qb5 Rf7 39.Qb6 h5 40.a4 h4 41.Nf1 h3 42.Nh2 Bc8
43.Qc5 Bf5 44.a5 Re7 45.Qb4 Re4 46.Qd2 Rd4 47.Qc1 Ra4 48.Qc7+ Kh6 49.Qc1+ Kg7
50.Qc7+ Kh6 51.Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Prusikin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C14"]

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 "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Nc3 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qg4 Nf6 12.Qh4 Ne4 13.Qh5 Nf6 14.Qh4 Ne4 15.Qh3 Qxd4
16.Bf4 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Bg2 Qa6 12.Bf1 Qb6 13.Bg2 Qa6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.a4 Nb6
16.Bf1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qb5+ Qc6 19.Qxc6+ bxc6 20.Rc1 Kd7 21.Nd1 Rh3 22.Rxc4 Rah8
23.Bb4 Bd8 24.Bc5 a6 25.Nc3 Rxh2 26.Rxh2 Rxh2 27.Rb4 Kc8 28.Bb6 Be7 29.Rc4 Kd7
30.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Rd8 14.Nf1 exd4 15.Ng3 Nc6
16.Bb3 Be6 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Nd7 19.Nh5 Nf6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nf4 Kf7 22.Qe3 e5
23.Nd3 Rac8 24.Bd2 Qb7 25.b3 Kg8 26.Ba5 Rf8 27.Rad1 Rc2 28.Nb4 Rc5 29.Nd3 Rc2
30.Nb4 Rc5 31.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qxh6 Ng4 15.Qh5 Nf6
16.Qh6 Ng4 17.Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Czarnota,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B60"]

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 "TCh-ESP Final"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.f3 Rd8 11.O-O O-O 12.Qb3 Ba5 13.Ne2 h6 14.e4 Bh7 15.Be3 Qe7
16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Bf2 Nb4 18.Nf4 Bc7 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Rd7 21.Qc3 a5 22.Rad1 Rfd8
23.Qe1 Bb6 24.Kf1 Qf6 25.Qc3 Qf4 26.Kg1 Bg6 27.g3 Qf6 28.Kg2 Qe7 29.R3d2 Kh7
30.h4 Bc7 31.d5 exd5 32.exd5 cxd5 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.Bxd5 h5 36.Qc5 Qxc5
37.Bxc5 b6 38.Bd4 f6 39.Be4 Bxe4 40.fxe4 Kg6 41.Kf3 Kf7 42.g4 g6 43.Bf2 Ke6
44.Be3 Bd8 45.Bf4 Kd7 46.Bg3 hxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Kc6 48.h5 gxh5+ 49.Kxh5 b5 50.axb5+ Kxb5
51.Kg6 a4 52.Bh4 f5 53.Bxd8 fxe4 54.Kf5 a3 55.bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Final"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.b3 d5
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 exd4 20.e5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Nxe5 22.cxd4 Nc6
23.Nh5 Be7 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qd3 Kf8 26.Qh7 Bxd4 27.Qh6+ Ke8 28.Re1+ Ne5 29.Bf5 Qd6
30.Qg5 c5 31.Nf6+ Kd8 32.Nxd5+ Ke8 33.Nf6+ Kd8 34.Nd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Nf1 Qb8 19.Ng3 Rfe8 20.Bb1 Na5 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Bd3 Be6
23.Bd2 Bd8 24.Qe2 Bc4 25.Rc1 exd4 26.Bxa5 Bxa5 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Qxc4 Qxb2
29.Rc2 Qb1+ 30.Rc1 Qb2 31.Rc2 Qb1+ 32.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.f3 Nf6 19.a4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qg6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Bxg5 Rfe8
23.Re1 Qg6 24.Be7 Ra7 25.Bc5 Raa8 26.Be7 Ra7 27.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.f3 Nf6 19.a4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qg6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Bxg5 Qg6
23.Qc1 Bd3 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Kf2 Bc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.g4 Re8 29.Bf4 Qd3
30.Kg3 Qe2 31.Qb1 Qe1+ 32.Qxe1 Rxe1 33.Bd6 Rg1+ 34.Kf2 Rb1 35.Ba3 Kg7 36.Kg3 Kg6
37.h3 h5 38.Kh4 Rg1 39.Bc5 Rg2 40.Ba3 f6 41.gxh5+ Kf5 42.f4 Rg8 43.Bd6 Ke6
44.h6 Kxd6 45.Kh5 f5 46.h7 Rh8 47.Kg6 Ke7 48.Kg7 Ke8 49.Kg6 Kf8 50.h4 Ke7
51.Kg7 Ke8 52.Kg6 Kf8 53.h5 Ke7 54.Kg7 Ke8 55.Kg6 Kf8 56.h6 Ke8 57.Kf6 Rxh7
58.Kg6 Rf7  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Nb6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.g4 Qd7
16.gxh5 Rae8 17.Be3 Qxh3 18.Nxh3 gxh5 19.Bf4 Kg7 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bxd6 cxd6
22.Nf4 Kh6 23.Kg2 Kg5 24.Kf3 Rc8 25.Rb3 Rc4 26.Ra3 h4 27.h3 f5 28.Ne6+ Kf6
29.Nf4 Kg5 30.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nc1 Bd8 20.b3 O-O 21.Na2 e4 22.Kd1 exf3
23.gxf3 Nd7 24.Rxb4 Qc7 25.Ra4 Qc8 26.Be2 Nc5 27.Rg4 Bf6 28.Nb4 Na4 29.Nc6 Nc3+
30.Qxc3 Bxc3 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxc8 Rfxc8 33.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.Ng5 e5 8.f4 exf4
9.O-O Ng6 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bxf4 h6 12.Nxf7 Qxf7 13.Bxd6 Qe6 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Nd2 Bd7
16.Qxc5 Qe7 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Rf1+ Kg8 19.Qxe7 Nxe7 20.Nb3 Rd8 21.Nc5 Bc8
22.Kf2 Rf8+ 23.Ke2 Rxf1 24.Kxf1 Ng6 25.b4 Kf7 26.Ke2 Nf4+ 27.Kf3 Ne6 28.Nb3 Ke7
29.Ke3 Kd6 30.d4 Nc7 31.c4 Be6 32.Kd3 Bg8 33.a4 Ne6 34.g3 Ng5 35.Nd2 a6 36.h4 Nh3
37.Ke3 g5 38.d5 cxd5 39.exd5 gxh4 40.gxh4 Bh7 41.Ne4+ Ke5 42.Nc5 Nf4 43.d6 Ne6
44.d7 Nd8 45.Nxa6 Kd6 46.Nc5 Bg8 47.Kd4 Nc6+ 48.Kc3 Ke7 49.b5 Ne5 50.b6 Nxd7
51.b7  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.d5 exd5
10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Qxd5 Nc6 13.e6 fxe6 14.Qxe6+ Qe7 15.Qxe7+ Bxe7
16.Bxc4 Nde5 17.Bd5 Nd3+ 18.Ke2 Nxc1+ 19.Raxc1 Nd4+ 20.Kf2 O-O-O 21.Bf7 Bh4+
22.g3 Rhf8 23.Bd5 Bf6 24.Rhd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 dxe4 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Bxd1 Nd7 13.Bc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe4 Rb8 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Rxe5 Rd8 19.Kf1 f6 20.Re3 Rd1+ 21.Re1 Rxe1+
22.Kxe1 Bf5 23.Na3 Re8+ 24.Kd2 Rd8+ 25.Ke3 Re8+ 26.Kd2 Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vaganian,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E09"]

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 2006-7"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bd2 Bd6 10.b3 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bg2 e4 13.O-O O-O 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Nb6
16.a4 Bb4 17.Ne2 Qd6 18.Nf4 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Rfe8 20.Rac1 Re7 21.a5 Nbd7 22.Qg2 Rxe3
23.a6 Nb6 24.axb7 Rb8 25.Rc5 Rxb7 26.Bxd5 Rd7 27.Rc6 Qb4 28.Bc4 Rxd4 29.Qh3 Re1
30.Rc7 Nxc4 31.Rc8+ Ne8 32.bxc4 Rde4 33.Nd3 Rxf1+ 34.Qxf1 Qd2 35.c5 Re2 36.Rd8 Qe3+
37.Kh1 a5 38.c6 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Qxc6 40.Qxe2 Qb6+ 41.Nc5 Qxd8  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sobierska,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Qh5 g6 10.Qxd5 c6 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Nge2 Nd7 13.Qxc6 Rc8 14.Qf3 Bg7 15.Rd1 Nf6
16.O-O Nd5 17.Rfe1 Nb4 18.Bb1 Qd7 19.h3 Nd5 20.e4 Nxc3 21.Nxc3 f5 22.d5 Bf7
23.e5 Qb7 24.e6 Be8 25.a3 Kh8 26.Ba2 Rc5 27.e7 Rf6 28.d6 Qxf3 29.gxf3  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szymanski,P1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Qe2 e5
9.Re1 b6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4 Bb7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Bd2 Rfe8 14.c3 Rad8 15.Rad1 a6
16.Bc1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Nd5 Qc8 21.Nb6 Rxe2 22.Nxc8 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rxc8 24.Bxf4 b4 25.Be3 Na5 26.cxb4 cxb4 27.Bd2 Bf8 28.Rc1 Rd8 29.Ne1 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Nb3 31.Rd1 f5 32.Be3 Rd5 33.Nc2 Bd6 34.f4 Kf7 35.Kf3 Ke6 36.Ke2 Ra5
37.Kf3 Kd5 38.Bf2 Kc6 39.Nd4+ Nxd4+ 40.Bxd4 Kd5 41.Be3 Ra2 42.Rd2 b3 43.h4 Ba3
44.Ke2 Bxb2  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Donchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakubowski,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Ne5 Qb6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.a3 Qxb2 10.Na4 Qb5 11.Bd2 c5 12.Nxc5 e6 13.e3 Qc6 14.Rc1 Bxc5 15.Rxc5 Qb7
16.Bd3 O-O 17.O-O Bd7 18.Qc2 Rfc8 19.Rb1 Qa7 20.Rc1 g6 21.Bb4 Kg7 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bc5 Qa8 24.Rb1 Bb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Qd3 Nd7 27.g3 Rb8 28.Bd6 Rb6 29.Bb4 Qa6
30.Rc1 Rc6 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Bc5 Nf6 33.Qc3 Qb7 34.Qa5 Qb8 35.Bb6 Nd7 36.Bc5 Qb7
37.Qd8 h5 38.Bb4 Qc6 39.Kg2 e5 40.Qe8 Qe6 41.Qxe6 fxe6 42.dxe5 g5 43.f4 Kg6
44.Kf3 Kf5 45.h3 g4+ 46.hxg4+ hxg4+ 47.Kf2 Ke4 48.Ke2 Nb6 49.Bd6 Na4 50.Bb4 Nb2
51.Bd6 Nc4 52.Bc5 Na5 53.Bb4 Nc6 54.Bc5 Nd8 55.Be7 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pakleza,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg2 Nxe5
9.Qe2 Nbc6 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Nf4 Bd7 13.Be3 O-O 14.O-O Bd6 15.c4 Re8
16.Qd2 Ne5 17.b3 Bc6 18.Nd5 Qd7 19.Rad1 Qf5 20.Bf4 Rad8 21.Rfe1 h5 22.Qc3 Ng4
23.h3 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 g5 27.g4  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gritsak,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nd7 6.e3 g6 7.c4 Bg7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bd3 Nh6 10.Qc3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.axb3 f6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 e5 15.Bxh6 Bxh6
16.Bb5 Nb6 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.Nxe5 Bg7 19.Nd3 a6 20.Ba4 Rac8 21.Kd2 Rfd8 22.b4 Nc4+
23.Ke2 Nxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bc5
9.Nc3 d6 10.h3 O-O 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.a3 Nde5 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.b4 Ba7 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Be2 Rd8 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Be8 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rac8 22.Rd4 g5
23.Rcd1 Nc6 24.R4d2 Ne5 25.Qd4 Bg6 26.g3 Rxc4 27.Qe3 Rdc8 28.Bxc4 Nxc4 29.Qd4 Nxd2
30.Rxd2 Rc6 31.b5 axb5 32.Nxb5 d5 33.exd5 exd5 34.Qxd5+ Bf7 35.Qd8+ Qxd8
36.Rxd8+ Kg7 37.Nd4 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 h5 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Kg6 41.Nf5 Be6 42.Ne3 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Strzemiecki,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Ne2 Ng6 11.O-O c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.a4 Qc7 14.h4 Qf7 15.Ng3 Ne7
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.h5 gxh5 18.Nxh5 Bd7 19.g3 Kh8 20.Kg2 Rf5 21.Rh1 Raf8 22.Nf4 Rxf4
23.gxf4 Qf7 24.Kg3 Qf5 25.f3 h6 26.Rh5 Qxc2 27.Rah1 Kh7 28.a5 Qg6 29.Rg5 Qf7
30.Kf2 Ba4 31.f5 exf5 32.Qf4 Bd7 33.Qh4 Be6 34.f4 Rg8 35.Rh5 Qf8 36.Qg5 Bd7
37.R5h3 Be6 38.Rg3 Qf7 39.Rhg1 Qe8 40.Qh4 Qf7 41.Rg6 Qe8 42.Ke3 Qf7 43.Qh5 Qd7
44.Rh1  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Staniszewski,Pi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nge2 dxc4
9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qb3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ng3 O-O 13.a4 Rd7 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.Nxc5 Rxd2 17.Nb7 Qh4 18.Kxd2 Qxf2+ 19.Be2 Qxg2 20.axb5 Qxb7 21.Rhg1 axb5
22.Qxb5 Qc7 23.Rg3 Nc6 24.Rc1 Qd6+ 25.Ke1 Ne5 26.Qc5 Qb8 27.b4 Nd7 28.Qc3 e5
29.b5 Nf6 30.Qc7 Qa8 31.Qxe5 Qh1+ 32.Bf1 Bg6 33.b6 Qxh2 34.b7 Ne4 35.Bg2 Qg1+
36.Ke2 Qf2+ 37.Kd3 Qd2+ 38.Kc4 Qxc1+ 39.Kb5 Nxg3 40.Qxg3 Bd3+ 41.Kb6 Qb2+
42.Kc7 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomczak,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 Nd5 8.Bc4 c6
9.O-O Be6 10.Ng5 Nxc3 11.Nxe6 Nxd1 12.Nxd8 Nxb2 13.Bxf7+ Kxd8 14.Bxb2 Rf8
15.Bc4 b5 16.Be2 Na6 17.a4 Nxc5 18.axb5 Nb3 19.Ra3 Nxd4 20.Rd1 e5 21.bxc6 Kc7
22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Rb1 Rfb8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Rxa7+ Kxc6 26.g3 Bf6 27.Rxh7 g5
28.Rf7 Bd8 29.Rf5 Be7 30.Bf3+ Kc7 31.Be4 Rf8 32.Re5 Bf6 33.Re6 Kd7 34.Bf5 Bh8
35.Bg4 Kc7 36.Be2 Kd7 37.Ra6 Be5 38.Kg2 Ke7 39.Bc4 Bd6 40.Bd3 Ke6 41.Ra5 Be5
42.f3 Rb8 43.Bc4+ Kf6 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Bd3 Bf6 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Kh3 Rb2 48.Bc4+ Kh8
49.Rf7 Bg7 50.Rf5 Rc2 51.Bd3 Rd2 52.Be4 Bh6 53.Rf6 g4+ 54.Kxg4 Be3 55.h4 Rg2
56.f4 Rg1 57.h5 Bf2 58.Kf3 Be1 59.Rh6+ Kg7 60.Rg6+ Kf7 61.h6 Bd2 62.h7 Rh1
63.Rg8  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Heberla,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B23"]

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.h4 h5 14.f3 Ne5 15.Nf4 e6 16.O-O Bd7
17.Bd2 Rfc8 18.Qh3 Bh6 19.Rad1 Qd8 20.Qg3 Kh7 21.Ne2 Bg7 22.Qf2 b5 23.Nxd4 bxa4
24.Ba2 Qb6 25.Bc3 a3 26.Rb1 Qc5 27.Ne2 Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 axb2 29.Rxb2 Rxc3 30.Nxc3 Rc8
31.d4 Rxc3 32.dxe5 Bxe5 33.Rb7 Bc8 34.Rb8 Rxc2+ 35.Ke3 Ba6  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B31"]

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.Nh2 Qe7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.O-O Be6 14.Qf2 b6 15.Qg3 Bd7
16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Rxf3 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Be6 19.Bc7 g5 20.Raf1 g4 21.hxg4 h5 22.g5 h4
23.Qh2 h3 24.gxh3 Qxg5 25.Ne2 Bxb2 26.c3 Qe7 27.Bd6 Qd7 28.Rxf7 Qxf7 29.Rxf7 Rxh3
30.Rf8+ Kd7 31.Rxa8  1-0

[Event "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korneev,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 a5 11.Kb1 a4 12.Nc1 a3 13.b3 Ra5 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.bxc4 Qc8
16.Qd3 Nbd7 17.Nb3 Ra6 18.g4 Rc6 19.g5 Ne8 20.Nd5 Bd8 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.Qxa3 Ra6
23.Qb2 Na4 24.Qb4 Nc7 25.Nb3 b5 26.c5 Nxd5 27.exd5 Bb6 28.cxb6 Nc3+ 29.Qxc3 Qxc3
30.Rd3 Qc4 31.Rc1 Qa4  0-1

[Event "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 c5 11.d5 e6 12.d6 Nd5 13.h4 g4 14.Ne5 Qxd6 15.e4 f5 16.exf5 Bxe5
17.Nb5 Qc6 18.Bxe5 exf5 19.Nd6 Nb6 20.f3 Be6 21.Bb5 Qd5 22.Qe2 N8d7 23.Bf4 gxf3
24.gxf3 Kh7 25.Rd1 Qxa2 26.Kf2 Rf6 27.Rhg1 Raf8 28.Be5 Nxe5 29.Qxe5 Nd7 30.Bxd7 Bxd7
31.Ne4 fxe4 32.Rxd7+ Kh8 33.Rg6  1-0

[Event "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qc7 15.c3 Na5
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.b4 Nc6 18.Qb3 a5 19.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVI Magistral A"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e5 Nfd7 7.h4 c5 8.h5 cxd4
9.hxg6 dxc3 10.gxf7+ Rxf7 11.Bc4 Nf8 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Qh5 dxe5
15.Qf7+ Kh8 16.Nxh7 Nxh7 17.Qg6 Kg8 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ Bxh8 20.Rxh8+ Kf7
21.Rxd8 Nc6 22.Rh8 Kg7 23.Re8 Kf7 24.Rh8 Kg7 25.Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rad1 Ng4
16.g3 Bd4 17.Kg2 Ne5 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Kh1 Qh3 20.Bf4 Ng4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.f3 Bxc3
23.fxg4 Bd4 24.c5 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Bf6 26.Qe2 Re6 27.e5 Rae8 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rxf6 Rxf6
30.Rb1 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Kg1 h4 33.Qg2 Qf5 34.Rb4 Rxe5 35.Bxe5 Qxe5 36.Rb1 h3
37.Qd2 Qxc5+ 38.Kh1 Qf2  0-1

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bc3 d6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.d5 exd5 15.Nh4 b5
16.cxd5 g6 17.Qg5 Kh8 18.Nf3 Re8 19.Qh4 Qf8 20.Qf4 Nh5 21.Qd2 Qg7 22.Ng5 Rad8
23.Nge4 Nb6 24.b3 Bc8 25.Ng5 Nf6 26.Qf4 h6 27.Nf3 Bb7 28.Ne1 g5 29.Qd2 b4
30.axb4 cxb4 31.Qd4 bxc3 32.Qxb6 Rb8 33.Qxd6 Red8 34.Qc5 Rbc8 35.Qa5 Ng4
36.Qb4 f5 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Rxd4 Nf6 39.Rc4 Nxd5 40.Nd3 Re8 41.e3 Rb8 42.Nc5 Ba8
43.Bxd5 Bxd5 44.R4xc3 a5 45.Rd3 Bf3 46.Kf1 Rbc8 47.Ke1 Re5 48.Rdc3 Rd5 49.e4 fxe4
50.Nxe4 Rxc3 51.Nxc3 Rd3 52.Ne2 g4 53.Ra1 Rd5 54.Ng1 Be4 55.Ke2 Bc2 56.Ra3 Rb5
57.f3 h5 58.fxg4 hxg4 59.Kd2 Bxb3 60.h3 gxh3 61.Nxh3 Kg7 62.Nf4 Kf6 63.Ne2 Bc4
64.Nc3 Re5 65.Ra4 Bb3 66.Rf4+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 Rad8 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.d5 Ne5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bg7 17.c4 e6 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 b5 20.f6 Bh6 21.Nc3 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bf5
23.Bd3 Bg4 24.Be2 Bf5 25.Bd3 Bg4 26.Be2 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 c6 8.d4 b5
9.Qb3 a5 10.e5 a4 11.Qd1 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O O-O 15.Be3 Na5
16.b3 axb3 17.axb3 Qb6 18.Ne1 b4 19.Nd3 Bb5 20.Nc5 Nb7 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Bxb5 Qxb5
23.Qd3 Qc6 24.Na4 Nd8 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Qc2 f6 27.f4 Bh6 28.g3 fxe5 29.dxe5 Ne6
30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 Kf7 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.Ke2 Bf8 34.Kd3 Rb7  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.f3 Kh8 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Nh5 15.g3 Bf6
16.c5 f4 17.Kg2 Nc6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nd5 Nd4 20.Bb2 Nxe6 21.g4 Nhg7 22.Nxf6 Rxf6
23.Qd5 Qe7 24.Red1 Rd8 25.Qa5 b6 26.Qd5 Rff8 27.Rac1 h5 28.gxh5 Qh4 29.Rc6 g5
30.Rxd6 g4 31.Rxe6 Rxd5 32.Rh6+ Kg8 33.Bc4 gxf3+ 34.Kh1 Nxh5 35.Rg1+ Ng3+
36.Rxg3+ fxg3 37.Rxh4 g2+ 38.Kg1 f2+ 39.Kxg2 f1=Q+ 40.Bxf1 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2
42.Bc4+ Kg7 43.Bb3 Rb1 44.Kg2 Rc8 45.Kf3 Rc3+ 46.Kg4 Rf1 47.Kh5 Kf6  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D89"]

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.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Qd4 Bf7 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bb5 e5 19.Qf2 Re7 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Bxd5
23.exd5 Qxb5 24.Qxf6 Qe8 25.Qd4 Rd8 26.h3 Rf7 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Qc3 b6 29.Ng3 Nb7
30.Ne4 Qe7 31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.Nxh7 Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.Ng4 Kg8 35.Qd2 Re8 36.Qf4 Qd6
37.Qf2 Qc5 38.Qg3 Qd4 39.Kh2 Nd8 40.Qd6 Ne6 41.Be3  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.Nbd4 exd4
17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.h4 Ra4 23.Qg2 Qa8
24.f6 Bd8 25.Bd4 Nc7 26.fxg7 Kxg7 27.h5 Ne6 28.g6 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Nxd4 30.h6+ Kf6
31.g7 Rg8 32.Qf2+ Ndf3 33.Bg2 Qxe4+ 34.Ka1 Ke6 35.Rf1 Bg5 36.Bxf3 Qxf3 37.Qxf3 Nxf3
38.Rxf3 Bxh6 39.Rxb3 Rxg7 40.Rh3 Bf4  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Ne7 13.h4 Bh6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ncb4 O-O
16.Qxa4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 a5 18.Bb5 Kh8 19.b4 f5 20.Bc6 Ra7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.bxa5 Bd3
23.Bb5 Bxb5 24.Qxb5 Raf7 25.O-O Qxh4 26.Qe2 Bf4 27.g3 Bxg3 28.fxg3 Qxg3+
29.Qg2 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qd3+ 32.Kg1 e4 33.Qf2 Qd1+ 34.Qf1 Qg4+
35.Kf2 h5 36.Ke1 Qg5 37.Qc4 h4 38.a6 Qg3+ 39.Kd2 h3 40.a7 Qf2+ 41.Kc1  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qa4 15.Ng5 Qc6
16.c4 Qxd5 17.cxd5 Nxg5 18.hxg5 f6 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.c4 Re4 21.b3 Rae8 22.Kc2 h6
23.Kd3 Bg5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Rh5 Rf4 26.f3 Rf5 27.Rdh1 Kf7 28.Rh8 Rfe5 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.g4 a5 31.a3 b6 32.Ra1 Kf6 33.b4 Ra8 34.Kc3 axb4+ 35.Kxb4 g6 36.Re1 Kf7
37.a4 Ra5 38.Re4 Rc5 39.Re3 Ra5 40.Re2 Rc5 41.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nd7
9.Bd2 Nc5 10.b4 Ne6 11.Rc1 a5 12.b5 Ncd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Bxc3+ 15.Rxc3 b6
16.O-O Qc7 17.Re1 f6 18.c5 Nxc5 19.Bg7 Rg8 20.Bxf6 exf6 21.Qd5 Be6 22.Qxa8+ Ke7
23.Qc6 Qxc6 24.bxc6 Bxa2 25.Ra3 Be6 26.Rb1 Kd8 27.Rxb6 Kc7 28.Rb1 a4 29.Bd1 Bb3
30.Bxb3 axb3 31.Raxb3 Nxb3 32.Rxb3 Kxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nc1 Bd8 20.b3 O-O 21.Na2 e4 22.Nxb4 Re8
23.Kd1 e3 24.Qc3 e2+ 25.Bxe2 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 27.Bd3 Bf6 28.Qc4 Qg5 29.Qg4 Qe3
30.Qf5 g6 31.Qf4 Bc3 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Re4 Re8 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxa6 Bxa5 36.Kc1 Kf8
37.Kb2 d5 38.Ka3 Bc3 39.b4 Ke7 40.Ka4 Kd6 41.Rb1 Re1 42.Rxe1 Bxe1 43.Kb3 f5
44.c3 h5 45.Bb5 g5 46.Kc2 f4 47.Kd3 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C43"]

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.c4 Be6 15.Qf3 Bxc4
16.Bh6 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 b5 18.a4 Qe7 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Rxc4 Qh4 21.Qh3 Qxh3 22.gxh3 Rac8
23.Rac1 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 f5 25.Bd2 Kf7 26.Rc6 Rd7 27.Kg2 Be7 28.Bc3 Bd8 29.Ra6 Bf6
30.Kf3 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qc7 15.c3 Nb8
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nh2 Nd7 18.Ng4 Nf6 19.Ne3 g6 20.b3 Rab8 21.Bb2 Rfd8 22.Qf3 d5
23.exd5 Nxd5 24.d4 Nf4 25.Qg3 Nd3 26.Ng4 e4 27.d5 Qxd5 28.c4 Qe6 29.Be5 Bd6
30.Bxd6 Qxd6 31.Nh6+ Kf8 32.Rxe4 Qxg3 33.fxg3 bxc4 34.bxc4 Rd4 35.Rxd4 cxd4
36.Ng4 h5 37.Nf2 Ne5 38.c5 Rb3 39.g4 Ke7 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.Ne4 Re3 42.Nd6 Ke6
43.Ne8 a5 44.Nc7+ Kf5 45.Nb5 Ke4 46.Rd1 Nc6 47.Kf2 a4 48.Nd6+ Kd5 49.Rxd4+ Kxd4
50.Nf5+ Kxc5 51.Kxe3 Ne5 52.g4 hxg4 53.h4 Kc4 54.h5 Kb3 55.Kd4 Nf3+ 56.Kd3 Kxa3
57.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Nc4 14.Nc3 Ndb6 15.h3 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bf6 17.Rb1 Bd7 18.Rb3 Re8 19.f4 Rc8 20.Kh1 g6 21.Rf1 Bg7 22.Nce2 Na4
23.f5 Nab6 24.Nf4 Qf6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Nf5 Kh8 27.Nxg7 Qxg7 28.Rg3 Rf8 29.e5 Nxe5
30.Bb2 Nbc4 31.Nxg6+ hxg6 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Bxg6 Bg4 34.Rxg4 Qf6 35.Bd4 Qf1+
36.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kh2 Nxa3 38.Bd3 Rd1 39.Rg3 Nc4 40.h4 Nd2 41.Bc3 Nc4 42.h5 Nb6
43.h6 Nd5 44.Rf3 Nf6 45.Bf5 Ng8 46.h7 Nf6 47.Rh3 Rf1 48.g4 Rf4 49.Rg3 Kg7
50.Rh3 Kh8 51.Rg3 Kg7 52.Kg2 Nxh7 53.Rd3 Nf6 54.Rxd6 Nexg4 55.Bxg4 Rxg4+
56.Kf3 Rg6 57.Rxa6 Kf7 58.Ra7+ Ke6 59.Ra6+ Kf7 60.Rxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Rxe5 Nd7 13.Re1 Qh4 14.Qf3 Rae8 15.Rf1 h5
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Kh7 18.gxh5 Qxh5 19.Qxh5+ Bxh5 20.Ba3 Rh8 21.Rfe1 Ne5
22.Kg2 Nf3 23.Re3 Nh4+ 24.Kf1 Nf3 25.Bd6 g5 26.d4 Kg6 27.c4 Nxd4 28.c5 Bf3
29.Ke1 Nf5 30.Rxe8 Rxe8+ 31.Kd2 Re2+ 32.Kd3 Rxf2 33.Re1 Bg2 34.Re8 Bxh3 35.Rg8+ Kf6
36.Bc7 Rf3+ 37.Kd2 g4 38.Bd8+ Ke5 39.Bc7+ Kd4 40.Bd6 g3 41.Rd8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2007.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Postny,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bindlach GER"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 2006-7"]
[Site "Bindlach GER"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polzin,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C85"]

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 2006-7"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Ne4 Bc7 12.Bd2 Re8 13.a3 Nf8 14.Ba2 h6 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.Qc1 a5 17.b4 Nf4 18.d4 N4e6 19.Nxe5 Nxd4 20.Nxg6 Bxg3 21.Be3 Bc7 22.Bxd4 Nxg6
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qd2 axb4 25.axb4 Nf4 26.Re1 Qd8 27.g3 Nxh3+ 28.Kg2 Rxa2
29.Kxh3 Bb6 30.Re4 f5 31.Rh4 Qd5 32.Kh2 Bd8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B97"]

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 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Ne4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3 Qxe5
16.Be2 Bc5 17.Bg3 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qa5+ 19.Rd2 O-O 20.Bd6 Re8 21.O-O f5 22.Qg3 Nc6
23.Qg6 Qd8 24.Bc4 Kh8 25.Ng5 Qxg5 26.Qxe8+ Kh7 27.Qxe6 Nf6 28.Qe2 Ne4 29.Rd3 Qg6
30.Ba3 Ne5 31.Rd4 Qb6 32.Rd1 Nc6 33.Qe3 Nxd4 34.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35.Rxd4 b5 36.Bd3 Ra7
37.Rd8 Be6 38.Re8 Bc4 39.Bxe4 fxe4 40.Rxe4 Rd7 41.Bb4 Kg6 42.Re7 Rd1+ 43.Re1 Rxe1+
44.Bxe1 Kf5 45.Ba5 h5 46.g3 Ke4 47.Kf2 g5 48.c3 g4 49.Bb4 Kd3 50.Ba5 Bf7
51.Bb4 Bg6 52.Ba5 Kc4 53.Ke3 Kb3 54.Kd2 Ka4 55.Bc7 a5 56.Bd8 b4 57.cxb4 axb4
58.Bf6 Kb3 59.Bg7 Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ventas Cosano,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E16"]

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 "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valmana Canto,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tahirov,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Guliyev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B97"]

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 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Ne4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3 Qxe5
16.Be2 Bc5 17.Bg3 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qa5+ 19.Rd2 O-O 20.Bd6 Nc6 21.O-O f5 22.Bxf8 Nxf8
23.Nd6 b5 24.Bf3 Bd7 25.Nxf5 exf5 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Bxc6 Rd8 28.Bxd7  1-0

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.Nh2 Re8 15.Ndf1 Nc4
16.Qf3 Nf8 17.Ng4 Ng6 18.Nge3 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 c4 20.b3 Qc7 21.bxc4 bxc4 22.Nf5 Nh4
23.Nxe7+ Rxe7 24.Qg3 Ng6 25.Rb1 Nf4 26.Qe3 Rd8 27.Qb6 Qxb6 28.Rxb6 Nd3 29.Bxd3 Rxd3
30.Ba3 Red7 31.Reb1 Bxe4 32.Rb8+ Rd8 33.Be7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Bxb1 35.Bxd8 h5 36.Bf6+ Kh7
37.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cabrera,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 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 Nd4 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 "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.e3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Nf3 Ne7 13.Be2 Bb7 14.b4 d6 15.O-O Rac8
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rd2 c5 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Rad1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 cxb4
22.axb4 Nc6 23.b5 Ne5 24.f4 Nxc4 25.Rd7 Rc5 26.Rxa7 Nd6 27.Ra6 Nxb5 28.Rxb6 Nc3
29.Bf3 Kg7 30.Kg2 Nd5 31.Rb7 f5 32.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bh3 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.Bg2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Qc7 17.Nf3 Rfd8 18.Qe2 e6 19.Rad1 a5 20.a4 Rac8 21.Rd3 b5 22.Red1 bxc4
23.bxc4 c5 24.d5 exd5 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Rxd5 Qc6 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8
29.Qd2 Bf6 30.Qxa5 g5 31.h3 h5 32.Qb5 Qe4 33.Qxc5 g4 34.Qxh5 Qxf3+ 35.Kg1 Qd1+
36.Kh2 Qxa4 37.Qxg4+ Kf8 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.Qc8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.O-O Bb4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Ne4 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Qe7
16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 e5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.b4 Rfd8 20.a4 a6 21.Rad1 g5 22.Rd3 Rxd3
23.Qxd3 g4 24.Rd1 g6 25.Rb1 Kg7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 cxb5 28.Rxb5 Ra1+ 29.Bf1 Qc7
30.Rb1 Rxb1 31.Qxb1 Nd7 32.h3 gxh3 33.Bxh3 Ne5 34.Bg2 b6 35.Bd5 Qd6 36.Qb5 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 Ne7 13.Qb3 f6 14.Nd3 Nc4 15.Rfd1 b6
16.e4 Na5 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.e5 f5 19.b3 Qd7 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.Qb2 Nec6 22.Bf1 Bf8
23.a3 Be7 24.Rc2 Qe8 25.Be3 Qf8 26.Nb1 Nd8 27.Rg2 Nf7 28.Be2 Ba6 29.g4 Nh6
30.g5 Nf7 31.h4 Rc7 32.h5 Rac8 33.Bf3 Qe8 34.Ne1 Nd8 35.Rh2 Bf8 36.Bd2 Qb5
37.Be2 Qxe2 38.Rxe2 Bxe2 39.Rc1 Rxc1 40.Bxc1 Nxb3 41.Qxb3 Rxc1 42.Kf2 Bd1
43.Qb2 Rc4 44.hxg6 hxg6 45.Nc3 Bh5 46.Nb5 Nf7 47.Nd3 Bd1 48.Nc3 Rxd4 49.Nxd1 Rxd3
50.Ke2 Rxa3 51.Qb5 Ra2+ 52.Ke1 Kg7 53.Nf2 Ra1+ 54.Ke2 Ra2+ 55.Kf1 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra2
57.Qd7 Bc5 58.Qxe6 Rxf2+ 59.Kg3 Nh8 60.Qd7+ Kg8 61.Qe6+ Kg7 62.Qd7+ Kg8 63.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 e5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Bf1 Bc6
23.Bg2 d4 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Qe3 Rfd8 27.Qb3+ R4d5 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.Rc4 Qd6
30.Rf4+ Kg8 31.Rfe4 h5 32.h4 Kh7 33.Re6 Qc5 34.Qb1+ Rf5 35.R1e2 Rd5 36.Kg2 Qb5
37.Qe4 Rc5 38.Re7 Rc4 39.Qd3 Ra4 40.Qc3 Qd5+ 41.f3 Rd4 42.Rxa7 Re5 43.Rxe5 Qxe5
44.Qc2+ Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Qb3+ Kh7 48.Qb1+ Kh6 49.Qc1+ Kh7 50.Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Qd5 Bb7 14.Qxb5 Ba8 15.Qc4 Ncxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Nd2 Rbe8 19.Rad1 Qf4 20.Qd3 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4
22.g3 Qg4 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 g6 25.Re7 Qg5 26.Qxd7 Qf6 27.Re2 Kg7 28.Kg2 Rd8
29.Qe7 Rd3 30.Qe4 Rd7 31.Bc2 h5 32.h4 Bc5 33.Qc4 Re7 34.Be4 Bb6 35.b4 Re6
36.Qd3 Qe7 37.Bf3 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Qf6 39.Bf3 Kf8 40.Qd2 Kg7 41.Be4 Kf8 42.f4 Qe6
43.Qc2 f5 44.Bf3 Qe3 45.c4 Bd4 46.c5 Kg7 47.Qa2 Kh6 48.Qa8 Qd2+ 49.Kh3 Qxb4
50.Qf8+ Bg7 51.Qe7 Qc3 52.Bd5 Bf6 53.Qf8+ Bg7 54.Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 exd4 13.cxd4 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.e5 gxh4
16.Qg6+ Kh8 17.Qxh6+ Nh7 18.Bc2 f5 19.exf6 Rf7 20.Ng5 Qxf6 21.Nxf7+ Qxf7
22.Bxh7 Qxh7 23.Qf8+ Qg8 24.Qh6+ Qh7 25.Qf8+ Qg8 26.Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d5 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.Nd6 Ba6 17.Qxd5 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Rb8 19.Rd1 Nc5 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.b4 Qxd5 22.Bxd5 Rd8
23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Be3 Kh8 25.Bxf7 Rxd1+ 26.Ke2 Rd7 27.Bb3 Bd4 28.Bf4 Re7+ 29.Kf1 g6
30.Bh6 Rc7 31.Bf4 Rc6 32.Bd5 Rb6 33.Bb3 Rc6 34.Bd5 Rb6 35.Bb3 c4 36.Bxc4 Rb2
37.h4 Rxf2+ 38.Ke1 Rc2 39.Bb3 Rh2 40.a4 Kg7  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Bg5 Qe7 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bh4 Nd8 12.d4 Bb6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg3 Nd7 15.O-O Qf6
16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rfd1 Ne6 19.Nf1 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.g3 Qf6 22.Ne3 Bxe3
23.Qxe3 Nc5 24.Bc2 Bg4 25.Kg2 b4 26.Rd5 Nd7 27.h3 Be6 28.Rda5 Rfc8 29.Bd3 bxc3
30.bxc3 Rb2 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Bxb1 Rb8 33.Ba2 Bxa2 34.Rxa2 Qc6 35.Ra5 Rb5 36.Rxb5 Qxb5
37.Qd2 Qc6 38.Qd3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C43"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C87"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C54"]

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 "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rfe8 12.Ne2 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 d5
17.dxc5 dxe4 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.c6 Bxc6 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Ndc5 22.Re3 Nxb3
23.Rxb3 Nc5 24.Re3 Bf6 25.Rb1 Rad8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Be3 Na4 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Re4
30.Nc6 Re6 31.Nb4 Kf8 32.Kf1 Ke7 33.b3 Nc5 34.Nd5+ Kd7 35.b4 Rd6 36.Nc3 Rd3
37.Rd1 Rxd1+ 38.Nxd1 Na4 39.Ke2 Kd6 40.Kd3 Ke5 41.g3 g5 42.Ne3 f5 43.f3 f4
44.Ng4+ Kf5 45.gxf4 Kxf4 46.Ke2 Nc3+ 47.Kf2 Nd5 48.Nh6 Ne3 49.Ng4 Nd1+ 50.Ke2 Nc3+
51.Kf2 h5 52.Nf6 h4 53.Nd7 Nd1+ 54.Kg2 Ne3+ 55.Kf2 Nc2 56.Nc5 Nxa3 57.Nxa6 Nc2
58.Nc7 Nd4 59.Nd5+ Ke5 60.Nc3 Kf4 61.Nd5+ Kf5 62.Nc3 Ke5 63.Kg2 Kd6 64.Kf2 Kc6
65.Ke3 Ne6 66.Ne2 Kd5 67.Kd3 Ke5 68.Ke3 Nc7 69.f4+ gxf4+ 70.Nxf4 Nd5+ 71.Nxd5 Kxd5
72.Kd3 Ke5 73.Ke3 Kd5 74.Kd3 Ke5 75.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7
9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 Bf4 14.g3 Bh6 15.Ba3 Nxe4
16.Bxf8 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 Bxd2 18.Ba3 Qd5 19.Qc4 Qxc4 20.bxc4 Ne5 21.Rab1 Rd8
22.c5 Nc4 23.Bc1 d3 24.Rb7 c6 25.Bxd2 Nxd2 26.Rd1 Ne4 27.f3 Nc3 28.Rd2 Nxa2
29.Rb3 Nc1 30.Rb1 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 e5 32.Ra1 Rd5 33.Rxa7 Rxc5 34.Rxd3 Nd4 35.Rd2 h6
36.f4 Nb5 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.f5 Nd4 39.g4 Rc3 40.Rb2 h5 41.Rbb8  1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.g4 Nb4 14.a3 Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.g5 Bc6 17.Qh4 Ne8 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Rxd7 Bb7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Be3 Rd5 22.Nf3 Nd6
23.Qa4 b5 24.Qc2 Nf5 25.a4 b4 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nxe3 28.fxe3 Rd8 29.Qc2 g6
30.h4 Bd6 31.Kf2 a6 32.Nd2 Bf8 33.Nc4 Bc8 34.Qe4 Be6 35.b3 Rd5 36.Kg3 h6
37.gxh6 Bxh6 38.Qf3 Kh7 39.e4 Rh5 40.Nd6 Bg5 41.Nxf7 Bxh4+ 42.Kg2 c4 43.bxc4 Kg8
44.Nd6 Rg5+ 45.Kh1 Rg3 46.Qf4 Rh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6
9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.a5 Ba7 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe4 15.Bxg7 Rg8
16.Be5 Bh3 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Be6 20.Nc3 Rg4 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.f4 Bf5
23.Rb2 Rxg3 24.Na4 Kf8 25.Nc5 Ra8 26.Kf2 Rc3 27.Rbd2 Rc4 28.Rd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Ke7
30.Rd1 Be6 31.Re1 Kf6 32.Re5 h6 33.g3 Bc4 34.Nd7+ Kg7 35.Re7 Rd8 36.Ke3 h5
37.f5 Rg8 38.Re4 Bb5 39.Rh4 Rd8 40.Nc5 Kh6 41.Kf4 Be2 42.Rh2 Bb5 43.Ke5 Kg5
44.Ne4+ Kg4 45.Kf6 Kf3 46.Rh4 Bd3 47.Nc5 Kxg3 48.Rxh5 Bc4 49.Rh1 Rb8 50.Rd1 Rxb4
51.Rd4 Kf3 52.Nxa6 c5 53.Nxc5 Ke3 54.Rh4 Kd2 55.Na6 Ra4 56.Nxc7 Kd3 57.a6 Ra5
58.Rf4 Kc3 59.Ke7 Rc5 60.Kd6 Ra5 61.f6 Bxa6 62.Nxa6 Rxa6+ 63.Ke7 Ra7+ 64.Kf8 Kd3
65.Rh4 Ke3 66.Rh7 Kf4 67.Rxf7 Ra6 68.Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.b4 d5 17.Ng3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 c4 19.dxc4 Qxd1 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Rxd1 e4 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Ng5 Nxb4 24.Nxe4 Nd5 25.Rb1 Ra5 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Rb3 Rc8 28.Bd2 Rc4 29.Rdb1 Nc7
30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Rb4 Rxb4 32.axb4 Ra2 33.Be1 Nd5 34.Rd1 h5 35.Rd3 Ra1 36.g3 f5
37.Ke2 Ra2+ 38.Bd2 Nb6 39.Kf1 Nd5 40.Rd4 Nf6 41.Be1 Rc2 42.Rd8 Ne4 43.Rh8 Kf6
44.Rxh5 Ng5 45.f4 Nf7 46.g4 Kg6 47.Kg1 Re2 48.Bf2 Rc2 49.Bd4 Re2 50.Rh4 Re4
51.Kg2 Re2+ 52.Kf3 Rc2 53.Ke3 Rc1 54.Kd3 Ra1 55.Be5 Rd1+ 56.Kc2 Re1 57.Bd4 Re2+
58.Kd3 Re1 59.Bc5 Re4 60.Be3 Rc4 61.Bd4 Nh6 62.Kd2 Nf7 63.Kc2 Nh6 64.Rh5 Nf7
65.Kb3 Rc8 66.Bc5 Rd8 67.Kc2 Ra8 68.Rh4 Ra1 69.g5 Ra2+ 70.Kd3 e5 71.fxe5 Nxe5+
72.Ke3 Kxg5 73.Be7+ Kg6 74.Rh8 Kg7 75.Rc8 f4+ 76.Ke4 Re2+ 77.Kf5 f3 78.Bc5 Nd3
79.Bd4+ Kf7 80.Rb8 f2 81.Rb7+ Re7 82.Rxe7+ Kxe7 83.Bxf2 Nxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D89"]

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.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qd4 Bf7 18.Bb5 e5 19.Qf2 Re7 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Bxd5
23.exd5 Qxb5 24.Qxf6 Qe8 25.Qd4 Rf7 26.Rxf7 Qxf7 27.Bd2 Qg7 28.Qe4 Qf7 29.Bc3 Rc8
30.h3 Nc4 31.Qd4 Kf8 32.Qh8+ Qg8 33.Qd4 Qf7 34.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.a3 h6 14.b4 Be6 15.Ng3 d5 16.exd5 Qxd5
17.Be3 Rac8 18.Nd2 Nb8 19.Nge4 Nbd7 20.Bb3 Qxd3 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Qf3 cxb4
23.axb4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Nf6 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Rxa6 Qxc3 27.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D17"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "2007.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.Qg3 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Kd8 15.Nc6+ Bxc6
16.dxc6 Nc5 17.Bc4 Nfe4 18.Qe3 f5 19.g4 g6 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Rd5 Bxg5 22.fxg5 Rf8
23.Rf1 Qxc6 24.Rdxf5 Rxf5 25.Rxf5 Qe8 26.Rf7 Rc8 27.Rxh7 Qe5 28.g6 Na4 29.g7 Qxb2+  0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rfe8 12.Ne2 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.Ng5 d5 15.Nf5 Bf8
16.Qf3 Nc5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Ne4 Qe6 20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Ne3 Bb7 22.c4 Rab8
23.b4 g6 24.Qe2 c5 25.Rac1 Rec8 26.Ng5 Qe7 27.Ne4 Qe6 28.Ng5 Qe7 29.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Na5 11.Bc2 b4 12.Qd1 Qb8 13.d4 b3 14.dxc5 bxc2 15.Qxc2 Nb3
16.Ra3 Nxc5 17.Re1 O-O 18.Nd2 a5 19.Nb3 Ne6 20.Be3 c6 21.f3 Re8 22.Bf2 Qc7
23.Nd2 d5 24.Rb3 Nf4 25.exd5 N6xd5 26.Kh2 Re6 27.Bg3 Rg6 28.Nf1 h5 29.c4 Nb4
30.Qf5 h4 31.Bxf4 exf4 32.Nd2 Rd8 33.Ne4 Re6 34.Qg5 f6 35.Qg4 Qf7 36.Qxh4 Nc2
37.Re2 Nd4 38.Rd2 Rxe4 39.fxe4 Qxc4 40.Rdd3 Re8 41.Qh5 Rf8 42.Rbc3 Qxa4 43.Qc5 Ne2
44.Rd7 Re8 45.Qh5  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 Nb6 8.g4 g6
9.g5 Nfd5 10.Ne4 Qd8 11.c4 Nc7 12.Qe2 Bg7 13.c5 Ne6 14.cxb6 Nxd4 15.Qf2 Bxe5
16.fxe5 Qd5 17.Bg2 Qc4 18.b3 Qd3 19.Qd2 Nc2+ 20.Kf2 Qxd2+ 21.Bxd2 Nxa1 22.Rxa1 axb6
23.Be3 Be6 24.Bxb6 Bxb3 25.Nc3 h6 26.Rb1 Bd5 27.Nxd5 Rxa2+ 28.Kg1 cxd5 29.Bxd5 Rd2
30.Bxb7 hxg5 31.Bg2 Rh4 32.Ba5 Rc2 33.Rb8+ Kd7 34.Bd5 e6 35.Bb3 Rcxh2 36.Rb7+ Kc6
37.Rxf7 Rh1+ 38.Kg2 R1h2+ 39.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "2007.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Nb3 a5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Nc5 Bd5 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 c6 19.Ncd3 Ra6 20.Qe3 Nd5 21.Qf3 f6 22.Ng4 c5
23.dxc5 Nb4 24.Nf4 Qc6 25.a3 Nc2 26.Qxc6 Rxc6 27.Rac1 Nd4 28.b4 Rd8 29.e4 Kf7
30.Nd3 axb4 31.axb4 Rc7 32.f3 Nc6 33.Ngf2 Rd4 34.Rb1 Ra7 35.Rb2 f5 36.exf5 exf5
37.Rfb1 Bf6 38.f4 Ra4 39.Re2 Nxb4 40.Ne5+ Bxe5 41.Rxe5 g6 42.c6 Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Re1 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd7 15.h3 Bh5
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nd2 a5 18.f4 a4 19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Nf3 Rae8
23.Bf2 h5 24.Qg6 Re4 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26.Nh2 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bxd4 28.Rb1 e3 29.Bg3 h4
30.Bxh4 Rxf4 31.Qd3 Qd5 32.Nf1 Rf2 33.Nxe3 Rg2+ 34.Kh1 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Rfd8
16.Nb3 a5 17.Rxc6 a4 18.Nc5 Be2 19.Re1 Bxd4 20.Rxe2 Bxc5 21.g3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rd2
23.a3 Rb8 24.Rc4 Rb3 25.Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "C63"]

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.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.O-O Rxe6 13.Be3 Re8 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.Nh4 c5
16.Rfe1 c4 17.Qd2 f5 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.c3 d4 20.h3 Bh5 21.Bh6 Bf6 22.Bg5 Bh8
23.Be7 Bg6 24.Bc5 d3 25.Nf3 Re4 26.Ng5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bf6 28.Qf4 Qd5 29.Bd4 Bxd4
30.cxd4 Qd6 31.Qh4 Rf8 32.Nf3 f4 33.Qg4 Qf6 34.Qd7 Qd6 35.Qb5 Bf7 36.b3 c6
37.Qg5+ Qg6 38.Qxg6+ hxg6 39.bxc4 Bxc4 40.Ne5 Bb5 41.a4 Bxa4 42.Nxd3 Bb5
43.Ne5 Kg7 44.Nd7 Rf7 45.Nc5 a5 46.f3 a4 47.Kf2 a3 48.Ra1 Ra7 49.Ne6+ Kf6
50.Nxf4 Bc4 51.Ne2 a2  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tukmakov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.Rb1 b5 12.b3 e5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Ba6
16.Qb1 Qc7 17.Nxb5 Qc5 18.a4 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Nc7 Rxb4 21.Qxb4 Qb7 22.Qxa5 Bxe2
23.Re1 Bg4 24.Ba3 Bh3 25.Ne4 f5 26.Bxd6 Rd8 27.Nd5 Rd7 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Bxe5 fxe4
30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qe5+ Kf7 32.Qf4+ Kxe7 33.Qh4+ Kf8 34.Qxh3 Rf7 35.Qh6+ Kg8
36.Qe3 Qb2 37.Kg2 Qa2 38.Qd4 e3 39.Qxe3 Qxa4 40.Rc1 Qa8+ 41.Kg1 Qf3 42.Qd4 Qf6
43.Qe3 Kg7 44.h4 Re7 45.Qc5 Qe5 46.Qc4 Qe4 47.Qc5 Qe5 48.Qb6 Rd7 49.Qc6 Qd5
50.Qc8 Qd6 51.Rb1 Qc7 52.Qa8 Qa7 53.Qe4 Qd4 54.Qc2 Qd3 55.Qb2+ Qd4 56.Qa2 Re7
57.Qc2 Qe4 58.Qc3+ Qe5 59.Qc8 Qe6 60.Qb8 Qe5 61.Qd8 Rf7 62.Qd3 Qf5 63.Qc3+ Qf6
64.Qd2 Qe5 65.Re1 Qf6 66.Re3 Qa1+ 67.Kg2 Qf6 68.Rd3 Qc6+ 69.Kg1 Qe6 70.Rd6 Qe5
71.Rd7 Rxd7 72.Qxd7+ Kg8 73.Qc8+ Kg7 74.Qb7+ Kg8 75.Kg2 h5 76.Kf3 Qf5+ 77.Ke3 Qc5+
78.Kf3 Qf5+ 79.Kg2 Qe5 80.Qf3 Kg7 81.Qd3 Kf7 82.Kf3 Qf6+ 83.Ke3 Qe5+ 84.Qe4 Qc3+
85.Ke2 Kg7 86.Qd3 Qe5+ 87.Qe3 Qb5+ 88.Kf3 Qf5+ 89.Qf4 Qd3+ 90.Kg2 Qd5+ 91.Qf3 Qd4
92.Qe2 Qd5+ 93.f3 Kf7 94.Qb2 Qc4 95.Qd2 Kg7 96.Qd7+ Kg8 97.Qe8+ Kg7 98.Qe5+ Kh7
99.Kf2 Qc2+ 100.Ke3 Qc1+ 101.Ke4 Qe1+ 102.Kd4 Qf2+ 103.Ke4 Qe1+ 104.Kf4 Qd2+
105.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.Bxb4 cxb4
9.Qd3 O-O 10.Nbd2 d6 11.O-O a5 12.e4 e5 13.Ne1 Nc6 14.Nc2 Re8 15.Rfe1 Qc7
16.Rad1 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Qxd4 Qc5 19.Nf1 a4 20.f3 axb3 21.axb3 Red8 22.Ne3 Ne8
23.Rd3 g6 24.Red1 Rdc8 25.Qb2 Ra5 26.Kh1 h5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Qc7 29.f4 Qe7
30.e5 dxe5 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Qxe5 Qxe5 33.fxe5 Kf8 34.Rd7 Rc7 35.Rd8 b5 36.cxb5 Rc1+
37.Bf1 Ke7 38.Ra8 Rxf1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.b6 Rd7 41.Rb8 Rd8 42.Rb7+ Ke6 43.Kf3 Kxe5
44.Rxf7 Rb8 45.Rf8 Ke6 46.g4 hxg4+ 47.Kg3 Ke7 48.Rf4 Rxb6 49.Kxg4 Nc7 50.h4 Ne6
51.Rc4 Rb5  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rfe8 12.Ne2 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.c3 c5 17.d4 Bf8 18.Bc2 cxd4 19.cxd4 exd4 20.Qxd4 Rac8 21.Bb3 Qf7 22.Bd2 d5
23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Rac1 Rcd8 26.Qg4 Nf6 27.Qe2 Bd6 28.Ba5 Rd7 29.Ne4 Nxe4
30.Qxe4 Bb8 31.Rc3 Rd5 32.Rf3 Qd7 33.Bc3 Ba7 34.Rg3 Bd4 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 36.Qg6 Kh8
37.Re5 Rf4 38.Rd3 Qe7 39.Rd6 Ref8 40.Rdxe6 Qa7 41.Re7 Qxf2+ 42.Kh2 R4f7 43.Rxf7 Rxf7
44.Re8+ Rf8 45.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12.Bb5 f6 13.O-O-O a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Rhe1 Rad8
16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Nd2 Bb5 18.b3 Bd3 19.f3 c5 20.Nf1 Bxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lara Granero,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Re8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 e5 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Bd4 Qf6
16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.e4 d4 18.Na4 Rad8 19.Nc5 Be6 20.f4 Qb8 21.Qd2 Qb6 22.f5 Bxa2
23.b4 d3 24.Qxa2 Qxb4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Nxd3 Qd4+ 28.Nf2 Qxe4
29.Qd5 Qd4  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gonzalez de la Nava,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a4 Qc7
9.Nc3 Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rd1 Nb4 18.Qe2 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Ne8 20.Bf1 Nd6 21.Ne5 f6 22.Nd3 Nxd3
23.Bxd3 Nf7 24.Be4 Bb4 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Qd4 Bc5 27.Qd3 a5 28.h3 Bb4 29.Nb5 Qc6
30.Nd4 Qd5 31.Qb5 Qxb5 32.Nxb5 e5 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd3 Nd6 36.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Evdokimov,Alexa"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Be6 12.Rb1 Bxa2 13.Rxb7 Bd5 14.e4 Bc4 15.d5 Na5
16.Rb4 e6 17.Re1 Re8 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Rb1 exd5 20.exd5 Qd7 21.Qd2 Nb7 22.Rec1 Nd6
23.Nd4 Bg7 24.Nc6 Ne4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rb4 Bxd5 27.Rxe4 Bxc6 28.Qxd7 Bxd7
29.Re7 Be6 30.Rxa7 Rxa7 31.Bxa7 h5 32.Rd1 Bf6 33.Bd4 Be7 34.Ra1 Kh7 35.h4 g5
36.Ra7 Bd8 37.Ra8 Be7 38.Re8 Bd6 39.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Schwencke,Allard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A87"]

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 "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krings,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E01"]

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 "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Troyke,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lalic,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qe3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nba6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Nb5 b6 13.Nxa7 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Nb5 d5
16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.c4 Qh5 18.Rd1 Rd7 19.Rxd7 Nxd7 20.Ba3 Nac5 21.Rd1 Ne5 22.f3 Nxc4
23.Qc3 Nxa3 24.Nxa3 Na4 25.Qb4 Qc5+ 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.e3 Na5 8.Qc3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Bg2 g6 11.b3 Bg7 12.Bb2 Nh5 13.Qc2 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Qf6 15.Qxf6 Nxf6
16.O-O Ke7 17.Rfe1 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Nd2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nc6 21.Ne4 d6 22.Rad1 Rhd8
23.Rd2 f5 24.Nc3 g5 25.Red1 a6 26.f4 g4 27.h3 h5 28.h4 Ra7 29.Kf2 Rad7 30.Na4 Rb7
31.Nc3 Rbd7 32.Na4 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hausrath,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.d3 e5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Bg5 13.Rf5 O-O 14.Qh5 h6 15.Raf1 g6
16.Rxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.Rf6 b6 19.Rd6 Bb7 20.Ne7+ Kg7 21.Rxd7 Bc8 22.Rxd4 Be6
23.Ra4 a6 24.Bc6 Ra7 25.Nd5 Rc8 26.Rc4 b5 27.Rc3 Bd7 28.Bxd7 Rxc3 29.Nxc3 Rxd7
30.Nd5 f5 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Ke3 Ke6 33.Nb4 Ra7 34.d4 fxe4 35.Kxe4 Kd6 36.Nd3 Rh7
37.h3 Rh4+ 38.Ke3 g4 39.Nf2 gxh3 40.gxh3 Kd5 41.c3 g5 42.b3 a5 43.Kd3 Rf4
44.c4+ bxc4+ 45.bxc4+ Ke6 46.Ke3 a4 47.Ne4 Kf5 48.Nf2 Rh4 49.Kd3 Ke6 50.Kc3 Rf4
51.d5+ Kd6 52.Nd3 Rh4 53.Nf2 Rf4 54.Nd3 Rh4 55.Nf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Be3 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.O-O-O b5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.f4 Nd5
16.Rhf1 O-O 17.Rf3 f5 18.Rh3 h6 19.Ng6 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4+ 21.Kb1 Rf6 22.Nxf4 Qxf4
23.Re3 Bd5 24.g3 Qc7 25.c3 Rd8 26.Bc2 Bc4 27.Qe1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 f4 29.Rf3 Bd5
30.Rf2 Qc4 31.Bb3 Qe4+ 32.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 33.Kc1 g5 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.Kd2 Kg7 36.Re2 Bf5
37.Ke1 Rg6 38.Kf2 Kf6 39.Rd2 e5 40.Rd6+ Kg5 41.Rd5 Re6 42.Rd8 Re7 43.Rg8+ Kf6
44.Rf8+ Kg6 45.Ra8 e4 46.Rxa6+ Kg5 47.h4+ Kxh4 48.Rxh6+ Kg5 49.Rh8 e3+ 50.Ke2 Bg4+
51.Ke1 f3 52.Rg8+ Kf4  0-1

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bh6 Rb8 13.Rab1 Rb4 14.Qe2 Rh4 15.Bd2 Qb6
16.g3 Rh5 17.Na4 Qd4 18.b4 Rxe5 19.Be3 Rxe3 20.Qxe3 Qxe3 21.Rxe3 e5 22.c4 d4
23.Re2 f5 24.f3 Kd8 25.c5 Bg5 26.Nb2 Be3+ 27.Kg2 Nf6 28.Nc4 e4 29.fxe4 fxe4
30.Rxe3 dxe3 31.Be2 Nd5 32.Rb3 Be6 33.Nxe3 Kc7 34.Nc2 Rd8 35.Ra3 Nf6 36.Kf1 Rd2
37.Ne3 Rb2 38.Rxa6 Rxb4 39.Nc2 Rb2 40.Nd4 Bd5 41.Ra7+ Kb8 42.Re7 Rxa2 43.Nxc6+ Bxc6
44.Re6 Ra1+ 45.Kg2 Kc7 46.Rxf6 e3+ 47.Kh3 Ra2 48.Rf7+ Kd8 49.Bd3 Rd2 50.Ba6 Bd7+
51.g4 e2 52.Bxe2 Rxe2 53.c6 Be6 54.Rxh7 Re4 55.Rh4 Ke7 56.Kg3 Rc4 57.c7 Rxc7
58.Rh7+ Bf7 59.h4 Kf6 60.h5 g5 61.Rh6+ Ke5 62.Rh8 Rc3+ 63.Kh2 Bd5 64.Rf8 Be4
65.Rf7 Rf3 66.Re7+ Kf4 67.h6 Rf2+ 68.Kh3 Bg2+ 69.Kh2 Bf3+ 70.Kg1 Kg3  0-1

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.Nb1 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 cxd4 19.Qd3 b3 20.Bxb3 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 g5 22.Nxg5 hxg5
23.Bxg5 d3 24.Nd2 Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Bxd8 Rxb3 28.Nxb3 Rxd8
29.Nd2 f5 30.b4 Rc8 31.g4 Rc2 32.Ke3 d5 33.gxf5 Bxf5 34.Ra5 Bxh3 35.Rxd5 Rb2
36.b5 Be6 37.Re5 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Rxd5 hxg5 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Rad1 Nb4 15.Qe4 Kf8
16.Ne5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bf6 18.Nc4 Qc6 19.Qg4 Rd8 20.Nde3 d5 21.Rxd5 Qc8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Nd6 Qc6 25.Nec4 Bf6 26.Qf5 Qc7 27.e4 Rh6 28.e5 Bd8 29.Ne3 Rxd6
30.exd6 Qxd6 31.Qc8 g6 32.Qb7 Bf6 33.b3 Qe7 34.Qxe7+ Kxe7 35.Nd5+ Ke6 36.Nc7+ Ke5
37.Nb5 a6 38.Nc7 Bd8 39.Nxa6 Kd6 40.a4 Be7 41.b4 Kc6 42.b5+ Kd5 43.Kf1 Bd6
44.Ke2 Kc4  0-1

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 Be6 8.Nf3 Qxe4
9.Ng5 Qf5 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Qf3 O-O-O 13.d3 Rhe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Rb5 cxd4 12.Rxa5 dxe3 13.Qxe3 Nxa5 14.h4 Be6 15.h5 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.e5 Rfd8 18.Rh4 Bxa2 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Ra4 Bd5 21.Rxa7 Rxa7
22.Qxa7 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bxe5 24.Qa5 Bxc3+ 25.Qxc3 e6 26.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Bd1 Qh6 19.Re1 f4 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.Bd2 Bf5 22.Nc5 Rf7
23.Qe2 Raf8 24.Qh5 Qf6 25.g4 Bg6 26.Qh3 Re7 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Bf3 Re8 29.Qf1 Ne3
30.fxe3 fxe3 31.Be1 Rf8 32.Qe2 Bf7 33.Qg2 Bc4 34.b3 Rxf3 35.Qxf3 Bd5 36.Qf5 e2
37.Qc8+ Bd8 38.Bf2 Qf6 39.Qf5 Qh6 40.Re1 Qh3 41.Ne4  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cekro,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makoli,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E09"]

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 "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.a3 Be4 12.Qc1 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 Nd5 15.Qe2 e5
16.Rc1 Bd6 17.Be1 exd4 18.Nbd2 Bg6 19.Nh4 dxe3 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Nf1 Nce7 22.Nxe3 c6
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Rc2 Re7 25.Qd3 Rfe8 26.Ba5 Be5 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Rxc6 Qxc6 29.Bxd5 Qc8
30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Qd8+ Re8 32.Qxc8 Rxc8 33.b3 Rc2 34.Rd2 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rb1 36.Rd3 Ra1
37.Bb4 Ra2 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rd5 Bf6 40.Rd2 Ra1 41.Rd7 Rb1 42.Rxf7 Rxb3 43.Ra7 Bc3
44.Bxc3 Rxc3 45.Rxa6 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ne5 O-O
9.Nc3 e6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Qd2 Ba6 13.Rac1 Nb6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Nd1 Nd7
16.Bd6 Re8 17.Nb2 Qf6 18.Rfd1 c5 19.Bf3 Rc6 20.Bf4 Rec8 21.Be3 h5 22.h3 Bh8
23.Nd3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 cxd4 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Bxd4 Qxd4 27.Qxd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Ne5
29.Kg2 Ra6 30.Rd2 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 "CECLUB Finals"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.c3 Ng6 16.Bc2 Bb6
17.d4 Qd8 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Bf4 Re6 21.Nf5 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4 23.Qg4 g6
24.Bh6 Nf6 25.Qf3 Rfe8 26.Rxe6 Rxe6 27.Ne3 d5 28.Rd1 d4 29.cxd4 cxd4 30.Nc2 Ne4
31.Be3 Rd6 32.Bf4 Re6 33.Be3 d3 34.Bxb6 Qxb6 35.Rxd3 Qc5 36.Nd4 Re8 37.b4 Qc1+
38.Rd1 Qb2 39.Qe3 h5 40.f3 Nd6 41.Qc1 Nc4 42.Qxb2 Nxb2 43.Rd2 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "CECLUB Finals"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qb3 Na6 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 b5 14.Bf1 Nc7 15.Bg5 Qd7
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 h6 18.Be3 Qe7 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.cxb4 Nd5 21.Bc5 Rfc8 22.Bd6 a5
23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra4 25.Rxa4 bxa4 26.Ba6 Rd8 27.Ra1 Nc3 28.Bb7 Be4 29.f3 Rd7
30.Bc8 Rd8 31.Bb7 Rd7 32.Bc8 Rd8 33.Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.c3 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.Nc3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf5
9.O-O Be7 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 f6 13.Re1 Rb8 14.b3 Qd5 15.Bf4 Rb4
16.a3 Rb7 17.b4 Rd8 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qd7 20.Qc2 Ne7 21.Be3 Rb5 22.Nd2 Rxc5
23.Qxc5 Nf5 24.Nb3 Qd5 25.Qxd5 cxd5 26.Rc1 Nd6 27.Rc5 Bd7 28.Bf4 Nc4 29.Rc7 Nxa3
30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Rxa7 Nb5 32.Ra8 Kf7 33.Be3 e5 34.dxe5 fxe5 35.Rb8 Nd6 36.b5 d4
37.Bc1 Re8 38.b6 Bb7 39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.f4 e4 41.Nxb7 Nxb7 42.Bb2 d3 43.Kf2 g6
44.g4 Kd7 45.f5 gxf5 46.gxf5 Nd6 47.f6 Ke6 48.Bd4 Kf7 49.Ke1 Ke6 50.Kd1 Nb7
51.Kd2 Nd6 52.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.g3 Be6 15.a3 a5
16.Nce3 Re8 17.a4 b4 18.Bb5 Bd7 19.O-O bxc3 20.bxc3 Bf8 21.Qd3 Na7 22.Bxd7 Qxd7
23.Qa6 Nc6 24.Rab1 Red8 25.Rb6 Rxb6 26.Nxb6 Qa7 27.Qxa7 Nxa7 28.Nbc4 Rc8
29.Rb1 Rc5 30.Rb8 g6 31.Ra8 Nc6 32.Nb6  1-0

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B67"]

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.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.Qe1 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.f5 e5 17.Nf3 Rg8 18.Qh4 Ke7 19.Rg1 h5 20.Bd3 Bh6 21.g3 a5 22.Rg2 a4 23.Re2 b3
24.a3 Rc3 25.Qxh5 Rb8 26.Qxh6 bxc2+ 27.Rxc2 Ba6 28.Qd2 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Bxd3
30.Rxd3 Qa6 31.Rdc3 Kf8 32.Nd2 Kg7 33.h4 Qe2 34.Ka2 Rd8 35.Rc4 Qd3 36.R4c3 Qe2
37.Rc4 Qd1 38.R4c3 Rd7 39.Nc4 Qg4 40.Nd2 d5 41.exd5 Rxd5 42.Nc4 Rd4 43.Ne3 Qe4
44.g4 Qh1 45.g5 Qxh4 46.g6 Rd7 47.Rg2 Qh1 48.Rcc2 fxg6 49.Rxg6+ Kf7 50.Rc8 Qb7
51.Rc3 Rd2 52.Nc4 Qd5 53.Kb1 Qe4+ 54.Ka2 Qd5 55.Rg1 Rd3 56.Rgc1 e4 57.Kb1 Qd4
58.R3c2 Rd1 59.Rc3 Rxc1+ 60.Kxc1 Qg1+ 61.Kc2 Qf2+ 62.Kb1 Ke7 63.Ne3 Kd6 64.b3 Qe1+
65.Kc2 Qe2+ 66.Kb1 Qe1+ 67.Kc2 Qa1 68.bxa4 Qa2+ 69.Kc1 Ke5 70.Nc2 Qd5 71.Ne3 Qa8
72.a5 Kd4 73.Kb2 Qxa5 74.Nc2+ Ke5 75.Ne3 Qb5+ 76.Rb3 Qe2+ 77.Kb1 Qa6 78.Kb2 Kf4
79.Rc3 Qb5+ 80.Kc2 Qa4+ 81.Kb2 Qd4 82.Nc4 Qd7 83.Ne3 Qd2+ 84.Nc2 Qd7 85.Ne3 Qb7+
86.Ka2 Qb5 87.Ka1 Kf3 88.Nd5+ Ke2 89.Nxf6 e3 90.Ng4 Kd2 91.Rc8 e2 92.Rd8+ Kc3
93.Rc8+ Kb3 94.Rc1 Qa5  0-1

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qe1 Nc5
16.Ba2 O-O 17.b4 Na4 18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 dxe5 20.Bb2 Qd4+ 21.Qxd4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Be6
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Bc5 Rfe8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Ra6 c5 27.bxc5 Rc8 28.c6 Rec7 29.Rb1 Rxc6
30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kotronias,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A48"]

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 "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd3 Bg4 11.a3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nd7 13.b4 Nd4 14.Kg2 Rc8 15.Ba2 Bg5
16.f4 Bh6 17.fxe5 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Nb5 19.Rxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Qd5+ Kg6
22.Qe6+ Kh5 23.Nd5 dxe5 24.Ne7 Nf6 25.Kh1 Nxe4 26.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.f4 Nxf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.b4 Ne7 19.Na3 Ng6 20.Nc4 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Qxd4 22.Na5 Qd2
23.Bb3 Ne5 24.Nc4 Nxg4 25.Nxd2 Rxb4 26.Rfc1 Ne5 27.Rxc7 g5 28.Bd5 g4 29.Nc4 h5
30.Nxe5 dxe5 31.Re7  1-0

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C72"]

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.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Qf3 b4 14.Nd5 a5 15.a4 Nd7 16.Be3 Bf6
17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bd4 Nxe4 19.Bc2 Qh4 20.g3 Qe7 21.Qf4 g5 22.Qe3 g4 23.Qf4 Qe6
24.h3 h5 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Re1 Bxc2 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.Qxg4+ Kf8
30.Qh4 Ke8 31.f3 Kd7 32.Qh5 f5 33.g4 Rf8 34.c5 Kc6 35.cxd6 Rxd6 36.Bg7 Rfd8
37.gxf5 Rd5 38.Qh6+ Kb7 39.f6 Bb3 40.Qe3 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 R8d3 42.Qc5 Rd5 43.Qe3 R5d3
44.Qc5 Rd5 45.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D00"]

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 Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.a4 h6 14.Nbd2 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4
16.d5 Bf8 17.Nf1 c6 18.Bd2 Nd3 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Qb3+ d5 22.Qxd3 dxe4
23.Qc3 exf3 24.Qxc6 fxg2 25.Qxg2 Qd5 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Qxd5+ Nxd5 28.axb5 axb5
29.Ra5 Rb8 30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.Bxe3 Rb7 32.Kf1 Be7 33.Ke2 Bf6 34.b3 Ke6 35.Kd3 Kf5
36.Ke2 Ke4 37.Ra8 Rd7 38.Re8+ Re7 39.Rxe7+ Bxe7 40.f3+ Kf5 41.Bd4 Bf6 42.Be3 h5
43.Bd2 g6 44.Be3 Be5 45.Bd2 Bd6 46.Be3 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4 Bd6
9.O-O b5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Be4 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Bxd6 cxd6
16.Qa5 Rcb8 17.Nbd2 Bd5 18.Rc2 Qd8 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rac1 Nb6 21.Ne1 Rac8
22.Nd3 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Nxc8 25.Nb4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 a5 27.Nc6 a4 28.e4 Ne8
29.Kf3 Kf8 30.Ke3 Nc7 31.Kd3 Ke8 32.Kc3 Na6 33.Nb4 Nc7 34.Nf1 Kd7 35.Ne3 Ne7
36.g4 g5 37.Nd3 f6 38.f4 gxf4 39.Nxf4 e5 40.dxe5 fxe5 41.Nfd5 Ncxd5+ 42.exd5 Kc7
43.g5 Kb6 44.b4 axb3 45.axb3 Ka5 46.h4 Ng6 47.h5 Nf4 48.g6 hxg6 49.h6 g5
50.h7 Ng6 51.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D78"]

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 "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Be4 17.Qa4 Qf5 18.Bg3 Bc2 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 a6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Re5 c5
23.Rae1 Kf8 24.dxc5 f6 25.Rd5 Bb3 26.Rd7 Ba4 27.Rd4 Bc6 28.Nd2 Bxc5 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8
30.Rd5 Bxa3 31.Ra5 Bb2 32.Ne4 Bc6 33.Ra2 Bxe4 34.Rxb2 a5 35.Ra2 Ra8 36.Bxc7 a4
37.Bd6+ Kf7 38.Re2 Ke6 39.Bf8 Kd5 40.c4+ Kd4 41.Bxg7 Ra6 42.Re3 a3 43.Bxf6+ Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 Bg4 11.Be2 Qc8 12.h5 Re8 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Bxg4 Qxg4 15.Qd5 Qa4
16.Kb1 Bd6 17.c4 b6 18.g4 Qd7 19.Qe4 Qe6 20.Rd3 Rac8 21.Rhd1 Rf8 22.a4 f5
23.gxf5 Qxf5 24.Qd5+ Rf7 25.Qc6 h6 26.a5 bxa5 27.c5 Bf8 28.Qa6 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 N6d7 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Bb5 a6 14.Ba4 Nc6 15.Nf3 Nxc5
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nd4 e5 18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Be6 20.b4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.Be3 Bxd3
16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Bd4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Qd7 19.h4 h5 20.Nf1 Nf4 21.g3 Nd3 22.Re2 Re8
23.Rd2 c5 24.Be3 c4 25.Bd1 Qe6 26.Bd4 Qh3 27.Re2 Re6 28.b3 Kh7 29.bxc4 bxc4
30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.Ne3 Be5 32.Bxe5 Nxe5 33.Qd5 Qf6 34.Be2 Nd3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Nxe4 13.Bd5 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxe4 d5
16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qxd4 Qf6 19.Nd2 b4 20.Qxd5 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rb5
22.Qf3 Qg6 23.Ra4 Bb7 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.fxg3 Rd8 26.Rf2 f6 27.g4 Rb2 28.Nf1 Rb1
29.Kh2 Bc6 30.Ra3 Rd3 31.Ng3 Rc1 32.Nf5 Bd7 33.Re2 Bxf5 34.gxf5 Rdxc3 35.Rxc3 Rxc3
36.Re6 Rc5 37.Rxa6 Rxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5
9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 g5 11.g4 h5 12.h3 Qb6 13.Nf1 hxg4 14.hxg4 Nxd4 15.Ng3 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Qd4 17.Bb5 Qb4 18.Qe2 Rh4 19.f3 Kf8 20.Kg2 Nc5 21.Be3 Bd7 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Rac1 Nxe5 24.a3 Qa4 25.Rc7 Bd6 26.Bc5 Bxc5 27.Qxe5 Qd4 28.Rxf7+ Kg8 29.Qxd4 Bxd4
30.Rxb7 Rh6 31.Rc1 Rh7 32.Rxh7 Kxh7 33.Rc6 Bxb2 34.a4 Re8 35.Ra6 Bc3 36.Ne2 Bd2
37.Nd4 e5 38.Nf5 e4 39.Ra7+ Kh8 40.Kf2 Re6 41.Rd7 Bf4 42.Rxd5 e3+ 43.Ke2 Rb6
44.Nxe3 Rb2+ 45.Rd2 Rb4 46.Rd8+ Kh7 47.Nd5 Rxa4 48.Nxf4 gxf4 49.Rf8 Rd4 50.Rf5 a4
51.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.d4 Qe7 6.c5 e4 7.cxd6 cxd6 8.Nd2 e3
9.fxe3 Nf6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Ng4 12.Nf1 Bf5 13.Bf3 Nd7 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Rg1 Rac8
16.e4 Be6 17.d5 Bd7 18.Bf4 Rc5 19.Nd2 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Nxh2 21.Be3 Rb5 22.Qa3 Nxd5
23.Bxa7 Nxf3+ 24.exf3 b6 25.c4 Ra5 26.Qb2 Rxa7 27.cxd5 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Rxa2
29.Qb1 Ra6 30.Qb4 f5 31.Ke2 fxe4 32.Nxe4 Ra4 33.Qxb6 Bg4 34.Kf2 Ra2+ 35.Ke3 Ra3+
36.Kd2 Rxf3 37.Qb8+ Rf8 38.Qb4 Bf3 39.Re1 Bxe4 40.Qxe4 Qg5+ 41.Re3 h5 42.Qe6+ Kh7
43.Kd3 Rf5 44.Kd4 Qg4+ 45.Kc3 Qg5 46.Kd4 Rf6 47.Qe4+ Kh6 48.Kc4 Rg6 49.Kb5 Qd8
50.Qf4+ Kh7 51.Qe4 Qb8+ 52.Kc6 Qc8+ 53.Kb5 Qc5+ 54.Ka6 Kh6 55.Qf4+ Rg5 56.Re6+ Kh7
57.Qxg5 Qc8+ 58.Kb6 Qb8+ 59.Kc6 Qc8+ 60.Kxd6 Qa6+ 61.Ke5 Qa1+ 62.Kf5 Qf1+
63.Qf4 Qd3+ 64.Kg5 Qxd5+ 65.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B42"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.a4 e5 15.Re1 Qf6 16.Ba3 Bf8
17.Bg4 Rd8 18.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.c4 Ne7 8.Nc3 d6
9.O-O Nbc6 10.Qe2 e5 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Nd5 a5 14.c5 a4 15.cxd6 Qxd6
16.Bc4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nb4 18.Nd2 Nbxd5 19.Bxa7 Rxa7 20.Nf3 Ra5 21.Qxe5 Qxe5
22.Nxe5 Nb6 23.Rfe1 Nc6 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Bf1 Nd5 26.Rc1 a3 27.bxa3 Rxa3 28.Rxc6 Rxa2
29.Bc4 Nb4 30.Rb6 Rb2 31.Rb7 g6 32.Re4 Nd3 33.Rxb2 Nxb2 34.Be2 Rb8 35.g3 Rb7
36.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 c5
9.Be3 f5 10.Bd3 f4 11.Bd2 cxd4 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.h4 Bg4 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.h5 gxh5
16.Be6 d3 17.Qe4 Bxe6 18.Rxh5 Bg8 19.O-O-O e6 20.Rdh1 Rf5 21.c4 Nd4 22.Ng5 Qxg5
23.Rxg5 Rxg5 24.Qxd3 Rxg2 25.Bxf4 Rf8 26.Bg3 Rf3 27.Qe4 Rfxg3 28.fxg3 Rxg3
29.Qxb7 e5 30.c5 Rg6 31.b4 a6 32.a4 h6 33.Kd2 Rg3 34.Qxa6 Nb3+ 35.Ke2 Nd4+
36.Kd2 e4 37.Rxh6+ Bxh6+ 38.Qxh6+ Bh7 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Rb8 8.Bd3 b5
9.Ne2 g6 10.O-O Qb6 11.g4 h5 12.h3 b4 13.Qa4 bxc3 14.bxc3 cxd4 15.Rb1 Qc7
16.Rxb8 Ndxb8 17.cxd4 Bd7 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Bxg6 Nb4 20.Qb1 Qxa2 21.Bd2 Qxb1
22.Bxb1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Bb5 24.Re1 N8c6 25.Nc3 Bc4 26.Kg2 a5 27.Na4 Bb3 28.Nc5 Bxc5
29.dxc5 a4 30.Bxb4 Nxb4 31.Nd4 Bc4 32.Re3 Kd7 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.f5 Nc6 35.Nf3 Rb8
36.Ra1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bg5 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qa3 g5 15.Bg3 Qa5
16.Qxa5 Nxa5 17.Nd5 Nc6 18.Bb5 e5 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne7+ Kh7 21.Nxc6 Bb7 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Bxg2 24.Rg1 Bf3 25.Kd2 Rad8+ 26.Bd4 Rfe8 27.Rac1 Rd7 28.Rc5 Kg6 29.h4 f6
30.Rg3 Bd5 31.Ra5 Re4 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.b3 Re6 34.Kc3 Be4 35.a4 Rc6+ 36.Kb2 Rc2+
37.Ka3 Rxf2 38.Rxa7 Rd6 39.Re7 Bc2 40.Rh3 Rd2 41.Rb7 Rd3 42.Rh8 Kf5 43.a5 Kg4
44.Ra8 f5 45.a6 f4 46.Rb4 Kf3 47.a7 Ra6+ 48.Kb2 fxe3 49.Rf8+ Ke2 50.Ra8 Bxb3
51.Rg8 Bxg8 52.Bf6 Rd5 53.Rg4 Rb5+ 54.Kc3 Kf3 55.Rxg5 e2 56.Rg1 Rd5 57.Bh4 Bh7
58.Rg3+ Kf4 59.Rg7 Rh5 60.Be1 Kf3 61.Rf7+ Bf5 62.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C72"]

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.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Qh5 Rf8
16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Bc2 g6 18.Qh6 Bf6 19.a3 Ne6 20.Bc1 Bg7 21.Qh3 Re8 22.e5 d5
23.f4 f5 24.exf6 Qxf6 25.f5 Nd4 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Rf1 Qe6 28.Qxe6+ Rxe6 29.Bd3 Rae8
30.Bf4 Nf5 31.Bxb5 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Bxc3 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.bxc3 Rf8 35.g4 Ne7 36.Bg5 Rxf1+
37.Rxf1 Re6 38.Bxe7 Rxe7 39.Rf6 Re1+ 40.Kg2 Rc1 41.Rxg6+ Kf7 42.Rc6 d4 43.Rxc7+ Ke6
44.Rc4 dxc3 45.g5 Kd5 46.Rc8 Ke6 47.h4 Kf5 48.Rc4 c2 49.a4 Kg6 50.a5 Kh5
51.a6 Ra1 52.Rxc2 Kxh4 53.Rc6 Kxg5 54.Kf3 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Nxf3 14.Bxf3 Be6
15.h4 Be7 16.g3 Bf6 17.Kg2 Rc8 18.Qd2 d4 19.Bxd4 Bd5 20.Rad1 Bxf3+ 21.Kxf3 Qd5+
22.e4 Qe6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qf4 Rfe8 25.Rhe1 Qh3 26.Qxf6 Re6 27.Qf5 Rc3+ 28.Re3 Rxe3+
29.fxe3 Qh2 30.h5 h6 31.Rd7 Kh8 32.Rxf7 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qh2+ 34.Qf2 Qxh5+ 35.Ke1 Qh1+
36.Qf1 Qxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Ra6 38.Rxb7 Rxa2 39.e5 Kg8 40.e6 Kf8 41.Rh7 Rb2 42.Rxa7 Rxb3
43.Kf2 Rb5 44.Rf7+ Ke8 45.Kf3 Rg5 46.Rf6 h5 47.e4 Ke7 48.Rf5 Rg8 49.Rxh5 Kxe6
50.Rf5 Ra8 51.g4 Ra1 52.g5 Rg1 53.Kf4 Rf1+ 54.Kg4 Re1 55.Rf6+ Ke5 56.Ra6 Rg1+
57.Kh5 Kxe4 58.Rf6 Ke5 59.Rf2 Ke6 60.Kg6 Ke7 61.Kh6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C92"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qc1 cxd4 8.exd4 Nd5
9.Bh2 Bh6 10.Qxh6 Qxb2 11.Bc4 Qxa1 12.O-O Be6 13.Qd2 b5 14.Bxb5+ Nd7 15.c4 Rb8
16.cxd5 Rxb5 17.Nc3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.Nf3 N7f6 8.h3 Bf5
9.O-O e6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.c3 O-O 14.Bb3 c5 15.Bc2 Bxc2
16.Qxc2 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.Rad1 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bc5 21.N2f3 Rd5
22.c4 Rd7 23.Nb5 Qb6 24.Re2 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Ne4 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.Nfxd4 Nxf2
29.Kxf2 Rxc4 30.b3 Rc5 31.Nxa7 Ra5 32.Nc8 Rxa2+ 33.Kg3 Rb2 34.Kf4 Rxg2 35.Nd6 Rd2
36.Ke3 Rh2 37.Nxb7 Rxh3+ 38.Ke2 e5 39.Nf3 e4 40.Nd2 f5 41.b4 f4 42.Nd6 Rh2+
43.Ke1 e3 44.Nf3 Rb2 45.b5 g5 46.Ne5 h5 47.Nd3 Rb3 48.Nc5 Rb1+ 49.Ke2 h4
50.Ne6 h3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A45"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C96"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "C60"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Qa4 Nb6
9.Qh4 e5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.d3 c4 12.dxc4 Nxc4 13.Ng5 h6 14.Bd5 Nd6 15.Nge4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Nc6 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Rac1 Be6 19.b3 Rac8 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Nb5 a6 22.Rxc8 Bxc8
23.Nc7 Be5 24.Nd5 Bg4 25.f3 Bh3 26.Rd1 Be6 27.Nf4 Bxf4 28.gxf4 b6 29.Rc1 Rd6
30.Kf2 a5 31.Rc7 a4 32.bxa4 Bxa2 33.Bd3 Bb3 34.Bb5 Be6 35.h4 Kf8 36.Kg3 h5
37.Kf2 Bf5 38.Rb7 d3 39.exd3 Bxd3 40.Bxd3 Rxd3 41.Rxb6 Rd4 42.a5 Rxf4 43.a6 Kg7
44.a7 Ra4 45.Rb7 g5 46.hxg5 Kg6 47.Kg3 Kxg5 48.Rxf7 Kg6 49.Rb7 Kg5 50.f4+ Kf5
51.Kh3 Ra3+ 52.Kh4 Kxf4 53.Kxh5 Ke5 54.Kg6 Kd6 55.Kf7 Kc6 56.Re7 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.N2f3 Nc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Rxa3 22.Nxa3 Ba6
23.Re3 Rb8 24.Nd4 Nbd3 25.Bxd3 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Nc6 Rxb2 28.Bxb2 Qxb2
29.Nb1 g6 30.Nd2 h5 31.Nf3 Bc4 32.Qa4 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Qxe4 35.Na5 Bxd5
36.Qxe4 Bxe4 37.Nd2 Bd5 38.Kf1 Bh6 39.Nb1 d2 40.Nc3 Bg7 41.Nd1 Bd4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B30"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.d3 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 d5 7.Qe2 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 d4
9.e5 Nd5 10.Bd2 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qd8 12.Ng5 e6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qf3 f5 15.h4 h6 16.Nh3 Bg7
17.Qg3 Kf7 18.f4 Ne7 19.h5 Bd7 20.Nf2 Bc6 21.c4 g5 22.Be3 g4 23.Ke2 Rc8 24.Bxc5 Bxg2
25.Bxe7 Bf3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Be2 Bb7 14.Nce3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Ne7
16.Bf3 g6 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 gxf5 20.Rad1 f4 21.Nd5 Ng6 22.Qh3 f3
23.g3 Kh8 24.Rfe1 Rc8 25.Qh5 Rc4 26.Re3 Nh4 27.b3 Rf5 28.Qh6 Rg4 29.Kh1 Ng2
30.Red3 e4 31.Rd4 Rg6 32.Qh3 Re5 33.Nf4 Nxf4 34.gxf4 Ree6 35.f5 Rh6 36.Qg3 Re8
37.Rxd6 Rxd6 38.Rxd6 Qc8 39.f6 Rg8 40.Qe5 Re8 41.Qd4 Kg8 42.Qd5+ Kf8 43.Rd7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bf4 Bb4 12.Ne4 Ba6 13.Rfc1 Be2 14.Nh2 Rd8 15.g4 Rd4
16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.Bxg3 Bd2 18.Rcb1 h5 19.c3 Rd3 20.Nf1 hxg4 21.Rd1 gxh3 22.Rxd2 Bxf1
23.Rxd3 Bxd3 24.Rd1 Bc4 25.b3 Be6 26.Kh2 g5 27.f3 c5 28.Bf2 g4 29.fxg4 Bxg4
30.Rd2 a5 31.a3 Ke7 32.b4 cxb4 33.cxb4 axb4 34.axb4 Bf5 35.Bg3 Ke6 36.Rb2 Rd8
37.Kg1 Rd3 38.Kh2 Rc3 39.Bf4 Kd5 40.Bg3 c6 41.Bf2 c5 42.bxc5 bxc5 43.Bg3 c4
44.Rd2+ Rd3 45.Rf2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.e5 d4 9.cxd4 Nxd4
10.Be4 Ra7 11.d3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Ng6 13.Qg3 Qd4 14.Nc3 Qxe5 15.Bxg6 Qxg3 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7
17.hxg3 Rd7 18.Rd1 Bb7 19.Be3 Kf7 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.dxe4 Ke8 22.a4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Be7
24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra1 Kf7 26.Ra7 Rc8 27.Bg5 Re8 28.Rb7 b4 29.Rc7 h6 30.Bxe7 Rxe7
31.Rxc5 Rd7 32.Rc2 b3 33.Rc3 Rb7 34.f3 Kf6 35.Kf2 g5 36.Ke3 Rb4 37.Kd3 Rb7
38.Kc4 h5 39.Rxb3 Rc7+ 40.Kd3 h4 41.gxh4 gxh4 42.Rc3 Rb7 43.b3 Kg5 44.Ke3 e5
45.Rd3 Rb4 46.Kf2 Rb7 47.Rd5 Kf6 48.Rd6+ Ke7 49.Rh6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Re8
16.Bd2 Nb6 17.Qxd8 Raxd8 18.Ba5 Bf8 19.Nc3 Bd6 20.a4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Ne4 Be5 24.Nd2 c3 25.Bxc3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Bc6 27.Nb3 Bxa4 28.Nc5 Bb5 29.Re4 a5
30.c4 Be8 31.Re7 Rc8 32.Kf1 a4 33.Ke1 a3 34.Kd2 a2 35.Re1 Bc6 36.g3 Ra8 37.Ra1 g5
38.Kc3 Ra3+ 39.Nb3 Ra4 40.Nd4 Bd7 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 c5 43.Nb3 Be6 44.Nd2 Kg7
45.Kb3 Rb4+ 46.Kc3 Ra4 47.Kb3 Rb4+ 48.Kc3 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 c5
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 f5 12.Qb3+ Kh7 13.Bxb7 f4 14.Bxa8 fxe3 15.fxe3 e5
16.Nf3 Ba6 17.Be4 Nd7 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.Qd5 Rxf3 20.Bxf3 e4 21.Qxe4 Ne5 22.h4 Nxf3+
23.gxf3 Qc7 24.Rg1  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D79"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C08"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Ng5 e5 13.Nce4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Be7 15.Qe2 exd4
16.exd4 Re8 17.Rfe1 Nf6 18.Qf3 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bf6 20.Bc3 Qd6 21.a3 Red8 22.Red1 g6
23.Bb4 Qe6 24.Bc5 a6 25.h3 Re8 26.Bc2 Bg5 27.Bb3 Qf6 28.Qxf6 Bxf6 29.Rc3 Rcd8
30.Rf3 Kg7 31.g4 Bc8 32.g5 Bxg5 33.Rxf7+ Kh6 34.Kg2 Be6 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Bf8+ Rxf8
37.Rxf8 Rd6 38.Rf3 Bf6 39.Rfd3 Rd5 40.b3 Be7 41.a4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 Qd7 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.Nf5 Bg6
16.g4 d4 17.cxd4 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Qxd4+ 19.Kg2 Nxe5 20.Nb3 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Na4 22.Na5 Bb4
23.Bf4 Nxb2 24.Rd5 Ng6 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Bxc7 Rac8 27.Nc6 Rxc7 28.Nxb4 Rc3
29.Nxa6 Rcxf3 30.Rxb5 Nc4 31.Rbb1 Ne3+ 32.Kh1 Nxg4 33.Nc5 Rf2 34.Rb4 h5 35.Ne4 Re2
36.Ng5 Rxh2+ 37.Kg1 Re2 38.a4 Re5 39.Nh3 Re3 40.Ng5 Rg3+ 41.Kh1 Nf2+ 42.Kh2 Rxg5
43.a5 Nd3 44.Rb3 Rf2+ 45.Kh1 Nc5 46.Rb5 Rff5 47.Rb8+ Kh7 48.a6 Nxa6 49.Rxa6 Rf7
50.Raa8 Rf1+ 51.Kh2 Rf2+ 52.Kh1 Rf1+ 53.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d3 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nh5 13.Re1 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Ne7 15.Nf1 Ng6
16.d4 Bb6 17.Ne3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 exd4 19.cxd4 Qf6 20.Ng4 Qg7 21.e5 Kh8 22.Kg2 dxe5
23.Rh1 Bxd4 24.Rxh6+ Kg8 25.Qd3 e4 26.Qxe4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C70"]

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"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Na5 13.Ba2 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Bf6
16.Bd2 c6 17.Bxb4 cxd5 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.Ba3 Bg5 20.Nb3 Qf6 21.c4 dxc4 22.dxc4 e4
23.Qc2 e3 24.fxe3 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 Re8 27.Qd3 Re6 28.Rf1 Qg5 29.Qxd7 Ne5
30.Qd5 Qg3 31.Bd6 Bf4 32.Qa8+ Kh7 33.Qe4+ Ng6 34.Bxf4 Qxb3 35.Qf5 Qxc4 36.Bg3 Rf6
37.Qxf6 gxf6 38.Rxf6 Kg7 39.Rb6 Qxa4 40.Kh2 h5 41.b3 Qa2 42.Rb4 Qd2 43.Ra4 Qd3
44.Ra5 h4 45.Bf2 Qd2 46.Rf5 Qd6+ 47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Qxb3 49.Bd4+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.d3 d6
9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.h3 Ng8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ne4 Bb6
16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 b4 19.d4 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 bxc3 21.bxc3 Qe8 22.Ng5 g6
23.Rxf8 Qxf8 24.Rf1 Qe7 25.N3e4 Rf8 26.Rxf8 Qxf8 27.Qb3 h6 28.Nf3 Qf5 29.Nfd2 exd4
30.cxd4 Nge7 31.Qb7 d5 32.Nc5 Qc8 33.Qxc8+ Nxc8 34.Ne6 Nd6 35.Nxc7 Nb4 36.Kf2 Kg7
37.Nb1 Ne4+ 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.h4 Nf6 40.Nc3 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.e4 dxe4+ 43.Nxe4 g4+
44.Kf4 Nd3+ 45.Kf5 Nd7 46.Nd5 Ne1 47.g3 Nc2 48.Nd6+ Kg7 49.Nb5 Nf8 50.Nf4 Ne3+
51.Ke4 Nf1 52.Ne2 Nd7 53.Kf4 Nf6 54.Nd6 Kg6 55.Ne4 Nd5+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gwaze,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gwaze,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D85"]

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.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.Rxb7 e6 18.dxe6 Qxe6 19.Rxa7 Rxa7 20.Bxa7 Ra8 21.Bc5 Nxf3+
22.Qxf3 Ra4 23.Re1 f5 24.e5 Qxe5 25.Qd1 Qxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C18"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.h3 Bd7 12.d4 Bb6 13.Bg5 Nxe4 14.Bd5 Nf6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bxf7+ Ke7 18.Nh4 Qa4 19.Qh5 Qf4 20.Bd5 Be8 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 Bd7
23.Nd2 Rd8 24.Ndf3 Na5 25.g5 Bg4 26.Be4 fxg5 27.Nxe5 Be2 28.Re1 Rd1 29.Rxd1 Bxd1
30.Nhf3 h6 31.Kf1 Nb3 32.Bc6 b4 33.cxb4 Nd4 34.Nxd4 Bxd4 35.Nd3 Kd6 36.Be4 h5
37.f3 Bb3 38.Ke2 Bc4 39.Kd2 Bxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qd3 h5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Nf5 exf5 13.Nd5 Qa5 14.Nxf6+ Kd8 15.Nxd7 Kxd7
16.Qb3 Be7 17.Qxb7+ Qc7 18.Qxc7+ Kxc7 19.exf5 h4 20.g4 hxg3 21.hxg3 a5 22.Bh5 f6
23.g4 d5 24.Rxd5 Bd6 25.Rf1 Nb4 26.Rd4 Nxa2+ 27.Kb1 Nb4 28.Re1 Nc6 29.Rc4 Rab8
30.c3 Rb6 31.Re8 Rxe8 32.Bxe8 Be7 33.b4 axb4 34.Rxc6+ Rxc6 35.Bxc6 Kxc6 36.cxb4 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C89"]

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"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 b4 13.Nb1 Be7 14.N1d2 Qc7 15.Qh3 e5
16.Nc4 O-O 17.Nba5 Bc8 18.Qg3 Re8 19.Kb1 Rb8 20.Rf1 exf4 21.Bxf4 Rb5 22.Bxd6 Bxd6
23.Nxd6 Rxa5 24.Rxf6 Nxf6 25.Nxe8 Qxg3 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.hxg3 Rg5 28.Be2 Kg7
29.Rd3 a5 30.Re3 Re5 31.g4 Rg5 32.a3 Bxg4 33.Bxg4 Rxg4 34.axb4 axb4 35.g3 Kg6
36.Ka2 f5 37.exf5+ Kxf5 38.Kb3 h5 39.Rf3+ Ke6 40.Ka4 f5 41.Kb5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 Na5 13.Ba2 exd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.d5 c4
16.b4 cxb3 17.Bxb3 b4 18.Bc2 Bc8 19.Rb1 Rb8 20.Ba3 Bxh3 21.Bxb4 Bg4 22.Bd3 Ra8
23.Re3 Nb7 24.Qf1 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Nc5 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Rb7 Rb8 28.Rxb8 Qxb8 29.Qb1 Qxb1+
30.Bxb1 c4 31.Nxc4 Nxe4 32.Re3 Nd6 33.Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qe2 f5 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 Bh4+
23.Kd1 Rb7 24.Qh2 g5 25.Ba6 Rxb3 26.Kc2 Bxa6 27.Kxb3 fxe4 28.fxg5 Qb8+ 29.Rb4 axb4
30.Qxh4 bxc3+ 31.Kxc3 Qa7 32.Qxe4 Ne5 33.g6 Bd3 34.Rxh7+ Qxh7 35.Qxe5+ dxe5
36.gxh7 Bxh7 37.Ng4 Rc8+ 38.Kb4 e4 39.Ngf6 Bf5 40.Nh5 Bg4 41.Ng3 Bf3 42.Nf5 Rc1
43.Nc3 Kh7 44.Kc4 Rc2 45.Kd4 Kg6 46.Ne3 Rd2+ 47.Ke5 Rd3 48.Ned5 Rd2 49.Nxe4 Ra2
50.Nf4+ Kh6 51.Ne6 Ra5+ 52.Kf4 Bd1 53.Nd4 Kg6 54.Nc3 Bh5 55.Ne4 Rd5 56.Ke3 Rd8
57.Nc6 Re8 58.Kd4 Ra8 59.Ne5+ Kg7 60.Nd6 Kf6 61.Ne4+ Ke6 62.Nc5+ Kf5 63.Nc6 Re8
64.Nb4 Rd8+ 65.Ke3 Be8 66.Nbd3 Bb5 67.Nb4 Rh8 68.Nbd3 Rh3+ 69.Kd4 Rh4+ 70.Ke3 Rc4
71.Nb3 Re4+ 72.Kd2 Rh4 73.Kc3 Ke4 74.Nd2+ Kd5 75.Nb4+ Kd6 76.Nc2 Rh3+ 77.Kb2 Kd5
78.Na3 Ba4 79.Nc2 Kc5 80.Kc1 Rd3 81.Ne1 Rc3+ 82.Kb2 Kb4 83.Nb1 Rb3+ 84.Kc1 Rh3
85.Nc2+ Kc4 86.Ne1 Rh1 87.Kd2 Rh2+ 88.Ke3 Bd1 89.Nd2+ Kd5 90.Nef3 Re2+ 91.Kf4 Re8
92.Kg3 Rf8 93.Kg2 Bxf3+ 94.Nxf3 Ke4 95.Nd2+ Kd3 96.Nf1 Rf6 97.Ng3 Rf4 98.Nh5 Rf8
99.Ng3 Ke3 100.Nf1+ Ke2 101.Ng3+ Ke1 102.Ne4 Rf7 103.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.b3 a5
16.a4 b4 17.cxb4 axb4 18.Bb2 Bh6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Bb5 Qxd1 22.Raxd1 c6
23.Bc4 Nfd7 24.Re2 Bf4 25.Rc2 Re7 26.Ne2 Bh6 27.Ng3 Bf4 28.Bc1 Ba6 29.Bxf4 exf4
30.Ne2 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 Nxb3 32.Rxb4 Nbc5 33.Nc3 Ree8 34.Rd6 Re6 35.Rbd4 Rxd6
36.Rxd6 Ra6 37.e5 Rb6 38.Rd1 Rb3 39.Ne2 Ra3 40.Ned4 Rxa4 41.Nxc6 Nf8 42.Ne7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Qh5 Nh6 8.h3 Nd4
9.O-O O-O 10.Nb3 Bxc1 11.Raxc1 Ne6 12.Ne2 Qf6 13.Nd2 Kh8 14.c3 g5 15.d4 Rg8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nf3 Rg6 18.h4 Qg7 19.Bxe6 Bxe6 20.hxg5 f6 21.gxf6 Rxg2+ 22.Kh1 Qxf6
23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Nxe5 Rg5 25.f4 Rh5+ 26.Kg1 Rg8+ 27.Kf2 Rh2+ 28.Ke3 Rgg2 29.Ng1 Rxb2
30.f5 Bxa2 31.Rcd1 Rbc2 32.Rd8+ Ng8 33.Ngf3 Rxc3+ 34.Kf4 Rh6 35.Rg1 Rf6 36.Ng5 h6
37.Ngf7+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 c5 13.Nc3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Bb3 Rc8
16.Re3 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bg5 18.Rc3 b4 19.Rc4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 a5 22.f4 Bh6
23.Qg4 Rc5 24.Ne3 Nf6 25.Qf3 Qa8 26.Rad1 g6 27.Nc4 a4 28.Nb6 Qc6 29.Nxa4 Rc1
30.Rxb4 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Qc1 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 Qg5+ 34.Kf1 Qxe5 35.h3 Bd2 36.Rc4 Rd8
37.Bb3 Kg7 38.Kg2 Qg5+ 39.Qg3 Qd5+ 40.Qf3 Qg5+ 41.Qg3 Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Nh4 e6 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.f3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ng5 15.b4 a5
16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Nb3 Ra7 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.a4 Bf8 21.a5 Bb4 22.Re2 Qd8
23.e6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Qd7 25.Qe2 Kf7 26.Re5 Bd6 27.f4 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qb7 29.Nc5 Qb4
30.e6+ Kg8 31.Rd1 Qxa5 32.e7 Re8 33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Qe5+ Kf7 35.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be6 8.Qa4 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 b5 11.Qc2 b4 12.Na4 Bd5 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nb6 15.Nf3 Nxa4
16.Qxa4 Qb6 17.Bg5 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Rc6 Qb7 21.Rfc1 Nd5 22.Qb3 e6
23.e4 Nf6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.e5 Bd8 26.a4 Rb8 27.R1c4 a5 28.Nd4 Bc7 29.Qe3 Bb6
30.Qf3 Rfd8 31.Nb5 Rd2 32.Rc2 Qd7 33.Rxd2 Qxd2 34.Nd6 Qd5 35.Qxd5 exd5 36.b3 d4
37.Nc4 d3 38.Nxb6 d2 39.Rd6 Rxb6 40.Rxd2 Rc6 41.Rd5 Rc3 42.Rxa5 Rxb3 43.Rb5 Rb2
44.a5 Ra2 45.h4 b3 46.Rxb3 Rxa5 47.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7
16.a4 d5 17.axb5 Nxe4 18.bxa6 Nxc3 19.Qd3 Ne4 20.Bb2 Nxg3 21.axb7 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 e4
23.Qb5 c6 24.Qxc6 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nb8 26.Qc8 exf3 27.Qxd8 fxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rxd8
29.Ra8 Nxd4 30.Ba3 Bf8 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Bd1 Ke7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.b3 a4 9.Bb2 Ne4
10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne1 e5 12.Bxe4 exd4 13.Nd3 Bg4 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bf3 Bxf3 16.exf3 Rxe1+
17.Qxe1 Nd7 18.Rb1 axb3 19.axb3 c5 20.Qe4 b6 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Qc6 Qe8 23.Qxe8+ Nxe8
24.Bf4 Bf8 25.Kf1 Bd6 26.h4 Bxf4 27.Nxf4 Nd6 28.Nd5 b5 29.cxb5 Nxb5 30.Nf6+ Kg7
31.Ne4 Nc3 32.Nxc3 dxc3 33.Rc1 Ra3 34.Rxc3 c4 35.Rxc4 Rxb3 36.f4 h5 37.Rc7 Kf6
38.Rd7 Ke6 39.Ra7 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 f5 41.Ra6+ Kf7 42.Rd6 Kg7 43.Kf3 Rb3+ 44.Ke2 Kf7
45.Rd3 Rb2+ 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Ra3 Kf6 48.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rustemov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Rc8 13.Qh3 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Kb1 Be7
16.e5 dxe5 17.f5 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Qg3 g6 21.Rd2 Rc8 22.Qg5+ Ke8
23.Qg4 Nxc3+ 24.Ka1 Bd5 25.Re3 Nf6 26.Qh4 Qe7 27.Bf1 Bxb3 28.cxb3 Nce4 29.Rb2 Rc1+
30.Rb1 Qc5  0-1

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nbc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Nd2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.c3 Bd6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Bc5 Bc7
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qe5 18.Qh6 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Nd4 Qe4 21.f3 Qe8 22.Nxc6 bxc6
23.Bd4 Be5 24.Qd2 Qb8 25.g3 Qd6 26.Re1 Bxd4+ 27.cxd4 c5 28.Kg2 c4 29.h4 h5
30.g4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Qd7 32.Kg3 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Qxe8 34.h5 Qe4 35.hxg6 fxg6 36.Qf4 Qe1+
37.Kh3 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Rfd1 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Qb8 14.Bg5 b5 15.Rd3 h6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rad1 Be7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qc7 20.Ne1 Rac8 21.g3 f5 22.exf5 Rxf5
23.Qe4 Rcf8 24.R1d2 h5 25.Rc2 Qa7 26.Nd3 h4 27.Kg2 hxg3 28.hxg3 Qd7 29.Rc1 Rh5
30.Rh1 Rxh1 31.Kxh1 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.Nb4 Ke6 35.Rd1 a5 36.Nc6 Rf8
37.Nxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.f3 Nh5 8.Be3 f5
9.exf5 Nf6 10.Ne2 exd4 11.Bxd4 Bxf5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nf4 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 Kb8 17.h4 Bf7 18.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qd2 g5
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.Rfd1 g4 14.Ne1 cxd4 15.exd4 Nb6
16.Be2 h5 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.Nc3 Qxc2 19.Nxc2 Bd7 20.Rd2 Bh6 21.Ne3 f5 22.g3 f4
23.gxf4 Bxf4 24.Re1 Bc6 25.Bb5 Bf3 26.Be2 Bc6 27.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 fxe4 21.h5 g5 22.Qxe4 Bb7
23.Qe3 e4 24.O-O Ne5 25.Rfa1 Qe8 26.Rxa5 Qxh5 27.Qxe4 Rbe8 28.Be2 Qh4 29.Qxh4 gxh4
30.Ne3 h3 31.gxh3 Nf3+ 32.Bxf3 Rxf3 33.Rh5 Rg8+ 34.Kf1 Rgf8 35.Nd1 Rd3 36.Rh4 Bf3
37.Rd4 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Rf4 39.Ne3 Rxd4 40.Ra4 Rd3 41.Rf4 Bh5 42.b4 d5 43.Kg2 Bg6
44.Nf5 Kg8 45.Ne7+ Kg7 46.Nxg6 Kxg6 47.Rf3 Rd1 48.Rb3 d4 49.Kf3 d3 50.Ke3 Rh1
51.b5 Rxh3+ 52.f3 Rh1 53.b6 Re1+ 54.Kxd3 Re8 55.b7 Rb8 56.Ke4 h5 57.Kf4  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.f4 Nxf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.Ra6 Ne7 19.Na3 c6 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Ra7 Rbc8 22.e5 dxe5
23.dxe5 Qh6 24.Rd1 Nd5 25.Be4 Rfd8 26.Rd3 g6 27.Bxd5 cxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Qxc8+ Kg7
30.Qg4 Bxe5 31.h4 Bb8 32.Rb7 Rd8 33.Kg2 Kg8 34.Qg5 Qf8 35.Qf6 Re8 36.b4 Re6
37.Qd4 Qc8 38.Rd7 Qc6+ 39.Qd5 Qxd5+ 40.Rxd5 Rc6 41.Nd2 f3+ 42.Nxf3 Kg7 43.Rd8 Bc7
44.Rd7 Rxc3 45.Ng5 Kg8 46.Ne4 Rc4 47.Nf6+ Kf8 48.Nxh7+ Ke8 49.Nf6+ Kf8 50.Nd5 Be5
51.b5 Rxh4 52.b6 Rd4 53.Kf3 Kg7 54.Ke3 Ra4 55.b7 Ra3+ 56.Ke4 Bh2 57.Nc7 Rb3
58.Ne6+ Kf6 59.Nd8 g5 60.Rxf7+ Kg6 61.Rd7 g4 62.Ne6 g3 63.fxg3 Bxg3 64.Kd5 Rb1
65.Kc6 Rc1+ 66.Nc5 Bb8 67.Rd5 Ba7 68.Kd7 Bb8 69.Ne6 Kf6 70.Rc5 Rb1 71.Nd8 Bh2
72.Rc6+ Ke5 73.Rc1 Rb3 74.Rc2 Bf4 75.Kc6 Kf5 76.Rc5+ Kf6 77.Kd7 Rb1 78.Kc8 Bh2
79.Rc6+ Ke5 80.b8=Q+  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 b4
22.Bb6 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rb8 24.Ba5 bxc3 25.Bxc3 f6 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.f3 Bc4 28.b3 Bb5
29.Ba5 Rc8 30.Nc3 Bc6 31.Rd1 Kf7 32.Ne2 h5 33.Rc1 Bd7 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.Bc3 Bd6
36.Kf2 g5 37.Ke3 h4 38.gxh4 Bxh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D89"]

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.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Qd4 Bf7 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bb5 e5 19.Qf2 Re7 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.f4 Nc4 22.fxe5 Nxe5
23.Qxf6 Bxd5 24.exd5 Ng4 25.Qf4 Nxh6 26.Qxh6 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Qe3 28.Qh4 Re5 29.Qf6 Ree8
30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Qf6+ Kh7 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Nf4  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 b4
22.Bb6 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rb8 24.Ba5 bxc3 25.Bxc3 f6 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.f3 Rc8 28.Rd1 Bc4
29.a3 Bb5 30.g4 Bc6 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Rd4 Rb8 33.h4 Be7 34.h5 Rd8 35.Rc4 Bb5
36.Rc7 Rd7 37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.h6 gxh6 39.Bxf6 Bf8 40.Bd4 Kf7 41.Kf2 Be7 42.Ke3 Bg5+
43.f4 Bd8 44.Nd6+ Ke6 45.Nb7 Be7 46.f5+ Kf7 47.Kf4 Bg5+ 48.Ke5 Ba4 49.Nd6+ Ke7
50.Ne4 Bd1 51.Bc5+ Kf7 52.b4 Bc1 53.Nd6+ Kg7 54.f6+ Kg6 55.f7 Bb2+ 56.Ke6 Bxg4+
57.Ke7 Bf6+ 58.Ke8 Bf3 59.f8=N+ Kh5 60.Kf7 Bb2 61.Nxh7 Bxa3 62.Nf6+ Kh4 63.Ke6 h5
64.Ke5 Be2 65.Nde4 Bc1 66.Nd5 Kg4 67.Ne3+ Kf3 68.Ng5+ Kg3 69.Ke4 Bb5 70.Bd6+ Kf2
71.Nh3+ Ke2 72.Nf4+ Kd2 73.Nxh5 Bd3+ 74.Kd5 Kc3 75.Nd1+ Kb3 76.Nf6 Bd2 77.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 O-O
15.Qf3 Re8 16.Bd3 Re5 17.Kb1 Qa5 18.g4 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.f4 Bh4 21.b4 Rc8
22.a4 Rc3 23.Kb2 f5 24.gxf5 Rxd3 25.cxd3 Rxf5 26.Rc1 Rxf4 27.Rhf1 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Bd8
29.a5  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 c6 8.O-O Re8
9.Ng3 h6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Nce2 Bxd2 12.Qxd2 Nf8 13.Nf4 Qd6 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bf5 Re7
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Nd3 Ng6 18.Nc5 Qc7 19.Nf5 Ree8 20.g4 b6 21.Nd3 Re6 22.Rae1 Rae8
23.b4 Nh7 24.h4 Nhf8 25.h5 Ne7 26.Nf4 Rf6 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Qxe7 29.Nd3 Re6
30.Re1 Rxe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 Bh3 20.Qh1 f5 21.f4 Bc7 22.Nd2 Rxd3
23.Nb3 Bg4 24.Qg2 Bf3 25.Qf2 Ba8 26.Nc5 Rd6 27.Bd4 Qf7 28.h4 Rh6 29.Kh2 g5
30.Be5 gxh4 31.gxh4 Rg6 32.Bxc7 Rg2+ 33.Qxg2+ Bxg2 34.Rg1 Qxc7 35.Rxg2+ Kh8
36.Ne6 Qd6 37.Nxf8 Qxf4+ 38.Kh3 Qe3+ 39.Rg3 Qe7 40.Rag1 Qxf8 41.b3 Qc8 42.Rg8+ Qxg8
43.Rxg8+ Kxg8 44.Kg3 Kf7 45.Kf4 Ke6 46.c4 bxc4 47.bxc4 a5 48.a4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D93"]

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.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rfd1 Qh5
16.Rd7 e6 17.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C84"]

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.a3 d6 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Ne2 Nd8 12.Ng3 Ne6 13.c3 c5 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 c4 16.Bc2 d5
17.e5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Qd5 21.Qc2 Rfd8 22.h4 f5 23.exf6 Bxf6
24.Be3 Qf5 25.Re1 Rf8 26.Re2 Rad8 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Qxc2 29.Rxc2 Nxd4 30.Rd2 Nc6
31.Rc5 Rxd2 32.Bxd2 Nd4 33.Be3 Nf5 34.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Be6 8.Qc2 Bg7
9.e4 Bg4 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Be3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Qe6
16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Rad8 18.Bd4 f5 19.exf6 exf6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Rxf5 Be8 22.Qf2 Bg6
23.Rf4 Nd7 24.Rf1 Ne5 25.Nd5 Nd3 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Nxf6+ Kf7 28.Qe3 c5 29.Nxh7+ Ke8
30.Nf6+ Ke7 31.Bxc5+ Nxc5 32.Qxc5+ Qd6 33.Qg5 Qd4+ 34.Kh1  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.b3 d5 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.d4 a4 9.Ne5 Nbd7
10.Nd2 a3 11.Bc3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 d4 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bb4 Qb6 15.Ne4 Qxb4 16.Nxf6+ exf6
17.Qxd4 Kg7 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.Rac1 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A13"]

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 "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bc1 Nhf6 12.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4 c5 8.dxc5 Nec6
9.h4 h5 10.f5 Nxe5 11.fxg6 Nf3+ 12.Kf2 hxg4 13.Nf4 Bxc5+ 14.Kg3 Nc6 15.Bg2 Nxh4
16.Qxg4 Nd4 17.gxf7+ Kxf7 18.Rxh4 Qxh4+ 19.Qxh4 Nf5+ 20.Kh2 Rxh4+ 21.Nh3 Rah8
22.Bd2 Bd6+ 23.Kg1 Rxh3 24.Bxh3 Rxh3 25.Rf1 Rh2  0-1

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.O-O d6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qe1 Nh5 13.a3 g6 14.b4 Nc6 15.Bb3 Ng7
16.Bd5 cxb4 17.axb4 Be6 18.Nc4 Rc8 19.Kh1 f5 20.Bxe6+ Nxe6 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.e4 Rf7
23.Qe3 Qe7 24.Nb6 Rcf8 25.Nd2 Nf4 26.g3 Nh5 27.Kg2 Qe6 28.Nd5 Ne7 29.Nxe7+ Qxe7
30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Rf1 Nf6 32.Rf3 d5 33.Qf2 dxe4 34.Nxe4 Nxe4 35.dxe4 Rxf3 36.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4 c5 8.dxc5 Nec6
9.h4 h5 10.f5 exf5 11.Nf4 hxg4 12.Qxd5 Be7 13.h5 Bh7 14.e6 Bg8 15.Qxf5 Bh4+
16.Rxh4 Qxh4+ 17.Kd1 fxe6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Qxe6+ Qe7 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.Nd5+ Kd7
22.Nf4 Ne5 23.Be3 Nbc6 24.c3 Rae8 25.Kc2 Nf3 26.Bf2 g5 27.Nd5 Kc8 28.Nf6 Ref8
29.Nxg4 Rxh5 30.Bg3 Rh1 31.Nf2 Rg1 32.Bh3+ Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Be6
9.Re1 Rc8 10.a4 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nb8 12.Qb3 Rc7 13.a5 Qc8 14.Ra4 Nbd7 15.a6 Nb6
16.Ra2 Qf5 17.Bg5 Rb8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd2 Be7 20.axb7 Rcxb7 21.Qc2 Bg5 22.Bb5 Bxd2
23.Qxd2 Re7 24.Bc6 Rc8 25.h3 Rcc7 26.Qe3 g5 27.b4 cxb4 28.cxb4 Kg7 29.b5 h5
30.Rae2 Qg6 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 f5 33.gxf5 Qxf5 34.Qe4 Rf7 35.d4 Nc4 36.Qxf5 Rxf5
37.Rc1 Nb6 38.dxe5 Rxe5 39.Rxe5 dxe5 40.d6 Rf7 41.Be8 Rf4 42.Rc7+ Kf8 43.Bc6 Rd4
44.d7 Ke7 45.Rxa7 Kd8 46.Kg2  1-0

[Event "XXI Magistral Rapid Semi-Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.a3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bxc4
9.dxc4 O-O 10.b3 Nd4 11.Bb2 a6 12.a4 Qd7 13.Qd3 Bd8 14.Kh1 Ba5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Qf5 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.g4 Bd8 19.f4 Qxg4 20.Nxd6 exf4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Nf5 Qh5
23.Rxf4 g6 24.Qxd4 gxf5 25.Rg1+ Bg5 26.Qf6 h6 27.Rxf5 Kh7 28.Rfxg5 hxg5 29.Rxg5 Qxg5
30.Qxg5 f5 31.d6 f4 32.d7 f3 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Kg1 Rg8+ 35.Kf2 Raf8 36.c5 Rg2+
37.Kf1 Rgg8 38.Qh4+ Kg6 39.Kf2 Rh8 40.Qe4+ Kg5 41.h4+ Kh5 42.Qxb7 Kxh4 43.Qe4+ Kg5
44.Qe5+ Kg6 45.c6  1-0

[Event "XXI Magistral Rapid Semi-Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Be7 13.Qh3 b4 14.Ne2 h6 15.Bh4 a5
16.Nbd4 O-O 17.g4 Nc5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Ncxe4 21.Rg1 b3 22.axb3 a4
23.b4 Rfb8 24.c3 a3 25.Bh6 g6 26.f5 axb2+ 27.Kxb2 Nf2 28.Qg2 Nxd1+ 29.Rxd1 exf5
30.Nxf5 Qa7 31.Nxe7+ Qxe7 32.Bg5 Qe6 33.Nc1 Ne4  0-1

[Event "XXI Magistral Rapid Semi-Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Qg4 Qf6 18.Kh1 Ne7 19.Rg1 Ng6 20.Qf5 Qe7 21.Qg5 Qe6 22.Qg4 Qe7
23.Qg5 Qd7 24.Qf5 Qd8 25.Qd5 Qh4 26.Raf1 Ra8 27.f3 Ra5 28.b4 Ne7 29.Qc4 Raa8
30.Qb3 Ng6 31.Qd5 Ne7 32.Qg5 Qxg5 33.Rxg5 Ra2 34.Rg2 Rfa8 35.Bb3 Rxg2 36.Kxg2 Kf8
37.Rf2 f5 38.Ra2 Rd8 39.Ra6 fxe4 40.fxe4 g5 41.h3 Kg7 42.Bd1 Rb8 43.Bg4 c5
44.Nxd6 cxd4 45.cxd4 Bxd4 46.b5 Be5 47.Nf5+ Nxf5 48.Bxf5 Rxb5 49.Ra7+ Kf6
50.Ra6+ Ke7 51.Ra7+ Kd6 52.Rd7+ Kc6 53.Rxh7 Rb2+ 54.Kf1 f3 55.Bd7+ Kc5 56.Rf7 Bf4
57.Bg4 f2 58.Rd7 Be3 59.Rd1 Bd4 60.Bf3 Rb3 61.Kg2 Rb2 62.Kf1 Rb6 63.e5 Re6
64.Rc1+ Kb6 65.Rc4 Bc5 66.Re4 Re7 67.Be2 Ra7 68.Kg2 Ra1 69.Bf1 Re1 70.Re2 Kc7
71.e6 Kd8 72.e7+ Ke8 73.Rc2 Re5 74.Re2 Rf5 75.Re4 Bxe7 76.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Magistral Rapid Semi-Final"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 h6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Bd3 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nfg4 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bg3 Bd7
16.Rhf1 Qc5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Bf2 Qa5 20.Bd4 Rh6 21.h4 Rxh4 22.g3 Rh8
23.Qf2 Rc6 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxf7+ Kd8 26.Ne2 Rf8 27.Qh7 Rh8 28.Qf7 Rf8 29.Qh7 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D86"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Be6 10.Qa3 N8d7 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O c6 15.Bg3 Qb6
16.b3 e5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Re4 22.Rd7 Rae8
23.c5 Qb5 24.Qxa7 Ra4 25.Qb6 Qxb6 26.cxb6 Rb8 27.Rb1 Rxa2 28.Rb4 c5 29.Re4 Rb2
30.Ree7 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Rxb6 32.Rxf7 Rc6 33.Rg7+ Kf8 34.Rxh7 Ke8 35.Rd5 Rcc8
36.Re5+ Kf8 37.Rxc5 Rxc5 38.Rh8+ Ke7 39.Rxb8  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rac1 Nd7 14.Rfd1 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Qe5 Rac8 17.Nd4 Nd7 18.Qg3 Nf6 19.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 Bd6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne4 Bc7 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 a5 15.a3 Rb8
16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.g3 Nf6 20.Qc5 Qxc5 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Rxc5 Ra8
23.Kg2 Bd6 24.Rc2 f5 25.Bc4 a4 26.Be2 Be7 27.Bf3 Ra5 28.Rc4 Bf6 29.Rdc1 e5
30.dxe5 Bxe5 31.Rb4 Rd7 32.Rc2 Kg7 33.Kf1 Bf6 34.Rcc4 Ra8 35.Rf4 Ra5 36.Ke2 Rc5
37.Rfc4 Rxc4 38.Rxc4 Bxb2 39.Rxa4 c5 40.Kf1 b6 41.Be2 Bc3 42.Bb5 Rd1+ 43.Kg2 Ba5
44.Rf4 Kg6 45.a4 Bc3 46.g4 fxg4 47.Be8 Be5 48.Bxf7+ Kg5 49.Re4 Kf5 50.Rc4 Rd7
51.Bh5 Rg7 52.a5 bxa5 53.Rxc5 Ra7 54.Rc4 Rg7 55.Rc5 Ra7 56.Rc4 Rg7 57.Rc6 Ra7
58.Bg6+ Kg5 59.Bc2 a4 60.Rg6+ Kh5 61.Re6 Bg7 62.Kg3 Ra5 63.Bg6+ Kg5  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D43"]

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.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Qb6 15.Nd6+ Ke7 16.Bg4 h5
17.Bxh5 Raf8 18.Qg4 Bh6 19.h4 Rhg8 20.hxg5 Bxg5 21.Ne4 Ne3 22.Qxg5+ Rxg5
23.Bh4 Kd8 24.fxe3 Rh8 25.Bxg5+ Kc7 26.Bg4 c5 27.dxc5 Nxc5 28.Rf7+ Kb8 29.Nd6 Rg8
30.Raf1 Rxg5 31.Rf8+ Kc7 32.R1f7+ Nd7 33.Rxd7+ Kxd7 34.Rf7+ Kd8 35.Rf8+ Kd7
36.Rf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.h3 Nb6
9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bf1 Nbd5 15.Ne4 Bb4
16.Re2 Ng6 17.Ng3 Be6 18.a3 Ba5 19.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 Qd6
9.Nge2 c6 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Bd4 Qe7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bc2 Rd8 15.Qc1 Na6
16.O-O Be6 17.Nf4 Bc4 18.Re1 Nb4 19.a3 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Qf6 21.Nce2 Rd7 22.b3 Ba6
23.Rad1 Rad8 24.g3 Qe5 25.f3 Kg8 26.a4 h5 27.Kf2 Rd6 28.Qc3 Nd7 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Rc1 Ne5 31.h4 Qf6 32.b4 Rd3 33.Nxd3 Qxf3+ 34.Kg1 Bxd3 35.Qxe5 Qe3+ 36.Kh2 Qxe2+  0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 O-O 14.h4 Be6 15.Bh3 a4 16.Ncxb4 Nxb4
17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxb4 Qb6 19.Qd2 Be7 20.a3 Rf3 21.Rf1 Raf8 22.O-O-O Rb3 23.Qc2 d5
24.exd5 Bxb4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.dxe6 Rb8 27.Rd2 a3 28.Rfd1 g6 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kg7
31.Qe4 Kh6 32.Qg4 Qe1+ 33.Rd1 a2 34.Kc2 a1=N+ 35.Rxa1 Qxf2+ 36.Kxb3  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D16"]

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"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 exd4 13.cxd4 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.Nc3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 g4 18.e5 Kg7 19.Bc2 Rh8 20.Nh4 Nxd4 21.Rxf7+ Kxf7 22.Rf1+ Ke8
23.Nd5 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Nxe5 25.Qxb5+ Bd7 26.Qe2 Qg5 27.Ng6 Bc6 28.Rf5 Qc1+ 29.Rf1 Qg5
30.Rf5 Qc1+ 31.Rf1 Qxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Bxd5 33.Nxh8 Ke7 34.Ng6+ Nxg6 35.Bxg6 Rf8
36.Qb1 Kd8 37.h3 Rf2 38.Be4 Bxe4 39.Qxe4 Rf1+ 40.Kh2 Bg1+ 41.Kh1 Bf2+ 42.Kh2 Bg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb4 Be4 15.Qb2 Re8
16.Rfc1 Qa8 17.Bc5 Ra4 18.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Ng5 f6 8.Nh3 d5
9.Qh5 Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.c4 dxc4 12.dxc4 e5 13.f5 Nf4 14.Nxf4 exf4 15.Nc3 Rb8
16.Qe2 Qc7 17.b3 g5 18.Bb2 Re8 19.Qf3 Be5 20.Nd1 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Qe5 22.Qf2 Bb7
23.Rfe1 Rbd8 24.Rad1 Rxd1 25.Nxd1 Bc8 26.Kf1 Rd8 27.Qe2 Bd7 28.Nf2 Be8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Qxd1 h5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Ke1 Bf7 33.Qc2 Qa1+ 34.Nd1 Qd4 35.Qe2 a5 36.a4 Kf8
37.Qf3 Ke7 38.Nf2 Kd6 39.g3 fxg3 40.Qxg3+ Ke7 41.Kf1 Be8 42.Qc7+ Bd7 43.Qxa5 Qe3
44.Qa8 g4 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Qh8 Qxb3 47.Qg7+ Ke8 48.Nxg4 Qxc4+ 49.Kf2 Qd4+
50.Kf1 Qd3+ 51.Kf2 Qd4+ 52.Kf3 Qd1+ 53.Kg2 Qd2+ 54.Nf2 Qd4 55.a5 c4 56.a6 c3
57.Qg8+ Ke7 58.Qa2 Qa7 59.Qa3+ c5 60.Nd3 c2 61.Nxc5 Ke8 62.Qc3 Bb5 63.Qxc2 Qg7+
64.Kf2 Qh6 65.Qc3 Qf4+ 66.Ke1 Bxa6 67.Qb4 Qc1+ 68.Kf2 Qf4+ 69.Ke1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 h6 13.Nf3 h5 14.Rad1 Ke7 15.Ng5 a5
16.Rd2 g6 17.Nce4 a4 18.g4 hxg4 19.hxg4 Ng7 20.Nf6 Ne6 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.a3 Ra5
23.f4 Rb5 24.f5 Bc8 25.Re2 Rxb2 26.Kg2 Ra2 27.Rf3 gxf5 28.gxf5 b6 29.Kg3 Ra1
30.Rg2 Rd1 31.Kf4 c5 32.Rg8 Rxg8 33.Nxg8+ Kd8 34.Nh6 Ke7 35.Ng8+ Kf8 36.Nf6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Rfe8 21.Bd1 Bxd1 22.Qxd1 Qf5
23.Bd2 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 h5 25.h4 g6 26.b3 b4 27.c4 Nc3 28.Bxc3 bxc3 29.c5 c2
30.Qd2 Bc7 31.Rc1 Qf3 32.Rxc2 Qxb3 33.Qc3 Qd5 34.Qc4 Qe4 35.Rd2 g5 36.hxg5 h4
37.Qd3 Qg4 38.Ne3 Qxg5 39.Qf5 Qxf5 40.Nxf5 hxg3 41.fxg3 Kh7 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.Nh4+ Kg5
44.Rf2 Re7 45.Nf5 Re1 46.Rf3 Rd1 47.Kf2 f6 48.Ke2 Rg1 49.Kd3 Re1 50.Ne3 Kg6
51.g4 Ra1 52.Ke4 Re1 53.Rf1 Rxf1 54.Nxf1 Kf7 55.Kf5 Ba5 56.Ne3 Bd2 57.Ng2 Bc3
58.Ke4 Ke6 59.Nf4+ Kd7 60.d5 cxd5+ 61.Kxd5 Bd2 62.Ne6 Bc1 63.Nd4 Be3 64.c6+ Kc8
65.Nb5 Bf2 66.Ke6 Bh4 67.c7  1-0

[Event "9th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.b3 c5 13.Bh6 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Qg3 Bb7 16.Na4 h5
17.c4 h4 18.Qh3 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Bxe6 O-O 22.Nc3 Nf3+ 23.gxf3 Bxf4
24.Nd5 Bxh2+ 25.Kg2 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rad8 27.Rad1 Be5 28.Qxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Prieto Honorato,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez Gil,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rizouk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 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 Kd7 22.Rf4 Rxc3
23.Rxf7+ Ke6 24.Rh7 Rf5 25.Rg3 Rc4 26.Rg6+ Ke5 27.Re7+ Kf4 28.Rgg7 Rfc5 29.Rgf7+ Kg5
30.Re2 Ra4 31.Kb2 Rb4+ 32.Ka1 Rbc4 33.Kb2 Rb4+ 34.Ka1 Rbc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O e5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.d4 Nd7
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Qc2 c5
16.Bc3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Re5 Qc6 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Rxg5 f6 22.Rh5 g6
23.Rh4 Rad8 24.Re1 Bd5 25.Rg4 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.h4 Re4 28.Rxe4 Bxe4 29.Qb3+ Kg7
30.f3 Bd5 31.Qb8 Bxa2 32.Qxa7+ Bf7 33.Qe7 h6 34.Kf2 c4 35.g4 g5 36.hxg5 hxg5
37.Qe3 Kg6 38.Qd4 Bd5 39.f4 gxf4 40.Qxf4 Qe6 41.Kg3 Bc6 42.Kh4 Bd5 43.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 a5 14.b3 Ba6 15.Na4 Qb7
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Qb4+ 18.Qd2 Bb5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.Rxc5 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 a4
22.b4 a3 23.e4 Rfb8 24.Kc3 Ra4 25.Rb1 Bc4 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.e5 Rb6 28.Kxc4 Kf8
29.Kc5 Rb5+ 30.Kc4 Rb6 31.Kc5 Rb5+ 32.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.d3 Bg7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Bc6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Qb4 Nb6 14.Qb3 a5 15.Be3 Nfd5
16.Bc5 Nd7 17.Ba3 N5b6 18.Rfd1 Re8 19.Ne4 a4 20.Qc2 Nd5 21.Rac1 Qb6 22.Nc3 Nb4
23.Qd2 e6 24.d4 Red8 25.e3 Nd5 26.Qc2 Nb4 27.Qe2 Nf6 28.Qc4 Bf8 29.Kg2 Qa5
30.Qe2 Nbd5 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.a3 Kg7 33.Na2 Qb6 34.Rc2 Qb3 35.Nc1 Qb6 36.Nd3 Ra5
37.Rdc1 Raa8 38.Rc4 Qb5 39.Qc2 Ra7 40.Nc5 Rda8 41.e4 Nb6 42.Rb4 Qa5 43.Qc3 Rc8
44.g4 Nfd7 45.h4 Kg8 46.Qe3 e5 47.Be2 Rd8 48.Qg5 Re8 49.Qe3 Nf6 50.dxe5 Nbd5
51.exd5 Nxd5 52.Qd4 Nxb4 53.axb4 Qd8 54.Nd7 b6 55.Rd1 c5 56.bxc5 bxc5 57.Qd6 Kh8
58.Bc4 Re7 59.Nf6 Qf8 60.Kg3 Rab7 61.Rd2 Qb8 62.Qxb8+ Rxb8 63.f4 Reb7 64.h5 Rxb2
65.Rd6 R2b7 66.Ra6 Kg7 67.g5 gxh5 68.Nxh5+ Kf8 69.Nf6 Kg7 70.Kg4 Rb4 71.Bd5 Rd4
72.Ra7 Rbb4 73.Rxf7+ Kg6 74.Rf8 Rxf4+ 75.Kg3 Rfd4 76.e6 Rd3+ 77.Bf3 Rbb3
78.Ng4 Kxg5 79.e7 Rxf3+ 80.Rxf3 Rb8 81.Nf6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Bd6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Nc4 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Nb6
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.g3 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Qxg3 19.Qh5 Ra5 20.Qxf7+ Kd8 21.Bg2 Rg5 22.Qf3 Qxf3
23.Bxf3 axb2 24.Bxb2 Rf8 25.Be4 Rf6 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Kh2 Kc7 28.Bc3 e5 29.dxe5 fxe5
30.Rf1 Kd6 31.Rf7 Bc8 32.Rxh7 Be6 33.Rh6 c5 34.Bd3 Kd7 35.Bb5+ Ke7 36.e4 Rg4
37.Bc6 Rg5 38.Be1 Rg4 39.Bg3 Bc4 40.Bxe5 Bd3 41.Bd6+ Kf7 42.Bd5+ Kg7 43.Re6 c4
44.Kh3 Rg1 45.Be5+ Kf8 46.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be5 Bg7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Nfg5 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bd5 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.Nc3 h6 15.Nxd5 hxg5
16.Ne3 Rd8 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.g3 Nf6 19.Rd1 Qd7 20.Bc4 e6 21.Kg2 Kf8 22.h3 Nf5
23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Qe3 Rg8 25.h4 Ng4 26.Qe2 gxh4 27.Rxh4 Qe7 28.Rh3 Qg5 29.Qd2 f4
30.Be2 Nf6 31.Bf3 e5 32.Qc2 exd4 33.b4 Qe5 34.Qd2 fxg3 35.Re1 gxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qg5
37.Qxg5 Rxg5 38.Rh8+ Ng8 39.Rd1 Kg7 40.Rh4 d3 41.Re4 Nf6 42.Re7 Rf5 43.Rxb7 Ng4+
44.Kg3 Ne3 45.Re1 Nc4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.a5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.f3 Rc6
16.Bb6 Rxb6 17.axb6 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Qxb6+ 19.Kh1 Qxb3 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Nd5 Nxd5
22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Rxd5 Rd7 24.g3 Kf8 25.f4 f6 26.Kg2 Bd8 27.Kf3 Ke7 28.b4 Rc7
29.Rxc7+ Bxc7 30.Rd1 Bb6 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.Kd3 Kd7 33.f5 Bb6 34.Rc1 Bd4 35.Rc2 Bb6
36.g4 h6 37.h4 Bd8 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.Kb3+ Kd7 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.b5+ axb5+ 42.Kb4+ Kd7
43.Kxb5 Be7 44.Rd2 Kc7 45.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Be7
9.Qh5 Be6 10.Rb1 Qd7 11.h3 b6 12.O-O g6 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qh4 Be7 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 O-O 17.f4 Qd8 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 Rg8 21.Qf3 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qg5
23.Qxg5 Rxg5 24.Rxf7 Rag8 25.g4 Rxe5 26.Rxc7 Re3 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Rff3
29.Rxb6 Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 O-O 14.h4 Be6 15.Bg2 g6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6
17.b3 a4 18.O-O axb3 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Qxa1 Qd8 21.Rd1 Qa5 22.h5 Qxa1 23.Rxa1 gxh5
24.Ra6 Rc8 25.Kh2 Kf8 26.Bh3 Ke7 27.Rb6 Kd7 28.Nxb4 Nxb4 29.Rxb4 Kc6 30.Rb5 Ra8
31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.f4 Ra2+ 33.Kh3 exf4 34.gxf4 Re2 35.e5 d5 36.Rb8 d4 37.Rd8 Kc5
38.Rd6 Re4 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kxh4 Rxf4+ 41.Kg3 Re4 42.Rxe6 Re3+ 43.Kf4 Rxb3 44.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 h6 13.Nf3 h5 14.Rad1 Ke7 15.Ng5 Be6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rd3 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 h4 20.Ne4 b6 21.f4 a5 22.Kf2 a4
23.c4 Ra8 24.Kf3 c5 25.a3 Rf8 26.Rd2 Nh6 27.Ng5 Nf5 28.Ne4 Nh6 29.Rd1 Nf7
30.Kg4 Nh6+ 31.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5
9.Nb3 d6 10.Nc3 f5 11.f4 g6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.Nd5 Kf7 17.Rf1 h6 18.Bh4 Kg8 19.c3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nf6+ Kf7
23.Ng4 e4 24.Nf2 Be7 25.Nxe4 Bc4 26.Nbc5 Bxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Kg6 28.b3 Bf7 29.Nxb7 Rd2
30.Nd6 Bd5 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.c4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Nb4 34.Re6+ Kf5 35.Rd6 Rxa2 36.Rf1+ Ke4
37.Re1+ Kf5 38.h3  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Ne5 Ke7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 Be7
9.Bh3 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Kf2 f6 12.Kg2 Kh8 13.Ne2 fxe5 14.fxe5 Ndxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Ned4 Nxf3 17.Nxf3 e5 18.Qxd5 Bxh3+ 19.Kxh3 Qf2 20.Nxe5 Qf5+ 21.Kg2 Qf2+
22.Kh3 Qf5+ 23.Kg2 Qf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.e4 Qb8 13.h3 O-O 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Bg5 Nd7
16.Rac1 h6 17.Be3 Nde5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.Na5 Bc7 21.Nxb7 Qxb7
22.Bb1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 O-O 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qf3 Re8
16.Bxh6 Bg4 17.Qe3 gxh6 18.Qxh6 Re6 19.Qg5+ Kf8 20.Bc4 Rc6 21.Bb3 Qe7 22.h3 Bh5
23.Rf5 Nxe4 24.Qxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rxe5+ Kf8 26.Rxe4 Bg6 27.Re3 Rac8 28.c4 Bf5
29.Rf1 Rc5 30.Kh2 R8c6 31.Rf4 Be6 32.Ree4 Ra5 33.a4 Kg7 34.g4 Rb6 35.Rd4 Rb4
36.Kg3 Rc5 37.h4 Re5 38.h5 Re1 39.Kh4 Rb1 40.Kg5 Re1 41.h6+ Kg8 42.Rfe4 Rxe4
43.Rxe4 b5 44.axb5 axb5 45.Rxe6 fxe6 46.c5 Re4 47.Kf6 Kh7 48.g5 e5 49.g6+ Kxh6
50.g7  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Bg7
16.d5 Qb8 17.b3 c6 18.c4 bxc4 19.bxc4 a5 20.Ba3 Bf8 21.Ne2 Qc7 22.Nc3 Ba6
23.Bb3 Nc5 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Nd2 Rab8 26.dxc6 Qxc6 27.Nd5 Bh6 28.Rb1 Qd6 29.Ba2 Kg7
30.Qc2 Bxd2 31.Qxd2 Rb4 32.f4 Nxd5 33.exd5 e4 34.Rxb4 axb4 35.g4 Bc8 36.Bb1 Bd7
37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.Bxe4 Bxa4 39.g5 Bd7 40.h4 Kf8 41.Kf2 Qa6 42.Qb2 Kg8 43.Qe5 Qxc4
44.Qb8+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cyborowski,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1 Nh6 8.Ng3 O-O
9.O-O Kh8 10.f4 Bg4 11.Qe1 Bh4 12.fxe5 Nd4 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qd2 Bg5 15.Qf2 dxe5
16.Nf5 Rc8 17.a4 Rc6 18.Nd5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Rd6 20.c3 Nc6 21.Qxc5 b6 22.Qa3 Rg8
23.Qa2 h5 24.Rae1 f6 25.b4 Rg7 26.Re4 Rgd7 27.Bb5 h4 28.c4 Rg7 29.Bxc6 Rxc6
30.Qe2 Rc8 31.d4 exd4 32.Rxd4 Qe8 33.Qe6 Rd8 34.Re1 Qxa4 35.Nxb6  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B50"]

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 "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "D'Costa,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fercec,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B96"]

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 "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nb5 Nd7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bg3 c4
16.Bg4 Nc5 17.b4 cxb3 18.axb3 a5 19.f3 Bh4 20.Qd4 Bxg3 21.Qxc5 Bxe5 22.Bxe6+ Kh8
23.Rae1 Bd6 24.Qxd5 Qc7 25.h3 Bg3 26.Re2 Rfe8 27.Qb5 Rad8 28.Kh1 Qd6 29.Bc4 Rxe2
30.Bxe2 b6 31.Bd3 Qc5 32.Qa4 Qd4 33.Qc6 g6 34.Qe4 Qxe4 35.fxe4 Kg7 36.Rf3 Be5
37.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd2 a5 12.Rc1 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Qb6
16.Re1 Rfd8 17.Qb3 c5 18.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5
9.d5 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 e6 11.Bc4 exd5 12.Bxd5 Nd7 13.Ne2 Nf6 14.O-O Nxd5 15.exd5 b6
16.Re3 Ba6 17.Re1 Bxe2 18.R1xe2 Qd6 19.h4 Rad8 20.Rd2 Rfe8 21.Qe2 Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Rd7
23.g3 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D16"]

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 "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Marcelin,C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 h6 13.Nf3 h5 14.Rad1 h4 15.Ng5 Be6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ne4 b6 18.Rd3 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Rd5 20.c4 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 c5 22.a4 Rh5
23.Nc3 Nd4 24.Re3 Nc6 25.Re4 a6 26.Kh2 Kf7 27.f4 Kg6 28.Re3 Kf5 29.Ne2 Nd4
30.g4+ hxg3+ 31.Nxg3+ Kxf4 32.Re4+ Kf3 33.Re1 Rh4 34.Rf1+ Ke3 35.Rf7 Nf3+
36.Kg2 Nxe5 37.Rxg7 Rxc4 38.h4 Rxh4 39.b3 Rb4 40.Rxc7 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khenkin,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Bxc6 Bxb2 12.Bxb7 Bxa1 13.Rxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 Nh5 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 e5 14.Nh4 Nc6 15.g3 Bh3
16.Rfd1 Ng7 17.f4 Bd7 18.f5 f6 19.Bh6 Ne7 20.g4 Kh8 21.Ng2 Rf7 22.Ne3 Qc5
23.Qf2 Ng8 24.Bxg7+ Rxg7 25.Be2 Rd8 26.a4 Bc6 27.Nd5 a5 28.Qxc5 dxc5 29.Kf2 Rd6
30.Ke3 Rgd7 31.Nb6 Rxd1 32.Bxd1 Rd6 33.Nd5 Nh6 34.h4 Nf7 35.Rb1 g5 36.hxg5 Nxg5
37.Bc2 Nf7 38.Ne7 Nd8 39.Nxc6 Rxc6 40.Rd1 Nf7 41.Rd7 Nd6 42.Kd3 h6 43.Bd1 Kg8
44.g5 hxg5 45.Bh5 Kf8 46.Rh7 Rb6 47.Rc7 Rc6 48.Rh7 Rb6 49.Rc7 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O a5 10.Kb1 a4 11.Nc1 a3 12.b3 Be6 13.h3 Ra5 14.g4 d5 15.g5 d4 16.gxf6 Bxf6
17.Qe1 Nd7 18.Nd5 Rxd5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Rg1 Qc7 21.Bg5 Rc8 22.c4 dxc3 23.Rxd5 c2+
24.Ka1 e4+ 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Rb5 Rd8 27.Bc4 Rd1 28.Qa5 Qd7 29.Rd5 Rxg1 30.Qa8+ Qe8
31.Qxa3 Nxd5  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bf4 h5 12.Rfd1 Be7 13.Rd2 Be6 14.Rad1 Rd8 15.Rxd8+ Bxd8
16.Ng5 c5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Ne4 Nd4 19.Rd2 Rf8 20.Bh2 h4 21.Kf1 Rf5 22.c3 Nc6
23.Re2 Bg5 24.Nxg5 Rxg5 25.Re4 Rh5 26.Ke2 Ne7 27.Kf3 Nf5 28.Kg4 Rh8 29.Re2 g5
30.f4 gxf4 31.Bxf4 Kf7 32.Rd2 Rg8+ 33.Bg5 Ne3+ 34.Kxh4 Rh8+ 35.Kg3 Nf1+ 36.Kf3 Nxd2+
37.Bxd2 Rd8 38.Ke2 Kg6 39.c4 Kf5 40.Ke3 Kxe5 41.g4 Kf6 42.h4 e5 43.Bc3 Rd4
44.Bxd4 cxd4+ 45.Ke4 c5 46.g5+ Kg6 47.a3 a6 48.a4 a5 49.b3 Kg7 50.h5 Kh7
51.g6+ Kg7 52.Kf5 d3 53.h6+ Kxh6 54.Kf6 d2 55.g7 d1=Q 56.g8=Q Qf3+ 57.Kxe5 Qe3+
58.Kf6 Qf3+ 59.Ke7 Qxb3 60.Qg4 Qb2 61.Qf4+ Kg6 62.Qg3+ Kf5 63.Qf3+ Kg5 64.Kd6 Qd4+
65.Qd5+ Kf4 66.Kc7 Qb2 67.Qd6+ Ke3 68.Qg3+ Ke4 69.Qg6+ Ke3 70.Qe6+ Kd3 71.Qd5+ Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khouseinov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A00"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 a5 12.Bb2 Nf4 13.Rad1+ Ke8 14.a4 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bg6
16.g3 Ne6 17.Nce2 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bc5 19.Rd2 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Bb4 21.c3 Bc5 22.g4 h5
23.f3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Be7 25.Bc1 Rd5 26.Re1 Bg5 27.Rde2 Bh4 28.Rh2 Rh7 29.Rf1 Rxe5
30.Bf4 Rd5 31.Bxc7 Kd7 32.Bb6 Bf6 33.f4 Rxh2 34.Kxh2 c5 35.f5 cxd4 36.fxg6 dxc3
37.gxf7 Ke7 38.Be3 Kf8 39.Kg2 c2 40.Bc1 Be7 41.Rf2 Rc5 42.Kf3 Kxf7 43.Ke4+ Kg6
44.Kd4  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B52"]

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.O-O Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Nb5 dxc4 17.Nd6 Rd8 18.Nxb7 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 cxb3 21.axb3 Nc6
22.Kf2 a5 23.Rd6 Rb8 24.Rxc6 Rxb7 25.Rc5 Rxb3 26.Rxa5 Rb2+ 27.Kg1 Rb1+ 28.Kf2 Rb2+
29.Kg1 Rb1+ 30.Kf2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 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 Nb4 14.e4 c6 15.Rad1 Nd7
16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Re8 18.h4 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rcd8 20.g4 Nf6 21.Ne5 Qa6 22.g5 Qxe2
23.Rxe2 Nh5 24.Bh2 f6 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Nf3 Rd7 27.Red2 Red8 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 Rf8
30.Ne2 Rdf7 31.f4 h6 32.Kf3 Kh7 33.Rg1 Rd7 34.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rahman,Zia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Nb5 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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salem,AR"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Be7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bb5 Kh8 17.Bd2 a6 18.Bc6 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qb7 21.Nxe7 Rxe7 22.b3 a5
23.Nb2 N7b6 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.bxc4 f5 26.Qh4 Nb6 27.Re3 Rf7 28.Rh3 g6 29.Rd3 Nd7
30.Rd6 Qe4 31.Qxe4 fxe4 32.Be3 Kg8 33.Rxe6 Rf5 34.c5 Nxe5 35.c6 Kf7 36.Rd6 Rf6
37.Rxf6+ Kxf6 38.c7 Rc8 39.Rc5 Nd3 40.Rxa5 Rxc7 41.h4 h5 42.Ra6+ Kf7 43.Kh2 Rc3
44.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.Bg2 Bb4
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nxe4 11.c4 O-O 12.Bb2 Nd6 13.cxd5 Nc4 14.Bc3 exd5 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.gxf5 Nc6 17.Bxd5 N4e5 18.Kh2 Qd6 19.f4 Rad8 20.Be4 Qc5 21.Qe1 Nc4 22.f6 Rfe8
23.Qg3 g6 24.Rae1 Nd6 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Be5 Ne4 27.Qg2 Rd2 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Nxf6
30.Qd3 Nd7 31.Ba1 Nc5 32.Qd4 Re2+ 33.Kg3 Qg2+ 34.Kh4 g5+  0-1

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vila Gazquez,X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Be2 Ne7 7.f4 Bg6 8.Ngf3 c5
9.c3 Qb6 10.b4 cxb4 11.c4 Qd8 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 a6 14.d5 exd5 15.Bb3 Nf5
16.Bf2 Bc5 17.Qe2 Bxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Ne7 19.g4 Be4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Ng5 O-O 22.Qxe4 Ng6
23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.e6+ Kg8 26.Rd1 Qh4 27.Rxd7 Rc8 28.f5 Qh3 29.Rd1 Ne5
30.e7  1-0

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Ne4 Bc7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.a3 h6 14.d4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Bb6
16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Rd1 Re8 18.c3 f5 19.Qh4 Ne5 20.Qxd8 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Raxd8 22.Kf1 f4
23.Ne4 Bh5 24.Kg2 Re6  0-1

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Nh5 10.Nf1 f5 11.Bb3+ Kh8 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Ne3 Bd7 14.h3 Nf4 15.Nd5 Ne6
16.a3 Nc5 17.Bg5 Qc8 18.Ba2 Bf5 19.Re3 Qd7 20.d4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Re7 Bc2
23.Qd2 Ndb3 24.Bxb3 Nxb3 25.Rxd7 Nxd2 26.Bxd2 c6 27.Nb6 Rad8 28.Re1 Rxd7
29.Nxd7 Rd8 30.Re7 Bf5 31.Nb6 d5 32.Rxb7 d4 33.cxd4 Bxd4 34.Nc4 Bd3 35.Bg5 Rf8
36.Be3 c5 37.Bxd4+ cxd4 38.Ne5 Bb5 39.a4 Bxa4 40.Rb4 Bb5 41.Rxd4 Kg7 42.f3 Rc8
43.Rd2 Kf6 44.Ng4+ Ke6 45.Kf2 Rc4 46.Ne3 Rc1 47.Nd5 g5 48.Nc3  1-0

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.f3 Nf6 8.Bh6 Bf8
9.Bxf8 Kxf8 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.e4 Nb6 12.h3 Nh5 13.Nge2 Nc4 14.g4 Ne3 15.Qd2 Nxd1
16.Nxd1 Ng7 17.e5 h5 18.Bg2 Ne6 19.Ne3 Bd7 20.Kb1 Rc8 21.Rf1 c5 22.f4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Bb5 24.f5 gxf5 25.Nxf5 Qg5 26.Qc2 Rc7 27.Bxd5 cxd4 28.Nfxd4 Rxc2
29.Nxe6+ Ke7 30.Nxg5 Rxe2 31.Rxf7+ Ke8 32.Rxb7 Rhh2 33.a4 Bxa4 34.Nf7 Bd7
35.Nd6+ Kd8 36.Nf7+ Kc8 37.Nd6+ Kd8 38.g5 Rd2 39.e6 Bxe6 40.Bxe6 Rxd6 41.g6 Rg2
42.g7 Rxe6 43.Rb8+ Kc7 44.g8=Q Rxg8 45.Rxg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Bd3 d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Kh1 Bc5 14.Bd2 f6 15.exf6 Qxf6
16.Bc3 d4 17.Be1 Bb7 18.Qg4 Qf7 19.Bh4 Bd5 20.Rae1 a5 21.a4 Bb6 22.Qh3 g6
23.Bg5 Rac8 24.Qg4 Rfe8 25.h4 Bc4 26.Re2 Bxd3 27.cxd3 Qf5 28.Qf3 Bc5 29.h5 Rc7
30.g4 Qf7 31.hxg6 Qxg6 32.Rh2 Rg7 33.Bh6 Rf7 34.f5 Qf6 35.Qc6 Rb8 36.Qg2 Qe5
37.Bf4 Qg7 38.Rh5 Kh8 39.fxe6 Rfb7 40.Qe4 Qxg4 41.Be5+  1-0

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vila Gazquez,X"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.O-O Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.Ne5 cxd4
9.exd4 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.f4 g6 12.Nc3 a6 13.Ne2 Bg7 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qg4 O-O
16.h4 h5 17.Qh3 f5 18.b4 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Qe7 20.a3 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qg3 Kf7 25.Qf2 Bd7 26.Nf3 Qd8 27.Bd4 Qc8 28.Ng5+ Kg8 29.Bxb6 Qc3
30.Qc5 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qxh4+ 32.Nh3 Bh6 33.g3 Qg4 34.Qe7 h4 35.Qd8+ Bf8 36.gxh4 Qe2+
37.Nf2 d4 38.Bxd4 Bc6 39.Bc5 Qf3 40.Qxf8+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Qxg6 Qxf4+ 43.Qg3  1-0

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 fxg2 12.Qf3 Re8 13.Bg5 a5 14.Nd2 a4 15.Bc2 Be6
16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qh3 g6 18.Re1 Qd6 19.Rxe6 Qd5 20.Nf3 Bd8 21.Rxf6 Bxf6 22.Bxf6 Rf8
23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Qg7+ Ke6 26.Qe7+ Kf5 27.Nh4+ Kg4 28.Qe2+ Kh3
29.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "VII Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1 Nh6 8.Ng3 O-O
9.O-O Kh8 10.f4 Bxf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rxf4 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Raf1 Rxf4
16.Qxf4 Ne5 17.Bd5 Bc6 18.d4 Ng6 19.Qd2 Qh4 20.Nge2 Ne7 21.Bxc6 Nxc6 22.dxc5 dxc5
23.h3 Rd8 24.Qe3 Nd4 25.Qe5 b6 26.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 27.Qxd4 cxd4 28.Nb5 a5 29.Rf3 g6
30.g4 Rd5 31.a4 Rc5 32.Nxd4 Rc4 33.c3 Rxa4 34.Rf8+ Ng8 35.Rb8 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 a4
37.Rxb6 a3 38.bxa3 Rxa3 39.Rc6 Ne7 40.Rc5 Kg7 41.Rc7 Kf8 42.Ne6+ Ke8 43.Nf4 Kd8
44.Ne6+ Ke8 45.Nf4 Kd8 46.Rc4 Kd7 47.Kg3 Nc6 48.Nd5 Ne5 49.Rd4 Ke6 50.Kf4 Ra7
51.g5 Nc6 52.Rd1 Ra4+ 53.Kg3 Rc4 54.Nf4+ Kf5 55.Rd5+ Ke4 56.Rd3 Rc5 57.h4 Rc4
58.h5 gxh5 59.Rd6 Rxc3+ 60.Nd3 Ne5 61.Kh4 Nxd3 62.Kxh5 Ne5 63.Kh4 Rc1 64.Rf6 Rh1+
65.Kg3 Rg1+ 66.Kh4 Ng6+ 67.Kh5 Nf4+ 68.Kh4 Kf3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gauglitz,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Be2 h5
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Nb6 18.Bxh5+ Rxh5 19.Qg8+ Bf8 20.Qe6+ Be7 21.Qg8+ Bf8
22.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kaczmarek,P2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Bg5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Ne5  1-0

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Warakomska,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.h4 Bh6 14.Nce3 Ne7 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 f5 19.exf5 e4 20.Be2 Qe5 21.O-O Rxf5 22.Rae1 Raf8
23.Bd3 d5 24.Bc2 Qf6 25.Re2 Rf4 26.Qd7 Rd8 27.Qc7 Rxh4 28.Bb3 Bf4 29.Qc5  0-1

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Janaszak,Daw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 f5
9.Nge2 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nc6 11.h4 Bf5 12.Nc5 Nb4 13.Qb3+ N6d5 14.Rc1 c6 15.Bc4 b5
16.Qxb4 bxc4 17.Qxc4 Rb8 18.b3 Rb4 19.Qa6 e5 20.Bd2 Rb6 21.Qc4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Qe7+
23.Kf1 Bd7 24.Re1 Qf7 25.Nf3 Bf5 26.Ng5 Qf6 27.f3 Qb2 28.Re2 Bd4 29.Nge6 Bxc5
30.Nxc5 Qa1+ 31.Re1 Qxa2 32.Qd4 Qc2 33.Bh6 Nf6  1-0

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piorun,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nd5 Qxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bxb5 Qc5 15.Nxf6+ Kd8
16.Nxd7 Qxb5 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Qa3 Rc8 19.Qxd6+ Ke8 20.Rd2 Qc6 21.Qd4 Ke7 22.Qb4+ Kf6
23.e5+ Kg7 24.Qe7 h6 25.Re3 Kh7 26.Rc3 Qb6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qf6+ Kg8
30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Qxh6+ Kg8 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.b3 Be4 35.Kb2 Bf5 36.c4 Qe3
37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zdebskaja,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "B96"]

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.Bh3 O-O-O
16.Rhe1 Kb8 17.Kb1 Be7 18.f5 e5 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Rc1 a5 21.c3 Qb6 22.c4 a4 23.Nd2 a3
24.b3 Qd4 25.Rc2 Nc5 26.Bg2 Nd3 27.Re3 Nb2 28.Qe2 Rhd8 29.Nf3 Qc5 30.Ne1 Nd1
31.Rh3 Nc3+ 32.Rcxc3 bxc3 33.Rxc3 d5 34.exd5 Bxd5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Nd3 Qd4
37.Kc2 Rd7 38.g5 e4 39.Nf2 Bb4 40.Nxe4 Re7 41.Nhxf6 Bxc3  0-1

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daulyte,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B96"]

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.Bg2 Qc4 13.Qd2 O-O 14.e5 Bxg2 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Qxg2 fxg5 17.f5 Bf6 18.Qf2 b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Ne4 Rab8 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Nb3 Nxg4
23.Qg3 Rfc8 24.fxe6 Qxb3 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Rhf1+ Kg7 27.Qxb3 Rxb3 28.Rxd6 Ne3
29.Rf2 Rb7 30.Rxa6 Rbc7 31.c3 Rd7 32.Kb1 Rc4 33.Re6 Nd5 34.Rf5 h6 35.Rf1 Rh4
36.Rf2 Nf4 37.Rb6 Rh3 38.c4 Rc7 39.Rc2 Re3 40.b4 Nd3 41.c5 Re4 42.b5 Rb4+
43.Ka2 Nxc5 44.Ka3 Ra4+ 45.Kb2 Nd3+  0-1

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nurkiewicz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6
9.a4 a5 10.bxa5 Rxa5 11.Ba3 Ne7 12.Ng5 O-O 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Qb3 Rf6
16.Qg3 c6 17.Nb3 N7g6 18.Nxa5 Bxa5 19.f4 cxb5 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 b4 22.Bb2 Bc7
23.Qb3 Qd7 24.Qxb4 Bxe5 25.Qb5 Qd6 26.Qe8+ Nf8 27.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Warakomski,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Qc7 6.Qd2 b5 7.O-O-O Nd7 8.h4 h5
9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Rhe1 Rd8 14.Qe3 f6 15.Bxg6+ Kf8
16.f4 Bd6 17.Kb1 Bg4 18.f5 Bxd1 19.Qe6  1-0

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mista,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 Ne7
23.Kc1 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6 25.Ra2 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Qf6 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.cxd4 Bd8 29.Rah2 h5
30.f5 Bf6 31.Rg2 Kg7 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Rxh5 Bxd4 34.Rxa5 Rb7 35.Kc2 Be5 36.Kd3 Kh6
37.Raa2 g5 38.Rg1 Kg6 39.Rag2 Bf4 40.Rh1 Ra7 41.Be6 Kf6 42.Bf5 Ke5 43.Rh6 Re8
44.Rc2 Rb7 45.Rc8 Ree7 46.Kc4 Be3 47.b4 Kf4 48.Rf8 Ke5 49.Kd3 Bf4 50.Bg4  1-0

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Czerwonski,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e3 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 c5 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.O-O e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qd5 Qc7
16.Qh5 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Ba4 18.Rd5 b6 19.Qg4 b5 20.Rd7 Qe5 21.Rxf7 Kh8 22.Bd3 Qxc3
23.Rf1 Rxf7 24.Qe4 g6 25.Qxa8+ Kg7 26.Be4 h5 27.Qc6 Rf6 28.Qb7+ Kh6 29.Qxa7 Qe5
30.Qa8 Kg7 31.Qb7+ Rf7 32.Qc6 Rf6 33.Qb7+ Rf7 34.Qc6 Rf6 35.Qb7+ Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Schwarz,Du"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 O-O 8.b4 Be7
9.Bb2 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rc1 h6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.Qa4 a6
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Rc1 Qd8 18.Qc2 g6 19.Nd4 Qa8 20.Nc4 Rc8 21.Qd3 b5 22.Na5 Rxc1+
23.Bxc1 N7f6 24.Nxe6 Nxb4 25.axb4 Be4 26.Qb3 Bd5 27.Nc7 Bxb3 28.Nxa8 Be6
29.Nc7 Bxb4 30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Nc6 Bc3 32.Kf1 a5 33.Bd3 b4 34.Nxa5  1-0

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Akesson,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.b3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 e4 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.Qc7 Bd7 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.f3 a6 17.Nc3 Rac8 18.Kf2 Rc6 19.fxe4 Rdc8 20.Nxd5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1 22.Nxb6 Rc2
23.Ke1 Rc1+ 24.Kf2 Rc2 25.Ke1 Bg4 26.e5 Bxe2 27.exf6 Bd3 28.a4 Rc1+ 29.Kf2 Rc2
30.Ke1 gxf6 31.Nd5 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Rc2 33.Ke1 f5 34.Nf4 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2 36.Ke1 Rc1+
37.Kf2 Rd1 38.Nf3 Bc2 39.d5 Bxb3 40.Nd4 Bxa4 41.Nxf5 b5 42.Ke2 b4 43.Nd3 Rb1
44.Kd2 a5 45.Nd4 Rg1 46.Nc5 Rxg2+ 47.Kd3 Be8 48.h4 a4 49.Kc4 b3  0-1

[Event "8th Amplico AIG Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sumets,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Qe2 Bxb5 10.Qxb5+ Qd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.c4 c5 14.Rd1 Qb7 15.Be3 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Rfd8 17.Rd3 Rac8 18.Rad1 Ne4 19.b3 h6 20.Re3 Ng5 21.Nxg5 Bxg5 22.Red3 Qe7
23.Qb2 Qf8 24.h4 Be7 25.Qe2 Bc5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Rd7 a5 28.Qf3 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 a4
30.bxa4 Qe8 31.Qd3 e5 32.a5 e4 33.Qd2 e3 34.fxe3 Qe5 35.Kh2 Rc6 36.Qd5 Qb2+
37.Kh3 Rf6 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casares Cabanas,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 e6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 b4 10.Na4 Bb7 11.O-O Bxe4 12.f5 e5 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Ng5 Bc6 15.Nb6 Nbd7
16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Rf2 d5 18.c3 bxc3 19.bxc3 h6 20.Nh3 Ne4 21.Rf3 Nxc3 22.Qe1 Ne4
23.Nf2 d4 24.Bc1 Bh4 25.g3 Nec5  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hoffman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 Bg4 10.dxe5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe5 12.Qf5 Nbd7 13.O-O-O c6 14.f4 Qe7 15.fxe5 Nxe5
16.Bd4 Nfd7 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd5 cxd5 19.Ba4+ Nd7 20.Rxd5 O-O-O 21.Bxd7+ Rxd7
22.Rgd1 Qg5+ 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 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.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Ne4 Bd4 17.Nd6 Bxe5 18.Nxb7 Qb6 19.Qe2 Bf6 20.Qe4 Rfc8 21.a3 Qxb7 22.axb4 Qxb4
23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Rxa7 Rxa7 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Qxc8 Rc7 27.Qa8 Bxb2 28.Bxb2 Qxb2
29.g3  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Malakhatko,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 b5 8.Nf4 Rb8
9.Bd3 b4 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Ndxe5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxh7 Qf6 14.O-O Bd6 15.f4 Nf7
16.Qh5 Kf8 17.h4 Rb7 18.Qg4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Qxc3 20.f5 exf5 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qd4+
23.Kh1 Rxh4+ 24.Nh3 Qg4 25.Qxg4 Rxg4 26.Bf4 Kg8 27.Rac1 c4  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Escobar Forero,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Bd3 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Bd2 Nc5 13.Kh1 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.b4 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Rc7 17.Ne2 Rfc8 18.Ned4 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Nh5 20.f5 e5 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Qd1 e5
23.Qb3+ d5 24.Ne2 Kh8 25.Bb2 Re8 26.Nc3 Nf4 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Qc2 Kg8
30.Ng5 Qg4 31.Ne4 Rc8 32.Nc5 a5 33.Qd2 Bh6 34.Qc2 axb4 35.axb4 Qxb4  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Bd2 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.h4 Qf5 15.Qxf5 Rxf5
16.Ng5 h6 17.g4 Rf8 18.Nh3 Bd7 19.h5 Ne7 20.g5 Rf5 21.gxh6 Rxh5 22.Bg5 Nf5
23.hxg7 Nxg7 24.Kd2 Rf8 25.Be3 Be8 26.Rag1 Rff5 27.Nf4 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Bf7 29.a4 Nh5
30.Nh3 Be8 31.Ng5 Bd7 32.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lafuente,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Re8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bg5 Neg4
16.Nd4 b4 17.Na4 Nxf2 18.Bxf6 Nxd1 19.Rxd1 gxf6 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Bc4 Bc8 22.Qb3 Be6
23.Bxe6 Rxe6 24.Rd7 Qe8 25.Qd3 Rxe4 26.Kg2 Qe6  0-1

[Event "TCh-HUN 2008-9"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bb4 15.f4 Bxc3
16.bxc3 c5 17.f5 Nxe5 18.Rfe1 f6 19.Nf3 Bc6 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Rxe5+ Kf7 22.Rxc5 Rhe8
23.Kf2 Re4 24.Rd4 Rae8 25.Rxe4 Bxe4 26.Rxc7+ Re7 27.Rc5 b6 28.Rb5 Bxc2 29.g4 Bd3
30.Rd5 Bc4 31.Rd2 Bb5 32.Ba3 Rd7 33.Bd6 h5 34.gxh5 Kf6 35.Ke3 Kxf5 36.Rd5+ Ke6
37.Rxb5 Rxd6 38.a4 Rd1 39.a5 bxa5 40.Rxa5 Rh1 41.Kd4 Rxh3 42.Ra6+ Kd7 43.Rxa7+ Kc8
44.Ra5 Rh4+ 45.Kd3 Rh3+ 46.Kc4 Rh4+ 47.Kb3 Rg4 48.c4 g6 49.h6 Rh4 50.Ra8+ Kb7
51.Rh8 g5 52.Kb4 g4 53.Kb5 g3 54.c5 Rh1 55.Rh7+ Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E06"]

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 "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chuchelov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "TCh-HUN 2008-9"]
[Site "Szombathely HUN"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hera,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.c3 Re8
9.Bc2 Bf8 10.d4 b6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Ba4 Re7 13.Bc6 Ba6 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Qa4 Bd3 18.Nbd2 a5 19.Re1 Qd8 20.d5 Bf5 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Rxe4 Bxc6 24.Nxc6 Qg5 25.Qd1 g6 26.a4 Ra8 27.c4 Bg7 28.b3 Kf8 29.Qe2 Bf6
30.f4 Qg3 31.Qe3 Qxe3+ 32.Rxe3 Re8 33.Kf2 Bb2 34.f5 gxf5 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.Ke3 Bc1+
37.Kf3 Bd2 38.Nd4 f4 39.Kg4 Ke7 40.Kf5 h5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Feygin,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B87"]

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 "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Be7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 O-O 13.e5 Bxf3 14.exf6 gxf6 15.gxf3 fxg5
16.Ne4 d5 17.Nxg5 Bf6 18.Qd3 Bxg5 19.Rhg1 Qf6 20.fxg5 Qg6 21.f4 Rac8 22.f5 exf5
23.Rgf1 Rfe8 24.Qxf5 Qxf5 25.Rxf5 Re2 26.Rd2 Re1+ 27.Rd1 Re2 28.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nbd2 O-O 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rfe1 exd4
16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Qc3 c5 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxc5 Bxf3 22.Qxb4 Ba8
23.Rac1 Rbc8 24.Rc3 Qg6 25.Ne4 Bxc5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qb3+ Ke7 28.Rg3 Qf7
29.Nxc5 Rxc5 30.Qb4 Qd5 31.Rxg7+ Kd8 32.Qg4 Rc4 33.Qh5 Qd2 34.Re3 Rf8 35.Kh2 Qxf2
36.Qxe5 Qf4+ 37.Qxf4 Rcxf4 38.Re6 R4f7 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Rxa6 Bb7 41.Rb6 Kc7
42.Rxb5 Rf2 43.Kg3 Rxg2+ 44.Kh4 Bc6 45.Rh5 Rg6 46.b4 Re6 47.Rc5 Kd6 48.a6 Re4+
49.Kh5 Rxb4 50.Ra5 Kc7 51.a7 Ba8 52.Ra3 Rb6 53.Rg3 Rd6 54.Rg7+ Kc8 55.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B97"]

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 "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.c3 Qd6 17.Qe2 f6 18.Rd1 Qc5 19.Be3 Nxe3 20.Nxe3 Rb8 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Qc6
23.Qg4 f5 24.Qc4 Qxc4 25.Nxc4 e4 26.Rd7 Kf7 27.Rad1 Ke6 28.Kf1 Rfd8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Rxd8 Bxd8 31.Ke2 h5 32.f3 exf3+ 33.gxf3 g5 34.h3 Bc7 35.Ne3 Bf4 36.Ng2 Bc1
37.b3 Bb2 38.Kd2 Ke5 39.b4 g4 40.fxg4 fxg4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Kd3 g3 43.Kc2 Ba1
44.a5 Ke4 45.Nh4 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.O-O Nce4 10.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levin,Ev"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D93"]

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.Qe2 Nh5 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Ne4 Qf5 15.Bc2 Qe6
16.Bb1 Ne5 17.Rc7 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.Bf4 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bh5 21.Kg2 f5 22.Rd1 Rad8
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxb7 h6 25.Rb8 Rxb8 26.Bxb8 Qb6 27.Bg3 Bxb2 28.Bd3 Bf6 29.e4 fxe4
30.Qxe4 Kg7 31.Qd5 Qd4 32.Qe4 Qc5 33.Bc2 Qa5 34.Bb3 g5 35.Bc2 Bg6 36.Qc4 Qc3
37.Qxc3 Bxc3 38.Bxg6 Kxg6 39.Bb8 a6 40.h3 Kf5 41.Kf1 Bd4 42.Ke2 Bb6 43.Bd6 h5
44.Be7 a5 45.Ba3 a4 46.Bc1 Bd4 47.Bd2 f6 48.Ba5 Ke5 49.Bd8 Ke6 50.Bc7 Kd5
51.Bd8 Kc4 52.Kd2 Bc3+ 53.Kc2 Be5 54.Be7 Bd4 55.Bd8 f5 56.Bxg5 Bxf2 57.Bf6 Bd4
58.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.Bd4 e5 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.fxe5 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qe7 14.Qd4 Rd8 15.b4 Nac4
16.Bxc4 Qxb4 17.Nf3 Qxc4 18.Qe3 c6 19.Rc1 Bg4 20.Nd2 Qb4 21.O-O cxd5 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Ne4 Qd4 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.Rc7 Be6 28.a3 b5 29.h4 h5
30.Rf2 Rd8 31.Rxa7 Qd1+ 32.Rf1 Qc2 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Rxf2 Rd3 35.Kh2 Re3 36.Rb2 Bc4
37.Ra5 g5 38.hxg5 Kg6 39.Rf2 Rxe5 40.a4 Rxg5 41.Ra6+ Kg7 42.a5 b4 43.Ra7 Be6
44.Re2 Kg6 45.Ra8 Kg7 46.Ra7 Kg6 47.Re4 Rb5 48.a6 b3 49.Rb7 Ra5 50.a7 Bd5
51.Rb6+ Kg7 52.Re5 Ra2+ 53.Kg1 Be6 54.Rb7 Kg6 55.Reb5 Bc4 56.Rc5 Be6 57.Rcc7 Bd5
58.Rb6+ Kg7 59.Rc5 Be6 60.Rb7 Kg6 61.Re5 Ra1+ 62.Kf2 Ra2+ 63.Ke3 Ra4 64.Kd3 Ra1
65.Kc3 Rc1+ 66.Kb2 Rc2+ 67.Kb1 Ra2 68.Kc1 Rc2+ 69.Kb1 Ra2 70.Re2 Ra4 71.Rd2 Kg5
72.Rd8 Ra2 73.Rb5+  1-0

[Event "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Guseinov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B72"]

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 "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 Bf8
17.a4 h5 18.a5 g4 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nb5 g3 21.Bxa7 Nh7 22.Bb6 Qh4 23.Bg1 Ng5
24.Ne1 Nh3 25.gxh3 Bxh3 26.Rc2 Qg5 27.Bd3 Nh4 28.Qd2 Qf6 29.Bb6 g2+ 30.Nxg2 Bxg2+
31.Qxg2+ Nxg2 32.Rxg2+ Rg7 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Nc7 Rc8 35.b4 Kh6 36.b5 Be7 37.a6 bxa6
38.bxa6 Bd8 39.a7 Bxc7 40.Bxc7 Qg7 41.Bb6 Qb7 42.Rb1 Ra8 43.Bf2 Qc7 44.Rd1 Rxa7
45.Bxa7 Qxa7 46.Bf1 Qf2 47.Bg2 Kg5 48.Rf1 Qe2 49.Rg1 Kf6 50.Rc1 Ke7 51.Rc7+ Kd8
52.Rc1 Qe3 53.Rf1 Kc7 54.Rb1 Qf2 55.Rc1+ Kd8 56.Rf1 Qd2 57.Rb1 Kc7 58.Rf1 Kb6
59.Rg1 Kc5 60.Rf1 Kd4 61.Kg1 Ke3 62.Kh1 Ke2 63.Kg1 Qd4+ 64.Kh1 Qc5 65.Bh3 Ke3
66.Bg2 Qc4 67.Kg1 Qe2 68.Bh1 Qd2 69.Bg2 Qd4 70.Kh1 h4 71.Bh3 Ke2 72.Bg2 Qc3
73.Kg1 Qc5+ 74.Kh1 Qa7 75.Bh3 Qh7 76.Kg2 Qg7+ 77.Kh1 Qh6 78.Kg2 Qh8 79.Bg4 Qg7
80.Rf2+ Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 c6 7.Qxd4 cxb5 8.exf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 d5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Rhe1 Rg8 15.Rxd5 Rxg2
16.f4 b4 17.Bxb4 Rc8 18.Rd2 Rxd2 19.Bxd2 Kd7 20.a3 Rg8 21.Bc3 Rg2 22.Rd1+ Kc6
23.Rd2 Rg1+ 24.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.Qe2 a5 8.a4 d4 9.O-O h6
10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Nh4 Rd8 12.h3 Be6 13.Rd1 Rd7 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.c4 Ne7 16.Nf1 g5
17.Nf3 Ne8 18.g4 f6 19.Ng3 Ng7 20.Kg2 Ng6 21.Rh1 Ra6 22.Nf5 h5 23.Nxg7 Rxg7
24.gxh5 Nh4+ 25.Nxh4 gxh4+ 26.Kh2 f5 27.Bd2 fxe4 28.Rhg1 exd3 29.Qe4 Bf8
30.h6 Rxg1 31.Rxg1+ Kh8 32.b3 Qf7 33.Qxe5+ Qf6 34.Qd5 Re6 35.Kh1 Qxf2 36.Qxe6 Qf3+
37.Rg2 Qf1+ 38.Rg1 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.c3 O-O 10.Re1 f5 11.f3 Ng5 12.Be3 f4 13.Bf2 Ne6 14.Qb3 Qd5 15.Nd2 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.cxd4 Be6 18.Qxd5 Bxd5 19.Ne4 a5 20.Nc3 Rad8 21.Rad1 Kf7
22.Kf2 Ke7 23.Rd2 Rd7 24.Na4 b6 25.b3 Be6 26.Red1 Rfd8 27.Ke1 g5 28.Nc3 Bd5
29.Rc1 Be6 30.Rcd1 Bd5 31.Rc1 Be6 32.Rcd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 "AZE vs World Rapid"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Re3 b5
16.Ne5 a5 17.Rae1 b4 18.Qa4 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qb6 20.d4 c5 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.cxb4 Rxb4
23.Qd7 h6 24.h3 Rb2 25.a3 Qc2 26.Rf3 Rb1 27.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 28.Kh2 Qe4 29.Qc7 a4
30.Re3 Qf4+ 31.Kg1 d4 32.Qc4 Rd8 33.Rf3 Qxe5 34.Qxf7+ Kh8 35.Qc4 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+
37.g3 Qe4 38.Rf4 Qe7 39.Qd3 Qd7 40.h4 Qd5 41.Rf3 Qd7 42.Rf4 Qd5 43.Rf3 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd5 Nc5
9.Na3 Ne7 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Ndf5 15.Bg3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Nf5 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Re1 Nd6 20.Ne5 Re8 21.Nc4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Bf5
23.Bf1 Re8 24.Qd2 Be6 25.Nxd6 Rd8 26.Qe2 Rxd6 27.a3 Qd8 28.Qf3 c6 29.b4 b5
30.Kh2 Bb3 31.Rb1 Bd5 32.Qf4 Be6 33.Rb2 g5 34.Qe3 Rd1 35.Be2 Ra1 36.Rd2 Qf6
37.Rd6 Re1 38.Rd1 Rxd1 39.Bxd1 Bd5 40.a4 bxa4 41.Bxa4 Qe6 42.Qxe6 Bxe6 43.Kg1 Kg7
44.f4 Kf6 45.Kf2 Bd5 46.Bc2 b6 47.Bd3 c5 48.bxc5 bxc5 49.fxg5+ hxg5 50.g4 Ke5
51.g3 Be6 52.Kf3 Kd5 53.Be2 Ke5 54.Ke3 Bd7 55.Bf3 Be6 56.Be2 Bd7 57.Bf3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D86"]

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.Rb1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bb7 14.h4 Rc8 15.h5 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Qd3 Ra4 18.h6 Bh8 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Nc3 Ra5 21.d5 Rc8 22.Nb5 Rxb5
23.Qxb5 Qxb5 24.Rxb5 Ba6 25.Rb4 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Bc3 27.Ra4 Ba5 28.Ke2 f6 29.Kd3 Kf7
30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.Kxc4 a6 32.g4 Ke8 33.g5 fxg5 34.Bxg5 Kd7 35.a4 e6 36.Be3 Kd6
37.Bf4+ Kd7 38.Be3 Kd6 39.Bf4+ Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 d4 20.Bxb7+ Kxb7 21.Qe4+ Qc6 22.Qxd4 Bd6 23.Rfe1 Rde8
24.Re3 Ne5 25.h4 Re6 26.Bf4 Rhe8 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.Qg4 Ra5 30.h5 Rxa4
31.Rxa4 Qxa4 32.h6 Qc6 33.Qh5 c3 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.Qxf7+ Bc7 36.Qb3+ Bb6 37.Qf7+ Bc7
38.Qb3+ Bb6 39.Qf7+ Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B99"]

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 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Qb6 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.f5 Nb6
16.Ne4 exf5 17.gxf5 Bd7 18.Na5 O-O-O 19.Nd6+ Kb8 20.Qxb7+ Qxb7 21.Ndxb7 Rc8
22.Nd6 Rc7 23.Rh3 Ka7 24.Ra3 Ra8 25.Bxa6 Kb8 26.Bb7 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Rxb7 28.Nxb7 Kxb7
29.Rxd7+ Nxd7 30.h5 Bd8 31.Rd5 Kc6 32.c4 Bg5+ 33.Kc2 Nb6 34.Rxe5 Nxc4 35.Re8 Nd6
36.Rg8 Nxf5 37.b4 Bf6 38.a4 Ng3 39.b5+ Kb6 40.Rb8+ Ka7 41.Rf8 Kb6 42.Rb8+ Ka7
43.Rf8 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Re1 d4 20.Qxd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qxg5 22.Qxc4+ Kb8
23.Rac1 Bd6 24.Qc6 Qd2 25.Kg1 Rxh2 26.Re2 Qd3 27.Re3 Qd2 28.Re2 Qd3 29.Re3 Qd2
30.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qh4 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6
16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bf3 Rxb2 18.Rfd1 Be8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Bb5 22.Kf1 Rb8
23.a4 Bc4 24.Rc1 Rb1 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.Rxb8 Rxc1+ 27.Kg2 Rc2 28.Rc8 Bb3 29.Rxc2 Bxc2
30.a5 f5 31.Bh5 Kf6 32.f4 Ke7 33.Kh3 Be4 34.Kh4 Kf6 35.h3 Kg7 36.e3 Bd3 37.Bf3 Bc2
38.g4 fxg4 39.hxg4 f6 40.Bc6 Bd1 41.Bd7 Kf7 42.Bc8 Be2 43.Bd7 Bd1 44.Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Qc2 Qe8
16.Ba4 Bd7 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Ne7 19.c4 c6 20.Rfe1 Qd8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bf4 Bf5
23.Qe2 Ng6 24.Be3 c5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Bxc6 Qb6 29.Bd5+ Kh8
30.g3 f5 31.Bxc5 Qxc5 32.Qe3 Qxe3 33.Rxe3 Ne5 34.f4 Ng4 35.Re6 Rfd8 36.Re7 Nf6
37.Be6 g6 38.Raa7 Re8 39.Bf7 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Rb2+ 41.Kg1 Reb8 42.Bd5 Rc2 43.Rab7 Rxb7
44.Rxb7 Nxd5 45.cxd5 Rc5 46.Rd7 Rxd5 47.Kf2 Rd2+ 48.Ke3 Rxh2 49.Rxd6 Kg7
50.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.f4 Nxf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.b4 g6 19.Kh1 Nd8 20.Bb3 c6 21.Na3 c5 22.Nc4 cxb4
23.Ra6 Bc7 24.Nxd6 bxc3 25.e5 Qg7 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.Qd1 Kh8 28.Rg1 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Qxe5
30.Rh6 f3 31.Qf1 Qg7 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.Rxh7+  1-0

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.e4 Nf6
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nc3 c6 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Qf3+ Ke8 17.Qg4 Kd7 18.Qxg7 Qg8 19.Nc5+ Ke8 20.Nxe6 Qxg7 21.Nxg7+ Kf7
22.Nf5 Na6 23.Bxd5+ cxd5 24.Nxe7 Kxe7 25.f4 Nb4 26.f5 h6 27.g4 Nc2 28.Rd1 Bb7
29.Kf2 b4 30.e6 b3 31.Kg3 c3 32.bxc3 Rc8 33.Bxh6 Rxc3+ 34.Kh4 Bc8 35.Bc1 Ne3
36.Rg1 Kf6 37.g5+ Kxf5 38.e7 Bd7 39.g6 Kf6 40.Kh5 Be8 41.Bxe3 Rxe3 42.h4 Re4
43.Rf1+ Kg7 44.Kg5 Bxg6 45.h5 Be8 46.Rf3 b2 47.Rb3 Re2 48.Rb7 Rh2 49.Kf5 Kf7  0-1

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.O-O g6
9.c3 Bg7 10.cxd4 Bxd4 11.d3 c6 12.Ne3 O-O 13.Kh1 Nc5 14.f4 d5 15.exd5 cxd5
16.Bb3 Re8 17.Qf3 Nxd3 18.f5 Kh8 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Qd1 Bxe3 21.Qxd3 d4 22.Bxe3 Rxe3
23.Rf8+ Kg7 24.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.c4 Bf6 13.Ba3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.Re1 Qd7 17.c3 h6 18.h3 Na5 19.Qd3 Rd8 20.Nd2 Qa4 21.Bc1 Re8 22.Ne4 Bd8
23.Re3 b6 24.Rg3 Re6 25.Kh2 Qxa2 26.d5 Rg6 27.Rxg6 fxg6 28.Qd4 c6 29.dxc6 Bc7+
30.g3 Qe6 31.Qd7 Qxd7 32.cxd7 Kf7 33.Nd6+ Ke7 34.Nc8+ Kxd7 35.Nxa7 Be5 36.Kg2 Bxc3
37.Be3 Nc4 38.Kf3 Be5 39.Ke4 Bb8 40.Nb5 Nxe3 41.Kxe3 Kc6 42.Nd4+ Kd5 43.Kd3 Be5
44.Nc2 Kc5 45.f4 Bf6 46.g4 b5 47.Ne1 b4 48.Nf3 g5 49.fxg5 Bxg5 50.h4 Be7
51.Nd4 Kd5 52.Nf5 Bf8 53.g5 hxg5 54.hxg5 Ke5 55.Nd4 Bc5  0-1

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Ng5 Bg6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qe4 22.Qd7 Na5
23.Ba2 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Nb5 Qa5
9.e5 Nd5 10.Bd2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bc5 12.c4 Qd8 13.Bd3 d6 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6
16.O-O O-O 17.Bc3 f5 18.Kh1 Bd7 19.Bxf5 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 exf5 21.Rxd7 Rf7 22.Rxf7 Kxf7
23.Rb1 Nd8 24.c5 Rc8 25.Ba5 Ke6 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.h3 Rd7 28.c4 h6 29.Kh2 g5
30.Kg3 Rd3+ 31.Kf2 Rd4 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Rxb7 Rxc4 34.Rxa7 Rxc5 35.a4 Rc2+
36.Kf3 Rc3+ 37.Kf2 Ra3 38.Ra5 Ra2+ 39.Kg3 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Nf6 15.Rfe1 Bg4
16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.h3 Bxh3 18.Bc6 Qc8 19.gxh3 Qxh3 20.Ne5 Rfc8 21.Qc3 Qh4 22.Rad1 Bb4
23.Qg3 Qxg3+ 24.fxg3 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Rd8 26.Bc3 Rd6 27.b4 Rbd8 28.b5 Rd1 29.Kf2 Rxe1
30.Kxe1 h5 31.a4 g5 32.a5 Nd5 33.Bd4 f6 34.Bxa7 fxe5 35.Bc5 Nc3 36.a6 e4
37.a7  1-0

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O
9.Ng3 b5 10.Bc2 Nb8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.a4 Bb7 13.b4 Re8 14.Be3 d5 15.h3 Qe7 16.Qb1 c5
17.bxc5 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Nxc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Nd2 Rb8
23.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C07"]

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.Re1 Bd7 12.Bg5 O-O-O 13.Re3 Bc6 14.Rd3 Be4 15.Nb5 Qe7
16.Na7+ Kc7 17.Bf4+ e5 18.Be3 Bxd3 19.cxd3 Kb8 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.Bxf7 Be7 22.Qb3 Qb4
23.Qc2 Qd6 24.h3 Nd7 25.Qb3 Qb4 26.Qe6 Qd6 27.Qb3 Qb4 28.Qe6 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A14"]

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 "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qc7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bg4
9.c4 Nb4 10.d4 O-O-O 11.Nxc5 e6 12.Nxb7 Qxb7 13.a3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc2
16.Qd3 Nxa1 17.b4 Be7 18.Bb2 Rd8 19.Qc3 Qd7 20.Rxa1 Qd2 21.Qxd2 Rxd2 22.Bc1 Rd1+
23.Kg2 c5 24.b5 axb5 25.cxb5 c4 26.a4 c3 27.a5 Bg5 28.f4 Bxf4 29.a6 Rxc1
30.Ra4 Kb8 31.Rxf4 Rb1 32.Rxf7 c2 33.b6 Rxb6 34.a7+ Ka8 35.Rc7 Rb2 36.Kg3 g6
37.h4 h6 38.f3 Ra2 39.Kg4 Rb2 40.f4 Ra2 41.h5 g5 42.fxg5 Ra4+ 43.Kf3 Ra3+
44.Ke4 Ra4+ 45.Kd3 hxg5 46.Rxc2 Rh4 47.Rc8+ Kxa7 48.Rh8 Kb6 49.h6 Kc6 50.h7 Kb7
51.Ke3 Ka7 52.Kf3 Rf4+ 53.Kg3 Rh4 54.Re8 Rxh7 55.Kg4 Kb7 56.Rxe6 Kc7 57.Ra6 Rh1
58.Rd6 Re1 59.Kf5 g4 60.Rd3 g3 61.Rxg3 Kd7 62.Rg7+ Ke8 63.Ke6 Kf8 64.Rf7+ Ke8
65.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.dxe5 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Nxe5 15.Rab1 O-O
16.Nd4 Nd7 17.Rhc1 Bxd4 18.exd4 Nb6 19.Bf3 Be6 20.a4 Nc4+ 21.Kd1 Na5 22.Rb5 Nb3
23.d5 Nxc1 24.dxe6 Rac8 25.Bxb7 Rc4 26.Be7 fxe6 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Bf3 Rc7 29.Kd2 Na2
30.Rb3 Ke7 31.a5 Kd6 32.a6 Kc5 33.Rb7 Kd6 34.Rb3 Kc5 35.Rb7 Kd6 36.Bg4 e5
37.Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Bd5 O-O 10.Bxc6 dxc6 11.d3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qd6
16.Nd2 Ra8 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.Nf3 c5 19.b3 g6 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Qf2 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 h6
23.Rf1 Kg7 24.Qxf6+ Qxf6 25.Rxf6 Kxf6 26.Nh7+ Ke7 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.Kf2 Ke7
29.Ke2 h5 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.O-O Rb8 14.Re1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd4
16.Bd1 Be7 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Rb1 Qxe5 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Qd2 Qc5 21.Be2 O-O 22.Red1 e5
23.Qd3 f5 24.g4 g6 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.b4 Qc6 27.b5 Qb6 28.Qg3+ Qg6 29.Bh5 Qxg3+
30.hxg3 Bc5 31.Kg2 e4 32.Rh1 d3 33.Bd1 f4 34.Rh5 f3+ 35.Kf1 d6 36.Bb3 Rbe8
37.Re1 d2 38.Rd1 Bxf2 39.Rxd2 Bc5 40.Bc2 Re7  0-1

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Qa4 e6 15.Rc3 Rfc8
16.Rfc1 a6 17.Ne1 b5 18.Qc2 Nxd4 19.exd4 Bxd4 20.Bf3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Bxc3 22.Bxd5 Bxd5
23.Rxc3 Bxa2 24.Bf6 b4 25.Rc7 b3 26.Nd3 a5 27.Nc5 g5 28.Rb7 h6 29.Nxb3 a4
30.Nc5 Bd5 31.Rd7 a3 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Bxd8 Kg7 34.Ba5 Kg6 35.Bc3 f6 36.f3 h5
37.Kf2 e5 38.g3 Kf5 39.Nd7 Bc6 40.Nc5 g4 41.fxg4+ Kxg4 42.h4 a2 43.Bb2 Bd5
44.Nd3 Kf5 45.Ba1 Bc4 46.Nc5 Bd5 47.Bb2 Kg4 48.Na4 Bb3 49.Nc5 Bd5 50.Nd7 Kf5
51.Ke3 Bc6 52.Nb6 Kg4 53.Kf2 Kf5 54.Nc4 Ke4 55.Ne3 Bd7 56.Nd1 Be6 57.Nc3+ Kd3
58.Ba1 Bc4 59.g4 hxg4 60.h5 e4 61.h6 e3+ 62.Ke1 Bg8 63.Nxa2 f5 64.Be5 Ke4
65.Bc7 f4 66.Nc3+ Kf5 67.Nd5 Bh7 68.Ke2 g3 69.Kf3 e2 70.Kxe2 g2 71.Kf2 f3
72.Bb6 Ke6 73.Nc3 Kf7 74.Be3 Kg6 75.Nd5 Kf7 76.Kxf3 Bb1 77.Nc3 Bc2 78.Kxg2 Kg6
79.Kg3 Kh5 80.Nd5 Kg6 81.Kh4 Bb1 82.Bg5 Bc2 83.Nf6 Bf5 84.h7  1-0

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Ne7 13.h4 Bh6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ncb4 O-O
16.Qxa4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 a5 18.Bb5 Be6 19.Bc6 Rb8 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Kh8 22.b5 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Qb6 24.O-O Qxb5 25.Qxb5 Rxb5 26.Ra6 f6 27.Rxd6 Rc5 28.h5 Rc7 29.g3 g6
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Kh3 Bc1 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 g5 34.fxg5 Bxg5 35.e5 Re7 36.e6 f5
37.Bc6 Kh6 38.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Nxd4 Qh5 12.Qc2 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc6 14.Bc3 Bh3 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rfd1 Qf5 17.Qxf5 Bxf5 18.Bb4 Kf8 19.Rdc1 a5 20.Ba3 Rd2 21.Kf1 Rc2 22.f3 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Ra6 24.Bc5 Be6 25.a3 Ke8 26.g4 Ra8 27.Bd4 Rd8 28.Bb6 Rb8 29.Bxa5 Rxb2
30.Rxc6 Bd7 31.Rc3 Bb5 32.Re3 Kd7 33.Bb4 e6 34.g5 Kc6 35.Re5 Rc2 36.Kf2 Ba6
37.Be7 Bb5 38.Bf8 Kb6 39.Bb4 Kc6 40.h4 Ba6 41.Bf8 Bb5 42.Be7 Kb6 43.Re4 Rc4
44.Rxc4 Bxc4 45.e4 Bb3 46.Ke3 Bd1 47.f4 Bc2 48.Kd4 Kc6 49.Ke5 Kd7 50.Kf6 Ke8
51.e5 Bb3 52.Bb4 Bc2 53.Kg7 Ba4 54.Kxh7 Bc2 55.Kg7 Bb3 56.Kf6 Bc2 57.Bd6 Bb3
58.a4 Bxa4 59.f5 Bc2 60.fxe6 fxe6 61.Kxe6 Bb3+ 62.Kf6 Bc2 63.e6 Bd3 64.Bg3 Bc2
65.h5 gxh5 66.g6 Bd3 67.Bh4 Kf8 68.e7+ Ke8 69.Kg7 Bc2 70.Kh6 Bb3 71.Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miller,Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E05"]

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 CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kagramanov,Di"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piasetski,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B04"]

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 CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 a6 8.Bf4 b5
9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 b4 11.Na4 Nc6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bf3 Ra7 14.Bxc6 Rxc7 15.Bf3 a5
16.h4 Ba6 17.Be2 Bb7 18.Bf3 Ba6 19.Be2 Bb7 20.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Panjwani,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "2009.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Porper,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D87"]

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.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Rb1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bb7 14.h4 Rc8 15.h5 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.h6 Bh8 18.Qd3 Ra4 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Nc3 Ra5 21.d5 Ba6 22.Rfd1 Rc8
23.Rbc1 Qg4 24.f3 Qh4 25.Ne2 Rac5 26.Rxc5 bxc5 27.Nf4 Be5 28.Qa4 Bxf4 29.Bxf4 Be2
30.Qd7 Rf8 31.g3 Qf6 32.e5 Qb6 33.Re1 Bxf3 34.e6 Qb2 35.exf7+ Rxf7 36.Qc8+ Rf8
37.Qe6+ Rf7 38.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C18"]

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 "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "E46"]

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 cxd5 10.Qf3 a6 11.g4 e5 12.Nfxd5 exd4 13.exd4 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb6 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.Be2 Bf6 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.Rd1 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Nd5 21.Bd4 Bd7
22.Kd2 Bc6 23.Re1 Re8 24.Bc4 Rxe1 25.Kxe1 f6 26.f3 Kf7 27.h4 g6 28.Kf2 f5
29.Kg3 Ke6 30.Bb3 b5 31.c4 bxc4 32.Bxc4 Bb5 33.Bb3 fxg4 34.Kxg4 Be2 35.Bc2 Ne7
36.Be4 Nf5 37.Bc5 Kf6 38.Bf2 Nd6 39.Bd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 e6
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 f6 11.Bb5 fxe5 12.dxe5 Ne7 13.O-O-O a6 14.Bxc6+ Nxc6 15.Qg4 Qe7
16.f4 Qf7 17.Ne2 h5 18.Qf3 O-O-O 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Rc8 22.Rc1 g5
23.fxg5 Qg6+ 24.Ka1 Qxg5 25.Be3 Qg6 26.Qf4 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Bh6 28.Qd4 Bxe3
29.Qxe3 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Kxc8 31.Qc5+ Kb8 32.Qf8+ Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Orosa Martinez,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pogorelov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 Qc7
9.Qg3 Qxg3 10.hxg3 b6 11.e4 Nc6 12.d4 Bg7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.Rxb6 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxe4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Ng5 Bxg2 20.Rxh7+ Kg8 21.Rh4 Rfc8
22.Kd2 Rc5 23.Ne4 Rd8+ 24.Kc2 Ra5 25.a4 Kg7 26.Nd2 Rad5 27.Rd4 Rxd4 28.cxd4 Rxd4
29.Rxa6 Rd5 30.Rb6 Rf5 31.f4 e5 32.Rb5 Kf6 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.fxe5+ Kxe5 35.Kd3 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 b5
9.Ne3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.Ncd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bg5 14.O-O Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Be6
16.Ne3 a5 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ne7 19.Bc4 Qc8 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qd3 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Rac8
23.Rb1 Qd7 24.Rb5 Qc7 25.h4 h6 26.c4 Qa7 27.Qc3 Rc5 28.Rdb1 Rd7 29.Rb8+ Rc8
30.Rxc8+ Nxc8 31.Rb5 Ne7 32.Qxa5 Qd4 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.h5 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Qe1 36.Rb8 Ng6
37.hxg6+ Kxg6 38.Qc6 Re7 39.Qxd6+ Re6 40.Qd3 Qxf2 41.Nf5 Kf6 42.Qg3 Qxg3+
43.Kxg3 Ra6 44.Rb4 h5 45.c5 Kg5 46.Rc4 g6 47.Nd6 Rc6 48.Nxf7+  1-0

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne2 Be7 12.Ned4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nb5 Kd7 15.c4 Kc6
16.Nc3 Be6 17.b3 Rhd8 18.Ne2 a5 19.Nf4 a4 20.Be3 g6 21.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bf5
23.Nd5 Bf8 24.Rd2 axb3 25.axb3 Ra3 26.Rb2 Be6 27.Nf4 Bg7 28.Rb1 Bf5 29.Re1 Rxb3
30.Nd5 Rb1 31.Rxb1 Bxb1 32.Bf4 Bd3 33.Ne3 Kd7 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Ke6 36.Nd5 Bxc4
37.Nxc7+ Kd7 38.Na8 Kc6 39.f3 b5 40.Kf2  0-1

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ibrahimov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 h6 8.Bh4 Ne5
9.Bb3 g5 10.Bg3 e6 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Nf3 Qa5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qf3 Rg6
16.O-O-O Bd7 17.Rd3 O-O-O 18.Rhd1 Be7 19.Qe3 Bc6 20.f3 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Nd7 22.Kb1 Nc5
23.Rd1 Nxb3 24.axb3 Rh6 25.Qa7 Qc7 26.Na4 Bxa4 27.bxa4 f6 28.Bf2 Qb8 29.Qb6 Qc7
30.Qxe6+ Kb8 31.Qg8+ Qc8 32.Ba7+  1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exd5 a5
16.a3 Kg8 17.Rhe1 Rc5 18.g4 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Qxb4 Qa8 21.Kd2 Rb8 22.Ra1 Rxd5+
23.Ke3 Re5+ 24.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Be7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bb5 Kh8 17.Bd2 a6 18.Bc6 Qc7 19.Rac1 Nxe5 20.Bxb7 Nxg4 21.Rxc7 Nxc7 22.Bxa8 Rxa8
23.Nc6 Nd5 24.Nxe7 Nxe7 25.Bxb4 Nd5 26.Bd2 Rc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Ne5 29.Nc5 Nb4
30.b3 Nxa2 31.Bb2 Nc6 32.Nxa6 Kg8 33.Kf1 f6 34.Ke2 Nab4 35.Nxb4 Nxb4 36.Ke3 Kf7
37.Kd4 Nc2+ 38.Kc5 Ne1 39.Kc6 Nxg2 40.b4 Nf4 41.b5 Nd5 42.Kd6 Kg6 43.Bd4 Kg5
44.b6 Nxb6 45.Bxb6 e5 46.Ke6 e4 47.Kf7 f5 48.Kxg7 h5 49.Kf7 f4 50.Ke6 Kg4
51.Ke5 Kf3 52.h4  1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bh3 22.Bd1 Qg6
23.Bf3 Qf5 24.Bh1 Rfe8 25.Re2 h5 26.Qc2 Qg4 27.Ree1 h4 28.Qd1 Qf5 29.Qf3 Qg6  0-1

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 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 c4 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nd4 Rxa3 22.bxa3 Nd3
23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Nxb5 Qa5 25.Nd4 Qc3 26.Nf5 Nc5 27.f3 Bxd5 28.exd5 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Nb3
30.Qe8 Qxc1+ 31.Kh2 Nxd2 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Qxf8 Nf1+ 34.Kh1 Ng3+ 35.Kh2 Nf1+
36.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O
9.d3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Ne4 f5 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.b4 Nxb4 15.Qb3+ N4d5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Bxd5+ Nxd5 18.Qxd5+ Kh8 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Rac1 f4 21.g4 Bf7
22.Qe4 Bg6 23.Qg2 Qf7 24.Rc5 Qxa2 25.Rb5 b6 26.Ra1 Qf7 27.Rxe5 Qb3 28.Rxe8 Rxe8
29.Bd4 Qb4 30.Qd5 Qe7 31.Rc1 h6 32.Qf3 Qd6 33.Bb2 Kh7 34.Rc4 b5 35.Rc6 Qb4
36.Bc3 Qe7 37.Qxf4 Rf8 38.Qe3 Qf7 39.Be5 Re8 40.f4 Qd7 41.Qc5 Qe7 42.Rc7 Qxc5+
43.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 g5 11.f4 gxf4 12.Bxf4 Bd7 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Bg3 Be7
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Rhf1 Rg8 18.Rd3 Nh7 19.h4 Nf8 20.Qf2 Rg7 21.Rf3 Bc5 22.Qd2 Rh7
23.Kb1 b5 24.Ne2 Bb4 25.c3 Be7 26.Nc1 Bc6 27.Nd3 Nd7 28.Ka1 Bxe4 29.Re3 Bxg2
30.Qxg2 Qc6 31.Qe2 Qc4 32.Re4 Qd5 33.Nxe5 Nxe5 34.Rd1 Qc6 35.Bxe5 Rd8 36.Rxd8+ Bxd8
37.Rd4 f6 38.Rd6 Qc4 39.Qd1 Be7 40.Rd4 Qc6 41.Bh2 e5 42.Rd3 Rg7 43.Rg3 Qe4
44.a3 Bc5 45.Rd3 Be7 46.Rg3 Bc5 47.Rd3 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Antoli Royo,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.Nf4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.f4 Ne7 17.Qf3 Qd5 18.Bd2 Rfe8 19.Rae1 Nf5 20.Re5 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Nd7 22.Rb5 b6
23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Rd5 Nc5 25.Rxd4 Rac8 26.Rd5 Na4 27.b3 Nc3 28.Rd3 Nb5 29.a4 Na3
30.c3 Red8 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Be1 Nc2 33.Bf2 Rd3 34.a5 bxa5 35.Bxa7 Rxc3 36.Rc1 Nd4
37.Rxc3 Ne2+ 38.Kf2 Nxc3 39.Bb6 Nd5 40.Bxa5 Kf8 41.Bd2 Ke7 42.Ke2 Kd6 43.Kd3 Kc5
44.b4+ Nxb4+ 45.Bxb4+ Kxb4 46.Kd4 Kb3 47.h4 Kc2 48.Ke5 Kd3 49.Kxf5 Ke3 50.Kg4  1-0

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Flores,Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Markos,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Kh8 19.Bxe4 Bxb2 20.Re3 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qf6 22.Nc2 bxc4
23.Rxc4 d5 24.Rb4 Bc3 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Ne3 d4 27.Nd5 Qe5 28.f6 Rg8 29.Qd7 Qe8
30.Qe7 Ba5 31.Rd1 Qa4 32.Qe2 Rg5 33.Rb1 Rxd5 34.Qg4  1-0

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Ne4
9.g3 Nd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bd3 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Manik,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "B42"]

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  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B52"]

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.h3 O-O 10.O-O Rc8 11.b3 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Ndxb5 Nc6 14.Ne4 Qxd1 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Rxd1 e4 17.Rb1 a6 18.Na3 Nb4 19.Bd2 Nxa2 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Ba5 Nc3 22.Rbc1 Rd3
23.Nb1 Nxb1 24.Rxb1 Rb8 25.Rxe4 Rdxb3 26.Rxb3 Rxb3 27.c5 Rb1+ 28.Kh2 Rc1
29.Bb6 h5 30.g3 g5 31.Ra4 Rc2 32.Kg1 Kh7 33.Ba7 Kg6 34.Rxa6 Kf5 35.c6 Be5
36.Be3 f6 37.Kg2 Ke4 38.Ra4+ Kd5 39.Ra8 h4 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.Ra4 Rxc6 42.Rxh4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Nb4 10.O-O Nxc2 11.Qxc2 Qb6 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.h4 h6 14.h5 a6 15.a4 Bb4
16.g4 Ne7 17.Be3 Nc6 18.Rfc1 Be7 19.Bd1 a5 20.Rc3 Qa6 21.Qxa6 bxa6 22.Rac1 O-O
23.Be2 Nb4 24.Rc7 Rfd8 25.Bd2 Kf8 26.b3 Ke8 27.Bxb4 Bxb4 28.Bxa6 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Rb8
30.Kf1 Rb6 31.Bd3 Be7 32.Bc2 Bd8 33.Ra7 Rb4 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Ne1 Bb6 36.Nd3 Bc8
37.Rxb6 Rxb6 38.Ke1 Ke7 39.Kd2 Ba6 40.Nc5 Bf1 41.Ke3 f6 42.f4 Bh3 43.f5 Rc6
44.Kf4 fxe5+ 45.Kxe5 Bxg4 46.fxe6 Bxh5 47.b4 axb4 48.a5 Be2 49.Bb3 Rc7 50.Bxd5 Ra7
51.a6 Bxa6 52.Bb3 Bb7 53.d5 Bxd5 54.Bxd5 Ra3 55.Nb3 g6 56.Nd4 Re3+ 57.Kf4 Re1
58.Nc6+ Kd6 59.Nxb4 g5+ 60.Kg3 Rg1+ 61.Bg2 Kxe6 62.Nc2 h5 63.Nd4+ Kf6 64.Nf3 Ra1
65.Bh3 Ra4 66.Bd7 Ra7 67.Be8 Rh7 68.Nd2 Kf5 69.Bc6 h4+ 70.Kf2 Kf4 71.Nf1 g4
72.Bb5 g3+ 73.Kg1 h3 74.Bc6 g2 75.Nh2 Kg3 76.Nf1+  0-1

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Bb3 dxe3 7.Bxe3 Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Rc1 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ng5 O-O 12.Qf3 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nc5 f4
16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6+ Kh8 18.Bd2 Qd6 19.Bd5 Nd4 20.Qe4 Bf6 21.Rfe1 f3 22.Bc4 Qc6
23.Qxc6 Nxc6 24.Bc3 fxg2 25.Kxg2 Rad8 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rcd1 Rff8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Kg3 g5 30.Re4 Kg7 31.f4 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stocek,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "C87"]

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 "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nbd7 13.Ne4 Bf4 14.Re1 g5 15.Bg3 Ne5
16.Be2 Nxe4 17.Bxf4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 f5 20.Qh5 gxf4 21.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Rfd1 h5 15.f3 Rd8
16.Kg2 Be7 17.b3 Rd7 18.Ne4 f6 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Ng3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Bb4 22.Ne4 Be7
23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 f5 25.Rh8+ Kf7 26.gxf5 Bxf5 27.Rb8 Bd6 28.Bxd6 Bxe4 29.Rxb7 Bxc2
30.Bc5 a6 31.Ra7 Bd3 32.Kf2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Bf1 34.a4 Kd5 35.b4 Ke5 36.Ra8 Bc4
37.f4+ Kf5 38.Rf8+ Rf7 39.Re8 Be6 40.a5 Rd7 41.Rf8+ Bf7 42.Kf3 Rd3+ 43.Ke2 Rd7
44.Ke3 Kg6 45.Ke4 Rd1 46.f5+ Kf6 47.Bd4+ Ke7 48.Bc5+ Kf6 49.Bd4+ Ke7 50.Ra8 Bd5+
51.Ke3 Bc4 52.f6+ Kd7 53.Rh8 Bf7 54.Bc5 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Re8 56.Rh1 Ke6 57.Be7 Rg8
58.Re1+ Kd7 59.Rd1+ Ke6 60.Re1+ Kd7 61.Kf5 Bg6+ 62.Ke5 Bf7 63.Rd1+ Kc8 64.Rh1 Kd7
65.Rh7 Ke8 66.Bc5 Rg5+ 67.Kf4 Rh5 68.Rg7 Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E60"]

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.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Na4 Qa6 13.a3 b5 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Qd3 Rfc8
16.Rfd1 b4 17.Qxa6 Bxa6 18.axb4 Bc4 19.b5 Nb4 20.Bd6 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Nd2 Nc2
23.Ra6 Nb6 24.e3 Rc7 25.Ra5 Nb4 26.Rda1 Bd3 27.Nb3 Nc4 28.R5a4 Nc2 29.R1a2 Nb6
30.Nc5 Bc4 31.Rxc4 Nxc4 32.b3 N4a3 33.Bf1 Rd8 34.N3a4 e5 35.Bd3 exd4 36.exd4 Re7
37.Bxc2 Nxb5 38.Bd3 Nxd4 39.Kg2 Rb8 40.Rd2 Kg7 41.Bc2 Nxc2 42.Rxc2 Kf6 43.Rd2 Rd8
44.Nc3 d4 45.Ne2 Re5 46.b4 Red5 47.Nf4 Re5 48.Ra2 Re7 49.Kf3 Kg7 50.Ra6 Rb8
51.Rd6 Rb5 52.Ncd3 a5 53.bxa5 Rxa5 54.Rxd4 h5 55.h4 Raa7 56.Nc5 Ra3+ 57.Kg2 Ra5
58.Ne4 Rae5 59.Ng5 Ra5 60.Rd6 Rea7 61.Nd5 Ra4 62.Nf3 Re4 63.Rd8 Re2 64.Nd4 Rb2
65.Nf4 Raa2 66.Nd3 Rb7 67.Nf3 Rba7 68.Nfe5 Ra8 69.Rd5 R8a7 70.Nc6 Rc7 71.Nde5 Rc2
72.Nd8 Re7 73.Nd3 Kf8 74.Nb4 Rb2 75.Rd4 Rc7 76.Ndc6 Kg7 77.Rd6 Rb7 78.Rd4 Rc7
79.Ne5 Re2 80.Nbd3 Rd2 81.Kf3 Ra2 82.Nd7 Raa7 83.N3c5 Ra3+ 84.Ke4 Rc3 85.Kd5 Rc2
86.Kd6 Ra7 87.Rf4 Rd2+ 88.Kc6 Ra8 89.Ne4 Rc8+ 90.Kb7 Rdc2 91.Nef6 R2c7+ 92.Kb6 Rc2
93.Kb7 R2c7+ 94.Kb6 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Degraeve,JM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B03"]

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 TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 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 TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qd3 Nbd7 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 O-O 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Qh4 Qh5 14.Qxh5 Nxh5 15.g3 Rd8
16.Nf3 Nf6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Rhe1 Be8 19.Bf1 b5 20.c5 Nd5 21.Bh3 Kf8 22.a3 b4
23.Nc4 Rab8 24.Kc2 bxa3 25.bxa3 Nc7 26.Nd6 Nb5 27.Nxb5 Rxb5 28.f4 Rdb8 29.Rb1 Rxb1
30.Rxb1 Rxb1 31.Kxb1 Ke7 32.Kc2 f6 33.Kc3 Bg6 34.Bg2 Kd7 35.g4 h6 36.h4 Bb1
37.g5 Ba2 38.Kb4 Bd5 39.gxh6 gxh6 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Ka5 Kc7 42.Ka6 Kb8 43.a4 f5
44.a5 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rc8 11.h3 Nb4 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.a3 Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Qxb2
16.Rc1 exd5 17.exd5+ Be7 18.Qe6 Kd8 19.Bd3 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen,LB"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D93"]

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.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rfd1 Rad8
16.Ng5 Bd5 17.Bc7 Qxc7 18.Rxd5 Rxd5 19.Bxd5 Qa5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Nf3 Qxa2
22.Nd4 Bf6 23.Nxc6 Kg7 24.Rc2 Rc8 25.b4 Qb1+ 26.Kh2 Rc7 27.g3 h5 28.h4 e5
29.b5 Rd7 30.Rb2 Qc1 31.Rc2 Qb1 32.Rb2 Qc1 33.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Solak,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.Nf3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5
16.b4 Bb6 17.a4 Nxe5 18.f4 Nc6 19.f5 exf5 20.gxf5 Bh7 21.a5 Bxd4+ 22.cxd4 Nf6
23.a6 O-O 24.axb7 Rb8 25.b5 Na5 26.Bg5 Nxb7 27.Ne3 Nd6 28.Bd3 Qe8 29.Re1 Qd7
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Qh5 Kh8 32.Kf2 Rg8 33.Rh1 Rg7 34.Nxd5 Ne8 35.Bc4 Rxb5 36.Rag1 Rxd5
37.Bxd5 Qxd5 38.Rxg7 Qxd4+ 39.Kf1 Qd3+ 40.Kf2 Qd4+ 41.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 Ba6
16.Be3 b4 17.Bxa6 bxc3 18.Bc4 cxb2 19.Rad1 Qb8 20.f4 Bc7 21.e5 Bb6 22.Bf2 Bxf2+
23.Rxf2 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.exf6 Rb8 26.Ba2 Qxf6 27.g3 g6 28.Kh2 Qe7 29.a4 Qa3
30.Bb1 Rb3 31.Rg2 Qxa4 32.f5 Qb5 33.Qe4 Qb8 34.Qxc6 Rb6 35.Qd7 Rb7 36.Qd1 Rb3
37.Qe1 a4 38.Re2 Kf8 39.Re3 Rxe3 40.Qxe3 Qb4 41.f6 a3 42.h4 h5 43.Qa7 Ke8
44.Qa8+ Kd7 45.Qd5+ Kc8 46.Qxf7 Qd2+ 47.Kh3 Qd1 48.Qe6+ Kc7 49.Qe5+ Kd7 50.Qe7+ Kc8
51.Qe4 Qf1+ 52.Kh2 Qf2+ 53.Qg2 Qxf6 54.Qa8+ Kc7 55.Qa7+ Kd8 56.Qa5+ Kd7 57.Kg2 Qc6+
58.Kf2 Qf6+ 59.Kg2 Qc6+ 60.Kh2 Qf6 61.Qa4+ Kc7 62.Qa7+ Kd8 63.Qc5 Qe6 64.Qa5+ Kc8
65.Qc3+ Kd8 66.Qa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B96"]

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 "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Re1 h5 14.e6 fxe6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6
16.Rxe6 hxg4 17.hxg4 Kd7 18.Re4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Re5 Rh4 21.Rxd5+ Bd6
22.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 c5 18.Rg1 cxd4 19.Rg5 g6 20.f4 Kh8 21.f5 Qe7 22.f3 Rbc8
23.Bd2 d3 24.Qf1 Bd4 25.Rb1 Bf6 26.Rg4 gxf5 27.exf5 Qe2 28.Qxe2 dxe2 29.Re4 Rb8
30.Ba2 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Bxb2 32.Rxe2 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor CECLUB"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D44"]

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=R+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8
23.Rc1 Bd6 24.Bh4 Ne5 25.Ne7 Qd7 26.f4 Nd3 27.Rxc4 Bxf4 28.Qf3 Bb8 29.Re4 Nxb2
30.Re2 Qd3 31.Qg4 Kc7 32.Rxb2 Kb6 33.Kg2 a5 34.Bg5 Bxg3 35.Qxg3 Qe4+ 36.Kf2 Qd4+
37.Kf3 Qxb2 38.Qd6+ Kb5 39.Qd7+ Kc4 40.Qd5+ Kb5 41.Qd7+ Kc4 42.Nd5 Qd4 43.Ne3+ Kc3
44.Qxf7 a4 45.Qe6 b3 46.f7 b2 47.Bf6 b1=Q 48.Bxd4+ cxd4 49.Qc4+ Kb2 50.Qxd4+ Kxa2
51.Qxa4+ Kb2 52.Qd4+ Ka2 53.Qa4+ Kb2 54.Qb5+ Ka2 55.Qa6+  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor CECLUB"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Be2 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 Ne5 13.f4 Ned7 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Nc4 Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.e5 Nd7 18.e6 Nf8 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.a5 Qc7 22.Ne4 Kf7
23.Bd2 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Bf5 26.g4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 b6 28.Qf3 bxa5 29.Rf1 Kg8
30.f5 a4 31.Bc2 a3 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Qxa3 Qe7 34.Qxa6 Rb2 35.Qd3 Qb7 36.Bh6 Bg7
37.Bf4 Qe7 38.Bg3 Ra2 39.Bd1 Ra1 40.Bf3 Rxf1+ 41.Qxf1 Be5 42.Qe2 Nd7 43.Be1 Qf7
44.Kg2 Kg7 45.h4 Qf4 46.Qd2 Qf7 47.h5 Bf4 48.Qd3 gxh5 49.gxh5 Ne5 50.Bc3 Kh6
51.Bxe5 Bxe5 52.Qe3+ Qf4 53.Qxf4+ Bxf4 54.Kf1 Kg5 55.Ke2 c4 56.Kd1 c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bezold,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 a5 12.Nc3 Na6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Qe2 Bc6 15.Rfd1 Nd7
16.d5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kunte,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.O-O Nf6 10.Rd1 e6 11.b3 Rd8 12.Rxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bb2 Bc5 14.Nc3 Ke7 15.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kunte,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "C49"]

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"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Bb7 15.Bc2 Re8
16.d5 Ne7 17.b4 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Nexd5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Re1 Nxc3 21.Qc1 e4 22.Ra3 Qf6
23.Re3 exf3 24.Raxc3 fxg2 25.Ne4 Qf4 26.Qe1 Re6 27.Rxc7 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8
29.Bb3 d5 30.Bxd5 Re5 31.Nc3  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C78"]

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"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C64"]

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 "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.b5 Rc8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.d3 O-O 15.Qc2 Qd7
16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Rfd8 18.Be3 Bd5 19.Bg2 Qd6 20.Rb7 Qxa3 21.Qxa3 Bxa3 22.Bxa7 Bf8
23.Rc1 c5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Bb6 Rd4 26.f3 Rb4 27.Rc7 Rxc7 28.Bxc7 f6 29.Ba5 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Rd6 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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D86"]

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 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Be5 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 e5 15.Bd5 Be6
16.dxe5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nxe5 18.c4 a6 19.Re1 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nc3 c4 22.Qd4 Nd3
23.Ne4 Qa7 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Qh4 Kg7 26.Re3 Rd6 27.Rf3 h6 28.Ne4 Rxd5 29.Qf6+ Kg8
30.Rc3 Ne5 31.Rf4 Qxa2 32.Kh2 Qe2 33.Qh4 Ra6 34.g4 g5 35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Qxg5+ Rg6  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Nc3 b4
16.Ne2 d5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Qd1 Nexd5 19.Ng3 Bc8 20.Qd4 Bb7 21.Bd2 Re8 22.Rae1 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Qf8 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 h6 26.h3 Qc5+ 27.Kh2 Bc6 28.Qc4 Qxc4 29.Bxc4 Nf6
30.Re7 Nd5 31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Rxc7 Re8 33.Rd7 Be4 34.Bxb4 Bxc2 35.Re7 Rxe7 36.Bxe7 Bb3
37.g4 f5 38.gxf5 Kf7 39.Bd8 Bc2 40.b4 Bxf5 41.b5 Ke6 42.b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomaszewska,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.f3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe1 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Re8 13.Nde2 b4 14.Nb1 d5 15.Nd2 a5
16.c3 a4 17.Bc2 a3 18.bxa3 Rxa3 19.Bb3 bxc3 20.Nxc3 Bb4 21.Na4 dxe4 22.Qe2 Qa8
23.Nb6 Nxb6 24.Bxb6 Nd5 25.Bd4 e5 26.Bb2 Bc5+ 27.Kh1 Nf4 28.Qb5 Ra5 29.Qc4 Bd5
30.Qc2 exf3 31.Nxf3 Bxb3 32.axb3 Be3 33.Rfe1 Rc5 34.Qb1 e4 35.Rxe3 exf3 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8
37.gxf3 h6 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.fxe4 Rb5 40.Rg1 Ne6 41.Rg3 Rb4 42.e5 Re4 43.Bc3 Kf8
44.b4 Ke8 45.Rd3 Nf4 46.Rd4 Rxd4 47.Bxd4 Kd7 48.b5 Ne6 49.Be3 Nc7 50.b6 Nd5
51.Bd4 g6 52.h4 h5 53.Kg2 Kc6 54.Kf3 Nxb6 55.Bxb6 Kxb6 56.Kf4 Kc6 57.Kg5 Kd7
58.Kf6 Ke8 59.e6 fxe6 60.Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kukawski,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Nxb3 8.axb3 f6
9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be3 Ne7 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bf7 13.Nh4 h5 14.Nf5 hxg4 15.hxg4 Nxf5
16.exf5 g6 17.Qf3 gxf5 18.Qc6+ Ke7 19.dxe5 Be6 20.Nd5+ Kf7 21.exf6 Rh4 22.f3 fxg4
23.Bg5 Rh5 24.f4 Bd7 25.Qc3 c6 26.Ne3 Qb6 27.Kg2 Rh3 28.Rae1 Re8 29.f5 c5
30.Qd2 Bc6+ 31.Nd5 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 c4 33.Rd1 Qc5 34.Qd4 Qxd4 35.Rxd4 cxb3 36.cxb3 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Neiksans,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Nd2 Qc7 8.O-O e5
9.f4 exf4 10.Nc4 g5 11.e5 Be6 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Ba5 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 b6 15.Nd6+ Kb8
16.Bc3 Ne7 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nxg5 Bxe5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Qe1 Qd6 22.Qe4 Nd5
23.Rae1 Rhe8 24.Bxa6 e5 25.g3 Ne3 26.Rf2 b5 27.a4 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.gxf4 exf4
30.axb5 cxb5 31.Rxf4 Ka7 32.c4 bxc4 33.Bxc4 Rde5 34.Bd3 h6 35.Ra1+ Kb7 36.Rb4+ Kc6
37.Ra6+ Kc5 38.Rh4 h5 39.b4+ Kd5 40.Ra5+ Kc6 41.Rxh5 Rxh5 42.Rxh5 Rd8 43.Be2 Rd2
44.Bf3+ Kb6 45.Re5 Nf1 46.Be2 Rb2 47.Bxf1 Rxb4 48.Kg2 Kc6 49.Re3 Kd6 50.Kg3 Rb7
51.Bh3 Re7 52.Ra3 Ke5 53.Ra6 Re8 54.Bg4 Rd8 55.Re6+ Kd5 56.h4  1-0

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maiorov,N1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.e4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.f3 Nf6 10.Be3 g6 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 a5 14.Nb3 Rfc8 15.Be2 a4
16.Nd4 Be8 17.Rc1 Rd8 18.Rhd1 e6 19.Nb5 Bc6 20.Na7 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Ne8 22.Bb5 Bxb5
23.Nxb5 f5 24.Rd7 fxe4 25.fxe4 Be5 26.h3 Nf6 27.Re7 Ra6 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Nxe4
30.Rxe6 Nd2+ 31.Kc2 Rxe6 32.Nxe6 Nc4 33.g3 Ne3+ 34.Kd3 Nd1 35.Kc2 Ne3+ 36.Kd3 Nd1
37.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Urban,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 7.c3 Nf5 8.Bd4 Bd7
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Nf3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qc7 12.b4 b6 13.cxb6 axb6 14.O-O Be7 15.a3 O-O
16.Ra2 Rfc8 17.Re1 Be8 18.Rd2 f6 19.Qg4 Bf7 20.h4 h6 21.Nd4 f5 22.Qf4 Qd8
23.g3 g5 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.f4 g4 27.Rh2 Qc7 28.Qd3 Kg6 29.Nxf5 exf5
30.e6 Bg8 31.Re5 Rf8 32.Rh8 Kg7 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.Rxf5 Qc4 35.Rxf8+ Bxf8 36.Qg6+ Bg7
37.Qf7+ Kh8 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Qf7+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malisauskas,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c4 f5 12.cxb5 Nd4 13.b6 O-O 14.exf5 Bb7 15.Bc4 Rc8
16.f6 Bxf6 17.O-O Rxc4 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Nxc4 Nf3+ 20.Kh1 Qf4 21.Qxf3 Bxf3
22.Nxd6 Bxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Qg4+ 24.Kh1 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Kh8 26.Rfd1 Rg8+ 27.Kf1 Rg2
28.Ne4 Rxh2  0-1

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sergeev,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Be3 Be7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.d5 Nb4 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.a3 Na6 13.h4 Bxh4 14.Bd3 Qe7 15.Qe2 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nc5 17.Qe2 g6 18.O-O-O Bg5 19.Rh3 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Qd8 21.b4 Nba4 22.bxc5 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 dxc5 24.Nf3 a6 25.Qe3 Qd6 26.Rh1 f6 27.Qh6 Rf7 28.Re3 Qb6 29.Nh4 f5
30.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 Nh5 10.Nf1 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ng3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 b5 14.Bb3+ d5 15.a4 b4
16.d4 e4 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.Nf1 Rb8 19.Ne3 Be6 20.Bd2 Na5 21.cxb4 Qf6 22.Rf1 Nxb3
23.Qxb3 c5 24.dxc5 d4 25.Nc4 e3 26.fxe3 Qg5 27.Qd3 Qxg3 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Rf1 Rxf1+
30.Kxf1 Bd5 31.Qe2 d3 32.Qf2 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Bxc4 34.c6 Bxb2 35.b5 axb5 36.a5 b4
37.c7 Ba6 38.Bxb4 Kg8 39.e4 Be5 40.Ke3 Bxc7 41.g4 Kf7 42.Bd2 g5  0-1

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nb3 a5 8.a4 b6
9.c3 Bb7 10.Bc4 Qd6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Re1 c6 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Nf3 Rfe8 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Rxe5 Rxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Be3 Qe6 21.Qd4 Ba6
22.Re1 Re8 23.h3 Qc6 24.Rd1 Bc4 25.b3 Bxb3 26.Rb1 Re4 27.Qxb6 Qxb6 28.Bxb6 Bxa4
29.Bxa5 Re8 30.Rb7 Bc6 31.Rc7 Re6 32.Bb6 h5 33.h4 f6 34.Bd4 Be8 35.f3 Bf7
36.Kf2 g5 37.Kg3 gxh4+ 38.Kxh4 Kg7 39.Kg3 Kg6 40.Kf4 Re2 41.g3 Re8 42.Ra7 Re6
43.Ra5 Rc6 44.Ra1 Re6 45.Rg1 Rc6 46.Rg2 Be6 47.Ra2 Bf7 48.Ra1 Rd6 49.Rg1 Be6
50.g4 hxg4 51.fxg4 Bc8 52.g5 fxg5+ 53.Rxg5+ Kf7 54.Ke5 Rd8 55.Rh5 Kg6 56.Rh2 Ba6
57.Ke6 Bc8+ 58.Ke5 Ba6 59.Rg2+ Kf7 60.Rf2+ Ke8 61.Rf6 Bc4 62.Rh6 Kd7 63.Rd6+ Kc8
64.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Markowski,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 dxe5 13.fxe5 O-O-O 14.O-O Qe6 15.Rad1 Nf5
16.Bf4 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.g4 Qb6+ 20.Kg2 Nh6 21.Nd5 Qe6 22.Qc4+ Nc6
23.b4  1-0

[Event "9th Amplico Life Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Nc5 11.Rfe1 Ne6 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qc4 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qf6
16.Qb3 d6 17.Re3 Bd7 18.c3 Qf7 19.Rae1 Rfe8 20.Qa3 h6 21.h3 a5 22.Nd2 a4
23.Ne4 Rf8 24.Rf3 Qg6 25.Rxf8+ Nxf8 26.b4 Be6 27.Qb2 Bd5 28.Qe2 a3 29.Kh2 Qf7
30.Nd2 Bxa2 31.c4 d5 32.c5 d4 33.Qd3 Bd5 34.Qxd4 a2 35.f3 Ng6 36.Ne4 Bxe4
37.fxe4 Qf6 38.e5 Qe6 39.Ra1 Ne7 40.Qe4 Kh8 41.b5 Qd5 42.Qb4 cxb5 43.Qxb5 Nf5
44.Qb2 c6 45.Qb7 Re8 46.Qb2 Nxg3 47.Kxg3 Rxe5 48.Rxa2 Rg5+ 49.Kh2 Qxc5 50.Qb8+ Kh7
51.Ra8 Qe5+ 52.Qxe5 Rxe5 53.Kg3 g5 54.Rd8 Re6 55.Kf3 Kg6 56.g4 Kf6 57.Rf8+ Ke7
58.Ra8 c5 59.Ra1 Kd6 60.Rd1+ Kc6 61.Rc1 Kb5 62.Rb1+ Ka4 63.Rc1 Kb4 64.Rb1+ Ka3
65.Rc1 Re5 66.Ra1+ Kb4 67.Rb1+ Ka5 68.Rc1 Kb5 69.Rb1+ Kc6 70.Rc1 Re6 71.Rc2 Kb5
72.Rb2+ Ka4 73.h4 gxh4 74.Rh2 c4 75.Rxh4 Kb3  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B23"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Re8 14.b3 Nc6 15.Bb2 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bb7 18.a4 Bf6 19.Nf3 bxa4 20.Rxa4 Rc8 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Rxc5
23.Bxa6 Bc6 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.Bxc4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Bd5 Bxf3 28.Qxf3 Qe7
29.g3 g6 30.b4 Bd4 31.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Na3 f5 10.Nc4 Nd4 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ne3 Bg6 13.Ncd5 Bh6 14.c3 Ne6 15.Bd3 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Qb6 17.O-O Nf4 18.Be2 Rg8 19.Bf3 Nh3+ 20.Kh1 Nxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Qxe3 22.Bxb7 Rb8
23.Re2 Qb6 24.Bd5 Rg7 25.Qd2 f5 26.Rf1 Kd7 27.b4 f4 28.a4 a5 29.b5 Rd8 30.g3 fxg3
31.hxg3 Kc8 32.c4 Kb8 33.Rf6 Re7 34.Kh2 e4 35.Qc3 Rc8 36.Re3 Ka7 37.Bc6 Rd8
38.c5 dxc5 39.Bxe4 Rd6 40.Rxd6 Qxd6 41.Qxa5+  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bc3
23.Qh3 Qf6 24.Be2 d4 25.Bc4 Rg8 26.g3 Rbe8 27.Rd1 e3 28.fxe3 dxe3 29.Be2 Re4
30.Qg2 Re7 31.Qh3 Re4 32.Qg2 Re7 33.Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Bg4 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qf6
16.Rg1 exd4 17.Bg5 Qe5 18.Bd5 dxc3 19.Bxc6 cxb2 20.Rb1 Bxf2 21.Rg2 Rb6 22.Qd5 Bc5
23.Rbxb2 Rxc6 24.Qxc6 Ng3+ 25.hxg3 Qxg5 26.Rb1 Qh5+ 27.Rh2 Qxf3+ 28.Rg2 Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.d5 Nb8 17.Bxa7 Rxa7 18.Nf1 c6 19.Ne3 cxd5 20.exd5 h6 21.Nf3 Rc7 22.Nd2 Nbd7
23.c4 Nc5 24.Bc2 b4 25.Ndf1 Bc8 26.Ng3 g6 27.b3 Nh7 28.Ne4 f5 29.Nxc5 Rxc5
30.Qd2 Rb7 31.Bd3 f4 32.Nc2 Qg5 33.Ra4 Bxh3 34.Bf1 Nf6 35.f3 e4 36.fxe4 Re7
37.Nd4 Nxe4 38.Qd3 Bf5 39.Ne6 Rxe6 40.dxe6 Re5 41.Rxb4 Qd8 42.Qd4 f3 43.gxf3 Ng5
44.Rxe5 Nxf3+ 45.Kf2 Nxe5 46.Rb6 Bxe6 47.Be2 Qf6+ 48.Ke3 Qg5+ 49.Qf4 Qg1+
50.Kd2 Qa1 51.Rxd6 Qxa5+ 52.Kd1 g5 53.Qd4 Kf7 54.Rd5 Bxd5 55.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Be4 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Bg4 Bh1 19.f3 Bh4 20.Re4 f5 21.Kxh1 fxg4 22.hxg4 Qf7
23.Qb3 Ne7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.c4 Ng6 26.Bh2 Bf6 27.Rb1 b6 28.d5 Be5 29.f4 Bd6
30.a4 h6 31.Rbe1 Nf8 32.f5 Nd7 33.Bxd6 cxd6 34.Re6 Ne5 35.c5 Nd3 36.cxd6 Nxe1
37.d7 Rcd8 38.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 39.Nc4 Rxe6 40.fxe6+ Ke7 41.Ne5 Kd6 42.Nc4+ Ke7
43.Ne5 Kd6 44.Kh2 Nc2 45.Nc4+ Ke7 46.Kg3 Nb4 47.Ne3 Nxd5 48.Nxd5+ Kxe6 49.Nc3 a6
50.Kf4 b5 51.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nh5 17.Ra4 Qf6 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.f4 Qc5 21.b4 Qc6 22.b5 Qc3
23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qxh5+ Kg8 25.Ra3 Qc2 26.Rh3 Qg6+ 27.Qxg6 fxg6 28.Rg3 Kh7
29.Rd1 Rf5 30.Bb2 Rxf4 31.Rh3+ Kg8 32.Rd7 Bxf2+ 33.Kh1 Bh4 34.Be5 Rf1+ 35.Kg2 Rf2+
36.Kg1 Rf5 37.Bxc7 Bf2+ 38.Kg2 Rbxb5 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Rd7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 e6
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Nc5 11.f3 Qc7 12.Kb1 O-O 13.g4 b5 14.a3 Rb8 15.h4 Bd7
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.g5 Bd8 18.h5 a5 19.g6 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 fxg6 21.hxg6 h6 22.Nxa5 Rxf3
23.e5 Be8 24.exd6 Qxa5 25.Rxh6 gxh6 26.Qxh6 Bf6 27.d7 Bxc3 28.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8
29.Qh1 Re7 30.Qxf3 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Liu Jiaxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B94"]

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 CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hall,John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rae8 12.a4 Bd8 13.axb5 axb5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nf1 c6
16.Bg5 cxd5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.exd5 Kh8 19.Ng3 Rg8 20.Nh4 f5 21.Qh5 Bc8 22.Qxf7 Rg7
23.Qh5 Bb6 24.Ngxf5 Nxf5 25.Nxf5 Qxf5 26.Qxe8+ Rg8 27.Qxg8+ Kxg8 28.Re2 Kg7
29.Bc2 Qf4 30.Rae1 h5 31.Be4 h4 32.Kh1 Bf5 33.f3 Kf6 34.b4 Qg3 35.Rf1  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alganabi,Zaidun"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Nbd7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.d5 Ne8 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bxf6 exf6 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Nd6 17.Rac1 f5 18.Qd3 Rc8 19.Nb5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Re8 21.Nxa7 Qg5 22.Rd1 Nd7
23.Nb5 Ne5 24.Qf1 Nf3+ 25.Kh1 Nd2 26.Qd3 N6e4 27.Kg1 Qh4 28.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alganabi,Haqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.Qd5 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.g3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Bg2 Qc5 15.Bxb7 Rd8
16.Qe3 Qxc4 17.O-O O-O 18.Qxe5 Ng4 19.Qe4 Rb8 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.Rfe1 Rxf3
23.Bf4 Rxf4 24.gxf4 Ng6 25.Rab1 Re8 26.Rb4 Re4 27.f3 Rxf4 28.Ra4 a6 29.Kf2 Bb5
30.Rxf4 Nxf4 31.Rd1 Nxe2 32.a4 Bc4 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Rd7+ Ke6 35.Rxc7 Kd5 36.Rxg7 Nxc3
37.a5 Bd3 38.Ke3 Bg6 39.Ra7 Nb5 40.Rxa6 Nd6 41.Kf4 Nb7 42.Rb6 Nc5 43.a6 Nd7
44.Rb7 Nc5 45.a7  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alganabi,Yasir"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.O-O Bg4
9.d3 Nd4 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.Ne4 Bxf3 12.Bd2 Bxd1 13.Bxa5 Bxc2 14.Rac1 b6 15.Bc3 Bxd3
16.Ng5 Ne2+ 17.Rxe2 Bxe2 18.Nxf7 Bd6 19.Nxh8 Rxh8 20.Re1 Bb5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5
22.Rxe5 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.b4 c5 25.a3 cxb4 26.axb4 a5 27.bxa5 bxa5  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Song,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D20"]

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 CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casareno,Erwin"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.h3 Be6
9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 e4 12.Qg3 O-O 13.c4 b5 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.cxb5 Nxd5
16.Nf5 Bf6 17.Rd1 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 axb5 19.Rxd6 Qa5+ 20.Qd2 Qxa2 21.Be2 Qb1+
22.Qd1 Qxb2 23.O-O Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Qg4 Qe5 26.Rc6 c3 27.f4 exf3 28.Qxf3 Rac8
29.Nh6+ gxh6 30.Rxf6 c2 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Qg4+ Qg7 33.Qxc8+ Qf8 34.Qg4+ Qg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pedersen,Rune"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qc7 10.f4 d5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Be2 Rd8 13.d6 Rxd6 14.Nb5 Rxd1 15.Nxc7 Rxa1
16.Nxa1 Nfd5 17.Nxa8 Nxe3 18.Rf3 Bxb2 19.c3 Nbd5 20.Nb3 Bxc3 21.Nc7 Bg4 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Rxc3 Bxe2 24.Rc8+ Kg7 25.Rb8 b6 26.g3 a5 27.Nd4 Bc4 28.a3 f6 29.Kf2 e5
30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Nf3 Kf6 32.Rf8+ Ke6 33.Ng5+ Kd6 34.Ne4+ Ke7 35.Rh8 h5 36.Rh7+ Ke6
37.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ugodnikov,Arkadiy"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 h6 9.h3 O-O
10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Be6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.Qe2 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Bxb3
16.axb3 Qe7 17.b4 Nd8 18.Rfd1 Nb7 19.Rd5 f6 20.Nh4 Rfd8 21.Nf5 Qf7 22.Qg4 Kh7
23.Rad1 h5 24.Qf3 c6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.Qd1 Ne6 28.Qd6 g6 29.Ng3 h4
30.Nf1 Qe8 31.Nh2 Kg7 32.Nf3 g5 33.Ne1 g4 34.Qd1 gxh3 35.Qg4+ Ng5 36.gxh3 Qg6
37.Ng2 Qxe4 38.Qxe4 Nxe4 39.Nxh4 c5 40.Nf5+ Kg6 41.Ne7+ Kg5 42.Kg2 cxb4 43.cxb4 Nd2
44.Nd5 Nc4 45.b3 Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Philip,Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O-O Ng4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e4 a6 11.h3 Nge5 12.Nxe5 Qg5+ 13.Kb1 Qxe5 14.g3 O-O 15.f4 Qc5
16.e5 Rb8 17.Ne4 Qa5 18.Ng5 g6 19.h4 Kg7 20.h5 h6 21.hxg6 Nb4 22.Qb3 fxg6
23.Ne4 b5 24.c5 Nd5 25.Nd6 b4 26.Bc4 Nc7 27.g4 Qxc5 28.Rxh6 Bb7 29.Nxb7 Rxb7
30.Rxd7+ Rf7 31.Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.Qd3 Qg1+ 33.Kc2  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marcille,Gord"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Bc5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 d6 12.Na4 Bb6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.f4 b5 15.Bb3 exf4
16.Rxf4 Qxb2 17.Raf1 d5 18.exd5 c5 19.Qe3 c4 20.Rxf7 Rxf7 21.Qe8+ Kh7 22.Qxf7 cxb3
23.Qe7 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Chauhan,Anup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc2 Nc6 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Ned5 e6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qd2 b6 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Na4 Ne5 17.Nxb6 Bxe4 18.f3 Bb7 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.c5 d5 21.Bd4 Bg7 22.f4 Nc6
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.b4 Ne7 25.a4 Nf5 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 d4 28.g4 Nh4 29.Qxd4+ Kg8
30.c6 Bc8 31.b6  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bellomo,Joe"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Verde,Pino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Qc7 8.O-O-O Nf8
9.c5 Ne6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.cxd6 Bxd6 12.d5 Ng7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Rd3 Ke7 17.Rhd1 Rad8 18.Ne4 Ne8 19.Rc3 Rc8 20.g4 h6 21.h4 Rg8 22.g5 hxg5
23.hxg5 f5 24.Nxd6 Nxd6 25.Nxe5 c5 26.Rcd3 Rcd8 27.Qa4 Kf8 28.Qh4 Rg7 29.Qh8+ Rg8
30.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Maister,Martin"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 f5 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bg5 O-O
9.Qd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.e3 Be6 12.b3 Rad8 13.Qc2 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.c4 Be4
16.Qb2 f4 17.exf4 exf4 18.Qxf6 Rxf6 19.Rfe1 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 fxg3 21.Bd5+ Rxd5
22.cxd5 gxf2+ 23.Kg2 fxe1=Q 24.Rxe1 Nb4  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kurkowski,Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 e6 8.g4 c5
9.g5 Nd5 10.Ne4 Qc7 11.c4 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nb4 13.Bg2 Bd7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Nd6+ Bxd6
16.exd6 Qb8 17.Be3 b6 18.a3 Nc6 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.c5 Bc6 22.cxb6 axb6
23.Bxc6 Nxc6 24.Qa4 Rxd6 25.Rfc1 Kd7 26.f5 b5 27.fxe6+ fxe6 28.Qe4 Qe8 29.Ra7+ Nxa7
30.Qb7+ Kd8 31.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Rutherdale,William"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Be5 Nc6
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Be2 cxd4 12.exd4 Bg4 13.d5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Ne5 15.Qd4 f6
16.Be2 e6 17.Rd1 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nc6 19.Qd2 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qe7 21.Qd7 Rf7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7
23.Rd2 Rae8 24.Kd1 Nd4 25.Bc4 b5 26.Bd5 Nf5 27.g3 Rd8 28.Bg2 Rxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Rd7+
30.Kc3 Rc7+ 31.Kd3 Rd7+ 32.Kc3 Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wu,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 Rb8 15.h4 a5
16.c4 Nb4 17.a3 Na6 18.Bd6 Qb6 19.c5 Qb7 20.Bxf8 Bxf8 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Qc3 Rb3
23.Qxe5 Qc4+ 24.Kb1 Rb5 25.Rd8 Qa2+ 26.Kc2 Qb3+ 27.Kc1 Qe3+ 28.Kb1 Bf5 29.Rhd1  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Wiebe,Daniel"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exd5 a5
16.a4 bxa4 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.Bxa4 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 Qb6 20.Qd4 Rc5 21.Rhe1 Rfc8 22.Re2 R8c7
23.Rd3 Qb5 24.Red2 Rc4 25.Qf2 a4 26.c3 Rb4 27.c4 Rcxc4+ 28.Kb1 Rb3 29.Rxb3 Qxb3
30.Rc2 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 32.Kxc2 Kg7 33.Kc3 Kf6 34.Kd4 Kf5 35.g3 g5 36.Kc4 Ke5
37.Kb4 Kxd5 38.Kxa4 Kc4 39.b4 d5 40.b5 d4 41.b6 d3  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Manalo,Pepin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e5 7.Nf5 Bxf5 8.exf5 Be7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg5 11.h4 Bxh4 12.Rxh4 Qxh4 13.Nc7+ Ke7 14.Nxa8 Rc8 15.Qd3 Qb4+
16.c3 Qc5 17.b4 Qc6 18.Be2 d5 19.f6+ gxf6 20.Bg4 Rg8 21.Bh3 b5 22.O-O-O Rd8
23.Kb2 Qxa8 24.Qxh7 Nc6 25.g4 a5 26.g5 fxg5 27.Qf5 axb4 28.Qxg5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Mahoney,Ian"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C98"]

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.Nf1 exd4 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.Rc1 Qb6 17.e5 Ncxe5 18.Nxd4 g6 19.Ne3 Bb7 20.Ng4 Rad8 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Bb3 Bf6
23.Nc2 Bg7 24.Ng4 Nc5 25.Bd5 Ned3 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Bg5 Nxe1 28.Bxd8 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Armstrong,Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Huston,Scott"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nc3 d4 5.Ne4 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Nd7 7.d3 Be7 8.e3 Nc5
9.exd4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 exd4 11.Ne2 c5 12.Nf4 O-O 13.O-O Bd6 14.Nd5 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.Bf4 Be6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rc1 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Qxd5 20.b3 d3 21.Rc3 Rad8 22.Qd2 Rf3
23.Rfc1 b6 24.Re1 Rdf8 25.Rf1 h5 26.h4 b5 27.a3 c4 28.bxc4 bxc4 29.Qa2 Rxg3+
30.fxg3 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Orsini,Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 g6 8.Qe2 Bg7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.f4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.e5 Ne8 14.exd6 exd6 15.Be7 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Qd3 Rc8 19.Qxc3 Rxc3 20.Rd3 Rc6 21.Nd4 Rc8 22.f5 Bxf5
23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rf1 Rc5 25.g4 f6 26.gxf5 Nd7 27.Rg3 Ne5 28.Rg8+ Ke7 29.Rh8 b5
30.Rxh7+ Kd8 31.Be6 Rc7 32.Rxc7 Nxc7 33.h4 Nxe6 34.fxe6 Ke7 35.Rg1 Kxe6 36.Rg7 Nd7
37.h5 f5 38.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Shirov simul"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Rapoport,Alex"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 O-O
9.Nd2 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.e4 Qxc5+ 17.Be3 Qc4 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Kf2 b5 21.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 a6
16.a4 Rc8 17.Be3 c5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 c4 20.Be2 Qd6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.b3 cxb3 24.Qxb3 b4 25.Qc4 Qb8 26.Rb1 Bh2+ 27.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Baramidze,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.g3 gxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qf5 Qb5
16.Nf3 g6 17.Qxb5 axb5 18.c3 b4 19.cxb4 Bxb4 20.Re2 Rd8 21.Be3 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Nxc5
23.Rc1 Ne6 24.Rcc2 Rd1+ 25.Re1 Rd3 26.Ne5 Rd8 27.Kg2 Ke7 28.f4 Rh5 29.Rf2 Nc5
30.Re3 Rd1 31.f5 Kf6 32.Ng4+ Kg5 33.Ne5 Kf6 34.Ng4+ Kg5 35.Nh2 gxf5 36.Rxf5+ Kg6
37.Nf3 Rxf5 38.exf5+ Kf6 39.g4 Nd3 40.Kg3 b5 41.g5+ Kxf5 42.Re7 Kg6 43.Rxc7 Rc1
44.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Chuchelov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.c4 d6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Rad1 Ne5 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Qc7 14.Be2 Ne8 15.Na4 Bd7
16.Nb6 Rd8 17.b4 f5 18.c5 Bc6 19.Bc4 fxe4 20.Bxe6+ Kh8 21.fxe4 Bxe4 22.Bg5 Nf6
23.Qf4 Bc6 24.Rxd6 Rde8 25.Re1 Ne4 26.Rxc6 Rxf4 27.Rxc7 Nxg5 28.Nd5 Rd4 29.Rxb7 Nf3+
30.Kf1 Nxe1 31.Bf7 Re5 32.c6 Bf8 33.c7 Rc4 34.Nb6 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 Bxb4 36.a3 Ba5
37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.Nc4 Rh5 39.Nxa5 Kxf7 40.Rc7+ Kf8 41.Kxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd TCh-ITA Masters"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Palac,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 TCh-ITA Masters"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rusev,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 TCh-ITA Masters"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Nd2 c5
9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Nde4 b4 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 cxd4 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bc6+ Bd7
16.Bxd6 Bxc6 17.Bxb8 Bxh1 18.Qa4+ Qd7 19.Qxb4 a5 20.Qc5 f6 21.f3 Kf7 22.Qa7 Qxa7
23.Bxa7 Bg2 24.Bxd4 Bh3 25.a4 e5 26.Bc3 Ra8 27.g4 h5 28.Kf2 hxg4 29.Kg3 g5
30.fxg4 Rh8 31.Bxa5 Rh4 32.Bd8 Bxg4 33.a5 Bxe2 34.a6 Rb4 35.a7 Rb3+ 36.Kf2 Bf3
37.Ra6 Ba8 38.Rxf6+ Ke8 39.Rb6 Rxb6 40.Bxb6 Kf7 41.Kg3 Kg6 42.Kg4 Bb7 43.Bc7 e4
44.Bb6 Bc8+ 45.Kg3 Bb7 46.Be3 Kf5 47.b4 Ba8 48.b5 Bb7 49.Bc5 Ba8 50.Be3 Bb7
51.b6 Ba8 52.h3 Bb7 53.Kf2 Ba8 54.Ke2 Bb7 55.Kd2  1-0

[Event "42nd TCh-ITA Masters"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dvirnyy,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C19"]

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 TCh-ITA Masters"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 TCh-ITA Masters"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenic,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Be6 10.h3 Nh6 11.d4 exd4 12.e5 Be7 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Qe2 Qd5 15.O-O-O Nf5
16.Rhe1 Kf7 17.Ne4 Qxa2 18.Nxd4 Qa1+ 19.Kd2 Qa5+ 20.Kc1 Qa1+ 21.Kd2 Qa5+
22.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C48"]

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 "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxc4 Bb4 14.Nd4 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bd7
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rd6 Rfb8 20.Rb1 Rb6 21.b3 c5 22.Rbd1 Rc8
23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Kg7 25.Rd2 a5 26.Rc2 a4 27.bxa4 Rb4 28.Rxc5 Rxa4 29.Rc2 f5
30.Kf1 f4 31.Ke1 fxg3 32.hxg3 Kf6 33.Kd2 h5 34.Kc3 h4 35.gxh4 Rxh4 36.a3 Ke5
37.Ra2 Rf4 38.e3 Ra4 39.Kb3 Ra8 40.a4 Kd5 41.a5 Kc5 42.Kc3 Kb5 43.Kd4 Rd8+
44.Ke5 Rd5+ 45.Kf6 Rf5+ 46.Ke7 Ka6 47.Kd6 Rd5+ 48.Ke7 Rf5 49.Ke8 Rf3 50.Kf8 Rf5
51.Kg7 Rf3 52.Kg8 Rf5 53.Kf8 Rf3 54.Ke8 Rf5 55.Ke7 Rf3 56.e4 Rf4 57.e5 Rf5
58.Kd6 Rf3 59.Kc5 Rd3 60.Kc4 Rd5 61.f4 Rd1 62.Kc5 Rd5+ 63.Kc6 Rd4 64.Rf2 Kxa5
65.f5 Ra4  1-0

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bg4 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ne5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.O-O Bd6 13.f4 c5 14.h3 Be6 15.Qf2 Rc8
16.a3 a6 17.Kh1 b5 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.Rad1 cxd4 20.exd4 Bxa3 21.f5 Qxd4 22.fxe6 Qxe5
23.Rfe1 Qg5 24.Bf5 Rxc3 25.bxc3 fxe6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Bxd5 Nh5 28.Qg4 Ng3+
29.Kh2 Qf6 30.Be6 Nf5 31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.Re8 Qf6 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.Qc8 Kh7 35.Qc7 a5
36.Qb8 b4 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Rd8 Bc5 39.Rh8+ Kg6 40.Qg3+ Kf7 41.Qb3+ Ke7 42.Qd1 Qe5+
43.Kh1 b3 44.Qd8+ Kf7 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.Qd8+ Be7 47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Qd3+ Kg5 49.Rf3 Bd6
50.g3 b2 51.Kg2 h5 52.Re3 Qf6 53.Rf3 Qe5 54.Re3 Qf6 55.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C48"]

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 "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.g3 gxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Nb3 g6
16.Bd2 c5 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Bc3 Nd4 19.Qg4 Rh5 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Rxd4 Rxd4 22.Bxd4 Qe6
23.Qxe6+ fxe6 24.Kg2 Ra5 25.a3 Ra4 26.Be5 Rc4 27.c3 Rc5 28.f4 g5 29.b4 Rc4
30.fxg5 Bd6 31.Bf6 Kf7 32.e5 Bf8 33.Rh1 Rxc3 34.Rh7+ Kg6 35.Rh8  1-0

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.g3 gxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Nb3 g6
16.Bd2 c5 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Kg2 Bg7 19.c3 c4 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Rxd4 22.Bc3 c5
23.b3 b5 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Rh1 O-O 26.Rh4 Qf6 27.Qe2 Qc6 28.Qe3 Rfd8 29.Rdh1 Re8
30.f3 Qa4 31.Qe2 Red8 32.Rh7 Qa3 33.Qc2 Bf6 34.e5 Bxe5 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 36.Qe2 Qc3
37.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Be7 22.Ne3 Bg5
23.Bb3 a5 24.Nd5 Qb7 25.bxa5 Rxa5 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.Rad1 Bd7 28.Ne3 Ra6 29.Nf5 Qc7
30.Rd3 g6 31.Ne3 Kg7 32.Nd5 Qc8 33.Nb4 Rb6 34.Qd1 Bxg4 35.f3 Be6 36.g3 h5
37.Kg2 h4 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Qxd6 Bh3+ 40.Kg1 hxg3 41.Qxe5+ Bf6 42.Qxg3 Qc5+
43.Qf2 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kraft,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "E92"]

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 "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schwierskott,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Raupp,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider,Il"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Ne4
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Nxe4 Qh4 11.h3 dxe4 12.d5 Ne5 13.b3 exd5 14.Bb2 Qg5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.f4 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bd6 18.Qxd5 Rxh3 19.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 20.Rxf3 Rxf3 21.Ba3 Qxe3+
22.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo,Krisz1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nh5 17.Ra4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.f4 g6 20.b3 Qf6 21.Qg4 Ra8 22.Qf3 Rxa4
23.bxa4 Bd4 24.Bd1 Rb8 25.Qd3 Ng7 26.Bb3 Nh5 27.Bd1 Ng7 28.Bb3 Nh5 29.a5 Nxf4
30.Bxf4 Qxf4 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Qxd4 Qg4+ 33.Kh1 Qf3+ 34.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gozzoli,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C63"]

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 "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.e4 h6
16.Bf4 Nh5 17.Be5 f6 18.Bg3 Qe7 19.a5 g5 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.Nd2 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Kg7
23.Nb3 Ba7 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bxa6 Bxa6 26.Qxa6 Rc2 27.Qd3 Rxb2 28.Nd4 Ra2 29.Qc4 Rxa5
30.Nc6 Rc5 31.Qa6 Rxc6 32.Qxc6 Bd4 33.Qb5 Qd6 34.Rb1 Bc3 35.Qe2 Qc6 36.Qd3 e5
37.Kh2 h5 38.Rc1 g4 39.Rc2 Kg6 40.Ra2 b3 41.Ra6 Qc7 42.Qd5 Qf7 43.Qc6 Bd4
44.Ra8 Bxf2 45.Rb8 Bd4 46.Rb7 Qg8 47.Qd7 b2 48.Qf5+ Kh6 49.Qxf6+ Qg6 50.Qf8+ Kg5
51.Rg7 Bg1+ 52.Kh1  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Berczes,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milov,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.Bb3 Qc5 13.Qd2 a5 14.a4 Bg7 15.f4 h5
16.Kb1 f5 17.e5 e6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Bf8 20.Rd3 Bc6 21.Nb5 Bxg2 22.Rhd1 Bc5
23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Bc6 25.Rg1 Ke7 26.Rg7 Kf8 27.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 Ne8 14.e4 Bc6 15.Qc2 Qb7
16.Ne1 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bf8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Nf4 Qe7 21.h3 Nc7 22.Ne2 Bb7
23.f4 Nc6 24.Nc3 d5 25.exd5 exd5 26.Re2 dxc4 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.Nb5 Nxb5 29.Qxc4+ Qf7
30.Qxb5 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Qxa2 32.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 33.Qxc5 Nf7 34.Qc6 Rf8 35.Ne3 Nd8
36.Qe4 Qe6 37.Nd5 Qxe4 38.Rxe4 Rf7 39.Re8+ Rf8 40.Re7 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.g3 Be7 10.b3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Bg2 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qb5
16.a4 Qd3 17.Qe2 Qxb3 18.O-O Bf6 19.Qd1 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Rd8 21.Bc1 O-O 22.Bxd5 b6
23.f4 Nd7 24.Ba3 Nc5 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.h4 Rfe8 27.e4 Bd4+ 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Rb1 Re7
30.Rb3 f5 31.Rfb1 fxe4 32.Rb8 Rxb8 33.Rxb8+ Re8 34.Rxe8+ Kxe8 35.Bxe4 Kf7
36.Bd5+ Ke7 37.Bc4 Bc3 38.Kf2 Bd2 39.Ke2 Bc3 40.g4 Bf6 41.g5 Bc3 42.Kf3 Be1
43.Kg4 a5 44.h5 gxh5+ 45.Kxh5 Bd2 46.f5 Kf8 47.Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf3 Qd7 19.Ne4 Bf8 20.Ra2 b6 21.g4 Bg6 22.a4 f5 23.Ng3 fxg4
24.Bxg4 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Re8 26.Re2 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 Qxa4 28.Be6+ Kh7 29.Qf3 Qe8
30.d5 Bd6 31.Bxd6 cxd6 32.Qe2 Qf8 33.Qa6 h5 34.Qxa7 h4 35.Ne2 Nc4 36.Qa4 b5
37.Qxb5 Bd3 38.Nc1 Be4 39.Bg4 Ne5 40.Qe2 Qf4 41.Qe3 Qxe3 42.fxe3 Nxg4 43.hxg4 Bxd5
44.Nd3 Kh6 45.Nf2 Bf3 46.c4 Be2 47.Kh2 Bxc4 48.Kh3 g5 49.Ne4 d5 50.Nc3 Kg6
51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Kf3 Ke5 53.Nd1 Bd3 54.Nf2 Be4+ 55.Ke2 Bg2 56.Nd3+ Kd6 57.Kf2 Be4
58.Nb4 Kc5 59.Na6+ Kc6 60.Nb8+ Kd6 61.Na6 Bc2 62.Kg2 Bd1 63.Kh3 Bf3 64.Nb4 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Ne7 15.Bd3 f5
16.Bg3 Bb7 17.O-O Kf7 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.d5 Nf6 20.f3 exd5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.e4 fxe4
23.fxe4 c4 24.Nxc4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxc4 26.Rd7 Bb5 27.Bd5+ Kg6 28.Rxc8 Nxc8
29.Rc7 Rd8 30.Bb3 Kf6 31.Rf7+ Kg6 32.Rc7 Kf6 33.Be1 g5 34.Bc3+ Kf5 35.Bc2+ Ke6
36.Rh7 Nd6 37.Rxh6+ Kd5 38.Rg6 Ne4 39.Bb4 Rc8 40.Bxe4+ Kxe4 41.Rxg5 Rc1+
42.Kf2 Rc2+ 43.Ke1 Bd3 44.h4 a5 45.Bd6 Ke3 46.Rg3+ Kd4 47.Bf4 Re2+ 48.Kd1 Ra2
49.h5 Be2+ 50.Ke1 Bxh5 51.Be3+ Kc4 52.Bxb6 a4 53.Ba5 Bf7 54.Bd2 Bd5 55.Rg4+ Kd3
56.Rg3+ Kc4 57.Rg4+ Kd3 58.Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.a3 Re8 12.Rd1 Qb8 13.e4 e5 14.g3 a6 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Bg5 Neg4 17.h3 Bxg3 18.hxg4 Nxg4 19.Be3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Re6 21.Bf1 Qa7 22.Bh3 Rh6
23.Kg2 Bc7 24.Bf5 Qxe3 25.Rd7 Qf4 26.Qf2 Bc8 27.Ne2 Rh2+ 28.Nxh2 Qxh2+ 29.Kf3 Qh5+
30.Bg4 Qg5 31.Rad1 Bxd7 32.Rxd7 Be5 33.b3 h5 34.Bf5 g6 35.Bh3 Bb2 36.Nf4 Qf6
37.Kg2 Bxa3 38.e5 Qg5+ 39.Kh1 Qxe5 40.Nxh5 Rf8 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Ng4 Qc3 43.Kg2 Bc1
44.Qf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 a5 46.Rc7 Bb2 47.Rxc6 a4 48.bxa4 bxa4 49.Bf1 Ra8 50.Rc7 a3
51.Bc4 a2 52.Rxf7+ Kh8 53.Bxa2 Rxa2 54.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B42"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E20"]

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"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D12"]

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  0-1

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Bc2 f5 19.f3 Bh3 20.Bf2 Nf4 21.gxf4 Bxf4 22.Bg3 Qg5
23.Bb3+ Kh8 24.Nf1 h5 25.Qc2 h4 26.Qf2 Bxf1 27.Qxf1 hxg3 28.Qh3+ Qh6 29.Qxh6+ gxh6
30.hxg3 Bxg3 31.Re6 Rxe6 32.Bxe6 Re8 33.Bxf5 Re2 34.a4 Rxb2 35.axb5 axb5
36.Ra6 h5 37.Rxc6 h4 38.Rb6 Kg7 39.Bd7 Be1 40.Rxb5 Rxb5 41.Bxb5 Bxc3 42.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf3 Qd7 19.Nb3 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 b6 21.g4 Bg6 22.Bb7 Rb8
23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.Bxd5 Bd6 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.f4 Bd3 27.Bc6 Rec8 28.d5 Kf8 29.a4 Ba6
30.a5 b5 31.Rab1 Bb7 32.Rxb5 Bxc6 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.dxc6 Rc8 35.Rb1 Rxc6 36.Rb8+ Ke7
37.Rb7+ Kf6 38.Rxa7 Rxc3 39.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Ne7 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.O-O Rd8 17.Be4 Ba6 18.Nb3 g5 19.Bg3 f5 20.Bf3 h5 21.Bd6 Rc8 22.Rfd1 g4
23.Be2 Kf7 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.f3 Bb7 26.Rb1 Ba8 27.Nc1 Ng6 28.Kf2 gxf3 29.gxf3 Kf6
30.Rb5 a6 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Nb3 Rhc8 33.f4 e5 34.Bxh5 Rh8 35.Bf3 e4 36.Bg2 Rhc8
37.Rd5 Nb6 38.Bxc5 Nxc4 39.Bd4+ Ke6 40.Rxf5 Nxa5 41.Rxa5 Rc2+ 42.Kg3 Rg8
43.Rg5 Kf7 44.Bh3 Bd5 45.Nc5 a5 46.Bg4 Nxf4 47.Rf5+  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Ne7 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.f3 f5 17.O-O Kf7 18.g4 g5 19.Bf2 h5 20.gxf5 exf5 21.h4 gxh4 22.Bxh4 Ng6
23.Bg3 h4 24.Bh2 cxd4 25.exd4 Kf6 26.c5 bxc5 27.Bb5 Rad8 28.Bc7 Rc8 29.Bd6 Rhd8
30.Bxd7 Rxd7 31.dxc5 Ne5 32.Bxe5+ Kxe5 33.Nc4+ Kf4 34.Nd6 Rg8+ 35.Kh2 Bd5
36.Rcd1 Bxf3 37.Rd4+ Ke5 38.Rd2 Rg3 39.Nc4+ Ke6 40.Rxd7 Kxd7 41.Ne5+ Kc7
42.Nxf3 Kc6 43.a4 Kxc5 44.Nxh4 Rg4 45.Nxf5 Rxa4 46.Kg3 a5 47.Ne3 Ra2 48.Kf3 a4
49.Ke4 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Berg,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B96"]

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 "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stevic,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Be2 Qxf3 8.Bxf3 Ne7
9.O-O d6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rd1 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Bg5 Rae8 14.Rd2 d5 15.Na4 Bd6
16.Be3 Ng6 17.Bh5 Re4 18.Bxg6 Bxg6 19.b3 Rfe8 20.Rf1 a5 21.h3 h6 22.c3 Rxe3
23.fxe3 Rxe3 24.Rf3 Re1+ 25.Kf2 Rh1 26.Re2 Bh5 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Kf7
30.Nb2 Ke6 31.Nd3 c5 32.c4 c6 33.a4 Kf5 34.Kf2 Be5 35.Kg2 Bd4 36.Kg3 g5 37.Kg2 h5
38.Kg3 Be3 39.Kg2 Bd4 40.Kf1 g4 41.hxg4+ hxg4 42.Kg2 gxf3+ 43.Kxf3 Bg1 44.Nf4 Ke5
45.Ne2 Bh2 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.Kf3 Ke6 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Kd3 Bf4 50.cxd5 cxd5 51.Nc3 Bg3
52.Nb5 Be1 53.Nc7 Bb4 54.Nb5 Kf4 55.Nc7 d4 56.Nb5 Kf3 57.Nd6 Kf2 58.Nc4 Ke1
59.Ne5 Kd1 60.Kc4 Ke2 61.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qb3 Be7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 b6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rac1 Ne4 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nf6 15.Rfd1 Rc8
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6 19.Qa3 a5 20.Ne5 Qe8 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Qf3 Rc7
23.Rcd1 g6 24.Qb3 Kg7 25.Qxb6 Re7 26.Qc5 Rfe8 27.Bxc6 Bxc6 28.Qxc6 Qb8 29.Qc3 Qb4
30.f4 Qxc3 31.bxc3 Rc7 32.Rd3 Rec8 33.Ree3 Rb7 34.d5 Rb1+ 35.Kh2 Ra1 36.Nd7 Bd8
37.Re8 Rxa2 38.d6 a4 39.Ne5 a3 40.d7 Rb8 41.Rxd8 Rxd8 42.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Rad1 a5 14.a4 b6 15.Ne4 c5 16.c4 Rd8
17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Rd1+ Kc8 19.Kf1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Ke2 Ke8 22.Kd3 Bd8
23.Bc1 f6 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Nd4 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.exf6 gxf6 28.g5 c5 29.Nxf6+ Bxf6
30.gxf6 Bf5+ 31.Kd2 Bb1 32.Kd1 d3 33.Kd2 Kf7 34.Kc3 Kxf6 35.Bf4 Ke6 36.Bc7 Ba2
37.Bxb6 Kd6 38.Bxa5 d2 39.Kxd2 Bxb3 40.Kd3 Bxa4 41.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D16"]

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.exd4 Nd5 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Ba2 Nb4 14.d5 Nxa2 15.Rxa2 Bf6
16.dxe6 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.b4 Nc6 19.b5 Ne5 20.Nc7 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 Be6
23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Bb2 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Kg2 a6 28.bxa6 bxa6 29.Rc6 Kg7
30.Re4 f5 31.Rh4 Ra8 32.a5 Kg6 33.Kg3 Kg5 34.Rd4 h5 35.h4+ Kf6 36.Kf4 Rb8
37.Rxa6 Rb2 38.Ra4 Rxf2 39.Rxe6+ fxe6 40.a6 Re2 41.a7  1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.Bb2 Nh5 19.Bf1 f5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.c4 Nf6 22.Bxe5 dxe5
23.c5 fxe4 24.d6 Na4 25.Nc4 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Rxc5 27.Qb3 Bd5 28.Qb4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4 bxc4
30.Rxa6 Qc8 31.Qa5 c3 32.d7 Qxd7 33.Qxc3 Qb7 34.Rea1 Qb8 35.Ra7 h6 36.Rc7 Qb6
37.Qxe5 Bd6 38.Rc8+ Kf7 39.Qc3 Qb7 40.Rca8 Qxa8 41.Rxa8 Bxa8 42.Qd4 Bd5 43.Qa7+ Be7
44.Qc7 h5 45.Qe5 g6 46.Kh2 Be6 47.Kg1 Bf5 48.Kf1 Ne8 49.Kg1 Ng7 50.Qd5+ Ne6
51.Qb7 h4 52.Kh2 Nf4 53.Kg1 Nd3 54.Kf1 Nc5 55.Qd5+ Be6 56.Qe5 Bf5 57.Qd5+ Ne6
58.Qb7 Kf8 59.Qa8+ Bd8 60.Qa7 Bf6 61.Qb7 Kg8 62.Qa7 Bg5 63.Ke2 Nf4+ 64.Kf1 Nh5
65.Ke2 Kf8 66.Kf1 Bf6 67.Qc7 Ng7 68.Qa7 Ne6 69.Qb7 Nd8 70.Qa7 Nf7 71.Kg1 Kg7
72.Kf1 Be5 73.Qe7 g5 74.Kg1 Bf6 75.Qb7 Kg6 76.Qd5 Ne5 77.Qg8+ Bg7 78.Qe8+ Kh6
79.Qe7 Nd3 80.Kf1 Nf4 81.Qd6+ Bg6 82.Qe7 Nd5 83.Qe6 Nf6 84.Kg1 Be8 85.Qf5 Bd7
86.Qe5 Kg6 87.Kf1 Bf8 88.Kg1 Ba3 89.Qc7 Bb4 90.Qe5 Bd2 91.Qd4 Bf4 92.Qb6 Be8
93.Kf1 Bf7 94.Kg1 Kf5 95.Qa7 Be6 96.Kf1 Kg6 97.Qb6 Bd7 98.Kg1 Ba4 99.Qe6 Bb5
100.Qb6 Bc4 101.Qd4 Be6 102.Kf1 Bf5 103.Kg1 g4 104.hxg4 Bxg4 105.Qc3 Bf5
106.Qb3 Bg5 107.Kf1 Kh6 108.Kg1 Kg6 109.Kf1 Bd7 110.Kg1 Be8 111.Qc3 Bf7 112.Qe5 Bd5
113.Qc3 Be6 114.Qe5 Bd7 115.Qc3 Bf5 116.Qb3 Nh5 117.Qg8+ Ng7 118.Qb3 Ne6
119.Kh2 Bf6 120.Kg1 Bg7 121.Kf1 Ng5 122.Qb6+ Bf6 123.Kg1 h3 124.gxh3 Bxh3
125.Qd6 Bf5 126.Kg2 Nf3 127.Qd5 Kg5 128.Qg8+ Bg6 129.Qd5+ Be5 130.Qd8+ Kh5
131.Qd5 Bf5 132.Qf7+ Kg4 133.Qg8+ Ng5 134.Qc4 Bf4 135.Qg8 Be6 136.Qg7 Bf7
137.Qd4 Kf5 138.Qc5+ Be5 139.Qf8 Kg6 140.Qc5 Bf6 141.Qd6 Bc4 142.Qc6 Be6
143.Qd6 Bg4 144.Qd5 Bf3+ 145.Kf1 Nf7 146.Kg1 Ne5 147.Qg8+ Kf5 148.Qc8+ Kg5
149.Qg8+ Ng6 150.Qd5+ Kh6 151.Qe6 Be5 152.Qf5 Bf4 153.Qf6 Bg5 154.Qe6 Kg7
155.Qd7+ Ne7 156.Qe6 Bf6 157.Kf1 Kg6 158.Kg1 Nf5 159.Qg8+ Kh5 160.Qf7+ Kg5
161.Qg8+ Kf4 162.Qb8+ Kg4 163.Qg8+ Bg5 164.Qc8 Bf6 165.Qg8+ Kf4 166.Qb8+ Be5
167.Qb4 Nd4 168.Qf8+ Kg5 169.Qg8+ Kh6 170.Qf8+ Bg7 171.Qd6+ Kh5 172.Qh2+ Kg5
173.Qg3+ Bg4 174.Qe3+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2010.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.h4 Qa5 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Qf4 cxd4 14.h5 g5 15.Qf6 Rf8
16.Qxh6 g4 17.Ng5 Nxe5 18.Nh7 Rh8 19.Ke2 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Bd7 21.Nf6+ Ke7 22.Qg5 dxc3
23.Ne4+ Ke8 24.Nf6+ Ke7 25.Nxg4+ Kd6 26.Ne5 f6 27.Qxf6 Raf8 28.Qg7 Qa4 29.Nf7+ Rxf7
30.Qxf7 Qc2+ 31.Kf1 Qxd3+ 32.Kg1 Qd2 33.Qg7 c2 34.Qxh8 c1=Q+ 35.Rxc1 Qxc1+
36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qc1+ 38.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2010.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 O-O 12.Re1 h6 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4 16.Nb5 Ba6
17.Na7 Bb7 18.d5 Ra8 19.Nb5 Nc4 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nbd4 Qa7 22.b3 Ne5 23.Bb2 Nxf3+
24.gxf3 Qa2 25.Qc1 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 Nd7 27.Kh1 f6 28.Rg1 Rf7 29.Qd2 Qa8 30.Qxh6 Ne5
31.Bd1 Qe8 32.Qe3 c5 33.Bb2 Re7 34.f4 Nd7 35.Qg3 Qf7 36.Bf3 Ba6 37.Bg4 Nf8
38.Bf5 c4 39.bxc4 Bxc4 40.Qh4 Bxd5 41.f3 Be6 42.Bxf6 Bxf5 43.exf5 Rc7 44.Rxg7+ Qxg7
45.Bxg7 Rxg7 46.f6 Rd7 47.Qe1 d5 48.Qxb4 d4 49.Qc4+ Kh7 50.Qd3+ Kg8 51.f5 Kf7
52.Kg2 Kxf6 53.Kg3 Kg7 54.h4 Nh7 55.Kf2 Nf6 56.Qd2 Nh7 57.Ke1 d3 58.Qg2+ Kh8
59.Kd2 Nf8 60.Qg5 Kh7 61.h5 Kh8 62.f6 Kh7 63.f4 Kh8 64.h6 Kh7 65.f5  1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2010.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Nfd7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qa3 b6 14.a5 Bb7 15.a6 Bc8 16.Bb5 Nxc5
17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.Bc4 Bc6 20.Qxc5 Nd7 21.Qa5 Rfc8 22.Qxc7 Rxc7 23.Nd4 Bxe4
24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.fxe4 Rxc3 26.O-O Nc5 27.e5 h6 28.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29.Rxc1 Nxa6
30.Nxe6 Re8 31.Nd4 Rxe5 32.Ra1 Re4 33.Rxa6 Rxd4 34.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Levin,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "E10"]

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 "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Bg5 exd4 13.cxd4 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.e5 gxh4
16.Qg6+ Kh8 17.Qxh6+ Nh7 18.Bc2 f5 19.exf6 Rf7 20.Ng5 Qxf6 21.Nxf7+ Qxf7
22.Bxh7 Qxh7 23.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Teterev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 Bxf3
9.gxf3 g6 10.d5 Nb8 11.f4 Bh6 12.Bh3 Nh5 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Be3 O-O 15.Nd2 e6
16.Nc4 exd5 17.Nxd6 dxe4 18.Nxe4 f5 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 Rf7 21.Bf1 Kh8 22.Rad1 Qh4
23.Bd4+ Bg7 24.Be5 Re7 25.Bd6 Rd7 26.Bb8 Qd8 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.Bd6 Qf7
30.c4 Re8 31.b3 Re4 32.Bd3 Rd4 33.c5 Qd7 34.Bc4 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Nf6 36.Qd3 Qe8
37.Be5 Ng4 38.Bxg7+ Kxg7 39.Qd4+ Nf6 40.Qe5 Qd8 41.Kg2 a5 42.Be6 Kh6 43.Qd6 Qh8
44.Qe7 Nh5 45.Qg5+ Kg7 46.Qe7+ Kh6 47.Qg5+ Kg7 48.Bxf5 Qf8 49.Be4 Nxf4+ 50.Kf1 Ne6
51.Qe5+ Qf6 52.Qxf6+ Kxf6 53.Bxb7 Nxc5 54.Bd5 Nd3 55.Bc4 Nf4 56.f3 Ke5 57.Kf2 Kd4
58.Kg3 Ke5 59.a3 Nh5+ 60.Kg4 h6 61.b4 axb4 62.axb4 Nf6+ 63.Kg3 g5 64.b5 Kd6
65.Bd3 Kc5 66.Kf2 Nd5 67.Be4 Nc7 68.Bc6 Nxb5 69.Bxb5 Kxb5 70.Kg3 Kc5 71.Kg4 Kd4
72.Kh5 Ke5 73.Kxh6 Kf5 74.Kh5 Kf4 75.h3 Kf5 76.Kh6 Kf6 77.Kh7 Kf7 78.Kh6 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6
9.Rb1 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.c3 b5 12.f5 exf5 13.Nf4 Nb6 14.Bd3 c4 15.Bc2 Be7
16.O-O g6 17.b3 cxb3 18.axb3 O-O 19.Qe1 Nd8 20.c4 dxc4 21.Ba5 Bb7 22.bxc4 Bxf3
23.Rxf3 Qxc4 24.Qf2 Qc6 25.Rc3 Nc4 26.Bb3 Bg5 27.d5 Qd7 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Rd1 Qa4  0-1

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Be7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bb5 Kh8 17.Bd2 Rc8 18.a3 a6 19.Bd3 bxa3 20.bxa3 Nc5 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Rab1 Qd7
23.Qh3 g6 24.Nf3 Be7 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.Bxg5 Rc3 27.Red1 Qc7 28.Qh4 Ba8 29.Be4 Kg8
30.Bxd5 Bxd5 31.Bf6 Qc5 32.Rb4 Qf8 33.a4 Rec8 34.h3 R3c4 35.Rxc4 Rxc4 36.Rd4 Rxd4
37.Qxd4 h6 38.a5 Qc8 39.Qe3 Kh7 40.Kh2 Qb7 41.Qc5 Kg8 42.f3 Qc6 43.Qe3 Kh7
44.Qa7 Qb7 45.Qc5 Kg8 46.h4 Qb8 47.Qe3 Kh7 48.h5 Qc8 49.hxg6+ fxg6 50.Qa3 Kg8
51.Qe7 Qf8 52.Qd7 g5 53.Kg3 Qf7 54.Qc8+ Qf8 55.Qxa6 Qb4 56.Qc8+ Kf7 57.Qd7+ Kf8
58.Qd8+ Kf7 59.Qd7+ Kf8 60.Qd6+ Qxd6 61.exd6 Ke8 62.Kg4 Kd7 63.Be5 Bc4 64.Kh5 Bf1
65.g4  1-0

[Event "Unive Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D16"]

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.exd4 Nd5 12.Ne5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc7 15.h4 Bd7
16.Bg5 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Rfd8 19.Qe3 a6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Rd4 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Rc8
23.Rd1 g6 24.Qd7 Qc4 25.Rd3 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 Ba6
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Be3 b4 18.axb4 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 axb4 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Na4 c5 22.Bxc5 Qc6
23.b3 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxb4 f5 26.Rd5 Bf6 27.Ba5 Rc8 28.Bb6 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 f4
30.Rd3 Bh4 31.g3 fxg3+ 32.fxg3 Rc2+ 33.Kg1 Bxg3 34.Bd4 h5 35.Nc3 Bh2+ 36.Kf1 Nd2+
37.Kg2 Nxb3+ 38.Bf2 Nc5 39.Rd5 Bg3 40.Kxg3 Rxc3+ 41.Kh4 Ne4 42.Bd4 Rd3 43.Rd7 g6
44.Rg7+ Kf8 45.Rxg6 Rxd4 46.Kxh5 Kf7 47.Ra6 Nc5 48.Ra1 Ne6 49.Rf1+ Kg7 50.Rg1+ Kf6
51.Rf1+ Ke5 52.Kg6 Nf4+ 53.Kg5 Nxh3+ 54.Kg6 Nf4+ 55.Kg5 Ne6+ 56.Kg6 Rg4+
57.Kf7 Rg7+ 58.Ke8 Nf4 59.Re1+ Kd6 60.Rd1+ Nd5 61.Kf8 Rg3 62.Kf7 Rb3 63.Kg7 Ke6
64.Ra1 Re3 65.Ra6+ Kf5 66.Ra5 Re7+ 67.Kf8 Rd7 68.Ra1 Ne7 69.Ke8 Rb7 70.Kd8 Ke6
71.Ra6+ Kd5 72.Rh6 Nf5 73.Rh1 Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D86"]

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 Bd7 11.h4 Na5 12.Bd3 e5 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.dxe5 Rfe8 15.f4 Bg4
16.Qe1 h6 17.Bf6 Bxf6 18.exf6 Rad8 19.Qg3 c4 20.Qxg4 cxd3 21.Ng3 Nc4 22.e5 Ne3
23.Qf3 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 d2 25.Rd1 Qc4 26.Nf5 Rd3 27.Ne7+ Kh7 28.Qxb7 Red8 29.Qxa7 Rxc3  0-1

[Event "Unive Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E52"]

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 "Unive Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 h6 9.O-O O-O
10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rfd1 Qb6
17.Nf1 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qe4 Nf6 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Ng3 Be6 22.Re1 Bd5 23.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd2 c5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Rc1 Be7 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.b4 Be7
16.c5 Nd5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qa4+ Kf8 19.f4 g6 20.O-O Kg7 21.Qb3 Rhd8 22.Rce1 Bf6
23.Ng4 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 h5 25.Ne5 b6 26.cxb6 Qxb6 27.b5 Bxe5 28.fxe5 a6 29.a4 axb5
30.axb5 Rab8 31.Rb1 Qd4 32.Qb2 Qa4 33.h3 Rdc8 34.Bg5 Rb7 35.Qb3 Qe4 36.Bf6+ Kh7
37.Rfe1 Qd4 38.Red1 Qb6 39.Bh4 Rc3 40.Qa2 Qc7 41.Bf2 Rc2 42.Rb2 Rxf2 43.Rxf2 Nc3
44.Rc1 Nxa2 45.Rxc7 Rxc7 46.Rxa2 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Rb1 48.h4 Rxb5 49.Re2 Rb1 50.Kg3 Rf1
51.Re3 Kh6  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D16"]

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.exd4 O-O 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.Bb3 Re8 13.h4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nb4 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qe2 b6 19.Re1 Ba6 20.Qd1 Nxc2 21.Qxc2 Bc4 22.d5 Bb3
23.Qe2 Rad8 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Qb5 Bc4 26.Rxe6 Bxb5 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Rd1 Nc4 30.b3 Ne5 31.Ncb5 Bxb5 32.Nxb5 Re7 33.f3 Kf7 34.Rd5 Kg6 35.Kf2 a6
36.Nd4 Nd3+ 37.Kg3 f4+ 38.Kg4 h5+ 39.Kh3 Re1 40.Kh2 Rb1 41.Ne2 Rb2 42.Rxd3 Rxe2
43.Rd6+ Kf5 44.Rxb6 Re6 45.a5 Re3 46.b4 Rb3 47.Rxa6 Rxb4 48.Rb6 Ra4 49.Rb5+ Kg6
50.Rg5+ Kh6 51.Kg1 Ra1+ 52.Kf2 g6 53.Ke2 Rh1 54.Kd2 Rxh4 55.Re5 Rh2 56.Re2 h4
57.a6 h3 58.a7 hxg2 59.a8=Q g1=Q 60.Qh8+ Kg5 61.Qxh2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Bg7
16.Bd3 d5 17.Bg5 b4 18.cxb4 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.b5 axb5 22.Bxb5 c6
23.Bf1 exd4 24.Nxd4 Rab8 25.b3 Ba8 26.Nf3 Nc5 27.Rb1 Ne6 28.Qd2 Rb4 29.exd5 cxd5
30.Bb5 Rd8 31.Red1 Rf4 32.Ne1 Bd4 33.Nh1 Ba7 34.Nd3 Rh4 35.Re1 Ng5 36.Qe2 Ne4
37.Rbc1 Bb8 38.f4 g5 39.g3 Rxh3 40.Qg4 Qe6 41.Qxe6 fxe6 42.Bd7 Kf7 43.Kg2 Rh5
44.f5 exf5 45.Bxf5 Nf6 46.Nhf2 d4+ 47.Kg1 Bxg3 48.Ne5+ Bxe5 49.Rxe5 g4 50.Be6+ Kg6
51.Rcc5 g3 52.Nh3 Rxe5 53.Rxe5 Ne4 54.Bg4 Rf8 55.Re6+ Kg7 56.Re7+ Kh8 57.Be2 Nd2
58.Nf4 Rxf4 59.Re8+ Kg7 60.Rxa8 Rf2 61.Bh5 Rh2 62.Bd1 Ne4 63.Bf3 Ng5 64.Bg2 h5
65.Rd8 Ne6 66.Rd7+ Kf6 67.a5 Nf4 68.Bf1 d3 69.Rd6+ Ke5 70.Rd8 g2 71.Re8+ Kd6  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bg5 exd4 13.Bd5 dxc3 14.Bxc6 cxd2 15.Bxa8 Qxa8
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qxd2 Qxe4 18.Rfe1 Qf5 19.Nh4 Qg5 20.Qxg5+ fxg5 21.Nf5 Bg6
22.Ne7+ Kg7 23.Nd5 Rb8 24.Rad1 Kf8 25.g4 c5 26.h4 gxh4 27.f4 f5 28.g5 Bf7
29.Nf6 c4+ 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Nxh7+ Kg7 32.Nf6 b4 33.Re7 c3 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.Nd7 Ba5
36.g6 Kxg6 37.Kh3 Rxd7 38.Rxd7 Bb4 39.Kxh4 Bxa2 40.R1xd6+ Bxd6 41.Rxd6+ Kf7
42.Rc6 a5 43.Rxc3 a4 44.Rc6 Ke7 45.Kg3 Kd7 46.Ra6 Bb3 47.Kf2 Kc7 48.Ke1 Kb7
49.Rh6 Kc7 50.Kd2 a3 51.Kc3 a2 52.Kb2 Kd7 53.Ra6 Bc4 54.Ra5 Be6 55.Ra7+ Kc6
56.Ra6+ Kd7 57.Kc3 Kc7 58.Kd4 Kb7 59.Ra3 Kb6 60.Ke5 Bc4 61.Kxf5 Kc5 62.Kg6 Kb4
63.Rxa2 Bxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be6 10.Ng5 Ke7 11.Rd1 h6 12.Nge4 Rd8 13.Bf4 b6 14.h3 g6 15.g4 Nd4 16.Bg3 g5
17.f4 Nxc2 18.Rac1 Ne3 19.Re1 Rd3 20.Nf2 Rxc3 21.bxc3 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Nc4 23.Ne4 Kd8
24.Nf6 Kc8 25.Kg2 a5 26.Kg3 a4 27.Re2 a3 28.Rcc2 b5 29.h4 c5 30.h5 Kb7 31.g5 hxg5
32.Bxg5 Bg7 33.Kf4 Nb2 34.Rxb2 axb2 35.Rxb2 Bxf6 36.Bxf6 Rxh5 37.Rxb5+ Kc6
38.Ra5 Rh3 39.Ra3 Bd5 40.Bd8 Kb6 41.Be7 Rf3+ 42.Kg4 Re3 43.Kf4 Re4+ 44.Kf5 Re2
45.Kf6 Rg2 46.Bd8 Rf2+ 47.Kg7 Be6 48.Kf8 Re2 49.Bf6 Re3 50.Ke8 Rd3 51.Bd8 Re3
52.Bf6 Rg3 53.Kd8 Rg2 54.Ke8 Kc6 55.Ra6+ Kd5 56.Kd8 Rc2 57.Ra3 Kc6 58.Ra6+ Kb7
59.Ra3 Rd2+ 60.Ke8 Kc6 61.Bd8 Rd5 62.Bf6 Rd1 63.Bd8 Re1 64.Bf6 Rb1 65.Ra6+ Kd5
66.Kd8 Rc1 67.Ra3 Kc6 68.Ra6+ Kb5 69.Ra3 c6 70.Be7 Rc2 71.Ke8 Bd5 72.Bd6 Re2
73.Kf8 Kc4 74.Ra5 Kxc3 75.Rxc5+ Kd4 76.a4 Rxe5 77.Rxc6 Bxc6 78.Bxe5+ Kxe5
79.Kxf7 Bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bh3 22.Bd1 Qg6
23.Bc2 Qh5 24.Bd1 Qg6 25.Bc2 Qh5 26.Qd1 Bg4 27.Qd3 f5 28.Bd2 f4 29.Rxe6 Bxe6
30.Bd1 Qf7 31.Bc2 Qh5 32.Bd1 Qf7 33.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qc7 13.Nxd4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Rac1 Bxh2+
16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Nb5 Qc6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Rfd1 Qe5 20.Bf4 Qa5 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Bd6 Qa5
23.Bxf8 Nxf8 24.Bb3 Qh5+ 25.Kg1 Bd7 26.Qc7 Bc6 27.Qh2 Qg5 28.Rc5 Qg6 29.Qh3 N8d7
30.Bc2 Be4 31.Bxe4 Qxe4 32.Nc3 Qb4 33.Rc7 Qa5 34.Rcxd7 Nxd7 35.Rxd7 Qxc3
36.Qf3 Rf8 37.g3 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Qxa2 39.Qxb7 a5 40.Qb5 Qc2 41.Kg1 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qe1
43.Kg2 h6 44.Ra7 Qc3 45.Rxa5 Rd8 46.Ra7 Qf6 47.Qc6 Qg6 48.Rc7 h5 49.Qa4 e5
50.Qc6 f6 51.Qe6+ Kh7 52.Qf7 e4 53.Qxg6+ Kxg6 54.Re7 f5 55.Re6+ Kg5 56.f4+ exf3+
57.Kxf3 Ra8 58.Rb6 Ra4 59.Rb7 g6 60.Rb6 h4 61.gxh4+ Rxh4 62.Re6 Ra4 63.Rb6 Re4
64.Ra6 Kh6 65.Rb6 Kg7 66.Ra6 g5 67.Rb6 Kf7 68.Ra6 g4+ 69.Kf2 Rb4 70.Kg3 Re4
71.Kf2 Re6 72.Ra8 Kf6 73.Rf8+ Ke5 74.Ra8 Rh6 75.Re8+ Kf6 76.Rf8+ Ke6 77.Re8+ Kf7
78.Re5 Kf6 79.Re8 Rh2+ 80.Kg3 Re2 81.Kf4 Rg2 82.Rf8+ Ke6 83.Re8+ Kd7 84.Rg8 Rf2+
85.Ke5 Rf3 86.e4 fxe4 87.Kxe4 Ra3 88.Rxg4 Ra4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Rc1 h6
9.Bh4 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxa3 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Bb7 15.c4 bxc4
16.Bxc4 N5b6 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Bb1 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Qd6 Qa4 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Qf4 g5
23.Qf6 gxh4 24.Qxh6 f5 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxe6 Rac8 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Qf6+ Kg8
29.Bxf5 Rxf5 30.Qxf5 Bd5 31.Qg5+ Kf7 32.Nf4 Bc4 33.Ra1 Rg8 34.Qh5+ Kf8 35.Qxh4 Bf7
36.h3 Rg7 37.Qh8+ Rg8 38.Qf6 Nd5 39.Qd4 Qf5 40.Rxa7 Nxf4 41.exf4 Qd5 42.Qb4+ Kg7
43.Qe7 Kh8 44.Qh4+ Qh5 45.Qf6+ Rg7 46.f5 Kg8 47.Kh2 Qe2 48.Qd4 Qc4 49.Qxc4 Bxc4
50.Rxg7+ Kxg7 51.g4 Kf6 52.Kg3 Ke5 53.h4 Bd5 54.h5 Bb3 55.h6 Bg8 56.Kh4 Kf6
57.f3 Bh7 58.Kh5 Bg8 59.g5+  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Baramidze,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kraemer,Mart"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 Re8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 Qe7
16.Rfd1 a6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Bxc5 Qc7 19.f3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Qxc5+ 21.Qd4 Qe7 22.Rab1 Rad8
23.Qb4 Rd6 24.Nc3 Nh5 25.Bf1 Rxd1 26.Nxd1 Qg5 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.Qxb5 Qxb5 29.Rxb5 Bxe4
30.fxe4 Ng3 31.e5 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Nd4 33.Rc5 h5 34.e6 Nxe6 35.Rxh5 Ra8 36.Nc3 Ra3
37.Ne2 Rxa2 38.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nasuta,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Berzinsh,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "A52"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zeberski,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Olszewski,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd2 Be6
9.f4 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.f5 Bd7 12.g4 b5 13.g5 b4 14.gxf6 bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3
16.bxc3 Bxf6 17.Rxd6 Be7 18.Rd2 Rc8 19.c4 a5 20.Rg2 a4 21.Nd2 Nc6 22.Bh6 g6
23.h4 Rab8 24.Rh3 a3 25.Nb3 Nb4 26.Kb1 Bc6 27.Re3 Bxh4 28.Bg5 Bxg5 29.Rxg5 Rd8
30.Be2 Kg7 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Rxe5 Rh8 33.Bf3 Rh3 34.Ra5 f5 35.Ra7+ Kh6 36.exf5 Bxf3
37.Rxa3 gxf5 38.Kb2 Kg5 39.Nd4 Nc6+ 40.Nb5 Kg4 41.Re6 Nd4 42.Re5 Rh2 43.Rd3 Nxc2
44.Kb3 Be4 45.Rd7 Rh3+ 46.Kb2 Ne3 47.Rd4 Rh2+ 48.Kb3 Nc2 49.Rdxe4+ fxe4 50.a4 Kf4
51.Re7 Nd4+ 52.Kc3 Nf5 53.Re6 Ra8 54.Kb4 Rb2+ 55.Ka3 Rd2 56.c5 e3 57.Nc3 Rd3
58.Kb4 Rb8+ 59.Rb6 Re8  0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wandzik,W"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C69"]

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"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zambo,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "B76"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Swiercz,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D43"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D52"]

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 "European Rapid Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 c6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Qe1 Bc5
9.Nh4 O-O 10.g4 Bg6 11.e3 Re8 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.c4 Nf8 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Bd2 e4 17.Bc3 Ne6 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.dxe4 dxe4 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.g5 Nfd7 22.h4 Nxb3
23.axb3 Rad8 24.b4 Bc7 25.Qg4 Nb6 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.Rd1 Bc7 28.h5 gxh5 29.Qxh5 Na4
30.Bd4 Bb6 31.g6 fxg6 32.Qxg6 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Qf7 34.Qg4 Rf8 35.Qg3 Nxb2 36.Bxe4  1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship Playoff 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 f5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qxb4 Qe7 15.Qc4+ Qe6
16.Qxe6+ Bxe6 17.Na4 e3 18.Nc5 Bc4 19.b3 Bxe2 20.Rfe1 exf2+ 21.Kxf2 Bh5 22.Bxc6 Rac8
23.Ne6 Bf6 24.Rac1 Rf7 25.Nf4 Bxd4+ 26.Kg2 Bg6 27.Bd5 Kf8 28.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 e6 12.O-O Na5 13.Nd2 b5 14.e4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6
9.Bh4 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Be2 O-O 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Nh7 14.gxh6 Bxh4 15.Qg4 g5
16.Nf3 b4 17.fxg5 Ne5 18.Qxh4 bxc3 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Rd3 cxb2+ 21.Kb1 Bd7 22.g6 fxg6
23.Rg1 Be8 24.Bh5 Rc8 25.c3 Qc4 26.Qg3 Qxe4 27.Bxg6 Bxg6 28.Qxg6+ Qxg6 29.Rxg6+ Kh8
30.Rxe6 Rb8 31.Rd1 Rf5 32.Re1 Nf6 33.R6xe5 Rf2 34.R5e2 Rxe2 35.Rxe2 Nd5 36.Rxb2 Nxc3+
37.Kc2 Rc8 38.Kb3 Nd5 39.Rc2 Rb8+ 40.Ka4 Rb5 41.Ka3 Nb6 42.Rc3 Kh7 43.Rh3 Nc4+
44.Ka4 Rb2 45.Rc3 Nb6+ 46.Ka5 Nd5 47.Ra3 Nc7 48.Rd3 Rxa2+ 49.Kb6 Ne8 50.Rd7+ Kxh6
51.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D10"]

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"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C18"]

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"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.d3 d6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Be3 Rxf3 15.gxf3 Qh4
16.Kg2 Rf8 17.Rh1 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Qg5+ 19.Kf2 Qh4+ 20.Kg2 Qg5+ 21.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B64"]

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 "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Smirnov,Arte"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h5 10.Bg5+ Be7 11.Rad1+ Ke8 12.Rd3 Be6 13.Rfd1 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Ne2 c5 17.Bc1 Bc4 18.R3d2 Bd6 19.b3 Be6 20.c4 Kf7 21.Nc3 Rhg8 22.Rd3 Rg4
23.Nb5 Be7 24.h3 Rg6 25.Bf4 Rcg8 26.g3 c6 27.Nc7 Bc8 28.Kh2 Rh8 29.Nd2 Nd4
30.Nf3 Nxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Bd6 Rg8 34.Re3 b6 35.a3 h4 36.gxh4 f5
37.h5 Rh8 38.Bf4 Rxh5 39.Ne8 Be7 40.Nd6+ Bxd6 41.Bxd6 Be6 42.Bb8 a6 43.Ba7 b5
44.f4 bxc4 45.bxc4 Bxc4 46.Bxc5 Be6 47.Bd4 Rh4 48.Kg3 Rh6 49.Re5 Rg6+ 50.Kh2 Rg8
51.a4 Rd8 52.Be3 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volodin,Alek"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovaljov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D02"]

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 "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vovk,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 "XX Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qf6
16.Rg1 exd4 17.Bg5 Qe5 18.Bd5 dxc3 19.Bxc6 cxb2 20.Rb1 Bxf2 21.Rg2 Rb6 22.Bd7 Bc5
23.Na7 Ra8 24.Nc6 Rxc6 25.Bxc6  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.Ba3 Qg5 11.g3 Bxa3 12.Nxa3 O-O-O 13.Qe4 Qe7 14.Nc2 f5 15.Qd4 Nb4
16.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 17.Qd2 Qc5 18.f4 d6 19.b4 Qb6 20.c5 Qb7 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.cxd6 cxd6
23.exd6 Rhe8+ 24.Kf2 Rxd6 25.Qxd6 Qe2+ 26.Kg1 Qe3+ 27.Kg2 Qe2+ 28.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.d5 Ne7 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.Na3 Nexd5
16.h3 Bh5 17.exd5 e4 18.Bg5 Bxf3 19.Qd2 e3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Be4 22.Rxf6 Bxc2
23.Rf4 Bg6 24.Nc4 Ra8 25.Na5 Rfe8 26.Ra3 Be4 27.c4 g5 28.Rf1 g4 29.h4 Qe7
30.Qf2 Bg6 31.b4 h5 32.Rc3 Qe5 33.Rb3 Qe4 34.Rc3 Qe5 35.Rfc1 Be4 36.Qf4 g3
37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Ra3 Kg7 39.Rf1 Ree8 40.Rfa1 Re5 41.Nb3 Rxa3 42.Rxa3 Bxd5
43.Nd2 Be6 44.e4 Bg4 45.Rxg3 f5 46.Re3 Re8 47.Kf2 Ra8 48.exf5 Ra2 49.Rd3 Bxf5
50.Rd5 Be6 51.Rg5+ Kh6 52.Ke3 Ra3+ 53.Kd4 Ra1 54.g3 Rd1 55.Kc3 Rg1 56.b5 Rc1+
57.Kd3 Bf7 58.Nb3 Rd1+ 59.Ke2 Rb1 60.Nd4 Bxc4+ 61.Kd2 d5 62.Nf5+ Kh7 63.Rxh5+ Kg6
64.Rg5+ Kf6 65.Ne3 Rb2+ 66.Kd1 Be2+ 67.Kc1 Rxb5 68.Kd2 Rb2+ 69.Kc3 Rb5 70.Nxd5+ Kf7
71.Re5 Bg4 72.Re7+ Kf8 73.Re4 Bf5 74.Nxc7 Rc5+ 75.Rc4 Re5 76.Rf4 Ke7 77.Kd4 Ra5
78.Nd5+ Ke6 79.Nc3 Ra8 80.g4 Bh7 81.Ke3 Rc8 82.Ne2 Ke5 83.Ra4 Rb8 84.Nd4 Rb1
85.Ra5+ Kf6 86.Kf4 Rf1+ 87.Nf3 Bc2 88.Kg3 Rb1 89.Ra6+ Kg7 90.Nd4 Bd3 91.Rd6 Kf7
92.Kf4 Ra1 93.h5  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D86"]

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.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 Nc6 20.f6+ Kh8 21.Qg5 Qd6 22.Ng3 Rg8
23.Bc4 Ne5 24.Bb3 d3 25.h3 Ba6 26.Rf4 d2 27.Kh2 Qc5 28.h4 Nd3 29.e5 Nxf4
30.Ne4 Ne6 31.Bxe6 Qc6 32.Bxf7 d1=Q  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qf6
16.Rg1 exd4 17.Bg5 Qe5 18.Bd5 dxc3 19.Bxc6 cxb2 20.Rb1 Bxf2 21.Rg2 Rb6 22.Bd7 Bc5
23.Qc2 h6 24.Bxh6 Qf6 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.Nxc7 Qxf3 27.Nd5 Rb3 28.Ba4 Rb7 29.Bc6 Rb3
30.Qd2 Be3 31.Nxe3 Qxe3 32.Qxd6 Rc3 33.Rbg1 Qxg1+ 34.Rxg1 Rc1 35.Qg3 Rxg1+
36.Qxg1 Rc8 37.Qb6 Rxc6 38.Qxb2 Rg6 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Qb7 f5 41.e5 Re6 42.Qd5 Rg6
43.Qf3 Re6 44.Qf4 Rg6 45.h3 Kg8 46.Kh2 Kh7 47.Qc4 Re6 48.Qd5 Rg6 49.Qd4 Kg8
50.Qc4+ Kh7 51.Qc7 Kg8 52.h4 Kh7 53.Kh3 Kh6 54.Qd7 Kh7 55.Qf7 Re6 56.Qc7 Rg6
57.Qb8 Nh5 58.Qa7+ Ng7 59.Qe3 Rh6 60.Kg3 Rg6+ 61.Kh3 Rh6 62.Qd3 Re6 63.Qd5 Rg6
64.Qb5 Kh6 65.Qb3 Kh7 66.Qd5 Ne6 67.Kh2 Ng7 68.Qb5 Kh6 69.Qb3 Kh7 70.Qd5 Rg4
71.h5 Nxh5 72.Qf7+ Ng7 73.e6 Re4 74.e7 Kh6 75.Kg2 Rg4+ 76.Kf2 Re4 77.Kf3 Kh7
78.Qf6 Kg8 79.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C45"]

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.Nc3 Bb7 10.Bd2 g6 11.Ne4 O-O-O 12.a4 Ba6 13.Qe3 Qxe5 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Bxb4 Rhe8
16.f3 d5 17.a5 Nxc4 18.Qxa7 Qxb2 19.Qxa6+ Kd7 20.Rd1 Qxb4+ 21.Kf2 Rxe4 22.fxe4 Qc5+
23.Ke1 Qb4+ 24.Kf2 Qc5+ 25.Ke1 Nb2 26.exd5 Qc3+ 27.Rd2 Qc1+ 28.Ke2 Re8+ 29.Kf3 Qxd2
30.Qxc6+ Kd8 31.Qf6+ Re7 32.Kg4 Nd1 33.Qh8+ Kd7 34.Bb5+ c6 35.Bxc6+ Kc7 36.d6+ Qxd6
37.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.Bf3 h5+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kh3 Qe6+ 41.Kh4 g5+ 42.Kxg5 Qg6+
43.Kf4 f6  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O f5 8.Ba3 Bxa3
9.Nxa3 O-O 10.b4 a5 11.Nc2 axb4 12.Nxb4 g5 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.a3 Ndf6 15.f3 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.fxe4 dxe4 18.Be2 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Rd8 20.Ra2 Rxa3 21.Rxa3 Qxa3
22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.Nxb3 e3 24.Nc2 Ne4 25.Nxe3 Nc3 26.Re1 Nxe2 27.Rxe2 Rd3 28.Nc5 Ra3
29.Kg1 Kf7 30.Kf2 b6 31.Nc2 Rc3 32.Na4 Rxc4 33.Nxb6 Rf4+ 34.Kg1 Ba6 35.Re1 Bd3
36.Rc1 Ke7 37.Ne3 Rd4 38.Rc7+ Kd6 39.Rd7+ Kc5 40.Na4+ Rxa4 41.Rxd3 Ra1+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+
43.Kf3 h5 44.h3 g4+ 45.Kf4 Ra4+ 46.Kg5 f4 47.Nd1 e5 48.Rd2 f3 49.gxf3 gxh3
50.Nb2 Ra3 51.Nd3+ Kd4 52.Ne1+ Ke3 53.Rh2 Rc3 54.Nc2+ Kd3 55.Ne1+ Ke3 56.f4 exf4
57.Rxh3+ Kd4 58.Nf3+ Ke4 59.Nd2+ Kd4 60.Rh4 Ke3 61.Nf1+ Ke2 62.Rxf4 Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.Bc4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 O-O 14.O-O N5b6 15.Bb3 Re8
16.Rfd1 Qh5 17.Bg3 e5 18.Qb4 e4 19.Ne1 a5 20.Qd4 Nc5 21.Rb1 Nxb3 22.Qxb6 Nc5
23.c4 Be6 24.Rd5 Bxd5 25.Qxc5 Red8 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Qc2 b5 28.Qb2 b4 29.Be5 Qd2
30.Qa1 Qe2 31.Bd4 Rab8 32.h3 f6 33.Rb2 Qb5 34.Qb1 Qd5 35.Qd1 Rbc8 36.Rd2 Qe6
37.Kh2 Rd7 38.g3 Rdc7 39.Bb2 Qxa2 40.Be5 Qxd2 41.Qxd2 fxe5 42.Qd5+ Rf7 43.Kg2 Rf8
44.h4 Kh8 45.Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46.Kh3 b3 47.Nd3 b2 48.Qb7 R8f7 49.Qb5 a4 50.Nxb2 a3
51.Nd3 Rf1 52.Qa4 Rh1+ 53.Kg4  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.Bc4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Ba3 13.Rb1 a6 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O b5
16.c4 Bb4 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.Rfd1 bxc4 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Rd4 Rab8 21.Ne5 Bd5 22.Be7 Rfe8
23.Bd6 Rbd8 24.Bh5 Rxd6 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26.Bxe8  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.h4 h6 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bb3 Bf6 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.c4 Na5
16.c5 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Qc6 18.cxd6 Bxb3 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 cxd6
22.Rd1 Be6 23.Qd3 Rd8 24.f3 Rd7 25.Bf4 Kb7 26.Bxd6 g6 27.Qe4 Bf5 28.Qxc6+ Kxc6
29.Bf4 Rxd1+ 30.Kxd1 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D16"]

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.exd4 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Rad1 Nb4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.f4 Bd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Bb3 Ne4 17.Qh5 Rc8 18.Rc1 Bf6 19.Qh3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxe5 21.fxe5 f5 22.Rf1 g6
23.g4 fxg4 24.Qxg4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qf8+ 26.Ke2 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.a5 bxa5
29.Ba4 Kf7 30.Bd7 Kg6 31.Be8+ Kg7 32.Bd7 Kg6 33.h4 Nc2 34.Ba4 Ng3+ 35.Kf3 Nxe3
36.Kxe3 Kf7 37.Bd1 Ke6 38.Kf4 Ne4 39.Bc2 h6 40.Bd3 a4 41.Bc2 Nd2 42.Bxa4 Nc4
43.b3 Na3 44.b4 a6 45.Kf3 Nb1 46.Bc2 Nc3 47.Bd3 Na2 48.Bxa6 Nxb4 49.Bc8+ Ke7
50.Bxf5 Na6 51.Ke3 Nc7 52.Bc8 Kd8 53.Bb7 Ke7 54.Bc6 Kf8 55.Kd3 Ke7 56.Kc3 Kd8
57.h5 Ke7 58.Kc2 Ne6 59.Kd3 Nc7 60.Kc3 Kf8 61.Kd2 Ke7 62.Ke3 Kf8 63.Bb7 Kf7
64.Bc8 Ke7 65.Kf4 Nb5 66.Kf5 Nxd4+ 67.Kg6 Nc6 68.Kxh6 Kf7 69.e6+ Kf6 70.Ba6 Nd4
71.e7  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 Nc5 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.b4 O-O
16.Re1 Bg6 17.h3 a5 18.bxa5 Rxa5 19.Rxa5 Nxa5 20.e6 fxe6 21.Rxe6 c5 22.Qe1 Bf6
23.Bf4 c4 24.Bd6 Bf7 25.Bxf8 Bxe6 26.Bxg7 Bf7 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Nd4 Nc6 29.Nxb5 Qg5
30.Nd6 Ne5 31.Qe4 Bg6 32.Qd5+ Kf8 33.Nxc4 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kg1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Mulheim GER"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Mulheim GER"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chuchelov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Nf6 15.Bf5 Qa5
16.Bxc8 Rfxc8 17.Qb3 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Rfd1 Bf8 20.Kf1 Nb4 21.Bc3 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Heberla,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.g4 a5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 a4 12.Nc1 a3 13.b3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Be6 15.Ne2 f5 16.O-O-O fxe4
17.fxe4 Bg4 18.Rg1 Bf3 19.Bg2 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.h4 Qa5 23.e5 dxe5
24.Be4 f3 25.Bxf3 Bc5 26.Be4 g6 27.Rgf1 Nb4 28.Nxb4  1-0

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.Nd2 Qa6
9.c4 Nd7 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Nf4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Nb6 13.Rc1 Nxc4 14.Rxc4 g6 15.O-O Bxg5
16.hxg5 Ne7 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Nd3 Qb6 19.Qa3 a6 20.Nc5 Qc7 21.Ne4 Kf8 22.Nf6 Kg7
23.Re1 Nf5 24.Re4 Rbd8 25.Qc3 Qb6 26.Rf4 h4 27.a4 a5 28.Kh2 Qa7 29.Kh3 Qb6
30.Kh2 Qa7 31.b3 Qb6 32.Rc5 Ra8 33.Rc4 Rad8 34.Rc5 Ra8 35.Kg1 Qa7 36.Re4 Qb6
37.Rf4 Qa7 38.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C11"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C34"]

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 "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 Bd6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb3 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Rac8 19.Qf5 Rc7 20.Rxc7 Qxc7 21.Rd1 Bc5 22.Rd3 Bd4
23.Kh2 b6 24.Rg3 Kh8 25.Rf3 Bxb2 26.Qg6 fxg6 27.Rxf8+ Kh7 28.Bg8+ Kh8 29.Be6+ Kh7
30.Bg8+ Kh8 31.Bb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 c5
16.Bxc5 Re8 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.Be2 Rad8 21.Bf3 a5 22.Qc1 Qb8
23.b4 axb4 24.Bxb4 Bh2+ 25.Kh1 Bf4 26.Qa3 Rd7 27.Rd3 h5 28.Rfd1 Bd6 29.Qb2 Re5
30.Bc3 Rf5 31.Qxb5 Qc8 32.Qb2 Re7 33.Bb4 Qd8 34.Bxd6 Qxd6 35.Rb3 Rfe5 36.Re3 Rxe3
37.fxe3 Bc8 38.Qd4 Rb7 39.Rc1 Bd7 40.Qf4 Qxf4 41.exf4 Kf8 42.Kh2 Rb4 43.Kg3 Ke7
44.Rc3 Kd6 45.Ra3 Ba4 46.h4 Bd7 47.Ra6+ Ke7 48.Ra7 Kd6 49.f5 Bxf5 50.Rxf7 Ra4
51.Bxh5 Ke5 52.Bf3 Rxa2 53.Re7+ Kd6 54.Rh7 Ke5 55.h5 gxh5 56.Rxh5 Ra4 57.Rh4 Ra8
58.Rh1 Ra4 59.Re1+ Kd6 60.Kf2 Ra2+ 61.Kg3 Ra4 62.Rd1 Rb4 63.Ra1 Ke5 64.Ra3 Rd4
65.Ra8 Rb4 66.Re8+ Kd6 67.Kf2 Rb3 68.Rg8 Ke5 69.g4 Bd7 70.Rg7 Bc8 71.Kg3 Rc3
72.Rf7 Rc4 73.Re7+ Kf6 74.Re4 Rxe4 75.Bxe4 Kg5 76.Bf3 Bd7 77.Bd1 Bc8 78.Be2 Bd7
79.Bf3 Bc8 80.Bd1 Bd7 81.Kf2 Kf4 82.Bf3 Be8 83.Be2 Bd7 84.Bf3 Be8 85.d6 Ke5
86.Ke3 Kxd6 87.Kf4 Ke7 88.Ke5 Kf7 89.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Lublin GM"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 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 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.h4 Rb8 13.Rh3 b5 14.f5 Nxd4 15.f6 b4
16.Qg5 Nf5 17.Bd3 h6 18.Bxf5 hxg5 19.hxg5 bxc3 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bg6+ Kg8 22.Bh7+ Kh8
23.Bd3+ Kg8 24.Bh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Leon Masters"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Nec6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.c4 dxc4 11.Na3 c3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Nb5 O-O 14.Nd6 Nxc5 15.Bb5 Bg4
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Qd4 Nb7 20.Rad1 c5 21.Qa4 Nxd6 22.Rxd6 f5
23.Rd7 Qe8 24.Rfd1 fxg4 25.Qxg4 Rf7 26.Rxf7 Qxf7 27.Ng5 Qf5 28.f4 Re8 29.Qxf5 Bxf5
30.Rd7 Rf8 31.Re7 h6 32.Nxe6 Bxe6 33.Rxe6 Rxf4 34.Ra6 Rf3 35.Rxa7 Rxh3 36.e6 Re3
37.Re7 Kf8 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Re7 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Leon Masters"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

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.Be2 Bb7
10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Nh5 12.d5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qb6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Nxg5 Bc5 16.Bh5+ Ke7
17.Nxe6 Ne5 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Be2 Raf8 20.O-O Rhg8 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Qd2 Qc5 23.Qxh6 Bc8
24.Qh4+ Ke6 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Qh5 Kf6 27.Qh4+ Ke6 28.Nd5 cxd5 29.Rxd5 Qb6 30.Qh5 Qb8
31.Rfd1 Rf6 32.Rxe5+ Qxe5 33.Bg4+ Rxg4 34.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "24th Leon Masters"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bd7 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg2 Ne7 10.h3 Qb6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Nf3 d4 13.Ne4 Bb5 14.Qd2 Nbc6 15.a3 Ng6
16.b4 Be7 17.Bb2 Rfd8  0-1

[Event "24th Leon Masters"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.Qe2 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Ba6 Bxa6
16.Qxa6 Rfd8 17.a3 c5 18.h3 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qc7 20.Rad1 e5 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.Rxc4 f6
23.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Leon Masters"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Qa6 8.Qf3 e6
9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.Nd2 Nge7 12.Nb3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nf5 14.O-O Be7 15.Bxe7 Ncxe7
16.g3 b6 17.Nf4 g6 18.Nh3 O-O 19.Qf4 Qe2 20.Rfd1 Rac8 21.Rd2 Qg4 22.Qxg4 hxg4
23.Ng5 a5 24.f3 Rc4 25.Kf2 Rfc8 26.fxg4 Nh6 27.Rad1 a4 28.Na1 Nxg4+ 29.Kf3 Nh6
30.Kf4 Nef5 31.Nf3 b5 32.Ne1 f6 33.exf6 e5+ 34.Kxe5 Ne3 35.Rb1 Re8+ 36.Kf4 Rc6
37.Kg5 Re4 38.Kxh6 Rg4 39.Rf2 Nf5+ 40.Rxf5 gxf5 41.Kh5 Rc7  0-1

[Event "24th Leon Masters"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.e4 dxc4 10.e5 Qd8 11.Bxc4 Be7 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.g3 Qa5 15.Rc1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bd7 17.O-O c5 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Be4 O-O 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rb7 Bd8 22.Qc4 Bb6
23.dxc5 Qxc5 24.Qxc5 Bxc5 25.Nd4 Rab8 26.Rfb1 Bb6 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.a4 Rd8
29.a5 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Rxd4 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Rb7 Kg6 33.Rxa7 Ra4 34.Kg2 Re4 35.f4 Re2+
36.Kh3 Ra2 37.Rc7 Rxa5 38.Rxc6 Ra2 39.Rc7 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "19th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Ne5 Bb4+
9.Nd2 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.a3 Ba5 12.O-O f6 13.Nf3 Bc7 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ne5 O-O
16.f4 Bd7 17.Rf3 Be8 18.Qc2 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Rff1 Bg6 22.c5 Rfd8
23.Bd6 Qf7 24.Rad1 Bf5 25.Rd4 Rd7 26.h3 h5 27.Rfd1 Qg6 28.Kh2 h4 29.Qf2 Qh5
30.R1d2 Kh7 31.Be5 Rf7 32.Rd7 Raf8 33.R2d6 Kg8 34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.a4 a6
37.Qe1 Bg6 38.Kg1 Bf5 39.Qf2 Bg6 40.Kf1 Rf5 41.Ke1 Be8 42.Qd2 Qg6 43.Rb8 Qg3+
44.Qf2 Bh5 45.Rxb7 Rf7 46.Qxg3 hxg3 47.Rb6 Rd7 48.Bd6 e5 49.fxe5 Rf7 50.e6 Rf2
51.Bxg3 Rxg2 52.Bf4 g5 53.Kf1 Rc2 54.Bxg5 Rxc5 55.h4 Kg6 56.e7 Kf5 57.Rb8 Re5
58.Rf8+ Kg4 59.Kg2  1-0

[Event "19th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Nbd7 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.c4 d4 12.Ba4 b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.c5 bxc5 15.bxc5 Qc7
16.Rc1 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Nc4 Qxc5 19.Ncxe5 Qd5 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8
22.Qa4 h6 23.h3 Rd8 24.Qxa7 Ra8 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 Rxa2 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.Nf3 Ra1+
29.Kh2 Ra5 30.d4 g6 31.Rd8 Ra7 32.d5 Kg7 33.d6 Kf6 34.Nd4 Rb7 35.f4 Nc5 36.Rc8 Ne4
37.Rc6 Rd7 38.Nb5 Ke6 39.Nc7+ Kf5 40.Nb5 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tikkanen,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "D17"]

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.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be2 e6 13.O-O Bb4 14.Be3 O-O 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Qb6 18.Be3 e5 19.Bf2 exd4 20.Bxd4 Bc5 21.Qxb6 Bxb6 22.Bxb6 Nxb6
23.Rab1 Rc7 24.b4 axb4 25.Rxb4 Nd7 26.a5 f6 27.f4 Nc5 28.Rc4 Na6 29.Rcd4 Nc5
30.Rc4 Na6 31.Na4 Re7 32.Rdd4 Rfe8 33.Bd3 c5 34.Nxc5 Nxc5 35.Rxc5 Bxe4 36.Bb5 Ra8
37.Bc4+ Kf8 38.f5 g6 39.g4 Bc6 40.Rd6 Kg7 41.Kf2 Re4 42.a6 Rxc4 43.Rxc4 Rxa6
44.fxg6 hxg6 45.Rf4 Ra2+ 46.Ke3 f5 47.gxf5 gxf5 48.Rh4 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 Ra2+ 50.Kc3 Ra3+
51.Kb2 Re3 52.Kc1 Re2 53.Rd2 Rxd2 54.Kxd2 Kg6 55.Ke3 Kg5 56.Rd4 Be4 57.Rd8 Kg4
58.Rg8+ Kh3 59.Rh8+ Kg4 60.Rh7 b5 61.Rh6 b4 62.Rb6 Kh3 63.Kf2 b3 64.Rxb3+ Kxh2
65.Rg3 Bc2 66.Kf3 Be4+ 67.Kf4 Kh1 68.Rb3 Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 b4
16.axb4 axb4 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Ne2 c5 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Bxe4 21.Qxc5 Qb8
22.Bxe4 Qxf4 23.Bf3 Re8 24.Qc1 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Qh4+
16.Qf2 Be7 17.Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18.Kd2 Bd8 19.Rhb1 Bc6 20.Rb8 Rxb8 21.Rxb8 O-O 22.Rc8 Bb7
23.Rb8 Bc6 24.Rc8 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Nd4 e5 14.Nf5 g6 15.Nh6 Nh5 16.g3 Bc5
17.Qf3 Rf8 18.Bd2 Bd4 19.b4 cxb3 20.Bxb3 Qd6 21.Rac1 Ng7 22.a4 f5 23.axb5 f4
24.Ne2 Bb6 25.bxa6 Bxa6 26.Bc4 g5 27.Bxa6 Rxa6 28.Rc8+ Bd8 29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.exf5 Nf6
31.Qd3 Ra7 32.Qb5+ Qd7 33.Rxd8+  1-0

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C24"]

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 ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nde2 Bb4 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Qc7 13.Ne4 Nc6 14.c3 Be7 15.f4 f5
16.gxf5 Rxf5 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Qd3 Rd8 19.b4 Be8 20.Qc4 Bf7 21.Ng3 Rf6 22.Ne4 Rf5
23.Ng3 Rf6 24.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Qa5 8.Bd2 c5
9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Qe2 e5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.Bc1 Qc7
16.Ba3 Rd8 17.h3 Na5 18.Ba2 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rfd1 Qc4 21.Qxc4 Nxc4 22.Be7 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Nxe4 24.Rd7 Nb6 25.Rxb7 Nxa4 26.c4 Nac5 27.Rc7 Nd3 28.c5 Rb8 29.Bd6 Rb1+
30.Kh2 Ndxf2 31.Rc8+ Kf7 32.Nxe5+ Kf6 33.Rf8+ Kg5 34.Nf7+ Kg6 35.Ne5+ Kh6
36.Nf7+ Kg6 37.Ne5+ Kh6 38.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 d4
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.b4 h6 11.Bd2 a5 12.Rd1 axb4 13.axb4 e5 14.Nf3 Re8 15.g3 e4
16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Qc3 Nfg4 18.Be3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qg5 20.Bg2 Nd3+ 21.exd3 Qxe3+
22.Kf1 Bh3 23.Qb2 Bg4 24.Re1 Qxd3+ 25.Kg1 Rad8 26.Nb5 e3 27.h3 e2 28.Kh2 Qe3
29.Nd6 Qf2 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Qd2 Bf3 32.Rhg1 Re3 33.b5 f5 34.Qd4 Be4 35.Qxe3 Qxe3
36.Bxe4 Qxe4 37.c6 bxc6 38.bxc6 f4 39.c7 fxg3+ 40.Rxg3 Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2821"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Nf1 Nb8 10.Ne3 Ng4 11.Bg3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Nd7 13.d4 Nf6 14.Bd3 Ng4 15.Qe2 Bg5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Bh4+ 18.g3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bf6 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.O-O-O c6 22.Nd4 a6
23.Rhf1 c5 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 b5 26.Bc2 c4 27.Rfd5 Be5 28.Qh5 Rae8 29.a3 Qa7
30.Kd2 Qb8 31.Ke2 Re6 32.Qh4 Qb6 33.Rd8 Ree8 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Rd5 Qc7 36.a4 Qb6
37.axb5 axb5 38.Qh5 Qb8 39.Rd7 g6 40.Qf3 Rf8 41.Kf2 b4 42.Qe2 bxc3 43.bxc3 Qc8
44.Qd2 Bxc3 45.Qd5 Qa6 46.e5 Qa2 47.Qe4 Bxe5 48.h4 Re8 49.Kg2 h5 50.Kh3 c3
51.Rd5 Qa6 52.Bd3 Qc8+ 53.Kg2 Bg7 54.Rc5 Qd7 55.Qc4 Rxe3 56.Rc7 Rxg3+ 57.Kxg3 Be5+
58.Kf2 Qxc7 59.Qxc7 Bxc7 60.Kf3  0-1

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Rb8 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Ne4 Nxe3 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Qd3 b6
16.a4 c5 17.a5 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.axb6 axb6 20.Qe4 Rd7 21.c3 g6 22.Rf2 Rfd8
23.Ra6 cxd4 24.exd4 Qb5 25.Qe2 Qc6 26.Qe5 Ra8 27.Rxa8+ Qxa8 28.c4 Qa4 29.Qb8+ Kg7
30.Qe5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel ACCENTUS GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Bb7
9.a4 Be7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Qa1 Bb7 14.Qa7 Qc8 15.Nxc4 Nxf4
16.Nb6 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Qc7 18.Na8 Qc8 19.Nb6 Qc7 20.Na8 Qc8 21.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B36"]

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 "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Be3 g6 15.f4 Ne7
16.Qb3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Qxb7 Rc2 19.Bf2 Qa5 20.b4 Qa3 21.Qxd5 Bh4 22.g3 Nxg3
23.hxg3 Bxg3 24.Ng4 Bxf2+ 25.Nxf2 Qg3+ 26.Qg2 Qxf4 27.Re4 Qd6 28.Qf3 Qxb4
29.a3 Qd6 30.Rae1 h5 31.Rf4 Rc3 32.Qxc3 Qxf4 33.Qe3 Qxe3 34.Rxe3 Rd8 35.Rd3 f5
36.Nh3 Kf7 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Nf4 h4 39.d5 g5 40.Ne6 Rd6 41.Nc7 Rd7 42.d6 g4 43.Ke3 h3
44.Kf4 h2 45.Rd1 Rh7 46.Ne8+ Kg6 47.Rh1 Rh3 48.d7 Rd3 49.Rxh2 Rxd7 50.Rh8 Rd4+
51.Ke5 Re4+ 52.Kd5 g3 53.Nd6 Rg4 54.Rh1 Ra4 55.Ke5 Kg5 56.Nf7+ Kg4 57.Nh6+ Kf3
58.Nxf5 g2 59.Rb1 Ra5+ 60.Ke6 Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Potkin,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Qa5 8.Bd2 c5
9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nc2 Qc7 12.Qe2 Be7 13.e5 Nfd7 14.f4 Nc6 15.O-O b6
16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Ncd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bc5 19.Be3 Re8 20.Rad1 a6 21.b4 Bf8 22.f5 Nxe5
23.Bf4 Bd6 24.Nc6 Nxc6 25.Bxd6 Qa7 26.f6 gxf6 27.Rxf6 Ne7 28.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6
9.Qc1 Be7 10.g3 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Nc5 12.Bh3 Qa5+ 13.Kf2 Bd7 14.Nb3 Ne4+ 15.Kg2 Qc7
16.c4 Nb4 17.cxd5 Qc2+ 18.Qxc2 Nxc2 19.Bb6 Nxa1 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Rxa1 Rc8
22.Nbd4 Bc5 23.Bxc5 Nxc5 24.b4 Nd3 25.Rd1 Nb2 26.Rb1 Nd3 27.Bxe6 Bxe6 28.Nxe6 Rc2+
29.Kh3 g6 30.Nc5 Nf2+ 31.Kh4 b6 32.Nxa6 O-O 33.e6 Rf5  0-1

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Pijpers,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C19"]

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 "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nikolov,Mo"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.e3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 c5 14.Ke2 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Qf5
16.Rhc1 Qb5+ 17.Ke1 Nc6 18.Qc4 Qxc4 19.Rxc4 Rfc8 20.Rac1 Ne7 21.Rc7 Rxc7
22.Rxc7 Nd5 23.Rb7 Rc8 24.Kd2 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Nxc7 26.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rodshtein,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 a5 8.a3 a4
9.Ba2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.d4 exd4 13.exd5 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 cxd5 15.Nb1 d3
16.cxd3 Nc5 17.d4 Nce4 18.Nc3 Be6 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Rc2 h6 21.h3 Nd6 22.Qd1 Nde4
23.Ne2 Bf5 24.Ne5 Ng5 25.Rd2 Nge4 26.Rc2 Ng5 27.Rd2 Nge4  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Petrosian,TL"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C77"]

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 "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Kh1 Bd6 12.dxc5 Ng4 13.Bd2 Bxc5 14.Qe1 Ne3 15.Bxe3 Bxe3
16.g3 Bb6 17.Bd3 Qf6 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Nd1 g6 21.c3 d4 22.Nf2 dxc3
23.Ng4 Qg7 24.bxc3 Ba5 25.Rb1 b6 26.Be4 Bxc3 27.Rfd1 Nb4 28.Nge5 Nd5 29.Nxd7 Qxd7
30.Qd3 Bf6 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Qxd5+ Qxd5 33.Rxd5 Re2 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Nxd2 Re8
36.a4 Re2 37.Nc4 Ra2 38.a5 bxa5 39.Rb8+ Kf7 40.Rb7+ Ke6 41.Rxa7 Bc3 42.Rxh7 Kd5
43.Rc7 Ke4 44.Nd6+ Kd3 45.f5 gxf5 46.Nxf5 Re2 47.Ra7 Kc4 48.h4 Kb4 49.Rb7+ Kc5
50.Rc7+ Kb4 51.Rb7+ Kc5 52.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Re8 14.Re1 h6 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Bxa7 Rxa7 19.f4 Re7 20.e5 Qe8 21.Nf3 dxe5 22.fxe5 Nd7
23.e6 fxe6 24.Qf5 Kh8 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Bxe6 Nf6 27.Nd4 Be4 28.Qe5 Qg6 29.g4 Ra8
30.Rf1 Re8 31.Qxc7 Qg5 32.Qf4 Qc5 33.Kh2 b4 34.Bf7 Rc8 35.Ne6 Qe7 36.g5 Qxf7
37.Qxe4 Nxe4 38.Rxf7 Nxg5 39.Rc7 Re8 40.Nxg5 hxg5 41.cxb4 Re2+ 42.Kg3 Rxb2
43.Rb7 Kh7 44.Kg4 Kh6 45.Kf5 Rf2+ 46.Ke5 Rf4 47.Kd5 Kh5 48.Kc5 Kh4 49.Rxg7 Rf5+
50.Kb6 Rf6+ 51.Ka7  1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 Re8
16.f4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 c5 18.e5 c4 19.Bf5 g6 20.Rad1 Nd5 21.Be4 Nxe3 22.Rxd8 Nxc2
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Bxc2 f6 25.Rd1 fxe5 26.fxe5 Kf7 27.Rd6 Re6 28.Rd7+ Re7 29.Rd6 Rxe5
30.Rxa6 Bxg2 31.Bxg6+ hxg6 32.Kxg2 Re3 33.Rb6 Rxc3 34.Rxb5 Ra3 35.Rc5 Rxa2+
36.Kf3 Rc2 37.h4 Rc3+ 38.Ke2 Kf6 39.h5 g5 40.h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.d4 dxe4
9.Nfd2 exd4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6
15.cxd4 Na6 16.Nc3 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Rd6 18.Ne4 Rd5 19.Nc3 Rd6 20.Ne4 Rd5 21.Qe3 Rhd8
22.Nc3 R5d7 23.Rhe1 Nc7 24.d5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Qxe6+ Qxe6
28.Rxe6 Rf5 29.Re8+ Kd7 30.Rh8 Rxf2 31.Rxh7+ Ke6 32.Rxb7 Rxg2 33.Rxa7 Rxh2
34.a4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.h4 Rxg2 14.Kf1 Rg8 15.Rg1 Rh8
16.Bg5 Rxh7 17.Bxf6 Rh6 18.Bg5 Rh8 19.Bf6 Rh6 20.Bg5 Rh8 21.Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.a3 Qb6
9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.c4 dxc4 15.Rc1 Qd8
16.Rxc4 h6 17.a4 a6 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Qe4 Rb8 20.Bd3 Ne7 21.a5 Ba7 22.Ke2 Bb5
23.Rc3 Bc6 24.Rxc6 bxc6 25.Rc1 Qd7 26.Bxa6 O-O 27.g4 Rfd8 28.f5 exf5 29.gxf5 Nxf5
30.Rxc6 Rxb4 31.Bc4 Rb2 32.Bd3 Nd4+ 33.Nxd4 Qxd4 34.Qxd4 Bxd4 35.e6 fxe6
36.Bc2 e5 37.a6 Rb6 38.Be4 Rxc6 39.Bxc6 Rc8 40.Bb7 Rc7 41.Be3 Rc2+ 42.Kd1 Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.Rc1 b6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 c5 18.a3 Qe7 19.h3 e5 20.Qb7 Qe8 21.Qe4 exd4 22.Qxe8+ Rxe8
23.exd4 Rac8 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Kf1 Nb3 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nd2 Rd8 28.Ke2 Re8+
29.Kf1 Rd8 30.Ke2 Nd4+ 31.Ke1 Nc2+ 32.Ke2 Nd4+ 33.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 O-O
10.O-O a6 11.Ne2 c4 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Bxg5 14.fxg5 Rh8 15.Rxf7 Kg8 16.g6 Nf8
17.Nf4 Ra7 18.Qf3 Qe8 19.Nxd5 Nxg6 20.Rxa7 Nxa7 21.Nxb6 Bd7 22.Qb7 Bc6 23.Qxa7 Nh4
24.Qc7 Nxg2 25.Bg5 Nh4 26.Kf2 Nf5 27.h4 Kh7 28.Rf1 Bb5 29.a4 Bxa4 30.Ke1 Rf8
31.Nxa4 Qxa4 32.Bf6 Qa1+ 33.Kf2 Qxb2 34.Kg1 Qxd4+ 35.Kh2 Qd2+ 36.Kh1 Qh6
37.Rg1 a5 38.Bg5 Qh5 39.Qxc4 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Rg2 Qe1 42.Qg4 Kg8 43.Bf6 Rf7
44.h5 Qe3 45.c3 Qxc3 46.h6 Nxh6 47.Qxe6 Kh7 48.Bg5 Rf5 49.Bh4 Qxe5+ 50.Qxe5 Rxe5
51.Bd8 a4 52.Ra2 Re4 53.Kg3 Kg6 54.Kf3 Kf5 55.Rb2 Nf7 56.Bc7 Ne5+ 57.Kg2 Nc4
58.Rb8 Re7 59.Bg3 Ra7 60.Rb4 Ne3+ 61.Kf3 Nd5 62.Rb5 Ke6 63.Bf2 Ra6 64.Bd4 g6
65.Ke4 Nc7 66.Rg5 Kf7 67.Rg1 a3 68.Kd3 Ne6 69.Be5 g5 70.Kc4 Kg6 71.Kb3 Kf5
72.Bc3 a2 73.Ra1 g4 74.Be1 Nc5+ 75.Kc4 Ne4 76.Kb3 Kf4 77.Bh4 Nd2+ 78.Kb2 Nf3
79.Bf2 Re6 80.Rxa2 Re2+ 81.Ka3 Rxa2+ 82.Kxa2 Ne5 83.Kb3 Kf3 84.Be1 Nd3 85.Bh4 Nf4
86.Kc2 Ng2 87.Be7 g3 88.Kd2 Nf4 89.Bc5 g2 90.Ba7 Ng6 91.Ke1 Ne5 92.Bg1 Nd3+
93.Kd2 Nf2 94.Ke1 Nh3 95.Ba7 Nf4 96.Kd2 Kg3 97.Ke1 Nd3+ 98.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 b5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.g3 b4
9.Ne4 f5 10.Nc5 Qd5 11.Rc1 Bxc5 12.dxc5 Nd7 13.Qd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxc5 15.Bg2 Bd7
16.Rxc4 Nxa4 17.Rxb4 c5 18.Rxa4 Bxa4 19.Bxa8 Kd7 20.Kd2 Rxa8 21.Ra1 Bc6 22.Nb3 c4
23.Nc5+ Kd6 24.Na6 Bb5 25.Kc3 Kc6 26.Nb4+ Kc5 27.Nc2 a5 28.Ne3 a4 29.Nc2 Rb8
30.Nb4 Rd8 31.Na2 h5 32.Kc2 h4 33.Nc3 Rh8 34.Nxa4+ Bxa4+ 35.Rxa4 hxg3 36.hxg3 Rh2
37.Kc3 Rxf2 38.Rxc4+ Kd5 39.Rd4+ Ke5 40.Rd2 Rg2 41.b4 Rxg3+ 42.Kc4 Rg1 43.b5 Rc1+
44.Kb4 f4 45.b6 Rb1+ 46.Kc5 f5 47.Kc6 Ke4 48.Rd3 Rb2 49.Kc5 Rc2+ 50.Kd6 Rb2
51.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.Nd2 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Bg5 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 h6 14.cxd5 Bxf1 15.Raxf1 hxg5
16.Nxg5 Rb8 17.b3 cxd5 18.f4 a5 19.h4 a4 20.Rf3 Rb4 21.g3 O-O 22.Rd3 c6 23.Nf3 axb3
24.axb3 Ra8 25.h5 Ra2+ 26.Kc3 Re4 27.Rd2 Ra3 28.Kb2 Ra8 29.h6 Bh8 30.Re1 Rxe1
31.Nxe1 f6 32.exf6 Bxf6+ 33.Kc2 Kh7 34.g4 g5 35.Nf3 Kxh6 36.fxg5+ Bxg5 37.Rh2+ Kg7
38.Rh5 Bf4 39.Rf5 Rf8 40.Rxf8 Kxf8 41.b4 Bc7 42.Kb3 Ke7 43.b5 c5 44.g5 Ke6
45.g6 Kf6 46.Nh4 c4+ 47.Kb4 Bd6+ 48.Kc3 Bg3 49.Ng2 Be5+ 50.Kb4 Kxg6 51.Kc5 c3
52.Ne1 d4 53.Kc4 Kf5 54.Kd3 Ke6 55.Kc2 Kd5 56.Nd3 Bg3 57.Kb3 Bd6 58.Kc2 Kc4
59.b6 Kb5 60.b7 Kb6 61.Kb3 Kxb7 62.Kc2 Kc6 63.Kb3 Kd5 64.Kc2 Ke4 65.Nf2+ Ke3
66.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 c6
9.Nd4 Qc7 10.f4 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Ne6 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.f5 d4
16.fxe6 dxc3 17.bxc3 Bxe6 18.Bd4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Bd3 Nc4 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8
22.Re1 Nxd2 23.Rxe5 Nxb3 24.axb3 Rf6 25.c4 Kf7 26.c5 h6 27.Re4 Ke7 28.Ra4 a6
29.Rb4 Bc8 30.h4 Kd8 31.Kh2 Kc7 32.Kg3 Be6 33.Rf4 a5 34.Rxf6 gxf6 35.Kf4 b5
36.cxb6+ Kxb6 37.Bf5 Bf7 38.Kg4 c5 39.c4 Kc7 40.Be4 Kd6 41.Kf5 Ke7 42.Bf3 Be8
43.g3 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Nd7 4.Nf3 Ngf6 5.Nxf6+ Nxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.O-O e6
8.d4 Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.Qe2 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Bh4 Rad8
15.Nd4 Bh7 16.Rfe1 a6 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.Qf3 Rd7 19.Ba4 Rdd8 20.h3 Bd6 21.Bc6 g5
22.Bxb7 Kg7 23.Bg3 Bxg3 24.fxg3 e5 25.Kh2 Rb8 26.Bxa6 Rxb2 27.Nf5+ Bxf5 28.Qxf5 e4
29.Bc4 e3 30.Rd3 Rf2 31.Rdxe3 Qxe3 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rxe3 Rd8 34.Kg1 Rdd2
35.Bd5 Rfe2 36.Rxe2 Rxe2 37.g4 Rc2 38.c4 Rxa2 39.Kh2 Ra3 40.Kg1 Ke7 41.Kf2 f6
42.Kg1 Kd6 43.Kh2 Ke5 44.Bg8 Rc3 45.Bf7 f5 46.gxf5 Kxf5 47.g3 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 g4
49.h4 Ke5 50.Bd5 Kd6 51.Kf1 Kc5 52.Kg1 Rxc4 53.Ba8 Kd4 54.Bb7 Ke3 55.Ba8 h5
56.Bb7 Ra4 57.Bc6 Ra7 58.Bd5 Ra1+ 59.Kg2 Kd4 60.Bb7 Ra7 61.Bc6 Rc7 62.Ba8 Rc8
63.Bb7 Rb8 64.Bc6 Kc5 65.Be4 Re8 66.Bb7 Kb6 67.Bd5 Re5 68.Ba8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 Qf6 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 d4 18.cxd4 Rad8 19.Nc3 Rxd4 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Qxf6 gxf6
22.Rxe4 Rxd3 23.Rg4+ Kh8 24.a4 Rfd8 25.g3 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kg2 Rb1 28.axb5 Rxb2
29.bxa6 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.13.2"]
[White "Gretarsson,Hj"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6 d5 8.Bd2 d4
9.Nb5 bxc6 10.Nbxd4 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qb6 12.e3 Rd8 13.c5 Nxc5 14.Bc4 e5 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Nxe5+ Kf8 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Qb4 Rd5 19.O-O Rb8 20.Qa3 Kg8 21.Rac1 Nce4 22.f3 Rh5
23.f4 c5 24.Ne5 Qb7 25.Ndc6 Ra8 26.b4 Be6 27.bxc5 Bd5 28.Nd4 Qe7 29.Qa5 Qd8
30.Qxd8+ Rxd8 31.Rfd1 Rc8 32.g4 Rh3 33.Nf5 Kf8 34.g5 Bxa2 35.gxf6 gxf6 36.Nd7+ Kf7
37.Nd6+ Nxd6 38.Rxd6 Rg8+ 39.Kh1 Rxe3 40.Nxf6 Rb8 41.Ng4 Re4 42.Ne5+ Ke8
43.Nd7  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Solak,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Parligras,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Re1 Re8 13.h3 Rb8 14.Bb5 Re7 15.Bf1 Re8
16.Bb5 Re7 17.Bf1 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.3.2"]
[White "Mastrovasilis,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bd3 Nbc6 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qd2 a5 14.Qe3 Nce7 15.g3 Nf5
16.Qd2 Rfc8 17.Rab1 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Qxe5 20.Nxf5 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3
22.bxc3 exf5 23.Rxb6 Kf8 24.Bb5 Be6 25.f4 Rc8 26.Bc6 Ke7 27.Ra6 Rc7 28.Kf2 Bc8
29.Rb6 Bd7 30.Bxd7 Kxd7 31.Rb5 Kd6 32.Rxa5 Rxc3 33.Ra6+ Kc5 34.Ra5+ Kc6 35.Ra7 Rxc2+
36.Ke3 Rxh2 37.Rxf7 g6 38.a4 Kc5 39.Rc7+ Kb4 40.Rd7 Kc5 41.Rc7+ Kd6 42.Ra7 h5
43.Rg7 Kc5 44.Rxg6 h4 45.gxh4 d4+ 46.Kd3 Rxh4 47.a5 Kd5 48.a6 Rh3+ 49.Kc2 Ra3
50.Kb2 Ra5 51.Kb3 d3 52.Kc3 Ra3+ 53.Kb2 d2 54.Kc2 Ra2+ 55.Kd1 Ke4 56.Ke2 Kxf4
57.Rd6 d1=Q+ 58.Kxd1 Ke3 59.Re6+ Kf3 60.Kc1 f4 61.Kb1 Ra5 62.Kc2 Kg4 63.Kd3 f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.6.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 b4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Na4 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.Qe2 Rxd5 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Nc3 Qd6 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.f3 Bc5+
24.Be3 Nd3 25.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Kh1 Qd4 27.Ra5 Rd8 28.Rfa1 Rd7 29.h4 Nxb2 30.h5 Nd3
31.h6 b3 32.h7 Rd8 33.Kg2 b2 34.Rh1 Kc7 35.Rg5 Nc1 36.Qc2 Qd2+ 37.Qxd2 Rxd2+
38.Kh3 Rd8 39.Rg8 b1=Q 40.h8=Q Qf5+ 41.Kh4 Rxg8 42.Qxg8 Qxf6+ 43.Kh3 Qh6+
44.Kg2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.9.2"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C48"]

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.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Nb6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rfc1 Nc4 15.Be1 Qd7
16.e4 Na5 17.Qd1 Nc6 18.e5 Ne8 19.Ne2 Nc7 20.h4 Rfc8 21.Bd2 Bd8 22.Bf1 Ne7
23.Nc3 Nf5 24.Be1 Na6 25.Na4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Bc3 Be7 29.a3 Qc6
30.b4 Nc7 31.Bb2 b6 32.Nc3 b5 33.Ne2 Na8 34.Nc1 Nb6 35.Nb3 Nc4 36.Bc1 Bd8
37.Kg2 a5 38.bxa5 Nxa5 39.Nxa5 Bxa5 40.Bb2 Bb6 41.Qd2 Qb7 42.Bxb5 Bxd4 43.a4 Ba7
44.Qe2 g5 45.Bc1 f6 46.exf6 gxf6 47.Qd1 Kf7 48.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 c5 12.Rd1 Kc8 13.Nd5 a5 14.a4 Ne7 15.c4 Bf5 16.Ra2 Ra6
17.Nc3 g5 18.Rad2 Nc6 19.Nd5 Bg7 20.Bb2 Be4 21.Re2 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Re8 23.Kf1 Nd4
24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Rxd4 c6 26.Ne3 Bxe5 27.Re4 Re6 28.Nf5 f6 29.Nxh6 Rb6 30.R2e3 Rd6
31.c5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 f6 8.exf6 Bxf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Re1 Re8 12.b4 a6 13.Bb2 Nf8 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Nf1 Qf7
16.Ne3 Ng6 17.Ng4 Nf4 18.Bf1 Be7 19.Nfe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qf5 21.Re3 Rf8 22.Rae1 Bd6
23.f3 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qg6 25.g3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Qxd3 27.R5e3 Qf5 28.c4 Bd7 29.c5 Qh3
30.Bc3 Rf5 31.Qc2 Raf8 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 g5 34.h3 Kf7 35.Bd2 Rf6 36.Rc3 Rg8
37.g4 Bb5 38.Re5 Bc4 39.a3 b6 40.cxb6 cxb6 41.Kg3 a5 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.f4 gxf4+
44.Bxf4 a4 45.Rh5 Rgg6 46.Rf3 Kg8 47.Be5 Rxf3+ 48.Kxf3 Bb5 49.Kf4 Be8 50.Rh4 Kh7
51.Bd6 Rf6+ 52.Ke5 Kg7 53.Bb4 Bb5 54.Bd2 Bf1 55.Bf4 Bg2 56.Rh5 Bf1 57.Bc1 Rf3
58.h4 Rf6 59.g5 hxg5 60.hxg5 Rf3 61.Kxe6 Rc3 62.Bf4 Rf3 63.Rh4 Bc4 64.Bd6 Kg6
65.Be7 Re3+ 66.Kd7 Bb5+ 67.Kd8 Re4 68.Rh6+ Kf7 69.Bf6 Re3 70.Be5 Bd3 71.Rf6+ Kg8
72.Ke7 Be4 73.Rh6  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.axb4 Rxd5 20.Qe2 cxb4 21.Nc3 Qd6 22.Rxa7 bxc3 23.Ra8+ Kd7
24.Ra7+ Ke8 25.Ra8+ Kd7 26.Ra7+ Ke8 27.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 b5 11.b3 Nb6 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.a3 Be7 15.O-O-O O-O
16.f5 Bd7 17.g4 Nh7 18.Kb1 a5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 b4 21.a4 h4 22.Ng1 e4 23.Bxe4 Bg5
24.Qf2 Rfe8 25.Bd3 Bf6 26.Ne2 Bxb2 27.Kxb2 Nf6 28.Bc4 Bxa4 29.g5 Ne4 30.Qxh4 Bb5
31.Rd4 Bxc4 32.bxc4 Qe7 33.Ng3 Qe5 34.Qxe4 Qxg3 35.Qd3 Re3 36.Qd1 Qe5 37.Kb1 b3
38.cxb3 Rb8  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.exd4 Nb6 15.Bf4 Nd5
16.Bg3 Be7 17.Rfe1 f5 18.Ne5 O-O 19.a5 Bg5 20.Nc4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Bxf4 22.Nb6 Ra7
23.d5 Bxd5 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Rad1 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Be4 28.f3 Bc6 29.Qf2 Qxf2+
30.Kxf2 Rc7 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.Re2 b3 33.Rc4 Rd1 34.Na8 Rc8 35.Nb6 Rc7 36.Na8 Rc8
37.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Steingrimsson,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Ne2 h5 14.f3 b6 15.Nf4 Ba6
16.Rd1 hxg4 17.fxg4 Ke7 18.b3 Bb7 19.e6 Rhd8 20.Rf1 Bf6 21.exf7 c5 22.f8=Q+ Rxf8
23.Ng6+ Ke8 24.Bb2 Bd4+ 25.Bxd4 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 cxd4 27.Rf8+ Kd7 28.Rf4 Re8
29.Rxd4+ Kc8 30.Rd2 a5 31.Kf2 Re6 32.Nh4 a4 33.bxa4 Re4 34.Nf5 g6 35.Nd4 c5
36.Nb5 Rxa4 37.Rd6 g5 38.Ke3 Rxa2 39.Rh6 Bg2 40.c4 Kd7 41.Nc3 Rc2 42.Na4 Ke8
43.Nxb6 Bxh3 44.Re6+ Kf7 45.Re4 Bf1 46.Nd7 Re2+ 47.Kf3 Rxe4 48.Kxe4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Siwek,Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ongarelli,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A46"]

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 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Matuszewski,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olszewski,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mista,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D02"]

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 "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Rd8 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qb4 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.Rd1 Bd7
16.Bb5 h6 17.a3 Qa5 18.Bxd7 Qxe5 19.fxe5 Nxd7 20.Bf4 Nf8 21.Nb5 Ng6 22.Bg3 a6
23.Nd6 b5 24.Rd4 h5 25.h4 Bb6 26.Re4 Rd8 27.b4 Bc7 28.c4 f5 29.Rd4 bxc4 30.Kc2 Bb8
31.Nxf5 Rd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Kc3 Kf7 34.e6+ Kf6 35.e7 Nxe7 36.Nxe7 Bxg3 37.Nxd5+ Ke5
38.Kxc4 Bxh4 39.a4 Bd8 40.b5 axb5+ 41.axb5 g5 42.b6 Bxb6 43.Nxb6 Kf4 44.Nd5+ Kg3
45.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sjugirov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Be6 13.Qe1 Nb4 14.Rc1 c5 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Qe2 Ra8 17.c3 Nc6 18.Ra1 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.d4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 e4 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Nd7 24.Qxb5 Qc7 25.e6 Ne5 26.Rf1 Rb8 27.e7 Nd7 28.Nxe4 Re8 29.Nxc5 Qxc5
30.Qxd7 Qxe3+ 31.Kh1 Qxe7 32.Qxd5+ Kh8 33.Qf3 h6 34.h3 Qe5 35.b4 Rc8 36.Rc1 Rc4
37.Qd3 Re4 38.Rf1 h5 39.b5 Qe7 40.c4 h4 41.Rf8+ Qxf8 42.Qxe4 Qf6 43.Qe1 Qd4
44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Markowski,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C97"]

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.d5 Bd7 13.b3 Nb7 14.Be3 c4 15.b4 a5 16.a3 Ra6
17.Nbd2 Rfa8 18.Rc1 axb4 19.axb4 Nd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kravtsiv,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Ba6
9.Bb5+ Bxb5 10.axb5 a5 11.bxa6 Rxa6 12.Rxa6 Nxa6 13.Qe2 Nc7 14.O-O O-O 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Ba3 c4 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.f4 Ra8 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.f5 exf5 21.Nxf5 Qe6 22.Qg4 Ne8
23.Qf3 f6 24.Re1 Ra5 25.Nd4 Qa6 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qf3 fxe5 28.Rxe5 Ra1+ 29.Kf2 Nf6
30.Ke2 Rh1 31.Qe3 Qa1 32.Re8+ Nxe8 33.Qxe8+ Kg7 34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Qxd5+ Kf8
37.Qd6+ Kf7 38.Qd7+ Kg8 39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.Qc7+ Kf6 41.Qf4+ Ke7 42.Qe5+ Kd7 43.Qe6+ Kd8
44.Qg8+ Ke7 45.Qxh7+ Kf6 46.Qh4+ Kf7 47.Qf4+ Kg8 48.Qb8+ Kh7 49.Qc7+ Kh6
50.Qf4+ Kh7 51.Qf7+ Kh6 52.Qf8+ Kh7 53.Qf7+ Kh6 54.Qf4+ Kh7 55.Qh4+ Kg8 56.Qd8+ Kh7
57.Qe7+ Kg8 58.Qe8+ Kg7 59.Qe5+ Kh7 60.Nf3 Qd1+ 61.Ke3 Qd7 62.Kf2 Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gajewski,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a3 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 Ng4
16.Qxg4 Qxd3 17.Rac1 f5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Rfd1 Rff8 21.Rd2 Rfd8
22.Rcd1 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Bxc3 24.bxc3 b4 25.a4 Ba6 26.cxb4 axb4 27.Rd7 Bb5 28.Bd4 c5
29.Rxg7+ Kf8 30.Rb7 cxd4 31.Rxb5 d3 32.Kf1 Rxa4 33.Ke1 Ra1+ 34.Kd2 Ra2+ 35.Kxd3 Rxf2
36.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bd3 d6
9.Qe2 h6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.f4 a6 13.N5d4 Qc7 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Nxd4 e5
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Rc8 18.c3 O-O 19.Kb1 Nd5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Bc1 Nf4 22.Qe4 Nxd3
23.Rxd3 Rfd8 24.Rhd1 Bg5 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Kc2 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 b5 28.h4 gxh4 29.Qxh4 Qc4
30.g4 Qe4 31.Kd2 Qf4+ 32.Kd1 f6 33.Qh5 e4 34.Rd7 Qf1+ 35.Kc2 Qe2+ 36.Kc1 Qe1+
37.Kc2 Qe2+ 38.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O f5 8.Bb2 Bd6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Ne2 Rf6 11.Ne5 Rh6 12.f4 Ndf6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nc3 Be8 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qe1 Qe7 18.Kh2 Bh5 19.Rg1 Rf8 20.g4 Be8 21.g5 Rh5 22.Qe2 Bg6
23.Rg3 Bxe5 24.dxe5 dxc4 25.Qxc4 Rd8 26.Bd4 Bf5 27.b4 Qe8 28.Rag1 Rh4 29.Qe2 b6
30.Kg2 Qe7 31.Rd1 Rd5 32.a3 c5 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.Bc3 Qd7 35.Rxd5 exd5 36.Qd2 Bxh3+
37.Kg1 Bg4 38.e6 Qxe6 39.Qb2 d4 40.exd4 Bf3 41.Qb8+ Kf7 42.Qb7+ Ke8 43.Qb8+ Kf7
44.Qb7+ Ke8 45.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C63"]

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 "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volodin,Alek"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Be2 h6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 e5 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.f5 gxf5 13.Nh4 f4 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bf2 b5
16.Bf3 Bb7 17.a3 Nc5 18.Qe2 O-O-O 19.Bh4 Be7 20.O-O-O Ne6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Nd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.a4 Qc4 26.axb5 Qxe2 27.Bxe2 axb5 28.Rxb5 Be5
29.Bc4 Kc7 30.Bd5 Rb8 31.Ra5 Kb6 32.Ra3 Rhc8 33.Rf1 Rc5 34.Rff3 Kc7 35.Ra7+ Kd8
36.Rxf7 Ra5 37.Rf8+ Kc7 38.Rf7+ Kd8 39.Rf8+ Kc7 40.Rxb8 Kxb8 41.Kd2 Ra1 42.Ra3 Rh1
43.b4 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 Rh1+ 45.Ke2 Rh2+ 46.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seeman,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 Bc5 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Bb6 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Bb2 axb4 12.axb4 Qe7 13.Rb1 Ra2 14.Bd4 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Rxe2
16.Bxb6 Nxb6 17.Nd4 Ra2 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Qf3 Re8 20.Qf4 Raa8 21.Nf5 g6 22.Bh3 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Bxd7 Rxe1+ 26.Kg2 Nbxd7 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.Qxg4 Nf6
29.Qc8 Rb1 30.Qxb7 c5 31.b5 c4 32.dxc4 dxc4 33.Qc6 c3 34.Qxc3 Rxb5 35.h3 h5
36.Qd4 Rd5 37.Qc3 g5 38.Qb2 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lyrberg,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Rd8
9.Rd1 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bxd2 11.Rxd2 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.e4 b5 14.Qc2 b4 15.Rd1 c6
16.Nbd2 cxd5 17.exd5 Bb7 18.Ng5 Na6 19.Nc4 Qc5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 f6 22.Rac1 Qb5
23.Ne3 Rac8 24.Qf5 Qd7 25.Qe6+ Kf8 26.Bh3 Qxe6 27.Bxe6 Rc7 28.h4 g6 29.h5 f5
30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Nc4 e4 32.f4 exf3 33.Ne3 Ke7 34.Nc4 Kf6 35.Na5 Ba8 36.Nb3 g5
37.Kf2 g4 38.Rh1 Rxc1 39.Rxc1 Bb7 40.Ke3 Ke5 41.Nd4 Bxd5 42.Bxf5 Bb7 43.Rc4 Rxd4
44.Rxd4 Kxf5 45.Rf4+ Ke5 46.Rxg4 Nc7 47.Rg5+ Kd6 48.Ra5 a6 49.g4 Nb5 50.g5 Ke6
51.Ra4 Nd4 52.Kf2 Nc2 53.Ra5 b3 54.axb3 Nb4 55.Ke3 Nc2+ 56.Kf2 Nd4 57.Rc5 Nb5
58.b4 Nd6 59.Rc7 Kf5 60.Rd7 Ke6 61.Rc7 Kf5 62.Rd7 Ne4+ 63.Kxf3 Nc5+ 64.Rxb7 Nxb7
65.g6 Kxg6 66.Ke4 Kf6 67.Kd5 Ke7 68.Kc6 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Ansell,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B20"]

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 "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B13"]

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 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qxb5 Qd7 14.Nxd5+ exd5
15.Qb3 Kf6 16.Be3 d4 17.Rd1 Bc5 18.Qc4 Rac8 19.Rg1 Rhe8 20.Rg4 dxe3 21.Rf4+ Kg6
22.Rg4+ Kf6 23.Rf4+ Kg5 24.Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Qc7 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Nh4 g6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nbd7 14.Nf3 Rfe8 15.Nd4 Bc4
16.Re1 Rac8 17.Qf3 Ne5 18.Qf2 Nh5 19.Rad1 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qd8 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Nd5 Nb6
23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.b3 Nd7 25.c4 Rc5 26.Nf3 Ne5 27.Re2 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Red2 Nxf3+
30.gxf3 Ra8 31.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.e4 e5 12.Bb2 dxe4 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 c5
16.Qf5 g6 17.Qh3 Rfe8 18.Ng5 Qxg5 19.Rxd6 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Rd2
23.Bxe5 Rxe2 24.Bf6 Re6 25.Bc3 f5 26.Rd1 Kf7 27.Rd7+ Re7 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.f3 g5
30.Bd2 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Baron,Ta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A48"]

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 "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B97"]

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 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Be2 Be7 17.Bh5+ Kd8 18.Bxe7+ Qxe7 19.O-O Nd7 20.Rxb7 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Rb8 22.Rxb8+ Nxb8
23.Qe2 Qb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Rf7 Nc6 26.Rxg7 Rf8 27.Kg1 Nb4 28.Rb7 Nxc2 29.Rxb5 Ke7
30.a4 Ra8 31.Rb2 Ne3 32.Kf2 Nc4 33.Rb7+ Kd6 34.Bd1 e5 35.Rh7 Nb2 36.Rxh6+ Kc5
37.Bc2 Nxa4 38.h4 Nc3 39.Bf5 Ra2+ 40.Kf1 Ra1+ 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Kf1 Nd1 43.g4 Ne3+
44.Ke1 Kd4 45.Bc8 Ng2+ 46.Kd1 e4 47.h5 e3 48.Ba6 Nf4 49.Rb6 Nd3 50.Bxd3 Kxd3
51.Rb3+ Ke4 52.h6 d4 53.h7 Rh2  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Rb8 8.a3 b5
9.Nf1 cxd4 10.cxd4 b4 11.Ng3 bxa3 12.bxa3 Ba6 13.O-O Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Be7 15.Nh5 O-O
16.h4 g6 17.Nf4 Na5 18.h5 Rb3 19.Qd1 Qb6 20.Nd2 Rb5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Qc2 Kg7
23.a4 Rb4 24.Ba3 Qxd4 25.Qxg6+ fxg6 26.Nxe6+ Kf7 27.Nxd4 Rxd4 28.e6+ Kxe6
29.Rfe1+ Ne5 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.Rxe5+ Kd6 32.Re2 Rff4 33.Rae1 Rf6 34.Ra1 Rxd2
35.Rxd2 Nb3 36.Rdd1 Nxa1 37.Rxa1 Kc5 38.Kf1 Re6 39.Re1 Ra6 40.Ra1 Kb4 41.Rd1 Kc5
42.Rc1+ Kd6 43.Ra1 d4 44.a5 Kd5 45.Ke2 Rc6 46.Kd2 a6 47.Rb1 Rc5 48.Rb6 Rxa5
49.Rxg6 Ra2+ 50.Kd3 Ra3+ 51.Kd2 a5 52.Rg8 Ra2+ 53.Kd3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nh4 b4 14.Nf5 bxc3 15.Rd1 Ne8
16.Qxc3 Qf6 17.f4 Bc7 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qxe5 Bxe5 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Rd3 Ba6
23.Re3 Bb7 24.Rb3 Nd6 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.exf5 Bc8 27.g4 g6 28.Bf3 gxf5 29.Bxc6 Be6
30.Bxa8 Bxb3 31.axb3 Rxa8 32.gxf5 Rb8 33.Kg2 Rxb3 34.Rxa7 Kg7 35.Ra3 Rb5
36.Ra6 h5 37.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Huschenbeth,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B99"]

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 "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.e4 e5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.h3 Qe6
16.g4 Nfd7 17.f4 Nc5 18.Be3 Nd3 19.a4 g5 20.fxg5 Qe5 21.a5 Nd7 22.Ra4 Bxg5
23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.e5 Nf4 25.Qxc4 Nxh3+ 26.Kf1 Nxe5 27.Qe2 Qf6+ 28.Ke1 Nf4 29.Qe4 Nxg2+
30.Qxg2 Rh2 31.Qg3 Rh1+ 32.Ke2 Rxd1 33.Kxd1 O-O-O+ 34.Kc2 Nd3 35.Qe3 a6 36.Re4 Qd6
37.Qg5 g6 38.Qe7 Nb4+ 39.Kb3 Nd5 40.Qxd6 Rxd6 41.Na4 Re6 42.Rxe6 fxe6 43.Nc5 e5
44.Kc4 Ne3+ 45.Kd3 Nxg4 46.Ke4 Kc7 47.b4 Kc8 48.Nd3 Kc7 49.Nc5 Nf6+  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E04"]

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 "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Rc8 12.Rfc1 Nd7 13.Qb5 Nb6 14.Na4 Nxa4 15.Qxa4 a6
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qe8 18.Qxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B96"]

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 "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.g3 Rfe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 b4
16.Nf5 Rad8 17.Rxd6 bxc3 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Bf4 Bc8 20.Qxc3 Nxe4 21.Bxe5 Nxc3
22.Bxc7 Nxe2+ 23.Kf1 Re8 24.Ne3 Nd4 25.Kg2 c5 26.Rc1 Bb7+ 27.Kf1 Ba6+ 28.Kg2 Bb7+
29.Kf1 Ba6+ 30.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bg2 Qa5 15.O-O Qc5
16.Kh1 a5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bh6 19.Qh5 Kh8 20.Nce3 Ne7 21.e5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Ra7
23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.Qxg4 dxe5 25.fxe5 g6 26.Rf3 Bg7 27.Re1 Re7 28.e6 fxe6 29.Rxf8+ Bxf8
30.Qf4 Re8 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Bxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dassuj,Anderzej"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Bg5 Nb6 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Be6 12.a4 a5 13.Qc2 c6 14.Rad1 Nfd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxc4 Nb4  0-1

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolowski,Ry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 b6
9.Ba2 a6 10.Nh4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Ne8 12.Nf5 Bf6 13.Qd1 Nc5 14.Qf3 Be6 15.Bf4 Bxa2
16.Rxa2 Ra7 17.Raa1 Be5 18.Rad1 Rd7 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Rd1 Qe6
22.b4 Nd7 23.Qd3 Ndf6 24.Qxa6 g6 25.Ne3 Nd6 26.f3 Rb8 27.Qa7 Nd7 28.Qc7  1-0

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dudzinski,Pi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C50"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Urban,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.Nge2 Na6 12.f3 Re8 13.O-O c5 14.Rad1 Nb4 15.Qd2 Nbc6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.dxc5 Ne5 19.Nd6 Red8 20.Nc3 b6 21.b4 bxc5 22.bxc5 Qe6
23.Nxd5 Nc4 24.Nc7 Nxd2 25.Nxe6 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 fxe6 27.Nb7 Rf8 28.e4 Ng6 29.Nd6 Ne5
30.f4 Nc6 31.Nc4 Rac8 32.Rd6 Nd8 33.Ne5 Nb7 34.Rxe6 Nxc5 35.Re7 Nxe4 36.Rxa7 Nd2
37.Rd1 Rc2 38.a4 Rd8 39.Re1 Rf8 40.a5 Re8 41.Re3 h6 42.a6 Rb8 43.Re2 Rb1+
44.Kg2 Nc4  1-0

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Be2 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 Rc6
16.c4 dxc4 17.Rxc4 Rxc4 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Bxc4 Rc8 20.Bb3 Bd3 21.f3 b5 22.Kf2 Rc3
23.d5 Bc4 24.dxe6 fxe6 25.Rd1 Bxb3 26.axb3 Rxb3 27.Rd7 Rb1 28.Rxb7 b4 29.Kg3 b3
30.e4 b2 31.Kg4 Kf8 32.h4 Kg8 33.Kh5 Kf8 34.Kg4 Ke8 35.Kh5 Kf8 36.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Markowski,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Ngf6 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8.d3 a5
9.a3 a4 10.b4 c5 11.bxc5 Nxc5 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.d4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Ne5 Bd7 17.Qb1 Bc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Bc1 c5 21.Bg5 cxd4 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Bxe4 Rfc8 24.Bxh7+ Kg7 25.Qe4 Bxa3 26.Qf3 Rc3 27.Bd3 Qd7 28.Qf4 Rh8 29.Bf5 Qb5
30.Qg4+ Kf8 31.Rfb1 Bb2 32.Bd3 Qb4 33.Rxb2 Qxb2 34.Rxa4 Qb7 35.Be4 Qb3 36.Ra8+ Ke7
37.Rxh8 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Rc1 39.Kh3 Qf1+ 40.Bg2 Qxf2 41.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pedzich,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc5 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 d5 14.a5 b5 15.Bg5 Nce4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.f3 Qf6 19.c3 Nd6 20.g4 Rfe8 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Kf2 Kf8
23.b4 Re5 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.f6 h6 26.h4 Ke8 27.Re1 e4 28.Bb1 Kd7 29.fxe4 dxe4
30.Bxe4 Re8 31.Kf3 Kc7 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Re5 34.Kf4 Re6 35.Re2 Re8 36.Bf3 Rxe2
37.Bxe2 Kd7  1-0

[Event "2nd Ferdynanda Dziedzica Mem"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gajewski,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qf3 d6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Nc2 Ba5 12.f4 Ng6 13.b4 Bc7 14.g4 b5 15.h4 bxc4
16.h5 Ne7 17.f5 Nd7 18.h6 g6 19.Bf4 Nc6 20.Bxd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Nce5 22.Qd2 Qe7
23.Qd4 Qf6 24.Kb1 Nxg4 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Bxc4 Qxd4 27.Bxe6+ Kh8 28.Nxd4 Nde5
29.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 d5 8.exd5 exd5
9.Ba2 Bg4 10.Qe1+ Be7 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne2 d3 13.cxd3 O-O 14.d4 Bb4 15.Qd1 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Re8 17.Qf3 Qb6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Rad8 20.Qf3 Qxd4 21.Qxb7 Bc5
22.g3 h6 23.d3 Qxd3 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Ra3 Qe4 26.Qxe4 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxe4 28.Raf3 f6
29.Rf4 Re1+ 30.Kg2 Rb8 31.b4 Rb1 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 R1xb5 34.h4 Re5 35.Rf5 Re1
36.Rf1 Re3 37.R5f3 Re6 38.Rc3 Kh7 39.Rff3 Rb2+ 40.Rf2 Rb1 41.Rcc2 Ree1 42.Rb2 Rg1+
43.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ipatov,A ESP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.f4 Nh6 7.Be2 Ng4 8.Nf1 Nxe3
9.Nxe3 Be4 10.Bf3 Bg6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg4 f5 14.Bf3 h5 15.c4 dxc4
16.Nxc4 Nb6 17.Qb3 Bf7 18.Rfd1 g6 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.a4 Rb8 21.Nxb6 Qxb6 22.Qxb6 axb6
23.Rd3 Ra8 24.Rc4 Ra6 25.Nc3 Rfa8 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.Bd1 Be8 28.Bb3 Bd7 29.Ne2 Ra5
30.Nc3 Ke8 31.Nb1 b5 32.axb5 Rxb5 33.Nd2 Ra1 34.Rc2 Bh4+ 35.g3 Be7 36.Nf3 Bd8
37.Nd2 Be7 38.Nc4 Rb4 39.Nd6+ Kf8 40.Rcd2 Bd8 41.h3 Rc1 42.Bd1 h4 43.g4 c5
44.gxf5 gxf5 45.Rc3 Rxd1 46.Rxd1 cxd4 47.Rcd3 Rxb2+ 48.R1d2 Rb4 49.Ke2 Bb6
50.Ra3 Bc6 51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Ne8+ Kh6 53.Nd6 Kg7 54.Ne8+ Kh6 55.Nd6 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-HUN 2011-12"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Horvath,Cs1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Qb6 8.e5 Ng4
9.Bg1 Bc5 10.Qxg4 Qxb2 11.Ndb5 Qxa1+ 12.Kd2 Bxg1 13.Qxg7 Bf2 14.Qxh8+ Ke7
15.Qf6+ Kf8 16.Nd1 Bc5 17.Bd3 Qxa2 18.Ndc3 Qa5 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 Kg8 21.Qh6 f5
22.Re1  1-0

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sitnikov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.b4 a5 7.b5 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bb2 b6 10.g3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Be7 12.O-O d6 13.e4 Nbd7 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Qe2 Rfe8
16.f4 e5 17.Nf5 Nc5 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.f5 Rac8 20.Rae1 h6 21.h3 Rc7 22.Kh2 Rec8
23.Qe3 a4 24.Rc1 Nfd7 25.Rfd1 Qg5 26.Qe2 Qe7 27.Bc3 Nf6 28.Bb4 Qe8 29.Rc3 Rd8
30.g4 Qe7 31.Re1 Rdc8 32.Qd1 Nh7 33.Re2 Nf6 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Rce3 Ra8 36.Rd3 Rc7
37.Qb1 Nd7 38.Rg3 Rac8 39.Ree3 Nc5 40.Bf1 Qg5 41.Rgf3 Qh4 42.Rg3 Qg5 43.Rgf3 Qh4
44.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.Bf3 Bb7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Re1 Ng6 12.e5 Qc7 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Bd4 Rc8 15.a4 b4
16.Ne4 Qd5 17.c3 Be7 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Qxa6 Nxe5 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.Qxc6 Nxc6 22.c4 f5
23.Ng3 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Bf6 25.Rxd7 Bxb2 26.Rxe6 Rxc4 27.Rb7 f4 28.Ne2 Rfc8 29.h4 R8c7
30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Rb6 Rc2 32.Nxf4 Bd4 33.Rb8+ Kf7 34.Rb7+ Kg8 35.Ne6 Bxf2+
36.Kh2 Bxh4 37.Rxg7+ Kh8 38.Rb7 Kg8 39.Rxb4 Be7 40.Re4 Rc3 41.Rg4+ Kf7 42.Ng5+ Bxg5
43.Rxg5 Ra3 44.a5 Kf6 45.Rb5 Kg6 46.g4 h6 47.Kg2 Kf7 48.Kf2 Kf6 49.Rf5+ Kg6
50.Rb5 Kf6 51.Rh5 Kg6 52.Rf5 Kg7 53.Rc5 Kg6 54.Ke2 Rg3 55.a6 Rxg4 56.Ra5 Re4+
57.Kd3 Re8 58.Kc4 h5 59.Rd5 h4 60.Kc5 h3 61.a7 h2 62.Rd1 Re5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qc2 Rc8
9.Bd3 e6 10.Nge2 Bh5 11.O-O Bg6 12.Rfc1 Be7 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qb5 Qd7
16.Na4 Ne4 17.Nec3 g5 18.Nxe4 gxf4 19.Nd2 fxe3 20.fxe3 Bd6 21.Nf3 b6 22.Rc3 Ne7
23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.Nc3 Qxb5 25.Nxb5 f6 26.Rc1 Kd7 27.Nxd6 Nxd6 28.Nd2 Nf5 29.Rc3 g5
30.h3 Rg8 31.Kf2 g4 32.hxg4 Rxg4 33.Ra3 a5 34.Rb3 Kc6 35.Rc3+ Kb7 36.Rc1 e5
37.dxe5 fxe5 38.Rh1 d4 39.exd4 Rxd4 40.Nf3 Rb4 41.Rh7+ Ka6 42.b3 e4 43.Ne5 e3+
44.Kf3 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Na5
16.Nf1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qe6 18.b4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Rfd8 20.Ne3 g6 21.b3 Kg7 22.c4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 bxc4 24.bxc4 Rb8 25.Nd5 c6 26.Nxf6 Qxf6 27.Qxf6+ Kxf6 28.Rd6+ Ke7
29.Rxc6 Rxb4 30.Rxa6 Rxc4 31.Ra7+ Ke6 32.Ra6+ Ke7 33.Ra7+ Ke6 34.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "B29"]

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 e6 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.g4 a6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bb3 Nb6 14.a4 c4 15.dxc4 Bb4 16.axb5 O-O
17.Rxa6 Rxa6 18.bxa6 Qxa6 19.O-O Nxc4 20.Qe2 Rc8 21.Rd1 h5 22.Rd4 Bxc3 23.Bxc4 Qa1+
24.Rd1 Qxb2 25.g5 Nd5 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.g6 Qb7 28.Qxh5 fxg6 29.Qxg6 Bf6 30.Qf5 Qc6
31.Rxd5 Qxc2 32.Qe6+ Kh7 33.Qf7 Qb1+ 34.Kg2 Qg6+ 35.Qxg6+ Kxg6 36.Be5 Bxe5
37.Rxe5 Rc3 38.Re6+ Kh7 39.Ra6 Rb3 40.f3 Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 c5
16.Bxc5 Re8 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Be3 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Nxe4 21.c4 Nc3 22.Rd2 Be4
23.cxb5 axb5 24.Bf1 Rec8 25.Rb2 Bd5 26.Bd2 Rxa2 27.Raxa2 Nxa2 28.Bxb5 g6
29.Ba6 Re8 30.Kh2 Kg7 31.Rc2 Rd8 32.Be2 h6 33.Ba5 Rb8 34.Rc5 Rb2 35.Rxd5 Rxe2
36.Kg3 Re4 37.Rc5 Nb4 38.Kf3 f5 39.g4 Kf6 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Kg3 Rd4 42.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Flores,Di"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A11"]

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 "2012.05.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mareco,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 c5
16.Bxc5 Re8 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.Be4 a5 21.Rfe1 Rac8 22.d6 Bxe4
23.dxc7 Bxc2 24.Rd8 Rexd8 25.cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 26.Rxe5 Bd3 27.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.05.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Slipak,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Nf5 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Ne4 Rad8 13.Qf4 Kh8 14.c3 h6 15.h4 Rd3
16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Rxd3 Rxd3 18.h5 b6 19.a3 Qd8 20.Ng3 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Rd1 22.g4 Rxf1+
23.Kxf1 Qd1+ 24.Kf2 Qc2+ 25.Kg3 Bd5 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qxg5 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Qxb2
29.h6 gxh6 30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.e6 fxe6 35.Qxe6+ Kg7
36.Qd7+ Kf6 37.Qxc6+ Kf5 38.a4 Qa1 39.Qd7+ Kf6 40.Qd4+ Kf5 41.Qd7+ Kf6 42.Qd8+ Ke6
43.Qe8+ Kf6 44.Kg2 Qa2+ 45.Kg3 Qa1 46.Qd8+ Ke6 47.Qxc7 Qxa4 48.f4 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lemos,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O a5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 d6 11.e4 Nfd7 12.Qe2 Na6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nxe5
16.Qxe5 Nc7 17.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "C41"]

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"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B55"]

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"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valerga,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 m"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6
9.N2f3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nf5 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bd3 O-O
16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.a3 Ncd4 19.Nxd4 Rxd4 20.g3 Qd5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Rfd1 Rxd1+
23.Qxd1 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Kf8 25.Rd7 b5 26.Rb7 a6 27.Be3 Ke8 28.Bb6 Rc8 29.Bc7 Bg5
30.Kg2 Kd7 31.Ba5+ Ke8 32.h4 Bd8 33.Bxd8 Rxd8 34.Ra7 Rd3 35.Rxa6 Rb3 36.Ra7 Kf8
37.Ra8+ Ke7 38.Rh8 g6 39.Rxh7 Rxb2 40.Rh8 Re2 41.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Laznicka m"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be6 6.e3 g6 7.Nhf3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O c5 10.b3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 e5 14.N4f3 Nc6 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Bb2 Qe7 17.Ne4 Qb4 18.Nfd2 f5 19.a3 Qe7 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 e4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.b4 Ne5 24.Nb3 Rad8 25.Rfd1 Kh6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rc1 Rd3 28.Qc2 b6 29.h3 Qd7
30.Nd4 f4 31.a4 f3 32.Qc7 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rxc1 34.Qxc1 Qd6 35.Kg1 Qxb4 36.Qa1 Qd6
37.Qb1 Qd5 38.Qb4 Qc5 39.Qxc5 bxc5 40.Nb5 c4 41.Nc3 Kg5 42.Nxe4+ Kf5 43.Nc3 Ke6
44.gxf3 Nxf3+ 45.Kg2 Nd2 46.f3 Kd6 47.Kf2 Kc5 48.Ke2 Nb3 49.Kd1 Kb4 50.Kc2 Nc5
51.Nd5+ Kxa4 52.Kc3 Kb5 53.Nc7+ Kc6 54.Kxc4 Nd7 55.Ne6 Ne5+ 56.Kb4 Nxf3 57.Nf8 Kd6
58.Nxh7 Ke7 59.e4 Kf7 60.e5 Nxe5 61.Ng5+ Kf6 62.Nh7+ Kf5 63.Kb5 g5 64.Ka6 Nc6
65.Nf8 Ke5 66.Nh7 Kf4 67.Kb5 Nb8 68.Ka5 Kf5 69.Kb5 Kg6 70.Nf8+ Kh5 71.Nh7 Kh4
72.Ka5 Nc6+ 73.Ka6 Kh5 74.Nf8 Kh6 75.Ne6 Kg6 76.Nf8+ Kh5 77.Nh7 Kh4 78.Kb5 a5
79.Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Laznicka m"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6
9.N2f3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.c3 Ng6 14.Bd4 Be7 15.Re1 O-O
16.Bd3 Rc8 17.g3 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Qxc1 19.Qxc1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rb8 21.h4 Bd8 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Kf1 Kf8 24.Ng5 Bb6 25.f4 Re8 26.Nf3 Re7 27.Rc8+ Re8 28.Rc3 Re7 29.Ke2 Rc7
30.Kd3 Ke7 31.g4 Ba5 32.Ra3 Bb6 33.Rc3 Ba5 34.Ra3 Bb6 35.Kd2 Rc4 36.Rd3 Kd7
37.Kd1 Ra4 38.a3 Rc4 39.Rd2 a5 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Ke8 42.Rg2 Kf8 43.Rc2 Rxc2
44.Kxc2 Bd8 45.a4 Kg8 46.Kd3 Kh7 47.Ng5+ Bxg5 48.fxg5 g6 49.h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Laznicka m"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 m"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Shirov-Laznicka m"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 a6
16.a4 c5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Bxa8 19.Nxb5 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Qxb5 21.Bd3 Qb6 22.Bc4 Re8
23.Re1 Bh2+ 24.Kf1 Rxe1+ 25.Kxe1 Be5 26.Qb3 Qc7 27.Be3 g6 28.Qb5 Kg7 29.b3 Bc3+
30.Ke2 Bb4 31.Qa6 Ne4 32.Qa8 Qe5 33.g4 h5 34.Qb7 Nd6 35.Qd5 Nxc4 36.bxc4 Qxd5
37.cxd5 hxg4 38.hxg4 c4 39.Bd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.d5 Nb8 15.Nf1 Nbd7
16.N3h2 Nc5 17.Bc2 c6 18.b4 Ncd7 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bg5 Qc7 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Ng4 Nxg4
23.hxg4 g6 24.Ne3 Bh6 25.Bb3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Bd7 27.Rf3 Be6 28.Qd2 a5 29.bxa5 Rxa5
30.Rd1 Ra6 31.Qh6 Rc6 32.Rdd3 Bxb3 33.axb3 Qd7 34.g5 Re6 35.Rf6 Qe8 36.Rh3 d5
37.Qxh7+ Kf8 38.Rhf3  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Be2 Bd6
9.O-O Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bc7 12.c5 O-O 13.Re1 Ba5 14.Rf1 Bc7 15.Qc2 e5
16.Bc4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Rfe1 Qg5 21.Re3 Bf5
22.Qc3 Bg6 23.Rae1 Rad8 24.Re5 Qd2 25.Re7 b5 26.cxb6 Qxc3 27.bxc3 axb6 28.Rc7 b5
29.Bb3 Rc8 30.Rb7 Rfe8 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.f4 Kh7 33.Kf2 f6 34.Rc7 Be4 35.g4 Bd5
36.h4 Ra8 37.Ke3 Bxb3 38.axb3 Ra3 39.Rxc6 Rxb3 40.Ke4 b4 41.c4 h5 42.g5 fxg5
43.hxg5 Ra3 44.Rb6 b3 45.f5 h4 46.Rb8 Ra4 47.Kd4 Ra5 48.c5 Ra4+ 49.Kd5 Rf4
50.Ke6 Re4+ 51.Kd5 Rf4 52.f6 gxf6 53.c6 Rf5+ 54.Kd6 Rf1 55.c7 Rc1 56.gxf6 Kg6
57.Rxb3 Kxf6 58.Rb8 Rd1+ 59.Kc6 Rc1+ 60.Kd7 Kf5 61.c8=Q Rxc8 62.Rxc8 h3 63.Kd6 Kf4
64.Rc3 Kg4 65.Ke5 h2 66.Rc1 Kf3 67.Kf5 Kg2 68.Ke4 h1=Q 69.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 Rfe8 13.b4 e5 14.h3 a6 15.Rac1 exd4
16.Nxd4 c5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Ncxb5 Bh2+ 20.Kf1 Qe5 21.Qxc5 Qe4
22.Nf3 Qd3+ 23.Ke1 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Re5 25.Qc4 Qxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxb5 27.a4 Rd5 28.f4 g5
29.Bc3 Rxd1+ 30.Kxd1 Nd5 31.fxg5 Nxc3+ 32.Rxc3 Rxa4 33.f4 h6 34.gxh6 Ra6
35.Rc2 Bg3 36.Rg2 Ra1+ 37.Ke2 Ra2+ 38.Kf3 Rxg2 39.Kxg2 Be1 40.Kf3 Kh7 41.Kg4 Kxh6
42.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Quinones,Cen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Bachmann,Ax"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A26"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Amanov,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.b4 Bg4
9.Be2 c6 10.a4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e5 12.Ne2 exd4 13.exd4 a6 14.O-O N8d7 15.a5 Nd5
16.b5 axb5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Qb3 Nb8 19.Qxb5 Nc6 20.Ra4 Ra7 21.Rfa1 Qd7 22.Nc3 Qf5
23.Be3 Rd8 24.a6 Qd7 25.Bg5 bxa6 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Rxa6 Nxd4 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Ra8+ Bf8
30.Ra5 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 b6
9.Nd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.g3 O-O 14.Ne3 Nc5 15.Bg2 Ba6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.O-O-O Rac8 18.Kb1 Rc7 19.Rhe1 g6 20.Ng4 Qg7 21.Ne5 g5 22.fxg5 Rf5
23.Nf3 Ne4 24.Qe3 Rc4 25.Bh3 Rc3 26.Bxf5 Rxe3 27.Bxe6+ Kh8 28.Rxe3 Qe7 29.Nd4 Qxg5
30.Ree1 Nd2+ 31.Ka1 Nc4 32.Rf1 Qh6 33.Rf3 Ne3 34.Re1 Ng2 35.Rd1 Ne3 36.Re1 Ng2
37.Rh1 Qd2 38.Rf8+ Kg7 39.Rf7+ Kg6 40.Nf3 Qe2 41.Bxd5 Ne3 42.Ne5+ Kh6 43.Be4 Nxc2+
44.Bxc2 Qxc2 45.Re1 Qd2 46.Nf3 Qd5 47.Rf6+ Kg7 48.Rf4 Qc5 49.Nd4 Bc8 50.a3 h5
51.Rfe4 Kh6 52.Ne6 Qf2 53.R4e2 Qf3 54.Nf4 h4 55.Re8 Bf5 56.Rf8 Qf2 57.Nd3 Qd2
58.Rxf5 Qxd3 59.Rf4 hxg3 60.Rg1 Kh5 61.hxg3 Kg5 62.Rf7 a5 63.g4 b5 64.Rf5+ Kg6
65.Rc1 a4 66.Rf4 Qe3 67.Rcf1 Qe2 68.Rb1 Qe3 69.Rb4 Qd3 70.Rc1 Kg7 71.Re1 Kg6
72.Rg1 Kg5 73.Rc1 Kg6 74.Rc6+ Kg7 75.Rc5 Qf1+ 76.Ka2 Qf7+ 77.Kb1 Qf1+ 78.Rc1 Qd3+
79.Ka2 Qd5+ 80.Ka1 Kg6 81.Rf1 Qe5 82.Rbf4 Qe2 83.g5 Qd3 84.Rf6+ Kg7 85.Rf7+ Kg6
86.R7f6+ Kg7 87.R6f3 Qc4 88.g6 b4 89.Rf7+ Kxg6 90.R7f4  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.27"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Munoz,Li"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.21"]
[White "Cori,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 a6 15.Be3 c5
16.Bxc5 Re8 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.Be4 a5 21.Rfe1 Rac8 22.d6 Bxe4
23.dxc7 Bxc2 24.Rd8 Rexd8 25.cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 26.Rxe5 Bd3 27.Bb6 Ra8 28.a3 f6
29.Rd5 Bc4 30.Rd6 f5 31.Rd7 b4 32.Bd4 Bf7 33.Kh2 Re8 34.Ra7 Re4 35.Bf6 bxa3
36.bxa3 a4 37.f3 Rc4 38.Be5 Kf8 39.Kg3 g5 40.Bd6+ Kg7 41.Bb4 Rc2 42.Rxa4 Bd5
43.Ra7+ Kg6 44.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kosashvili,Y"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B50"]

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 "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.O-O-O b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bc8 14.Bd3 a5 15.Nc5 a4
16.Ne4 Ba6 17.g5 b3 18.a3 Qc8 19.c3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Nd7 21.Rg1 f5 22.gxf6 Nxf6
23.Nxf6+ Rxf6 24.Qg4 Qf8 25.Rdd1 Qf7 26.h4 Rg6 27.Qe4 Rxg1 28.Rxg1 Bxh4 29.Rh1 g5
30.Kd2 Bxf2 31.Bxg5 Qg6 32.Qxg6+ hxg6 33.Ke2 Bc5 34.Rh6 Kg7 35.Rh4 Ra5 36.Rc4 Ra7
37.Kd3 Kf7 38.Rh4 Kg7 39.Rc4 Kf7 40.Rh4 Kg7 41.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Be2 Kh8
16.Bf3 Rac8 17.Rc1 Rc4 18.Re1 Rfc8 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qd2 Qd5 21.Re3 Rg8 22.Rg3 Rg6
23.f4 Rxg3 24.hxg3 Ra4 25.Rc2 b5 26.g4 Kg7 27.Qf2 Rc4 28.f5 e5 29.dxe5 Qxe5
30.Re2 Qxc3 31.Qxa7 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.g5 Nd7 13.f4 Bb7 14.f5 Nc5 15.Qg2 g6 16.fxe6 fxe6
17.Rf1 Qd7 18.Nde2 Bg7 19.O-O-O Nxa4 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Nb6 22.Rfd1 d5 23.exd5 O-O-O
24.Qf2 Bxd5 25.Nf4 Rhf8 26.Qe3 Rfe8 27.Kb1 Qc7 28.Qh3 Kb7 29.Ncxd5 exd5 30.Ne6 Rxe6
31.Qxe6 Qxh2 32.Rf1 Qd6 33.Rf7+ Kc6 34.Qe1 Qc5 35.Rdf4 Kb5 36.R4f6 Rb8 37.Qe5 Qc8
38.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.a4 Rd8 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Nf8
16.Nd2 Ng6 17.h3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Qe2 Qxc2 21.Bxe5 Bb4 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.Ne4 Qxe2 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Nh5+ Kg8 26.Nf6+ Kh8 27.Nxd5+ Qxe5 28.Rxe5 Nxe5
29.Nxb4 Rd8 30.Re1 f6 31.Rc1 Rd4 32.Na2 Nc6 33.b4 Rd2 34.Nc3 Kg7 35.Ne4 Rd5
36.Nc5 Nxb4 37.Nxb7 h5 38.Nc5 Kg6 39.Rc4 h4 40.f4 Nc6 41.fxg5 Nxa5 42.Rc3 fxg5
43.Nxa6 Nb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Spielmann,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "Chigorin Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Iljiushenok,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nf5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Qb3 g5 12.Rd1 g4 13.Ne1 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nc3 Be6
16.Be3 Nb4 17.a3 Na6 18.Nd3 Nc7 19.Ne2 Kd7 20.Rdc1 Rhc8 21.Kf1 Nb5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Ke1 h5 24.Rc1 Ra8 25.Kd2 h4 26.Ndf4 Nc7 27.Nd3 Ra4 28.Nc3 Ra5 29.Ra1 b5
30.Ra2 Ra8 31.b4 Kc6 32.Rc2 Kb6 33.Nb1 Bd7 34.Kc3 Ne6 35.Kb3 Bc6 36.Nc3 Ng5
37.Bxg5 Bxg5 38.Ne2 Rg8 39.Nef4 g3 40.fxg3 hxg3 41.hxg3 Bh6 42.Ne2 Be3 43.Rc3 Bd2
44.Rc2 Be3 45.Ra2 Bd7 46.Ra1 Be6 47.Rf1 Kc6 48.Rf3 Bg5 49.Ndf4 b6 50.Kc2 Rh8
51.Nh3 Be7 52.Nc3 Rg8 53.Nf4 Bg5 54.Nce2 Rh8 55.Rf1 Ra8 56.Kb2 Rg8 57.Rf2 Bh6
58.Rf3 Bg5 59.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pasiev,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 e5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Qd2 Nd7 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 f6 12.Nh4 Nf8 13.f4 exf4 14.O-O Be6 15.Rae1 O-O-O
16.Qxf4 g5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5+ Nd7 19.Nd1 Kb8 20.Ne3 Rhf8 21.Qf2 h5 22.Qe2 h4
23.Rf5 Ne5 24.Qf2 Ng6 25.Ng4 c4 26.dxc4 Nf4 27.a3 Qd6 28.b3 Qxa3 29.Nxf6 Qb4
30.Nh7 Rxf5 31.exf5 Rd2 32.Qe3 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rg3 34.Qe5+ Kc8 35.Nxg5 Rxg5
36.Qxf4 Rg1+ 37.Kxg1 Qxe1+ 38.Kg2 Qe2+ 39.Qf2 Qe4+ 40.Kg1 Kd8 41.Qd2+ Ke8
42.Qd3 Qxd3 43.cxd3 Kf7 44.b4 Kf6 45.Kf2 Kxf5 46.Ke3 b6 47.b5 c5 48.Kf3 Ke5
49.Ke3 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Shchukin,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A25"]

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 "2012.10.31"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stukopin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "2012.11.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Malakhatko,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.g3 c5 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.O-O cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc6
16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Ne1 Na5 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nd3 Nc5
22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Rc1 Rd2 24.e3 Rxb2 25.Rxc5 Rb6 26.Ra5 a6 27.g4 Kg7 28.Kg2 Kg6
29.Kg3 Rc6 30.h3 f5 31.gxf5+ exf5 32.Rd5 f6 33.Ra5 h5 34.h4 Re6 35.Ra4 Rc6
36.Kf4 Re6 37.Kf3 Rb6 38.Kg3 Rc6 39.f3 Rc3 40.Kf4 Rc6 41.Kg3 Rc3 42.Kf4 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cori,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "2012.11.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Lenderman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e5 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 Be6 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.f3 f5 12.fxe4 fxe4 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.Nb5 Bb8
16.Qa3 a6 17.Rf2 h6 18.Raf1 Ne7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qa5 Qd7 21.Nc3 Bc7 22.Qb4 Bd6
23.Qb3 Be7 24.e3 Rc8 25.Qd1 h5 26.Na4 Qb5 27.Rc2 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 h4 29.gxh4 Rxh4
30.b3 Qd7 31.Qf2 Qc7 32.Qg3 Qxg3 33.hxg3 Rh6 34.Nc5 Bc8 35.Rc1 Kd8 36.Na4 Bd6
37.Rxc8+ Kxc8 38.Nb6+ Kd8 39.Nxd5 Bxg3 40.Bxe4 Bd6 41.Bg2 Ba3 42.Nf4 g5 43.Nd3 Rh7
44.e4 a5 45.d5 Rc7 46.e5 Rc2 47.d6 b5 48.b4 Bxb4 49.Nxb4 axb4 50.e6 g4 51.Be4 Re2
52.Bf5 g3 53.e7+ Ke8 54.Bd3 Re1+ 55.Kg2 Re5 56.Bg6+ Kd7 57.Bf7 Re3 58.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janssen,Ru"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A25"]

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 "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.Bg2 c6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.f4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 f6
16.O-O-O Bb7 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Rhe1 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Rc8+ 21.Kb2 Rc6
22.Qe2 Qd7 23.Re1 Kh8 24.Kb1 a5 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Qxe6 Qxd4 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.a4 Qb4
29.Rc1 b5 30.axb5 Qxb5 31.Rc5 Qf1+ 32.Kb2 h6 33.Rxa5 Qg2+ 34.Ka3 Qxh2 35.Re5 Ra8+
36.Kb4 Rb8+ 37.Ka3 Ra8+ 38.Kb4 Rb8+ 39.Ka3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.a4 Rc8 11.b3 Nc5 12.O-O a5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.h4 Nh7 15.Bxe7 Kxe7
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Nb5 Rhd8 18.Nec3 Nf6 19.Kh1 Kf8 20.Rad1 Na6 21.Qg5 Nc7 22.Rd2 Qc5
23.Nxc7 Rxc7 24.Nb5 Rc6 25.f4 Ra8 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.fxe5 Qc5 29.exf6 Qxg5
30.hxg5 Rc8 31.Rd1 gxf6 32.gxf6 Kg8 33.e5 Kh7 34.c4 Rc5 35.Bd5 Kg6 36.Bxe6 fxe6
37.Rf1 Rc7 38.Kg2 Rd7 39.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kaska,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gasik,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A20"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Licznerski,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 f6 8.b4 Bb6 9.exf6 Nxf6
10.b5 Ne7 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 Bc7 13.Re1 Nf5 14.Ra2 a6 15.Rae2 axb5 16.axb5 h6
17.c4 Qd6 18.Bb2 Ng4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Qc5 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Nd2 Nd4
24.Re8 Bd7 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Nb3 Nxb3 27.Qxb3 Qc5 28.h3 Rf8 29.Qb2 d4 30.Qa2+ Kh8
31.Qe2 Bf5 32.Rd1 Bxd3 33.Qxd3 Rd8 34.Rd2 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qc7+ 36.g3 Qc5 37.Rc2 Qe5
38.b6 Qd6 39.Rb2 Qc5 40.Rb5 Qc6 41.h4 Qf6 42.Rb2 Qc6 43.Rb4 Qc5 44.Rb5 Qc6
45.h5 Rd5 46.Rxd5 Qxd5 47.Kg1 Qc5 48.Qe4 Qxb6 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Qe4+ Kg8 51.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Szwed,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Maier,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Rozentalis,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Bg5 Bb4 15.Bd2 Be7
16.Bg5 Bb4 17.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gritsak,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.Nd3 N7f6 8.Bb3 Bg4
9.f3 Bf5 10.c4 Nc7 11.Be3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 e5 13.Nc3 exd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Ne6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.O-O-O Rd8 18.Rde1 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Bd2 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Kf8
22.Bc2 Nc5 23.f4 Re8 24.Rhe1 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 h6 26.Bf5 Kg7 27.Kc2 Rd8 28.Re3 Kf8
29.Rh3 Kg7 30.Rg3+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Czerwonski,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A25"]

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 "Amplico ch-EUR Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Frischmann,Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "D15"]

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"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Knoedler,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A25"]

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"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B56"]

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 "2012.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vajda,Le"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Rd8 13.Qh5 Be7 14.Rd1 Nd5 15.Qg4 g6
16.Bh6 f5 17.Qe2 Kf7 18.Rac1 Bf6 19.Na4 Qd6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Nc5 Rb8 22.Nb3 Rhe8
23.Na5 Rbc8 24.a3 e5 25.Nc4 Qb8 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5+ Qxe5 28.Qd2 f4 29.h4 f3
30.gxf3 Qh5 31.Kg2 Re5 32.Qd4 c5 33.Qg4 Qxh6 34.Qxc8 Qxh4 35.Qd7+ Ne7 36.Rc3 Re2
37.Rf1 Qg5+ 38.Qg4 Qe5 39.Qc4+ Kf6 40.f4 Qd5+ 41.Qxd5 Nxd5 42.Rxc5 Nxf4+
43.Kf3 g5 44.b4 Re6 45.b5 Nd3 46.Rc7 a6 47.a4 axb5 48.axb5 h5 49.Rd1 Ne5+
50.Kg2 h4 51.Rc5 g4 52.Re1  1-0

[Event "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stojanovic,Mih"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6
9.Qc1 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.g4 f6 12.Bg2 cxd4 13.Nexd4 Bc5 14.b4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4
16.Bxd4 Qb5 17.a4 Qd3 18.Qd1 Qg6 19.f5 exf5 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.gxf5 Qxf5 22.Rf1 Qg5
23.Qd2 Qh5 24.Qe2 Qxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Re8 27.Kf2 fxe5 28.Ke3 Rb8 29.Rf7 Be6
30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Raf1 g6 32.Rd1 Rc6 33.Rd3 a5 34.bxa5 Rc4 35.Rdd7 Rxc3+ 36.Kf2 Ra3
37.Rxh7+ Kg8 38.Rhg7+ Kh8 39.Rh7+ Kg8 40.Rdg7+ Kf8 41.Rxg6 Rc8 42.Rh8+ Kf7
43.Rxc8 Kxg6 44.Rc4 Kf5 45.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Gaehler,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B20"]

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 "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Rc1 a4 12.f3 Be6 13.Nb5 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Rxa5 15.Bd2 Raa8
16.Nc7 Rac8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.O-O Nh5 19.Rc2 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Nc3 e6
9.g4 Bc2 10.Nxf7 Kxf7 11.Qxc2 Nxg4 12.h3 Nh6 13.d4 Nf5 14.Bxd5 Nxd4 15.Qd1 Nc6
16.Bg2 Nb6 17.O-O Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Be7 19.Ne4 Rhd8 20.Ng5+ Kf6 21.Ne4+ Kf7 22.Bg5 Bxg5
23.Nxg5+ Ke7 24.Nxh7 Na4 25.Rab1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rc1 Nd4 28.Kf1 b6 29.b3 Nc5
30.Ng5 a5 31.Ne4 Rc8 32.e3 Nb5 33.Ke2 Rc7 34.Nxc5 bxc5 35.Rc4 a4 36.bxa4 Nd6
37.Rg4 Kf6 38.a5 c4 39.a6 Ra7 40.Bb7 Nxb7 41.axb7 Rxa2+ 42.Kf3 Rb2 43.Rxc4 Rxb7
44.Rg4 g5 45.Ra4 Rb2 46.Ra8 Rc2 47.Kg4 Kg6 48.Rg8+ Kf6 49.e4 Re2 50.f3 Rg2+
51.Kh5 Rg3 52.Rg6+ Kf7 53.Rxg5 Rxh3+ 54.Kg4 Rh1 55.Ra5 Kf6 56.e5+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Kf8
58.Kg5 Rh3 59.f4 Rh1 60.Kg6 Rh4 61.Kg5 Rh1 62.Rb7 Rh2 63.Rc7 Rh1 64.Ra7 Rh2
65.Kg6 Rh4 66.Rf7+ Ke8 67.Rf6 Ke7 68.Rf7+ Ke8 69.Rf6 Ke7 70.Kg5 Rh1 71.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Berzina,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "C60"]

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 Be6 12.h3 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Rd7 14.f4 Rhd8 15.Rhe1 Rd4
16.g4 Bc4 17.Nxc4 Rxc4 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Qe6 20.f5 Qa6 21.e6  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 dxe5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5
9.Nc3 Qa5 10.d5 e4 11.dxc6 exf3 12.Qxf3 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qxc6 14.Nd5 Bg4 15.Qxg4 Qxd5
16.O-O h5 17.Qe2 f6 18.Rfd1 Qf5 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Bxa7 g6 21.Rac1 Bh6 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8
23.Re1 e5 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Kf7 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Qb3+ Kg7 28.Rd1 Qc6 29.Qd3 Rc8
30.h4 Rc7 31.Qd8 Rf7 32.Qd5 Qa4 33.g3 Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Reizniece,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nd7 6.Qd2 Qc7 7.h4 Ngf6 8.h5 Nxh5
9.O-O-O h6 10.Be3 e5 11.g4 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Qxf4 g5 14.Qg3 Nf6 15.e5 dxe5
16.dxe5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Rhe1 Qa5 20.Nd4 Qxa2 21.e6 Bxd4 22.e7+ Kg7
23.Rxd4 Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qa5+ 25.b4 Qxb5 26.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Volodin,Alek"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Bd3 c6 9.Bg5 h6
10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.O-O d6 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.b4 Rac8 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.Re1 Rfd8 16.Qa4 a6
17.Bf1 Ne5 18.Nd2 h5 19.Nd1 Bh6 20.Ne3 Ng4 21.Qb3 c5 22.Nxg4 Bxd2 23.Qb2 Bxc1
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Rxc1 Qe5 26.Qxe5 dxe5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 cxb4 29.axb4 b5
30.g3 Rxd5 31.c5 Rd4 32.Rb1 Rcd8 33.Be2 e4 34.Kf1 Kg7  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O d6
9.f3 Be7 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nd7 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.a3 Ne5 16.f4 Nc4
17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Bd4 O-O 19.g6 h6 20.Rhg1 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Rge1 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Be3 Bc6 25.Kb1 b4 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Qxd5+ Qxd5 28.Rxd5 bxa3 29.Rd7 Bf8 30.Red1 Rxh5
31.Rd8 Rxd8 32.Rxd8 Rf5 33.c4 h5 34.c5 Rf6 35.Bg5 Re6 36.Rc8 Rxg6 37.Be7 Kf7
38.Bxf8 h4 39.Bd6 e4 40.Rh8 Rh6 41.Rxh6 gxh6 42.bxa3 Ke6 43.Kc2 Kd5 44.Kd2 h3
45.Ke3 h2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Maiorov,N1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C87"]

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.d3 Nd7 10.Be3 h6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nbd2 Bg5 13.d4 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 b5 15.Bb3 Rb8
16.a4 O-O 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nf1 Nb6 19.Ng3 Qf6 20.h4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 exd4 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7
23.cxd4 Qf4 24.Rc1 Nd8 25.h5 Bh7 26.d5 Qxg4 27.Nd4 Qg5 28.b4 Ra8 29.Nxb5 Qf6
30.Qd2 Ra4 31.Rf1 c6 32.dxc6 Nxc6 33.Nxd6 Rd7 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qxc6 Raa7 36.e5  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Malisauskas,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qe3+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valgmae,Toomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bellon Lopez,JuM"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd2 c5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qxd4
9.Qxd4 cxd4 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bb5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5 13.Bxc6 dxc6 14.Nxe5 Re8 15.Nf3 c5
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Rhe1 Rad8 18.Nf1 a5 19.Ng3 b5 20.f3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.b3 d3
23.Nh5 dxc2 24.Kxc2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 f5 26.Ng3 Ra8 27.Rb1 f4 28.Ne2 g5 29.Nc1 Bd7
30.Nd3 Bb5 31.Rd1 Kf8 32.Nb2 Ke7 33.h4 gxh4 34.Rh1 Rg8 35.Rxh4 Rxg2+ 36.Kc1 Rg1+
37.Kd2 Rg2+ 38.Kc1 Kd6 39.Rxf4 Rg1+ 40.Kd2 Rg2+ 41.Kc1 Ke5 42.Rf5+ Kd4 43.Rd5+ Ke3
44.Nc4+ Kxf3 45.Rxc5 Be8 46.Rc8 Rg8 47.e5 h5 48.e6 h4 49.Rc7 h3 50.Rh7 Rg1+
51.Kd2 Rg2+ 52.Ke1 Rg1+ 53.Kd2 Kg3 54.Nd6 Bg6 55.Rh6 Kf4 56.Rxh3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karavade,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 d5 14.f4 Bb7 15.Qe3 b4
16.Ne2 a5 17.f5 Rc8 18.Nf4 Qc7 19.Rd2 Bg5 20.h4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 f6 22.Re1 exf5
23.Qxf5 fxe5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Qc4 26.Bxd5+ Bxd5 27.Qxd5+ Qxd5 28.Rxd5 Rf2
29.Rd2 Rf4 30.Rg2 Rcc4 31.Reg1 g6 32.b3 Rce4 33.Kb2 Kg7 34.h5 g5 35.a4 Kh6
36.c4 bxc3+ 37.Kc2 Rb4 38.Rg3 Rbd4 39.Kxc3 Rb4 40.R1g2 Rfe4 41.Kb2 Rf4 42.Ka3 Rfe4
43.Rg1 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Wemmers,X"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E12"]

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 "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Jones,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Qd3 Rb8 20.Qd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 b6 22.a4 Bb7
23.a5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 g6 25.Rd7 a6 26.Rd6 bxa5 27.Rxa5 Rfc8 28.Rdxa6 Rxc4 29.Ra8 Rxa8
30.Rxa8+ Kg7 31.Ra3 g5 32.Kf3 g4+ 33.Ke3 Rc5 34.Ra4 Rxc3+ 35.Kd2 Rb3 36.Rxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Ra7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd2 Rb7 15.f4 Qc8
16.f5 Bc4 17.b3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Rc7 19.O-O-O Nc6 20.Kb1 O-O 21.Qxh5 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4
23.e5 Rxc2 24.Be4 Rc3 25.f6 Rxb3+ 26.Ka2 Ra3+ 27.Kb1 Rb3+ 28.Ka2 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.30"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h6 10.O-O-O b4 11.Na4 Qa5 12.b3 Bb7 13.a3 Qc7 14.axb4 d5 15.b5 dxe4
16.bxa6 Bxa6 17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Qxd6 Bxf1 20.Rhxf1 exf3 21.Bc5 Nxc5
22.Nxc5 Qa7 23.Qc6+ Ke7 24.Qd6+ Ke8 25.Na4 Qb7 26.Nb6 Rb8 27.Nc4 Rc8 28.Qd4 Ke7
29.Nd6 Qc6 30.Nxc8+ Rxc8 31.c4 Ne4 32.Rxf3 Nc5 33.Re3 Qb6 34.Kc2 Ra8 35.Red3 Ra2+
36.Kb1 Rxh2 37.Qg1 Rb2+ 38.Kxb2 Nxd3+ 39.Kc2 Nb4+ 40.Kb1 Qa5 41.Qh2 Qb6 42.Qd2 Nc6
43.Qd6+ Ke8 44.Kb2 g6 45.Rd2 Qb7 46.Qc5 Ne7 47.Qe5 Nc6 48.Qh8+ Ke7 49.Qxh6 Qb4
50.Qg5+ f6 51.Qh6 Ne5 52.Qg7+ Nf7 53.Rf2 f5 54.g5 Qe1 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.Rh2 Qe4
57.c5 Qd5 58.Qc3 Qc6 59.Rd2 Nxg5 60.Qh8+ Kf7 61.Qd8  1-0

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Al Sayed,Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mustaps,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C46"]

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 LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Ra7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd3 Rd7 15.O-O-O b3
16.Nc3 bxc2 17.Rd2 Qa5 18.Qxc2 Rc7 19.f4 Qb4 20.Kb1 Bb3 21.Qd3 O-O 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Nd5 Qxa4 24.Nxc7 Rc8 25.Bb6 Qa2+ 26.Kc1 Nd7 27.Qb1 Nxb6  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E12"]

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 LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "B41"]

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 "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B53"]

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.Rhe1 O-O 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.Qd2 Qa6 13.Nd4 b5 14.f3 Rfc8 15.g4 Be8
16.Nce2 Rc4 17.b3 Rc7 18.Ng3 Rac8 19.Rc1 Rc3 20.Nh5 b4 21.Nxg7 Qa3 22.Nxe8 R8c5
23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxf6 Ra5 25.Qg5+ Rxg5 26.Bxg5 Rc5 27.Bd8 Kf8 28.Re2 Ke8
29.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.Bg5 Nf6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.f3 Ne5 13.b3 c5 14.Nde2 a5 15.Rd1 a4
16.Kf2 axb3 17.axb3 Be6 18.g4 Rb8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 h5 21.g5 Nd7 22.Bd2 O-O
23.Bc3 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.f4 Bg7 26.f5 Be5 27.fxg6 Kg7 28.gxf7 Rxf7+ 29.Ke3 Qd7
30.Qxe5+ dxe5 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Ng3 c4 33.Nxh5+ Kh8 34.Nf6 Rd4 35.bxc4 Rb4
36.c3 Rb3 37.Rc1 Rxc4 38.Kd3 Ra4 39.h5 c5 40.h6 c4+ 41.Ke3 Ra6 42.Kf3 Rxf6+
43.gxf6 Rb6 44.Kg4 Rxf6 45.Kg5 Rf4 46.Kg6 Rxe4 47.Rg1 Re3 48.Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.Ng3 Rad8
16.Nd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Qd1 Bc5 19.c3 f6 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Qe1 e5 22.Nxc6 Bxe3+
23.Qxe3 exf4 24.Nxe4 Rxc6 25.Qe2 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Re6 27.Bxh7+ Kf7 28.Qg4 f3
29.Bc2 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Rf6 31.gxf3 Rd2 32.Bb3+ Bd5 33.Qh5+ Kg8 34.Bxd5+ Qxd5
35.Qxd5+ Rxd5 36.Rf2 Rdf5 37.Rd1 Rf4 38.a5 bxa5 39.Rd5 a4 40.Ra5 Kh7 41.Kg2 Rg6+
42.Kf1 Rgf6 43.Ke2 Re6+ 44.Kd1 Kh6 45.Kc2 g6 46.Kb1 Ref6 47.Ka2 Rb6 48.Rg2 Rxf3
49.Rxa4 Rf5 50.Rh4+ Kg7 51.Rd2 g5 52.Rhd4 Kg6 53.Rd6+ Rf6 54.Rxb6 Rxb6 55.Ka3 g4
56.c4 a5 57.c5 Rc6 58.Rd6+  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.a4 Rd8 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Na5 Nc4
16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Ra4 Rab8 18.Qa1 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5
22.c4 Rd3 23.Rxa6 Qxc4 24.Ra8 Qc8 25.Rxb8 Qxb8 26.Rc1 h6 27.h3 Rb3 28.Rc2 Bf6
29.Qc1 Qb5 30.Rc5 Qd3 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.Qxc3 e4 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Kg8 35.Qc8+ Kh7
36.Qf5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Rhf1 Bxd5 21.exd5 Ne7 22.a3 bxa3
23.Rxa3 g6 24.Rfa1 Rfa8 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.b4 Qc7 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.Rxa5 Qxa5
29.Qa3 Qc7 30.Qa4 f5 31.Qb5 Kf7 32.Nb4 e4 33.Nc6 Bg7 34.g4 Bf6 35.gxf5 gxf5
36.h5 Kg7 37.Nxe7 Qxe7 38.Bxf5 Bd4 39.Qd7 Qxd7 40.Bxd7 e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Appel,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 g6 8.Nbc3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Nb4 11.b3 c6 12.Bb1 d5 13.c5 Nd7 14.a3 Na6 15.b4 Nc7 16.Bd3 Ne6
17.Qd2 b6 18.Rad1 a5 19.b5 Bb7 20.Nxd5 bxc5 21.bxc6 Bxc6 22.Be4 Ba4 23.Rc1 cxd4
24.Nxd4 Ndc5 25.Nxe6 Nxe4 26.Nxd8 Nxd2 27.Bxd2 Rfxd8 28.Nb6 Bb5 29.Rfd1 Rab8
30.Bxa5 Bb2 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rb1 Bxa3 33.Nc4 Rd3 34.Ne5 Rd5 35.Ng4 Bb2 36.h3 Bd3
37.Rxb2 Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Luch,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 f5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd4 O-O
16.f3 Qg5 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.a4 Rf7 19.Na3 Nd2 20.h4 Qh6 21.Qg4 Raf8 22.Qg5 Qxg5
23.hxg5 bxa4 24.Nac2 c5 25.bxc5 Rc8 26.c6 dxc6 27.Rxa4 c5 28.Ne6  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Tazbir,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.Nd2 f5 14.c3 Kh8 15.Bc4 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 fxe4 17.Rad1 Qh4 18.Ne3 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Rad8 20.Qd5 Rf6 21.g3 Qg4 22.Rfe1 Rdf8
23.Rd2 g5 24.Rxe4 Qh5 25.Re1 g4 26.Qe4 Rh6 27.Qg2 e4 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Nxd6 Ne5
30.Rd1 Nf3+ 31.Kh1 Rf6 32.h4 gxh3 33.Qf1 Ne5 34.f4 exf3 35.Ne4 Rf8 36.Nf2 Ng4
37.Nxg4 Qxg4 38.Qf2 Re8 39.Rf1 Rf8 40.Qc5 Kg7 41.Qd4+ Qxd4 42.cxd4 Kg6 43.Kh2 Kg5
44.Kxh3 Rf6 45.g4 Kf4 46.g5 Rf5  0-1

[Event "20th TCh-RUS 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makarov,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.e3 d5 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 g6 9.Be2 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Rc1 dxc4 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.bxc4 Qc8 16.Qb3 Rc7
17.a4 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Ne8 19.Nf1 Nd6 20.Ne3 f5 21.Bf1 Nb7 22.c5 Na5 23.Qa2 Bxf1
24.Kxf1 f4 25.Nc4 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 bxc5 27.Ba1 Rd5 28.Re1 Bxd4 29.Red1 Bxa1 30.Rxd5 exd5
31.Qxd5+ Kg7 32.Rxa1 Qa6+ 33.Kg1 Qf6 34.Rc1 c4 35.h3 c3 36.Qa5 Rc4 37.Qxa7+ Kh6
38.a5 c2 39.Qb6 Qc3 40.Qd8 Re4 41.Kh2 Qc5 42.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th TCh-RUS 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sjugirov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "20th TCh-RUS 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.a4 a6 10.e4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Qa1 Nd7 15.Qa7 O-O
16.e5 Be7 17.Nd2 Bb4 18.Nde4 Ba5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Bxc7 22.f4 Ba5
23.Ra1 Bb4 24.Ne4 f5 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Nxf6+ Rxf6 27.Rxa8+ Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Bxc6 Bxc5+ 30.Kg2 b4 31.Bb5 c3 32.bxc3 bxc3 33.Bd3 e5 34.fxe5 Bd4 35.e6 Ke7
36.Bf5 c2 37.Bxc2 Kxe6 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Kg4 Bg1 40.h4 Bf2 41.Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th TCh-RUS 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Be2 b5 11.g4 e5 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 15.c3 Be7
16.g5 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nc5 18.h4 b4 19.Kb1 bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qb7 21.Rhg1 O-O 22.Rg4 Rc7
23.Rb4 Qa8 24.Rc4 Rfc8 25.Qc2 a5 26.Bg4 Ne6 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Qe2 Nd4 29.Bxd4 exd4
30.Rxd4 Qa7 31.Re4 g6 32.a3 h5 33.gxh6 Bxh4 34.Bd7 Qxf2 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.Qxf2 Bxf2
37.Re7 Kxh6 38.Rxf7 Bd4 39.Be6 Rxf7 40.Bxf7 g5 41.Be6 Kh5 42.Kc2 g4 43.Kd3 Bxb2
44.a4 Kg5 45.Ke4 Bc3 46.Bd7 Be1 47.Bc8 g3 48.Kf3 Kf6 49.Bd7 Ke5 50.Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th TCh-RUS 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "20th TCh-RUS 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d5 8.e3 O-O
9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 Ne4 11.Qc2 bxc5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.bxc5 Nd7 14.Be2 Rc8 15.O-O Rxc5
16.Qb2 Qc7 17.Qd4 Nc3 18.Bd3 Re8 19.Bb2 Re4 20.Bxc3 Rxd4 21.Bxd4 Ra5 22.Rfc1 Qd6
23.Rc3 h6 24.Nh4 g6 25.Nf3 Nc5 26.Rb1 Nxd3 27.Rxb7 Nc5 28.Rb1 g5 29.Be5 Qa6
30.Rbc1 f6 31.Bd4 Ne4 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.R1c7+ Kg6 34.g4 Qe6 35.h3 Ra6 36.Rh8 Rc6
37.Rch7 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Rc2 39.Rxh6+ Kf7 40.R6h7+ Kg6 41.Ne5+ fxe5 42.Rh6+ Kf7
43.R8h7+ Kg8 44.Rh8+ Kf7 45.R8h7+ Kg8 46.Rxe6 Kxh7 47.Rxe5 Rxf2+ 48.Kg1 Rf3
49.Re7+ Kg6 50.Rg7+ Kh6 51.Rxa7 Rxh3 52.Ra6+ Kh7 53.Ra5 Rg3+ 54.Kf1 Rxg4
55.Rxd5 Rh4 56.Re5 Nd2+ 57.Kf2 Nb3 58.Bc3 Rc4 59.Bb4 Kg6 60.Rd5 g4 61.Kg3 Nc1
62.Rd2 Kf5 63.Rf2+ Ke6 64.Bf8 Rc3 65.Bh6 Rxa3 66.Kxg4 Nd3 67.Rf8 Ne5+ 68.Kg3 Ra4
69.Re8+ Kf5 70.Rf8+ Ke6 71.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Ne1 h5 8.d3 h4 9.Bg5 h3
10.Bh1 Nd4 11.Nd5 Ne6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nc2 Rb8 15.b4 b5 16.cxb5 Rxb5
17.Rb1 a5 18.bxc5 Rxc5 19.Qd2 O-O 20.Rfc1 Ba6 21.Ne3 Rfc8 22.Nd5 Qd8 23.Rxc5 Rxc5
24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Qxc1 Kg7 26.Qb2 d6 27.f4 f6 28.Kf2 Nc5 29.d4 exd4 30.Qxd4 Bb7
31.g4 Ne6 32.Qe3 Qd7 33.g5 Nxg5 34.Nb6 Qf7 35.Bxb7 Qxb7 36.fxg5 Qg2+ 37.Ke1 fxg5
38.Qd4+ Kh7 39.Nd5 Qh1+ 40.Kd2 Qb1 41.a4  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.04.27"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Zvara,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Bd3 b4 12.Nd5 exd5 13.exd5 Qc5 14.Nc6 Bh6 15.Qe1+ Kf8
16.Rf1 Nb6 17.Qe7+ Kg7 18.Nd8 Rxd8 19.Qxd8 Bd7  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 h5 13.Kb1 Ba5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Bb7 17.Qb3 h4 18.Nc1 Rc8 19.Bd3 Qc5 20.c3 Qf2 21.Rhf1 Qxg2 22.Bxb5 axb5
23.Qxb5 Bc6 24.Qxa5 Qxh2 25.Nd3 Rg8 26.Nb4 Rg2 27.Rh1 Qf4 28.Nxc6 Rxc6 29.Qd5 Rc7
30.Rd3 Qg3 31.Qa8+ Ke7 32.Qa3+ Ke8 33.Qa8+ Ke7 34.Qa3+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2012-13"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[Round "9.112"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Palliser,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.h4 b4 15.Bh3 Ng4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qg6 18.f3 Ngf6 19.O-O O-O 20.f4 Qe4 21.fxe5 Qxe5 22.Bf4 Qxb2
23.Bxd6 Rfc8 24.Bf5 g6 25.Rb1 Qxa2 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Rf2 Rc3 28.Rxb4 Rac8 29.Rbf4 Rxc2
30.Rxf7 Rc1 31.Rxa2 Rxd1+ 32.Rf1 Rcc1 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kg2 Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2012-13"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "10.112"]
[White "Chapman,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
9.a4 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd6 11.Na3 b5 12.Ne5 Ra6 13.O-O Rb6 14.Rfd1 Ba6 15.e4 f6
16.Bf1 O-O 17.Ng4 f5 18.exf5 Nxf5 19.Qe4 Qd5 20.f3 bxa4 21.Ne5 Rb4 22.Naxc4 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Qxd5 cxd5 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.Rxa4 Nc6 27.Rc1 Nfxd4 28.Kg2 Rb8
29.Raxc4 Rxb2+ 30.Kh3 Nxf3 31.g4 Nce5 32.Rc7 h6 33.Ra7 Ng5+ 34.Kg3 Ne4+ 35.Kh3 Nf3
36.g5 Nfxg5+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf4 Rxh2 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Rcc7  0-1

[Event "4NCL 2012-13"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "11.111"]
[White "Jones,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.Qd1 Bh6 11.a4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.d3 Bxc1 14.Qxc1 O-O 15.Nd2 Qc7
16.Ne4 b6 17.Qh6 f6 18.d4 cxd4 19.Bc4 e6 20.Ng5 fxg5 21.Rxe6 Ncb4 22.cxb4 Qxc4
23.Rxg6+ hxg6 24.Qxg6+ Kh8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qa5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.e3 Bd7 13.a3 Ba5 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Be2 Bxc3+
16.bxc3 Qc5 17.Qb2 Qb6 18.Qa1 Na5 19.Nd2 Nb3 20.Nxb3 Qxb3 21.c4 Rg8 22.Qxf6 Qxa3
23.O-O Qe7 24.Qd4 Qc5 25.Ra1 a5 26.Rfb1 Qxd4 27.exd4 a4 28.g3 Bc6 29.d5 exd5
30.cxd5 Bxd5 31.Rxa4 Kf8 32.Bd3 h6 33.Be4 Bc6 34.Rc4 Rg4 35.f4 Rg8 36.Rbc1 Kg7
37.Bxc6 Rxc6 38.Rxc6 bxc6 39.Rxc6 Ra8 40.Rc2 Ra3 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.Kh3 Ra5 43.Kh4 Rb5
44.g4 Kg7 45.f5 Rb3 46.Rg2 Ra3 47.Rg3 Ra2 48.h3 Ra6 49.Rb3 Rc6 50.Kh5 Ra6
51.h4 Rf6 52.Rb5 Ra6 53.Rb7 Rf6 54.Rc7 Kh7 55.Rc5 Ra6 56.Rd5 Kg7 57.Rd7 Rf6
58.Rb7 Kh7 59.Ra7 Kg7 60.Rd7 Kh7 61.Rd5 Ra6 62.g5 hxg5 63.hxg5 Ra1 64.Rd7 Kg8
65.f6 Rh1+ 66.Kg4 Rg1+ 67.Kf5 Rf1+ 68.Ke5 Rg1 69.Kd6 Rxg5 70.Rd8+ Kh7 71.Ke7 Ra5
72.Kxf7 Ra7+ 73.Ke6 Ra6+ 74.Rd6 Ra8 75.Ke7 Ra7+ 76.Rd7 Ra8 77.Kf7 Ra1 78.Re7 Ra8
79.Re6 Rb8 80.Re1 Rb7+ 81.Re7 Rb8 82.Ra7 Rb1 83.Ke6+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B32"]

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.Be3 O-O 12.Be2 b4 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Nd5 Bg5 15.O-O Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Qb6 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Qc5 19.Qd2 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B23"]

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 "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 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.a4 bxa4 13.Bxa4 a5 14.O-O Qc7 15.Rfd1 Rfb8
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.b3 Rb4 18.Ne2 Qb7 19.Kh1 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nf4 Nf6 22.Nd3 Rb5
23.Ra4 Rc8 24.Rda1 Qc7 25.Ne1 d5 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Qxa5 dxe4 28.Qxc7 Rxc7 29.Kg1 exf3
30.gxf3 Nd5 31.c4 Nb4 32.Kf2 e5 33.Ke3 Kf6 34.Ra4 Rb7 35.Kd2 Kf5 36.Kc3 Nc6
37.b4 e4 38.fxe4+ Kxe4 39.Nd3 Ke3 40.Ra8 Re7 41.b5 Nd4 42.Nc5 Re5 43.Rc8 Nf5
44.b6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.a3 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.b4 Bb6
16.Bb3 Be8 17.Na4 Rxd1+ 18.Bxd1 Bc7 19.Nc5 Bd6 20.Bc2 a5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Ne4 Rd8
23.Qc3 axb4 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.axb4 Bxb4 26.Qa1 e5 27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Be4 Nd8 29.Rc8 Bd6
30.Qb1 Rf8 31.g3 Kg7 32.Qb5 Nc6 33.Rxf8 Kxf8 34.Bxc6 bxc6 35.Qxc6 Qc7 36.Qd5 Qe7
37.Kg2 Bc7 38.h4 h5 39.Ng5 Kg7 40.Ne4 Qd8 41.Qc6 Qe7 42.Kf3 f5 43.Ng5 e4+
44.Kg2 Be5 45.Qd5 Bf6 46.Ne6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Bxd6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7
16.Nxb7 Bxb7 17.Rd4 Rhd8 18.Rhd1 Ne5 19.a4 Rxd4 20.Bxd4 Nfd7 21.b3 g5 22.Nb5 g4
23.Bb2 gxf3 24.Ba3+ Kf6 25.gxf3 Kg5 26.Nd4 Ba6 27.Kb1 Rb7 28.Rg1+ Kf6 29.Bb2 Ke7
30.Rg5 h4 31.f4 Ng6 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Rxg6 Nc5 34.f5 Kf7 35.Rf6+ Ke7 36.Rh6 Kf7
37.Rxh4 exf5 38.exf5 Rd7 39.Bd4 Rd5 40.Rf4 Bc8 41.Bxc5 Rxc5 42.Kb2 Kf6 43.b4 Rc7
44.Kb3 Bxf5 45.c3 Rh7 46.b5 Ke5 47.Rd4 Rxh2 48.a5 Bh3 49.a6 Bf1 50.a7 Rh8
51.Kb4 Bg2 52.Rd2 Bf3 53.Ka5 Rc8 54.Rd3 Bg2 55.Ka6 Rf8 56.Rd2 Ba8 57.c4 Rc8
58.c5  1-0

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Radkov,Bazhen D."]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.Be3 Bd6 10.O-O-O exd4 11.Bxd4 Qc7 12.h4 O-O 13.Qb3 Bc5 14.Be2 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Nc5
16.Qc2 Ne6 17.Rd2 Rad8 18.Rhd1 Qf4 19.Kb1 Rxd2 20.Qxd2 Qxh4 21.Bc4 h6 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Qd6 Re8 24.Qd4 b6 25.a4 Qf4 26.Qd3 Rf8 27.Ne2 Qe5 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.Nxd4 Rd8
30.Kc2 e5 31.Nf5 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Kf7 33.Nd6+ Ke6 34.Nc8 Kd7 35.Nxa7 Kc7 36.a5 bxa5  0-1

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sotsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Bxe4 7.Bxe4 c6 8.O-O Nf6
9.Bd3 Bd6 10.c4 Nbd7 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.Rae1 a5 15.a4 Bf8
16.Ne5 g6 17.f4 Bg7 18.g4 Rad8 19.g5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Nh5 21.Rf3 Bf8 22.Ref1 Rd7
23.Rh3 Ng7 24.Qg4 Qd8 25.Rf6 Nf5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Qh4 h5 28.gxh6 Kh7 29.d5 Qb6+
30.Kg2 Qb4 31.Qg5 cxd5 32.e6 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 dxc4 34.Re2 Be7  1-0

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Levin,Ev"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O e5 10.e4 exd4 11.exd5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.c4 Qd6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Rae8 17.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kryakvin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 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 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.g3 Nh5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Bb2 Nd4
16.Nb5 Nxb5 17.cxb5 Nf6 18.Nc4 Bf5 19.Ne3 Qd7 20.Rc1 Rf7 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Qb3 Raf8
23.Rc2 e4 24.Rec1 Ng4 25.Be2 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Ne5 27.Qd4 b6 28.a4 Rg7 29.a5 Qd8
30.Qe3 Kh7 31.Kh1 Rff7 32.f4 exf3 33.Bxf3 Qf6 34.Rf1 Re7 35.Qf4 Ng6 36.Qd2 Qe5
37.Bg2 Rgf7 38.Rc4 Qe3 39.Qxe3 Rxe3 40.Bh3 Re5 41.Rfc1 Ree7 42.Rf1 Re5 43.Bg2 Kg7
44.Bf3 f4 45.Be4 fxg3 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.Rxc7+ Ne7 48.Bf3 Re1+ 49.Kg2 Rb1 50.Rxa7 bxa5
51.bxa5 Rxb5 52.hxg3 Kf6 53.a6 Ra5 54.Ra8 Nf5 55.a7 Kg7 56.Be4 Nd4 57.Bd3 Ra3
58.Kf2 h5 59.Bc4 Kh7 60.Ke1 Nf3+ 61.Kd1 Ne5 62.Bb5 Ra5 63.Kc2 Nf7 64.Be2 Ne5
65.Bxh5 Rc5+ 66.Kb3 Ra5 67.Be2 Nd7 68.Kb4 Ra1 69.Kb5  1-0

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Chadaev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.O-O Bf6 14.Ra2 Rc8 15.Nd4 Bxe2
16.Nxe2 Ne6 17.b4 d4 18.Rd2 Nxf4 19.Nxf4 Rc3 20.e4 Rxa3 21.Nd5 Ra6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Rxd4 h6 24.Qd2 Re8 25.Rd1 Rae6 26.f3 R6e7 27.Rd6 Qg5 28.Qxg5 hxg5 29.Ra1 b6
30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Rd2 f6 32.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e6
9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Rad8 15.Qc4 exd4
16.Be4 Rd6 17.exd4 Qd7 18.Be3 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.Qc7 Qe6 21.Rfe1 Bd6 22.Qc3 Qf6
23.Red1 Bxh2+ 24.Kg2 Be5 25.Rxd4 Bxd4 26.Qc7 Bxb2 27.Rc2 g6 28.Qxb7 Bd4 29.Rc8 Rxc8
30.Qxc8+ Kg7 31.Qd7 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.a3 Bd6
9.c5 Bf8 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.b4 Re7 12.Bb2 a5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.b5 Be8 15.a4 Ng4
16.h3 Nh6 17.c6 f6 18.Ba3 Rf7 19.cxb7 Rb8 20.Ne2 Rxb7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Nf4 Rb6
23.Qc3 g5 24.Nd3 c6 25.bxc6 Rxc6 26.Nc5 Bg6 27.Nd2 Qc7 28.Ndb3 Ra8 29.Qd2 Nf5
30.O-O Qa7 31.e4 dxe4 32.Nxe4 Kg7 33.Rfe1 Rd8 34.Qxa5 Qxa5 35.Nxa5 Rc2 36.Nb7 Ra8
37.Nec5 Nxd4 38.Nxe6+ Nxe6 39.Rxe6 Rc7 40.Nd6 Rca7 41.Rc1 Rd7 42.Rc4 Ra5
43.g4 Rda7 44.Nb5 Rxa4 45.Rxa4 Rxa4 46.Re7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Pridorozhni,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.g3 Be5 11.Nf3 d6 12.Be3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 e5 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Red1 Bg4
16.Kg2 Rad8 17.Rab1 Qc8 18.Bb6 Rd7 19.h3 Be6 20.c4 f5 21.Ng5 fxe4 22.Qa3 Bxc4
23.Rxd6 Nd4 24.Nxe4 Bd5 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.c3 Qf5  0-1

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Nb5 Bd7 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Nxb7 Qb4
16.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.Nd5 Nc5 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.Nc3 f5 12.exf5 O-O 13.Bb1 Bxf5 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.O-O Nd4
16.Ne2 Qh4 17.Ng3 Rf6 18.Be3 Raf8 19.Qh5 Qxh5 20.Nxh5 Re6 21.Rad1 Nf5 22.Rfe1 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 a5 24.b3 Rc8 25.Ng3 a4 26.h3 axb3 27.axb3 Ra8 28.Nf5 g6 29.Ng3 Ra3
30.b4 Rxe3 31.fxe3 Na6 32.Ne4 Nxb4 33.Rxd6 Re7 34.Kf2 Rc7 35.c5 Na6 36.Rd5 Nb4
37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.Ke2 Na6 39.Rd5 Ke6 40.Rd6+ Ke7 41.Rd5 Ke6 42.Rd6+ Ke7 43.Rb6 Nxc5
44.Nxc5 Rxc5 45.Rxb7+ Kf6 46.Rxh7 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 e4+ 48.Kxe4 Rxg2 49.Kf3 Rh2
50.e4 Rh1 51.Kg3 Re1 52.Kf3 Rf1+ 53.Kg3 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petersburg Summer Rapid 2013"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sjugirov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 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 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc4 Rxg5
23.Qe4 Kb7 24.Rac1 Qd5 25.Qxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxc6 Bd6 27.Kg2 Rh6 28.h4 Rd2 29.R1c2 Rxc2
30.Rxc2 Rxf6 31.Nc5+ Bxc5 32.Rxc5 Kb6 33.Rc8 a5 34.b3 Kb7 35.Rc4 Kb6 36.h5 Rh6
37.g4 Rh8 38.Kg3 e5 39.f4 exf4+ 40.Rxf4 Rh7 41.Kh4 Kc5 42.g5 a4 43.Rf5+ Kd4
44.bxa4 b3 45.Kg4 b2 46.Rb5 Kc3 47.h6 f6 48.gxf6 Rxh6 49.Kg5 Rh1 50.f7 Rg1+
51.Kh6 Rh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O c6 8.d3 Bc5
9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Qb3 Bb6 11.Na4 O-O 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qc3 Nfd7
16.b3 f6 17.Bb2 Qc7 18.Qc2 Bf7 19.a4 Ne5 20.b4 Ne6 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.Bd4 Rac8
23.a5 bxa5 24.Rxa5 Qd7 25.Kh2 Nf7 26.Bc5 Nd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Qc5 Qc7 29.Ra7 Bf5
30.b5 Qb8 31.Qb6 Bxd3 32.Rxb7 Qd6 33.bxc6 Rxc6 34.Qa7 Bg6 35.Rd7  1-0

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O b6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e4 d4 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Qg4 Qc8
16.Qxc8 Rfxc8 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 a5 19.f3 a4 20.Kf2 Ba6 21.Ke2 Rc6 22.Kd3 Rb6
23.Rf2 Kf8 24.Bxa6 Raxa6 25.Rc4 Ke8 26.Rfc2 Kd7 27.Bc1 g6 28.f4 f5 29.Re2 Re6
30.e5 h5 31.g3 Kc6 32.h3 Kd5 33.Rg2 Reb6 34.h4 Rb5 35.Rgc2 Bd8 36.Bd2 Bb6
37.Bc1 Bd8 38.Re2 Ke6 39.Rec2 Be7 40.Re2 Bf8 41.Rec2 Be7 42.Re2 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ipatov,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 d5 11.Nc5 Bg4 12.f3 d4 13.Nb5 a6 14.fxg4 axb5 15.g5 Nd7
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Bxb5 Qc7 18.Bd3 Be5 19.h3 Bf4 20.Qg4 Bxc1 21.Rexc1 Qb6 22.b3 Nb4
23.Qd7 e6 24.a4 Nxd3 25.cxd3 Qxb3 26.Qxd4 Rad8 27.Qc3 Rxd3 28.Qxb3 Rxb3 29.Rcb1 Rxb1+
30.Rxb1 Rd8 31.Rxb7 Rd4 32.a5 Ra4 33.Ra7 Rxe4 34.a6 Ra4 35.Ra8+ Kg7 36.a7 Ra2
37.g4 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 Ra2+ 39.Ke3 Ra3+ 40.Ke4 Ra4+ 41.Kd3 Ra3+ 42.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pedersen,JanR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Koykka,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Boidman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 d6 7.h5 e5 8.h6 Bg4
9.Na3 d5 10.Rh4 Qc8 11.exd5 Ng6 12.Rxg4 Qxg4 13.dxc6 Rc8 14.Nc4 Qxg2 15.hxg7 Bxg7
16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Nxc8+ Rxc8 18.Bg5+ f6 19.Be3 Rxc6 20.Kd2 f5 21.Qh1 Qxh1 22.Bg5+ Kf7
23.Rxh1 e4 24.dxe4 fxe4 25.Ne1 Ra6 26.b3 Rxa2 27.Rxh7 Kg8 28.Rh3 c4 29.bxc4 Ra4
30.Rb3 Rxc4 31.Rb8+ Nf8 32.f3 Bc3+ 33.Ke2 Bxe1 34.Kxe1 Kf7 35.fxe4 Rxc2 36.Rb7+ Kg6
37.Be7 Ne6 38.Rxa7 Rc4 39.e5 Re4+ 40.Kd2 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 Rc8
9.a4 b4 10.d4 bxc3 11.d5 Nb4 12.bxc3 Nxc2 13.Qxc2 Ng6 14.Nbd2 c4 15.Rb1 Ba8
16.Qa2 Bc5 17.Nxc4 O-O 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.c4 Nd3 20.Rd1 Nxc1 21.Rbxc1 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Rc5
23.Qa3 Qc7 24.Nd2 h6 25.Rb1 Rc8 26.Qb2 Qd8 27.Qd4 d6 28.Rb4 Qe8 29.Rdb1 f5
30.Rb6 fxe4 31.dxe6 d5 32.Rxa6 R5c7 33.Qe5 Qe7 34.Rf1 Qc5 35.Rf7 Rxf7 36.exf7+ Kxf7
37.Nf1 dxc4 38.Qxc5 Rxc5 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rxa8 c3 41.Ng3 c2 42.Ra6+ Kg5 43.Ne2 c1=Q+
44.Nxc1 Rxc1+ 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kg3 Re2 47.h4+ Kh5 48.Re6 Rxe3+ 49.Kf2 Ra3 50.Rxe4 g5
51.hxg5 Kxg5 52.g3 h5 53.Rb4 Kf5 54.Kg2 Ra1 55.Rc4 Kg5 56.Rf4 Ra2+ 57.Kh3 Ra1
58.Rb4 Rh1+ 59.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.11.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tazbir,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 a6 8.a3 Be7
9.Bd2 Re8 10.Rd1 h6 11.Rg1 Nh7 12.Bd3 Ng5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Nh7
16.Bd3 Nf8 17.Ne4 Bd7 18.Bc3 Qc8 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.exf6 Bd8 21.g4 Bb5 22.Be4 Bc6
23.Be5 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Ng6 25.g5 h5 26.Qf3 Be7 27.Qxh5 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rg3 Nxe5
30.Rh3 Bxf6 31.gxf6 Qxf6 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qxa8 Qf5 35.Qh8 Qb1+
36.Ke2 Qd3+ 37.Ke1 Qb1+ 38.Ke2 Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Battle of the Generations Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nbd7 5.d3 e5 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nh4 Nxg4
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.hxg4 Qh4 11.Re1 Nf6 12.e3 e4 13.dxe4 dxe4 14.Qe2 Nxg4 15.Bxe4 Nxf2
16.Qxf2 Qxe4 17.Qg2 Qh4 18.Rd1 Rh5 19.e4 Bc5+ 20.Kf1 Ke7 21.Nc3 c6 22.Ke2 Rah8
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Kxe3 Qf6 25.Rf1 Rh3+ 26.Ke2 Qe5 27.Rf2 Rh2 28.Qg1 Rxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rh2+
30.Ke1 Qh5 31.Qg3 Rh1+ 32.Kd2 Rxa1 33.Qc7+ Ke6 34.Qc8+ Ke7 35.Qc7+ Kf6 36.Qd8+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Battle of the Generations Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.d5 e5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.fxe5 N8d7 11.b3 Bh4+ 12.Kd2 dxe5 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bg5+ 15.Kc2 Bxc1
16.Qxc1 Nc8 17.Ne4 h6 18.Rg1 Kh8 19.Qa3 Ne7 20.Nd6 Qb6 21.Rae1 a5 22.Ne4 Nf5
23.c5 Rfc8 24.Kb1 Nxc5 25.Rc1 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Nd6 27.Bd3 Qd4 28.Rcd1 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Qxe4+
30.Ka1 Qb4 31.Qb2 Qd6 32.Qg2 g6 33.Rgf1 Rc7 34.Rf3 a4 35.Qd2 axb3 36.Qxh6+ Kg8
37.Rxb3 Rc2  0-1

[Event "Battle of the Generations 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.e4 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Rxc5
16.Qe2 Qb8 17.Bd4 Ra5 18.g3 Nd7 19.Nd2 Be5 20.Qe3 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Bc6
23.Be2 Nf6 24.Qe3 h6 25.Rdc1 Bb5 26.Rc2 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 Nd7 28.Nc4 Rc5 29.Rd1 Nb6
30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Rd2 Qc7 32.Nxb6 Qxb6 33.Rd7 Rc7 34.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Battle of the Generations 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "Battle of the Generations 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 Ba6
16.Be3 b4 17.Bxa6 bxc3 18.Bc4 cxb2 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Bc5 Qc7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.g3 c5
23.f4 Bd4+ 24.Kh2 Qb7 25.Rfe1 Rb8 26.Ba2 g6 27.e5 Nd5 28.Rd3 a4 29.Qd2 Qc6
30.Qc2 Qb7 31.Qd2 Qc6 32.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Battle of the Generations Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Re1 Bxa6 12.e4 Nfd7 13.Qc2 Nc4 14.Nd2 Nde5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Rac1 Rfb8 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Qb5+
23.Qc4 Rxa2 24.Qxb5 Rxb5 25.Rc3 Rb2 26.Ree3 f6 27.g4 Ra5 28.Kg2 Raa2 29.Rf3 g5
30.Rce3 Kg7 31.Kg3 Kg6 32.Kg2 h5 33.gxh5+ Kxh5 34.Rf5 Ra3 35.h4 Raxb3 36.Rxb3 Rxb3
37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Rf7 Rb7 39.e5 Kg6 40.e6 c4 41.Kf3 c3 42.Ke2 c2 43.Kd2 Rc7
44.Kc1 Kh5 45.f3 Kh4 46.Rf5 Kg3 47.Rf7 Kf2 48.Rf5 Ke3 49.Rxg5 Kxf3 50.Rf5+ Ke4
51.Rh5 Kd4 52.Rg5 Ke4 53.Rh5 Kf4 54.Rh7 Kg5 55.Rf7 Kg6 56.Rf3 Kg5 57.Rf7 Kg6
58.Rf3 Rc5 59.Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Battle of the Generations Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.12.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.Bc4 O-O 12.O-O Rxb2 13.Bb3 d6 14.Bd4 Be6 15.Qe4 Bxb3
16.axb3 Bxe5 17.Bxb2 Bxb2 18.Rxa7 e6 19.Qc6 d5 20.b4 Bd4 21.Rd7 Qb8 22.c3 Rc8
23.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Handke,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "C51"]

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 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berelowitsch,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Rd8 13.Be3 Be7 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Rfd1 Nd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Rxd5 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rdc1 Bf6 20.Rxc6 Bxd4 21.Rd1 Bxb2
22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Bxa7 h5 24.Kf1 Be5 25.Rc5 Bd4 26.Ra5 Bxa7 27.Rxa7 Rb8 28.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kanovsky,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 a6 7.a4 Nb4 8.Nf1 d5
9.exd5 Nfxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Ne3 Nf4 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Bd2 b6 15.Qf3 Ra7
16.Nd5 Ng6 17.Qh5 Bh4 18.Bc3 f6 19.g3 Bg5 20.h4 Bh6 21.Ne3 f5 22.Ng2 f4 23.Re4 Bb7
24.Rae1 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 f3 27.Rxe5 Nxe5 28.Bxe5 fxg2 29.Qxh6 Bf3
30.Bc6 Re7 31.Bxg7+ Rxg7 32.Bxf3 Rxf3 33.Qc6 Rf8 34.Qxc5 Qf6 35.b4 Rgf7 36.f4 Rg8
37.Kxg2 Rfg7 38.Re3 Qxf4  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 b5
9.Ne3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nb4 12.Be2 Be6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Ncd5 Rfb8
16.c3 Bd8 17.Bc2 Na5 18.b3 Qb7 19.a4 g6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ba3 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.exd5 Nb7 25.b4 f5 26.Bd3 e4 27.Bxb5 Na5 28.bxa5 Rxb5 29.Bxd6 Rxd5
30.Bb4 Kf7 31.a6 Bb6 32.c4 Rd4 33.Rfc1 Ke6 34.Kf1 Kd7 35.Ke2 Kc6 36.Bc3 Rd7
37.Ra2 f4 38.c5 Bd8 39.Ra4 Re7 40.Bf6 Re8 41.Bxd8 Raxd8 42.a7 Ra8 43.Ra6+ Kc7
44.g3 g5 45.gxf4 gxf4 46.Rb1 Re7 47.c6 Kc8 48.Rg1 Kc7 49.h4 Kd6 50.Rd1+ Kc5
51.Rc1+ Kb5 52.Ra2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FIN SM 2013-14"]
[Site "Tampere FIN"]
[Date "2014.02.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kanep,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O
9.a3 Be7 10.O-O-O d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Be6 14.g4 Rad8 15.Bg2 Rfe8
16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Rhe1 Bf8 18.f4 Ne4 19.f5 Bc8 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Qf2 b6
23.Nc3 Bd6 24.Nxe4 Be5 25.f6 Be6 26.fxg7 Na5 27.Nbd2 Qc7 28.Bg5 Bxb2+ 29.Kxb2 Qe5+
30.Kb1  1-0

[Event "TCh-FIN SM 2013-14"]
[Site "Tampere FIN"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Moiseenko,Va"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 Qc7 8.g3 h5
9.e5 f6 10.Bf4 d6 11.exd6 Nxf4 12.dxc7 Nxe2 13.Kxe2 c4 14.dxc4 e5 15.Nfd2 Kd7
16.Nc3 Kxc7 17.Rad1 g5 18.hxg5 fxg5 19.Nce4 Be7 20.Ke3 Bf5 21.c5 h4 22.gxh4 gxh4
23.Nf3 h3 24.Rdg1 Bxe4 25.Kxe4 Bxc5 26.Rg7+ Kb6 27.Rg3 Raf8 28.Nxe5 Rh4+
29.Rg4 Rh7 30.f4 h2 31.Rg2 Rfh8 32.Nd3 Bg1 33.Rgxg1 hxg1=Q 34.Rxg1 Rh2 35.Rc1 Rd8
36.Ke3 Kc7 37.b3 Rd5 38.a4 a5 39.Ke4 Kd6 40.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 2013-14"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seger, Ruediger"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "TCh-FIN SM 2013-14"]
[Site "Helsinki FIN"]
[Date "2014.03.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.Qf3 Bg4 11.Qg3 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bh5 13.f3 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.O-O-O Rac8
16.Kb1 Rfd8 17.Rd2 Qa5 18.Rhd1 e5 19.Ne2 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 f5 21.Nc3 h6 22.Qh4 Qa6
23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Qxd8+ Kh7 25.Nd5 f4 26.Bd2 g5 27.Ne7 Bf7 28.Nf5 Qf6 29.Qxf6 Bxf6
30.Nd6 Bd5 31.c4 Bc6 32.Ne4 Bxe4+ 33.fxe4 g4 34.Kc2 f3 35.gxf3 gxf3 36.Kd3 Kg6
37.Be1 Bg5 38.Bf2 a6 39.b4 Bc1 40.b3 Kg5 41.Kc2 Ba3  0-1

[Event "TCh-FIN SM 2013-14"]
[Site "Helsinki FIN"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 Qf6 15.Nd2 Qg6
16.Bd1 Bxd3 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qxe4 19.Rxe4 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Kf1 Bf4
22.Bf3 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Kf8 24.b3 Re6 25.c4 Nb4 26.cxb5 cxb5 27.a4 bxa4 28.bxa4 Nd3
29.Rb1 Nc5 30.a5 Re5 31.Be2 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN SM 2013-14"]
[Site "Helsinki FIN"]
[Date "2014.03.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 f5 10.Ne5 Qh4 11.f3 Ng5 12.g3 Qh5 13.h4 d6 14.f4 Qe8 15.hxg5 dxe5
16.fxe5 Qg6 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 c5 19.e4 Nc6 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Rxf5 exf5 22.Be3 Rd8
23.Rd1 Qh5 24.e6 cxd4 25.cxd4 Qg4 26.Kg2 f4 27.Bxf4 Rxd4 28.e7 Kf7 29.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Heinemann,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.a4 Qc7 11.b3 Be7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.O-O Nf8 14.a5 N8h7 15.Be3 O-O
16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Na2 Bc6 19.Nec3 Bd8 20.Nb4 Bxb6 21.axb6 Rfd8 22.h4 Nf8
23.Bh3 Bd7 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Nbd5 N8h7 26.Nc7 Rf8 27.b4 Qd8 28.b5 axb5 29.Rfb1 Qe7
30.Rxb5 Rb8 31.Rbb1 g6 32.Rd1 Rdd8 33.Qe3 Qd7 34.Rd3 Qc6 35.Rb1 Kg7 36.Rb2 Nf8
37.f3 N8d7 38.N3d5 Nxd5 39.Nxd5 Qc5 40.Qxc5 Nxc5 41.Ra3 Ra8 42.Ra7 Rxa7 43.bxa7 Ra8
44.Ra2 Na6 45.Nb6 Rxa7 46.g4 g5 47.Kg2 Kg6 48.Kh3 hxg4+ 49.Kxg4 gxh4 50.Kxh4 f5
51.c3 fxe4 52.fxe4 Kf7 53.Kg5 Ke8 54.Nc8 Ra8 55.Nxd6+ Kd7 56.Rd2 Kc6 57.Nc4 Nc5
58.Nxe5+ Kc7 59.Kf4 Rf8+ 60.Ke3 Re8 61.Rd5 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Babula,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rac8 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qc2 c5
16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Ne4 18.Bc4 a6 19.a4 f5 20.Rfe1 Rce8 21.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Turnov CZE"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Jaracz,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Bg5 10.Be2 Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.b3 Rfd8
16.g3 Qc5 17.b4 Qa7 18.a3 h6 19.Kg2 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Qa8 22.f3 d5
23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Qe3 e4 25.f4 Ne7 26.Qa7 Nf5 27.Qxa8 Bxa8 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rc8
30.Nbd4 Nd5 31.Kf2 Nd6 32.a4 g5 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.b5 e3+ 35.Ke1 Nc3 36.Ra1 f5
37.Nxe3 Re8 38.Nd1 Nxe2 39.Nxe2 Bf3 40.Nc3 Kf7 41.Ra2 Re3 42.a5 Bxe2 43.Nxe2 Nxb5
44.a6 Re7 45.Kf1 Kg6 46.Rb2 Re5 47.Rc2 Re6 48.Rc5 Rb6 49.Kf2 Na7 50.Ra5 Rb3
51.Rxf5 Ra3 52.Rc5 Rxa6 53.Nd4 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Rxh2 55.Kg4 Ra2 56.Rxg5+ Kf6 57.Rf5+ Kg6
58.Rd5 Nc8 59.Kf4 Ne7 60.Rd6+ Kf7 61.g4 Ra5 62.g5 Ra4 63.Rf6+ Kg7 64.Ke4 Ng6
65.Rd6 Kf7 66.Kf3 Ne5+ 67.Kg3 Kg8 68.Rd5 Kf7 69.Rd6 Kg8 70.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Lysa nad Labem CZE"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stocek,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Rc8 7.O-O h6 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Nge7 11.Rb1 Na5 12.h4 Bc6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Qf4 f5 15.exf6 Rxf6
16.Qg4 Nc4 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Ne5 b6 19.Rb3 Be8 20.Qh3 Nd2 21.Ng4 Rf7 22.Bxd2 Qxd2
23.Rbb1 Ba4 24.Rbe1 Rc3 25.Re3 Rc1 26.Rxe6 Bd7 27.Qg3  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Simek,P2"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nfd2 e5 13.d5 Nd8 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Nxd6 cxd6
16.Nc3 Bd7 17.Qd2 Qg6 18.b4 a4 19.Rfc1 f5 20.f4 Nf7 21.Bf1 Rab8 22.Nd1 Rb7
23.Ra2 h5 24.Rac2 h4 25.Rc7 Rfb8 26.Kg2 Nh6 27.Nf2 hxg3 28.hxg3 exf4 29.exf4 Ng4
30.Be2 Qe8 31.R7c3 Rc8 32.Nh3 Rbb8 33.Ng5 Rxc3 34.Rxc3 Rc8 35.Bxg4 fxg4 36.Qc2 Rxc3
37.Qh7+ Kf8 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qxg7+ Kd8 40.Qf6+ Kc7 41.Qxc3+ Kb7 42.Kf2 Qh5
43.Ne6 Qh2+ 44.Kf1 Qh1+ 45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.O-O Nf5
9.Nc3 Be7 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 Be7 13.Be3 a6 14.f5 Bg5 15.Qd2 h6
16.Rad1 Rc8 17.fxe6 Bxe6 18.Na4 O-O 19.Nc5 Rc7 20.a3 a5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Qxg5 hxg5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Kf2 Rf7+ 26.Ke3 Rf4 27.Bf3 Rf7 28.Rd3 Ke7 29.h3 Kd7
30.Bd1 b5 31.Bf3 Kc7 32.Rd1 Kb6 33.Be2 Rf4 34.Bf3 Rf8 35.b3 Rc8 36.Rc1 Rf8
37.Bg2 Rf4 38.Rd1 Rf8 39.a4 b4 40.Rf1 Rxf1 41.Bxf1 Ne7 42.Bb5 Kc7 43.Be8 Kd8
44.Bf7 Kd7 45.Kd3 Nc6 46.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.c4 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Bxd7 Qxd7
9.Nf3 e6 10.d6 Qxd6 11.O-O Qxf4 12.Be5 Qh6 13.Nc3 b6 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Bf4 Qh5
16.Ng3 Qg4 17.Be5 Rad8 18.Qe1 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qg5 20.d4 Ne8 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.dxc5 f5 24.Nf2 bxc5 25.Re3 Nc7 26.Qa5 a6 27.Rae1 f4 28.Re5 Rf5 29.Rxf5 gxf5
30.Re5 Kf7 31.Qxc5 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Ne8 33.Kf1 Rd2 34.Ra5 Nf6 35.Ke1 Rc2 36.Rxa6 Ng4
37.Nd3 Rxg2 38.Nxf4 Rxh2 39.Nxe6 h5 40.c5 Rc2 41.b4 Ne5 42.Nd4 Rc4 43.Nxf5 Rxb4
44.c6 Ke6 45.c7+ Kd7 46.Rh6 Kxc7 47.Rxh5 Rb1+ 48.Ke2 Rb2+ 49.Ke3 Rxa2 50.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B41"]

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 Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rd1 c5 11.Ne5 Nb6 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.Nxg4 Nxg4 14.Nf3 Qc8 15.Qb3 d3
16.Rxd3 Qc5 17.e3 Rfd8 18.Bd2 Rxd3 19.Qxd3 Rd8 20.Qe4 Ne5 21.Nd4 Nbc4 22.Bc3 Nd6
23.Qc2 Rc8 24.Qb3 Qc4 25.Nxe6 Qxb3 26.axb3 Rxc3 27.bxc3 fxe6 28.Rxa7 Nd3
29.Bxb7 Bf6 30.Ba6 Nc1 31.Rd7 Ne4 32.Bc4 Kf8 33.b4 Bxc3 34.b5 Be1 35.b6 Bxf2+
36.Kg2 Nc5 37.Rc7 Bxe3 38.b7  1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Bf3 Nc5 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Qd4 d6 13.Rd1 Nbd7 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Na4
16.c5 Ne5 17.Bh5 g6 18.Bd1 Nc4 19.Rd4 b5 20.cxb6 Naxb6 21.Bf3 Ra7 22.Bh6 e5
23.Rdd1 Re8 24.Nc5 Bf5 25.Bc6 Rc8 26.Bb7 Rb8 27.Bxa6 Bc2 28.Re1 Rba8 29.Bb7 Rb8
30.a4 Raxb7 31.Nxb7 Rxb7 32.a5 Nc8 33.a6 Ra7 34.Re2 Bd3 35.Rea2 f6 36.f3 Kf7
37.Rd1 e4 38.fxe4 Ne5 39.Ra5 Rxa6 40.Rxe5 fxe5 41.Rxd3 Ke6 42.Bf8 Ra4 43.Bb4 Ra2
44.Rd8 Na7 45.Rd6+ Kf7 46.Rd7+ Ke6 47.Re7+ Kf6 48.Rxh7 Nc6 49.Rc7 Nxb4 50.cxb4 Rb2
51.Rb7 Re2 52.b5 Rxe4 53.b6 Rb4 54.Rb8 Rb2 55.h4 e4 56.g4 e3 57.Kf1 Kg7 58.Ke1 Kh7
59.Kd1 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O Nb6
9.Ne5 Nfd5 10.Bg3 Bd7 11.Ne4 Bd6 12.Nxc4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Qe7 15.Nc5 Bc6
16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Qe5 Qd6 19.Nd3 Be4 20.Qa5 b6 21.Qa6 Bxd3 22.Bxd3 c5
23.Rfd1 cxd4 24.exd4 Rd7 25.Qb5 Rfd8 26.Be2 Nd5 27.Bf3 Ne7 28.Be4 g6 29.a3 Kg7
30.Qg5 h6 31.Qe3 Nd5 32.Qe2 Ne7 33.Qe3 Nd5 34.Qe2 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.Ng5 Bf5 10.O-O-O Qd7 11.h3 h6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 c5 15.Qd5 Be6
16.Qf3 Qa4 17.a3 Qxf4+ 18.Qxf4 Bg5 19.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O c6 7.d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd2 Nbd7 7.c5 b6 8.b4 a5 9.b5 Bb7
10.cxb6 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Na4 Nfe4 13.Rc1 Nxa4 14.Qxa4 Qxb6 15.Qd4 Qxd4
16.exd4 Bd6 17.a4 Ke7 18.Bd3 Nxd2 19.Nxd2 Rhc8 20.Ke2 Ba3 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nb3 Bb4
23.Rc1 Rxc1 24.Nxc1 h6 25.Bc2 Bd6 26.Nb3 Bc7 27.g3 Kd6 28.f4 Bb6 29.Kd3 Bc8
30.Bd1 Bd7 31.Bh5 g6 32.Bg4 Be8 33.h4 f6 34.Nd2 e5 35.fxe5+ fxe5 36.dxe5+ Kxe5
37.Nf3+ Kd6 38.Nd4 Ke5 39.Nf3+ Kd6 40.Nd4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway Open 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 b4 11.Ncd5 Nxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.O-O Be7 14.c3 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Nd4
16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Nxe4 Rc8 18.Be3 Nc2 19.Rc1 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 O-O
22.Qc6 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Bg5 24.Qxa6 Bxe3+ 25.Kg2 Rxf1 26.Qxf1 g6 27.Bd5+ Kg7
28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.h4 Qc8 30.Be4 Bd4 31.b4 d5 32.Bxd5 Qc2+ 33.Kh3 Qf5+ 34.g4 Qxf7
35.Bxf7 g5 36.h5 e4 37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Bd5 e3 39.Kf3 h6 40.Bc4 Kf6 41.Ke4 Bc3
42.b5 Ba5 43.Kd5 Ke7 44.Kc6 Bc3 45.a4 Kd8 46.b6 Kc8 47.Kb5  1-0

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vedmediuc,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B32"]

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.a3 g6 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.Ncd5 Nd7 15.a4 b4 16.Bd2 a5
17.c3 bxc3 18.Bxc3 Nc5 19.Nc4 Kh8 20.Nde3 Nd4 21.Bxa5 Qe7 22.Bb4 Qb7 23.Ba3 Qa6
24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.b3 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4 Nxb3 29.Rb1 Nd4  0-1

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hamitevici,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Ng6
9.c4 Bd6 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.g3 h5 12.f4 h4 13.e5 hxg3 14.exd6 Qb6+ 15.Kg2 Rxh2+
16.Kxg3 Rh6 17.f5 Qd4 18.Bxh6 Qh4+ 19.Kg2 Qxh6 20.fxg6 Qg5+ 21.Kh3  1-0

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Ng6
9.c4 Bc5 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.a3 d6 13.b4 Bb6 14.Kh1 e5 15.Ne2 O-O 16.Qc2 Qe7
17.Ng3 Nf4 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 d5 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.c5 Bc7 22.Qa4 Qd7 23.Rfe1 Bd8
24.b5 cxb5 25.Rxb5 Bf6 26.Qa6 Rxb5 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.Bxb5 g6 29.Bd7 Rb8 30.g3 fxg3
31.hxg3 Rb2 32.Ba4 Bd4 33.c6 Bb6 34.f6 h5 35.f4 g5 36.fxg5 d4 37.g6 fxg6
38.Re7 d3 39.c7 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Rg1+ 41.Kh2 Rc1 42.Bb3+ Kf8 43.Rg7  1-0

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.Ne5 Bb7 7.O-O e6 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Qf4 Bg5
16.Qg4 Ra7 17.e3 Bc8 18.Rac1 c5 19.Ne2 Nd7 20.Nc6 Ra8 21.dxc5 Bb7 22.Ned4 Bxc6
23.Nxc6 Rac8 24.b4 Bf6 25.Qe4 Ne5 26.Na5 Rfd8 27.h3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rd4 Rxd4
30.exd4 Nc4 31.Qa8+ Qd8 32.Qxd8+ Bxd8 33.Nc6 Bc7 34.d5 exd5 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nxd5 Be5
37.f4 Bd4+ 38.Kh2 a5 39.bxa5 Nxa5 40.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.g3 Be7
9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.h5 Nh8 12.h6 g5 13.Nc3 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Kg2 Be8
16.Be3 Bg6 17.Bd3 Bh5 18.Nxg5 Bxg5 19.Qxh5 Bxe3 20.fxe3  1-0

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Zajarnyi,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Qh5 g6
9.Qf3 Qxg5 10.Bxd5 Nd8 11.O-O Bg7 12.axb4 O-O 13.Nc3 Ne6 14.Qe3 Nf4 15.Rxa7 Nh3+
16.Kh1 Qxe3 17.fxe3 Rxa7 18.gxh3 Bxh3 19.Re1 Ra1 20.b5 b6 21.Kg1 Bf6 22.Ne4 Bh4
23.Nf2 Be6 24.Bc6 f5 25.d3 f4 26.exf4 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "V Chebanenko Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Chisinau MDA"]
[Date "2014.04.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bernadskiy,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 7.c3 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Nf3 Nf5 10.Bd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 a5 12.a4 Be7 13.b4 axb4 14.cxb4 Bxa4 15.Nc3 Bd7
16.O-O O-O 17.Qe3 b6 18.cxb6 Rb8 19.Ra7 Bxb4 20.Na2 Be7 21.Rb1 Bc6 22.Nd4 Bb7
23.Nc3 Qd7 24.Ncb5 Bc5 25.Nc7 Bc6 26.Ncb5 Bb7 27.Nc3 Rfc8 28.Qd3 Be7 29.h3 Rc4
30.Ncb5 Bc5 31.Nf3 Bxb6 32.Raa1 Bc5 33.Nbd4 Qc8 34.Ne2 Bc6 35.Ng5 g6 36.Qf3 Be8
37.Qd3 Be7 38.Nf3 Kg7 39.Ra7 Rxb1+ 40.Qxb1 Bc5 41.Rb7 Bc6 42.Rb8 Qc7 43.Rb3 d4
44.Qd3 Bxf3 45.Qxc4 Bd5 46.Qd3 Bxb3 47.Qxb3 Qxe5 48.Kf1 d3 49.Nc3 d2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wagner,De"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Bc5 15.Nf5 Re8
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Kg2 Nxf2 18.e5 Nd7 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Rxf2 Nxe5 21.Nxg7 c5+ 22.Kh3 Bc8+
23.g4 Kxg7 24.Bxe5+ Rxe5 25.Rxf7+ Kxf7 26.Qxh7+ Ke6 27.Qg6+ Ke7 28.Qg7+ Ke6
29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Qh7+ Ke6 31.Qg6+ Ke7 32.Qg7+ Ke6 33.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Acs,Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.d5 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.b4 Nbd7 17.Bb2 Nb6 18.Rc1 Ra7 19.c4 bxc4 20.Nxc4 Nxc4 21.Rxc4 Bb5 22.Rc1 a5
23.a4 axb4 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7 25.axb5 Rb7 26.Qb3+ Kh7 27.Qxb4 Qb8 28.Qd2 Rxb5
29.Ba3 Rb3 30.Qa2 Qb7 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Qxe4 33.Rd1 Qa4 34.Qb1+ Kg8 35.Qc1 e4
36.Nh2 Rb8 37.Nf1 d5 38.Bxf8 Rxf8 39.Qd2 Rd8 40.Ne3 d4 41.Nf5 d3 42.Rc1 Kh7
43.g4 Rd7 44.Ng3 Qb5 45.Qf4 Qd5 46.Nf1 Qe6 47.Nd2 Nd5 48.Qxe4+ Qxe4 49.Nxe4 Re7
50.Nd2 Re2 51.Nf3 Nf4 52.Kh2 Rxf2+ 53.Kg3 Rc2 54.Ra1 g5 55.Nd4 Rc3 56.Nf3 Rc2
57.Nd4 Rc7 58.h4 Rd7 59.Nf3 Ne2+ 60.Kf2 gxh4 61.Ne5 Re7 62.Nxd3 Nd4 63.Rh1 Re2+
64.Kf1 Re3 65.Nf2 Nf3 66.Kg2 Kg6 67.Rh3 Ne1+ 68.Kf1 Rxh3 69.Nxh3 Nd3 70.Kg2 Ne5
71.Nf2 Kg5 72.Kh3 Ng6 73.Ne4+ Kf4 74.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-RUS 2014"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "21st TCh-RUS 2014"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Bd3 Qc7
9.Qd2 Na5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Na5 Bd7 17.Bd4 Rc8 18.O-O-O b6 19.Rhe1 bxa5 20.Rxe4 Bc6 21.Re2 Bd5 22.Bb6 a4
23.f5 Kd7 24.fxe6+ fxe6 25.Rf2 Rcf8 26.Rdf1 Ke8 27.Bc5 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 h5 29.Kd2 h4
30.Bd6 g5 31.Ke3 g4 32.Kf4 h3 33.g3 Bf3 34.Rd2 Rh5 35.Rd4 Rf5+ 36.Ke3 Bd5
37.Rxg4 Rf3+ 38.Ke2 Rxc3 39.Kd2 Rf3 40.Rg8+ Kf7 41.Rf8+ Kg6 42.Rxf3 Bxf3
43.Ke3 Bd1 44.Kf4 Bxc2 45.Bb4 Bd3 46.g4 Bf1 47.Bd2 Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-RUS 2014"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Bxb3 12.Qxb3 e6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Rd1 Qb6
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Rxd5 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Bf4 Bf6 21.g4 Bxb2
22.Rb1 Bf6 23.Rxb6 Kc8 24.Rb4 Bd8 25.Rc4+ Kd7 26.Rd4+ Kc8 27.Rc4+ Kd7 28.Rd4+ Kc8
29.Rc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-RUS 2014"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.O-O-O b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 O-O
16.Be4 Bg5 17.Rdg1 Bxe3+ 18.fxe3 Qh4 19.Bd3 a5 20.e4 Ra7 21.Kb1 Rc7 22.Qe3 Rc5
23.g5 hxg5 24.Rxg5 g6 25.Rxe5 Rxc2 26.Bxc2 dxe5 27.Qc5 Bg4 28.Qg1 Bd7 29.Qh2 Qf6
30.h4 Kg7 31.h5 Rh8 32.h6+ Kh7 33.Qe2 Rf8 34.b3 Qd6 35.Qf2 Bg4 36.Qa7 Bh5
37.Qxa5 Rc8 38.Qa7 Kxh6 39.Qxf7 Qc5 40.Bd3 Rf8 41.Qe6 Qc3 42.Qh3 Qd2 43.Bc2 Rf2
44.Qc8 Qd4 45.Qh8+ Kg5 46.Rg1+ Bg4 47.Qh3 Rf4 48.Qg3 Kf6 49.Qh4+ Kg7 50.Rh1 Bh5
51.Qe7+ Rf7 52.Qd8 Rf2 53.Qc7+ Kh6 54.Qc4 Qd2 55.Qc5 Kg7 56.Qc7+ Kh6 57.d6 Rf6
58.d7 Rd6 59.d8=Q Rxd8 60.Qxe5 Qd6 61.Qxd6 Rxd6 62.e5 Re6 63.Re1 Bf3 64.Bd3 Kg5
65.Rg1+ Kf4 66.Rxg6 Kxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-RUS 2014"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Bg5 10.Be2 Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Qxd6 Qxb2 15.Qd3 Qb6
16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rfd1 Nd7 18.Qa3 Qb8 19.c5 Qa7 20.Nc7 Rad8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Ne1 Nd4
23.Bf1 Nb8 24.Nd3 Nbc6 25.Rb1 Qb8 26.Rb6 Rd7 27.Rdb1 Qc8 28.Qb2 Rff7 29.Qc3 Qd8
30.a4 Qh4 31.Qe1 Nf3+ 32.gxf3 Nd4 33.Bg2 Nxf3+ 34.Bxf3 Rxf3 35.c6 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Rfxd3
37.cxd7 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Qg4+ 39.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-RUS 2014"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Maletin,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 "4NCL 2013-14"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "10.122"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Williams,Si1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nfd7 11.a3 Bb7 12.Rg1 Nc6 13.f5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 d5 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.exd5 Bc5 17.Qd2 Qb6 18.Bxc5 Nxc5 19.O-O-O Rad8 20.b4 Bxd5 21.bxc5 Qxc5
22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Bd3 Qxa3+ 24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Qe1 Qd6 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Rxd5 Qxd5
28.g6+ Kg8 29.Qh4 Rc4 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qxg7+ Kd6 33.Qf8+ Kc7 34.g7 Qd4
35.Qe7+ Kb6 36.g8=Q Rb4+ 37.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 38.Kc1 Qf4+ 39.Kd1 Qf3+ 40.Kd2 Qf2+
41.Kc3 Qe3+ 42.Kb2 Qd4+ 43.c3 Qd2+ 44.Kb3 Qd5+ 45.Kc2 Qa2+ 46.Kc1 Qa3+ 47.Kd2  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2013-14"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2014.05.05"]
[Round "11.113"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sadler,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.a3 Qa5
10.Ra2 Qb6 11.Nd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc5 14.c3 O-O 15.b4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 f6
17.Bd3 a5 18.Nc3 Nb8 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.Bxb5 Ba6 22.a4 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 Qa6
24.O-O Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Qxa4 26.Qb2 Nc6 27.g3 Ne7 28.Ra1 Qc4 29.Ra8+ Rf8 30.Nd6 Qc7
31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Qa3 Qb8 33.Kg2 Kg8 34.Qa6 h6 35.Nb5 Qc8 36.Qxc8+ Nxc8 37.g4 Kf7
38.Kf3 Ke7 39.f5 exf5 40.gxf5 Kf6 41.Kf4 Ne7 42.Nc7 Nxf5 43.Nxd5+ Kg6 44.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E94"]

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.Qd2 Nf4 12.Rad1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qg5 14.g3 Bxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Nxe2+
16.Nxe2 b6 17.Nc3 Bb7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Re7 20.Kf2 f5 21.h4 Qh5 22.exf5 Rae8
23.Rd2 Qxf5 24.Kg2 Re2+ 25.Rf2 Re1 26.Qd3 Qe5 27.Rc2 Re7 28.Rc4 b5 29.Rb4 a6
30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Re2 32.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 33.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 34.Kh3 Rxb2 35.Rxa6 Rb5
36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.Rc8 h5 38.Rxc7+ Kf6 39.g4 hxg4+ 40.fxg4 Rxd5 41.g5+ Ke6 42.Rg7 Rd3+
43.Kg4 Rd4+ 44.Kg3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.h3 e6
9.g4 h6 10.Bg2 Be7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.f4 Nd7 13.O-O Nxd4 14.Qxd4 O-O 15.Ne2 b5
16.Ng3 Bb7 17.Nh5 e5 18.Qd2 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.g5 hxg5 21.fxg5 Be7 22.a4 Qd7
23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd3 Bc6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Qb3 Qe6 27.Qxe6 fxe6 28.h4 d5 29.h5 d4
30.Bd2 g6 31.h6 b4 32.Kh2 Bb5 33.Rb1 Rc8 34.Rc1 Kh7 35.Kg3 b3 36.cxb3 Rxc1
37.Bxc1 Bb4 38.Kf3 Bd3 39.Bh3 Bc2 40.Bxe6 d3 41.Ke3 Bc5+ 42.Kd2 Bb4+ 43.Ke3 Be7
44.Kf2 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Nc4 b5 10.Nb6 Rb8 11.Nxc8 Qxc8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.O-O Nxd3 14.cxd3 h6 15.Ne2 d5
16.d4 Bd6 17.Rc1 Qe6 18.Rc6 Nxe4 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qe7 21.Bxd6 Nxd6 22.Nf4 O-O
23.Nxd5 Qd8 24.Rxa6 Re8 25.h3 Ne4 26.Nb4 Qc7 27.Qc1 Qc4 28.a3 Qe2 29.Nc6 Rb7
30.Nd4 Qc4 31.Nf3 Rc8 32.Qd1 b4 33.Ra4 Nc5 34.Rxb4 Rxb4 35.axb4 Qxb4 36.Qc2 Rb8
37.Re1 Ne6 38.Re2 Qb3 39.Qxb3 Rxb3 40.Rc2 g5 41.Nd2 Rb5 42.g3 f5 43.Kg2 Kf7
44.b3 h5 45.Kf1 f4 46.Rc4 Rd5 47.Ke2 Nd4+ 48.Ke1 fxg3 49.fxg3 Nf5 50.Rc3 g4
51.hxg4 hxg4 52.Nc4 Rd8 53.Kf2 Ke6 54.Ne3 Nd6 55.Rc6 Kd7 56.Rc2 Rb8 57.Rb2 Rb4
58.Nd5 Rb5 59.Ne3 Rb4 60.Kg2 Re4 61.Nd5 Rd4 62.Nf4 Ne4 63.Rc2 Rd2+ 64.Rxd2+ Nxd2
65.b4 Kc6 66.Nd3 Kb5 67.Nf2 Kxb4 68.Nxg4 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qh4 Nd5 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bg5 Be7 17.h4 Bd7 18.Bd3 Ncb4 19.Ne5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Bc6 21.Bh6 g6 22.h5 Nf6
23.Qh3 Qd6 24.Re1 Bf8 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Rg3 Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Qf8 28.Qh3 Rac8 29.Nxc6 Rxc6
30.Rge3 Qd6 31.Nb5 Qd7 32.Nxa7 Ra6 33.Nb5 Rxa4 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Rxe6 Kg7 36.Rb6 Ng4
37.Na3 Rxd4 38.Qc3 Kh6 39.Qc1+ Kg7 40.Qc3 Kh6 41.Qc1+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qxd4 8.Qxd4 Nxd4
9.O-O-O e5 10.f4 Bg4 11.Nf3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Rc8 13.fxe5 Rxc4 14.exf6 Ne6 15.Rhe1 g6
16.Re4 Rxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxg5 18.Nxg5 Bh6 19.f4 Bxg5 20.fxg5 h6 21.h4 hxg5 22.hxg5 Rh5
23.Rd5 Rh1+ 24.Kd2 Rh2+ 25.Kc3 Rh3+ 26.Kc4 Rh4+ 27.Kc3 Rh3+ 28.Kb4 Rh2 29.Kb3 Rh3+
30.Ka4 Rh2 31.Rb5 b6 32.Re5+ Kd8 33.Re7 Rxb2 34.Rxf7 Ke8 35.Rg7 Rxa2+ 36.Kb3 Ra5
37.Rxg6 Rc5 38.Rg8+ Kf7 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.g6 Rc6 41.Rf7+ Kg8 42.Kb4 a6 43.Ka4 Rc4+
44.Ka3 Rg4 45.Rg7+ Kf8 46.Kb3 a5 47.Rf7+ Kg8 48.Rg7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Bg5 Be6 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qd3 Na5 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Nd5 Nxb3
16.axb3 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Rxc2 18.Qxb7 Qc7 19.Qxc7 Rxc7 20.Rxa6 Rb8 21.Nd2 g6
22.Nc4 Rxb3 23.Rb6 Rb7 24.Rxb3 Rxb3 25.Nxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 g6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc4 Qxb3
9.axb3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Nfe5 Nd5 12.Bd2 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Be6 14.b4 O-O 15.e3 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Nb6 17.h4 Rfd8 18.e4 Bc4 19.Bc3 Bb5 20.b3 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Rd3 22.Rh3 Rxh3
23.gxh3 a6 24.Ke2 Kf8 25.Ke3 Nd7 26.f4 c5 27.b5 Rb8 28.bxa6 bxa6 29.Ra3 e6
30.Kd3 Ke7 31.Kc4 Ra8 32.Ra1 f6 33.exf6+ Nxf6 34.Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.Kxc5 e5 36.fxe5+ Kxe5
37.Ra4 Rc8+ 38.Kb4 Rb8+ 39.Ka3 Rb6 40.h5 gxh5 41.Rc4 h4 42.Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 b4 11.Ncd5 Nxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.O-O Be7 14.a3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 O-O
16.f4 g6 17.c3 exf4 18.gxf4 Bh4 19.Ra4 Nc5 20.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mitenieks,Matiss"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Ng5 exd4 12.e4 Bg4 13.Qe1 dxc3 14.bxc3 Qc5+ 15.Kh1 Qxg5
16.Ba3 Rfe8 17.Nf3 Qh5  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Laimins,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 Qe7 5.Nd3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Qxg2
8.Bf3 Qh3 9.Nf4 Qf5 10.Qe2+ Kf8 11.Rg1 h6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.O-O-O d6 14.Rg3 Ne5
15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 c6 17.Bg2 d5 18.Bxd5 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Bd4 Re8 21.Re3  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sveshnikov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nd2 h6 5.Bh4 O-O 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd3 g5 9.Bg3 f5
10.exf6 exf6 11.Ngf3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Be6 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Re1 Nc6 16.Kg1 f5
17.Kh2 Rf8 18.Re2 f4 19.Rhe1 Bg4 20.Bb5 Qd6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Re7 fxg3+ 23.fxg3 Bf5
24.Qa4 Be4 25.Qb4 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 Rab8 27.Qxd6 cxd6 28.b4 Rf7 29.Re8+ Rf8 30.Rxb8 Rxb8
31.Re7 a5 32.bxa5 Ra8 33.Rc7 Rxa5 34.Rxc6 Bf8 35.c4 dxc4 36.Rxc4 Rxa2 37.Rc7 Ra4
38.g4 Bg7 39.Rd7 Bxd4 40.Rxd6 Bg7 41.Kh3 Kf7 42.Rc6 Bf6 43.Rb6 h5 44.Rb7+ Kg8
45.Nh2 Ra3+ 46.Nf3 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C57"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ismagambetov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A61"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 c4
9.a4 Ng6 10.d4 cxd3 11.Qxd3 b4 12.Nbd2 a5 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qb8
16.Qc5 Nge5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.cxb4 d6 19.Qc3 axb4 20.Qg3 O-O 21.Bh6 Ng6 22.Bd2 Rc8
23.Rac1 Qb6 24.Qb3 Rab8 25.Bb1 Ne5 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Qd1 Qd4 29.b3 Rc8
30.Be3 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 Qa1 32.h3 Nc6 33.Kh2 e5 34.Qd1 Nd4 35.Bxd4 exd4 36.e5 Qc3
37.exd6 Qc5 38.Qd3 Qxd6+ 39.Qg3 Qb6 40.a5 Qa7 41.Qd6 g6 42.Qb6 Qxb6 43.axb6 Bc6
44.Bd3 Bb7 45.Kg3 Kf8 46.Kf4 f5 47.g3 Ke7 48.Ke5 Bf3 49.Ba6 Kd7 50.Bb5+ Kc8
51.Kxd4 g5 52.Bd3  1-0

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Palo,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 Bb7 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qa4 Nc6 10.e3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxc6 dxc6 15.Qc2 c5
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rad8 18.b3 Rd6 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Ke2 g6 21.Qc2 e5 22.Rxd6 Qxd6
23.Rd1 Qxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 e4 26.a4 a5 27.Ke2 Kg7 28.Kf1 Kf6 29.Kg2 Kg5
30.h3 h5 31.Kh2 h4 32.Kg2 Kh5 33.Kh2 g5 34.g4+ Kg6 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.Kh2 Ke5
37.Kg2 Ke6 38.Kh2 f5 39.Kg2 fxg4 40.hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Solak,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D10"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Leitao,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.Qe2 Bg5 14.Nf5 d5 15.Ne7+ Kh8
16.Nxc8 Rxc8 17.d4 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Nf6 19.c3 Re8 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.Bd3 h6 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Re1 Kg8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.g3 Nf6 26.Kg2 Kf8 27.Qe3 Ng4 28.Qf3 Nf6 29.Qf5 Qd8
30.b4 g6 31.Qe5 h5 32.h3 Kg8 33.f4 Nd7 34.Qd6 Qe8 35.Kf3 Kg7 36.g4 hxg4+
37.hxg4 b5 38.g5 Qe6 39.Qc7 Qh3+ 40.Ke2 Nf8 41.Qxc6 Ne6 42.Qd6 a6 43.Qe5+ Kg8
44.f5 Qg4+ 45.Kd2 Qxg5+ 46.Kc2 Nf4 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.Qe5+ Kg8 49.Qe8+ Kg7 50.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Rd1 g5 8.c3 g4
9.Nh4 Qe6 10.d3 d5 11.Nd2 O-O-O 12.Nb3 dxe4 13.Nxc5 Qd5 14.Be3 Qh5 15.g3 exd3
16.Nxd3 Bg7 17.Nb4 Nxb4 18.cxb4 Kb8 19.Bf4+ Ka8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qxe7 Qd5
22.Rc1 Ne4 23.Re1 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Bxb2 25.Qe4 Qxa2 26.Re2 Bd4+ 27.Kg2 Qa1 28.Be3 Bxe3
29.Qxe3 a6 30.Nf5 h5 31.Rd2 Rxd2+ 32.Qxd2 Qf6 33.Ne3 Qf3+ 34.Kg1 Qe4 35.Nd5 f5
36.Nb6+ Ka7 37.Nd5 Qb1+ 38.Kg2 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Qb1+ 40.Kf2 Qh1 41.Qe3+ Kb8 42.Qe8+ Ka7
43.Qe3+ Kb8 44.Nf4 Qxh2+ 45.Ng2 Qh1 46.Qe5+ Ka7 47.Qc5+ Kb8 48.Qxf5 Qd1 49.Qf8+ Ka7
50.Qc5+ Ka8 51.Qc8+ Ka7 52.Qc3 Qd8 53.Ke2 Ka8 54.Qc4 Qe7+ 55.Ne3 h4 56.gxh4 Qxh4
57.Nxg4 Ka7 58.Qc5+ Ka8 59.Qf8+ Ka7 60.Qc5+ Ka8 61.Ne3 Qe4 62.Qc8+ Ka7 63.Qc5+ Kb8
64.Kd2 Qf4 65.Kd3 Qg3 66.Kc4 Qf4+ 67.Kb3 Qe4 68.Qc3 Qb1+ 69.Ka3 Qe4 70.Nc4 Qh1
71.Nd6 Qh7 72.Qc8+ Ka7 73.Qc5+ Kb8 74.Qc3 Qh1 75.Qd3 Qa1+ 76.Kb3 b5 77.Qd5 Qb1+
78.Kc3 Qe1+ 79.Kd3 Qb1+ 80.Ke3 Qe1+ 81.Kd3 Qb1+ 82.Ke2 Qc2+ 83.Ke1 Qc1+ 84.Ke2 Qc2+
85.Kf1 Qc1+ 86.Kf2 Qc2+ 87.Kg1 Qc1+ 88.Kg2 Qc2+ 89.Kf3 Qc3+ 90.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8
9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Bf4 Qxb3 11.axb3 Bc2 12.Rdc1 Bxb3 13.c5 Bc4 14.Bxb8 Rdxb8 15.Ne5 Bb5
16.Nxb5 cxb5 17.c6 e6 18.e3 bxc6 19.Nxc6 Rb7 20.Ra6 Bf8 21.Rca1 Rc8 22.Bf1 b4
23.Bd3 Rb6 24.Ne5 Bd6 25.Nf3 Rxa6 26.Rxa6 Bb8 27.Ra4 Rc6 28.Rxb4 Rb6 29.Rxb6 axb6
30.Kf1 Kf8 31.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.21"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Markos,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B29"]

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 Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Armbrust,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.d3 b5 8.Bb3 Nxb3
9.axb3 b4 10.Na4 d6 11.e5 Nd7 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Ng5 Bb7 14.Qh5 Qe7 15.Re1 Nf6
16.Qh3 O-O 17.Nb6 Rad8 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Ne3 h6 20.Nf5 Qd7 21.Nxh6+ gxh6 22.Qxh6 Qd4
23.h3 Rd5 24.Nf3 Rh5 25.Nxd4 Rxh6 26.Bxh6 cxd4 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Ra4 Nd5 29.Rea1 f5
30.Rxa6 Bxa6 31.Rxa6 Kf7 32.g3 f4 33.Kg2 fxg3 34.fxg3 Bd8 35.Kf3 Bg5 36.Ke4 Bc1
37.Ke5 Bxb2 38.Rxe6 Ne3 39.Rc6 Bc3 40.h4 Nxc2 41.h5 Ne3 42.Rc7+ Kg8 43.Rd7 Be1
44.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.19"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Sanders,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B23"]

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 Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.20"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bailet,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "C50"]

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 "Riga Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.h3 Bf5 14.Nfd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bb4
16.Nc3 Be6 17.a3 Na5 18.Bc2 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Nc4 20.Bf4 Qh4 21.Bg3 Qe7 22.a4 Rfb8
23.axb5 axb5 24.b3 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Na3 26.Bd3 b4 27.Qc6 Qg5 28.Rd1 h5 29.h4 Qg4
30.Rd2 g5 31.Qxc7 Rc8 32.Qe7 gxh4 33.Bxh4 Nb1 34.Bxb1 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Rxb1 36.Rd3 Kh7
37.Rg3 Qf4 38.Qd8 Bg4 39.Bf6 Qc1 40.Re3 Qg1+ 41.Kg3 Rb2 42.Qxd5 Qxf2+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+
44.Rg3 Kg6 45.Qa8 Rd2 46.Qg8+ Kf5 47.Qh7+ Ke6 48.d5+ Rxd5 49.Qg8 Rd2 50.Qe8+ Kf5
51.Qc8+ Kg6 52.Qg8+ Kf5 53.Qxf7 Rxg2+ 54.Kxg2 Qd2+ 55.Kg1 Qe1+ 56.Kh2 Qf2+
57.Rg2 Qf4+ 58.Kg1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.a4 Rb8 10.Na3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 exd4 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Ne5 15.Qd1 d3
16.Bg5 O-O 17.Nd4 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Nxe4 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qxd3 Bxd4 22.Qxe4 Rxb3
23.cxd4 Qxd4 24.Rae1 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 f6 26.Rc1 Rf7 27.Rec4 Rb7 28.g4 Kg7 29.Rc6 h5
30.Kg2 Kg6 31.R1c5 hxg4 32.hxg4 Re7 33.Rc3 Rb4 34.R6c4 c5 35.Rxb4 cxb4 36.Rc4 Rb7
37.b3 Rb6 38.Kf3 f5 39.gxf5+ Kxf5 40.Ke3 g4 41.Re4 Rb5 42.Rc4 Rb8 43.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Boruchovsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qb7
16.h4 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Rh3 Qe4 19.h5 Rd8 20.h6 Kh8 21.Re3 Qf5 22.Rf3 Qg5
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Qc3 e5 25.e3 Bxf1 26.Qc7 Rg8 27.Kxf1 Qxg2+ 28.Ke2 Qg6 29.Qc6 Qxh6
30.Rxf6 Qh5+ 31.Rf3 Qg6 32.Qxg6 fxg6 33.Rf7 Rg7 34.Rf8+ Rg8 35.Rf7 Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2014"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.24"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Aravindh,Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Na5 6.Be2 Be7 7.Nf3 e4 8.Ne5 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.Ng4 Nxg4 11.Bxg4 f5 12.Be2 d5 13.d3 c5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc6
16.dxe4 fxe4 17.Nb5 Bg5 18.Qe1 a6 19.Nc3 Bf6 20.Nxd5 Bxb2 21.Nf4 Qf6 22.Rd6 Be5
23.Rxe6 Qf5 24.f3 Bxf4 25.exf4 exf3 26.Bxf3 Nd4 27.Re7 Nxc2 28.Qe4 Qf6 29.Rxb7 Nd4
30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.Qe5 Qxe5 32.fxe5 Rf5 33.e6 g6 34.Bg4 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 h5 36.Bf3 Re8
37.e7 Nf5 38.Rb6 Kg7 39.Rxa6 Rxe7 40.Rb6 Re3 41.a4 Nd4 42.Bd5 Re5 43.Bc4 Nc2
44.Kf2 Ne3 45.Be2 Nd5 46.Rb7+ Kf6 47.a5 Nc3 48.Bf3 c4 49.a6  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Solovyev,Anton"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Be3 Bg5 10.Qd2 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Nd4 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Rd1 Nge7 14.f4 Bg4 15.h3 exf4
16.Qxf4 Bxe2 17.Bxe2 Qb6 18.Rd2 O-O 19.Qf2 Qa5 20.Qe3 Rae8 21.O-O Nf5 22.b4 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Maevsky,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Rc8 8.c4 Nh6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qa4 a6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Rac1 O-O 14.Rxc8 Qxc8 15.Rc1 Qd8
16.Nbd2 Nb8 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Qe3 Kg7 19.h4 Rc8 20.Rf1 h5 21.Nh2 Bxh4 22.g4 Qe7
23.Ndf3 h6 24.gxh5 Bxh5 25.Kh1 Bg6 26.Rg1 Bg5 27.Nxg5 hxg5 28.Rxg5 Rh8 29.Bd3 Rh6
30.Kg2 Rh5 31.Rg4 Nd7 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Nf3 Qf7 34.Ng5 Qf5 35.Qg3 Nf8 36.Nh3 Rh6
37.Rh4 Rxh4 38.Qxh4 Nh7 39.Kg3 Qd3+ 40.f3 Qf5 41.Qe7+ Qf7 42.Qxf7+ Kxf7 43.Kf4 Nf8
44.Kg5 Kg7 45.Nf4 Nh7+ 46.Kg4 Nf8 47.b4 Kh6 48.a4 b6 49.a5 bxa5 50.bxa5 Kg7
51.Nd3 Nd7 52.Nb4 Nb8 53.Kg5 Kf7 54.Kh6  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 c5 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Qf3 h6 13.Bh4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 c4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Be2 Rfb8 18.Rab1 Rb6 19.Bf3 Ra6 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.Rb2 Ra3 22.Rb7 Rxc3
23.Rd2 Ra3 24.Bh5 d4 25.f4 f5 26.g4 c3 27.Rd3 Bc4 28.Rg3 d3 29.gxf5+ Kf8
30.Rc7 dxc2  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.b3 cxb3 9.Nxb3 Na5
10.Nxa5 Qxa5 11.Bd2 Ne7 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh7 Rxh7 15.Bxh7 g6 16.h4 Bb5
17.h5 Bg7 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Qg4 Bd3 20.Qxe6 Bf5 21.Qd6 Qc4 22.f3 Kf7 23.Kf2 Be6
24.Rh4 Re8 25.Rf4+ Nf5 26.g4 Bf8 27.gxf5 Bxd6 28.Bxg6+ Kg7 29.Bxe8 Qd3 30.Rg1+ Kh8
31.exd6 Qxd2+ 32.Kg3 Qe3 33.Rh1  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 g5 10.d4 Qe7 11.Bd5 Nd8 12.Nb3 c6 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Bd4 cxd5 15.exd6 Qxd6
16.e5 Qg6 17.e6 Nf6 18.f4 g4 19.f5 Qg5 20.Qd2 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Ke7 22.Bc5+ Ke8
23.Bd4 Ke7 24.c4 Nc6 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.cxd5 Nd4 27.Rae1 Nxf5 28.Ne4+ Kg6 29.exf7 Rf8
30.Nc5 Rxf7 31.Re8 Ng7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Rd8 Ke7 34.Rh8 Kd6 35.Ne4+ Ke5 36.Nc3 b6
37.Nb5 Bb7 38.Rh7 Rg8 39.c4 a6 40.Nc7 Nf5 41.Kf2 Rg7 42.Rxg7 Nxg7  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Bg5 10.Bxg5 Qxg5 11.h4 Qd8 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Qxd6 Qb6 15.Qd2 Qa5
16.Ne3 b5 17.Ned5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nd4 19.f4 b4 20.fxe5 bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxa2 22.Qxd4 Nd7
23.Rh3 Qa1+ 24.Kc2 Qa4+ 25.b3 Qa2+ 26.Qb2 Qa5 27.Qc3 Qa2+ 28.Qb2 Qa5 29.Rg3 f6
30.e6 Ne5 31.Qc3 Qa2+ 32.Qb2 Qa5 33.b4 Qc7 34.d6 Qc6 35.e7 Rfc8 36.c5 a5
37.Qd4 Qa4+ 38.Kd2 axb4 39.Bc4+ Kh8 40.Bb3 Qd7 41.Ke1 Ra5 42.Qxb4 Raxc5 43.Ba4 Qe6
44.Re3 Rc1 45.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 46.Kd2 Rc8 47.d7 Qa2+ 48.Ke1  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Belousov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Qh5 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.Rad1 O-O 14.Rd3 Be6 15.h3 Bc4
16.Rd2 Bb4 17.Red1 Be6 18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 f6 20.Rd6 Rfe8 21.Bc5 Rad8 22.Kh2 Qc8
23.R1d2 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Rd8 25.Qd1 Rxd6 26.Qxd6 h5 27.f4 exf4 28.Qxf4 Qd7 29.Qd6 Qxd6+
30.Bxd6 Ba2 31.Kg3 Kf7 32.Kf4 Bb1 33.h4 Bxc2 34.g3 Ke6 35.Bc5 f5 36.exf5+ Bxf5
37.Bd4 g6 38.Ke3 Kd5 39.Kd2 c5 40.Be3 Kc4 41.Bf2 a5 42.Be3 a4 43.Bf2 b4 44.cxb4 cxb4
45.axb4 a3 46.Kc1 Kc3 47.Be1+ Kb3 48.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseenko,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O
9.a3 Be7 10.O-O-O d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Re8 14.g4 Be6 15.Bg2 Rad8
16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Rhe1 Ne4 18.f3 Nf6 19.f4 Ne4 20.f5 Bc8 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Qf2 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Bf6 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Bf4 Qc7 26.Nxe4 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Be5 28.Bxe5 Qxe5
29.Nc3 h5 30.Nd2 hxg4 31.hxg4 g6 32.Nc4 Qe7 33.Nd5 Qd8 34.Ne3 Ne7 35.Qh4 Kf8
36.Qh8+ Ng8 37.f6 Bxg4+ 38.Ke1 Qa5+ 39.b4  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Panarin,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Nf6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bc4 Be6 12.O-O Bg5 13.Nd5 Kh8 14.c3 f5 15.Nb6 Qxb6
16.Bxe6 Qxb2 17.Nc4 Qxc3 18.Qh5 Nd4 19.Bd5 Be7 20.Ra3 Qb4 21.Rh3 h6 22.Ne3 Qxa4
23.exf5 Qe8 24.Qg4 a5 25.Bxb7 Ra7 26.Bd5 a4 27.Rh5 Bf6 28.g3 a3 29.Qh3 a2
30.Ng4 a1=Q 31.Nxh6 Qxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vedder,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jensson,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bc4 Be6
9.Bg5 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 Nb6 13.c3 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.Qb3 b6
16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Nd2 f5 18.f4 Qf6 19.Qa4 Rf7 20.Nc4 Rd8 21.Qc6 exf4 22.Re6 Qg5
23.Nxd6 Rff8 24.Nc4 Qg3 25.Rf3 Qh4 26.d6 Nf6 27.Re7 Rc8 28.Qb7 Rb8 29.Qxa7 b5
30.Ne5 Ra8 31.Qb7 Rxa2 32.Rxg7+ Kh8 33.Rf1 Qh5 34.Qe7 Raa8 35.Rf7 Rxf7 36.Nxf7+ Kg8
37.Qxf6 Qxf7 38.Qg5+ Qg6 39.Qe7 Re8 40.Qc7 Re2 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qb7+ Kh6 43.Qf3 Rd2
44.d7 Qg5 45.Qd5 f3 46.Qxf3 b4 47.h4  1-0

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Greenfeld,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B64"]

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.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Qe3 Ng4 13.Qg3 f6 14.Qxg4 fxg5 15.g3 gxf4
16.gxf4 Qc5 17.Rg1 Bf6 18.Rd3 Qf2 19.Rdg3 h5 20.Qxh5 Qxf4+ 21.Kd1 Bd7 22.Bh3 Be5
23.Nd5 Qf7 24.Rg6 Rae8 25.Nc7 Re7 26.Qg4 Qf2 27.Nxe6 Bxe6 28.Rxe6 Qd4+ 29.Ke1 Qe3+
30.Kd1 Rf2 31.Rxd6 Bxd6 32.Qc8+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 O-O
9.e3 Be6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.c6 bxc6 13.O-O Qa5 14.Rac1 c5 15.Rfd1 Rfe8
16.a3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne4 18.c4 Nb6 19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.cxd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd2 Qa4 22.Bg3 Bb3
23.Re1 c4 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 Nd5 26.Bg4 Nxb4 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Be5 Nd3 29.Bc3 Rc5
30.Bd4 Rc7 31.Bc3 Rc5 32.Bd4 Rd5 33.Bxa7 Nxe1 34.Rxe1 Rd3 35.f3 c3 36.Bd4 c2
37.Bb2 Rd1 38.Kf2 f5 39.h4 h5 40.Bc1 Kf7 41.Bb2 g6 42.Bc1 Bd5 43.Ke2 Bc4+
44.Kf2 Bd3 45.e4 fxe4 46.fxe4 Bc4 47.e5 Be6 48.Bg5 Ke8 49.Ke2 Bg4+ 50.Kf2 Kd7
51.Bc1 Be6 52.Ke2 Kc6 53.Kf2 Kd5 54.Bf4 Kd4 55.Bh6 Kc3 56.Re3+ Kd4 57.Re1 Kd5
58.Bf4 Kc4 59.Bh6 Rd4 60.Ra1 Kc3 61.Ra6 Bc4 62.Rd6 Re4 63.Rxg6 Rxe5 64.Rc6 Rf5+
65.Kg3 Kd3 66.Rc7 Re5 67.Bf4 Rf5 68.Bh6 Rd5 69.Re7 Rd6 70.Bc1 Rg6+ 71.Kf2 Be6
72.Re8 Bd5 73.Re3+ Kc4 74.Rg3 Rf6+ 75.Ke1 Be4 76.Rg8 Bf5 77.Rg7 Bg4 78.Rc7+ Kd3
79.Re7 Rd6 80.Kf2 Rb6 81.Rc7 Rb1 82.Bh6 Rd1 83.Rc6 Rb1 84.Rd6+ Ke4 85.Rc6 Bd1
86.Bg5 Rb5 87.Bc1 Rf5+ 88.Ke1 Re5 89.Kf2 Kd5 90.Rc8 Re2+ 91.Kf1 Re4 92.Bg5 Be2+
93.Kf2 Bc4 94.Rd8+ Kc6 95.g3 Re5 96.Bh6 Rf5+ 97.Kg2 Bd5+ 98.Kg1 Kc7 99.Re8 Bf3
100.Bc1 Bd1 101.Re3 Kd6 102.Rc3 Kd5 103.Bf4 Kd4 104.Rc7 Rd5 105.Kf2 Kd3 106.Rc6 Bg4
107.Bc1 Bd7 108.Rc7 Be6 109.Re7 Rf5+ 110.Kg1 Re5 111.Bf4 Re4 112.Bh6 Ke2
113.Rc7 Rc4 114.Re7 c1=Q+ 115.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 116.Kg2 Rc6 117.g4 hxg4 118.h5 Ke3
119.Kg3 Ke4 120.Kh4 Kd4  0-1

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Bxe4 Bd6
9.Qh5 h6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Bxd6 Re8+ 13.Ne2 Qxd6 14.O-O-O c4 15.Nc3 Qa3+
16.Kb1 Be6 17.Rhe1 Rab8 18.Ka1 cxb3 19.cxb3 Bxb3 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Rh1 Bc2
22.Nb1 Qb4 23.a3 Qb6 24.Qh4 Be4 25.Nc3 Rb8 26.Na4 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 b4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nc2 Qg6 12.Qd5 Bd7 13.h4 h5 14.Rh3 Rc8 15.Rg3 Qh7
16.Bg5 Be6 17.Qd3 Be7 18.O-O-O f6 19.Bd2 a5 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 f5
23.f4 O-O 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Bg5 Bc5 26.Re3 e4 27.Qd2 f4 28.Ree1 Qf5 29.d6 b3
30.a3 e3 31.Qd3 Bxd6 32.Qxf5 Nxf5 33.Rd5 Rc5 34.Red1 Rxd5 35.Rxd5 Ng3 36.Bd3 Bc7
37.c5 f3 38.gxf3 Rxf3 39.Rd7 Bf4 40.Bxf4 Rxf4 41.c6 Rxh4 42.Ba6 e2 43.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Rd8 13.Qf3 Be7 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rac1 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Qxb7 Bc5 18.a3 Rb8 19.Qc6 Rfc8 20.Qf3 Qf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Ba6 Rd8
23.Nb5 Nd7 24.b4 Bb6 25.a4 Ne5 26.a5 Bd4 27.Rc7 Rd5 28.Nxd4 Rxd4 29.b5 Ra4
30.f4 Ng4 31.Rd1 Rxa5 32.h3 Nh6 33.Rdd7 Ra4 34.f5 exf5 35.Rxa7 f4 36.Rac7 Kg7
37.Bb7 Rb4 38.Bc6 Kg6 39.Re7 Rd8 40.Rcd7 Rxd7 41.Rxd7 Nf5 42.Kf2 Nd4 43.Rb7 Rb2+
44.Kf1 Rb1+ 45.Kf2 Rb2+ 46.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B32"]

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.c4 b4 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Bg5 15.Bg4 Be6
16.b3 a5 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nde3 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 Nd4 20.Nc2 Qb6 21.Qd3 Rbd8 22.Rad1 Nc6
23.Rd2 Qc5 24.Rfd1 Nb8 25.Qh3 Rfe8 26.Ne1 Qc7 27.Nf3 h6 28.Qh5 Rf8 29.Qg4 Rfe8
30.Qg6 Nc6 31.c5 dxc5 32.Rd7 Re7 33.Rxd8+ Nxd8 34.Nxe5 Nf7 35.Nxf7 Rxf7 36.Qxe6 Qf4
37.f3 Kh7 38.Qc4 Qe3+ 39.Kf1 Rf4 40.Qc1 Qxe4 41.Qxc5 Rf5 42.Qd4 Qxd4 43.Rxd4 Rc5
44.Ke2 Rc1 45.Rd5 Rc2+ 46.Rd2 Rc1 47.Kd3 Rc3+ 48.Ke4 Rc1 49.g4 g5 50.Rd7+ Kg6
51.Rd6+ Kg7 52.Ra6 Rc5 53.h3 Kh7 54.f4 gxf4 55.Kxf4 Kg7 56.h4 Kh7 57.Ra7+ Kg8
58.g5 h5 59.g6 Rd5 60.Re7 Rd2 61.Kg5 Rxa2 62.Kh6 Kf8 63.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.a4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 e6 12.O-O a6 13.Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.Bf4 g5 15.Be3 Nxe5
16.Qh5 Qf6 17.Nc3 Be7 18.f4 Nc4 19.Ne4 Qg7 20.Qe2 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 gxf4 22.Rxf4 O-O
23.Raf1 f5 24.Ng3 Qf6 25.Re1 Rae8 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Qxb7 Bd6 28.Rc4 Rg8 29.Nh5 Qg5
30.Qf3 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.g3 e5 33.Qd5 Bc5+ 34.Kh1 Bd4 35.Qd7 Rd8 36.Qf7 Qg6
37.Qf6+ Qxf6 38.Nxf6 Kg7 39.Nh5+ Kg6 40.g4 fxg4 41.Ng3 Bxb2 42.Ne4 Rd4 43.a5 Ra4
44.Kg2 Rxa5 45.h3 gxh3+ 46.Kxh3 Bd4 47.Rc1 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 b4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nc2 Qg6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.g3 Nd4 14.Bg2 h5 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Qxf5 17.Bxa8 Nc2+ 18.Ke2 Nxa1 19.Qd3 Qxd3+ 20.Kxd3 O-O 21.Bd5 b3
22.Bd2 Nc2 23.axb3 Nd4 24.b4 Rb8 25.Ra1 Nb3 26.Rxa6 e4+ 27.Bxe4 Nxd2 28.Kxd2 d5
29.Bxd5 Bxb4+ 30.Kc2 Bc5 31.Rc6 Bxf2 32.Rc7 Bg1 33.Rxf7 Kh7 34.h3 Bd4 35.b3 Kg6
36.Rf4 Bf6 37.c5 Kh6 38.Rxf6+ gxf6 39.c6 Kg5 40.Be6 Rb5 41.Kd3 Rb6 42.Bd5 Rb8
43.Kd4 Kf5 44.g4+ hxg4 45.hxg4+ Kf4 46.Be6 Kg5  1-0

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Na5 7.Bb3 a6 8.d4 Nxb3
9.axb3 exd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 O-O 13.g4 Qd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Qb5
16.Qf3 Rfe8 17.Kg2 Qe2 18.c3 Re4 19.Ra4 Rae8 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.h3 d5 22.b4 Bb6
23.f6 g5 24.Qf5 Re5 25.Qc8+ Kh7 26.Qf8 Qe4+ 27.Kg3 Qg6 28.f4 gxf4+ 29.Bxf4 Re2
30.Bxh6 Qxh6 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Rf3 Bg1 33.h4 Bh2+ 34.Kh3 Bd6  0-1

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Bc5 15.Nf5 Re8
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Kg2 Nxf2 18.e5 Nd7 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Rxf2 Nxe5 21.Ne4 c5 22.Kf1 Bxe4
23.Qxe4 Ng6 24.Qd5 Nxf4 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Rxf4 c4 27.Nc6 Bc3 28.Rb1 Rac8 29.Bf3 Qa6
30.Re4 Qxa2 31.Rxb5 Qxh2 32.Qd7 Rf8 33.Rh4 Qc2 34.Rxh7+ Qxh7 35.Rh5 Qxh5
36.Bxh5 g6 37.Be2 Kg7 38.Bxc4 Rce8 39.Qxa7 Bf6 40.Qd7 Re3 41.Kg2 Rc3 42.Qd5 Re3
43.Kf2 Ree8 44.Qd7 Re4 45.Bd5 Ree8 46.Qc7 Rc8 47.Qb7 Rce8 48.Qd7 Ra8 49.Bc4 Rae8
50.Kf3 Re1 51.Qd5 Re6 52.Qd7 Re1 53.g4 Bg5 54.Qd5 f5 55.Ne5 fxg4+ 56.Kg2 Be3
57.Qd7+ Kh6 58.Nxg4+ Kh5 59.Nf6+ Rxf6 60.Qh3+ Kg5 61.Qg3+ Kh6 62.Qxe1 Bf4
63.Qh4+ Kg7 64.Bg8 Bh6 65.Qd4 Bf4 66.Be6 Bb8 67.Kh3 Bf4 68.Qd7+ Kh6 69.Bg8 Be3
70.Qh7+ Kg5 71.Bd5 Bf2 72.Qe7 Bd4 73.Be4 Kf4 74.Bc2 Be5 75.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 c5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nd7 12.Be2 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rac1 c4 15.Nd2 b5
16.Bf3 Qe7 17.Qa5 Bc6 18.b3 Qd6 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Nb1 Rab8 21.Nc3 Rb3 22.Nxd5 Rxa3
23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Nxc7 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Nb6 26.Nb5 Rb3 27.Nxa7 c3 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Nd5
30.Kf1 c2 31.Rc1 Nb4 32.Ke2 Rb8 33.d5 Nxd5 34.Rxc2 Ne7 35.f4 Rb7 36.Nc6 Nxc6
37.Rxc6 g6 38.f5 gxf5 39.Rxh6 Rb4 40.Kf3 Kg7 41.Rd6 Rh4 42.Kg2 Rg4+ 43.Kh1 Rb4
44.Rd4 Rb1+ 45.Kg2 Kg6 46.Rd6+ f6 47.Rd4 Ra1 48.Kf3 Rh1 49.Rh4 Ra1 50.Rh3 Ra4
51.Rg3+ Kf7 52.Kg2 Rb4 53.Kh3 Ra4 54.f4 Ra1 55.Kh4 Ra8 56.Rg2 Re8 57.Re2 Rh8+
58.Kg3 Rg8+ 59.Kf3 Rh8 60.Rg2 Rh3+ 61.Ke2 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 Rfe8 13.Rac1 a6 14.e4 e5 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bc3 Rad8 18.g3 c5 19.d5 c4 20.Ba5 Rc8 21.Nh4 g6 22.Bg4 Qe7
23.Qd2 Rb8 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.b3 cxb3 26.axb3 Rbc8 27.Bb4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8
30.Bxd6 Qxd6 31.Qc3 Bh3 32.b4 a5 33.bxa5 b4 34.Qc6 Qd8 35.a6 Qa5 36.Qe8+ Kg7
37.Qxe5+ Kg8 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.d5 Bxd5
16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qh4 Bxc4 18.Qxf6+ Kg8 19.Qg5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Kf1 f5
23.Ra2 fxe4 24.Rah2 g5 25.Qh5 Rb7 26.Ke2 Be6 27.Qh6 Bg8 28.Rg2 Rbf7 29.Rxh4 gxh4
30.Nf5 h3 31.Nh4 Qxh4 32.Rxg8+ Rxg8 33.Qxh4 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rh2 35.Ne3 Rg7 36.Qf6 Rh1+
37.Kf2 Rh2+ 38.Ke1 Rh1+ 39.Kd2 Rh2+ 40.Kc1 Ne7 41.Nf5 Rg2 42.Nxg7 Rxg7 43.Qf8+ Ng8
44.Bxg8 Rxg8 45.Qf6+ Rg7 46.Qh4  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Novotny,M1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Bg7 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Ne2 O-O 14.O-O f6 15.exf6 Rxf6
16.Ne5 Qd6 17.Qb1 Nf5 18.f4 h5 19.Ng3 h4 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Nh5 Rg6 22.Nxg7 Rxg7
23.Rc1 Rc4 24.Nxc4 dxc4 25.Rxc4 Qd5 26.Rac2 h3 27.Qa2 Qe6 28.Rc7  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.h4 Rfe8 15.f3 Qc6
16.Bd3 Qc5 17.Rhe1 Qxd4 18.cxd4 Kf8 19.b3 h6 20.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Iturrizaga m 2014"]
[Site "Caracas VEN"]
[Date "2014.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O Na6 8.Bf4 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.d5 Bb4 11.Nd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nc5 13.Nb5 d6 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.f4 exd5
16.cxd5 Qe8 17.Bxf6 Qxb5 18.Bd4 Rfe8 19.e3 f5 20.Qb1 Qxb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Iturrizaga m 2014"]
[Site "Caracas VEN"]
[Date "2014.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Rxc4 Nc6 12.Rc5 Rd5 13.Rxd5 exd5 14.Be2 Qg6 15.O-O Bh3
16.Ne1 Ne7 17.Bh5  1-0

[Event "Shirov-Iturrizaga m 2014"]
[Site "Caracas VEN"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 b5 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.g5 Nxe4 14.fxe4 Bxe4 15.Rg1 e5
16.Bg2 Bxg2 17.Rxg2 exd4 18.Nxd4 O-O 19.Nf5 Bc5 20.Qxd7 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 g6 22.Nh6+ Kg7
23.Rg4 Qe5 24.Rf1 Ra7 25.Qc6 f5 26.Rg2 Re7 27.Rd2 Be3 28.Re2 f4 29.h4 Qe4
30.Qd6 f3 31.Ree1 f2 32.Rd1 Bf4 33.Qc5 Bg3 34.Rd4 Qe1+ 35.Rd1 Qe4 36.Rd4 Qe2
37.Rdd1 Rd8 38.Rc1 Bxh4 39.Rh1 Qe5 40.Qb6 Rf8 41.Ng4 Qe4  0-1

[Event "Shirov-Iturrizaga m 2014"]
[Site "Caracas VEN"]
[Date "2014.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Rd1 c5 13.Bxb5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Nd5
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Rh4 g6 20.Bd2 Rc4 21.Rxc4 dxc4 22.Qxc4 Bxh2+
23.Kxh2 Qxd2 24.Kg2 Qxb2 25.Ra2 Qb1 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Qc8+ Kg7 28.Qc3+ Kh6 29.Qxd2 Qf5
30.Qd4 a5 31.a4 Kh5 32.Qd6 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Shirov-Iturrizaga m 2014"]
[Site "Caracas VEN"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qd6 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Rfd1 Ra7
16.Rd6 Rb7 17.a4 Be7 18.Rd3 d6 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.e4 Ra7 22.b3 Rad7
23.Ne1 Bf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nc2 Ne7 26.Na3 Kg7 27.Nb5 d5 28.exd5 exd5 29.cxd5 Rxd5
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Nxd5 32.Nd6 Kg6 33.g4 Nb4 34.f4 Nd3 35.f5+ Kg7 36.Nc4 Nc1
37.Nxb6 Nxb3 38.Nc4 Nd4 39.a5 h5 40.a6 Nc6 41.gxh5 Kh6 42.Kg3 Kxh5 43.Nd6 Kg5
44.h4+ Kh5 45.Ne4 c4 46.Nxf6+ Kh6 47.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Shirov-Iturrizaga m 2014"]
[Site "Caracas VEN"]
[Date "2014.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.f4 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qc7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Bb4 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 Bxb4
23.axb4 Rxc2 24.Rxa7 g5 25.Rb7 gxf4 26.exf4 Rc4 27.Rxb5 Rxf4 28.Kg2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-HUN 2014-15"]
[Site "Hungary HUN"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rd1 b6 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.d5 exd5 14.O-O Na6 15.exd5 Qd6
16.Ng5 Nc5 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rd4 Qf6 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.Rd1 a6 21.Bc4 b5 22.Bf1 Rfe8
23.h4 Re5 24.Qb4 Qb6 25.Rc1 Rexd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Bc4 a5 28.Qe1 Rf5 29.Qe8+ Kg7
30.Bxf7 Nd3 31.Qg8+ Kf6 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qe8+ Kf6 34.Nxh7+ Kg7 35.Qf8+ Kxh7
36.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Li Chao2"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D10"]

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"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Schenk,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Classical 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A56"]

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 Classical 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O a5 7.Na3 Bc5 8.Nc2 O-O
9.a3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.b3 e4 13.dxe4 Rxe4 14.Nfe1 Re8 15.Nd3 Bd6
16.Qd2 Bf5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Ne5 20.c5 Bxd3 21.exd3 Bf8 22.Re1 Rb8
23.Nxd4 Rd8 24.Re4 b6 25.Rf4 Qe7 26.Re4 Qf6 27.Rf4 Qe7 28.cxb6 cxb6 29.Qe3 Ng6
30.Qxe7 Nxe7 31.Bf1 Nd5 32.Nc6 Rc8 33.Rc4 b5 34.Rc2 Ra8 35.d4 Nxb4 36.Nxb4 Bxb4
37.Bxb5 Kf8 38.Kg2 Rd8 39.Rc4 Ba5 40.Bc6 Ke7 41.Kf3 Rb8 42.Rc2 Kd6 43.Ke4 Rb4
44.Bd5 f5+ 45.Ke3 Bb6 46.Bc4 g5 47.f4 gxf4+ 48.gxf4 Ra4 49.Rb2 Kc6 50.Kd3 Ra3+
51.Bb3 Kb5 52.Kc3 Ba5+ 53.Kc2 Bc7 54.Bd5+ Ka6 55.Bc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Be1 Qa5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Rxc5 18.Bc4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qc7 20.f4 a5 21.b3 Rc8 22.Qe2 g5
23.f3 gxf4 24.e4 Nd7 25.Qg2+ Kf8 26.Qh3 Ne5 27.Bf2 Nxc4 28.bxc4 Rg5+ 29.Kh1 Kg8
30.c5 Be5 31.c6 Bc3 32.Qh4 Rg6 33.Rd7 Qxc6 34.Qe7 Kh8 35.Qxf7 Rg7 36.Qxg7+ Bxg7
37.Rxc6 Rxc6 38.Rd8+ Bf8 39.Rxf8+ Kg7 40.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 f6 7.b4 fxe5 8.bxc5 Qa5 9.Bd2 e4
10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Be2 Be7 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Be2 Qd8 14.h4 h6 15.Nh3 e5 16.Be3 Kf7
17.Nd2 Kg7 18.Nf1 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.Be3 Be6 21.Ng3 Rad8 22.O-O Qc8 23.dxe5 Nxe5
24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Bd4 Nc6 26.Bg4 Qc7 27.Ne6+ Bxe6 28.Bxe6 Nxd4 29.cxd4 h5 30.Qb3 b6
31.cxb6 axb6 32.Rac1 Qd6 33.Bh3 Ng4 34.Rc3 Bxh4 35.Bxg4 hxg4 36.Rfc1 Rd7
37.Rc6 Qf4 38.R1c2 Rh6 39.Nf1 Bxf2+ 40.Rxf2 Rh1+ 41.Kxh1 Qxf2 42.Rc1 Rd8
43.Rc7+ Kf6 44.Rc6+ Kg7 45.Rc7+ Kf6 46.Rc6+ Kf5 47.Ne3+ Kg5 48.Rxg6+ Kxg6
49.Qxb6+ Qf6 50.Qc7 Qd6 51.Qb7 Rb8  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.e3 Ne6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 c6 14.Qb3 h5 15.h4 Ng4 16.Bb2 f5
17.b5 Bd7 18.Nf3 f4 19.exf4 exf4 20.Ne4 fxg3 21.fxg3 Nc5 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
24.Ng5 Kg8 25.Qc3 Rf8 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.d4 Bf5 28.Rbd1 cxd4 29.Rxd4 Qe7 30.c5 Qe2
31.Rd2 Qe3+ 32.Qxe3 Nxe3 33.Re1 Nxg2 34.Kxg2 Ra5 35.Re5 Bg4 36.Rb2 Rfa8 37.Rf2 Ra2
38.Re8+ Rxe8 39.Rxa2 Re5 40.Ra8+ Kg7 41.Ra7+ Kg8 42.Ra5 Kg7 43.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Nbd7
9.a4 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Qe3 Rc4
16.b3 Rc5 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Rad1 Qc6 19.h4 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bh3 Bf8 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Qf3 Qc8 24.Be3 b4 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.Nd5 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 Bxd5 28.exd5 Qc5 29.c4 bxc3
30.Nxc3 Rb8 31.Ne4 Qb4 32.Ng5 g6 33.Qf3 Rb7 34.Rc1 Qxb3 35.Qxb3 Rxb3 36.Rc7 Rd3
37.Rxf7 Rxd5 38.Rb7 Bh6 39.Ne4 Rd1+ 40.Kg2 Kf8 41.Nf6 Bg7 42.Nh7+ Kg8 43.Ng5 Bh6
44.Ne4 Kf8 45.Rd7 d5 46.Nc3 Rd2 47.Rxd5 Rxd5 48.Nxd5 Kf7 49.Kf3 Ke6 50.Ke4 Bd2
51.Nc7+ Kd6 52.Nb5+ Ke6 53.Na3 Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.h4 h5 8.e5 f6
9.b3 fxe5 10.Nxe5 d6 11.Nc4 e5 12.Bb2 Nd5 13.Nbd2 Be7 14.g3 Bf5 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Rde1 g6 17.Ne4 Rhe8 18.Kb1 Kb7 19.Qd2 Ka8 20.f3 Nb6 21.Ne3 Bc8 22.Ng5 Bxg5
23.hxg5 Rf8 24.Ref1 Nd5 25.Ng2 Ne7 26.Nh4 Nf5 27.Qe1 Nxh4 28.Rxh4 Rf7 29.f4 Rdf8
30.Qd2 Bg4 31.Re1 exf4 32.gxf4 Re7 33.Rhh1 Rfe8 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.Bf6 Re2 36.Qc3 Bf5
37.Re1 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 Qd7 39.Kc1 Kb7 40.Kd2 Qe6 41.Qxe6 Bxe6 42.Ke3 h4 43.Kf3 h3
44.Kg3 Bg4 45.Bc3 Kc7 46.Be1 Kd7 47.a3 Bd1 48.c3 Bxb3 49.Kxh3 Ke6 50.Bf2 Bc2
51.d4 cxd4 52.Bxd4 c5 53.Bg7 Kd5 54.Bf8 Kc6 55.Kg3 d5 56.Kf2 Kb5 57.Ke3 Kc4
58.Kd2 Ba4 59.Bd6 Bd7 60.Bb8 a5 61.a4 Kb3 62.Ba7 c4 63.Bb6 Kxa4 64.Kc2 Kb5
65.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Nf5
9.g4 Nh6 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.f4 f6 12.Nh3 f5 13.g5 Ng4 14.Nf2 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 h6 16.h4 hxg5
17.hxg5 c5 18.Be3 c4 19.Nd2 Qb4 20.Rb1 Qa5 21.a3 Be7 22.c3 Kf7 23.Rh1 Qd8
24.Nf3 Bh5 25.Kg3 g6 26.Rh4 Qb6 27.Qc2 Qb3 28.Qxb3 cxb3 29.Rbh1 Rhc8 30.Bd1 Nb6
31.Bxb3 Bxa3 32.Bc1 Be7 33.Ne1 a5 34.Nd3 a4 35.Bd1 a3 36.Bxh5 a2 37.Bxg6+ Kxg6
38.Nc5 Bxc5 39.dxc5 Rh8  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.Ne2 Bd6 14.a4 Nxe4 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8+ Bxa8 17.Bxb5 O-O 18.Bc4 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Ng3 Nxg3 21.Bxe6+ Kh8
22.fxg3 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Bxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Qc6+ 25.Rf3 Rxf3 26.Qxf3 Qxe6 27.Qf8+ Qg8
28.Qxg8+ Kxg8 29.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 Qb6 8.Nde2 e6
9.g5 Nd7 10.h4 Qc7 11.h5 b5 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.Bg2 Be7 14.Nce2 Nb6 15.g6 Bf6 16.Nf4 Be5
17.Bh3 hxg6 18.hxg6 Bxf4 19.Bxf4 O-O-O 20.gxf7 Qxf7 21.Qg4 Kb8 22.O-O-O e5
23.Be3 Bc8 24.Qe2 Na4 25.Bxc8 Qxa2 26.b3 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 Rxc8 28.Qd3 Nb4 29.Qxd6+ Ka8
30.Kd1 Nc3+ 31.Kd2 Qxc2+ 32.Ke1 Qb1+ 33.Kd2 Nxe4+  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 a6
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Ne4 Nd5 13.Qc1 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nc5 Qc7
16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.e3 a5 18.Ba3 b4 19.Bb2 Ba6 20.e4 Nf6 21.Nxa6 Rxa6 22.Qc4 Qb6
23.Rdc1 g6 24.Qe2 Ra7 25.Rc4 Ne8 26.Qc2 Rc7 27.e5 c5 28.Rc1 Rdc8 29.d5 exd5
30.Bxd5 Rd8 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rf4+ Kg7 33.Qc4 Bg5 34.e6+ Bf6 35.Rxf6 Nxf6
36.Bxf6+ Kxf6 37.Qh4+ Kxe6 38.Qxd8 Qc6 39.Qg8+ Kf6 40.Qh8+ Rg7 41.Qd8+ Re7
42.Re1 Qc7 43.Qh8+ Kf7 44.Qxh7+ Kf6 45.Qh4+ Kf7 46.Qh7+ Kf6 47.Qh8+ Kf7 48.Qh7+ Kf6
49.Qh4+ Kf7 50.Qc4+ Kg7 51.Rd1 Qe5 52.Rd5 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Rf7 54.Qxc5 Qe4+ 55.Kg1 Qe1+
56.Kg2 Qe4+ 57.Kh3 Qe6+ 58.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "C60"]

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 "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Rhe1 O-O 13.Bd4 Qa4 14.b3 Qa5 15.c4 Qxd2
16.Nxd2 Nd3 17.Bxf6 Nxe1 18.Bc3 Nxg2 19.Rg1 Bh3 20.Bf3 Rae8 21.Bxg2 Bxg2
22.Rxg2 Re1+ 23.Kb2 f6 24.Nf3 Re4 25.Nd4 Kf7 26.f3 Re5 27.Nb5 Re7 28.Bd4 a6
29.Nc3 Re1 30.Ne4 Rf1 31.Bf2 Re8 32.a4 g5 33.Ng3 Rd1 34.Kc3 Kg6 35.Ne4 h5
36.Bd4 Rf1 37.Bf2 Re5 38.Kd2 h4 39.Ke2 Rh1 40.Bxh4 f5 41.Bxg5 Kf7 42.Bf4 Re6
43.Kd3 fxe4+ 44.fxe4 Rf6 45.Bg3 Ke6 46.Re2 Rf3+ 47.Kd2 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2014-15"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2015.02.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Moiseenko,Va"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Ne4 f6 12.Ng3 Bf7 13.Bb3 Qd7 14.Ba4 Rad8 15.Nh4 Nf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Ngf5 Kh8 18.d4 Rde8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Bc2 g5 21.Nf3 Bg6 22.Nh6 Kg7
23.Ng4 h5 24.Ngh2 Ne7 25.Nf1 Nf5 26.Qd2 c5 27.dxc5 Qxd2 28.N1xd2 Bxc5 29.Re1 Rd8
30.Nb3 Bb6 31.a4 Bf7 32.a5 Bxb3 33.Bxb3 Bxa5 34.Bc2 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Bxf5 gxf3
37.Re7+ Kf8 38.Rd7 Re8 39.gxf3 Re2 40.Rxb7 Bb6 41.b4 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2014-15"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2015.02.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Nc3 a6 7.Nxb5 axb5 8.Rxa8 Bb7
9.Ra1 e6 10.f3 f5 11.Nh3 fxe4 12.fxe4 Nf6 13.Ng5 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 O-O
16.Nxe6 Qe7 17.Nxf8 Nxe4 18.Qc2 Bd5 19.Be2 Qh4+ 20.Kd1 Nc6 21.Ne6 Nf2+ 22.Kc1 Na5
23.Nc5 Nxh1 24.Qc3 Nc6 25.Bf3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Tari,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.d5 Ne7 14.Bc2 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 f5
16.Bd3 e4 17.Be2 exf3 18.Bxf3 Qe8 19.Na3 Qh5 20.Nc4 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Nxd5
23.Rd1 Nf6 24.b4 Nd7 25.Bf4 Rfe8 26.Kf1 Nf8 27.Ra6 Nd7 28.Bxd6 cxd6 29.Rxd6 Rec8
30.Nxb6 Nxb6 31.Rdxb6 Rxb6 32.Rxb6 Rxc3 33.Ke2 f4 34.b5 Rb3 35.Rb7 h5 36.b6 Kh7
37.Rb8 Rb2+ 38.Ke1 Kg6 39.h4 Kh7 40.b7 g6 41.Kd1 Kg7 42.Kc1 Rb5 43.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zaragatski,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kovpak,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[ECO "D30"]

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 "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Vojinovic,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Putka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Przybylski,W"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Be2 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.O-O a6
10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Bh6 f6 16.Rad1 Rad8
17.c3 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 e5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Ng5 Qe7 21.Bg4 Rf6 22.f4 e4 23.Ne6 Rxe6
24.Bxe6+ Qxe6 25.f5 Qf6 26.fxg6 Qxg6 27.Qf4 Qg7 28.Qh4 Qe7 29.Rf6 e3 30.Re1 Kh8
31.Qf4 Re8 32.Rf7 Qe6 33.Kh1 Bc8 34.Rxe3 Ne5 35.Rf8+ Kg7 36.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Krakops,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 Be7 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nbd7 12.O-O Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ng2 Bd6 15.Nf4 Bxf4
16.exf4 O-O 17.Kg2 Rad8 18.h4 h5 19.f5 exf5 20.g5 Ne8 21.Ne2 Nb6 22.Be3 Nd6
23.Bd3 f4 24.Bxg6 fxe3 25.Bxh5 Nf5 26.g6 Rxd4 27.gxf7+ Kh8 28.Bg4 Rd2 29.f4 Nd5
30.Bxf5 Rxe2+ 31.Kf3 Rd2 32.Qc4 Qxf7 33.Bg4 Qxf4+ 34.Qxf4 Rxf4+ 35.Kg3 Rxf1
36.Rxf1 Rxb2 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.h5 Nf6 39.Bf5+ Kh6 40.Kf4 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "Petrov Mem Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Meskovs,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 a6 13.Nc3 exd4 14.exd4 Re8 15.O-O Nf8
16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.Nf1 Be6 18.Ne3 Rc8 19.Rac1 Ne4 20.Qb2 Nf4 21.Nxe4 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 dxe4
23.Qc5 b6 24.Qc3 Qg5 25.g3 Rc8 26.Qd2 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 Nf4+ 28.Kg1 Nh3+ 29.Kg2 Nf4+
30.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.a3 b6 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.Nc4 Qd7 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.Qc1 f6 15.Bh6 Nd4
16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Qd2 c5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Re1 Bc6 21.Re2 Nc7 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Qe1 Re6 24.Rxe6 Nxe6 25.h4 b5 26.Nd2 c4 27.Ne4 f5 28.Ng5 Nxg5 29.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Nc4 b5 10.Nb6 Rb8 11.Nxc8 Qxc8 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Bd8 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Ne7 17.a5 Nxd5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qxd5 Rb5 20.Qxd6 Bxa5 21.f4 Bc7 22.Qd3+ f5
23.c4 bxc3 24.bxc3 e4 25.Qe2 Bb6 26.Rab1 Bxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Rb3 Rd8
30.Ra1 a5 31.Rba3 Rd3 32.Rxa5 Rdxc3 33.Rxc5 Rxc5 34.Ra6 g6 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kg3 Kh6
37.Kh3 Rf2 38.Kg3 Rd2 39.Kh3 Rd3+ 40.Kh4 Rd2 41.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A06"]

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 Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bd7 13.Ng5 Rd8 14.e6 fxe6 15.Nce4 Rc8
16.Rfe1 Rf8 17.Nh7 Rh8 18.Neg5 c5 19.c3 b6 20.Be5 h4 21.g4 hxg3 22.fxg3 Rg8
23.g4 Nd6 24.Bg3 Rh8 25.Be5 Rg8 26.Bg3 Rh8 27.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Bd2 N5b6 14.Rfc1 Rfd8 15.e3 Nxc4
16.Rxc4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Ne5 18.dxe5 Rxd2 19.Ra4 Qb5 20.Qxb5 cxb5 21.Rd4 Rd8
22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.03.14"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 Nxf4
9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.O-O Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Qe2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ra7
16.Kg2 Rfa8 17.Rab1 axb4 18.axb4 Ra3 19.Rfc1 g6 20.h4 bxc5 21.bxc5 Qa7 22.h5 Rb8
23.Qd2 Bf8 24.Rxb8 Qxb8 25.Rb1 Rb3 26.Rxb3 Qxb3 27.Na2 Bg7 28.Qa5 Qb2 29.Qa8+ Nf8
30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Qa4 Qa1 32.Qxc6 Bxd4 33.Qb7 Bxc5 34.Ne5 Qxa2 35.Qxf7+ Kh8
36.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Naumann,Al"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 b4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxb1 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.Bf4 Kb6
24.Nxc4+ Kb5 25.Nd6+ Kb6 26.Nc4+ Kb5 27.Nd6+ Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2015.03.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Simacek,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qf3 g6 11.b3 Nb4 12.O-O Bg7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Qd1 c4 15.bxc4 Qd4+
16.Kh1 Qxc4 17.d3 Qa6 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Rfb1 f5 20.Ne2 Bxb2 21.Rxb2 c5 22.Ng1 Qd6
23.Nf3 Nd5 24.Ne5 Rab8 25.Rb3 Rb4 26.g3 Rdb8 27.Re1 a5 28.Qe2 a4 29.Rxb4 cxb4
30.Nc4 Qc6 31.Na5 Qa6 32.Qe5 Rd8 33.Nc4 Kf7 34.h4 Qc6 35.Qxf5+ Nf6+ 36.Qe4 Qxe4+
37.dxe4 Rd4 38.Ne5+ Ke8 39.Nf3 Rxe4 40.Kg2 a3 41.c3 Rxe1 42.Nxe1 b3 43.axb3 a2
44.Nc2 Nd5 45.Kf3 Nxc3 46.Ke3 h5 47.Kd4 Ne2+ 48.Ke5 Ke7 49.b4 Nxg3 50.b5 Nf5
51.b6 Kd7  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Antoniewski,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.f4 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qc7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Bb4 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 Bxb4
23.axb4 Rxc2 24.Rxa7 g5 25.Ra5 gxf4 26.exf4 Rc4 27.Rxb5 Rxf4 28.Kg2 Kg7 29.Kg3 Rc4
30.Rb8 Kf6 31.Rh8 Kg6 32.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Studnicka,Toma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.h4 Bg4 11.h5 Nc6 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.Rb1 a6 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Ng5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Kf1 Bxc3 18.Qe3 e5 19.Rxb7 Bd4 20.Rhxh7 Rxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Bxe3+
22.Bxe3 Qc3 23.Rbg7+ Kf8 24.Rf7+ Kg8 25.Rhg7+ Kh8 26.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Svane,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D10"]

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"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Szelag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkova,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.a3 N4c6 8.d5 Nd4
9.Ne2 c5 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Nd2 O-O 12.h4 h5 13.O-O a5 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Qd2 a4 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Rfe1 Bg4 19.e5 Nd7 20.e6 fxe6 21.dxe6 Nc5 22.Ne5 Nb3
23.Qg5 Bxe5 24.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Gluszko,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Nd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Bf4 Nc5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Nd2 Ne6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bg3 Rb8 15.Rb1 Be8
16.Qg4 Qd7 17.Bh4 Rb4 18.c4 Bg6 19.a3 Bxb1 20.axb4 Bf5 21.Qg3 Bxb4 22.Rd1 dxc4
23.Bf6 Bg6 24.Bg5 Bc2 25.Rc1 Bxd2  0-1

[Event "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Czerwonski,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Na6 11.a3 Bd7 12.e3 Rfc8 13.b4 Qa4 14.Bb2 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Ba4
16.Rdc1 Nc7 17.Rc4 Nb5 18.Rac1 Rxc4 19.Rxc4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Nxa3 21.Rc7 Nb5
22.Rxb7 Nxd4 23.exd4 Kf8 24.f4 a6 25.Rb6 Bb5 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Ke8 28.Ke2 Ra7
29.Kd3 Kd7 30.Kc4 Kc7 31.Rc6+ Kb7 32.Kb3 Ra8 33.Ka4 Rc8 34.Ka5 Ra8 35.Rb6+ Kc7
36.Rxa6 Rb8 37.b5 Kd8 38.b6 Ke8  1-0

[Event "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Tomczak,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N5c3 Be7 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.g3 Bg5 11.Bg2 Bxc1 12.Rxc1 Qb6 13.b3 Qa5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.a4 Rfc8
16.Nb5 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 a6 18.Nc3 Nd4 19.Ne2 Nxe2 20.Kxe2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rhd1 Ra2
23.Rd2 Kf8 24.Bf1 Ke7 25.c4 Ra3 26.Kd1 Rxb3 27.cxb5 Bg4+ 28.Be2 Bxe2+ 29.Rxe2 Rxc1+
30.Kxc1 Rxb5 31.Kd1 g5 32.Ra2 Rb1+ 33.Ke2 Rh1 34.Kf3 Rxh2 35.Kg4 Kf6 36.Ra6 h5+
37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Ra8 g4+ 39.Ke2 h4 40.gxh4 g3 41.Re8+ Kd7 42.Rg8 gxf2 43.Rh8 d5
44.exd5 e4 45.Rh7 Ke8 46.d6 e3 47.d7+ Kd8 48.Rxf7 Rh1  0-1

[Event "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Onischuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.e5 f6 8.Na3 Ng6
9.Nc4 Ba6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Bd2 Nf4 12.Qe4 Nd5 13.Qh4 h5 14.O-O-O Be7 15.g3 O-O-O
16.Ba5 Nb6 17.Rhe1 d5 18.Ne3 Kb8 19.d4 c4 20.Ng2 e5 21.Ne3 e4 22.Nf5 Bc8
23.Nxe7 Qxe7 24.Ne5 Qe6 25.Ng6 Rh7 26.a3 Rg8 27.Nf4 Qf5 28.h3 Qg5 29.Bb4 Kc7
30.Kb1 Qxh4 31.gxh4 Bf5 32.Rg1 Rhg7 33.Rxg7+ Rxg7 34.Bd2 Kd7 35.Be3 Ke7 36.Rh1 Rh7
37.Rg1 Kf7 38.b3 Rh8 39.Kb2 cxb3 40.cxb3 Nc8 41.Kc3 Ne7 42.Kb4 Rb8+ 43.Kc3 Ng6
44.Nxh5 Rh8 45.Nf4 Nxf4 46.Bxf4 Rxh4 47.Be3 Rxh3 48.Kb4 Rh8 49.Kc5 Rb8 50.b4 Bd7
51.Kd6 Be8 52.Bh6 Rd8+ 53.Kc7 Rd7+ 54.Kxc6 Ke6 55.Rg8 Re7+ 56.Rxe8 Rxe8 57.Kb7 Re7+
58.Ka6 Rc7 59.a4 Rc4 60.Bf8 Rxd4 61.Kxa7 Rc4 62.a5 d4 63.b5 d3 64.Bh6 Rc5
65.Kb6 Rc2 66.a6 d2 67.Bxd2 Rxd2 68.Ka7 Rb2 69.b6 Kd6 70.b7 Kc7 71.f4 Rb6
72.f5 Rxa6+ 73.Kxa6 Kb8  0-1

[Event "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.e3 g6 7.b3 a5 8.Nge2 Bg7
9.Ba3 Na6 10.d4 Nb4 11.O-O O-O 12.d5 f5 13.e4 fxe4 14.Qd2 Rf3 15.Bxb4 Rd3
16.Qe1 axb4 17.Nxe4 Rxd5 18.Qxb4 Bf5 19.a4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Rd2 21.a5 Bf8 22.Qc3 Rxe2
23.axb6 Rxa1 24.Qc4+ Kg7 25.Rxa1 Rd2 26.bxc7 Qf6 27.Rf1  1-0

[Event "5th Dziedzica Mem 2015"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jaracz,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.f4 d6 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O e5 12.Nf3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Qc7 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Rhf1 Be6
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Bg5 Bg4 18.Qd2 Bxd1 19.Bxf6 Bg4 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.c5 Qxc5 22.Qg5 h5
23.Bxg7 Qd4 24.Bc2 Kxg7 25.h3 Be2 26.Qf6+ Kh7 27.Re1 Bd3 28.Bxd3 Qxd3+ 29.Ka1 Rac8
30.Qxe5 Qd2 31.Rb1 Rc1 32.a3 Rxb1+ 33.Kxb1 Rc8 34.Qe7 Qd3+ 35.Ka2 Qc4+ 36.Ka1 Qf1+
37.Ka2 Rc1 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Ne8+ Kg8 40.Nf6+ Kg7 41.Ne8+ Kh6 42.Qf8+ Kg5 43.Qe7+ f6
44.Nd6 Ra1+ 45.Kb3 Qd3+ 46.Kb4 Qd4+ 47.Kb3 Rb1  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sjugirov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B12"]

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

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 Rd8 14.Kh2 Bc8 15.Ne4 b6
16.c4 c5 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nb5 c5 20.Nxa7 Bb7 21.Nb5 g5 22.Bd2 Kd7
23.a4 Be4 24.a5 bxa5 25.Bxa5 Ra8 26.b4 Bc2 27.Rd2 d3 28.Na3 Ke6 29.Nxc2 dxc2
30.Rxc2 cxb4 31.Bb6 Rhc8 32.c5 Rc6 33.f4 Rac8 34.fxg5 Bxc5 35.Rf6+ Kd5 36.Bxc5 Rxc5
37.Rb2 Rb5 38.Rxf7 Kxe5 39.g6 Rg8 40.g7 b3 41.Rbf2 Rb4 42.Re2+ Kd6 43.Rb2 Ke6
44.Rf3 Rxg7 45.Rbxb3 Rxb3 46.Rxb3 h4 47.Rb4 Rh7 48.Kg1 Kf5 49.Rg4 Rh8 50.Kf2 Rh7
51.Ke3 Rh8 52.Kf3 Rh7 53.Ra4 Kg5 54.Ra5+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Belyakov,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 c6 6.a4 O-O 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Be2 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.O-O Be6 13.Rab1 Bf8 14.b4 Ne8 15.a5 Nd6
16.Rfd1 Nc4 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Bxa7 Na3 19.Rb2 Bc4 20.b5 Bxe2 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Nxe2 Rd1+
23.Kh2 Ra1 24.Rb8 Kg7 25.Rc8 Nxc2 26.Bb6 Nb4 27.Nd4 Rc1 28.Nb5 Be7 29.Nc7 Ra1
30.Ne8+ Kh6 31.Rc7 Bg5 32.Rxf7 Nd3 33.Rd7 Ne1 34.Nc7 Bf4+ 35.g3 Nf3+ 36.Kg2 Ne1+
37.Kf1 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Ne1+ 39.Kf1 Nf3+ 40.Ke2 Ng1+ 41.Kd3 Rd1+ 42.Kc4 Rxd7 43.gxf4 Nf3
44.a6 exf4 45.Kc5 Kh5 46.a7 Rd8 47.a8=Q Rxa8 48.Nxa8 Kh4 49.Kd6 Kxh3 50.e5 Kg4
51.e6 Nh4 52.Nc7 h5 53.Ke5 Nf5 54.Ne8 h4 55.Nf6+ Kf3 56.Nh7 Kg4 57.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 a5
10.Ng5 Ba6 11.Qh5 Qd7 12.b3 h6 13.O-O Bxc4 14.bxc4 Nb6 15.c5 Nxa4 16.Be3 b3
17.Ne4 bxa2 18.Qe2 Qd5 19.f3 Qb3 20.Rxa2 Nc3 21.Qd3 Qxa2 22.Nxc3 Qa3 23.Rb1 Bxc5
24.Bc1 Bxd4+ 25.Qxd4 Qe7 26.Ne4 Nd7 27.Rb7 Rd8 28.Nd6+ Kf8 29.Ba3 Kg8 30.h4 f6
31.Qe4 fxe5 32.Qxc6 Qxh4 33.Nf5 exf5 34.Qe6+ Kh7 35.Qxf5+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kh7
37.Qf5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.a3 Be7 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Nb6 17.Qc2 O-O 18.O-O-O Bh4 19.f4 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Qe8 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.g5 Rxd5
23.Bxd5 Kh7 24.Qe2 f6 25.gxf6 Rxf6 26.Rh2 g5 27.Qd3+ Kh6 28.Re2 b5 29.Kb1 c4
30.Qd2 Qg6+ 31.Ka2 Qd3 32.Qxd3 cxd3 33.Rd2 gxf4 34.exf4 Rxf4 35.Rxd3 b4 36.Kb3 bxa3
37.bxa3 Bf6 38.Rf3 Rxf3+ 39.Bxf3 Be7 40.Bg4 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e3 f5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 O-O
10.O-O g5 11.f4 exf4 12.exf4 g4 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Bf2 Bf7 16.Rfe1 h5
17.Qb5 Ne7 18.Qxa5 h4 19.Nd4 h3 20.Bh1 b6 21.Qb5 c5 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.Rxe6 Ne8
24.Re2 Nc7 25.Qa4 Bf6 26.Rbe1 Kg7 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.Qxb5 d5 29.d4 dxc4 30.dxc5 bxc5
31.Qxc5 Rf7 32.Qxc4 Rxb2 33.Rxb2 Bxb2 34.a4 Ng6 35.Qb4 Qf6 36.Qb6 Rd7 37.Qxf6+ Kxf6
38.Rb1 Bd4 39.a5 Ne7 40.a6 Nc8 41.Bb7 Na7 42.Bxd4+ Rxd4 43.Rb2 Ke7 44.Kf2 Rd3
45.Ra2 Kd6 46.Ke2 Rb3 47.Rd2+ Kc7 48.Bd5 Rb6 49.Rc2+ Kd6 50.Bb7 Rb3 51.Kd2 Ra3
52.Kc1 Re3 53.Kb2 Kd7 54.Bd5 Kd6 55.Bc4 Nc6 56.Re2 Rxe2+ 57.Bxe2 Kc7 58.Kc3 Kb6
59.Bd3 Ne7 60.Kd4 Nc6+ 61.Kd5 Nb4+ 62.Kc4  1-0

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Chouli,Safia"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 dxc6
8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Be2 Rd8 11.Qc1 h5 12.Bf3 Qh4+ 13.Ke2 Ng6 14.Qf1 Ne5
15.g3 Bxf3+ 16.Kf2 Rd2+ 17.Ne2 Qxe4 18.Re1 Ng4+ 19.Kg1 Qxe3+  0-1

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Steinle,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nge7 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.b4 Nxe5
9.Bf4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 e5 11.Bg3 a6 12.c4 Be6 13.Nc3 dxc4 14.O-O-O f6 15.Rd6 Kf7
16.Ne4 Nf5 17.Rxe6 Kxe6 18.Bxc4+  1-0

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Choukri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 e5 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Nbd2 Bc5 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 c6 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Kh2 Nf8 12.Nh4 Ne6 13.c3 O-O-O 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a6
16.Nc4 Rd1 17.Nxb6+ Qxb6 18.Be3 Rxe1 19.Bxb6 Re2 20.Rfe1 Rc2 21.Rec1 Rb2
22.Rab1 Ra2 23.Ra1 Rb2 24.Rab1 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.h3 Bh2+ 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be5 13.Qd3 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Ne2 Bb7
16.f4 Bf6 17.Be3 Rc8 18.Nd4 Qc4 19.e5 Bh4 20.Red1 Qxd3 21.cxd3 d6 22.exd6 Kd7
23.Bd2 Bf6 24.Nb3 Bd5 25.Na5 Bxb2 26.Rab1 Bc3 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.dxc4 Bxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxc4
30.f5 exf5 31.Rd5 g6 32.Re1 Re8 33.Rxe8 Kxe8 34.d7+ Kd8 35.Rd6 b3 36.Rxa6 Rb4  0-1

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dourerassou,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.d5 Ne5 10.Nbc3 e6 11.f4 Ng4 12.h3 Nf6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.e5 Nfd5 15.Nd4 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bc4 17.Re1 Bd5 18.f5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Re8 20.f6 Bf8 21.Qb3 Qd5+ 22.Nf3 Rad8
23.Bf4 Qc6 24.e6 Rxe6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Re1 Nd5 27.f7+ Kg7 28.c4 Nxf4+ 29.gxf4 Be7
30.Kg3 Bf6 31.Rd1 Rf8 32.Ng5 e5 33.c5 exf4+  0-1

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.O-O Nf4 11.Nc3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 O-O 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Re1 Bc7 15.d4 exd4
16.d3 Nb7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Rc1 Qd5 19.Bh4 Rad8 20.Bg3 Ba5 21.Re2 Rfe8 22.Bh4 Rf8
23.Rec2 Bb6 24.Rxc6 Bb5 25.R6c2 Qxa2 26.Bg3 Ba4 27.b3 Qxb3 28.Qd2 Qd5 29.Rc4 Bb5
30.R4c2 a6 31.Bc7 Bxc7 32.Rxc7 Rf7 33.h4 Rdf8 34.h5 Qxh5 35.Nxd4 Qd5 36.Qe3 Qe5
37.f4 Qe8 38.Nf5 Qd8 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Qg3 Kh8 41.Nfd6 Nxd6 42.Nxd6 Rf8 43.f5 Bd7
44.Qf4 a5 45.Nb7 Qb6+ 46.Nc5 a4 47.Kh2 Bc8 48.Nxa4 Qd8 49.Nc5 Qe8 50.Ne4 Qh5+
51.Kg1 Qxf5 52.Qxf5 Bxf5 53.Kf2 h6 54.Rc5 Bg6 55.Rc7 Rd8 56.Ke3 Re8 57.Kf3 Bxe4+
58.dxe4 Kh7 59.g4 Kg6 60.Kf4 Ra8 61.Rb7 Rf8 62.Rc7 Rf7 63.Rc5 Ra7 64.Rb5 Kf7
65.Rb6 g5+ 66.Kf3 Ra3+ 67.Kf2 Rh3 68.Rc6 h5 69.gxh5 Rxh5 70.Kf3 Rh3+ 71.Kf2 Ra3
72.Rb6 Ra7 73.Kf3 Re7 74.Ra6 Re6 75.Ra8 Rb6 76.Kg4 Re6 77.Kf3 Re7 78.Ra6 Kg6
79.Rb6 Re5 80.Ra6 Kf7 81.Rb6 Ra5 82.Rc6 Ra1 83.Rb6 Rf1+ 84.Ke3 g4 85.Ke2 Rf4
86.Ke3 Rf3+ 87.Ke2 Ra3 88.Kf2 Ke7 89.Rc6 Rb3 90.Ra6 g3+ 91.Kg2 Re3 92.Rb6 Kf7
93.Ra6 Kg6 94.Ra5 Rb3 95.Rc5 Ra3 96.Rb5 Re3 97.Ra5 Rxe4 98.Kxg3 Re5 99.Rxe5 fxe5
100.Kf3 Kf5 101.Ke3 e4 102.Ke2 Kf4 103.Kf2 e3+ 104.Ke2 Ke4 105.Ke1 Kf3 106.Kf1 e2+
107.Ke1 Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Libiszewski,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nd5 Nf6
9.c3 O-O 10.a3 Kh8 11.b4 b6 12.b5 Na5 13.Nxf6 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bxf6 15.Bd5 Rc8
16.c4 Nb3 17.Ra2 Nd4 18.Qd1 Bg5 19.Be3 g6 20.Qd2 Bf6 21.a4 Bg7 22.Bxd4 cxd4
23.a5 f5 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Rc7 26.Rfa1 Qe7 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Ra6 fxe4 29.Bxe4 Bf6
30.Qa2 Bh4 31.g3 Bg5 32.Ra7 Qd8 33.Rb7 Qf6 34.Qe2 Qd8 35.h4 Bh6 36.h5 Qg5
37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Kg2 d5 39.Bxd5 Rf6 40.Be4 Kg8 41.Rc7 Bf8 42.Bd5+ Kh8 43.Qe1 Qh5
44.Rc6 Kg7 45.Rxf6 Kxf6 46.Qe4 Bc5 47.Bg8 Qf5 48.Qxf5+ gxf5 49.Kf3 Kg5 50.Be6 Kf6
51.Bc8 Kg5 52.g4 fxg4+ 53.Bxg4 Kf6 54.Ke4 Kg5 55.Bc8 Kf6 56.Kd5 Bb4 57.Kc6 Bc5
58.f3 Kg5 59.Kd5 Kf4 60.Bg4 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Romero Holmes,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nd2 c5
9.c3 Nc6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.g3 Rc8 13.Kg2 Be7 14.h4 Kd8 15.Rb1 cxd4
16.cxd4 Na5 17.b3 Kc7 18.Ng5 Rhf8 19.Be3 Kb8 20.Qd3 Nc6 21.Rfc1 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Nb4
23.Qd2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Kxc8 26.Qc1+ Kd8 27.a3 Nc6 28.b4 a6 29.Qh1 Ke7
30.Qh8 Qd8 31.Qxg7 Qf8 32.Qh7 Kd8 33.Bd3 Kc7 34.g4 Kb6 35.Be2 Nd8 36.f4 Kc7
37.f5 Qe7  1-0

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Be3 Qc6
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Rc1 Bxe3 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.fxe3 Rfd8 20.Rc2 Kf8 21.Rhc1 Ke7
22.Rxc6 Rxc6 23.Rxc6 Rd2 24.Rc2 Rxc2 25.Kxc2 Kd6 26.b4 Ne8 27.Kc3 e5 28.a4 Nc7
29.Kc4 Kc6 30.b5+ Kb6 31.Kb4 Ne6 32.a5+ Kc7 33.h4 g5 34.h5 g4 35.fxg4 h6
36.Kc4 Kd6 37.b6 axb6 38.axb6 Ng5 39.Kb5 Nxe4 40.Ka6 Nc5+ 41.Ka7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Larino Nieto,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nge2 Nxc3 8.Nxc3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nd4 11.Ne4 e5 12.h4 Be6 13.c3 Nc6 14.Be3 Bd5 15.c4 Bxe4
16.Bxe4 Qd7 17.Qf3 f5 18.Bd5+ Kh8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Rae8 22.Kg2 e4
23.dxe4 fxe4 24.Qe3 Re5 25.g6 hxg6 26.Rad1 Qe7 27.Rh1+ Kg8 28.Rh4 Rf3 29.Qd2 Rd3
30.Qe2 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 e3 32.fxe3 Rxe3 33.Qg4 Re2+ 34.Kh3 Qe6 35.Qxe6+ Rxe6
36.Rg4 Re2 37.Rxg6 Rxb2 38.Rxc6 Rxa2 39.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 dxe3
16.fxe3 Bxb2 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qb3 Bxc1 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Qe4 Bxe3+
22.Bxe3 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Qg8  0-1

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Heberla,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 d5 8.Bg5 O-O
9.O-O c6 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Qf3 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Be6 14.Rae1 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.R5e3 Qf6 17.Qd1 Nf8 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Rxe8 Bxe8 21.Qe3 Bd7 22.Ne2 Qe6
23.Qg3 Qe7 24.c3 Bf5 25.h3 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Ng6 27.Kf1 f6 28.Qf5 Kf7 29.Qc8 a6
30.f3 Nf8 31.Nf4 Qd7 32.Qb8 Ne6 33.Nxe6 Kxe6 34.Qg8+ Kd6 35.Qxh7 Qe7 36.Kf2 Kc7
37.h4 Kb6 38.h5 Qf8 39.Qf5 Qe7 40.g4 a5 41.Qf4 a4 42.Qe3 Qd6 43.Kg2 a3 44.b3 Ka7
45.f4 b6 46.Kf3 c5 47.Qe8 cxd4 48.cxd4 Kb7 49.Qf7+ Ka6 50.Qxg7 Qc6 51.Qe7 Qc3+
52.Qe3 Qb2 53.Qe2+ b5 54.h6 Qb1 55.f5 Qh1+ 56.Kg3 Qxh6 57.Qe6+ Ka5 58.Qe1+ Ka6
59.Qe6+ Ka5 60.Qxd5 Qe3+ 61.Qf3 Qxd4 62.Qf2 Qd3+ 63.Kh4 Qc3 64.Kh5 Qb2 65.Qa7+ Kb4
66.Qe7+ Ka5 67.g5 Qxa2 68.gxf6 Qh2+ 69.Kg6 Qg2+ 70.Kh7 Qh3+ 71.Kg8 Qg4+ 72.Kf8 Qxf5
73.Qxa3+ Kb6 74.Qd6+ Ka5 75.f7 Qc8+ 76.Ke7 Qb7+ 77.Qd7 Qe4+ 78.Kd8 Qa8+ 79.Ke7 Qe4+
80.Kf8 Qf4 81.Qe7 Qf3 82.Qa3+ Kb6 83.Qd6+ Ka5 84.b4+ Ka4 85.Ke7 Qe4+ 86.Kd8 Qa8+
87.Kd7 Qb7+ 88.Ke6 Qe4+ 89.Qe5 Qc6+ 90.Ke7 Qb7+ 91.Kf8 Qc8+ 92.Kg7 Qg4+ 93.Kf6 Qh4+
94.Ke6 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Rabat Blitz Marathon"]
[Site "Rabat MAR"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "19.4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Qb1 c5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Ne4 Bb8 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Qa1 f6 18.Rd2 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Nb6 20.Qb1 Rxd2 21.Nxd2 Rd8 22.Nc4 Rxd1+
23.Qxd1 Qc7 24.f4 Bd5 25.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Johannesson,Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O-O b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.exd5 Qb7 12.Bd4 d6 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.Rhe1 Bd7 15.Qg3 Qc7
16.Re4 f6 17.Rde1 Bb5 18.Bxb5+ axb5 19.Rxe7+ Bxe7 20.Qxg7 Rf8 21.Bxf6 Rxf6
22.Qxf6 b3 23.c3 Rxa2 24.Re3 Ra1+ 25.Kd2 Ra2 26.Qh8+ Kd7 27.Qxh7 Rxb2+ 28.Kc1 Rc2+
29.Kb1 Qd8 30.Qf5+ Kc7 31.Qf7 Kb6 32.Qxe7 Qxe7 33.Rxe7 Rxf2 34.Rg7 Kc5 35.h4 Kc4
36.Rc7+ Kd3 37.g4 Rf4 38.Kb2 Rxg4 39.Kxb3 Ke4 40.c4 Rg3+ 41.Kb4 bxc4 42.Kxc4 Rg4
43.Re7+ Kf5+ 44.Kb5 Kf6 45.Re6+ Kf7 46.Rh6 Ke7 47.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sipila,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bb7 12.Bg2 Bxd5 13.exd5 Be7 14.Be3 Rb8 15.O-O O-O
16.Qd2 Qa5 17.Nc1 Rfc8 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Qxa6 Qxc2 20.b3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Nd3 Qd4
23.Rad1 e4 24.Nc1 Qb2 25.Rfe1 Bd8 26.a5 e3 27.fxe3 Qe5 28.Ne2  0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stremavicius,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.b3 Nf7 11.Ba3 d6 12.Nbd2 Qa5 13.Nc4 Qa6 14.Bb2 Re8 15.e5 Bg4
16.exd6 exd6 17.Ne3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 f5 19.Nc2 Rxe1+ 20.Nxe1 Re8 21.Qd1 Qe2 22.Bc3 Qe4
23.Rc1 g5 24.Qd3 g4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.Kf1 h5 27.f3 Re8 28.Bd2 Nd8 29.Rc4 d5
30.Ra4 Ne6 31.Nc2 Re7 32.Ra6 Bxd4 33.Rxc6 Bg7 34.Ne3 Nd4 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.fxg4 fxg4
37.Nxd5 Rd7 38.Rc5 h4 39.Be3 Nf5 40.Nf6+ Bxf6 41.Rxf5 Kg6 42.Rf4 g3 43.hxg3 hxg3
44.Ra4 Kf5 45.Rxa7 Rd5 46.Ke2 Be5 47.Ra4 Rd8 48.Rc4 Rb8 49.Kf3 Rf8 50.Bf4 Kg6  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dragun,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Rfe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bg5 Neg4
16.Rac1 Bc5 17.Bxf6 Bxf2+ 18.Kh1 gxf6 19.Nxb5 Qe7 20.Nd6 Ne3 21.Qc3 Nxd1
22.Rxd1 c5 23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Rf1 Bd4 25.Nxd4 cxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxe4+ 27.Qxe4 Bxe4+
28.Bf3 Bxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Re2 30.Rxf6 Rxb2 31.Ra6 Rb1+ 32.Kg2 Rb2+ 33.Kh3 h5 34.Rxa7 Kg7
35.a4 Ra2 36.a5 Kg6 37.Ra8 f6 38.a6 f5 39.a7 Kg7 40.Kh4 Rxh2+ 41.Kg5 Ra2
42.Kxh5 Ra3 43.Kh4 Kh7 44.Kg5 Rxg3+ 45.Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.N2f3 Nc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Rxa3 22.Nxa3 Ba6
23.Re3 Rb8 24.Rc3 Nbd3 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Be3 Nxe4 27.Rc6 Qxb2 28.Rxa6 Rb3 29.Nd2 Nxd2
30.Qxd2 Qa1+ 31.Qc1 Qxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Rb2 33.Ra8 d2 34.Bxd2 Rxd2 35.Nc4 Rd1+
36.Kh2 g6 37.Nb6 Kg7 38.Re8 f5 39.Nd7 Kf7 40.Rxf8+ Ke7 41.Rh8 Kxd7 42.Rxh6 Rxd5
43.Rxg6 f4 44.h4 Ke7 45.Kh3 Kf7 46.Rg5 Rd4 47.f3 d5 48.Kg4 Ke6 49.h5 Ra4
50.h6  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Chigaev,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Be6 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O Qa5
16.Qd3 Qc5 17.a3 a5 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Ncxb4 axb4 20.Qb3 Bxd5 21.cxd5 g6 22.Rfd1 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 Bd8 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Bb6 26.Kf2 Rc8 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Bh3 Rc2+ 29.Re2 Rc7
30.Ke1 b3 31.Kd2 Ke7 32.Kd3 h5 33.Bg2 g5 34.h3 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Rf2 Rc1
37.Bf1 Ba5 38.Bg2 Rg1 39.Kc4 Be1 40.Re2 Bxg3 41.Kxb3 Kf6 42.Kc4 Kg5 43.b4 Rb1
44.b5 Be1 45.b6 Ba5 46.Rf2 Bxb6 47.Rxf7 Bxe3 48.Bf1 Rxf1 49.Rxf1 g3  0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O-O e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxh7+ Kh8
15.Rxd5 Be6 16.Rxd6 Nxf3 17.Qd1 Kxh7 18.gxf3 Bf5 19.e4 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8
21.Qe2 Qg5+ 22.Qe3 Qg2 23.Re1 Bg6 24.Be5 Re8 25.Bc3 Bh5 26.f4 Bg6 27.f3 Qxa2
28.f5 Bxf5 29.Qd4 f6 30.exf5 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Qxb3 32.Qxa7 Qxf3 33.Qf2 Qa3+
34.Kc2 Qa2+ 35.Kc3 Qa5+ 36.Kc4 Qa4+ 37.Kc5 Qc6+ 38.Kb4 Qd6+ 39.Ka4 Qc6+ 40.Ka3 Qa6+
41.Kb3 Qd3+ 42.Bc3 Qb5+ 43.Kc2 Qa4+ 44.Kd2 Qe4 45.Bd4 b5 46.Kc3 Qd5 47.Kb4 Qc4+
48.Ka5 Qa4+ 49.Kb6 Qc4 50.Qh4+ Kg8 51.Qe4 Kh7 52.Qe3 b4 53.Bxf6 gxf6 54.Qe7+ Kg8
55.Qe8+ Kg7 56.Qg6+ Kf8 57.Qxf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7 8.c4 Ng6 9.Na3 Bb4
10.Nc2 Bc3 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Bd3 Be4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 c5 16.Ba3 Qh4
17.g3 Qh3 18.Qe2 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Ndxe5 20.f4 Rfd8 21.fxe5 Rxd4 22.Bc5 Rd3 23.Qxe4 Rd2
24.Rf2 Rad8 25.Rbf1 Rxf2 26.Bxf2 a6 27.a4 a5 28.Qe2 Qf5 29.Bb6 Qd3 30.Qxd3 Rxd3
31.Rb1 Nxe5 32.Bxa5 Nf3+ 33.Kf2 e5 34.b4 e4 35.b5 Ne5 36.c5 Rd5 37.c6 bxc6
38.Bc7 cxb5 39.axb5 Rd2+ 40.Ke3 Nc4+ 41.Kxe4 Na3 42.Rb3 Nxb5 43.Rxb5 Rxh2
44.Rf5 Re2+ 45.Kf3 Re7 46.Rc5 Kh7 47.Bf4 Re8 48.Rc6 Ra8 49.Be5 Ra5 50.Ke4 Rb5
51.Rc8 Ra5 52.Rf8 Ra7 53.Kf5 Rd7 54.Rc8 Rd5 55.Ke4 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2015"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Baron,Ta"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 a6
9.b3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c3 12.a3 a5 13.axb4 axb4 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.Nxc6 Qc8 17.Na5 Be7 18.d5 O-O 19.e4 exd5 20.exd5 Bc5 21.Qd3 Nf6 22.Qc4 Qh3
23.Qxc5 Ng4 24.Rfe1 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Be3 Nxh2 27.f3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 Nxf3  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khadzhiev,Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Bb4+ 10.Nd2 g6 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.O-O Bd6 13.Qf3 Ne7 14.Bg5 f5 15.Qh3 c6
16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Qh4 f4 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bc4+ Kg7 20.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Biriukov,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Qa4 e6 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.O-O b5 13.Qd1 Bb4 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Ne2 O-O
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Nc1 Qb7 18.Nd3 Be7 19.Qb1 Rc8 20.Rc1 Nc4 21.h3 b4 22.b3 Na3
23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Qc1 Qxc1+ 25.Nxc1 Nb5 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 f6 28.Bg3 Kf7
29.Kf1 Kg6 30.f3 Kf5 31.Bf2 e5 32.g4+ Ke6 33.Ne2 Bd6 34.Ke1 g6 35.Kd2 e4
36.f4 h5 37.Kc2 hxg4 38.hxg4 Nc7 39.Kd2 Nb5 40.Kc2 Na7 41.Kd2 Nc6 42.Ng3 Ne7
43.Ke2 Kf7 44.Nf1 Ng8 45.Bh4 a5 46.Nh2 g5 47.Bg3 Ne7 48.Nf1 gxf4 49.Bxf4 Bxf4
50.exf4 f5 51.Ne3 fxg4 52.Nxg4 Nf5 53.Ne5+ Ke6 54.Nc6 Kd6 55.Nxa5 Nxd4+ 56.Kd2  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Slugin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Bd7 13.b4 f5 14.Bf3 O-O-O 15.Bb2 e5
16.Kc1 Rhe8 17.Rd1 g6 18.Bc3 e4 19.Be2 Be6 20.Kb2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8
23.Bh8 Kd7 24.c4 Bf7 25.Kc3 Ke6 26.b5 Ne5 27.Kd4 Nd3 28.f3 Nf4 29.Bf1 exf3
30.gxf3 g5 31.Be5 Bh5 32.Bxf4 gxf4 33.Be2 b6 34.c5 bxc5+ 35.Kxc5 Be8 36.a4  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Petrov,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.d3 c6 8.O-O Bc5
9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 O-O 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 h6 15.Bd2 Rad8
16.Na4 Bf8 17.Be3 Nhf6 18.Nd4 Qb8 19.f3 Bh5 20.Rab1 Nb6 21.Nxb6 axb6 22.Nf5 c5
23.Qb3 Qa7 24.Bf4 Rd7 25.Rbd1 Red8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Be5 Qa6 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Qc3 Qe2
30.Qxf6 Rd2 31.Nh4 Rd1 32.Rg1 Bg7 33.Qf5 Rxg1+  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.c3 Re8 11.Bd3 Bf8 12.Rxe8 Qxe8 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Nxd6
16.Nbd2 f6 17.Re1 Qf7 18.Nf1 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Ne3 Nce7 21.Qb3 b6 22.Qa4 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 a5 24.g4 Rd8 25.Qc2 Nc8 26.Qe2 Nd6 27.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8
23.Bf4 Kc8 24.Qf3 Kb7 25.Rd1 Bh6 26.Bd6 Nb6 27.Bxc5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Qxd5 29.Rxd5 c3
30.bxc3 bxc3 31.f4 Rc8 32.Ba3 c2 33.Bc1 Rc6 34.Kf2 Rxf6 35.Ke2 Rg6 36.Rd7+ Kb8
37.Kd3 Rxg3+ 38.Kxc2 f6 39.Rf7 Rf3 40.Rxf6 Bg7 41.Rf7 Be5 42.f5 a5 43.a4 Rc3+
44.Kd1 Rc4 45.Re7 Ba1 46.Bg5 Rg4 47.Re8+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseenko,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Qe1 Ra7 14.Kb1 Qc5 15.f5 Rg8
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Rf1 Qe5 18.Qf2 Rb7 19.Qxf6 Bg7 20.Qxe5 Bxe5 21.g3 h5 22.Ne2 h4
23.Nf4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Re7 25.Rf3 Kd7 26.Ne2 Rh7 27.a3 Ke7 28.Rdf1 Be8 29.c4 bxc4
30.Bxc4 Bg6 31.Re3 Rb8 32.b4 a5 33.Nf4 Bxf4 34.gxf4 axb4 35.f5 bxa3+ 36.Ka1 Bf7
37.Rxa3 exf5 38.Ra7+ Ke8 39.exf5 Bg8 40.Rxh7 Bxh7 41.Rh1 Rb7 42.f6 Bg6 43.Be6 Rh7
44.Rc1 Ra7+ 45.Kb2 Kf8 46.Rc8+ Be8 47.Kc3 Rf7 48.Bxf7 Kxf7 49.Rd8 Bb5 50.Rxd6 Ba4
51.Rb6 Bd1 52.Kd4 Be2 53.Rc6 Bd1 54.Rb6 Be2 55.Rb2 Bf1 56.Rc2 Bb5 57.Ke5 Ba4
58.Rb2 Bc6 59.Rb4 Bf3 60.Kf5 Bd5 61.Ke5 Ba2 62.Rb2 Bc4 63.Kd4 Be6 64.Ke5 Bc4
65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Rc7 Ba2 67.Rc2 Bb3 68.Rc8+ Kf7 69.Rc7+ Kf8 70.Kf5 Bd5 71.Rc5 Ba2
72.Ra5 Bb3 73.Rb5 Bc4 74.Rb7 Bd5 75.Rb2 Bc4 76.Rd2 Bb3 77.Rb2 Bc4 78.Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Klimov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.exf6 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 b4 15.Na4 Qd6 16.Bf4 e5
17.Be3 Rc8 18.Rc1 Ba6 19.O-O Bb5 20.Re1 Qa6 21.b3 c3 22.Nxc3 bxc3 23.a4 Bd3
24.Rxc3 Bf5 25.g4 c4 26.gxf5 Bb4 27.Bd2 Bxc3 28.Bxc3 cxb3 29.Qxb3 Qxf6 30.Qb2 Rg8
31.Bxe5 Nxe5 32.Rxe5+ Kd8 33.h3 Qg5 34.f4 Rc1+  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nd5 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 b6 13.Qe3 Bb7 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qc3 Qg6
16.d3 c5 17.Bf4 Nf5 18.Re1 h5 19.Kh1 Nh4 20.Bg3 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 e5 7.Nge2 e4 8.Bc2 Bd6
9.f3 exf3 10.gxf3 O-O 11.Qd3 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.exd4 b6 15.O-O-O Ba6
16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.cxb5 a6 18.Nc3 axb5 19.Nxb5 Bf4+ 20.Kb1 Re8 21.Qf5 Qb8 22.Rhe1 Bxh2
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.f4 g6 25.Qg5 Qe3 26.Bc1 Qf3 27.Rd3 Qc6 28.Rc3 Qh1 29.Rh3 Rc8
30.Qh4 Qc6 31.Nc3 Bg1 32.f5 Qg2 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Bb3+ Kh8 35.Rg3 Qf2 36.Qh3 Qxd4
37.Bb2 Re8 38.Rd3 Re1+ 39.Nd1 Qe4 40.Qxd7  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Summer Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev,Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.b3 d5
16.Bg5 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Bg7 19.dxe5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.a3 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qc2 a5 10.O-O Nb6 11.Rd1 a4 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Bd2 f5 14.Nc5 g5 15.d4 exd4 16.Re1 Qf6
17.Bb5 g4 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Nxd4 Qd5 20.Nd3 Qc4 21.Qxc4+ Nxc4 22.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wagner,De"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bg2 e6 10.Nd2 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.f4 c5 13.g5 Nh5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bxd5 cxd4
16.Ne4 Nc5 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Qxd4 Rfd8 19.Rd1 Ne6 20.Qa4 Nhxf4 21.exf4 Qc5+
22.Kh2 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Be3 Nxg5 25.Qb3 Nf3+ 26.Kg3 Qe4 27.Rf1 Nh4 28.Kxh4 Rd8
29.Bc1 g5+ 30.Kh5 Rd3 31.Qb5 Qe2+ 32.Kxg5 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Klekowski,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rb8 14.Qd3 Bg5 15.h4 Bh6
16.Bh3 Be6 17.Kf1 Qa5 18.Kg2 Qc5 19.b3 Bxd5 20.exd5 Ne7 21.a3 a5 22.axb4 axb4
23.Ra4 f5 24.Rha1 Kh8 25.Ra7 Ng6 26.Bxf5 e4 27.Qxe4 Rbe8 28.Qg4 Ne5 29.Qh5 Qb6
30.R1a6 Qd8 31.Nd4 Qf6 32.Ne6 Qxf5 33.Qxf5 Rxf5 34.f4 Ng6 35.Rxd6 Bxf4 36.gxf4 Nxf4+
37.Kg3 Nxe6 38.Rxe6 Ref8 39.Re3 g5 40.h5 g4 41.d6 Rxh5 42.Rae7 Rh3+ 43.Kxg4 Rh6
44.Re8  1-0

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.09.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Bc2 Qd7 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bg5 Nc4 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Bxe7 Bc2 21.Qxc2 Qxe7 22.Nd2 f5
23.exf6 Qxf6 24.Nxc4 dxc4 25.Re5 Qh6 26.Rh5 Qg6 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Rc5 Rae8
29.a4 Re2 30.Rf1 bxa4 31.Rxc7 a3 32.Rxc4 Rf3 33.Kg2 Rd3 34.Rc6 Kh7 35.Ra1 a2
36.Rxa6 Rdd2 37.Kg3 g5 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 Rxf2 40.Kg5 Rh2 41.Re1 Rh6 42.Rxh6+ gxh6+
43.Kf4 Re2 44.Ra1 Kg6 45.c4 Kf6 46.c5 Ke6 47.Kf3 Rb2 48.Ke4 Re2+ 49.Kd3 Rb2
50.Kc4 Rd2 51.Re1+ Kd7 52.Kd5 Kc7 53.Re7+ Kb8 54.Re8+ Ka7 55.Re1 Kb7 56.Kc4 Rc2+
57.Kb3 Rd2 58.Kc3 Re2 59.Ra1 Kc6 60.Kb3 Rd2 61.Rxa2 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Nbd7
9.f5 Bxb3 10.axb3 d5 11.exd5 Bb4 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Qe2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 e4 15.O-O-O a5
16.Be3 a4 17.b4 Nb6 18.Qb5 Nbxd5 19.Bc4 Nxe3 20.Rxd8 Rfxd8 21.Ba2 a3 22.g4 Ned5
23.g5 Nxc3 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qxb7+ Nd7 26.Qc6 a2 27.Kb2 Na4+ 28.Ka1 Kg8 29.f6 Ne5
30.Qxe4 Re8 31.Re1 Nc3 32.Qd4 Rac8 33.h4 g6 34.b5  1-0

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.09.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxc4 Bxf4 8.exf4 Nb6
9.Bd3 Nbd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.g3 Bd7 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb3 f6 15.Nc4 a5
16.Rfe1 Qf7 17.Ne3 Bc6 18.f5 exf5 19.Bc4 a4 20.Qa3 f4 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Re7 Bxc4
23.Rxf7 Rxf7 24.Qc5 b5 25.Re1 fxg3 26.hxg3 Rd8 27.Re7 c6 28.Rxf7 Kxf7 29.Qxc6 Rxd4
30.b3 axb3 31.axb3 Bxb3 32.Qxb5 Bd1 33.Qc5 Rd7 34.Qc4+ Kf8 35.Qc8+ Ke7 36.Qg8 Kd6
37.Qxh7 Bf3 38.Qg8 g5 39.Qf8+ Ke6 40.Qe8+ Re7 41.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C41"]

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.Be3 Ng4 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nh4 Bb4 14.Qf3 Nc5 15.Bg5 Ne6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qg3 Qc7 18.Nf3 Bd6 19.Rad1 Nh5 20.Qg4 Nf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Rd3 Qe7
23.Red1 Bc7 24.h4 Rf4 25.Qh5 Rf8 26.Ng5 h6 27.Nf3 Qe8 28.Qg4 Rf4 29.Qh3 Kh7
30.g3 Rf8 31.h5 Kg8 32.Qg4 c5 33.Nh4 c4 34.R3d2 Qc6 35.Ng6 Re8 36.Rd8 Bxd8
37.Rxd8  1-0

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.O-O Bf5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Ba1 d4
16.Ne2 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 Qb8 18.Ng3 Rc8 19.Nxf5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 dxe3 21.Rc8+ Qxc8
22.Ne7+ Kf8 23.Nxc8 exf2+ 24.Kf1 Bxa1 25.Nxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.b4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bb2 a5 10.b5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Bd6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.O-O Nc5 14.g3 a4 15.Nh4 Re8
16.Rfe1 g6 17.Rad1 Ne6 18.Ndf3 Nd7 19.Qc3 f6 20.Ng2 Ndc5 21.Bd3 Nb3 22.Ne3 Bc5
23.Nd5 Qf7 24.Bf1 c6 25.Nb4 Ned4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.h3 Rb8 29.Qd3 Rd8
30.Bxd4 Rxd4 31.Qc3 Qc7 32.Rb1 Kg7 33.Nd3 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 Be7 35.c5 Rxe4 36.Bg2 Rd4
37.Nb4 Bb7 38.Nc2 Rd7 39.Qc4 f5 40.Rb6 h5 41.h4 e4 42.Nd4 Qe5 43.Nxc6 Qxc5
44.Qe6 Bc8 45.Nd4 Bd6 46.Rc6 Qxd4 47.Rxc8 Rf7 48.Rc6 Rf6 49.Qd7+ Kh6 50.Qd8 Re6
51.Rxd6 Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 f6 6.O-O e5 7.c3 d5 8.Qe2 dxe4
9.Qxe4 Ne7 10.d4 Bf5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Rd1 d3 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.Nc3 O-O-O
16.Bb2 Ng6 17.Rac1 Bb4 18.Nb5 c5 19.Rxc5+ Bxc5 20.Qxc5+ Kb8 21.Nfd4 Be4 22.f3 Ba8
23.Ba3 Nf4 24.Qb4 a6 25.Nd6+ Bb7 26.Nc6+ Qxc6 27.Qxf4 Ka8 28.Rxd3 Rhe8 29.Qd2 Re6
30.h3 Rd7 31.Nc4 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Qd5 33.Qxh7 Qd4+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kg1 Qd4+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nce2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf5 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5
16.Qd5 Bxf5 17.exf5 b5 18.Qxa8 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Rxa8 20.Bxa8 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5
22.b3 Qc5 23.Rad1 Qxc2 24.Rxd6 Qxa2 25.Bg2 Qxb3 26.Rxa6 Nd3 27.h4 gxh4 28.g5 Kh7
29.Ra7 Ne5 30.g6+ Kh6 31.gxf7 Nxf7 32.Re1 Ng5 33.Ra8 Nf3 34.Rf1 Ne5 35.f6 gxf6
36.Rxf6+ Kg5 37.Rf1 h3 38.Be4 Qc4 39.Rg1+ Kf4 40.Re1 Ng4 41.Rf8+ Kg5 42.Bf3 Qa2
43.Be2 b4 44.Rd8 Qe6  0-1

[Event "16th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nd5 Bb7
10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Bg2 Nc6 12.a5 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Be3 Bc8 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Bb7
17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Ra4 Bd8 19.Nf5 Bc7 20.Rxb4 Ba8 21.Rc4 Rce8 22.Qg4 Bxa5 23.e5 dxe5
24.Bxc6  1-0

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Burg,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Rc3 Rfc8 15.a3 Nd8
16.Ree3 Rxc3 17.Rxc3 Rc8 18.Qc2 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Kf1 f6 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Bf4 Na5 24.a4 Nc4 25.Bc1 Bd6 26.Ke2 e5 27.h3 e4 28.Nh4 Kf7 29.Nf5 Ke6
30.g4 Bf8 31.Ng3 a6 32.f3 Bd6 33.Nf5 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Ng7+ Kf7 36.Nf5 Ke6
37.Ng7+ Kf7 38.Nf5 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 Nc6 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf4 O-O 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qc4 Re8
16.Nc3 Ng7 17.Nd5 Ne6 18.Be3 Nb4 19.Nf4 Qc8 20.a3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nc6 22.Qc3 Ncd4
23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Qd3 Rb8 25.Rac1 Qd8 26.Nxe6 dxe6 27.Bc6 Rf8 28.Qxd4 Qxd4
29.Rxd4 Rfc8 30.Rdd1 a5 31.Kg2 Bc5 32.Bd7 Rd8 33.Rd3 Kf8 34.f4 Rb7 35.Rcd1 Rc7
36.Kf3 h5 37.Bb5 Rxd3+ 38.Rxd3 Be7 39.Ke2 Rc1 40.Rd1 Rc2+ 41.Rd2 Rxd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Westerberg,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 Qc6 13.f3 c4 14.Qd4 O-O 15.Bxc4 Rfc8
16.b3 Qxd6 17.Rd1 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.a4 Bc6 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Bf1 d5 22.Be3 Nd7
23.c4 Nc5 24.Rab1 Nxb3 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.Rxb3 Rxa4 28.Bxb6 Ra2
29.Rb1 Rcc2 30.Bd4 f6 31.h4 Rd2 32.Be3 Rdb2 33.Rd1 Ra5 34.h5 Kf7 35.h6 gxh6
36.Bxh6 Rba2 37.Rc1 Ra1 38.Rc7+ Kg6 39.Bc1 d4 40.Kf2 h5 41.Bd3+ f5 42.Rc6+ Kf7
43.Bg5 Rd1 44.Bc4+ Kg7 45.Rc7+ Kg6 46.f4 Rd2+ 47.Kg3 Ra3+ 48.Kh4 d3 49.Bg8  1-0

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Dambacher,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nh4 Be7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 g5 12.c5 Qc7 13.e4 Nfd7 14.Bd2 Bf6 15.exd5 exd5
16.Qa4 b5 17.cxb6 Qxb6 18.O-O-O O-O 19.Be3 Na6 20.h4 Rab8 21.Rd2 gxh4 22.g5 Be7
23.Rxh4 Rfe8 24.Bxd5 Bb4 25.g6 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Bxc3 27.Rf2 Bxb2+ 28.Kd1 Nf6
29.Bxf7+ Kf8 30.Qc4 Ke7 31.Qe6+ Kd8 32.Qd6+ Kc8 33.Rh8+ Kb7 34.Rxb8+ Nxb8
35.Rxf6 gxf6 36.g7 Qb5 37.Kd2 Bc1+ 38.Kxc1 Qf1+ 39.Kd2 Qg2+ 40.Kc3 Qxg7 41.Bc4 Qg1
42.Kd2 Qf2+ 43.Be2 Qf5 44.Bc4 Qf2+ 45.Be2 Qf5 46.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 Nf6 11.Bxe5 Qxe5 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 d5 14.Be2 h6 15.g4 Rf8
16.f4 Rb8 17.Bf3 Kd8 18.Ne2 Kc7 19.e5 Nd7 20.c4 a5 21.Nd4 Ba6 22.cxd5 cxd5
23.b3 a4 24.Kd2 Rfc8 25.Rc1+ Kb6 26.bxa4 Bc4 27.Be2 Bxe2 28.Kxe2 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Ra8
30.Rb1+ Kc7 31.Rb4 Nc5 32.f5 exf5 33.Nxf5 Nxa4 34.Nxg7 Nc5 35.a4 Rxa4 36.Rxa4 Nxa4
37.Ke3 Kd7 38.Kd4 Nb6 39.Nh5 Ke7 40.g3 Ke6 41.Nf4+ Kd7 42.Nxd5 Nxd5 43.Kxd5 Ke7
44.Ke4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Svane,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Bc5 15.Nf5 Re8
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Kg2 g6 18.h3 gxf5 19.hxg4 Bd4 20.gxf5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 c5 22.f3 Rxe4
23.Rae1 Rxf4 24.gxf4 Nd5 25.Bd1 c4 26.Qf2 Nxf4+ 27.Kh1 Qxf2 28.Rxf2 Nd3 29.Rg1+ Kf8
30.Rh2 Rd8 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Rxh7 Rd5 33.Rh4 Rxf5 34.Kg3 Bc8 35.Re4+ Kd6 36.Bc2 Rg5+
37.Kh2 Rh5+ 38.Kg3 Rg5+ 39.Kh2 Rh5+ 40.Kg3 Rg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.cxd6 Nd5 15.gxf3 Nxc3
16.f4 Nf6 17.Qb2 Qd7 18.Bd2 e5 19.f3 exd4 20.e4 a5 21.Rae1 Rc5 22.Bc1 Nh5
23.e5 g6 24.Qf2 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Qxd4 Rd5 27.Qe3 Rc8 28.f5 Ng7 29.f6 Nh5
30.f4 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Re8 32.Rg1 Qd7 33.Qf3 Nxf6 34.exf6 Rxd6 35.f5 Rxf6 36.Bg5 Rd6
37.Bc4 Rxe1 38.Rxe1 gxf5 39.Be7 Qc6 40.Rg1+ Kh8 41.Qxc6 Rxc6 42.Bxf7 h6 43.Bxb4 Ne4
44.Ba3 Nf2+ 45.Kg2 Nd3 46.Rf1 f4 47.Bd5 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 Kg7 49.Be4 Ra2 50.Bd6 Ra6
51.Bc7  1-0

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.g5 Ng8 11.h4 Ne7 12.Bd2 Nf5 13.Qg4 Be7 14.Rh3 Nb6 15.c5 Nd7
16.b4 b6 17.Ba6 bxc5 18.bxc5 Rb8 19.Na4 f6 20.f4 Kf7 21.Ke2 Rh5 22.Rg1 Qg8
23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Qxh5 gxh5 25.Rxg8 Rxg8 26.Bb7 Nb8 27.Kd3 e5 28.fxe5 fxe5
29.dxe5 Ke6 30.Rh1 Nd7 31.Bc3 Nxc5+ 32.Nxc5+ Bxc5 33.Bd2 Kxe5 34.Bxc6 Rg3
35.Re1 Nxh4 36.Rh1 Bxe3 37.Bxe3 Nf5 38.Rxh5 Rxe3+ 39.Kd2 Rf3 40.Bd7 Ke4 41.a4 a5
42.Rh8 Nd6 43.Rh4+ Rf4 44.Rh5 Kd4 45.Bc6 Ne4+ 46.Ke1 Nc3 47.Rh3 Kc4 48.Bd7 Re4+
49.Kd2 Re2+ 50.Kc1 Kb3 51.Bf5 d4 52.Rh1 Rf2 53.Be6+ Kxa4 54.Rh4 Ne2+ 55.Kd1 Nf4
56.Bd7+ Kb4 57.Rh6 d3 58.Bf5 Kc3 59.Rc6+ Kd4 60.Ra6 Nd5  0-1

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vocaturo,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 Bf8
17.a4 h5 18.a5 g4 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nb5 h4 21.Nxa7 Bd7 22.a6 bxa6 23.Nc6 Qe8
24.Be1 g3 25.h3 Nh7 26.Rg1 Ng5 27.Bf1 Rg7 28.Bc3 Kh7 29.Qd2 Rg8 30.Qe2 Bg7
31.Bb4 Bf8 32.Ba5 Nh8 33.Ndb4 Nhf7 34.Nxa6 Rxa6 35.Qxa6 Nxh3 36.gxh3 Ng5
37.Nxe5 dxe5 38.Rc7 Rg7 39.Qf6 Nxf3 40.Be2 Be7 41.Qxg7+ Kxg7 42.Bxf3 Bd6
43.Ra7 Bb8 44.Ra8 Qc8 45.Bc3 Qc5 46.Rf1 Qb5 47.Rd1 Qb6 48.Rd2 Bxh3 49.Bg2 Bg4
50.d6 Qe3 51.Ra1 f3 52.Bf1 Qxe4 53.Bd3 g2+ 54.Kg1 Qe3+ 55.Kh2 Bxd6  0-1

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mannion,Stephen R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 Bh5 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Nxe4 exd4 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.cxd4 Re8
16.Rc1 Na5 17.h4 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 h6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.h5 Bh7 21.Nh4 Bd6 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Qf3 Rd8 24.Nhf5 Bf8 25.Rc6 Bxf5 26.Nxf5 Kh7 27.Rxf6 c5 28.Qf4  1-0

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Olafsson,H1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.exd8=Q+ Rxd8 22.Ne4 Bxb1
23.Nd6+ Kc7 24.Bf4 Kb6 25.Nxc4+ Kb5 26.Nd6+ Kb6 27.Nc4+ Kb5 28.Nd6+ Kb6 29.Nc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Saric,Iv"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 a5 11.a4 Nc6 12.Kb1 Nb4 13.g4 Rc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Bxb3 17.cxb3 Ne5 18.h4 f6 19.Bh3 Rc6 20.Qe2 Qe8 21.Bxe5 fxe5 22.Rhf1 Kh8
23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Rf1 Qd8 25.Qf3 g6 26.Be6 Rc7 27.Nb5 Rc2 28.h5 Bxg5 29.hxg6 Bf4
30.Qh5 Rh2 31.g7+ Kxg7 32.Rg1+ Kh8 33.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 Bxd4 11.Rxd4 Nf6 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bd3 h6
16.Re1 O-O 17.Na4 a5 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Nxc8 Rfxc8 20.b3 Nd7 21.Kb2 Nc5 22.Bf1 g5
23.f3 Rb6 24.a4 Nb7 25.Bd3 Kg7 26.f4 Nc5 27.Bb5 Ne4 28.c4 Nxg3 29.fxg5 Nf5
30.gxh6+ Kf6 31.Rf4 Kg5 32.g3 dxc4 33.Rxc4 Rh8 34.Rc5 Kg4 35.Bd3 Nxg3 36.h7 f5
37.Rc7 Kf3 38.Re5 Kf4 39.Rxa5 e5 40.Ra6 Rbb8 41.a5 e4 42.Bc4 Ke3 43.Rg6 f4
44.a6 Kf2 45.a7 Rbd8 46.Rg8 e3 47.Rxh8 Rxh8 48.Bg8  1-0

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Re1 O-O
16.b4 Qd7 17.h3 Rfd8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Ba2 Qc8 20.e6 f6 21.Nh4 a5 22.bxa5 Rxa5
23.b4 Ra6 24.Bf4 Qa8 25.Qd2 Qa7 26.Re3 Ra8 27.Nxg6 hxg6 28.Qxd3 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Qxa2
30.Qxg6 Qd5 31.Re1 Kh8 32.Bxc7 Rf8 33.Bf4 Ne5 34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qxe5 Qc6
37.Re3 Bh4 38.f3 Bf6 39.Qh5 Qd6 40.e7 Bxe7 41.Qe5 Ra8 42.Qxd6 Bxd6 43.Rd3 Be5
44.Rd5 Bxc3 45.Rxb5 Ra2 46.h4 Rb2 47.Rf5 Bxb4 48.h5 Rc2 49.Kf1 Be7 50.Ke1 Rh2
51.Kd1 Kh7 52.Ke1 Kh6 53.Kf1 Bh4 54.Rf4 Bg3 55.Rf5 Rf2+ 56.Kg1 Re2 57.Kf1 Rh2
58.Kg1 Rf2 59.Rf7 Re2 60.Rf5 Rc2 61.Kf1 Bf2 62.Rd5 Be3 63.Rf5 Ba7 64.Rf7 Be3
65.Rf5 Rc5 66.Rf7 Bd4 67.Ke2 Kg5 68.Kd3 Bb2 69.Ke3 Kh4 70.Kf4 Rb5 71.Rd7 Bf6
72.Rf7 Bg5+ 73.Ke4 Bh6 74.Rf5 Rb3 75.Kd5 Rb6 76.Ke4 Ra6 77.Rf7 Ra5 78.Rf5 Ra7
79.Rd5 Ra3 80.Rd3 Ra1 81.Rd5 Ra8 82.Rf5 Ra3 83.Kd5 Re3 84.Kd4 Re7 85.Kd5 Bc1
86.Kd6 Ba3+ 87.Kd5 Kg3 88.g5 Kh4 89.g6 Ra7 90.Ke6 Bc1 91.f4 Kg4 92.Rf7 Ra6+
93.Kd5 Bb2 94.h6 gxh6 95.f5 Kg5 96.Ke4 Ra8 97.Kf3 Bf6 98.Rh7 Rg8  0-1

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6
9.e5 Nd5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Re4 Nd4 15.Bc3 Nb5
16.Qd2 O-O 17.Rae1 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rd5 19.b3 b5 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Qe3 Qa5 22.c4 bxc4
23.dxc4 Rdd8 24.Qe2 e6 25.h4 Rd7 26.h5 Rfd8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.g3 Qc3 29.Kg2 a5
30.Re3 Rd3 31.Rd1  1-0

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.e5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxe5 20.Qa8+ Kd7 21.Qxa6 Ke7 22.Kh1 Bxh2
23.Be3 Qe5 24.Rf3 Bg3 25.Kg1 Bh2+ 26.Kh1 Bg3 27.Kg1 Bh2+ 28.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Narva,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 e5 8.Nb3 d5
9.Qe2 a5 10.Rd1 a4 11.N3d2 Ba6 12.Qf3 Bc5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Nde4 Bd4
16.Ng3 a3 17.Rb1 O-O 18.Nce2 axb2 19.Bxb2 Bc5 20.Nc3 Bc4 21.Nf5 Nxf5 22.Qxf5 d4
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Ra1 Qd5 25.a4 g6 26.Qf3 f5 27.Nd2 Qxf3 28.Nxf3 Bf6 29.Re1 Rfe8
30.a5 Rab8 31.Ba3 e4 32.Nd2 Ba6 33.Nb3 d3  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Medar,Marti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Qc7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bd3 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O a5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O 12.Rhg1 Kh8 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.f4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bxh7 Kxh7 19.Qf2 Qe7 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Rfc8
22.Qg3 Qf8 23.Nf6+ gxf6  1-0

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shipov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.g3 Be7
9.h4 h6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Nc3 f6 13.Bd3 Be8 14.Qb1 fxe5 15.Bxg6 Rxf3
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe8 Qxe8 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.Qd1 Nxh4 20.Re1 Rxf4 21.gxf4 Qg6+
22.Kf1 Bc5 23.Ke2 Ng2 24.Rg1 Nxf4+ 25.Kf1 Qf5 26.Qg4 Qxg4 27.Rxg4 Rf8 28.f3 Nd3
29.Ke2 Ne5 30.Rg3 g5 31.Rc1 Bd6 32.Rh3 Kg7 33.Nb5 Bb8 34.Nd4 Re8 35.Rch1 Nf7
36.Kd3 a6 37.Nb3 Bd6 38.Na5 Re7 39.Rc1 Ne5+ 40.Ke2 Ng6 41.Rhh1 Nf4+ 42.Ke3 Bc7
43.Nb3 Bb6+ 44.Kd2 Kg6 45.Rc8 h5 46.Rg8+ Kf6 47.Rf8+ Kg7 48.Rb8 h4 49.a4 Nh5
50.a5 Ba7 51.Ra8 Ng3 52.Rc1 Bf2 53.Rcc8 Kf6 54.Rh8 Ke5 55.Nc1 Bd4 56.Nd3+ Kd6
57.b4 Bxh8 58.Rxh8 e5 59.Nc5 e4 60.Rh6+ Ke5 61.fxe4 dxe4 62.Ke1 Kd4 63.Rd6+ Kc4
64.Ne6 h3 65.Nxg5 h2  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nf5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Bxf5 exf5 11.Qxd5 Bb6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Na3 Be6 14.Qd6 Qxd6 15.exd6 h6
16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Rd7 19.c4 b6 20.Nd4 Rc8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rd2 Ne5
23.Rad1 Rc6 24.b3 Nf7 25.Nb5 a6 26.Nc7 Rdxd6 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Nxe6 Nf7 29.Nd4 Rd6
30.Kf2 g6 31.Ke2 Ng5 32.Nf3 Re6 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Nd4 Re4 35.g3 Ne6 36.Rd6 Nxd4+
37.Rxd4 Re6 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.b4 Kg5 40.Ra7 a5 41.b5 Kg4 42.Ra6 g5 43.c5 f4
44.gxf4 gxf4 45.cxb6 Rxe3+ 46.Kd2 Re5 47.Rxa5 f3 48.b7 Re8 49.Ra8 f2 50.Rxe8 f1=Q
51.b8=Q Qf2+ 52.Kc3 Qc5+ 53.Kb3 Qd5+ 54.Kb4 Qd2+ 55.Kc5 Qc3+ 56.Kb6 Qd4+
57.Kb7 Qd5+ 58.Ka6 Qxa2+ 59.Kb6 Qf2+ 60.Kc7 Qc5+ 61.Kd7 Qf5+ 62.Re6 Qf7+
63.Re7 Qf5+ 64.Ke8 Qg6+ 65.Kd8 Qg8+ 66.Kc7 Qc4+ 67.Kb6 Qd4+ 68.Ka6 Qa4+ 69.Kb6 Qd4+
70.Kc6 Qc4+ 71.Kd6 Qf4+ 72.Re5 Qf6+ 73.Kc5 Qf2+ 74.Kc6 Qf6+ 75.Qd6 Qf3+ 76.Qd5 Qc3+
77.Kd7 Qc2 78.Re4+ Kh3 79.Qh5+ Kg2 80.Re2+  1-0

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leito,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.f4 b5 12.g5 Bb7 13.Bh3 Na5 14.b3 Rc8 15.Kb2 b4 16.Nd5 exd5
17.Bxc8 Bxc8 18.exd5 Be7 19.Qxb4 Bd8 20.Qe4+ Qe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7 22.Rhe1 Bg4
23.Bb6+ Kd7 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd4 Nb7 26.Rde4 Kc7 27.Re7+ Rd7 28.b4 h5 29.h4 Nd8
30.c4 g6 31.Kc3 Bf5 32.Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.Kd4 Nb7 34.c5 dxc5+ 35.bxc5 Na5 36.c6+  1-0

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rotov,Igor"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Re1 Bd6 10.h3 Bh2+ 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be5 13.Qd3 b5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Bd4 d6
16.f4 Bxf4 17.Bxg7 Rg8 18.Bf6 Qc5 19.Nd5 Qf2 20.Re2 Qg3 21.Qxg3 Bxg3 22.Nc7+ Kd7
23.Nxa8 Bxa8 24.Rd1 Rg6 25.Bc3 Bf4 26.Bd2 Be5 27.c3 Rg3 28.Rf1 f5 29.exf5 Rxh3+
30.Kg1 Bh2+ 31.Kf2 Bg3+ 32.Ke3 Rh4 33.fxe6+ Kxe6 34.Kd3+ Be5 35.Be3 Bd5 36.Bd4 Bc4+
37.Kd2 Bxe2 38.Kxe2 Bxd4 39.cxd4 Rxd4 40.Rh1 Rg4 41.Kf3 Rc4 42.Rxh7 Rc2 43.Ra7 Rxb2
44.Rxa6 Ke5 45.Ra5 d5 46.g4 Rb1 47.g5 Kd4 48.g6 Kc4 49.Kf4 Rg1 50.Kf5 d4
51.Ra8 d3 52.Rd8 Kc3 53.Rc8+ Kb2 54.Rd8  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 O-O 8.d4 Nf5
9.Nf3 d5 10.c3 Bd6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 Bf8
16.Na3 a6 17.Re1 Qd8 18.Qc1 Kh7 19.Nc2 Be6 20.Bf4 Rc8 21.Ne3 Nh4 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Qd7 24.Qd1 Nf5 25.Ng4 Bg7 26.Qd2 h5 27.Bxf5 hxg4 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Bxe6 fxe6
30.Qf4 Rf8 31.Qxg4 Rf5 32.Qe2 Kf7 33.Qe3 Qe7 34.g4 Rf6 35.Kg2 g5 36.Qe5 Rf4
37.f3 c6 38.h4  1-0

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Petursson,Mar"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nf3 e4 8.Ne5 Ne7 9.c5 d6
10.Qa4+ Kf8 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.b3 a6 14.Qa5 Qxa5 15.Nxa5 Rc8 16.Kd2 b5
17.Ba3 Rxc3 18.Kxc3 b4+ 19.Kxb4 Nfd5+ 20.Kc4 Kf7 21.Bxd6 Rc8+ 22.Bc5 Nxe3+
23.Kb4 Nc2+ 24.Kc3 Rxc5+ 25.Nc4 Nxa1 26.Rxa1 Nd5+ 27.Kd2 Bxd4 28.Rc1 Bxf2  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Otsmann,Villu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bxh6 Nb4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Reizniece,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.b3 e5 6.Bb2 a6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
9.Nc2 Bxc3+ 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Bb2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qa5+ 14.b4 Qg5 15.Qf3 Ndf6
16.h4 Qh6 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.exf4 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rd1 Nd5 21.g3 a5 22.bxa5 Rxa5
23.a3 Rc5 24.Nd4 e5 25.Ne6 Rc2 26.Bxe5 Re8 27.Nd4 Rxf2 28.Nf5 Rxe5 29.Nh6+ gxh6
30.fxe5 Ndc3 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rd7+ Kg8 33.Rd8+ Rf8 34.Rd7 Nc5 35.Rd6 Rf5 36.Rd8+ Kg7
37.Re8 Kf7 38.Rb8 Rxe5+ 39.Kd2 N3e4+ 40.Kc2 Rf5 41.Rh2 Rf3 42.a4 Ra3 43.Kb2 Rxa4
44.Rh8 Kg7 45.Re8 Nd3+ 46.Kb3 Ndc5+ 47.Kb2 Rb4+ 48.Kc2 Rc4+ 49.Kb2 Kf6 50.g4 Nd3+
51.Ka2 Nec5 52.g5+ hxg5 53.hxg5+ Kxg5 54.Rxh7 Ra4+ 55.Kb1 Rb4+ 56.Kc2 Nf4
57.Rg8+ Kf5 58.Rf7+ Ke4 59.Re8+ Kf3 60.Ref8 b5 61.Rf5 Rc4+ 62.Kd2 Ne4+ 63.Kd1 Ke3
64.Rxf4 Nc3+  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "22.1"]
[White "Siemer,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Bf4 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.Ne5 Bh5
9.Nb3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bd6 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Bc5 O-O 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.c3 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 b6 17.Rac1 a5 18.Qd3 Bg6 19.Qb5 Bf5 20.e3 Bg4 21.Rd2 Qe6 22.f3 Bh5
23.g4 Bg6 24.Rcd1 h6 25.e4 Qd6 26.exd5 e4 27.Qe2 Re8 28.Rd4 exf3 29.Qxf3 Bc2
30.Rf1 Bxb3 31.axb3 Re5 32.c4 Rce8 33.Rd2 Re3 34.Qf4 Qc5 35.Qd4 Nxg4 36.Qxc5 bxc5
37.d6 Nf6 38.Rf5 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Ng4+ 40.Kg3 Ne5 41.Kf2 Ng4+ 42.Kg3 Ne5 43.Kf2 g6
44.Rf4 Rb1 45.Re4 f6 46.d7 Rd8 47.Rxe5 fxe5 48.Bc6 Kf7 49.Kf3 Ke6 50.Bd5+ Ke7
51.Bc6 Rf8+ 52.Ke4 Kd8 53.Kd5 e4 54.Kxe4 Re1+ 55.Kd5 Kc7 56.Kxc5 Re5+ 57.Bd5 Kxd7
58.Kb5 Rb8+ 59.Kxa5 Rxb3 60.Ka4 Rbe3 61.b4 Re2 62.Rd3 Rxh2 63.b5 Kc7 64.Kb4 Rb2+
65.Kc5 h5 66.Rf3 h4 67.b6+ Kd8 68.b7 Rf5 69.Re3 g5 70.Re6 Rxb7 71.Rh6 Rg7
72.Kd6 Rf8  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Ladva,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 c6 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Qc2 O-O 10.e4 Re8 11.Re1 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5 14.Be2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qe7
16.Kg2 Rad8 17.Rad1 h5 18.Bg5 Qe6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Bxh5 Nc4 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1
23.Nxd1 Qd4 24.Be2 Nd6 25.Bd3 c5 26.Ne3 b5 27.b3 a5 28.Qe2 a4 29.Nc2 Qe5
30.Nxb4 cxb4 31.f4 Qc5 32.e5 Ne8 33.Bxb5 axb3 34.axb3 Qd5+ 35.Kh3 Qxb3 36.Bc4 Qb1
37.e6 Nd6 38.exf7+ Kf8 39.Qe6 Qf5+ 40.Qxf5 Nxf5 41.g4 Nd4 42.g5 b3 43.Kg4 b2
44.Bd3 Kxf7 45.h4 g6 46.h5 gxh5+ 47.Kxh5 Ne2 48.Kg4 Nc3 49.f5 b1=Q 50.Bxb1 Nxb1
51.Kh5 Nc3 52.Kh6 Nd5 53.Kh7 Ne7 54.g6+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "26.3"]
[White "Simson,Urmas"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a3 c5 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Kh1 Ne5 15.Bc2 Ng6
16.Bg5 Bxh2 17.Rad1 Qb8 18.f4 Bxf4 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Rd3 Qe5 21.Rh3 Qxd4 22.Qh5 h6
23.Rxf4 Nxf4 24.Qg4+ Ng6 25.Rxh6 Kg7 26.Ne2 Qe5 27.Rh5 Qxh5+  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "27.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 d5 8.exd5 exd5
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5
15.Bf3 Be6 16.Be3 a5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Rac1 a4 19.a3 Be7 20.g3 Rab8 21.Bd4 Rb3
22.Kg2 Bf6 23.Rc2 Bf5 24.Bxf6 Bxc2 25.Bxd8 Rxf3 26.Kxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "29.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 c5 13.Nc3 Nc4 14.Bc1 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rc8
16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Nf1 Nc6 19.Qd1 Na5 20.Bc2 Nc4 21.b3 Nb6 22.Bb2 d5
23.e5 Nfd7 24.Ne2 Bb4 25.Nd2 Bg4 26.a3 Bc5 27.Nf1 Re8 28.Qd3 g6 29.Neg3 Bf8
30.Ne3 Be6 31.f4 Nc5 32.Qd2 d4 33.Qxd4 Bxb3 34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.Bxb3 Nd2 36.e6  1-0

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "30.4"]
[White "Seeman,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 c6 7.h3 Be6 8.e4 h6
9.b3 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bc5 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Nc4 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 b5 15.Qe2 Rfe8
16.a4 a6 17.Ne1 Bd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nd3 Rad8 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 f5
23.Bd5+ cxd5 24.Qf3 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Qf4 Rde8 27.Qxd4 Qxc2 28.Ra7 Qc4
29.Qb6 Re1 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kh2 Qe4  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "31.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7
9.g5 Nc6 10.h4 O-O 11.Be3 Nde5 12.Qe2 b5 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.f4 Qa5 15.O-O b4
16.Nd1 Qb5 17.Qxb5 axb5 18.Nf2 Bb7 19.Nd3 Ra4 20.b3 Ra5 21.f5 Rfa8 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.e5 d5 24.Bc5 Rxa2 25.Rxa2 Rxa2 26.Bh3 Bc8 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.Nxb4 Ra7 29.Kf2 Rc7
30.Ra1 Ng6 31.h5 Nxe5 32.Re1 Nc6 33.Nxd5 exd5 34.Re8+ Kf7 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Bxc8 Nd4
37.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "32.1"]
[White "Vihmand,Ants"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.exd6 Bxd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 a6 12.Bd3 f5 13.Qe1 Qc7 14.Nbd2 b5 15.Nf1 Ne5
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.Bc2 Rae8 20.Bb3 Bc6 21.Rd3 Kh8 22.Rad1 e5
23.Bd5 e4 24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Rd4 Qg6+ 27.Kh1 Qg4 28.Ng3 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 e3
30.R1d3 Bxg3 31.fxg3 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "16th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "33.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Porrasmaa,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.Nb5 Ra6 12.c4 d6 13.Bc2 Nf6 14.Nac3 Be6 15.Nd5 Ng4
16.Bg5 Nge5 17.Bb3 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Na5 19.Rc1 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 Nd7 21.Rfe1 Nf6 22.a4 Qa5
23.Nc3 Rb6 24.Qa2 Qb4 25.Rxe7 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Nb5 Nxd5 28.Rxb7 Nc3 29.Kf1 Ne4
30.Be3 d5 31.Rd7 Nd2+ 32.Bxd2 Rxd2 33.a5 Ra2 34.Nc7 Rxa5 35.Nxd5 Re8 36.g3 Ra1
37.Rxa1 Bxa1 38.f4 Kg7 39.Kf2 h5 40.h3 Bd4+ 41.Kf3 Re1 42.g4 h4 43.g5 Rf1+
44.Ke4 Ba1 45.Nc7 Re1+ 46.Kf3 Bb2 47.Rd8 Rf1+ 48.Ke4 Re1+ 49.Kf3 Rf1+ 50.Kg4 Bc3
51.Ne8+ Kh7 52.Nf6+ Bxf6 53.gxf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svane,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Rc8 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qb6 10.Nc2 Nb4 11.Ne3 Nf5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Qb3 Be7 14.Bg5 Nc2 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rac1 Rc7 18.a3 Rhc8 19.Rcd1 b5 20.h4 b4 21.Ng5 f4 22.Nxh7 bxa3
23.bxa3 Nxa3 24.Ng5 Rc3 25.Bh5 Be6 26.g3 b5 27.gxf4 b4 28.f5 Bxf5 29.Bxf7 b3
30.Ra1 b2 31.Ra2 Rb3 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.Bxd5 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Bekker Jensen,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 c4
9.a4 Ng6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.d4 cxd3 13.Bxd3 b4 14.e5 Qa5 15.Be4 Bc5
16.Be3 bxc3 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxc3 Qb4 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 Ke7 21.Nc5 Ba8 22.h4 Nb4
23.g3 Rc8 24.Bxa8 Rxc5 25.Re3 Ra5 26.Bb7 Rb5 27.Ba8 Ra5 28.Bb7 Rb5 29.Ba8 Na6
30.h5 Nf8 31.b3 Nc5 32.Nd2 h6 33.Kf1 d5 34.exd6+ Kxd6 35.Bf3 Nfd7 36.Nc4+ Ke7
37.Bd1 Nf6 38.Ne5 Nd5 39.Rf3 f5 40.g4 Ne4 41.Ke1 Nb4 42.Ng6+ Kf6 43.gxf5 exf5
44.Nf4 Ra5 45.Nd3 Nc6 46.Re3 Ra1 47.Nb2 Nb4 48.Re2 Rb1 49.Kf1 Nc6  0-1

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kokol,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.O-O Nc5 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.Ba3 Bf4 14.Nd5 Qg5 15.Kh1 Qh6
16.g3 Bg5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bh4 19.Rg1 f5 20.e5 b6 21.exd6 Bb7 22.Nce3 Nd4
23.Bb2 Bf6 24.Rg2 Rae8 25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Qxf4 28.Bc4 Re4
29.Qg1 Rg6 30.Rf1 Qh4 31.Rxg6 hxg6 32.Qxg6 Rg4 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Bxd4 Ne4 35.Qxe4 Rxe4
36.Bxb6 Rxc4 37.bxc4 Qxc4 38.Kg1 Qxd5 39.Bc7 g5 40.Re1 f4 41.Kf2 Kg6 42.h3 Qxa2+
43.Re2 Qb3 44.Ke1 Qxh3 45.Rd2 Qd7 46.Bb6 g4 47.Kf2 Qc6  0-1

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gopal,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.c4 a5 12.Be2 g6 13.O-O a4 14.Nd2 Bh6 15.Bf2 Nc5
16.Nb1 O-O 17.Nc3 Nfd7 18.Rb1 Re8 19.b4 axb3 20.axb3 e4 21.b4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Na6
23.c5 dxc5 24.bxc5 Naxc5 25.d6 Be3 26.Bd5 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Ne5 28.Qd4 Ncd7 29.Ne4 Rf8
30.Rxb7 Qa5 31.Rf1 Rab8 32.Ra1 Qd8 33.Rc7 Rb6 34.h3 Kh7 35.Rf1 Kg8 36.Kh2 Ra6
37.Bb7 Ra5 38.Bc8 Qxc8 39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.Qd2 Ra4 41.Ng5 Rac4 42.Qd5 R4c5 43.Qb7 Rf8
44.Ne4 Rcc8 45.Qd5 Rfe8 46.Rb1 Kg7 47.Rb7 Rcd8 48.Qd4 Kg8 49.Rc7 Re6 50.Kg3 Kg7
51.Ng5 Ree8 52.Nf3 Kh7 53.Qf4 Kg8 54.Nxe5 Nxe5 55.Re7 Rxe7 56.dxe7 Re8 57.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pashikian,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.O-O Be6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Ba1 Qa5
16.Ne2 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 Rc8 18.Qb1 Bxa1 19.Qxa1 Bf5 20.Nd4 Bd3 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 g6
23.a3 Ne4 24.b4 Qa6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qc8+ Kg7 27.h4 h5 28.Qc7 b5 29.Qc3 Qf6
30.g3 a6 31.Qc7 Kg8 32.Qb8+ Kg7 33.Qc7 Kg8 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Qc5 Kg8 36.Kg2 Kg7
37.Kg1 Kg8 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Qc7 Kg8 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qc3 Kg8 42.Qc7 Kg7 43.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adly,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 c5 8.c3 Be4 9.Nd2 Nc6
10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.g3 Be7 12.d5 exd5 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Qxd5 Qxe5 16.Rd1 Qxd5
17.Rxd5 O-O-O 18.Bf4 Rhe8 19.Bb5 Re6 20.Rad1 Nde5 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8 22.Rd5 Ndc6
23.Rxc5 Nd3 24.Bxd3 exd3 25.b4 Re2 26.Kf1 Kd7 27.Rd5+ Ke6 28.Rd6+ Ke7 29.a3 Ra2
30.Rxd3 Rxa3 31.b5 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Na5 33.Bg5+ Ke6 34.Re3+ Kf5 35.h4 Rb1 36.Rf3+ Ke4
37.Rxf7 Rxb5 38.Rxh7 Kd3 39.Rg7 Nc4 40.Rxg6 Ne5 41.Rg7 a5 42.h5 a4 43.h6 a3
44.h7 a2 45.h8=Q a1=Q 46.Qh7+ Kxc3 47.Rc7+ Kd4 48.Be3+ Kd5 49.Rxb7 Qa6 50.Rxb5+ Qxb5
51.Qf5 Qb7 52.g4 Kd6+ 53.Kg3 Qh1 54.Bf4 Qg1+ 55.Kh4 Qxf2+ 56.Bg3 Qe3 57.Qxe5+  1-0

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gupta,Ab"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 b4 10.Na4 c3 11.Nc4 a5 12.a3 Ba6 13.axb4 axb4 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 O-O 17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Nb6 Nc6 20.Nxa8 Rxa8 21.Ra2 Bb7 22.Rxa8+ Bxa8
23.Bc7 e5 24.Kf1 f6 25.Ke1 d4 26.Ra1 Bb7 27.Ba5 e4 28.Ra4 Nxa5 29.Rxa5 d3
30.c6 Bxc6 31.Rc5 Bd7 32.Rc4 Bb5 33.Rc5 Ba6 34.Rc6 Bb7 35.Rc4 Bd5 36.Rxb4 Kf7
37.e3 Ke6 38.h3 h5 39.Kd1 Kd6 40.Kc1 Kc5 41.Rb8 Be6  0-1

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nd5 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 b6 13.d3 Bb7 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qc3 Qxc3
16.bxc3 Nf5 17.f3 Re8 18.Kf2 Bc6 19.Bf4 d6 20.d4 f6 21.Bd3 g6 22.a4 a5 23.Bxf5 gxf5
24.c4 Rb8 25.c3 Kf7 26.c5 bxc5 27.dxc5 Rb2+ 28.Kg3 Rc2 29.cxd6 cxd6 30.Bxd6 Rxc3
31.Re1 Rd3 32.Re7+ Kg6 33.Bc5 Bxa4 34.Ra7 Bd7 35.Rxa5 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Nf6 11.Re1 c6 12.c3 Qc7 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nf6 15.Nf3 Nd7
16.Be3 e5 17.Ng5 h6 18.Ne4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Be5 20.Be3 Be6 21.Qc2 Bd5 22.c4 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 Rfe8 24.Rad1 Nf6 25.Bf3 c5 26.Re2 Rad8 27.Red2 b6 28.Kg2 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Rd8
30.a3 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 a5 32.b3 Qd6 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.h3 Be5
37.Bc1 Kd6 38.Bg2 Bd4 39.f4 Nd7 40.Be4 Nf8 41.g4 Ne6 42.Bd5 f5 43.gxf5 Nf8
44.Kd3 Nd7 45.Bf3 Nf6 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 Ke7 48.Bd2 Ne8 49.Be1 Kd6 50.Bd5 Nf6
51.Bf3 Ne8 52.Bh5 Nf6 53.Bg6 Nd7 54.Bd2 Ba1 55.Be8 Nf6 56.Bf7 Bd4 57.Be6 Ne8
58.Bd5 Nf6 59.bxc5+ bxc5 60.Bf3 Ne8 61.Kc2 Ke7 62.Be1 Nd6 63.Bh4+ Kf8 64.f6 Bxf6
65.Bf2 Nxc4 66.Bxc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Bc7 13.Nf5 d5 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.d4 Nf6 17.Be3 Qd7 18.f3 Rce8 19.Qd2 Kg8 20.Bf2 Nh5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Re1 Rxe1
23.Qxe1 g6 24.a4 Nf4 25.b4 a6 26.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Al Ain Chess Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2015.12.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.h4 O-O-O 12.Nd4 Bxd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.h5 h6 15.f3 Bf5
16.g4 Bh7 17.Bh3 b6 18.Rc1 Kb7 19.Ka1 a5 20.Rhd1 Rhe8 21.Bf4 Nb4 22.b3 Qe7
23.Bf1 a4 24.c3 Nc6 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Bb5 axb3 28.c4 Re6 29.axb3 Qe7
30.c5 Qf6 31.Bxc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nd5 Bg7 7.Bf4 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7
9.O-O O-O 10.d6 cxd6 11.Bxd6 Re8 12.Re1 Nf5 13.Rxe8+ Qxe8 14.Ba3 Qd8 15.Bd3 d5
16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Nxd4 Be4 18.f3 Qb6 19.c3 Bf5 20.Qa4 Bxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22.cxd4 Bd7
23.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Klekowski,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 c6 13.Nde4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Be6 15.Qd3 Qd7
16.Rd1 b5 17.cxb5 cxb5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qg4 20.e4 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Nc3 22.Be3 Nxd1
23.Rxd1 Ra3 24.Qf1 Rc8 25.h3 Qd7 26.Rc1 Rac3 27.Ra1 h5 28.Ra5 R8c4 29.Qe1 Rb3
30.Bd2 Kh7 31.Bf1 Rc2 32.Kg2 Qe7 33.Bxb5 Qf6 34.Be3 Bh6 35.Ba7 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Rc1  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.02.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Stohl,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.02.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Antoniewski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 O-O 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qf3 Re8
16.h3 Re6 17.g4 Rc6 18.g5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Qd7 20.Kh2 Nh7 21.Be3 Qe7 22.Rg1 Kh8
23.c4 b5 24.c5 Bd7 25.a4 bxa4 26.Bc4 Rf8 27.Bd5 f5 28.Bxc6 Bxc6 29.Qh5 Be8
30.Qe2 f4 31.Bf2 Nf6 32.Rab1 Bb5 33.c4 Bc6 34.Rb6 Qe8 35.Bh4 Nxe4 36.Qg4 Rf7
37.Qg6 Ba8 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Rh6  1-0

[Event "5th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nce2 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b5 14.Ng3 e5 15.Qd2 exf4
16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Rc8 19.Rad1 Nc4 20.Qc1 Bf6 21.b3 Ne5 22.Qd2 Qb6+
23.Be3 Qc7 24.Qxd6 Qxc2 25.Qd2 Qc7 26.Qd6 Qa5 27.Qd2 Qc7 28.Qd6 Qa5 29.Qd2 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg4 5.Ne5 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.O-O Nf6
9.d3 Bc5 10.Qc2 Bb6 11.e4 O-O 12.Nc3 Na6 13.a3 Nc5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Be3 Rc8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Qxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Rc8 21.Rxd5 Qe7
22.Bh3 Rc7 23.Rd4 g6 24.Re4 Qd6 25.Rfe1 Rc2 26.R4e2 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Qxd3 28.Bf1 Qd4
29.h4 Kg7 30.b4 b6 31.Re7 a5 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.Re3 Qc5 34.Rf3 f5 35.Bg2 Kf6
36.Kh2 h6 37.Kg1 g5 38.hxg5+ hxg5 39.Bh3 f4 40.gxf4 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 gxf4 42.Bg2 Qd2
43.Kg1 Ke5 44.Rh3 Qd1+ 45.Kh2 Qe1 46.Rf3 Qd2 47.Kg1 Kd4 48.Kh2 a4 49.Kg1 Qd1+
50.Kh2 Ke5 51.Rh3 Kf5 52.Bf3 Qc1 53.Bg2 Kf6 54.Rd3 Qc5 55.Rf3 Kg5 56.Bh3 Qd4
57.Kg1 Qd1+ 58.Kg2 Qd5 59.Bc8 Kh4 60.Bh3 Kg5 61.Bc8 Qc6 62.Bh3 Kh5 63.Bf5 Kh4
64.Bh3 Kg5  0-1

[Event "5th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re2 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.d4 b6 14.Qd3 Bb7 15.Bd2 Rae8
16.Rae1 Re6 17.c3 Rfe8 18.Rxe6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Qxe6 20.b3 a5 21.Qe3 Qxe3 22.Bxe3 Be4
23.Bc4 c6 24.f3 Bb1 25.a4 Ba2 26.d5 b5 27.axb5 cxb5 28.Bxb5 Bxb3 29.c4 a4
30.Bd4 a3 31.c5 Bf4 32.c6 Bxd5 33.cxd7 Bc7 34.Kf2 a2 35.Ke2 f6 36.Kd3 Kf8
37.Kc2 Ke7 38.h3 Kd8 39.Kb2 Be5 40.Bxe5 fxe5 41.h4 h6 42.Ba4 Be6 43.Bb5 Bxd7
44.Bc4 Bc6 45.Bxa2 Ke7 46.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Re1 b4 10.Nd5 d6 11.Bf3 Rb8 12.Bg5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.Be2 h6 15.Be3 Bb7
16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 O-O 18.Na5 Ba8 19.f4 Nd7 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Nf6 22.b3 a5
23.Bf3 d5 24.c4 Qd6 25.Rxa5 Qxc6 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 e6 28.Rd3 Rb7 29.Qf3 Qa6
30.h4 h5 31.Bf2 Rfb8 32.Red1 Qa2 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35.Rd3 Qc2 36.Kh2 Ra8
37.Qxa8 Qxd3 38.Qf3 Qc2 39.c5 Bf8 40.b4 Qc4 41.Qb7 Qxf4+ 42.Bg3 Qf5 43.c6 g5
44.hxg5 h4 45.Bb8 Bg7 46.Qb6 Be5+ 47.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 48.Kh1 Qe1+ 49.Qg1 Qxb4 50.Qc1 Qe4
51.Kh2 Qe5+ 52.Kg1 Qd4+ 53.Kh1 Qe4 54.Qf1 Qxc6 55.Qxf7+ Kh8 56.Qf6+ Kg8 57.Qg6+ Kf8
58.Qh6+ Kg8 59.Qg6+ Kf8 60.Qh6+ Kg8 61.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 Rd8
9.Bf1 d6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc2 f6 14.Ne3 Be6 15.exf6 exf6
16.b3 Rac8 17.Bb2 Ne7 18.Rc1 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 Rc8 20.Qb1 Nf5 21.Rc1 Nxe3 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.fxe3 Bh6 24.Qc1 Qc6 25.Bd3 Bf5 26.g4 Bd7 27.Kg2 Qxc1 28.Bxc1 Nc3 29.Bd2 Bb5
30.Bxb5 Nxb5 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Ke2 Nd6 33.Bb4 Ne4 34.Nd2 Nxd2 35.Bxd2 Ke6 36.Kf3 f5
37.Be1 fxg4+ 38.hxg4 Bg5 39.Bg3 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.a4 Kf5 42.Bb8 a6 43.Bd6 Bh6
44.Be5 Bf8 45.Bc7 Bg7 46.Bg3 Bf6 47.Bf4 Ke6 48.Kg3 Be7 49.Kf3 Kf5 50.Bg3 h4
51.Bf4 Bb4 52.Bc7 Be7 53.Be5 Bg5 54.Bc7 b5 55.axb5 axb5 56.Bd6 Bd8 57.Be5 h3
58.Bf4 Bh4 59.Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bd7 11.Be3 Ng6 12.Rad1 Ke8 13.a3 Be7 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Ne4 b6
16.Bc1 Kf8 17.Neg5 Be8 18.Nd4 Rd5 19.Nf5 Rxe5 20.Rxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe7 Kxe7 22.Re1 f6
23.Nf3 Bg6 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Rxe5+ Kf7 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.c3 Kd7 29.Bf4 Bc2
30.g4 a5 31.Kg2 a4 32.Kg3 b5 33.Be5 g6 34.Kf4 Ke6 35.Bxc7 h6 36.Ke3 Kd5 37.Bf4 h5
38.gxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C02"]

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.g3 h4 13.g4 Be7 14.Be2 f6 15.b5 Nd8 16.Qd3 Rg7
17.Nc3 Nf7 18.O-O h5 19.Na4 Qd8 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nc5 hxg4 22.hxg4 b6 23.Nxd7 Qxd7
24.Kh1 Rc8 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Nd6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Ne4 29.Kg2 Nc5 30.Rh1 Qe7
31.Qc1 Rh7 32.Qe3 Qg7 33.Rc1 Qf8 34.a4 Rf7 35.f3 Rf4 36.Rxc5 bxc5 37.a5 h3+
38.Kg3 h2  0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 Nh5 10.Nf1 f5 11.Ng3 fxe4 12.Bb3+ Kh8 13.Ng5 Nf4 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxf7 Qf8
16.Bb3 exd3 17.Bc4 d5 18.Bxd3 e4 19.Bf1 g5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Nxe4 Ne5 22.Bxf4 gxf4
23.Ng5 Bf5 24.Qd5 c6 25.Qa5 b5 26.Rad1 Qe7 27.Ne4 Rg8 28.Nd6 Bc2 29.Qd2 Bxd1
30.Qxd1 Rf8 31.Ne4 f3 32.g3 Rd8 33.Qc1 Nd3 34.Bxd3 cxd3 35.Qxc6 Bxb2 36.Kf1 Qd7
37.Qxd7 Rxd7 38.Rd1 Rd5 39.Nd2 b4 40.Nxf3 Bc3 41.Ne1 d2 42.Nf3 Ra5 43.Nxd2 Rxa2
44.Ne4 a5 45.Nxc3 bxc3 46.Rc1 Ra3 47.Ke2 a4 48.Rc2 Rb3 49.Kd3 a3 50.Kc4 a2
51.Rxa2 Rb2 52.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 10.h3 Nh4 11.Rd1+ Ke8 12.Nd4 Ng6 13.f4 h5 14.Ne4 h4 15.Be3 a6 16.c4 Rh5
17.Rd3 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Rf1 Bd7 20.f5 Ne5 21.Rc3 Kf7 22.Bf4 Rd8 23.Bxe5 fxe5
24.Nf3 Bxf5 25.Nxh4 Bxh4 26.g4 Ke7 27.gxf5 Rd4 28.Nc5 Rd2 29.Kh1 Rxb2 30.Rd3 Bf6
31.Ne4 Rh4 32.Re3 Rxa2 33.Rb1 b6 34.Rbe1 Rc2 35.c5 b5 36.Ra3 Rf4 37.Rxa6 Bh4
38.f6+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.d3 Be7 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nb5 a6 12.Na3 Rb8 13.Bd2 b5 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Rc6 e4 16.dxe4 Ne5
17.Rc1 d3 18.Bg2 dxe2 19.Qxe2 Qd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Rc7 Bd6 22.Rc6 Be5 23.Rxa6 Bxb2
24.Ra5 b4 25.Nc4 Bc3 26.e5 Nd7 27.Rd5 N7c5 28.Be3 Rfd8 29.Nd6 Bxe5 30.Bxc5 Nxc5
31.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.Ng3 a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d3 Nd5
9.O-O f5 10.c4 Ne7 11.c5 Bxc5 12.Bxe5 Ng6 13.d4 Nxe5 14.dxc5 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 f4
16.exf4 Ng6 17.Nd2 Nxf4 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Na5 Bd5 20.f3 b6 21.Nc4 bxc5 22.Rac1 a5
23.a4 h5 24.Rd2 h4 25.Ne4 h3 26.g3 Ne6 27.Ne5 Rf5 28.Ng6 Rxf3 29.Ne7+ Kh8
30.Nxd5 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Nd4 32.Kh1 Raf8 33.Rh5+ Kg8 34.Rxh3 Nxb3 35.Rc2 Re3
36.Rh4 Rf5 37.Kg2 Re5 38.Nf2 Nd4 39.Rb2 Re2 40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Rf4+ Kg6 42.h4 Rf5
43.Rxf5 Nxf5 44.g4 Nxh4+ 45.Kg3 Kf7 46.Rb7 g5 47.Rxc7+ Kf6 48.Rc6+ Kf7 49.Rxc5 Re3+
50.Kh2 Re2 51.Kg1 Re1+ 52.Kh2 Re2 53.Kg1 Re1+ 54.Kh2 Re2 55.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 e5
9.h3 e4 10.Nh4 Re8 11.g4 h6 12.Rg1 Nf8 13.O-O-O a6 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Rxe3
16.Ne5 Be6 17.Qd2 Rxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bd3 d4 20.Ne2 c5 21.g5 hxg5 22.Qxg5 N6d7
23.Qh5 b5 24.Rdf1 bxc4 25.Nf4 cxd3 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Qf7+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd4
9.d3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Qd6 12.Qe2 e5 13.h3 Be6 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.Bxb7 Rab8
16.Bg2 Qxd3 17.Nd5 Qxe2 18.Nxe7+ Kf8 19.Rxe2 Bxc4 20.Rc2 Bd3 21.Rxc5 Kxe7
22.Rxe5+ Kf8 23.b3 a6 24.Rc1 Rbc8 25.Rec5 Rxc5 26.Bxc5+ Kg8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Bc6 Rd8
29.Be7 Rd4 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Bg2 Rd7 32.Bf1  1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.Ne5 Nf6 7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 c6 11.d3 O-O 12.h3 Ne5 13.Bf4 Ned7 14.d4 Bg5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5
16.a4 Rab8 17.e4 Nc4 18.Qc2 Qd2 19.Rac1 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Ncb6 22.a5 Nd5
23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.Rxc5 Nf6 25.a6 bxa6 26.Rxc6 Rxb2 27.Rxa6 Rd2 28.d5 Rd8 29.Rb1 Nxd5
30.Rxa7 Nf6 31.Bf3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.c4 a5 12.Be2 a4 13.Nd2 g6 14.Nb1 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6
16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Qd2 Rh8 18.O-O-O Kf8 19.g4 hxg4 20.fxg4 a3 21.b3 Rh3 22.g5 Rxc3+
23.Qxc3 Ne4 24.Qh3 Nf2 25.Qf3 Nxh1 26.Rf1 f5 27.gxf6 Qd4 28.Qh3 Qa1+ 29.Kd2 Qxa2+
30.Kc3 Qb2+ 31.Kb4 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Stepins,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 e6
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.h3 Qd8 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Nd2 b5 13.Be2 a5 14.a3 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Rg1  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Putka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "E15"]

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.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf4 O-O 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qc4 Ng7
16.Nc3 Ne6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Nd5 Rb8 19.Be3 Ba8 20.h4 Rc8 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qa4 Na5
23.g4 c4 24.gxh5 gxh5 25.Qc2 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Bxh4 27.Rad1 Rc7 28.Bh3 Kg7 29.Kh2 Rh8
30.Rg1+ Kf8 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Qg6 exd5 33.Qg7+ Ke8 34.Qxh8+ Ke7 35.Qh7+ Ke6
36.Rg6+  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kantans,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Qf3 Bg5 14.h4 Bh6 15.g4 f6
16.Rg1 Be6 17.Bd3 Ra7 18.Kf1 g6 19.Rd1 Kh8 20.Be2 Qa5 21.a3 bxa3 22.bxa3 Qc5
23.Qd3 Rd7 24.Rg2 Bg7 25.Kg1 f5 26.h5 fxe4 27.Qxe4 Rdf7 28.Qe3 gxh5 29.gxh5 Qxe3
30.fxe3 Bh6 31.Bg4 Bf5 32.Rf1 Bxg4 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Rxg4 Rf5 35.Kg2 Rxh5 36.Nf6 Rg5
37.Rxg5 Bxg5 38.Ne8 Be7 39.Nb4 Na5 40.Nd5 Bf8 41.Nb6 Nb7 42.Nd7 Be7 43.Nc7 a5
44.Kf3 h5 45.Nd5 Bd8 46.Nf8 Kg7 47.Ne6+ Kf7 48.Nxd8+ Nxd8 49.Nc3 Ke6 50.Kg3 Kf5
51.Kh4 Kg6 52.Nb5 Nb7 53.Nc7 Nc5 54.Nb5 Ne4 55.Na7  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.Bb2 f6 7.Nh4 e5 8.f4 d6
9.fxe5 dxe5 10.d3 Be6 11.Nd2 Bf7 12.O-O Ng6 13.Nf5 Nf4 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.bxc4 g6
16.Nh4 Bg7 17.Nf3 O-O 18.Bc1 Ne6 19.Be3 f5 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Nd2 Qd6 24.Qh5 Nd4 25.Nb3 Qe7 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.g3 Qe5 28.Kg2 Rf6 29.Rf2 Bh6
30.g4 Bf4 31.Nxc5 Rh6 32.Qxf5 Rxh2+ 33.Kf1 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qe3+ 35.Kf1 Qf3+
36.Ke1 Bg3+ 37.Kd2 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nxc3
9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Be3 e6 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Kd2 a6 14.Rb1 Bc5 15.Bd3 Ba4
16.f4 b5 17.f5 exf5 18.Nxf5 Ne6 19.Rhe1 O-O 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Re3 Rd8 22.Rb4 Kf8
23.Rh4 h6 24.Nd4 Rcd5 25.Nc6 Rc8 26.Nb4 Rdc5 27.Nxa6 Rxc3 28.Nb4 Rc1 29.Bf5 Rd1+
30.Ke2 Rcd8 31.Bxe6 R8d2+ 32.Kf3 fxe6 33.Rf4+ Ke7 34.Kg3 Rg1 35.Rf2 Rxf2
36.Kxf2 Rb1 37.Re4 Rb2+ 38.Kg3 Kd7 39.Rd4+ Kc7 40.a3 Rb3+ 41.Rd3 Kb6 42.Kf4 Rxd3
43.Nxd3 Bb3 44.h4 Bc4 45.Ke3 Bxd3 46.Kxd3 Ka5 47.Kd4 b4 48.axb4+ Kxb4 49.h5 Kb5
50.g4 Kb4 51.g5 Kb5 52.Ke4 Kc4 53.Kf4 Kd4 54.gxh6 gxh6 55.Kf3 Kxe5 56.Ke3 Kf5
57.Kf3 Kg5 58.Ke4 Kxh5  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hracek,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be6 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne2 Bd5 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Rd8 15.c3 Bf8
16.Bf4 Bc5 17.e6 Bxd4 18.exf7+ Bxf7 19.cxd4 Kd7 20.Be5 Rhg8 21.f4 h5 22.g4 Bd5
23.Kf2 g6 24.Kg3 a5 25.Kh4 a4 26.a3 Ra8 27.Rd2 Ra5 28.Re1 Rb5 29.Re3 Rb3
30.Rde2 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Re8 32.Kg5 hxg4 33.hxg4 Re6 34.Rh3 Be4 35.Bf6 b6 36.Rh7+ Kd6
37.Be5+ Kd5 38.Rxc7 Kc4 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Re8 41.f6 Rg8+ 42.Rg7 Rxg7+ 43.fxg7 Bd5
44.Bc7 b5 45.Bb6 Kb3 46.Bc5 Kxb2 47.Kf6 Kc3 48.Ke5 Kc4 49.Bb4 Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Neiksans,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.f3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Rc8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.b3 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.a4 Be8 17.Nde2 e6 18.Bd4 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rb1 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Ne5 22.Nd4 Nc6
23.Nce2 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Kg8 25.h3 Qe5 26.Re1 Qf6 27.Rbd1 Rc5 28.Qb4 Rd7 29.Rd2 Rh5
30.Red1 d5 31.exd5 exd5 32.Re1 Rd8 33.c5 Bd7 34.Ree2 Rh4 35.Qb6 Qg5 36.Re5 f5
37.f4 Rxf4 38.Nf3 Rxf3 39.gxf3 Bc6 40.f4 Qh4 41.Rd4 Qxh3+ 42.Kg1 Qg3+ 43.Kf1 Qf3+
44.Kg1 Qg3+ 45.Kf1 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.c3 h6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.b4 Nc8 10.a4 a5 11.b5 c5 12.Nb3 Ncb6 13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc4 15.Nfd2 Nb2
16.Qc1 Nd3 17.Qd1 Nb2 18.Qc1 Nd3 19.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Krivonosov,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.Ng1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nh4 Be4 8.Nd2 c5
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.g3 Rc8 11.c3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc5 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.Rad1 h6
16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Be3 Be7 18.b4 Na4 19.Rc1 Bxh4 20.gxh4 c5 21.Qxe4 O-O 22.b5 c4
23.Kh1 f5 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Rg1 Nc5 26.Qxc4 Qb7+ 27.Rg2 Ne4 28.Qd4 e5 29.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.Bg5 Bb7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Kh1 Qd6 12.Nb3 Qxd1 13.Raxd1 Rb8 14.Na4 Ba8 15.c5 bxc5
16.Naxc5 Bxc5 17.Nxc5 Rxb2 18.Bxa6 Rxa2 19.Bc8 O-O 20.Bxd7 Rc2 21.Nd3 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Lintchevski,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nb5 c5 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bb6 14.bxc5 Bxc5 15.c3 h6
16.Bh4 Rc8 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Burg,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.c3 Bd6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Nf3 f6
16.b4 Bb6 17.g4 fxe5 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 e4 20.Nd4 Qh4 21.Re3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Rxf5
23.Rg3 Qf6 24.Be3 a5 25.bxa5 Rxa5 26.Qb4 Qa6 27.Qe7 Rf7 28.Qe8+ Rf8 29.Qe5 Rf6
30.Bxh6 d4 31.Rxg7+ Kf8 32.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 a4 9.bxa4 dxc4
10.Nbd2 c3 11.Bxc3 Nd5 12.Bb2 Qa5 13.Qb3 Qxa4 14.Nc4 Qxb3 15.axb3 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 Na6
17.Nfe5 Ndc7 18.e3 Rd8 19.h4 f6 20.Nf3 c5 21.Nb6 Be6 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Nd4 Nxb3
24.Nxe6 Nxe6 25.Rb1 Nec5 26.Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Weller,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 h6 9.h3 O-O
10.d4 Bb6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Na5 14.Bc2 Bb7 15.Qb1 Qe7 16.e5 Nd5
17.Re1 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe3 19.fxe3 c5 20.Rf1 Bd5 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.b4 cxd4 23.bxa5 Qxe5
24.axb6 dxe3 25.Rf5 Qd4 26.Rxd5 Qxd5 27.Be4 Qd4 28.Bxa8 exd2+ 29.Kh2 Qd6+
30.g3 Re1  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yurtseven,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.c4 b4
16.f4 e4 17.Nd4 g6 18.Nc6 Bg7 19.Qxb4 Qxb4 20.Nxb4 Ng4 21.Rd2 e3 22.Re2 Nf2
23.Rg1 O-O 24.Nc6 Rfe8 25.g3 Ne4 26.Kc2 Nd2 27.Bg2 Nxc4 28.b3 Na3+ 29.Kd3 Nb5
30.Rc1 a5 31.a4 Nc7 32.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Na6 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.d6 Kf8
37.d7 Bf6 38.Kc4 Rd8 39.Nxd8 Bxd8 40.Kxc5 Ke7 41.Kc6 Ke6 42.Bd5+ Ke7 43.h4 Kf6
44.Kb7  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ali Marandi,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Bb7
9.d4 Bb6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.a4 exd4 14.cxd4 g5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Bxa8 17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Nxg5 d5 19.e5 Nxd4 20.Ba2 Nh7 21.Nxh7 Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg7
23.Qg4+ Kh6 24.h4 Ne6 25.Qf3 Qxh4 26.g3 Rg8 27.Kg2 d4 28.Qxa8 Nf4+ 29.Kg1 Rxg3+
30.fxg3 d3+ 31.Kf1 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bindrich,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 c5 12.Rd1 Kc8 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Nd5 g5 15.Nf6 b6 16.g4 Ne7
17.h4 gxh4 18.Nxh4 Ng8 19.f3 Nxf6 20.exf6 Rg8 21.Kf2 Bd6 22.Rh1 c4 23.Ng2 Bc5+
24.Kg3 Bd6+ 25.Nf4 cxb3 26.axb3 Bf5 27.Rac1 a5 28.Rxh6 a4 29.Rh5 Bg6 30.Rd5 a3
31.Be5 a2 32.Bxd6 cxd6 33.Rdd1 Kb7 34.Nd5 Rge8 35.Ne7 Bh7 36.g5 Ra5 37.Kf4 Rc5
38.Rxd6 Bxc2 39.b4 Rc4+ 40.Kg3 Bb1 41.Rd7+ Ka6 42.Rxc4 a1=Q 43.Rd5 Bh7 44.b5+ Kb7
45.Kf4 Qa2 46.Rd7+ Ka8 47.Rcc7 Bd3 48.g6 Bxb5 49.Ra7+ Qxa7 50.Rxa7+ Kxa7
51.g7 Bc4 52.Ke5 b5 53.Kd4 Kb6 54.g8=Q Rxg8 55.Nxg8 Be6 56.Ne7 b4 57.f4 Kc7
58.f5 Ba2 59.Ng6 Kd6 60.Ne5 Bd5 61.Nd3 b3 62.Nb2 Be6 63.fxe6 Kxe6 64.Kc3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Neg4
16.e5 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Bxf2 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.f5 c5 20.Bg5 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.Rd1 Qe7
23.f6 Qe6 24.Rd6 Qf5 25.Qxf5 gxf5 26.Nh4 Rfd8 27.Nxb5 Bf4 28.Nf3 a6 29.Nc7 Rxd6
30.exd6 Rd8 31.Nxa6 Bxd6 32.Bc4 h6 33.Nh4 Be5 34.Kg1 Rd4  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bluebaum,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 f6 7.b4 c4 8.Bf4 Nge7 9.h4 fxe5
10.dxe5 a5 11.Nbd2 axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 Ng6 14.Bg3 Qc7 15.b5 Ncxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.b6 Qb8 18.Bxc4 Bd6 19.Bb5+ Bd7 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Qa4 Bxb5 22.Qxb5+ Ke7 23.O-O Qd6
24.c4 Rc8 25.Re1 Rc5 26.Qb1 Bc3 27.Qxh7 Bxd2 28.Qxg7+ Kd8 29.Ra1 Qe7 30.Qe5 Rxc4
31.g3 Bc3 32.Ra8+ Kd7 33.Qe2 Bd4 34.Rb8 Kc6 35.h5 Kxb6 36.h6 Qc7 37.Rg8 Rc2
38.Qxe6+ Ka7 39.Qxd5 Bxf2+ 40.Kf1 Bb6 41.Rg7 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Nbd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 g5 12.O-O Be7 13.Rd1 Nf8 14.Qa4 Ng6 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Rxh3 18.Bg2 Rh4 19.d5 Ne5 20.Qd4 f6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.f4 gxf4
23.exf4 Nxg4 24.dxc6 Kf8 25.cxb7 Bc5+ 26.Kf1 Re8 27.Bf3 f5 28.b4 Bxb4 29.Bc6 Rb8
30.Rb1 Bc5 31.Rd7 Ne3+ 32.Ke2 Nc4 33.Rc7 Rh2+ 34.Kd3 Nd6 35.Bb2 Rh3+ 36.Kc2 Rh2+
37.Kd1 Rd8 38.Bxg7+ Kg8 39.Bd5+ Nf7 40.Rc8 Kxg7 41.Rxd8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Braeuer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nec6 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 cxd4
9.cxd4 Ba6 10.Bc2 Nb4 11.Ba4+ Nd7 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Re3 Nc6 14.Ne1 b5 15.Nxb5 Qb6
16.Rb3 Qa5 17.Nc3 Bc4 18.Rb7 Qa6 19.Rxd7 Kxd7 20.b3 Bb4 21.Qf3 Rhf8 22.Rb1 f5
23.bxc4 Qxc4 24.Bd2 Bxc3 25.Rb7+ Rc7 26.Bxc6+ Qxc6 27.Rxc7+ Kxc7 28.Bxc3 Rb8
29.h4 Qc4 30.Kh2 g6 31.Qe3 Kc8 32.Bd2 Rb2 33.Nd3 Rxa2 34.Nc5 Qc2 35.Qh6 Qxd2
36.Qf8+ Kc7 37.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.04.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Simacek,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 Nc5 10.Nc3 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Be7 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qd4 Rad8
16.Qa7 Nc6 17.Qxa6 Bg4 18.Nd1 Nb8 19.Qb7 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qf5 21.Ne3 Qxe5 22.Qxc7 Qxb2
23.Rfd1 Qf6 24.Qg3 d4 25.Ng4 Qb6 26.Ne5 Rd6 27.a4 Rd5 28.f4 f6 29.a5 Qxa5
30.Qh3 Re8 31.Rc8 Rdd8 32.b4 Qa7 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd4 Qa1+ 35.Kg2 Qa8+ 36.Kg3  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Ne5 a6
9.Nxg4 Nxg4 10.f3 Nf6 11.Qb3 b5 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Rae1 Nc4
16.Bc1 Qa5 17.Re2 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Nd1 Rfe8 20.Bb1 Rac8 21.g3 Nd7 22.Qd3 g6
23.f4 Bg7 24.Qxd5 Ncb6 25.Qd2 b4 26.Nf2 Nc5 27.Qe1 Qb5 28.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.04.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Saren,Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.h5 Nh6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bxh6 Bxh6 8.hxg6 hxg6
9.Qc1 Bg7 10.Rxh8+ Bxh8 11.Qh6 Bxd4 12.Qxg6+ Kd7 13.Qxf5+ Kc7 14.Qd3 Bg7
15.Nf3 Na6 16.O-O-O Nc5 17.Qe3 Qf8 18.Nd4 a6 19.f4 e5 20.Nb3 exf4 21.gxf4 Ne6
22.Rf1 Bh6 23.Qd2 Nxf4 24.e3 Nxg2 25.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lindborg,Pe"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5 7.cxb5 c6 8.Bg5 cxb5
9.e3 Bb7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Qd3 a6 14.O-O Nc6 15.Nd2 Na5
16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qf5 18.Qxf5 exf5 19.b4 Nb3 20.Rab1 Rc3 21.Rfd1 Rac8 22.Ne5 d6
23.Nd3 g5 24.h4 f6 25.g3 Kf7 26.h5 Ke6 27.d5+ Kd7 28.Kg2 Kc7 29.Kf3 Kb6 30.Kg2 R8c4
31.Nb2 Re4 32.Nd3 a5 33.bxa5+ Kxa5 34.Nb4 Ka4 35.Nc6 f4 36.Kf3  0-1

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akesson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.g3 Be7
9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.h5 Nh8 12.h6 g6 13.Nc3 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bf4 Nf7
16.Qd2 g5 17.Be3 Kh8 18.Kg2 Rg8 19.Rh1 Qe7 20.g4 Raf8 21.Rh3 Nd6 22.Bd3 Be8
23.Re1 Qd8 24.Ne5 Qc7 25.Rf3 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxa7 Rxf3 28.Rxe5 Rf4 29.Rxe6 Bc6
30.Qxf4 d4+ 31.Kg1 gxf4 32.Bxd4+ Rg7 33.hxg7+ Kg8 34.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bok,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 f6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 d5 8.Ba3 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nc3 c4 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.dxc4 dxc4 14.Qe2 Bf7 15.Red1 Qa5
16.Na4 O-O 17.Qe3 Rfd8 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.Nxc5 Ng6 20.Nb7 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nf4 22.Rd7 a5
23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxd8 Bg6 25.Nxc6 cxb3 26.axb3 Bxe4 27.Nxa5 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Nxh3+
29.Kf1 Kf7 30.b4 Ke6 31.c4 Nf4 32.Nb3 Kd6 33.b5 Ne6 34.b6 Kc6 35.c5 Kb7 36.Na5+ Ka6
37.b7 Ka7 38.c6 h5 39.Kg2 Kb8 40.Kg3 Nd4 41.f4 h4+ 42.Kxh4 exf4 43.Kg4 g5
44.Nc4 Nxc6 45.Kf5 Nd4+ 46.Kxf6 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qe2 Bb4+ 7.c3 Be7 8.e5 Nd5
9.Qg4 Kf8 10.Qe4 d6 11.c4 Nb6 12.Qxc6 Rb8 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Qb5 Nd7 15.exd6 Bxd6
16.Qg5 f6 17.Qh5 Qe7+ 18.Be2 Bxg2 19.Rg1 Be4 20.c5 Nxc5 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Bh6+ Kg8
23.O-O-O Bg6 24.Bc4+ Ne6 25.Qh3 Kf7 26.Nd5 Rxb2 27.Kxb2 Rb8+ 28.Bb3 Be5+
29.Nc3 c5 30.f4 c4 31.fxe5 cxb3 32.a4 Nc5 33.exf6 Qc7 34.Rd4 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Qxd8
36.Qe3 Qd6 37.Nb5 Nd3+ 38.Kb1 Ne5+ 39.Kb2 Nd3+ 40.Kb1 Nf2+ 41.Kc1 Qd1+ 42.Kb2 Nd3+
43.Ka3 Qa1+ 44.Kxb3 Qb2+ 45.Kc4 Qb4+ 46.Kd5 Be4+  0-1

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Ziegler,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 h5 7.Nc3 f6 8.Ne2 e5
9.Be3 Ng6 10.Nd2 d5 11.f3 Be7 12.Nf1 f5 13.g3 fxe4 14.fxe4 d4 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.O-O-O Be6 19.Qa5 c4 20.Nd2 cxd3 21.cxd3 Rb8 22.Kb1 O-O
23.Nc1 Rb5 24.Qa4 Rfb8 25.Ncb3 c5 26.Nc4 h4 27.gxh4 Nf4 28.h5 Rb4 29.Qc6 Bxc4
30.dxc4 R4b6 31.Qa4 Qb7 32.Qa3 Ra6 33.Nxc5 Rxa3 34.Nxb7 Rxb7  0-1

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.06"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qe2 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bc5 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Ne4 Be7 11.c4 Nb6 12.Qh5 d5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Qf3 Nd7
16.O-O Ne5 17.Qd1 d5 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Bc2 Ba6 20.Re1 Rfd8 21.Qxd5 cxd5 22.Bg5 Bxg5
23.Nxg5 Nc6 24.Ba4 Rac8 25.Rad1 h6 26.Nf3 Nb4 27.Nd4 Nd3 28.Re2 Rc4 29.Bb5 Bxb5
30.Nxb5 a6 31.b3 Rc1 32.Rd2 Re8 33.Rxc1 Nxc1 34.Rd1 axb5 35.Rxc1 Re2 36.Ra1 b4
37.Kf1 Rb2 38.Rd1 Rxa2 39.Rxd5 Rb2 40.Rd3 Kg7 41.g3 Kf6 42.Re3 Kf5 43.Kg2 h5
44.h3 g5 45.g4+ hxg4 46.hxg4+ Kf4 47.Rd3 Ke5 48.Kf3 Rc2 49.Ke3 Rb2 50.Kf3 Rb1
51.Ke3 f6 52.Kf3 Rc1 53.Ke3 Rh1 54.Ke2 Rb1 55.Kf3 Rg1 56.Rd8 Rh1 57.Ke3 Rb1
58.Rd3 Rg1 59.Kf3 Rh1 60.Ke2 Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Forsberg,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Be3 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Qe7 10.f3 d5 11.Ne2 O-O-O 12.Ng3 Bh6 13.h4 Ne8 14.Qe2 Bg7 15.Qf2 Bf6
16.Ne2 h6 17.Nh3 Bxh4 18.g3 Bf6 19.O-O-O Nd6 20.Rh2 Bg7 21.Rdh1 Rhf8 22.Qg2 Qf6
23.Neg1 dxe4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.c3 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Rd3 27.Nf2 Rxe3 28.Ng4 Rxc3+
29.Kb2 Qd8 30.Kxc3 e4+ 31.Kc2 Qd3+ 32.Kc1 Qxa3+  0-1

[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2016.05.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Thorn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.Nbd2 Rc8
16.h3 Bh5 17.d5 Nfd7 18.a4 Bf6 19.Ra2 Re8 20.g4 Bg6 21.a5 Na8 22.Nf1 Nc7
23.Ng3 b4 24.Bd3 Bc3 25.Bd2 Bxd2 26.Qxd2 Qf6 27.Kg2 Rb8 28.h4 h6 29.Rc2 Nb5
30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Qd8 32.Rh1 Ne5 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Bxb5 Rxb5 35.d6 Qa8 36.f3 Rd8
37.Rcc1 Qc6 38.Rcd1 Rb7 39.Nf5 Bxf5 40.exf5 Rbd7 41.Kg3 Rxd6 42.Qh2 Kf8 43.Qh8+ Ke7
44.Qxg7 Rxd1 45.Qxe5+ Kd7 46.Rxd1+ Kc8 47.Rxd8+ Kxd8 48.f6  1-0

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wang,Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "C02"]

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.g3 Rg4 12.Rd2 Nxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Bd3 Bb5 15.O-O Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Rc8 17.Na3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 a6 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Qxh7 b5 21.Kg2 Qc3 22.Rxb5 Qxa3
23.Rb7 Qf8 24.Qd3  1-0

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bd7 15.exf5 Nb8
16.a4 Bxb5 17.axb5 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 Nd7 19.Qa7 O-O 20.O-O Nf6 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.b6 Qd7
23.c4 e4 24.b7 Qc7 25.Nc6 Qxc6 26.b8=Q Rxb8 27.Qxb8+ Ng8 28.Qb5 Qc8 29.b4 Be5
30.Qd5 Qxf5 31.f4 exf3 32.Qxf3 Qg5 33.Qxf7 Qh4 34.g3 Bxg3 35.hxg3 Qxg3+ 36.Kh1 Qh3+
37.Kg1 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valencia,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nc2 Qa5 11.f4 Rad8 12.a3 Qc7 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.g4 Bc8 15.f5 Nd7
16.Nb4 e6 17.Bg5 Nf6 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.g5 Bh8 21.f6 h6 22.h4 b6
23.Qf4 Bb7 24.Rcd1 a6 25.Nc2 Rc8 26.Ne3 Rfd8 27.a4 Qc7 28.b4 Bc6 29.Ng4 Nxg4
30.Bxg4 a5 31.h5 gxh5 32.g6 fxg6 33.Qxh6  1-0

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bitan,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "C02"]

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.Be3 f6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Bd3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Bh6 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Nb3 f5 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.O-O Qd8 19.Rf3 Rf6 20.Bb5 a5 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.a4 Ng6
23.Rh3 Bf8 24.Qh5 Rf7 25.Nd3 Bd6 26.Rf1 Bd7 27.g4 Rg7 28.Kh1 fxg4 29.Qxg4 Bc8
30.Qh5 b6 31.Ne2 Raa7 32.Nef4 Raf7 33.Rg3 Bd7 34.Rfg1 Bxb5 35.axb5 Bxf4 36.exf4 Qf6
37.Ne5 Nxe5 38.fxe5 Qe7 39.Qh6 Rxg3 40.Rxg3+ Kh8 41.Kg2 Rf8 42.Rg6 Rg8 43.Rg3 Rf8
44.Kh3 Qf7 45.Kh4 Qe7+ 46.Kh3 Qf7 47.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sethuraman,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.cxd6 Nd5 15.gxf3 Qg5+
16.Kh1 Qh5 17.Be2 Nxc3 18.Rg1 Nf6 19.Bb2 Na4 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.e4 Rxd6 22.e5  1-0

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Findlay,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exd5 a5
16.a3 Kg8 17.Rhe1 Rc5 18.Re3 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Qxb4 Qa8 21.Bc4 Rb8 22.Ra3 Rxb4
23.Rxa8+ Kg7 24.b3 Rb7 25.Rd4 h5 26.Kd2 Bb5 27.Ra5 g5 28.h4 Kf6 29.g3 Ke5
30.Re4+ Kf6 31.Ke3 gxh4 32.Rxh4 Kg6 33.Kd4 e5+ 34.dxe6 fxe6 35.Bxe6 Be2 36.Rxc5 dxc5+
37.Ke3 Bd1 38.Bd5  1-0

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sambuev,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.h3 a6
9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O-O g6 13.Nh2 Bxh2 14.Rxh2 Qxg5 15.h4 Qh6
16.Rg1 Ndf6 17.c5 e5 18.Qf5 Rfe8 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.hxg5 Nd7 21.Bxh5 gxh5 22.b4 a5
23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Nf8 25.Ne2 Bc8 26.f4 Bg4 27.fxe5 Ng6 28.d4 Ra4 29.Kc2 Rxb4
30.Ra1 Bf5+ 31.Kc1 h4 32.Ng1 Rc4+ 33.Kd1 b4 34.Ra6 b3 35.Ke1 h3 36.Rb6 Rc2
37.Rxc2 bxc2 38.Nxh3 Bxh3 39.Rxc6 Bf5 40.Rf6 Ne7 41.Kd2 Rc8 42.Ba3 Be4 43.e6 fxe6
44.Rxe6 Nc6 45.Kc3 Kf7 46.Rf6+ Ke7 47.Bc1 Nd8 48.Ra6 Nc6 49.Bb2 Kf7 50.Ra1 Kg6
51.Rg1 Rb8 52.Rg4 Nb4 53.Ba3 Na2+ 54.Kd2 Rb3 55.Rxe4 dxe4 56.Kxc2 Rxa3  0-1

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Haessel,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.g3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6
16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Nf5 20.Kf2 Kf7 21.Rh1 Rag8 22.Rxh5 Rc8
23.g4 Ne7 24.Ne4 b6 25.Re1 Nd5 26.Bg3 Nb4 27.Bxc7 Kg8 28.Nd6 Rxc7 29.Rxe6 Nxc2
30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Reh8  1-0

[Event "11th Edmonton GM 2016"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2016.06.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 O-O
16.Rxa4 a5 17.h4 Bh6 18.b5 Bd7 19.Nc3 d5 20.exd5 e4 21.Be2 f5 22.d6 Kh8 23.g3 f4
24.Rxe4 Bf5 25.Re5 Qf6 26.Qd5 fxg3 27.fxg3 Qg6 28.g4 Bc8 29.Ne4 Bb7 30.h5 Qxe4
31.Qxe4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rfd8 33.Rd4 Bc1 34.d7 Bxb2 35.Rd5 Rb7 36.O-O g6 37.h6 Ba3
38.Rf7 a4 39.Re5 Rbb8 40.Bc4 Bf8 41.Kg2 a3 42.Ba2 Bd6 43.Re6 Bf8 44.b6  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bluebaum,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Nh5 10.Bh2 f5 11.Be2 f4 12.e4 Nd7 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ng7 15.Qc1 g5
16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Re1 h5 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bxf4 h3 20.Bf1 Nf6 21.Ng5 hxg2+ 22.Bxg2 Ng4
23.Qd2 Qf6 24.Nh3 Nxf2+ 25.Qxf2 Bxh3 26.Bxh3 Qxf4 27.Qg2 Rae8 28.Rf1 Qh4
29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Rg1 Qf6 31.Qg6 b5 32.Qxh5 Qf3+ 33.Qxf3 Rxf3 34.Bd7 Kf7 35.Bxb5 Rxc3
36.Rf1+ Ke7 37.a4 Nh5 38.Kg2 Re3 39.Rf5 Nf6 40.Rg5 Kf7 41.e5 Rxe5 42.Rxe5 dxe5
43.Kf3 Ke7  0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Burrows,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[ECO "E15"]

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.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf4 Nh5 14.Qh6 Bf8 15.Qe3 Qe7
16.Nc3 Nb4 17.Nb5 d5 18.exd5 O-O-O 19.Nxa7+ Kb8 20.Qa3 Nc2 21.Qa4 Nxa1 22.Re1 Qd7
23.Nb5 Bxd5 24.Ne5 Qb7 25.Nd7+ Qxd7 26.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Percivaldi,Martin"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.c5 d6 7.cxd6 cxd6 8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O Nc6
10.Bf4 Be7 11.a3 b4 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rfc1 a5 16.Na4 Ne4
17.Qb2 Rc8 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Rc1 Qa8 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.Nd7 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Bc6 23.Ndc5 Nxc5
24.Nxc5 Bb5 25.Bf1 Qc6 26.Bd2 e5 27.Bxb4 axb4 28.e3 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 f5 30.Kg1 e4
31.h4 Kf7 32.Qa1 Bxc5 33.Qc1 g6 34.dxc5 Ke6 35.Qc2 Kd7 36.Kg2 Qb5 37.Qc1 Qc6
38.Qc2 Qb5 39.Qc1 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Akdag,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 d6
9.Nh3 Qa5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bd2 Qxa6 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.b3 Bb7 14.a4 g5 15.Nh3 Nfxd5
16.Nxg5 h6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Nf3 Bxa1 19.Qxa1 Bxb3 20.Bxh6 e5 21.Qc1 f6 22.Qb1 Bf7
23.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Schroeder,Ja"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.a4 a6
9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Ba2 Qxd3 11.a5 Nd7 12.Bb1 Qd6 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Nge4 Bf5
16.Nxd6 Bxc2 17.Nxb7 Bxb1 18.Nxc5 Bc2 19.Nc4 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Re1 f5 22.f3 Bc2
23.Nxe5 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 c5 26.Rac1 Ba4 27.c4 Kf7 28.Kf1 Rad8 29.Rc3 Rd2
30.b3 Bd7 31.Ree3 Ra2 32.Rcd3 Be6 33.Bc7 g5 34.Re5 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kf1 Ra1+
37.Ke2 Ra2+ 38.Kd1 Rxg2 39.Rxc5 f4 40.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Haug,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 d5 12.cxd5 Qxd5+ 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Qa4 c5 15.Rfd1 Qb7
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qc4 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Rfd8 19.b4 Ne4 20.Qe5 Nf6 21.b5 h6 22.a4 a6
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rc1 axb5 25.Rc7 Qd5 26.axb5 Qxe5 27.Nxe5 Rd5 28.Rc8+ Kh7
29.Nxf7 Rxb5 30.Rc6 e5 31.Re6 e4 32.Nd6 Rb4 33.e3 h5 34.h3 Kg8 35.Nf5 Kf8
36.Rc6 Rb2 37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Rc6 b5 39.Rc5 b4 40.Rb5 Nd7 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kg6
43.Ne7+ Kf7 44.Nc6 Nf6 45.Kg3 b3 46.g5 Nh7 47.Nd4 Nf8 48.Rb8 Nh7 49.Rb7+ Kg6
50.Kg4 Nf8 51.Nf5 Ne6 52.Rb6 Kf7 53.g6+ Kf6 54.Nd4  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Andersen,Mad"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Ne7 8.Be3 Ng6
9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 c5 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxd6+ cxd6 15.f4 Be6
16.Qb6 Ng4 17.Rae1 Qc6 18.Qxc6+ bxc6 19.e5 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 dxe5 21.Ne4 Ke7 22.fxe5 f5
23.Nxc5 Rhd8 24.b3 Rd2 25.Rd3 Rxa2 26.c4 Ra5 27.Nxe6 Kxe6 28.Rd6+ Kxe5 29.Rxc6 Rb8
30.Rf3 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Ra2+ 32.Kg3 a5 33.Rd3 Ke4 34.Rcd6 f4+ 35.Kh3 Rb2 36.R6d4+ Ke5
37.Rd5+ Ke4 38.R5d4+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.b4 a5
9.b5 c5 10.bxc6 Nxc6 11.Bd3 a4 12.Qc2 Na5 13.Qxa4 Be4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.Bd2 Qc7
16.Bxa5 Rxa5 17.Qb3 Rfa8 18.O-O Ra4 19.Rfc1 h6 20.h3 f5 21.Ne5 d6 22.c5  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.cxd5 Qxb3 10.axb3 cxd5 11.Bg5 e6 12.Ne5 Nfd7 13.e4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe5 15.dxe5 dxe4
16.Bxe4 Nc6 17.f4 h6 18.Bf6 Rfc8 19.Rfd1 Rc7 20.Rd2 Nb4 21.Bd8 Rcc8 22.Be7 Nc6
23.Bf6 Bxf6 24.exf6 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Rxa7 Rb8 28.Rc7 Rxb3
29.Rxc6 Rxb2 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Rc7 g5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Rxf7+ Kg6 34.Rf8 Rb1+
35.Kg2 Rb2+ 36.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2016"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tarjan,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.b3 Bg7
16.d5 Rc8 17.Be3 c6 18.c4 Nb6 19.Qe2 cxd5 20.cxd5 Nbxd5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Rac1 Nc3
23.Qd2 Nxa2 24.Ra1 Nc3 25.Bh6 Bh8 26.Nh2 b4 27.Ng4 d5 28.f4 e4 29.f5 d4 30.Bg5 Qd5
31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 h5 34.Nh6+ Kh7 35.Re7 gxf5 36.Nxf7  1-0

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gevorgyan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.c4 Be6 12.Ng5 Nxc4 13.Qd3 Bxg5 14.hxg5 g6 15.Bf4 Qb6
16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 d5 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Be5 h5 20.Bf6 Bd5 21.Rh2 Rfe8 22.g4 Re1+
23.Kd2 Rh1 24.Rxh1 Bxh1 25.gxh5 gxh5 26.Rh4 Bf3 27.Ke3 Bd1 28.f3 Re8+ 29.Kf4 Bxc2
30.Rxh5 Bh7 31.Rh2 b5 32.b3 cxb3 33.axb3 c5 34.Ra2 Ra8 35.Ra5 a6 36.Ke5 Bd3
37.Ra2 Re8+ 38.Kd5 Kh7 39.Kxc5 Re6 40.Rd2 Be2 41.f4 Kg6 42.Be5 Bf3 43.Rh2 Bd1
44.b4 Bb3 45.Rh8 Kf5 46.Ra8 Bc4 47.Bd6 Ke4 48.Rxa6 Re8 49.Be5 Rc8+ 50.Kd6 Re8
51.Ra5 Rd8+ 52.Ke7 Rc8 53.Ra6 Bd5 54.Kf6 Rg8 55.f5 Kd3 56.Ra1 Kc4 57.Rd1 Rd8
58.Ke7 Rg8 59.Rd4+ Kb3 60.Rxd5 Rxg5 61.Kf6 Rh5 62.Rxb5  1-0

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Egorov,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.Bg3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 e5 11.e4 d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.b4 O-O 15.a3 Rc8
16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 Nxa5 18.Rfb1 b6 19.Rb5 Qf6 20.Nh2 Be6 21.Qb4 Bc4 22.f4 Bxb5
23.axb5 Rc5 24.Nf3 Rfc8 25.Kf2 g6 26.Qb1 h5 27.Ra4 Nc4 28.Ra7 R5c7 29.Rxc7 Rxc7
30.Qa2 Ne3 31.Qa8+ Kg7 32.Qe8 Ra7 33.Nexd4 exd4 34.e5 Ng4+ 35.Ke2 Ndxe5  0-1

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan,Ho"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.Qc2 h5 10.O-O-O Ng4 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.Qe2 Rxh2 13.Qxg4 Rxh1 14.Rxh1 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Qg5 d6 17.b3 b5 18.Rh8 Kd7 19.Qh5 Ke7 20.c5 f6 21.b4 Qe8 22.cxd6+ Kd7
23.Qg4 Qf7 24.Bc5 Bxd6 25.Rh7 Rg8 26.Qd1 Qe7 27.a4 Kc7 28.Bxd6+ Qxd6 29.Qxd6+ Kxd6
30.axb5 axb5 31.Nxb5+ Ke5 32.f3 Kf4 33.Nd4 Kg3 34.Kd2 Kxg2 35.Ke3 Bc8 36.b5 f5
37.b6 g5 38.b7 f4+ 39.Ke2 e5 40.Rg7 Bxb7 41.Rxg8 Ba6+ 42.Ke1 exd4 43.e5 Kxf3
44.Rxg5 Bc4 45.Rg6 Ke3 46.Rc6 Bd5 47.Rc5 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mosadeghpour,Masoud"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.h4 b5 12.Qf2 Na4 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nxa4 bxa4
16.Bxa7 Rb7 17.Bc5 Bb5 18.Rh3 h5 19.f5 exf5 20.Bxb5 Rxb5 21.Bd4 Qd7 22.Qe2 g6
23.e6 fxe6 24.Re3 Kf7 25.Re1 Re8 26.g4 hxg4 27.Rf1 Rb4 28.c3 Rc4 29.b3 axb3
30.axb3 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Qa7 32.Kb1 Bf6  0-1

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mousavi,Se"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Nc2 Qb6
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.O-O a5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Ne3 Be6 13.g3 h6 14.Ng2 g5 15.Be3 Be7
16.h4 Rg8 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.a3 a4 19.Rc1 f4 20.gxf4 Bg4 21.fxg5 Bxg5 22.Re1 Bd8
23.e6 fxe6 24.Bf4 Bc7 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.Re3 Qg7 27.Qf1 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Nxd4 29.Rg3 Qf7
30.Rxg8+ Qxg8 31.Qd3 Qg7 32.Kf1 Qh6 33.f4 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Qxc1 35.Qxd4 O-O-O
36.Ne3 Rg8 37.Qe5 Qc6 38.f5 d4 39.Qxd4 exf5 40.Qe5 Qe4 41.Qxe4 fxe4 42.Nd5 Rf8+
43.Ke2 Rf3 44.Nc3 Kc7 45.Nxa4 Kd6  0-1

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gholami Orimi,Mahdi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 e5
9.h3 e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Be2 a6 13.g4 b5 14.c5 Bc7 15.Rdg1 a5 16.g5 N6d7
17.Nd1 f5 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.h4 Bf5 20.Nf1 a4 21.Ng3 Bxg3 22.Rxg3 axb3 23.axb3 b4
24.Rhg1 Ne6 25.Qd2 Qa5 26.Qc2 Ra7 27.h5 Rf7 28.h6 g6 29.Qb1 Qa8 30.Qc2 Kf8
31.Kd2 g5 32.Ke1 g4 33.f4 exf3 34.Qxf5 fxe2 35.Kxe2 Ne4 36.Qxg4 Nf4+ 37.Ke1 Nd3+
38.Ke2 Qa6  0-1

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Petrosian,DG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.cxd4 f6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 fxe5 13.N4f3 e4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rxe4 b5
16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Rxe6 Rc8 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.h3 a5 21.Rd1 Qxa2 22.Qxb5 Rb8
23.Qd5+ Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Rb4 25.Rxb4 axb4 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Rc8 28.g3 Rc1+
29.Kg2 Rc2 30.b3 Rb2 31.Re3 h5 32.Kf3 Kf7 33.Rd3 Kf6 34.Ke3 Kf5 35.f4 Rg2
36.Kf3 Rb2 37.g4+ hxg4+ 38.hxg4+ Kf6 39.Ke4 h6 40.Rg3 Rd2 41.g5+ hxg5 42.fxg5+ Kg6
43.Ke5 Rd8 44.Rg4 Rb8 45.Kd5 Kf5 46.Rg1 Kg6 47.Kc5 Rb7 48.Rg4 Rb8 49.Rxb4 Rc8+
50.Kd6 Kxg5 51.Rb7 Kf5 52.b4 Rd8+ 53.Kc7 Rh8 54.b5 Ke6 55.Rb8 Rh5 56.Kc6 Ke7
57.b6  1-0

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gabuzyan,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O a6 8.e5 Ne8 9.Bf4 Bg4
10.Ne4 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nd7 13.Rad1 Nd6 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Rfe1 e6 16.g4 Re8
17.Qf3 Qe7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Rad8 20.Kg2 g5 21.Bg3 Nh7 22.b3 f5 23.gxf5 Nxf5
24.d5 cxd5 25.cxd5 Nf6 26.Nc4 g4 27.Qf4 Nxg3 28.hxg3 b5 29.Ne3 b4 30.Nf5 Qf8
31.dxe6 Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Qc5 33.Nxh6+ Kh7 34.Nxg4 Rxe6 35.Rxe6 Qd5+ 36.Qf3 Qxe6
37.Nxf6+ Bxf6 38.Ne3 Qd6 39.Qh5+ Kg8 40.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "13th Avicenna Open 2016"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.g3 b5
9.Bg2 Ra7 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bxc5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Ke7
16.Rd2 Bb7 17.O-O Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nd7 19.Rfd1 b4 20.Bh5 a5 21.Ra1 Rb8 22.a3 Nc5
23.axb4 Rxb4 24.b3 Ne4 25.Rd3 f5 26.Bf3 Nd6 27.Rad1 Rb6 28.Rc3 Nb5 29.Rc5 Rc7
30.Rxc7+ Nxc7 31.Rd4 Rb4 32.Rd1 Nb5 33.Ra1 Nd4 34.Bd1 Rb5 35.Kf1 Rc5 36.Ke1 Nxc2+
37.Bxc2 Rxc2 38.Rxa5 Rb2 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grandelius,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 Nc7 11.Bd3 c4 12.Be4 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.O-O Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.Nd4 Bc5
17.Be3 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Nd7 19.a4 b4 20.Ne4 Qxd5 21.Nxd6 Nb6 22.a5 Qxd4 23.Bxd4 Nbd5
24.Nxc4 Ne6 25.Bf2 Nexf4 26.g3 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 Nxf2 28.Rxf2 Rac8 29.b3 Nc3 30.Re1 Rxf2+
31.Kxf2 Kf8 32.Ke3 Re8+ 33.Kd2 Rxe1 34.Kxe1 Nb5 35.Kf2 Nd4 36.Nd2 Nc6 37.a6 Ke7
38.Ke3 Kd6 39.Ke4 Kc5 40.Nf3 Nb8 41.Ng5 Nxa6 42.Ne6+ Kd6 43.Nxg7 Nc5+ 44.Kd4 Nxb3+
45.Kc4 Nd2+ 46.Kxb4 Nf1 47.Nh5 Nxh2 48.Nf6 h6 49.g4 Kc6 50.Ka5 Kb7 51.Kb5 a6+
52.Ka5 Ka7 53.Ka4 Kb6 54.Nd7+ Kc6 55.Ne5+ Kd5 56.Nf7 Nxg4 57.Nxh6 Nxh6 58.Ka5  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Ngf3 a5 8.O-O Na6
9.e5 Nd7 10.c3 Naxc5 11.Bb5 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 e5 15.Bxd7 Bxd7
16.Nxe5 Re8 17.Bf4 Bf5 18.Rfe1 Ra6 19.Qd2 Rae6 20.Nf3 Be4 21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Bc2
23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.b4 a4 25.Be5 Bb3 26.Re1 Qg5 27.h3 h5 28.Re3 Kh7 29.Kh2 b5
30.Qd3+ Qg6 31.Qxb5 Qf5 32.Qe2 Bc4 33.Qe1 Qc2 34.Bd4 Re4 35.f3 Rxe3 36.Qxe3 Bf1
37.Qg5 Qg6 38.Qd2 Bb5 39.Be5 Bc4 40.Qf2 Qf5 41.Qg3 Qg6 42.Qxg6+ Kxg6 43.g4 hxg4
44.fxg4 Kf7 45.h4  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Ng8 9.d5 Nce7
10.c4 b5 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nh4 f4 13.g3 fxg3 14.f4 Nf6 15.fxe5 Bg4 16.Qd3 Nxh5
17.e6 Ng6 18.Nxg6 Qf6 19.Qf1 Bf3 20.Rg1 Be7 21.Nxh8 Qd4 22.Rg2  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Nbd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Be2 Bb4 12.Kf1 dxc4 13.Qxc4 c5 14.Qb5 cxd4 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.Nb5 d3 17.Bxd3 O-O-O 18.Be2 Bd2 19.Kg2 Bxc1 20.Raxc1+ Kb8 21.Rhd1 Nfd5
22.Nd4 Rc8 23.Nf3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 f6 25.Bd3 g5 26.Nd4 Re8 27.a3 a6 28.Bb1 Nd7
29.Ba2 Nc7 30.Kg3 Ne5 31.Rd1 Ng6 32.Nb3 f5 33.Nc5 f4+ 34.Kf3 Rh8 35.Ke4 Rxh3
36.Rd8+ Ka7 37.Rd7 Kb6 38.Rxg7 fxe3 39.Nd7+ Kc6 40.fxe3 Nd5 41.Bxd5+ exd5+
42.Kd4 Nh4 43.Ne5+ Kb6 44.Kxd5 Ng2 45.Nc4+ Ka7 46.Kd4 Rg3 47.Rxg5 b5 48.Rg7+ Kb8
49.Nd6 Rxe3 50.Kc5 Nf4 51.Rb7+ Ka8 52.Rf7 Ng6 53.Kb6  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Bf6 17.Rxb7 O-O 18.Nxe7+ Kg7 19.Nxc6 Rfe8+ 20.Kd1 Qxa2 21.Nb4 Qa1+
22.Qc1 Qd4+ 23.Qd2 Qa1+ 24.Qc1 Qd4+ 25.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 O-O 11.Be3 c5 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf5 Qf6 15.a3 Nc5
16.Qh4 Qxf5 17.axb4 Na4 18.f3 Be6 19.Rd2 Qb1 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.fxe4 Bxc4+ 22.Kf3 Be6
23.Bb5 Nb6 24.Ra1 a6 25.Bxb6 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxd8 h5 29.h4 f6
30.g3 Kf7 31.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nc3 b4 14.Ne2 exd4 15.Nexd4 Nc5
16.Bf4 Nfd7 17.a3 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.axb4 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 Bxb4 21.Red1 Rb8
22.Ne1 Be7 23.Nd3 f6 24.Nbc5 a5 25.Qc3 Ra8 26.Nb3 Be6 27.Rxa5 Qb6 28.Rda1 Rxa5
29.Rxa5 Rd8 30.Nbc5 Bf7 31.Ra6 Qc7 32.b3 h5 33.Qa5 Qxa5 34.Rxa5 h4 35.Ra7 Bf8
36.f3 Bd6 37.Kf2 Rc8 38.Ke2 Kf8 39.Nd7+ Ke8 40.N7c5 Be7 41.Na6 Bd8 42.Rb7 Ba5
43.Ndc5 Kf8 44.Kd3 Rd8+ 45.Rd7 Rxd7+ 46.Nxd7+ Ke7 47.Ndc5 Be1 48.b4 Be8 49.Ke2 Bc3
50.Na4 Bd4 51.N6c5 Kd6 52.Nb3 Bg1 53.Nc3 Bf7 54.Kd3 Bf2 55.Nd2 Kd7 56.Nd1 Bg1
57.Ne3 g6 58.c5 Be6 59.Ndc4 Ke7 60.Na5 Bd7 61.Nec4 Bf2 62.Nb6 Be8 63.Nc8+ Kd8
64.Nd6 Bd7 65.Kc3 Kc7 66.Nac4 Kd8 67.Kb3 Be6 68.Ka4 Kc7 69.Ka5 Bd4 70.Ne8+ Kd8
71.Ncd6 Ke7 72.Kb6 Bc3 73.Nc7 Bb3 74.Kxc6  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Nc8 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nb6
9.a4 a5 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Ne2 N6d7 12.h4 c5 13.c3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bxh4 15.Nxh4 Qxh4
16.Qb5 Ra7 17.Ra3 O-O 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Bg5 Qe4 20.Nc3 Qf5 21.Qe2 f6 22.Nb5 Ra6
23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Rf3 Qg6 26.Qe5 Nd7 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 28.Qb8+ Qe8
29.Qxb7 Rc6 30.Nc7 Qd7 31.Qa8+ Ng8 32.Nb5 Rc2 33.Qxa5 Rxb2 34.Qc3 Re2 35.Re1 Rxe1+
36.Qxe1 Ne7 37.Qb4 Kg8 38.Qc5 Qd8 39.Nd6 Qa8 40.Qc7 Nf5  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.15"]
[White "Ferreira,Jor1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d4 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.Ne5 e6 10.f4 Be7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rf3 Ne4 13.Rh3 f5 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qh5 Nf6
16.Qh4 h6 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Ng6+ Kh7 19.Nxf8+ Qxf8 20.Nd1 Rc8 21.Qe1 b4 22.Nf2 Rc2
23.Qd1 Qc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Qc4 26.g4 Qxa2 27.g5 Nd5 28.Rg3 Qb1 29.h4 Bc6
30.gxh6 Bxh4 31.Rxg7+ Kxh6 32.Rg8 Nxe3 33.Rh8+ Kg7 34.Qh5 Qxc1+ 35.Kh2 Bg3+  0-1

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzida,Kamil"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.a4 c5 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Nc3 c4 13.Ba2 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 a5
16.f4 Ng4 17.Qd4 Ba6 18.h3 Qf6 19.Rd1 Rfe8 20.hxg4 Re1+ 21.Kf2 Qh4+ 22.g3 Qh2+
23.Kxe1 Re8+ 24.Be3 c3 25.Rd3 Qg1+ 26.Ke2 Qxa1 27.bxc3 Qxa2 28.Kf3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 Qxa4
30.cxb4 Qxb4 31.Bd4 a4 32.Bc3 Qc5 33.Qd4 Qxd4 34.Bxd4 a3 35.c4 a2  0-1

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Smieszek,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.e5 Ng4 15.Ne4 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 dxe5 17.fxe5 c4 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.exf6 Nd7 20.Qh6 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Qxf6
22.Be4 Nc5 23.Rae1 Qg7 24.Qh4 Bb7 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nh3 Rae8 27.Bf3 Nd3 28.Rxe8 Rxe8
29.d6 g5 30.Qg3 Bxf3 31.Qxf3 Rd8 32.Qc6 Ne5 33.Qd5 Rd7 34.Re1 Nd3 35.Re8+ Kh7
36.Qf5+ Qg6 37.Nxg5+ hxg5 38.Qh3+ Qh6 39.Rh8+ Kxh8 40.Qxh6+ Kg8 41.Qxg5+ Kf8
42.Qf6  1-0

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kucza,Karol"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Kh1 Ng4 12.Bg1 Rxf4 13.dxc5 Nf6 14.Qd2 e5 15.Rfd1 Rf5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5+ Qxd5 18.Rxd5 Be6 19.Rd2 e4 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxc5
22.Bg4 e3 23.Rdd1 e2 24.Bxe2 Rd8 25.Bxc5 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxc5 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Rc1 b5
29.b3 Re5 30.Bxc4+ bxc4 31.bxc4 Kf7 32.Kg1 Re2 33.c5 Ke8 34.c6 Kd8 35.Rd1+ Kc8
36.Rd7 Rxa2 37.Rxg7 h5 38.h4 Ra4 39.g3 Ra2 40.Rh7 a5 41.Rxh5 Kc7 42.Rc5 a4
43.h5 a3 44.h6 Rb2 45.Ra5 a2 46.h7 Rb8 47.Rxa2 Kxc6 48.Ra7 Kd6 49.g4 Ke6
50.g5 Kf5 51.Rg7 Rb1+ 52.Kf2 Rb2+ 53.Ke3 Rh2 54.g6  1-0

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Woloch,Oskar"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.a3 Nf8 11.h3 a5 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Ng6
16.Bc3 Nxc5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Bxg7 Ne4 19.Bd4 c5 20.Bc3 b5 21.b3 Bf5 22.g4 Ng5
23.gxf5 Nxf3+ 24.Kh1 Qd6 25.Kg2 Nh4+ 26.Kh1 d4 27.Bd2 Nf3 28.Kg2 d3 29.Qc3 Qh2+
30.Kxf3 Qxh3+ 31.Kf4 Re4+  0-1

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mazurkiewicz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bd2 Nxe5 6.e4 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nf3 Nxf3+
9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.Qg3 g4 11.f4 h5 12.O-O-O Nd4 13.f5 Rg8 14.Bf4 b5 15.cxb5 Bb7
16.Bc4 Qe7 17.Rd2 O-O-O 18.Rhd1 h4 19.Qe3 Rde8 20.Rxd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Qb6 6.h3 Nh6 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.Rg1 Ng3 9.Bd3 Na6
10.Kf2 Nf5 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Be3 c5 13.Nxd5 Qd8 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Qxd4 O-O
17.Qc5 Bb7 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Rad1 Qb8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Rc7 Bb7 22.f5 Rd8 23.f6 Bf8
24.e6 Bd5 25.Nxg6+ fxg6 26.e7 Bf7 27.Bd4 Kg8 28.Re1 Rc8 29.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 30.Ree7 Qd8
31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Rxf7 Rc8 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Rd7  1-0

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Tomczak,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 Bxg5 10.Nxd6+ Ke7 11.Nac4 Be6 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qh5 f6 14.O-O Rad8 15.f4 Bxf4
16.g3 g6 17.Qf3 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 b5 19.gxf4 bxc4 20.fxe5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Nxe5 22.Rae1 cxd3
23.Rxe5+ Kf7 24.Rb5 Qe6 25.Rb7+ Ke8 26.cxd3 Rf8 27.Rxa7 Rf7 28.Rxf7 Kxf7
29.b3 f5 30.Rf2 Qa6 31.Rd2 Qe6 32.Re2 Qa6 33.Qe3 Qxd3 34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Qe6+ Kg7
36.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Dziedzica Mem 2016"]
[Site "Trzcianka POL"]
[Date "2016.09.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Plichta,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 d6 10.O-O Bd7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Be6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1
16.Qxa1 Qb6 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.c5 Qd8 19.Rd1 Qf8 20.Bf3 Bg4 21.Bxb7 Bxd1 22.Bxc8 Be2
23.Na7 Qd8 24.c6 Qd2 25.c7 Ne4 26.Bb7 Bg4 27.Bxg7 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Nd6 29.Bh6 f6
30.c8=Q+ Nxc8 31.Nxc8 Kf7 32.Bd5+ e6 33.Bc6 g5 34.Qa7+ Qxa7 35.Nxa7  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kavutskiy,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.h3 Nd7 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.a3 Nc7 14.c5 Ne6 15.b4 f5
16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Rd6 Ndf8 18.Rad1 h6 19.a4 f4 20.Bc1 g5 21.a5 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4
23.Ne2 Kh7 24.Nxd4 Be5 25.a6 Bxd6 26.cxd6 b5 27.Bd3 Bd7 28.Bb2 Kg8 29.e5 Rxe5
30.Nxc6 Re6 31.Bxb5 Re4 32.f3 Rxb4 33.Nxb4 Bxb5 34.Re1 Nd7 35.Re7 Rc8 36.Nd5 Rc2
37.Nf6+ Nxf6 38.Bxf6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rd1 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rxa7 Ke8 42.Re7+ Kf8
43.a7  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Trent,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Brunello,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.c4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nec6 10.N2f3 Be4 11.Ng5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qe3 Bg6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf3 Qb5
16.a4 Qc4 17.b3 Qc2 18.Bd2 Rd8 19.Bxc6+ Qxc6 20.Rfc1 Qd5 21.Nf3 b6 22.b4 Be7
23.Rc7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.a5 Bd8 26.Nd4 bxa5 27.bxa5 O-O 28.Rc1 a6 29.Bb4 Be7
30.Bxe7 Qxe7 31.Nc6 Qh4 32.g3 Qg4 33.Qc5 Re8 34.Ne7+ Kh8 35.Qc6 Rf8 36.Qc8  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vidit,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B12"]

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+ bxc6 11.c4 Qd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd4 Rb8 15.Nc3 Nc7
16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Bc3 c5 18.Ng3 g6 19.Qf3 Qb7 20.Qxb7 Rxb7 21.Rfd1 Be7 22.Nf1 Nd4
23.Ne3 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Rac1 Rd8 27.Ba5 Rc8 28.b4 Be7 29.Nd5 Ne6
30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.Rc4 Rd7 32.Rdc1 Rd2 33.a4 Rd4 34.Rxd4 Nxd4 35.bxc5 Ke6 36.Rd1 Nb3
37.Rd6+ Kf7 38.Rxa6 Rxc5 39.Bb6 Rc6 40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Be3 h5 42.g3 Nc5 43.a5 Kd5
44.Kg2 Ne6 45.Ra8 Rd6 46.Rb8 Rc6 47.Bb6 Nc5 48.Bxc5 Rxc5 49.a6 Ra5 50.Ra8 Kc5
51.a7 Kb6 52.Rg8 Kxa7 53.Rxg6 Kb7 54.h4 Kc7 55.Kf3 Kd7 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Kg5 Ra2
58.Rf6 Rxf2 59.Rxf5 Rg2 60.Rf3  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Nd2 c6 10.e4 e5 11.a4 a5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Nb1 Bb4 14.c3 Bd6 15.Na3 Bxa3
16.Rxa3 Rc8 17.Rb3 b6 18.Rb5 Nc5 19.d4 exd4 20.Qxd4 Nfe4 21.Bf4 Nd6 22.Bxd6 Qxd6
23.Bxd5 Rfd8 24.Rd1 Qg6 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.hxg4 Nxa4 27.Rd4 Nc5 28.Rxb6 Kf8 29.g5 Rb8
30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Rf4 Ke7 32.Rxf7+ Kd6 33.c4 g6 34.Rxh7 Rxb2 35.Rg7 a4 36.Rxg6+ Ke5
37.Rg7 a3 38.Ra7 a2 39.g6  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Bok,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Rdg8 21.Ne4 Rxg5 22.Nxg5 Qg6
23.h4 Re8 24.Rc1 Rxe7 25.Rxc4 Qa6 26.Qd5 Ne5 27.Qxc5+ Kd8 28.Qd5+ Ke8 29.Qa8+ Kd7
30.Qd5+ Ke8 31.Qa8+ Kd7 32.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Nbc6
9.a4 Bd7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bd3 c4 12.Be2 h6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Bc1 Kb8 15.Ba3 Nc8
16.Qd2 Ka8 17.Nh4 Rdg8 18.g3 Nb8 19.f4 g6 20.Ng2 Bc6 21.Ne3 Nd7 22.Bf3 Qc7
23.a5 h5 24.Bb4 Rd8 25.Qg2 Nb8 26.Rfb1 h4 27.g4 f6 28.Rf1 g5 29.f5 fxe5 30.fxe6 e4
31.Bxe4 h3 32.Qe2 dxe4 33.Rf7 Nd7 34.Raf1 Rhe8 35.Qxc4 Nd6 36.Bxd6 Qxd6 37.exd7 Rxd7
38.R1f6 Qc7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.Qc5 Qc8 41.c4 Qb8 42.c3 Rg8 43.d5 Ba4 44.Rf7 Rc8
45.Qb6 Rf8 46.Rc7 Rf3 47.d6 Bc6 48.d7 Rf8 49.Qc5 Bxd7 50.Nd5  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 c6 7.d3 e5 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 a5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Qc4 Rfd8 15.Rd1 h6
16.Bd2 Nf8 17.Bc3 Ne6 18.Kg2 c5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qb5 Nd7
23.Rc1 Nc5 24.Nd2 Qc6 25.Qxc6 bxc6 26.b3 Na6 27.Be2 Nb4 28.Bd3 Bc7 29.Rf1 g5
30.Rh1 h5 31.h4 g4 32.f3 gxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Rd6 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Rf1 Rh6 36.Rf5 f6
37.Kh3 Nxd3 38.cxd3 Bd6 39.Nc4 Bb4 40.Rf1 Rg6 41.Kg2 Kg8 42.Rf5 Be1 43.Kf1 Bb4
44.Kf2 Rh6 45.g4 hxg4 46.h5 Kg7 47.Kg3 Rh8 48.Kxg4 Rg8 49.Kh3 Rh8 50.Kg2 Bc3
51.Kh3 Rb8 52.Kg4 Rxb3 53.h6+ Kg6 54.h7 Rb8 55.Rh5 Rh8 56.Nb6 Bb4 57.Nd7 Bd6
58.Rh1 Bb4 59.Nb8 c5 60.Nd7 c4 61.dxc4 d3 62.Kf3 Rxh7 63.Rxh7 Kxh7 64.Nxf6+ Kg6
65.Nd7 d2 66.Ke2 Kg5 67.Nxe5 Kf4 68.Nd3+ Kxe4 69.Nxb4 Kd4 70.Na2 Kxc4 71.Kxd2 Kb3
72.Nc3 Kb4 73.Kc2 Ka3 74.Kd3 Kb3 75.Kd2 Kb4 76.Kd3 Kb3 77.Kd4 Kb4 78.Kd5 Kxc3
79.Kc5 Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Schenk,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.a3 g5 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Bd3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bf1 a6 15.Bg2 Rc8
16.Qe2 c5 17.O-O Nb6 18.a4 b4 19.Na2 a5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Rfc1 Nxa4 22.Nxb4 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 axb4 24.Qb5+ Kf8 25.Bxb4 Nb6 26.Ba5 Nfd7 27.Rc6 g6 28.Bxb6 Nxb6 29.Rxb6 Kg7
30.Rb7 Bf6 31.Rd7 Qc8 32.Qb7 Qxb7 33.Rxb7 Be5 34.Rb5 Bd6 35.Kf1 Rb8 36.Rxb8 Bxb8
37.b4 Bd6 38.b5 Bc5 39.Ke2 f5 40.Bc6 Kf6 41.Be8 Bb6 42.Kd3 f4 43.Ke4 fxe3
44.fxe3 Ba7 45.Kd3 Bb6 46.e4 Bc5 47.Kc4 Bf2 48.Kb4 Bb6 49.Kb3 Bf2 50.Ka4 Bb6
51.Kb4 Ke5 52.Bxg6 Kd4 53.Bh7 Bd8 54.Bg8 Bb6 55.Bxe6 Kxe4 56.Kc4 Ke5 57.Bc8 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hertneck,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nxc3
9.Qc2 Nd5 10.Ba3 Nc6 11.Rae1 Nce7 12.Ne5 c6 13.f4 O-O 14.g4 f6 15.Nd3 f5
16.g5 Re8 17.h4 a5 18.Ne5 b5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Bc5 Ng6 21.Nd3 e5 22.dxe5 d4
23.h5 Nh8 24.Bd6 Be6 25.Nc5 Bc4 26.Rd1 Nf7 27.Rxd4 Nxd6 28.exd6 Re2 29.Qc3 Qe8
30.d7 Qe7 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Qxc4+ Kh8 33.Qd4 Rd8 34.h6 Qe3+ 35.Qxe3 Rxe3 36.Rd1 Re7
37.Rd5 gxh6 38.gxh6 Rf7 39.Kf2 Kg8 40.Ke3 Kf8 41.Kd4 Ke7 42.Re5+ Kd6 43.Re6+ Kc7
44.Ke5  1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT 2016-17"]
[Site "Austria AUT"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Schneider Zinner,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.Bg2 c6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Bb7 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Rc1 Rxc1+ 19.Qxc1 Bxe4 20.Qc8+ Nf8 21.Bxe4 Qb4
22.Kg2 Qxd4 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qxf8 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Kg6 26.Qa3 a5 27.Qc1 b5 28.Qc5 Qb1+
29.Kg2 Qe4+ 30.Kg1 Qb1+ 31.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT 2016-17"]
[Site "Austria AUT"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krassowizkij,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qc7
9.dxc5 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Bxc5 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Be2 O-O 14.Na4 Be7 15.Be3 a6
16.Nd4 Nc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.c4 Qa5+ 19.Bd2 Bb4 20.Nc3 Qb6 21.a3 Bc5 22.b4 Bf2+
23.Kf1 Qa7 24.Rc1 Bd4 25.Na4 f6 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.Bg4 f5 28.Be2 Bb7 29.Rc7 Rf7
30.Qc1 Raf8 31.h4 Nb6 32.Nxb6 Qxb6 33.Rc2 Rd7 34.Rh3 Rdd8 35.a4 Rc8 36.b5 axb5
37.Bxb5 Rxc2 38.Qxc2 Rc8 39.Qd3 Bc6 40.Ke2 Bg1 41.Rf3 d4 42.Bxc6 Qxc6 43.Qb3 Be3
44.Bxe3 dxe3 45.Qxe3 Qxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT 2016-17"]
[Site "Austria AUT"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bxc5 Bxc5 13.Bd3 f5 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.g3 h6
16.Qe2 Bd7 17.h5 Re8 18.Rhe1 Bb4 19.Ne5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Qa5 22.Qd6 Bc6
23.Qb4 Qxa2 24.Kd2 Qa4 25.Qb6 Qa3 26.Ra1 Qd6 27.Re5 Qd8 28.Qd4 Bb5 29.Bxb5 axb5
30.Rb1 Qd7 31.Qd3 Rf5 32.Rxf5 exf5 33.Rxb5 Rd8 34.c4 dxc4 35.Qxd7 Rxd7+ 36.Kc3 g6
37.hxg6 Rd6 38.Kxc4 Rxg6 39.Rb3 Rc6+ 40.Kd3 b6 41.Rc3 Rd6+ 42.Kc4 Kg7 43.Kb5 Rd2
44.Kxb6 Rg2 45.Kc5 Kg6 46.Kd4 Kh5 47.Rc6 Rxg3 48.Ke5 Rg8 49.Kxf5 Rf8+ 50.Ke4 Kg4
51.Rxh6 Rxf4+ 52.Kd5 Rf5+ 53.Kd4 Rf4+ 54.Kc5 Rf5+ 55.Kb4  1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT 2016-17"]
[Site "Austria AUT"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Martinovic,Sa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 fxe5 8.dxe5 c4 9.Bc2 g6
10.h4 Bg7 11.h5 Nge7 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Bf4 Qb6
17.Ra2 O-O-O 18.Nbd2 Rf8 19.g3 Nf5 20.b3 cxb3 21.Nxb3 Bg7 22.Rb2 Rh8 23.Kf1 Na5
24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Nbd4 Qc5 26.Ng5 Nc4 27.Rb4 Qe7 28.Kg2 Bh6 29.Qh5 Be8 30.Qh1 Bd7
31.Qh5 Be8 32.Qh1 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fioramonti,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O b5 8.d3 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nbd7
10.cxb5 cxb5 11.b4 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Ra2 Rc8 14.Qa1 Qb6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Ne8
17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.Nf3 Rc7 19.d4 Nf5 20.e3 Nd6 21.Ne5 Nc4 22.Nd3 Rd8 23.Re1 Bc8
24.Nc5 Bf5 25.Qc3 Qf6 26.f4 h5 27.h3 Be4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Nxe4 Qf5 30.Nf2 Rdc8
31.Qd3 Nd6 32.e4 Qd7 33.Kg2 Rc3 34.Qd2 Rb3 35.Rc1 Nc4 36.Qe1 Qxd4 37.Kh2 h4
38.gxh4 Qf6 39.f5 Qxh4 40.Rc3 Rd8 41.fxg6 Nd2  0-1

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zelbel,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nxe4
9.Qe3 Nf6 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 12.Bf4 c6 13.Bd3 Qxe5+ 14.Bxe5 d5 15.f3 Kf7
16.Kd2 h5 17.b4 Re8 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Bd4 b6 20.a4 g6 21.a5 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Rb8
23.Ra1 Rb7 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra8 Ne8 26.Ba6  1-0

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Predke,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.h4 f6 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd4 Ne4
16.Qe3 Ng3 17.Rh3 Nf5 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Qxc6 Bxd4 20.O-O-O Be3+ 21.Kb1 d4 22.Qe4 Qe8
23.Qxe8 Raxe8 24.Ne2 Nh6 25.Nfxd4 Ng4 26.Rf1 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Ne3 28.Rg1 Rxf4
29.c3 h5 30.Re1 Rfe4 31.Re2 Nd5 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Kc2 Nf4 34.Rg3 g6 35.Kd2 Re5
36.a4 Kg7 37.b4 a5 38.b5 Kh6 39.Kc2 Ne2 40.Rd3 Nf4 41.Rf3 Nxg2 42.Rf6 Ne3+
43.Kb3 Rc5 44.Rc6 Nd5 45.Ne6 Rxc6 46.bxc6 g5 47.hxg5+ Kh7 48.Nf4 Nc7 49.c4 h4
50.c5  1-0

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Grigorian,Sp"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Re8 20.Ne4 Bh6 21.Bxh6 Rxh6 22.Nd6+ Qxd6 23.Qxd6 Rxf6
24.Qd5 Bd3 25.Re1 Kc7 26.f4 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Qf3 Rxe7 29.Qa8 c3 30.bxc3 bxc3
31.Qxa7+ Kc8 32.Kf2 c2 33.Qa3 Nb6 34.h4 Ra7 35.Qc3 Rxa2 36.Qxc5+ Kb7 37.Kf3 Ra1  0-1

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Georgescu,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bd7 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.Ng5 Be7 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Bxc7 Rd4 17.Rxd4 Nxd4 18.Be5 Bf6 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Ne4 Ke7 21.Rd1 Bb6 22.Kf1 Rf8
23.Ke2 Rf5 24.g4 Rf8 25.c4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rh8 27.Kf3 Rh2 28.b3 Bc7 29.Nc5 Bb6
30.Kg3 Rh6 31.Nxb7 Rh8 32.c5 Bc7+ 33.Nd6 Rd8 34.Kf4 Bxd6+ 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.cxd6+ Kxd6
37.Kg5 Ke7 38.Kg6 Kf8 39.Kh7 Kf7 40.g5 c5 41.f4 a6 42.a3 a5 43.a4  1-0

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qd2 Ne7 8.f3 Nbc6
9.e3 Nf5 10.Bf2 Bb4 11.Bd3 Nd6 12.Nge2 Na5 13.O-O Bd7 14.e4 Nac4 15.Qc1 Bxc3
16.Nxc3 Nxb2 17.Be2 Na4 18.Nxa4 Bxa4 19.exd5 Rc8 20.Qa3 Bb5 21.Bxb5+ Nxb5
22.Qd3 Qa6 23.dxe6 O-O 24.d5 fxe6 25.dxe6 Nc3 26.Qxa6 bxa6 27.Rfe1 Rfe8 28.Kf1 Nd5
29.Rad1 Nf4 30.Rd6 Rc2 31.Bg3 Nxg2 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Kxe2 g5 34.Rxa6 Kg7 35.Kf2 Nf4
36.Bxf4 gxf4 37.Rxa7+ Kf6 38.Ra4 Rxe6 39.Rxf4+ Kg5 40.Re4 Rb6 41.Kg3 Rb2
42.Ra4 Rb1 43.Ra5+ Kg6 44.Ra8 Rg1+ 45.Kf2 Rh1 46.Kg2 Ra1 47.a4 Kg5 48.a5 Kh4
49.a6 Ra2+ 50.Kg1 Kh3 51.a7 h5 52.f4 h4 53.f5 Rg2+ 54.Kf1 Rg7 55.Kf2 Rh7
56.Kf3 Kxh2 57.Kf4 h3 58.f6 Rc7 59.Ke5 Rb7 60.Kf5 Rc7 61.Kg6 Kg3 62.f7 h2
63.Rh8  1-0

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Brankovic,De"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Be3 h5 13.g5 Nh7 14.Qd2 Na6 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Rg1 Bh3
17.Bd3 Nb4 18.Bb1 d5 19.Rg3 c5 20.cxd5 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Rad8 23.Rxh3 Nxg5
24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Rg1 Rd6 26.Qxb4 Rg6 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.d6 Rd7 29.e5 Rg7 30.Nd5 Rd8
31.Nf6+ Kf8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2016.11.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Raykhman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nd2 Be7 12.a3 O-O 13.b4 a5 14.b5 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bxa3
16.Qa4 Bb2 17.Qb3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Qe7 19.Re1 Nb6 20.Bf3 a4 21.Qb2 a3 22.Qb3 Ra8
23.Nf1 Rfc8 24.Ne3 Be4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 a2 27.Ra1 Ra3 28.Qd1 Na4 29.Qh5 g6
30.Qe5 f6 31.Qd6 Kf7 32.h4 Nc3 33.Bxb7 Rd8 34.Qxe7+ Kxe7 35.Nc2 Rb3 36.Bd2 Rb1+
37.Kh2 Rxa1 38.Nxa1 Nxb5 39.Bb4+ Kf7 40.d5 exd5 41.Ba5 Rd6 42.Bb4 Rd7 43.Bc6 Rc7
44.Bxd5+ Kg7 45.Bxa2 Ra7 46.Bc4 Rxa1 47.Bxb5 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Maiwald,JU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 O-O
10.O-O f5 11.Nb5 Ba6 12.c4 Bxb5 13.cxb5 Na5 14.b4 Nb7 15.Ra2 Rf7 16.g4 fxg4
17.Ne1 Nf8 18.Qxg4 c4 19.Bb1 a5 20.bxa6 Rxa6 21.f5 exf5 22.Bxf5 b5 23.Raf2 Bh4
24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qh5+ Rh6 26.Bxh6 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Qxd4 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Nd5 O-O 13.b3 Rae8 14.Bb2 Bd8 15.Rae1 f6
16.c4 Ne7 17.Nf4 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.f4 f5 20.Qf3 Qc6 21.e5 Qxf3 22.Rxf3 dxe5
23.Bxe5 Bf6 24.Rfe3 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Kf7 27.Rd5 Ke6 28.Kf2 c6 29.Rd3 c5
30.Kg3 b6 31.h3 Rh8 32.a3 a5 33.Rd5 Ke7 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Rd3 Ke7 36.b4 axb4
37.axb4 cxb4 38.Rb3 Kd6 39.Rxb4 Kc6 40.Ra4 Rd8 41.Kh4 Rd3 42.Ra7 Rd4 43.Kg5 Rxc4
44.Rxg7 b5 45.Rxg6+ Kc5 46.Rg8 b4 47.Rb8 Rc3 48.g4 Rxh3 49.Kxf5 b3 50.g5 Kc4
51.g6  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 Nd7 12.Bd3 f6 13.O-O a5 14.b5 Ne7 15.Na4 Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6+ 17.Kh1 Bd7 18.Qe2 f5 19.Qf2 Qxf2 20.Rxf2 Rfc8 21.Nd4 Rc3 22.a4 Nc8
23.Kg1 Nb6 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Ke2 Nc4 26.h3 h5 27.Rf3 g5 28.g3 g4 29.Rf2 gxh3
30.Rh2 Rh8 31.Rxh3 Ke7 32.Rh2 Be8 33.Kf2 Nb2 34.Ke2 Rg8 35.Rh3 b6 36.Kd2 Rc8
37.Be2 Nc4+ 38.Kd3 Nb2+ 39.Kd2 Nc4+ 40.Kd3 h4 41.gxh4 Rg2 42.h5 Rf2 43.h6 Rxf4
44.h7 Nxe5+ 45.Ke3 Re4+ 46.Kf2 Ng6 47.Bh5  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Narva,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Be7 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.Bd3 O-O 16.Bd4 b5
17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd5 19.Ne4 Nb4 20.Nf6+ Nxf6 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Simson,Urmas"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a3 c5 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Bg5 Qb8 15.h3 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6
17.Kh1 Be5 18.Nf3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nh5 20.Qe3 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Nxf4 22.Bb1 Rfc8 23.Rd1 Rxc3
24.Ra2 g5 25.Rad2 Bc6 26.Ne5 Be8 27.Ng4 Kg7 28.e5 Bc6 29.f3 Nxg2 30.Kxg2 Bxf3+
31.Kh2 Bxd1 32.Rxd1 Rxa3 33.Rd7 Rc8 34.Nxh6 Kxh6 35.Rxf7 Rh8 36.Rf6+ Kg7
37.Rxe6 Rhxh3+ 38.Kg2 Rhb3  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Virro,Toomas"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C21"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bc4 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Bd6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nge2 Ng4
9.Nf4 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Re8 11.O-O Rxe3 12.Qd4 Qe7 13.Ne6 fxe6 14.dxe6 Nc6 15.Rf7 Nxd4
16.Rf8+ Kxf8  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 d6 8.f4 Qc7
9.Nb5 Qb8 10.g4 a6 11.N5d4 Qc7 12.Bg2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf5 g6 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Bg5 Nxg4 17.O-O-O f6 18.Qxg4 fxg5 19.Qxg5 Be7 20.Qh6 gxf5 21.Qh5+ Kf8
22.Qh6+ Ke8 23.Bf3 Bd7 24.exf5 Rf8 25.Rhg1 Rc8 26.c3 e4 27.f6 Bxf6 28.Bh5+ Ke7
29.Rg7+ Ke6 30.Bg4+ Ke5 31.Rgxd7 Qb6 32.R7d5+  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Rd8 15.f4 Bc5
16.Be3 Bc8 17.Ne4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 b6 19.g4 Ke7 20.Ng3 Rxd4 21.Bxd4 Rd8 22.Be3 c5
23.Nh5 Kf8 24.Kf2 Bb7 25.Re1 a5 26.f5 Nxe5 27.Bxc5+ bxc5 28.Rxe5 Rd2+ 29.Re2 Rd1
30.c3 Ba6 31.Re5 Rd2+ 32.Kg3 Rxb2 33.Rxc5 Rxa2 34.Rxc7 a4 35.Ra7 Bb5 36.Ra8+ Ke7
37.Nxg7 Rc2 38.Ra7+ Kd6 39.Rxf7 Rxc3+ 40.Kh4 Bf1 41.Kh5 Rxh3+ 42.Kg6 Rh4
43.Ra7 Rxg4+ 44.Kxh6 Bd3 45.f6 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rxf6 47.Ne8+ Ke5 48.Ra5+ Ke6 49.Nxf6 Kxf6
50.Rxa4 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.a3 a5 6.e3 g6 7.Qa4 Ra6 8.Nge2 Bg7
9.O-O e4 10.d3 exd3 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Qb5 Nfg4 13.h3 c6 14.Qa4 Nf6 15.Rd1 d6
16.Nxd3 Nfd7 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.e4 O-O 19.exf5 gxf5 20.c5 Qe7 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Na4 f4
23.gxf4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Qh4 25.Rd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4+ Qf6 27.Be3 Qxd4 28.Bxd4+ Kg8
29.Bf1 Rf4 30.Rd1 Ra8 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.Kg3 Rf5 33.Bd3 Rh5 34.Be2 Rh6 35.Be3 Rxh3+
36.Kxh3 Nxc5+ 37.Kh4 Nxa4 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Bh5+ Kf6 40.Bg5+ Kg7 41.Be3 Kf6
42.b3 Nc3 43.Bg4 a4 44.bxa4 Rxa4 45.Rxc8 Nd5 46.Bg5+ Ke5 47.Re8+ Kd6 48.Kh5 Nf4+
49.Bxf4+ Rxf4 50.f3 Kc5 51.Re3 Kd4 52.Rb3 b5 53.Kg5 Rf8 54.f4 Kc5 55.Rg3 Kb6
56.Rh3 Ra8 57.Rxh7 Rxa3  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ladva,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 Nf6 11.Bxe5 Qxe5 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 d5 14.Be2 Ke7 15.exd5 cxd5
16.g4 g5 17.Rh6 Bb7 18.Bf3 Rab8 19.Ne2 Rhg8 20.Nd4 Rg6 21.Rhh1 Rgg8 22.Be2 a5
23.f3 Kf8 24.a4 Kg7 25.Bb5 Ra8 26.c3 Rh8 27.Kc2 h5 28.gxh5 Rxh5 29.b4 Rxh1
30.Rxh1 Bc8 31.Bc6 Ra7 32.b5 e5 33.b6 Re7 34.Nb3 Bf5+ 35.Kd2 Nd7 36.b7  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valgmae,Toomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 c5 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Nc3 dxc4
10.Nb5 Ng6 11.bxc4 cxd4 12.Nfxd4 Ngxe5 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bb2 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Rc8
16.Bh5 Bb4 17.a3 Nxc4 18.axb4 O-O 19.Bc3 a6 20.Nd6 Nxd6 21.Rxd6 Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Rd1 Rc8 24.g3 Ne7 25.Be5 Nc6 26.Bd6 Rd8 27.Bc5 Rb8 28.Rd7 g6 29.Be2 b6
30.Bd6 Ra8 31.Bc4  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "Blomqvist,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bf5 7.c3 e6 8.Qb3 Bd6
9.Qxb7 Bxf4 10.Qxc6+ Kf8 11.Be2 g6 12.g3 Bd6 13.O-O Kg7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Be7
16.Ne3 Be4 17.Qa4 Qb6 18.b3 Rac8 19.Ne5 Rhd8 20.Rfd1 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bf3 Qb7
23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bf6 26.Nc6 a6 27.Qc4 Qb6 28.Rd1 Rd6 29.Rc1 Bxd4
30.Nxd4 Rxd4 31.Qc3 e5 32.Re1 Qd6 33.Qa5 Rd5 34.Qc3 Rc5 35.Qe3 Rd5 36.h4 h5
37.Qc3 a5 38.a3 f6 39.b4 Rd3 40.Qb2 a4 41.Rc1 Rb3 42.Qa1 Qd2 43.Rc7+ Kh6
44.Qf1 Rxa3 45.Qc4 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "23.3"]
[White "Petursson,Mar"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Nfxd5 11.d4 Be6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Rc8 14.Rc1 Nf4 15.Bg3 Bxb3
16.Qxb3 Ne6 17.Rfd1 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Rxd8 Rfxd8 21.Re1 Bxc3
22.bxc3 Rd7 23.g3 e6 24.a4 Rdc7 25.a5 Nd5 26.c4 Rxc4 27.Qxb7 R8c7 28.Qb8+ Kg7
29.Rb1 Ra4 30.Rb5 Rac4 31.Rb7 Rxb7 32.Qxb7 Rc7 33.Qb8 h5 34.h4 Rd7 35.Qe5+ Nf6
36.a6 Rd5 37.Qc7 Rd7 38.Qe5 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "24.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leito,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qd2 a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Bg2 Bd7 12.O-O Be7 13.g5 Rc8 14.Nd1 O-O 15.Nf2 Rfe8
16.Ng4 Bf8 17.Qf2 Kh8 18.Qh4 d5 19.Rf3 Qd8 20.Rh3 h6 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qh4 h5
23.Nf6 Bg7 24.Bf3  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "25.1"]
[White "Reizniece,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 d4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.exd4 exd4
9.Re1+ Be7 10.d3 O-O 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Bd6 13.Re1 Bg4 14.f3 Bf5 15.g4 Be6
16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Nf1 Rae8 18.Bg5 Nd7 19.Bh4 f5 20.g5 Ne5 21.f4 Ng6 22.Bg3 Bf7
23.Qf3 Nxf4 24.Bxf4 Bxf4 25.h4 b6 26.Kf2 h6 27.gxh6 Bxh6 28.Bh3 Be3+ 29.Kg2 f4
30.Nh2 Re5 31.Bg4 Qe7 32.h5 Qh4 33.Rh1 Rg5 34.Kf1 Re8 35.Re1 Bxh5 36.Bxh5 Rxh5
37.Re2 Qh3+ 38.Qxh3 Rxh3 39.Kg2 Rg3+ 40.Kf1 f3 41.Nxf3 Rxf3+ 42.Kg2 Rf5 43.Rh3 Ref8  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "27.3"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 b6
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Qc1 Nc6 11.Bh6 Rc8 12.Qf4 Na5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rac1 Nc4 15.b3 Nd6
16.Ne5 e6 17.h4 Qe7 18.g4 h6 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Nh5 21.Qd2 Nf5 22.Nb5 Ba6
23.a4 Bxb5 24.axb5 Qa3 25.Nc6 Qxb3 26.Nxa7 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qa4 28.Nc6 Qxb5 29.Ne5 Qa6
30.e3 Rc8 31.Bf1 Rxc1 32.Qxc1 Qb7 33.Be2 Qe7 34.Bxh5 gxh5 35.f4 Qb4 36.Kf2 Qb3
37.g6 Qa2+ 38.Ke1 Ng3  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "30.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rotov,Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 Be7 10.Bd3 h5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Qd3 Qd7 13.e6 Qxe6 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Qxf5 Nd7
16.Bf4 Qf6 17.Rxe7+  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "32.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tuulik,Ulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bc4 h6 5.Nd5 d6 6.c3 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Qb3 Nf6
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Bxf7+ Kf8 11.Nh4 d5 12.Bxd5 g5 13.Ng6+ Kg7 14.Nxh8 Qxh8 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Be3 Qe8 18.O-O-O Nc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.f4 Bg4 21.f5 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Qe6 Qd3 25.f6+ Kg6 26.Qf5+ Kf7 27.e6+  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "33.1"]
[White "Puusepp,Kaimar"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 a5 4.Bb2 axb4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Be6
9.d3 Nd7 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Bxa1 Bxb4 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.Nb5 Qe7
16.Qb1 Ra8 17.Rc1 Na4 18.Nc3 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Qb4 21.Qc1 Ra2 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.Nd2 h6 24.Rc2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Bh3 26.Nf3 g5 27.Qd2 Qb3 28.Qc1 f6 29.Nd2 Qa2
30.Qe1 Kg7 31.Nf3 Bg4 32.Nd2 Qa5 33.Kg2 Qc3 34.h3 Bf5 35.Nf3 Qxe1 36.Nxe1 e4
37.f3 exd3 38.exd3 Kf7 39.g4 Bc8 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Ke3 c5 42.f4 Bb7 43.fxg5 hxg5
44.d4 Kd6 45.Nd3 cxd4+ 46.Kxd4 Bg2 47.Nf2 c5+ 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.Nd3 Bxh3 50.Nxc5+ Ke7
51.Kf3 Bf1 52.Ne4 Bxc4 53.Ng3 Ke6 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Ne4 Bb5 56.Nf2 Bc4 57.Ne4 Bb3
58.Nf2 Bc2 59.Kd2 Bg6 60.Ke3 Bb1 61.Kf3 Kd4 62.Nd1 Be4+ 63.Kg3 Kd3 64.Nf2+ Ke3
65.Nd1+ Kd2 66.Nf2 Bd5 67.Nh3 Bc4 68.Nf2 Bd3 69.Kf3 Bg6 70.Nh3 Ke1 71.Nf2 Kf1
72.Kg3 Bc2 73.Nh3 Be4 74.Nf2 Bd5 75.Nd3 Ke2 76.Nb4 Be6 77.Nc6 Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "34.1"]
[White "Otsmann,Villu"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nd5 Nf6
9.Bg5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxd5 12.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 gxf6 14.Nc4 Rd8
15.Ne3 Ne7 16.Bc4 Bh6 17.Ng4 Bg7 18.Ne3 f5 19.Nd5 e4 20.Ke2 Be5 21.g3 h5
22.f3 exf3+ 23.Kxf3 h4 24.Rhe1 Kf8 25.Nf4 Kg7 26.Rg1 Kf6 27.Nd5+ Nxd5 28.Bxd5 b5
29.Rd3 Rdg8 30.Kf2 hxg3+ 31.hxg3 Rh3 32.Bb7 a5 33.Bc6 b4 34.cxb4 axb4 35.a3 bxa3
36.bxa3 Rb8 37.Kg2 Rhh8 38.a4 Rb2+ 39.Kf3 Rhh2 40.Rdd1 Rbe2 41.Rgf1 Rc2 42.Bb5 Rh3
43.Rg1 f4 44.Kg4 Rxg3+ 45.Rxg3 fxg3 46.Rf1+ Ke7 47.Rg1 Rf2 48.Kh3 f5 49.Bc6 Rh2+  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "35.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Schuls,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bd3 c5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nf1 Nf8 13.Ng3 Bg4 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.b4 Bd4
16.Ra2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bxe5 18.f4 Bc3 19.Rxe8 Qxe8 20.Re2 Qd7 21.Bf5 Qd6 22.Qd3 Bf6
23.Bg4 g6 24.Be3 b6 25.Bd2 Rd8 26.Re1 Bg7 27.b5 Na5 28.f5 Nc4 29.Bg5 Bf6
30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Bd1 Ne6 33.a4 Nb2 34.Qd2 Nxd1 35.Qxd1 Nf4 36.Qd2 Nh3+
37.Kg2 Nf4+ 38.Kg1 Kg7 39.Rc1 d4 40.Ne4 Qf5 41.f3 Ne6 42.Rf1 Rh8 43.Ng3 Qf4
44.Qxf4 Nxf4 45.Ra1 d3 46.a5 Rd8 47.axb6 axb6 48.Ne4 Rd5 49.Kf2 d2 50.Rd1 Rxb5
51.Ke3 Ne6 52.Rxd2 Rb3+ 53.Kf2 f5 54.Rd7+ Kh6 55.Nf6 g5 56.Rd6 Nf4 57.Nd5+ Kh5
58.Rxb6 Nd3+ 59.Ke3 Rxb6 60.Nxb6 Nf4 61.Nc4 Kh4 62.Nd6 Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dragun,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Nc3 exd4 14.Nxd4 b4 15.Na4 c5
16.Nf5 Re8 17.Bf4 Bf8 18.f3 Ne5 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Bg5 Re6 21.Ne3 Rae8 22.Qf2 h6
23.Bh4 Ng6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Re5 26.Bg3 R5e7 27.Bc2 Rd7 28.f4 Qd8 29.b3 Be7
30.Nb2 Bf6 31.Nc4 Bc3 32.Re2 a5 33.Qf3 Nf8 34.a4 Ba6 35.Bd3 Bb7 36.Kh2 Nh7
37.Ne3 Rc7 38.Bb5 Rf8 39.Nc4 Re7 40.f5 Re5 41.Bxe5 dxe5 42.g4 Ng5 43.Qg3 f6
44.h4 Nf7 45.d6 Bd4 46.d7 Qc7 47.g5 fxg5 48.f6 gxf6 49.Qf3 Kg7 50.h5 f5 51.Qxf5 Nh8
52.Qe6 Rf6 53.Qe7+ Nf7 54.Kg2 Rf4 55.Rf1 Qd8 56.Qxd8 Nxd8 57.Rxf4 exf4 58.Nxa5 g4
59.Re1 Ba8 60.Nc4 Kf6 61.a5 Kg5 62.a6 Kh4 63.Nd2 Bc3 64.Rh1+ Kg5 65.Nf3+ Kf6
66.Rh4 gxf3+ 67.Kxf3 Be5 68.Rg4 Bc7 69.Bc4 Nc6 70.Rg8 Ne5+ 71.Kf2 Bxe4 72.d8=Q+ Bxd8
73.Rxd8 Ng4+ 74.Ke1 f3 75.a7 f2+ 76.Kf1  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bulski,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.f4 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qc7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Bb4 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 Bxb4
23.axb4 Rxc2 24.Rxa7 g5 25.Rb7 gxf4 26.exf4 Rc4 27.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Konopka,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.d3 Be7 8.Be2 h6
9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.g4 Bh7 12.g5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 Bf5 14.O-O-O d5 15.f4 dxc4
16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.dxc4 Qxe5 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxg5+ 21.Qd2 Bxd2+
22.Rxd2 Rd8 23.h4 Ke7 24.Bf3 Rxd2 25.Kxd2 b6 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.Kf4 Rxh4+ 28.Rxh4 g5+
29.Kg3 gxh4+ 30.Kxh4 Ke5 31.Kg5 Bd3 32.Bd5 Kd4 33.b3 Bb1  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fernandez Gil,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 e5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.Nb3 b6 15.f4 Qe7
16.Qd3 a5 17.Nd2 exd4 18.cxd4 Nb4 19.Qb3 c5 20.d5 a4 21.Qb2 a3 22.Qxa3 Ra8
23.Qc3 Rxa2 24.Ra1 Rfa8 25.Rxa2 Rxa2 26.Ra1 Rc2 27.Qe3 f6 28.Ra8+ Be8 29.e5 fxe5
30.fxe5 Rc1+ 31.Nf1 Rd1 32.Qf3 Re1 33.exd6 Qxd6 34.Bh3 Kh7 35.Be6 Rxe6 36.Qf5+ Rg6
37.Rxe8 Qf6 38.Qc8 Qd4+ 39.Ne3 Rf6 40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Qe8+ Rf7 42.Rf8 Qa1+ 43.Kg2  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Margolin,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Ne4 f6 12.Ng3 Bf7 13.Nh4 Kh8 14.Qf3 Nce7 15.Nhf5 Nxf5
16.Nxf5 Qd7 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Ng3 c6 19.Rad1 Rae8 20.Bc1 Nc7 21.Be3 Bd5 22.Bxd5 cxd5
23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Qe3 Qc6 25.f4 d4 26.cxd4 Nd5 27.Qf2 exf4 28.Ne4 f5 29.Nc3 Ne3
30.Rd2 Qd6 31.d5 Re7 32.Rde2 h6 33.Qf3 Rfe8 34.a3 Kh7 35.Kh1 g5 36.Qh5 Kg7
37.d4 Qf6 38.Rd2 Nxd5 39.Qxe8 Rxe8 40.Rxe8 Ne3 41.d5 g4 42.Kg1 Qh4 43.Re2 gxh3
44.d6 hxg2 45.Re7+ Kf8 46.Rxg2 Nxg2 47.Kxg2 Qg3+ 48.Kf1 f3  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kantans,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.O-O Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Qa5 15.Nd5 Bxb2
16.Rb1 Bd4 17.c4 Ra7 18.Qxg4 Qxa2 19.f6 e6 20.Nc7+ Kd7 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qxg5 Rd8
23.f7 Rf8 24.Qg8  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sychev,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Be7
9.g4 O-O 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Qd2 a5 12.a4 Nb6 13.O-O-O N8d7 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Nb5 Qc6 18.N3d4 Qxe4 19.Bg2 Qg6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Nxd6 Bxd6
22.Qxd6 Rxf4 23.Qxb6 Rc8 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Qxd8+ Rf8 26.Qxa5 Rc8 27.Rc1 Nc4
28.Qb5 b6 29.Qd7 Rf8 30.Re1 Qxg5 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Qxc4 Qxg2 33.Qf7 Qa8 34.Qd7 Rd8
35.Qc7 Rc8 36.Qxb6 Qxa4 37.b3 Qa8 38.Qe6 h6 39.Kb2 Qb7 40.Re4 Ra8 41.Rc4 Rf8
42.Qe5 Qf7 43.h4 Qf1 44.Rc6 Kh7 45.Qe4+ Kh8 46.Qd4 Kh7 47.Qe4+ Kh8 48.Qe5 Kh7
49.Rc7 Qg2 50.Re7 Qg6 51.h5 Qg5 52.Qe4+ Kg8 53.Re5 Qf6 54.Qd5+ Kh8 55.Qe6 Qf1
56.Qc6 Kh7 57.Qg6+ Kg8 58.Re7 Qf6+ 59.Qxf6 gxf6 60.b4 f5 61.b5 f4 62.Kb3 f3
63.Re1 Kf7 64.Kc4 f2 65.Rf1 Ke6 66.b6 Kd7 67.Kb5 Rf5+ 68.Ka6 Kc6 69.b7  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.g5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bg2 Bxg5 14.Bxe4 Qc7 15.Qc2 c5
16.h4 Rxh4 17.Rxh4 Bxh4 18.O-O-O O-O-O 19.Bc3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Bf6 21.Kb1 Bxd4
22.exd4 Qf4 23.a3 Nc5 24.f3 f5 25.dxc5 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 fxe4 27.fxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Ka1 Qxc4
29.Qd6 Qf1+ 30.Ka2 Qf5 31.Qe7 Qd5+ 32.Ka1 g5 33.Qf8+ Kd7 34.b4 Qe5+ 35.Ka2 g4
36.Qf7+ Kc6 37.Qe8+ Kd5 38.Qb5 Kd4 39.Kb2 Ke3+ 40.Kb3 Qd5+ 41.Ka4 g3 42.Qf1 Qd7+
43.b5 Qd4+ 44.Ka5 Qc3+ 45.Ka4 Qc2+ 46.Ka5 g2 47.Qe1+ Kf3 48.a4 g1=Q 49.Qxg1 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.Be2 d6 13.Bd4 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.c4 Nf6
16.Rc1 a5 17.Re1 a4 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Bf3 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Rxa5 22.Re3 Kf8
23.h3 Rc8 24.Rec3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Onischuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd5 Nxe4
9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Bd5 Bd7 12.d4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Qh5 Rf8 15.Bh6 c6
16.Bxf8 cxd5 17.Bxd6 Bxb2 18.Rab1 Bd4 19.Qxh7 Be6 20.Bb4 Kd7 21.c3 Bb6 22.a4 Qh8
23.Qxh8 Rxh8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra1 Kc6 26.Be7 Rg8 27.Rfe1 Bh3 28.g3 Rg5 29.Ra6 Kb7
30.Rxb6+ Kxb6 31.Bxf6 Rg4 32.f3 Rc4 33.Bxe5 b4 34.Rb1 Ka5 35.cxb4+ Kb5 36.Kf2 Rc2+
37.Ke3 Rxh2 38.g4 Ra2 39.Kf4 Re2 40.Bg7 f5 41.g5 Rf2 42.Bd4 Rd2 43.Bf6 d4
44.Kg3 Bg2 45.g6 f4+ 46.Kxf4 Bh3 47.g7 Be6 48.Re1 Ba2 49.Re8 Rg2 50.Bxd4 Bd5
51.Bf6 Kxb4 52.Bg5  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5 Nbd7
10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Be2 g5 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O Qxb3 14.axb3 O-O-O 15.f3 Nf8 16.e4 dxc4
17.Bxg5 cxb3 18.Bc4 Nd5 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.h4 Nfg6 21.h5 Nf4 22.Bxb3 g6 23.h6 f6
24.h7 Rd7 25.Rh6 Kd8 26.e5 fxe5 27.Ne4 exd4 28.Nc5 e5 29.Re1 b6 30.Ne6+ Nxe6
31.Bxe6 Rd6 32.Rxe5 c5 33.f4 Nc6 34.Re4 d3 35.Bf7 Ne7 36.f5 d2+ 37.Kd1 gxf5
38.Rxd6+ Kc7 39.Rxe7+ Kxd6 40.Re6+ Kd7 41.Rh6  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 e6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg2 g5 11.O-O Be7 12.Re1 Nf8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Ng6
16.d5 O-O 17.Be3 cxd5 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 exd5 20.Ra4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Bf6 22.Rxd5 Rxd5
23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.Bb3 a6 25.Rc4 Ne5 26.Rc7 b5 27.Kf1 a5 28.Rc5 a4 29.Bd5 b4
30.Ke2 Ng6 31.b3 axb3 32.Bxb3 Nf4+ 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.g5 Bc3 35.g6 Kf8 36.gxf7 Bf6
37.Kf3 g6 38.Rc6 Kg7 39.Rb6 Be7 40.h4 Rh8 41.Rb7 Kf6 42.Kg4 Bc5 43.f3 Bf2
44.f8=Q+ Rxf8 45.Rxb4 Be3 46.Rc4 Rh8 47.Rc6+ Kg7 48.Rc7+ Kf6 49.Rc6+ Kg7
50.Rc2 Kf6 51.a4 Rb8 52.Rc6+ Kg7 53.Bc2 Rb6 54.Rxb6 Bxb6 55.Kxf4 Kf6 56.Kg4 Bc7
57.Bb1 Ba5 58.Bc2 Be1 59.h5 gxh5+ 60.Kxh5 Bd2 61.Kg4 Ke5 62.Bb1 Kf6 63.f4 Ba5
64.Kf3 Bc7 65.Ke4 Ke6 66.f5+ Kd6 67.Kd4 Bd8 68.Kc4 Bh4 69.a5 Bf2 70.Kb5 Bd4
71.Bc2 Kd5 72.a6 Kd6 73.Bb3 Ke5 74.Be6 Kd6 75.Bc8 Kc7 76.Bb7 Kd6 77.Be4 Bg1
78.Kc4 Ba7 79.Kd3 Ke5 80.Ke2 Bb6 81.Kf3 Ba7 82.Kg4 Kf6 83.Bc2 Bb8 84.Bb1 Ba7
85.Kf4 Ke7 86.Ke5 Bb8+ 87.Kd5 Kd7 88.f6  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.b4 Be7 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Bb3 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 d4 11.b5 dxc3 12.bxc6 cxd2+ 13.Bxd2 bxc6 14.O-O Bc5 15.Bg5 Bd4
16.Rac1 c5 17.Kh1 Qd6 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Qf3 Nf4 20.g3 Nxh3 21.Bd2 Qg6 22.Kg2 Nf4+
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Qd6 25.Qg4 g6 26.Rh1 Bg7 27.Qg5 Qxd3 28.Bd5 c6 29.Bxc6 Rab8
30.Rhd1 Qa6 31.Qxc5 Qxa2 32.Bd5 Qa6 33.Qe7 Rb2 34.Rb1 Qb6 35.Rxb2 Qxb2 36.Rd3 Kh8
37.Bxf7 Qf6 38.Rd7 Qxe7 39.Rxe7 Bd4 40.f4 Rc8 41.e5 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Kg4 Bb6
44.Rd7 Rc7 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Bd5 Rc3 47.Rd7+ Kh6 48.e6 Re3 49.Kh4 Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bf5 7.c3 e6 8.Qb3 Bd6
9.Qxb7 Bxf4 10.Qxc6+ Kf8 11.g3 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 g6 13.Bg2 Kg7 14.O-O Qb8 15.Nb3 a5
16.Rfe1 h5 17.Nc5 h4 18.b3 hxg3 19.hxg3 Ng4 20.Qb7 Qd6 21.Qd7 Qb6 22.Qb7 Qd6
23.Qd7 Qb6 24.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.f4 h5 14.f5 hxg4 15.hxg4 g6
16.fxg6 fxg6 17.Ne4 Kc8 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Bxg4 20.Rf7 b6 21.e6 Kb7 22.e7 Bf5
23.Rd1 Bxc2 24.Re1 a5 25.Ne6 Bf5 26.Nxc7  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Nh3 e5 13.Nf2 Nec6 14.Nd3 Na5 15.Qd5 Nbc6
16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.cxd6 Rd8 18.Nb4 Rxd6 19.Nd5 Be6 20.Nc7 Rad8 21.Nxe6 Rxe6 22.Be2 Red6
23.Kf2 b6 24.Rhd1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Nc4 27.Bc1 Kf8 28.Ke2 N6a5 29.a4 Ke7
30.Kd3 Nd6 31.f4 Ndb7 32.Bc2 Nc5+ 33.Ke2 exf4 34.Bxf4 Nc6 35.h4 f6 36.g4 h6
37.Be3 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.a5 Ne5 40.axb6 axb6 41.Bf2 Nxg4 42.Bg3 Ne5 43.Ke3 Kd6
44.Bb1 Nb3 45.Ba2 Na5 46.Ke2 Nc6 47.Bf2 b5 48.Bg3 b4 49.cxb4 Nxb4 50.Bg8 Nc6
51.Bf2 Ng6 52.Bg3+ Nf4+ 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.Bb3 Nd4 55.Bc4 Nc6 56.Kf3 Kd4 57.Bxf4 gxf4
58.Kxf4 Kxc4 59.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Ba5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 c6 10.c5 h6 11.Be3 d5 12.cxd6 Qxd6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Qa4 Bc7 15.b4 Bg4
16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.Bc5 Bd6 18.Ne4 Bxc5 19.bxc5 f5 20.Nd6 f4 21.Rab1 b5 22.Qe4 Qd7
23.Rf1 Nf6 24.Qxe5 Qh3 25.f3 Rae8 26.Qf5 Qxf5 27.Nxf5 Rxe2 28.Nd4 Rxa2 29.Nxc6 Nd5
30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Rc8 32.Nxa7 Rxc5 33.Nxb5 Rc2+ 34.Kg1 Rd2 35.gxf4 Nxf4
36.d4 Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Rf2 38.Kg1 Rxf3 39.Rf1 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Bd7 8.g4 h5
9.g5 Ng4 10.Bxg4 hxg4 11.Qxg4 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.O-O-O gxf5 14.exf5 Qc8 15.Nd5 Bxf5
16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Nd5+ Ke8 18.Nf6+ Ke7 19.Nd5+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.a5 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 f6 11.Qb3 Bf7 12.Qxb7 Nce7 13.Qb3 Ng6 14.d4 Rb8 15.Qa2 e4
16.Nfd2 f5 17.dxc5 Ngf4 18.Kh2 Nxg2 19.Rg1 Ngf4 20.Nf1 Qh4 21.Rg3 Nxh3 22.Rxh3 Qxf2+
23.Kh1 Nf4 24.Rg3 Ne2 25.Rg2 Qxf1+ 26.Kh2 Qxc1 27.Bxf7+ Rxf7 28.Rxe2 Qf4+
29.Kg1 Qg3+ 30.Rg2 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 f4 34.Nd2 Qh4+ 35.Kg1 f3
36.Rf1 Rf8 37.Rh2 Qg4+ 38.Kh1 e3 39.Nxf3 Qe4 40.b4 Kh8 41.Qc2 Qxc2 42.Rxc2 Rxf3
43.Rxf3 Rxf3 44.Kg2 Rf4 45.Re2 Kg8 46.Rxe3 Kf7 47.Rf3 Rxf3 48.Kxf3 Ke6 49.c4 c6
50.a6 Kd7 51.b5 Kc7 52.b6+ Kb8 53.Kf4 h5 54.Kg5 g6 55.Kh4 Ka8 56.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Nbd2 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nxc4 Ngxe5 13.Nfxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5
15.Qb3 c6 16.Rfd1 Qb5 17.Qc3 Be6 18.a4 Qh5 19.Qb4 Rab8 20.Qb6 h6 21.Rd6 Bg4
22.a5 Rfe8 23.b4 Qe5 24.Rd4 h5 25.h3 Bf5 26.Rc1 Qe6 27.h4 Bg4 28.Rc2 Qb3
29.Rcd2 Qc3 30.Kh2 g6 31.e4 Rec8 32.Rd6 Kg7 33.Qc5 Qxc5 34.bxc5 Kf8 35.f4 Ke7
36.Bh3 Bxh3 37.Kxh3 Rc7 38.f5 gxf5 39.exf5 Kf8 40.f6 Kg8 41.Re2 Kh7 42.Re5 Kg6
43.Rg5+ Kh6 44.Rd4 Re8 45.Rf4 Rd7 46.Rff5 Rd5 47.Rxh5+ Kg6 48.Rhg5+ Kh6 49.Rxd5 cxd5
50.Rxd5 Kg6 51.h5+ Kxf6 52.Rd6+ Kg5 53.c6 bxc6 54.Rxc6 Kxh5 55.Rxa6 Re5 56.Kg2 Kg4
57.Ra8 Re2+ 58.Kf1 Ra2 59.a6 Kxg3 60.Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker TB 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.g4 d5
9.g5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Bxe4 Kc7 14.Be3 Rd8 15.c3 f5
16.gxf6 gxf6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Bxc5 Bd5 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Be3 Rg8 21.Ke2 Ne7 22.Rhg1 Rdd8
23.Rg4 Rxg4 24.hxg4 Rg8 25.Kf3 f5 26.gxf5 Nxf5 27.Rh1 Rg7 28.a4 Nd6 29.Rh5 Rf7+
30.Ke2 Nf5 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.Ke4 Ke6 33.Bc5 Rc7 34.b4 Rf7 35.a5 Nd6+ 36.Bxd6 Kxd6
37.Rh6+ Kc7 38.f3 Rf4+ 39.Ke3 Rc4 40.Rxh7+ Kc6 41.Rh6+ Kc7 42.Kd3 Rf4 43.Rh3 Kc6
44.c4 Kc7 45.b5 axb5 46.cxb5 Ra4 47.Rh7+ Kd6 48.a6 bxa6 49.bxa6 Ra3+ 50.Ke4 Ra4+
51.Ke3 Ra3+ 52.Kf2 Kd5 53.a7 Kc5 54.Re7 Kd6 55.Rb7 Kc6 56.Rg7 Kd6 57.Ke2 Kc6
58.Rf7 Kd6 59.Kd2 Kc6 60.Kc2 Kb6 61.Re7  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker TB 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nc3 c6
9.h3 Bh5 10.e4 O-O 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 Qxh4 14.exd5 c5 15.Nb5 Bb8
16.d6 a6 17.Nc7 Ra7 18.Bf4 b5 19.Qd2 Qd8 20.Rfe1 Nb6 21.Qe3 Nc4 22.Qxc5 Nxb2
23.Bg5 Qc8 24.Re7 Nc4 25.Bf4 Rd8 26.Rae1 f6 27.Bd5+ Kh8 28.d7 Rxc7 29.dxc8=Q Rcxc8
30.Qxc8 Rxc8 31.Bxb8 Rxb8 32.Bxc4 bxc4 33.Rc7 h5 34.Rxc4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Rb2
36.a4 Kh7 37.Kg2 Bf7 38.Rd4 Kg6 39.Kg3 Rb3+ 40.Re3 Rb1 41.Rd6 Bc4 42.Rd4 Rg1+
43.Kh2 Rc1 44.Kg3 Rg1+ 45.Kh2 Rc1 46.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 c6 8.Nc3 Bc5
9.Qb3 Bb6 10.Na4 O-O 11.Nxb6 Qxb6 12.Qc2 Rfe8 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 Nf8
16.Kh1 Ne6 17.e3 h5 18.g5 Nxg5 19.f4 Nge4 20.dxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxg6 Ng3+ 22.Kg1 Nxf1
23.Bxf1 fxg6 24.Qxg6 Rxe3 25.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Rf8 27.Qxh5 Rxf4 28.Bg2 Rf2
29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Bxf1 Qe4+ 31.Kh2 g6 32.Qe2 Qd4 33.b3 a5 34.Qg4 Qd2+ 35.Qg2 Qf4+
36.Kh1 Kg7 37.Bd3 Qc1+ 38.Qg1 Qh6 39.Qd4+ Kf7 40.Qf2+ Kg7 41.Kh2 Qg5 42.h4 Qe5+
43.Qg3 Qb2+ 44.Kh3 Qxa2 45.Qxg6+ Kf8 46.Qd6+ Kf7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.Qxb7 Ke5
49.Qg7+ Kd6 50.Qg3+ Kc5 51.Bf5 Qd2 52.h5 Kb4 53.Kg4 d4 54.Qf4 Qe2+ 55.Qf3 Qe8
56.h6 Qg8+ 57.Kh3 Qg5 58.h7 Qh6+ 59.Kg4 c5 60.Qh3 Qg7+ 61.Kf3 Qh8 62.Qg4 Qf8
63.Qh5 Qh8 64.Qh6 c4 65.bxc4  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.a4 a5 14.Ba3 Qd8 15.Bd6 Bf8
16.Bg3 Qb6 17.Rab1 Qb4 18.Ne2 Bg7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rdc1 Nf8 21.Nc3 Nh5 22.Bh4 Qd6
23.g4 Nf6 24.Bg3 Qe7 25.Qf4 h5 26.Be2 hxg4 27.hxg4 Rad8 28.Bh4 Rd6 29.Kg2 Re6
30.Bf3 Qb4 31.Bg3 N6h7 32.g5 Rd8 33.Qh4 Ree8 34.Bg4 Qe7 35.Bf4 Ne6 36.Bxe6 Qxe6
37.Rh1 Nf8 38.Rh3 c5 39.Bg3 cxd4 40.exd4 Qf5 41.Rbh1 Rc8 42.Nb5 Re4 43.Nd6 Qe6
44.Nxe4 dxe4 45.Be5 Bxe5 46.dxe5 f5 47.gxf6 Kf7 48.Qxe4 Ke8 49.Rh8 Rc3 50.Rxf8+ Kxf8
51.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.h3 Nb6
9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Ne4 Bg6 14.Qb3 Bf8 15.Qc2 c5
16.b3 h6 17.Bb2 Nd5 18.Rad1 Qd7 19.c4 Nb4 20.Qb1 f6 21.Re3 Rad8 22.Rd2 Qc6
23.Qd1 Nxa2 24.Nh4 f5 25.Nc3 f4 26.Re1 Nb4 27.Ne4 Bh7 28.Nf3 Bd6 29.Qe2 a5
30.Bc3 a4 31.bxa4 Qxa4 32.Ra1 Qc6 33.Re1 Ra8 34.Rb2 Ra3 35.Bxb4 cxb4 36.d4 exd4
37.Nf6+ gxf6 38.Qxe8+ Qxe8 39.Rxe8+ Kf7 40.Rh8 Be4 41.Nxd4 Be5 42.Rd2 b3
43.Nxb3 Rxb3 44.Rd1 Kg7 45.Re8 Rc3 46.f3 Bc6 47.Re7+ Kg6 48.Rd8 Rxc4 49.Rg8+ Kf5
50.h4 Bd5 51.Rh8 Bd4+ 52.Kh2 Rc2 53.Rd7 c6 54.Rxh6 Bf2 55.Kh3 Rc1 56.Rh5+ Kg6
57.Rhxd5 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 Be7 7.Qe2 b5 8.Nxe5 Nd6
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Bf4 Nf5 12.c3 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Nxd6
16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Rad1 Qg6 19.f3 Qb6+ 20.Qf2 Qxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Rfd8
22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Bxd1 Kf8 25.b4 Ke7 26.Ke3 Kd6 27.Kd4 Bd5 28.a3 Be6
29.f4 f6 30.Bc2 h6 31.Be4 c6 32.Bg6 Bd7 33.h3 Be6 34.h4 Bd5 35.g3 Be6 36.Bh5 Bf5
37.c4 Be6 38.Be2 Bd7 39.Bd1 Be6 40.Bb3 Bg4 41.a4 Bd7 42.a5 Bc8 43.Bc2 Be6
44.cxb5 cxb5 45.Be4 Kc7 46.Kc5 Bc4 47.g4 g5 48.fxg5 fxg5 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Bf5 Bb3
51.Kd4 Kd6 52.Bc8 Bd1 53.Bxa6 Bxg4 54.Bxb5 Bc8 55.Be2 g4 56.Ke3 g3 57.Bf3 Ke5
58.b5 Kd6 59.a6  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Laigna,Marko"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.e4 Nc6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Na5 14.Nce2 Nac4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4
16.Qb3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Qb6 18.b3 e5 19.Nc2 Bb5 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Rfe1 Bh6 22.Ne3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Rxc1 24.Nxc1 Rd8 25.Ne2 Rd3 26.Kf2 Rd2 27.a4 Bc6 28.Kf3 f5 29.Ng3 Rb2
30.Rd1 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mierins,Eriks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 g6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bh6 Re8 15.e6 Nf8
16.exf7+ Kxf7 17.Ne5+ Kg8 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qxc6 Bf6 20.Bxb5 Re4 21.Bc4 Rxd4
22.Bb3 Rc8 23.Qa6 Rh4 24.Rad1 Be5 25.g3 Rc5 26.Qxa7 Qc8 27.Qxc5 Qxc5 28.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kukk,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Na5 6.Be2 Be7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nb5 d5
9.Nf3 a6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.dxc3 Bf5 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.Rd1 Rxd1+
15.Kxd1 f6 16.Kc1 Kf7 17.Bc4+ Be6 18.Bxe6+ Kxe6 19.Rd1 f5 20.c4 Bf6 21.a3 g5
22.Ne1 Rb8 23.Nd3 Be7 24.Kc2 b5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.b4 Rd8 27.Ra1 e4 28.Nc1 f4
29.Ne2 fxe3 30.fxe3 Rf8 31.Nc3 Rf2+ 32.Kb3 Bf6 33.Ra2 Bxc3 34.Bxc3 Rxa2 35.Kxa2 Ne7
36.Kb3 Nf5 37.Bd2 Nh4 38.Be1 Nxg2 39.Bg3 c6 40.Bf2 h5 41.a4 bxa4+ 42.Kxa4 Kd5
43.b5 cxb5+ 44.Kxb5 Nf4 45.Bg3 h4 46.Bf2 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Bd3 e5
9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.O-O d6 11.Kh1 Bc5 12.Qe1 O-O 13.Rd1 Neg4 14.Bg1 Ne5 15.Be2 Bd7
16.Qg3 Ng6 17.Nb3 Bxg1 18.Kxg1 Ne8 19.Bc4 Rc8 20.Bd5 b5 21.Rd2 b4 22.Nd1 Qe7
23.Ne3 Qe5 24.Bb7 Rc7 25.Bxa6 Qxb2 26.Nd5 Rxc2 27.Qf2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Qxd2 29.Nxd2 Ne5
30.Nxb4 Nc7 31.Be2 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Na4 Qa5+
10.Bd2 Qc7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 O-O-O 16.b4 Bb6
17.a4 a5 18.bxa5 Nxa5 19.Nf2 Nc4 20.O-O g5 21.a5 Ba7 22.Kh1 gxf4 23.Bxf4 f6
24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Ne4 Bc6 26.Nd6+ Kb8 27.exf6 Rhg8 28.Rf3 Bc5 29.f7 Rgf8 30.Nxc4 Rxd1+
31.Rxd1 Bxf3 32.Bxc7+ Kxc7 33.gxf3 Rxf7 34.Kg2 Rf6 35.Rd3 Rf5 36.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vovk,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.g3 b5 8.Bg2 Ba6
9.Nf3 b4 10.O-O bxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf4 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qa3 15.h4 Nb6
16.Bh3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Nc4 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Qg4 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rc3
22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Kh2 Rc2+ 25.Bg2 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Bc8 27.Qc6 Qb2+
28.Kh1 Bh3 29.Qxd5 Rf2 30.Qa8+ Bf8 31.Kg1 Rg2+ 32.Kh1 Rh2+  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Neiksans,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 c4 8.Rb1 Bb4 9.O-O Nc6
10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.d5 Qa6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.a3 Be7 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.Qf3 Rc8 16.Rbd1 h5
17.Ne4 h4 18.Rd2 c5 19.Ne2 Qc6 20.N2c3 h3 21.Rfd1 hxg2 22.Bxc5 Bxc5  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Potkin,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 d6 7.c3 a5 8.h3 Ne7 9.d4 exd4
10.cxd4 Bb4 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Qc2 c5 14.Nb5 Nh5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 Be6
17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rad1 Nhf4 20.Bc4 Qe7 21.g3 Bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Qe6
23.Qxe6+ Nxe6 24.Rd7 Rad8 25.Rfd1 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Nef8 27.Rxb7 Rxe4 28.Nc3 Rb4
29.Rb5 Nd7 30.Rxa5 Rxb2 31.Ra8+ Kf7 32.Ra7 Ke6 33.Ra6+ Kf7 34.Ra7 Ke6 35.Ra6+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rogule,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Nxc6 Rxc6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Be3 e5 14.g4 Be6 15.g5 Nh5 16.Nd5 hxg5
17.hxg5 g6 18.Kb1 Rg8 19.c4 Rc8 20.Rc1 Kf8 21.Rcg1 Ke8 22.Qb4 Bxd5 23.cxd5 b5
24.a4 Kf8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Rb8 27.Qa4 Kg7 28.Bc6 Qc7 29.Rh2 Rh8 30.Rc2 Qd8
31.Bd7 Nf4 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Qd4+ Kg8 34.Bg4 Qa5 35.Rgc1 Bxg5 36.Rc8+ Rxc8
37.Rxc8+ Bd8 38.Rc1 Rh2 39.e5 dxe5 40.Qxe5 Qb5 41.Rc8 Qd3+ 42.Ka2 Qa6+ 43.Kb3 Qb5+
44.Ka3 Qa5+ 45.Kb3 Qb5+ 46.Ka3 Qa5+ 47.Kb3 Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 e5
9.h3 e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.g4 Nf8 12.g5 Nh5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxg5 15.Nc3 Bf5
16.O-O-O Rac8 17.Kb1 a6 18.Nc4 Bb4 19.Nd5 Be7 20.Qe2 Bg6 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.d5 Nf6
23.h4 Qh5 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.d6 Qxe2 26.Bxe2 Re6 27.h5 Bf5 28.Rhg1+ Kh8 29.d7 Rd8
30.Nd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Bxd7 33.h6  1-0

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Albuquerque Junior,Wellington S."]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e4 f5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd5 Nh5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nec3 Qd7 12.Ne3 Be6 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.b3 Nd4 15.Nc2 Nxc2
16.Qxc2 Bh3 17.Ne2 Rf7 18.Kh1 d5 19.Ng1 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Qc6 21.f3 Re8 22.Be3 Nf6
23.Qe2 d4 24.Bd2 e4 25.dxe4 Nxe4 26.Rbe1 Nd6 27.Qd3 Rfe7 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Re1 Rxe1
30.Bxe1 Nf7 31.Bf2 Nd8 32.Ne2 Ne6 33.Nc1 Bh6 34.Ne2 Qd6 35.c5 Qd5 36.Qb5 Kf7
37.Qd3 Bg7 38.Qb5 d3  0-1

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Borges da Silva,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bd3 a5 11.a4 Nd7 12.Nd5 Re8 13.h4 Nc5 14.h5 Be6 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Bh6 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Bf6 18.Ra3 Qb6 19.Bb5 Nxe4 20.Qe3 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.Bxe8 Rxe8
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Rc8 25.Rh4 f5 26.f3 Rc1+ 27.Ke2 Ng3+ 28.Kd3 g5 29.Rc4 Rxc4
30.Kxc4 Kf7 31.Rb3 Nf1 32.Kd3 f4 33.Rxb7 Ne3 34.b4 Ke8 35.bxa5 Kd8 36.a6 Kc8
37.Rb5  1-0

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.h3 d6 7.a3 Ne7 8.Nc3 c6
9.Bg5 Ng6 10.Nh4 Kh8 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxh4 13.Bxh4 Qxh4 14.Na4 b5 15.Nxc5 bxc4
16.Na4 Be6 17.dxc4 Bxc4 18.Rfe1 Be6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.b4 f5 21.Rd2 Qg5 22.Qe3 f4
23.Qf3 Bf7 24.Qg4 Qe7 25.Rd3 a5 26.Qd1 Bc4 27.Rc3 d5 28.bxa5 dxe4 29.Qc1 Bd5
30.Nc5 e3 31.fxe3 f3 32.Rd1 Qg5 33.g4 Qh4  0-1

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Di Berardino,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 f5
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Qa5+ 13.b4 Qxa6 14.Bb2 Nd5 15.a3 O-O-O
16.O-O-O Rhf8 17.f3 Rf5 18.Rhe1 Nc7 19.Qe7 Nd5 20.Qxg7  1-0

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Supi,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.a4 e5 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 b6 12.a5 b5 13.Bd3 a6 14.Ng5 g6 15.Nce4 c5 16.Nxd6 Qxd6
17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Ra7 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.f4 Qe7 21.Bf3 c4 22.e4 Nc5 23.Be3 Rd7
24.Rae1 Nd3 25.Re2 Bb7 26.e5 Nb4 27.Qb1 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Rd3 29.Rff2 Rfd8 30.Bd2 Nc6
31.Qd1 b4 32.Kh2 c3 33.bxc3 bxc3 34.f5  0-1

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.h3 h4 14.f4 b5 15.Rhe1 Bc4
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qc4 20.Qf5 g6 21.Qf2 Qc7 22.Nd4 Nc5
23.Nc6 Ne4 24.Qe2 Bd6 25.Bb6 Nc3+ 26.bxc3 Qxb6 27.Qf3  1-0

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mecking,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Qb4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Bf5 13.Rfc1 Qb6 14.b3 Rfc8 15.Qd2 Nc6
16.Ne5 Nb4 17.g4 Be6 18.h3 a5 19.f4 f6 20.a3 Rc2 21.Nd7 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Bxd7
23.axb4 e6 24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.f5 Qxb3 26.Rc7 Ra1+ 27.Kf2 Ra2 28.Qxa2 Qxa2 29.Rxd7 gxf5
30.gxf5 Qc2 31.fxe6 Qf5+ 32.Kg1 Bf8 33.Bxd5 Be7 34.Bg2 Kf8 35.d5 Qe5 36.Kf2 f5
37.Bh6+ Ke8 38.Bf3 Qh2+ 39.Ke3 Qg1+ 40.Kd3 Qb1+ 41.Kd4 Qb2+ 42.Kd3 Qb3+ 43.Kd4 Qb4+
44.Kd3 Qb3+ 45.Kd4 Qb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Nbd2 Nxb3 13.Nxb3 Qe8 14.Na5 exd4 15.Bxd4 Qe6
16.a4 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qd5 Rb8 19.Nc6 Rb6 20.Qxe6 Bxe6 21.axb5 Rxb5 22.Rxa6 Rxb2
23.Ncxe5 Rb5 24.Nc6 Bxc3 25.Rc1 Rc5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Rc6 Rxc6 28.Nxc6 Bb2 29.Rc2 Ba3
30.Ncd4 c5 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Ne5 Rc8 33.Ra2 Bb4 34.Ra6 Re8 35.f4 Kg8 36.Kf2 Bc3
37.Nc4 g6 38.Kf3 e5 39.Nd6 Re6 40.f5 gxf5 41.exf5 e4+ 42.Ke2 Re7 43.f6  1-0

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bachmann,Ax"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Re1 Re8 10.c3 a5 11.a4 h6 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.Be3 Be6 15.Nd2 f5
16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.dxc4 e4 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Red1 Ne5 20.Bf1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Re6
22.Rd8+ Kf7 23.Rb8 Re7 24.Bxb6 Nf3+ 25.Kh1 Rd7 26.Rd8 Rxd8 27.Bxd8 Ne1 28.Bb6 Bf8
29.f4 g5 30.Kg1 gxf4 31.gxf4 Bd6 32.Kf2 Nf3 33.Kg3 Nd2 34.Be2 Nb3 35.Bd1 Nc5
36.Bc2 Ke7 37.h4 Kd7 38.Bxa5 Ne6 39.Bb6 Bxf4+ 40.Kf2 Bc1 41.b4 Bb2 42.b5 Bxc3
43.Ke3 Bb4 44.a5 Bc5+ 45.Bxc5 Nxc5 46.Kf4 Ke6 47.b6 Kf6 48.Bd1 Ke6 49.Bh5 Nd3+
50.Ke3 Nc5 51.Be8 Kd6 52.Bg6 Ke6 53.Bh7 Ke5 54.Bg8 f4+ 55.Ke2 Kd6 56.Bd5 Nb3
57.Bxb7 Nxa5 58.Bxe4 Nxc4 59.b7 Kc7 60.Kf3  1-0

[Event "3rd Floripa Open 2017"]
[Site "Florianopolis BRA"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Perdomo,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 h6 13.Ne3 Re8 14.Nh4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nhf5 Bf8 17.Bd2 b4 18.Qf3 Nf4 19.Qg3 Qg5 20.Ng4 b3 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.Bxf4 Rae8
23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 Qg6 25.Nxe5 Qxf5 26.cxb3 Nc6 27.b4 Nxe5 28.fxe5 cxb4 29.d4 Qe4
30.Qf2 Kh8 31.Bxf7 Be7 32.Bb3 Qd3 33.Bc2 Qc4 34.Qf5 Qxd4+ 35.Kh1 Kg8 36.Rf1  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Zpevak,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 c5 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.Rd3 Be4 17.Re3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Re3 Nd5 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 22.Bc3 Nf5
23.Rd3 Nd4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Rfd1 Rfe8 26.Kf1 Bc5 27.b4 Bxb4 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 g6
30.Rd7 a5 31.a4 Re4 32.g3 Bc5 33.Rd5 Kf8 34.Rd2 Ke7 35.Rd1 Bb4 36.Rd3 Bc5
37.Rd1 Kf6 38.Rd5 h5 39.Bd3 Re6 40.Be2 h4 41.gxh4 Re4 42.h5 Rf4 43.f3 g5
44.h3 Rh4 45.Kg2 Be3 46.Rd3 Bd4 47.f4 Rxf4 48.Rf3 Ke5 49.Rxf4 Kxf4 50.h6 Ke3
51.Bg4 Kd3 52.Bh5 f5 53.Bg6 Ke4 54.h7 Kf4 55.Bf7 Ke3 56.Be6 f4 57.Bd5 Be5
58.Bc6 Bf6 59.Bb7 Bh8 60.Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Azarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 d5 16.b3 dxe4
17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nb6 20.Bxa8 Nxa8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Be3 exd4
23.Nxd4 Qd5 24.Qg4 h5 25.Qg3 c5 26.Nxb5 Qxb3 27.Qf3 Qxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gledura,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Bg5 Rb8 14.N3d2 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Ne3 Bc8 17.Qh5 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nec4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Nc6 21.Re3 Nd4 22.Rh3 h6
23.Ne3 Qe8 24.Qd1 Rb7 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 Nb3 27.Rb1 Qxa4 28.Qg4 Kh8 29.Qh5 Qa2
30.Rf1 Nd2 31.Rd1 Nb1 32.Rf1 Nxc3 33.g3 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Burg,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Qf3 c5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 c4 15.Bf5 Bxf5
16.Qxf5 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bf2 Nf4 20.Rfe1 Rab8 21.Bxa7 Rb2 22.Be3 g5
23.Bxf4 gxf4 24.Re2 Ra8 25.a4 Ra5 26.Kf2 Rb6 27.g3 fxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Kg7 29.Re5 Rb2
30.Re2 Rb6 31.Re5 Rb2 32.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2017.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sotsky,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 g5 7.Bg3 a6 8.h4 g4
9.Be2 h5 10.f3 Nh6 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.Bf4 Nfxd4 13.O-O-O Bg7 14.fxg4 hxg4 15.h5 f5
16.Bg5 Qd6 17.h6 Be5 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.Bd3 O-O-O 20.Nge2 Rdg8 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Rde1 e6
23.Ne2 Nc6 24.c3 Nd8 25.g3 Nf7 26.Bf4 Bxf4 27.Nxf4 e5 28.Ng2 Ng5 29.Ref1 Nf3
30.Qe3 Kb8 31.Nh4 e4 32.Bc2 Qxh6  0-1

[Event "Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2017.03.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Panchenko,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Re8 10.Bd3 c6 11.h4 d5 12.Kb1 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Bxc5 14.Rde1 Rxe1+ 15.Rxe1 h6
16.g3 Be6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qf4 Qb8 19.Qf3 Qd6 20.a3 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8 22.Qg4 Bxd4
23.cxd4 Bd7 24.Bf5 Bxf5 25.Qxf5 Qe6 26.Qf4 Kh7 27.h5 a6 28.b3 Qe7 29.Kb2 g6
30.g4 Kg7 31.a4 Qf6 32.Qe3 Qe6 33.Qf4 Qe4 34.Qxe4 dxe4 35.c4 f5 36.d5 cxd5
37.cxd5 gxh5 38.gxh5 Kf6 39.Kc3 Ke5 40.Kc4 f4 41.a5 f3 42.d6 e3 43.d7 exf2
44.d8=Q f1=Q+ 45.Kc3 Qc1+ 46.Kb4 Qe1+ 47.Ka4 Qa1+  0-1

[Event "Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2017.03.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gorodetzky,David"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Nf1 f6 12.Ne3 Bf7 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Qb3 Bxc4 15.Qxc4+ Kh8
16.Be3 Qd7 17.Rad1 Rfe8 18.b4 Rad8 19.Rd2 Qe6 20.Qxe6 Rxe6 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.d4 Red6
23.Rde2 h6 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rxe5 Rc6 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kh7
29.Re3 b5 30.Kf1 Ra6 31.Re2 Rc6 32.Re3 Ra6 33.Re2 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Stocek,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Nb1 Ba6 9.Qc1 c5
10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nd7 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.Qb5 Qb6
16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.N4b3 Ke7 19.Rhc1 Bd6 20.g3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Ra8 22.Ra1 Rc8
23.Rc1 Ra8 24.Ra1 Rc8 25.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Glud,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.Nbd2 Nfd7
16.Bb2 Rc8 17.a4 bxa4 18.bxa4 cxd4 19.a5 Nc4 20.Nxc4 Rxc4 21.Bd3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rc5
23.Bxd4 Rxa5 24.Bxa6 Rg5+ 25.Kh1 Bf6 26.f4 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Rh5 28.Be2 Rh6 29.Rg1 Qf6
30.Rad1 Rd8 31.Qxf6 Nxf6 32.e5 Ne8 33.f5 Kf8 34.f4 Rb8 35.Rb1 Rc8 36.Rgc1 Rxc1+
37.Rxc1 dxe5 38.fxe5 Rb6 39.Rc8 Ke7 40.Bc4 f6 41.e6 g6 42.Bd3 Rb7 43.fxg6 hxg6
44.Bxg6 Nd6 45.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2016-17"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2017.03.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Moiseenko,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.O-O Nh6
9.Bd5 Na5 10.Qd3 c6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Ba2 c5 13.e5 Bc7 14.Ne4 c4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 Ng4 17.Bg5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.f4 Qa5 20.Nf6+ Kf8 21.Rfe1 Bf5 22.b4  1-0

[Event "TCh-FIN 2016-17"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2017.03.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rakhmanov,Ale"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 g6 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.Qe2 a6 14.h3 O-O 15.Ne5 Be6 16.O-O Nd7
17.Rad1 Nc4 18.Nf3 Ndb6 19.Na2 Qd7 20.b3 Na5 21.Qd2 Nb7 22.Qb4 Bf5 23.Bxf5 gxf5
24.Nc3 f6 25.Rc1 Rfe8 26.Nb1 a5 27.Qd2 a4 28.Qb2 Na5 29.b4 Nbc4 30.Qe2 Nb3
31.Rcd1 Rc6 32.Bh2 Rec8 33.Ne1 e5 34.Nd3 exd4 35.exd4 Nxd4 36.Qh5 Qe8 37.Qxe8+ Rxe8
38.Nf4 Nc2 39.Rxd5 N4xa3 40.Nxa3 Nxa3 41.Rxf5 Re5 42.g4 Rxf5 43.gxf5 Bf8
44.Rd1 Bd6 45.Nh5 Bxh2+ 46.Kxh2 Nc2 47.Rd8+ Kf7 48.Rd7+ Kf8 49.Nf4 Nxb4 50.Ne6+ Ke8
51.Ra7 Rb6 52.h4 Na6 53.Rxh7 a3 54.Nd4 a2 55.Nb3 Nc5 56.Na1 b4 57.h5 b3 58.h6 b2
59.Ra7 bxa1=Q  0-1

[Event "TCh-FIN 2016-17"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.gxf3 Ne5 13.O-O-O f6 14.f4 Nf7 15.Bh3 c6
16.Rhe1 cxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Be6 Ra6 20.h4 Nd6 21.h5 Rb6 22.Re2 Rb4
23.hxg6 Re4 24.gxh7 Rxe3 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.fxe3 Nf5 27.Rg8+ Kxh7 28.Rh2+ Nh6
29.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2017.03.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bf3 N4d5 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Nh3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Bf7
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Re5 Qd7 18.Bg5 Bd8 19.Qe2 c6 20.Bxd8 Raxd8 21.Ng5 Nf4 22.Qe3 Qxd4
23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Re8+ Rf8 25.Qb3+ Nd5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Qb6 28.Bxd5+ cxd5
29.Rxd5 Re8 30.Rb5+ Kh8 31.g3 Qc6 32.Qd5 g6 33.Qxc6 bxc6 34.Ra5 Re7 35.Kg2 Kg7
36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Rc5 Re6 38.b4 g5 39.Ra5 g4+ 40.Kg2 Re2 41.Rxa7 h5 42.a4 Rb2
43.Rb7 Ra2 44.Rb6 Rxa4 45.Rxc6+ Kg5 46.h4+ gxh3+ 47.Kxh3 f4 48.gxf4+ Kxf4
49.b5 Rb4 50.b6 Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Jurcik,Mari"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 f6 8.Qh5+ Kf8
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Qf3 Qb6 11.Nb3 a5 12.Be3 a4 13.Nd2 Qxb2 14.O-O Qa3 15.Bf4 Nb4
16.Bb5 Qxf3 17.Nxf3 Nc2 18.Rac1 Na3 19.Bxa4 b5 20.Bb3 Nc4 21.Nc3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.d5 a3 25.Nd4 Kf7 26.d6 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Bf6 28.f4 Nh6 29.Ne4 a2
30.Ng5+ Kg6 31.Ngxe6 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Bxe6 33.Nd4 Bd5 34.Nb5 Bc6 35.Nc7 Ra5 36.f5+ Kf7
37.Bxf6 Kxf6 38.Ne6 Rb8 39.g4 Rb2 40.g5+ Ke5 41.Nf4 Kxd6 42.Rcd1+ Kc7 43.h4 c3
44.f6 gxf6 45.gxf6 c2 46.Rde1 a1=Q 47.f7 Rg5+ 48.hxg5 Qa7+  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Be7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qa4 O-O 15.Qxc6 Rc8
16.Qa4 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Dudenhofen GER"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Moreno Tejera,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 g6 14.b3 f5 15.Qe2 f4 16.b4 cxb4
17.cxb4 Nac4 18.Nxc4 Nxc4 19.Bb3 Qc7 20.Bb2 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Bd8 22.a4 bxa4 23.Rxa4 Rb8
24.Rc1 Qe7 25.Rc6 Kg7 26.Bc4 a5 27.b5 Bb7 28.Qa3 Bxc6 29.dxc6 Bb6 30.Rxa5 Bxa5
31.Qxa5 Rfc8 32.Bd5 Qc7 33.Qb4 Rb6 34.Ng5 Qb8 35.Qc4 Rxb5 36.Bg8 Rxg8 37.Qf7+ Kh6
38.Qxh7+ Kxg5 39.Qe7+ Kh6 40.Qh4+ Kg7 41.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Dudenhofen GER"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Mista,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Be7 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Qd2 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qe7 21.Rf1 Reb8 22.Nd2 Bc8
23.Ne2 bxa4 24.Nxc4 a5 25.Qe3 Ba6 26.Nxa5 Rxb2 27.Nc6 Qf8 28.Nb4 Nc5 29.Rfe1 Bxe2
30.Rxe2 a3 31.Ree1 Na6 32.Rec1 Nxb4 33.cxb4 Rc8 34.Bb1 Rxc1+ 35.Qxc1 Qb8
36.Rxa3 Qxb4 37.Ra1 Kg7 38.Bd3 Qd4 39.Qe3 Qxe3 40.fxe3 Rd2 41.Ra3 h5 42.g3 Nd7
43.Bf1 Nc5 44.Bg2 Rd3 45.Rxd3 Nxd3 46.Kf1 Kf6 47.Ke2 Nc5 48.Bf3 Kg5 49.h4+ Kh6
50.Kd2 f6 51.Kc3 g5 52.Kc4 g4 53.Bg2 Kg7 54.Bh1 Kf7 55.Bg2 Ke7 56.Bh1 Kd7
57.Bg2 Kc7 58.Bh1 Kb6 59.Bg2 Ka5 60.Bh1 Ka4 61.Bg2 Ka5 62.Bh1 Na4 63.Bg2 Nb6+
64.Kc3 Kb5 65.Bf1+ Kc5 66.Bg2 Nc4 67.Kd3 Kb4 68.Bf1 Nb6 69.Kc2 Na4 70.Bg2 Nc3
71.Kd3 Kb3 72.Bh1 Na4 73.Bg2 Nc5+ 74.Kd2 Kb2 75.Bh1 Kb3 76.Bg2 Kc4 77.Kc2 Kb4
78.Bh1 Nd7 79.Bg2 Nb6 80.Bh1 Nc8 81.Kd3 Ne7 82.Bg2 Kc5 83.Bh1 f5 84.exf5 Nxf5
85.e4 Nd4 86.Bg2 Kb4 87.Bf1 Nb3 88.Ke3 Nc5 89.Be2 Nd7 90.Ba6 Nb6 91.Kd3 Kc5
92.Bb7 Nd7 93.Bc8 Nf6 94.Bf5 Kb4 95.Bg6 Kb3 96.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Reinwald,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.Nd2 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Bg5 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 h6 14.cxd5 Bxf1 15.Raxf1 hxg5
16.dxc6 g4 17.Nd4 Bxe5 18.Re1 f6 19.f4 gxf3 20.Nxf3 d6 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Kc3 Rb8
23.Re4 Ke7 24.h4 Rhd8 25.h5 Rd6 26.Rc4 Rbd8 27.b3 Rd3+ 28.Kb4 gxh5 29.Rxh5 Rd2
30.Rh7+ Kd6 31.Rf7 Rxg2 32.Rxf6+ Ke7 33.Rh6 Rxa2 34.Rh7+ Kd6 35.Rh6+ Kd5
36.Rc5+ Ke4 37.Rh4+ Kf5 38.Rh5+ Kf6 39.Rcxe5 Rf2 40.Rd5 Rb8+ 41.Rb5 a5+ 42.Kxa5 Ra8+
43.Kb4 Rf4+ 44.Kc3 Ra6 45.Rh6+ Kg7 46.Re6 Kf7 47.Rh6 Kg7 48.Rbh5 Rb6 49.Rh7+ Kg6
50.R5h6+ Kg5 51.Re6 Rf3+ 52.Kc4 Rf4+ 53.Kc3 Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qd6 a5 14.Rad1 Be7 15.Qd3 d6
16.Qf3 Ra6 17.e4 Bf6 18.Ng4 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nd7 20.Rd2 Qc7 21.Rfd1 f6 22.h4 Rb6
23.h5 h6 24.Qf4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Qg4 Qe7 27.a4 Kh8 28.Rd3 Rb2 29.R1d2 Rxd2
30.Rxd2 Rb8 31.Qe2 Qd7 32.Rb2 Rxb2 33.Qxb2 Qxa4 34.Qb5 Qc2 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Klundt,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.f4 Nxf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.Na3 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Nxd4 20.Bd3 Rxb2 21.Nc4 Rb5 22.Kh1 Rg5
23.Qh3 g6 24.Rg1 Ne6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Nd2 Rxg1+ 27.Rxg1 Nc5 28.Bc2 Rd8 29.Qc3 Qd6
30.Nf3 e4 31.Rd1 Nd3 32.Bxd3 exf3 33.h3 Qd4 34.Qxc7 Rd6 35.Kg1 Qf6 36.Qc8+ Kg7
37.Qg4 h5 38.Qxf3 Rd4 39.Be4 Rxd1+ 40.Qxd1 Kh6 41.Qd5 Kg7 42.Kg2 Kh6 43.Bd3 Qc3
44.Bc4 f6 45.Bd3 Qd2 46.h4 Qd1 47.Qf3 Qc1 48.Qe4 f5 49.Qd4 Kh7 50.Qc4 Qd1
51.Be2 Qd6 52.Bf3 Kg7 53.Qc3+ Kh7 54.Qc6 Qd8 55.Qb7+ Kh6 56.Qa8 Qf6 57.Qb8 Qd4
58.Qf8+ Kh7 59.Qf7+ Kh6 60.Bd5 f3+ 61.Kxf3 Qd1+ 62.Kf4 Qd4+ 63.Kf3 Qd1+ 64.Ke3 Qe1+
65.Kd3 Qf1+ 66.Kc3 Qe1+ 67.Kc4 Qe2+ 68.Kb4 Qb2+ 69.Ka4 Qb8 70.Qg8 Qa7+ 71.Kb5 Qd7+
72.Kb6 Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ganaus,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.a3 Ng6 8.O-O O-O
9.b4 Bb6 10.Ng5 Nc6 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nxf7 Rxf7 13.Bxg6 Rf8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Nd2 Ne7
16.Bd3 a5 17.Nf3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Bxa1 Nf5 20.Bc3 d4 21.Bd2 Bc6 22.b5 Bd5
23.Bb4 Rf7 24.Ra1 Bc7 25.Qg6 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qc8 27.Bc4 Nh4 28.Qxe6 Nxf3+ 29.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C84"]

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.Nd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.a4 Qd7 15.b3 c5
16.Qg4 c4 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ba3 Rfc8 19.Bb4 d5 20.Rfe1 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Qd5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.bxc4 Qxe4 24.Rxe4 bxc4 25.Rxe6 Ra2 26.dxc4 Rxc2 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.Rd6 Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.f4 bxc4 9.Bxc4 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.d6 f6 12.Nf3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qxc4 fxe5 16.fxe5 Nxd6
17.exd6 Rac8 18.Qd3 Rxc3 19.Bd2 Rxd3 20.Bxa5 Rxd6 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Rf4
23.Bd2 Ra4 24.Kc2 Nc5 25.Kb1 Ne4 26.Be3 Nc3+ 27.Kb2 Nd5 28.Bd2 h6 29.Kb3 Ra6
30.a4 Rb6+ 31.Ka3 d6 32.Nd4 e5 33.Nf5 g6 34.Nxh6+ Kg7 35.Ng4 Kf7 36.Nf2 Ke6
37.Ne4 Rc6 38.Rc1 Rxc1 39.Bxc1 Nc7 40.g4 d5 41.Ng5+ Kd6 42.h4 Ne8 43.h5 gxh5
44.gxh5 Nf6 45.h6 Kc5 46.Kb3 a6 47.Ba3+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Thorhallsson,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Ba3 d6 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.h3 Be6 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.c4 Rac8
16.Rd2 a5 17.Rad1 a4 18.Nc1 Nd4 19.Rxd4 exd4 20.Rxd4 d5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Qf5 Qxc2
23.Bd3 Qc3 24.Rg4 Be6 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Ne2 Qa1+ 28.Kh2 Rxd3 29.Be7 Ng8  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kniest,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Qb6
16.Nf1 Bb7 17.Ne3 Nb4 18.Bb1 d5 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.dxe5 Nxe4 21.N3d4 g6 22.Ne3 Nc5
23.Ng4 Bg7 24.Qd2 Nc6 25.Nh6+ Bxh6 26.Qxh6 Nd3 27.Bxd3 Nxd4 28.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Liang,Awonder"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+
9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 d5 11.Bf4 c6 12.c4 Be6 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O Be7 15.Rfe1 O-O
16.Bf3 Be6 17.Bg4 Bb4 18.Re4 Bxg4 19.Rxb4 b5 20.Bd6 Rfd8 21.Bc7 Rd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bxd1
23.c3 Re8 24.f3 Be2 25.Re4 Rxe4 26.fxe4 Bd3 27.e5 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Ke3 Bb1
30.a3 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hambleton,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5
9.g3 Nge7 10.Qe2 b5 11.f4 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 Rb8 14.e5 Bb7 15.Bg2 Bxg2
16.Qxg2 b4 17.Ne4 O-O 18.Rhd1 Nd5 19.Qf3 a5 20.Nd6 a4 21.a3 Qc5 22.axb4 Rxb4
23.Qa3 Rfb8 24.c3 Qc6 25.Rxb4 Nxb4 26.Kb1 Qf3 27.Qxa4 Nd5 28.Nb5 h5 29.c4 Nb6
30.Qc2 Nxc4 31.Rxd7 Ne3 32.Qd3 Qh1+ 33.Ka2 Nd5 34.Kb3 Qe1 35.Rxd5 exd5 36.Qxd5 Qa5
37.Kc4 Qa4+ 38.b4 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Louis,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Be3 Nxd4 8.Na3 Nec6
9.Bxc6 Qxb2 10.Nc4 Qc3 11.Ba4 Qxc4 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.Bxd4 b6 14.Rfd1 f6 15.Rd2 e5
16.Be3 Bb4 17.Rd5 Ke7 18.Rb1 Ba5 19.f4 d6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Bc6 Be6 22.Bxa8 Rxa8
23.Rxa5 bxa5 24.Rb7+ Bd7 25.Bc5+ Ke6 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Bxa7 Bc6 28.c3 a4 29.Bc5 Bxe4
30.Kf2 f5 31.Bf8 g5 32.g3 Bd5 33.a3 f4 34.h4 e4 35.hxg5 e3+ 36.Ke2 Bc4+ 37.Kf3 e2
38.Kf2 fxg3+ 39.Ke1 Kf5 40.Bd6 g2 41.Bh2 Kxg5 42.Kf2 h5  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ris,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Nc3 a6 7.Nxb5 axb5 8.Rxa8 Bb7
9.Ra2 e6 10.f3 f5 11.exf5 Nc6 12.Ne2 Nge7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qd7 15.Nc3 Nxf5
16.Bf2 Ncxd4 17.Be2 b4 18.O-O bxc3 19.bxc3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bd6 21.Ra7 Bb8 22.Rxb7 Qxb7
23.Qxe6+ Ne7 24.Re1 Ba7 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Qd6 Kf7 27.Qe6+ Ke8 28.Qg6+ Kf8 29.Qd6 Kf7
30.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kleinman,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5
9.g3 Nge7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bg2 Qc4 14.Bf4 f6 15.Bxe5 fxe5
16.Qd6 Nc6 17.a3 b4 18.Bf1 Qxf1 19.Rhxf1 bxc3 20.bxc3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Thorfinnsson,Br"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 e6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Bxg3 7.hxg3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Nf6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Qa3 c4 12.b3 b5 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rfc1 a5 15.bxc4 bxc4
16.Qc5 a4 17.Rab1 a3 18.Ne5 Rfc8 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Bd1 Qd8 21.Qb6 Rc7 22.Bc2 Nd7
23.Qb4 Nb8 24.Qb6 Be8 25.Nf3 Nc6 26.Ne5 Ne7 27.e4 Nc8 28.Qb4 Nd6 29.exd5 exd5
30.Re1 f6 31.Nf3 Qd7 32.g4 Bg6 33.Bxg6 hxg6 34.Nd2 g5 35.f3 Rb7 36.Qc5 Nb5
37.Re3 Rc8 38.Qb4 Rcb8 39.Qc5 Kh7 40.Kf2 Kg6 41.Kg1 Qd6 42.Rb4 Qxc5 43.dxc5 Na7
44.Ra4 Nc6 45.Rxa3 Rb5 46.Ra6 Rxc5 47.Re6 Rc8 48.Rd6 Rc7 49.Nf1 d4 50.cxd4 c3
51.dxc5 c2 52.Raxc6 Rxc6 53.Rxc6 c1=Q 54.Re6 Kf7 55.Re4 g6 56.Re2 Qxc5+ 57.Ne3 f5
58.gxf5 gxf5 59.Kf1 Kf6 60.Nxf5 Qxf5 61.Re4 Qb5+ 62.Kf2 Qb2+ 63.Kf1 Qxa2
64.Kg1 Kf5 65.Kf1 Qa7 66.Rg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Thorhallsson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O e6 5.Re1 Ne7 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2 Ng6
9.a4 b4 10.d4 bxc3 11.Nxc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nb4 13.Bb3 Be7 14.f4 Bf6 15.f5 Nf8
16.a5 Bd7 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.Qxd6 Nxa5 19.Ba2 Nb7 20.Qb4 Bc6 21.Bd5 Qc8 22.Nd4 Bxd5
23.Nxd5 Bd8 24.Bf4 a5 25.Qa4+ Qd7 26.Nb5 Rc8 27.Rad1  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Pigott,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Bg4 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 e6
9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Be7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.Ng2 h5 14.Nf4 Nde5 15.gxh5 Bh7
16.Nb3 Bh4 17.Ng2 Qf6 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.Re3 f5 20.d4 f4 21.Re1 Bg6 22.hxg6 Rh6
23.Bxf4 Qxf4 24.dxe5 Rxg6+ 25.Bg2 Qg5 26.Qg4  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rozum,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2
9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Ndb5 Ba5 13.Rb1 Qxc2 14.Rb3 Ne7 15.Nd6+ Kf8
16.Nxb7 Bb6 17.Nd6 Ba5 18.Nb7 Bb6 19.Nd6 Ba5 20.Bf3 h6 21.Qe3 Bb6 22.Qf4 g5
23.Qb4 Kg7 24.Rb2 Qd3 25.Rd1 Qa6 26.Bxd5 Rab8 27.Bc4 Qa5 28.Qxa5 Bxa5 29.Rxb8 Rxb8
30.Ncb5 Bg4 31.f3 Bh5 32.Nd4 Bb6 33.Kf1 g4 34.fxg4 Bxg4 35.Rd3 Bh5 36.Rg3+ Bg6
37.Nf3 Bc5 38.Bd3 Rb2 39.a4 Rf2+ 40.Ke1 Ra2 41.Bxg6 Bf2+ 42.Kd1 fxg6 43.Rh3 Nd5
44.Nd2 Be3 45.N2e4 Bf4 46.Rb3 g5 47.g3 Bxe5 48.Rb7+ Kg6 49.Rxa7 Ne3+ 50.Ke1 Rxh2
51.a5 Nf5 52.Nc4 Bxg3+ 53.Nxg3 Nxg3 54.Re7 Kf6 55.Rh7 h5 56.a6 h4 57.a7 Ra2
58.Nb6 Kg6 59.Re7 h3 60.Rxe6+ Kh5 61.Re7 Kh4  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.a4 c5 15.Qg4 Qd7
16.b3 c4 17.h4 cxd3 18.cxd3 b4 19.Bd2 a5 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Rc4 Rxc4 22.dxc4 Qf7
23.h5 d3 24.h6 d5 25.hxg7 Bxg7 26.cxd5 exd5 27.e5 Qg6 28.Qd7 Qe4 29.e6 Qf5
30.Be3 Be5 31.f4 d2 32.Qxd5 Bxf4 33.Rxf4 Qxd5 34.Rg4+ Kh8 35.Bd4+ Qxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Re8
37.Rxd2 Rxe6 38.Kf2 Rc6 39.Ke3 Kg7 40.Ke4 Kf6 41.Rd5 Rc3 42.Rxa5 Rxb3 43.Ra6+ Ke7
44.g4 Rb1 45.Ra7+ Kd6 46.Kd4 Rg1 47.Rg7 b3 48.Kc3 Rg3+ 49.Kb2 Kc5 50.Ka3 Kb6
51.Rg5 Ka6 52.Kb2 h5 53.Rg6+ Ka5 54.gxh5 Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 Rc8 8.O-O e5
9.Qb4 b5 10.a4 a5 11.Qb3 b4 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Ng5 Be7 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Nxe7 Qxe7
16.Qd3 Nf6 17.Qb5+ Kf7 18.Qxa5 Qb7 19.Bd2 Rxc2 20.Qxb4 Rxb2 21.Qxb7+ Rxb7
22.f3 d5 23.a5 Ra8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Rab1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 d4 27.Kf1 e4 28.Ke2 e3
29.Be1 Nd5 30.Rb7+ Kg6 31.g3 Nc3+ 32.Kd3 Rxa5 33.Kxd4 Rb5 34.Ra7 Nd1 35.Ra1 e2
36.Ra2 Rb3 37.Rxe2 Rxf3 38.Ke4 Ra3 39.Kf4 Nc3 40.Bxc3 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Nf3 dxc4 13.Ng5 Bh6 14.h4 cxb3 15.Qc3 Bxg5
16.hxg5 f6 17.axb3 Qb6 18.b4 Rad8 19.e4 Nb8 20.Rfd1 Na6 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 Bf5
23.Rd4 Nc7 24.Qb3 Nb5 25.Rf4 e5 26.d6+ Rf7 27.Rxf5 gxf5 28.Bd5 Nxd6 29.gxf6 Kf8
30.Bxf7 Nxf7 31.Qf3 f4 32.gxf4 Qxf6 33.Rxa7 Qg6+ 34.Kh2 Qh6+ 35.Kg2 exf4
36.Rxb7 Qg6+ 37.Kh2 Qh6+ 38.Qh3 Qc6 39.Qg2 Qh6+ 40.Qh3 Qc6 41.Qg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.d4 e6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.O-O Be6 14.Qd2 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.Bxe5 exf3 18.gxf3 Bh3 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.Bd4 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rd6
22.Kh1 Rg6 23.Rg1 Rxg1+ 24.Kxg1 a6 25.e4 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.b4 Kf7 28.a4 b5
29.axb5 axb5 30.Bc5 Ke6 31.Bd4 g6 32.Kg2 Kd5 33.Bc5 h5 34.h4 Kc4 35.f4 Be4+
36.Kg3 Bf5 37.Kg2 Be4+ 38.Kg3 Bf5 39.f3 Bd3 40.Bf8 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Predke,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 exd4 15.Nxd4 Re8
16.Bb2 Bf8 17.Qf3 Rc8 18.Rad1 d5 19.Bb1 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Nc5
23.Nf5 Qg5 24.Rg4 Bxf3 25.Rxg5 Bxd1 26.Nh6+ Kh8 27.Nxf7+ Kg8 28.Nh6+ Kh8
29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nh6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 d6 7.c3 Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bf1 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Nb3 f6 15.Bd3 fxe5
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Rf5 20.Rxf5 Bxf5 21.Qd2 Qb5
22.Re1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.dxc5 Qe4 26.Be3 b6 27.b4 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Bxd3
29.f3 a5 30.cxb6 cxb6 31.b5 Bxb5 32.Bxb6 a4 33.a3 Kf7 34.Kf2 g5 35.g4 Kg6
36.Bd4 Kf7 37.Kg3 Bf1 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 g6 40.Kg5 Be2 41.f4 Bd1 42.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Koop,Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Nf6
9.Nc4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Ng3 O-O 13.Be2 f5 14.f4 Nc4 15.O-O Bc5+
16.Kh1 Ne3 17.Bxe3 Bxe3 18.c3 Be6 19.Bf3 Bxf4 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxf4 g6
23.Rd1 Bc6 24.Kg1 Rae8 25.Kf2 Re5 26.h4 Rfe8 27.Rfd4 a5 28.b3 Kf7 29.Rd8 f4
30.Nf1 Re2+  0-1

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Koop,Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bg4 8.O-O Nh6
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qb6 13.b3 c5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Nd4 Rac8 17.a3 Rfd8 18.b4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.g4 Kh8 21.Qd2 Ng8 22.b5 a6
23.a4 axb5 24.axb5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Ra8 26.Rb1 Bxe5 27.Nc6 Bg7 28.Qxd5 Nf6 29.Qc4 Nd7
30.Qxf7 Ne5 31.Qxe7 Nf3+ 32.Kg2  1-0

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shvyrjov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.dxc5 g5 5.Bg3 Bg7 6.c3 Na6 7.Nf3 Nxc5 8.Be5 Nf6
9.e3 O-O 10.h4 g4 11.Nd4 Nh5 12.Bxg7 Nxg7 13.Nd2 e5 14.N4b3 b6 15.Be2 f5
16.g3 Bb7 17.O-O Kh8 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.b4 c4 20.e4 fxe4 21.Bxg4 a5 22.b5 Qb6
23.a4 e3 24.Nf3 Rae8 25.Qe2 d4 26.fxe3 d3 27.Qe1 h5 28.Nxe5 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shvyrjov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Nc4 O-O-O 15.Qxf7 Qc5+
16.Kh1 Bc7 17.Rad1 b5 18.b4 Qg5 19.Qe6+ Kb8 20.Na5 Ne7 21.Qxe7 Qg3 22.Nxc6+ Kb7
23.Nxd8+ Rxd8 24.e5  1-0

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Stremavicius,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.d4 O-O 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Nh4 Be6 10.c5 Qa6 11.f4 b6 12.cxb6 axb6 13.f5 Bxf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Rxf5 e6
16.Rf4 c5 17.e3 Nc6 18.Bf1 c4 19.Qc2 b5 20.Qf2 Nd7 21.Rh4 f5 22.Ne2 Nf6 23.Nf4 Ne4
24.Qe2 Rf6 25.Nh5 Rh6 26.Bg2 Nb4 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Rxh6 Kxh6 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Qf2 Nd3
31.Qg2 Ne1 32.Qh3+ Kg6 33.Kf2 Nf3 34.g4 Qd6 35.Qh5+ Kg7 36.Kg2 Rg8 37.a4 Kh8  0-1

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stremavicius,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.O-O-O Qxd4
9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Rxd4 a6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Rhd1 Bc6 13.f3 Be7 14.Bh4 O-O-O 15.Bg3 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.c4 Bc6 19.Be5 f6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bc3 Rxd1+
22.Kxd1 e5 23.Bd3 g6 24.Ke2 Kd7 25.b4 Ke6 26.Be4 f5 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Kd3 h5
29.a4 Bf8 30.h3 Be7 31.b5 cxb5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.axb5 Kd5 34.b6 Bd6 35.b7 Bb8
36.Bb4 Ba7 37.Be7 e4+ 38.fxe4+ fxe4+ 39.Kc3 Kc6 40.Kc4 Kxb7 41.Kd5 e3 42.Bh4 e2
43.Be1 g5 44.Ke4 Kc6 45.Kf3 Kd5 46.Bd2 Ke6 47.Kxe2 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ladva,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nge7 7.Be3 a6 8.f4 b5
9.Nb3 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nb4 11.O-O-O Ng6 12.g5 h5 13.gxh6 Rxh6 14.f5 Ne5 15.Qg3 Qh4
16.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 17.Kb1 Nxc2 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Kxc2 b4 20.Na5 bxc3 21.Nxb7 cxb2
22.Kxb2 Qf6 23.Kb1 g6 24.Be2 Bg7 25.Rhf1 Nf3 26.e5 Qf5+ 27.Bd3  1-0

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ladva,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Be4 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.bxc4 c5 14.Qb3 e6 15.Rfd1 cxd4
16.exd4 Qc7 17.Bb2 Rac8 18.Qe3 Bc6 19.Ba3 Rfe8 20.Re1 Nb6 21.Bc5 Na4 22.Ba3 Qa5
23.Ne5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nb6 25.Qf3 f6 26.Ng4 Nxc4 27.Bc5 f5 28.Qxb7 fxg4 29.Rxe6 Qxa2
30.Rce1 Qa4 31.Qd5 Kh8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Rxe8+ Qxe8 34.Qxc4 Qe4+ 35.Kg1 Qe1+
36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qe1+ 38.Qf1 Qxf1+ 39.Kxf1 a5 40.Ke2 Kg8 41.Kd3 Kf7 42.d5 Bf8
43.Bb6 a4 44.Kc4 Kf6 45.Bd4+ Kf5 46.Be3 Ke4 47.Bf4 a3 48.d6 a2 49.d7 Be7
50.Bd6 Bd8  0-1

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.Qd2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.Bc4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Bxb5 exd5 13.exd5 Bb7 14.c4 Nd7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7
16.Ne2 Qg4 17.O-O Qxc4 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Qd4 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8
22.Qc1 Qe5 23.h3 h5 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Qd3 Rd8 26.Qc4 Ba6 27.Qxc5 Rc8 28.Qxa7 Rxc3
29.Qxa6 Rc2 30.d6 Qf6 31.Qa7 Qf4 32.Qd4+ Qxd4 33.Rxd4 Rc8 34.d7 Rd8 35.a4 Kf8
36.a5 Ke7 37.a6  1-0

[Event "51st Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.f4 Qh4
16.Qf3 exd4 17.e5 dxc3 18.bxc3 dxe5 19.fxe5 Bxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Rxb5
22.Ba4 Ra5 23.Ba3 Rxa4 24.Bxf8 Rf4+ 25.Kg2 Kxf8 26.e6 fxe6 27.Rxe6 Rc4 28.Rf1+ Nf6
29.Rf3 Kf7 30.Re2 Ne7 31.Rd2 Ng6 32.Kf1 Ne5 33.Re3 Rf4+  0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour,Masoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.e3 Bg7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 N6d7 10.b4 a5 11.a3 axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 e5 14.Bc4 Nc6 15.Qb1 exf4
16.exf4 Qe7+ 17.Kd1 b6 18.Re1 Qd8 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.Nd6 bxc5 21.bxc5 Bg4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8
23.Bc4 Qd7 24.Qa2 h6 25.Be6 Qc7 26.Bxg4 Nxg4 27.Qe6 Nf6 28.Nh4 Kh7 29.Nxg6 Ra8
30.Qf5 Ra1+ 31.Bc1 Kg8 32.Qe6+ Kh7 33.Qf5 Kg8 34.Ne5 Nd4 35.Qc8+ Qxc8 36.Nxc8 Nd5
37.c6 Ra2 38.Bd2 Ra1+ 39.Bc1 Ra2 40.Bd2 Ra1+ 41.Bc1 Ra2 42.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tabatabaei,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re2 c6 12.Ne3 Bc7 13.Nf5 d5 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.d3 Qd7 17.g3 Nf6 18.Bg5 Qf5 19.Qd2 h6 20.Be3 a6 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Bh3 Qg6 25.Qxg6+ fxg6 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Re7 Kf8 28.R1e6 Ng4
29.Rh7 Kg8 30.Rd7 Ne5 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rxe5 Kg7 33.f4 a5 34.a4 b5 35.axb5 cxb5
36.Rxd5 b4 37.c3 bxc3 38.bxc3 Rxc3 39.Rxa5 Rxd3 40.Kg2 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 Kh6 42.f5 Rf2
43.fxg6 Kxg6 44.g4 Rc2 45.Kg3 Kh6 46.Ra6+ Kg7 47.h3 Rc5 48.Kh4 Rc3 49.g5 Rd3
50.Kg4 Rd4+ 51.Kh5 Kg8 52.Ra7 Rc4 53.h4 Rb4 54.g6 Rc4 55.Kg5 Rb4 56.h5 Rb8
57.Ra5 Rc8 58.h6 Rb8 59.h7+  1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pourramezanali,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Ne4 Be7
9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Ng3 f5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bd6 15.Qh5 Qd7
16.Bd2 e4 17.d4 e3 18.Bxe3 f4 19.Bc2 g6 20.Bxg6 fxg3 21.fxg3 Bxg3 22.Rf1 Nd5
23.Bg5 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Bxf4 25.Kh1 Qg7 26.Be4 Rf6 27.Rf2 Raf8 28.Raf1 h6 29.Rf3 Bd6
30.Qd5 Rxf3 31.Rxf3 Rxf3 32.Bxf3 Qg3  0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mousavi,Se"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.Nf3 c5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.O-O-O cxd4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.exd4 b5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2 Ne4
16.Ng3 f5 17.Be5 Qd7 18.Nh5 g6 19.Nf4 Ba4 20.Bc2 Bxc2+ 21.Kxc2 Rfc8+ 22.Kb1 Rc4
23.Qe3 Qb5 24.Ka1 Rac8 25.f3 Nc3 26.bxc3 bxc3 27.Rb1 Qa5 28.Bd6 Bf6 29.Qe6+ Kg7
30.Rb7+ R8c7 31.Bxc7 Bxd4  1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo,Parham"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5
9.N4b3 d4 10.c5 Nc6 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Bh3 14.Nxc6 Qd7 15.Ncxd4 Bxf1
16.Qxf1 Ne4 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.c6 Qd5 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Qd1 a5 21.a4 Bf8 22.Qd3 Bb4
23.Nb5 Qh5 24.c7 Nf6 25.f3 Qe5 26.Bd4 Qe6 27.e4 Nd7 28.Qc4 Qe7 29.Na7 Ne5
30.Nxc8 Nxf3+ 31.Kf2 Qxe4 32.Ne7+ Qxe7 33.c8=Q Be1+ 34.Kg2 Nh4+ 35.Kh3 Nf3
36.Qxe8+ Qxe8 37.Qc8  1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.c3 d3
9.Qxd3 Nf6 10.a4 Bd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Nd2 Bc6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Bc2 Re8 17.b4 g6 18.f3 Bf8 19.Nb3 Bd7 20.Na5 Bg7 21.Bb3 Qb8 22.Re1 Be6
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Kf1 Nd7 25.c4 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qb6 27.Nc6 Rf8 28.Be3 d5 29.exd5 Qb7
30.dxe6 Nf6 31.e7+ Rf7 32.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.d3 h6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.a4 Bb7 15.h3 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Qxe4 18.Qxe4 Bxe4 19.Rfe1 bxa4 20.Bxf7+ Rxf7 21.Rxe4 Rb8
22.Re2 c5 23.Nc6 Rc8 24.Na5 c4 25.Rxa4 d5 26.Rd2 Nf4 27.b3 cxb3 28.Nxb3 Rxc3
29.Nd4 Rf6 30.Kh2 Nd3 31.Nf3 Nc5 32.Raa2 Rd6 33.Nd4 Nb3 34.Nxb3 Rxb3 35.Ra4 Rb5
36.Rda2 Rbb6 37.Ra5 d4 38.Rd2 Rb5 39.Ra4 Rbd5 40.Kg1 d3 41.f3 Kf7 42.Kf2 a5
43.Ra3 Ke7 44.Ke3 Kd7 45.Rc3 a4 46.Rcxd3 Rxd3+ 47.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 48.Kxd3 Kd6
49.Kc4 Ke5 50.g3 a3 51.Kb3 Kd4 52.Kxa3 Ke3 53.Kb4 Kxf3 54.Kc5 Kxg3 55.Kd4 Kxh3  0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Bh3 Bd7 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Nh6
10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Na3 O-O-O 12.Nb5 Kb8 13.Qd2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Na7 15.Nbc3 Qb4
16.Qf4 Qe7 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.e6+ Ka8 19.exd7 Qxe2 20.Rfe1 Qa6 21.Qxf7 Bb4 22.Re8 Qg6
23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Qxd5 Nc6 25.Rc1 Qf6 26.Qe6 Qxe6 27.Bxe6 Rf8 28.d5 Nd8 29.f4 Be7
30.Rc8+ Ka7 31.Kg2 b6 32.f5 Bd6 33.Kh3 Kb7 34.Kg4 b5 35.axb5 a4 36.Rc4 Kb6
37.Rxa4 Kxb5 38.b3 Nb7 39.Kh5 Nc5 40.Rg4 Rd8 41.Rg7 Ne4 42.Kxh6 Bf8 43.Kxh7 Kc5
44.Kg6 Bxg7 45.Kxg7 Kd6 46.f6 Nc5 47.f7 Ke7 48.h4  1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 cxd5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Bd2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.e4 Nxd4 13.Qh3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 g6 15.Ng5 Qd5
16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Bxg6 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Qxd1 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Nxe6+ Ke8 21.Ng7+ Kf8
22.Ne6+ Ke8 23.Ng7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mousavi,Se"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Ne7 11.Bd3 a5 12.b5 Ng6 13.Qd2 Bg7 14.h4 h5 15.Nc3 O-O
16.Ne2 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.a4 Qd6 19.Bxg6 Rxg6 20.Nf4 Rg4 21.g3 Rf8 22.Kd1 Rgxf4
23.gxf4 Rxf4 24.Rh3 Qf8 25.Ne5 Qf5 26.Rg3 Qb1+ 27.Ke2 Re4+ 28.Re3 Bxe5 29.dxe5 d4
30.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 31.Kd1 Qb1+ 32.Qc1 Qxa2 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qf6+ Ke8 35.Qh8+ Ke7
36.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.g4 fxg4 19.hxg4 c4 20.Nf1 Nc5 21.g5 Nbd3 22.Bxd3 Nxd3
23.Rxd3 cxd3 24.Qxd3 Qd7 25.gxh6 gxh6 26.Ng3 Qh3 27.e5 Re7 28.exd6 Rxe1+
29.Nxe1 Qg4 30.Ng2 Bxd6 31.Nf5 Bf8 32.Bxh6 Rc8 33.axb5 axb5 34.f3 Qb4 35.d6 Bxh6
36.Nxh6+ Kg7 37.Nf5+ Kf8 38.Nfe3 Kg7 39.Nf5+ Kf8 40.Nfe3 Kg7 41.d7 Rd8 42.Nh4 Kf6
43.Ng6 Ke6 44.Kf2 Qxb2+ 45.Kg3 Qg7 46.f4 Kf7 47.Qf5+ Qf6 48.Ne5+ Ke7 49.Ng6+ Kf7
50.Ne5+ Ke7 51.Qh7+ Kd6 52.Qd3+ Kc7 53.Qxb5 Qg7+ 54.N3g4 Rxd7 55.f5 Rd8 56.f6 Qf8
57.Qa5+ Kc8 58.Qb6 Qd6 59.Qxd6 Rxd6 60.f7 Rd8 61.Ng6 Bd5 62.f8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mosadeghpour,Masoud"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.f4 c5 11.Qd2 c4 12.fxe5 Qb6+ 13.Qe3 Qxe3+ 14.Bxe3 dxe5 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.Nc3 Rb8 17.b3 Bb7 18.Rf5 O-O 19.Bc5 Rfe8 20.Re1 cxb3 21.cxb3 Nd7 22.Bb4 f6
23.Rf2 Nf8 24.Rd2 Ne6 25.Ba5 Rec8 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nf8 28.Re4 Rb5 29.b4 Nd7
30.Ree2 Kf7 31.a4 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.d6 Ke6 34.Rc2 Ra1 35.Rc7 Rxa4 36.Rec2 Rb5
37.Rc8 Rd5 38.Re8+ Kf5 39.Bc7 Rxb4 40.Re7 Nc5 41.Rxg7 h5 42.h3 Ne4+ 43.Kf3 Rb3+
44.Ke2 Kf4 45.g3+ Nxg3+ 46.Kf2 Ne4+ 47.Kg2 Rbd3  0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo,Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qb6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Be2 Nh6 8.Na4 Qc7
9.Nc5 Nf5 10.c3 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Ng5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 e6 14.g4 Ne7 15.O-O h6
16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Be3 Kb8 18.Bf2 Nc8 19.Bh4 Rdg8 20.a4 Ka8 21.Kg2 Rh7 22.h3 Bf8
23.b4 Nb6 24.Nd2 h5 25.Bf6 hxg4 26.hxg4 Be7 27.a5 Nc4 28.Nxc4 dxc4 29.Rh1 Rxh1
30.Rxh1 Bxf6 31.exf6 g5 32.Qe5 gxf4 33.Kf3 c5 34.bxc5 Qa4 35.a6 Qxa6 36.Kxf4 Qa2
37.Qe3 Rxg4+ 38.Kxg4 Qg2+ 39.Qg3 Qxh1 40.Qc7 Qg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Idani,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.h3 Qd6 14.Bc2 c5 15.Qe2 Rfd8
16.Nf1 Nc4 17.Bc1 Qc7 18.Ng3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 g6 20.Nf1 Rd6 21.a4 b4 22.Qe2 Na5
23.Nd2 bxc3 24.bxc3 c4 25.Rb1 Rd7 26.g3 Kg7 27.Kg2 Rad8 28.Nf3 Bc5 29.Rd1 Rxd1
30.Bxd1 Nd7 31.Bc2 Ba7 32.Nh2 Qc6 33.Qf3 f6 34.Ng4 h5 35.Ne3 Nc5 36.Nd5 Nab3
37.Be3 f5 38.Bg5 Rd7 39.Rd1 fxe4 40.Bh6+ Kxh6 41.Qf8+ Rg7 42.Ne7 Qe6 43.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2017"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Andersson,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.e5 Ng4 8.h3 Nh6
9.g4 c5 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.O-O-O Be6 15.a3 Rfc8
16.Ng5 c4 17.Be4 Rab8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rd7 b5 20.Qf2 Rb6 21.Rhd1 b4 22.axb4 Qxb4
23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Bf8 25.Qd4 Qxb2+ 26.Kd2 Nf7 27.Ra8 Qa1 28.Qxc4 Qg1
29.Qc8 Qf2+ 30.Ne2  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2017"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Das,Say"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nge7 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.b4 Ng6
9.Be2 Ngxe5 10.Nd4 a6 11.f4 Nd7 12.O-O Be7 13.f5 e5 14.Nc2 Nf6 15.Bg5 Qd8
16.Ne3 d4 17.Nc4 e4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nbd2 dxc3 20.Nxe4 Qd4+ 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.Ned6+ Bxd6
23.Nxd6+ Kd7 24.Bd3 Kc7 25.Rf4 Nc6 26.Rc1 Ne5 27.Be4 Rb8 28.Rxc3 Bd7 29.Bd5 Rhf8
30.Ne4 Rbd8 31.Nxf6 Bb5 32.Re3 Nc6 33.Rh3 Ne7 34.Bf3  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2017"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.a3 Bd6 7.g4 O-O 8.g5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4
10.Nd2 f5 11.gxf6 Nxf6 12.Bg2 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe4 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2017"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vishnu,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 Rd8
9.e5 Ne8 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d6 12.Bg5 dxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Bxe7 Rd5 15.Nc4 Qb7
16.Ba3 Be6 17.Ncxe5 c5 18.Bxc5 Qxb2 19.Nc6 Rd7 20.Nfe5 Rc7 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.Bxe7 Bd5
23.Bc5 Nc7 24.Nd3 Qb5 25.Nf4 Bc4 26.Qf3 Rd8 27.Rab1  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2017"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dziuba,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bxc4
9.Qxc4 e6 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 e5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.d5 Nb6
16.Qb3 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Rac8 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Qb3 Qc6 21.Rfe1 h6 22.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2017"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5
9.g3 Nge7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b4 13.Na4 Rb8 14.f4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 f6
16.Be2 e5 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.Nxc5 Rb6 20.Rhf1 d6 21.Bc4 Bh3 22.Rf2 Rf8
23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Nxa6 Bg2 25.Nc7 g6 26.Nd5 Rc6 27.Ne3 Rc5 28.Rxd6 Bxe4 29.Rf6+ Ke8
30.Rb6 Nf5 31.Nxf5 gxf5 32.Rxb4 Kd8 33.Kd2 Rc6 34.Bd3 Bxd3 35.cxd3 Rh6 36.Rh4 Rd6
37.Ke3 h6 38.d4 f4+ 39.Ke4 exd4 40.Rxf4 d3 41.Rf1 Rb6 42.b3 Ra6 43.Rf2  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jacobs,Fl"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 g5 12.O-O Be7 13.Rd1 Nf8 14.Qc2 dxc4 15.e4 e5
16.Be3 exd4 17.Bxd4 Qc7 18.e5 N6d7 19.Ne4 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nd6+ Bxd6
22.Re1 Ng6 23.Qxc4 O-O 24.Rxe5 Bxe5 25.Qb3 Rfd8 26.Re1 Bd4 27.Qxb7 Rab8 28.Qc7 Bb6
29.Qxc6 Nf4 30.Bf1 Rd2 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Kh7 33.Qe1 Rxb2 34.a4 Rxf2 35.Qxf2 Kg6
36.Qxb6+ axb6 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.Bc4 f6 40.Bf1 Ne6 41.Bb5 Kd5 42.Kd2 Kd4
43.Kc2 Nc5 44.Kb2 Nd3+ 45.Kb3 Nf4 46.Bf1 Kc5 47.Kc3 g6 48.Kb3 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5
50.Kc3 g4 51.hxg4 fxg4  0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krivonosov,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 d5 7.exd5 Bb4 8.Nf3 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.O-O f6 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.Ra4 Bd7 15.Rh4 Bc6
16.Nd2 Qe8 17.Nc4 a5 18.Ne3 a4 19.bxa4 Rxa4 20.c4 Ra5 21.Nf5 b6 22.d4 Bd7
23.Ne3 exd4 24.Rxd4 Bc6 25.Rfd1 Re5 26.h3 h6 27.Qd2 Qg6 28.Rg4 Rg5 29.Qd4 Re8
30.Qf4 Re7 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rc8 h5 33.Rxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Harsha,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D45"]

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.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Qe7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 c5 15.Bxb5 cxd4
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.exd4 Qd5 19.f3 Qxd4+ 20.Qf2 Qxf2+ 21.Rxf2 a5
22.a4 Rfc8 23.Bd2 Rc4 24.b3 Rd4 25.Be1 Bd5 26.Rb2 Rb8 27.Bxa5 Rxb3 28.Rxb3 Bxb3
29.Bb6 Rxa4 30.Rxa4 Bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vovk,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 a6 6.f4 Nh6 7.dxc5 Nf5 8.Ng3 h5 9.Bd3 g6
10.Nxf5 Bxf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Nd2 Bg7 14.Nf3 f6 15.Bd4 fxe5 16.fxe5 Nxd4
17.cxd4 Qb5 18.Qc2 Bh6 19.a4 Qb4+ 20.Qc3 a5 21.Qxb4 axb4 22.a5 Kd7 23.Ra4 Kc6
24.Rxb4 Rxa5 25.Rb6+ Kc7 26.Kf2 Ra6 27.Rxa6 bxa6 28.Ra1 Rb8 29.Kg3 Rxb2 30.Rxa6 Be3
31.Ra7+ Kd8 32.e6 Re2 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.Rxd5 Bf2+ 35.Kh3 Rxe6 36.Rxf5 Re4 37.c6 Bxd4
38.c7  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Baldauf,Marc"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.f4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qc7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Bb4 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 Bxb4
23.axb4 Rxc2 24.Rxa7 g5 25.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Goh Weiming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 f6 7.b4 fxe5 8.bxc5 Qa5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.dxe5 Qc7 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Bd3 Qxe5 13.O-O Nf6 14.Bd4 Qc7 15.c4 Bxc5 16.Bxf6 gxf6
17.cxd5 O-O-O 18.Nd2 Kb8 19.Rc1 exd5 20.Nb3 Ba4 21.Rxc5 Bxb3 22.Rxc7 Bxd1
23.Rf7 Ba4 24.Rb1 Rd7 25.Rxf6 Rc7 26.h4 Rd8 27.Rh6 d4 28.Rb2 b6 29.Rxh7 Rc3
30.Be4 d3 31.Rb7+ Kc8 32.Rxa7 Rd4 33.Bf5+ Kb8 34.Ra6 Kc7 35.h5 Bb3 36.Ra7+ Kb8
37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.Bxd7 Bc2 39.h6 d2 40.Bg4 Rc4 41.Bf3 d1=Q+ 42.Bxd1 Bxd1 43.h7 Rc8
44.Rxb6+ Kc7 45.Rb1 Ba4 46.Rb4 Bd7 47.Re4 Bc6 48.Rb4 Rh8 49.Kh2 Kd7 50.Kg3 Ke7
51.Kf4 Bxg2 52.Kg5 Kf7 53.Kh6 Kf6 54.Rf4+ Ke5 55.Rg4  1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Meskovs,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.e3 Rfc8 14.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Nc3 Qxb2 10.Nb5 Qb4+ 11.Kf1 Qa5 12.g3 a6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Qa3 15.Kg2 Qxd6
16.Qd2 f6 17.Qxh6 Qf8 18.Qe3 Qf7 19.Rab1 O-O 20.Rb6 Qc7 21.Rhb1 e5 22.dxe5 fxe5
23.Ng5 e4 24.Bc2 Qe5 25.Bb3 Kh8 26.Qc5 Bg4 27.Qxd5 Qxd5 28.Bxd5 Rf5 29.Nf7+ Kg7
30.Rxb7 Bf3+ 31.Kg1 Rxd5 32.Ne5+ Kf6 33.Nxc6 Rd2 34.R7b6 Kg7 35.Ne5 Rad8
36.Rb7+ Kf6 37.Nxf3 exf3 38.R1b6+ Ke5 39.Re7+ Kd5 40.Re1 Re8 41.Rf1 Rxa2
42.Rb3 Rf8 43.h3 a5 44.Kh2 a4 45.Rb7 Ra8 46.Rxh7 a3 47.g4 Rb2 48.Kg3 a2 49.Rd7+ Ke6
50.Rdd1 Rab8 51.Rfe1+ Kf7 52.Rd7+ Kf8 53.Ree7 Re2 54.Rf7+ Ke8 55.Ra7 a1=Q
56.Rxa1 Kxf7 57.Kxf3 Rbb2 58.Rf1 Rec2 59.Kg3 Kf6 60.h4 Ra2 61.Kg2 Re2 62.Kf3 Ke5
63.Kg3 Ke4 64.f3+ Ke5 65.Rg1 Kf6 66.Kh3 Rh2+ 67.Kg3 Rab2 68.Ra1 Rbg2+ 69.Kf4 Rxh4
70.Ra6+ Ke7 71.Ra7+ Kd6 72.Ra6+ Kc5 73.Ra5+ Kc6 74.Ra6+ Kb7 75.Rf6 Rh8 76.Kf5 Rg8
77.Rf7+ Kc6 78.Rf6+ Kd7 79.Rf7+ Ke8 80.Ra7 Rf8+ 81.Kg6 Rxf3 82.g5 Rd3 83.Ra5 Ke7
84.Kg7 Rd7 85.Kh6 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Open A 2017"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Fruebing,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.a4 O-O 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Be3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.Nc4 Nc7 12.Nd6 Ne6 13.Bc4 Nd4 14.a5 b5 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.Ba2 Nc5 17.O-O b4 18.Nb1 Nxe4 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Nb5 21.Qc2 Ned6 22.Bc5 e4
23.Rd1 Qf6 24.Na3 Rfd8 25.c4 Nxa3 26.Bxa3 e3 27.fxe3 Qg5 28.Qf2 Ne4 29.Qf3 Bxa1
30.Rxa1 Rd3 31.Bc1 Rcd8  0-1

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ghorbani,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Qc3 Qf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Nd2 h5 14.a4 b4 15.a5 h4
16.f4 Rh5 17.Nc4 Bc5 18.f5 Bxe3+ 19.Nxe3 Ke7 20.Bc4 Ne5 21.Be2 Rg5 22.Rf4 h3
23.g4 Bc6 24.Bf1 Rag8 25.Bxh3 b3 26.cxb3 Nd3 27.Rf3 Bxe4 28.Rg3 exf5 29.Nxf5+ Bxf5
30.gxf5 Rxg3+ 31.hxg3 Rxg3+ 32.Kh2 Re3 33.Bf1 d5 34.Ra4 Nc5 35.Rd4 Rxb3 36.Rxd5 Rxb2+
37.Kh3 Rc2 38.Kg4 Rc1 39.Be2 Nb3 40.Bxa6 Ra1 41.Bb5 Rxa5 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Bc4 Ra4
44.Rxf7+ Ke8 45.Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Daghli,Arash"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3 cxd4 6.Bxd4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Nf6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nf3 Qe7+ 10.Qe2 Rg8 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.g3 a6 13.Be2 Bh3 14.Nbd2 O-O-O 15.Nb3 Ne5
16.Nfd4 f5 17.O-O-O f4 18.Rhe1 Bg5 19.Kb1 Ng4 20.Bxg4+ Bxg4 21.f3 Bh5 22.g4 Bg6+
23.Kc1 h5 24.gxh5 Bxh5 25.Re5 f6 26.Re7 Bh4 27.Nc5 Bf2 28.Kc2 Bxf3 29.Rf1 Be4+
30.Rxe4 dxe4 31.Rxf2 Rde8 32.Rxf4 Rg2+ 33.Kb3 e3 34.Nce6 Rxh2 35.Re4 Rh5
36.Rxe3 Re5 37.Rxe5 fxe5 38.Ng7 Rd8 39.Nc2 Rd2 40.Ne3 Kd7 41.a4 Re2 42.Ngf5 Ke6
43.a5 Rf2 44.Ng7+ Kf7 45.Ngf5 Ke6 46.Ng7+ Kf7 47.Ngf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bolourchifard,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.h3 Bb7 12.Re1 O-O 13.d5 Ne7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Nd7
16.Na3 Nc5 17.Nxb5 f5 18.Nxe5 fxe4 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.dxc6+ d5 21.Nd4 Qd6 22.Ba2 Rxb2
23.Re2 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Ng6 25.Qg4 Ne5 26.Nf5 Qf6 27.Bxd5+ Kh8 28.Qxg7+ Qxg7
29.Nxg7 Kxg7 30.Ra7 Rc8 31.Kf1 Ned3 32.g3 Kf6 33.Ke2 Ke5 34.Bc4 Kd6 35.Ke3 Rf8
36.Kd4  0-1

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Toufighi,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Na5 11.Qb4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Bf5 13.Bd2 Nc4 14.b3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Qd6
16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.e3 b6 18.Ne1 a5 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 g5 22.Bf1 h6
23.Bd3 Bd7 24.Qc2 Bf6 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.Bf5 e6 27.Bd3 e5 28.dxe5 Bh3+ 29.Kg1 Qxe5
30.Nf3 Qa1+ 31.Qb1 Qc3 32.Qc2 Qb4 33.Bf1 Bg4 34.Kg2 Bd7 35.Bd3 g4 36.Ng1 d4
37.Qc7 Bb5 38.Bxb5 Qxb5 39.exd4 Qd5+ 40.Kf1 Bxd4 41.Qf4 h5 42.h3 gxh3 43.Nxh3 Bf6
44.Kg1 b5 45.Qe3 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rasulov,Vu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 a5
9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nb6 11.Bf1 Re8 12.Ba3 Bf8 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.h3 Rad8
16.g4 Bc8 17.g5 Nfd7 18.Bg2 Nc5 19.Bb2 Ne6 20.Nf5 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Nf4
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Be4 Nxh3+ 25.Kg2 Nf4+ 26.Kf3 Ng6 27.Rh1 Qe5 28.Ng3 Bb4 29.Bxg6 fxg6
30.Rh4 Be6 31.Re4 Qc7 32.Ke2 Bg4+ 33.f3 Rd8 34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.Rxf4 Be6 36.Re4 Kf7
37.Rh4 Be7 38.Rxh7 Bxg5 39.Nce4 Bh6 40.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Golizadeh,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nh6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qb3 Bxb5
9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.Nc3 e6 11.h4 Nf5 12.g4 Ne7 13.h5 h6 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Be3 Nbc6
16.Nd2 h5 17.Nb3 b6 18.gxh5 gxh5 19.Kd2 Nf5 20.Rag1 h4 21.Rg4 Nce7 22.Rhg1 Qxb5
23.Nxb5 Kd7 24.Rxg7 Nxg7 25.Rxg7 Rag8 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Ke2 h3 28.Bf4 Rg1 29.Nd2 Rg4
30.Bh2 a6 31.Nd6 Nc6 32.Nf3 Nxd4+ 33.Nxd4 Rxd4 34.f4 Ra4 35.a3 b5 36.Kf3 b4
37.f5 bxa3 38.bxa3 exf5 39.Nxf5 Rxa3+ 40.Kg4 a5 41.Ng7 Re3 42.e6+ Rxe6 43.Nxe6 Kxe6
44.Kxh3 a4 45.Bf4 Kf5 46.Kg3 Ke4 47.Bc1 Kd3 48.Kf4 Kc2 49.Be3 Kd3 50.Bg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Avicenna Open 2017"]
[Site "Hamedan IRI"]
[Date "2017.08.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Pacher,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D44"]

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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Re8 20.Ne4 Bh6 21.Nd6+ Kc7 22.Nxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxh6 Qc6
24.Qxc6+ Kxc6 25.Kxf1 Nxf6 26.Re1 Nd5 27.h4 a5 28.h5 Nxe7 29.Bg7 Kd7 30.h6 Ra8
31.Rxe7+ Kxe7 32.Ke2 a4 33.Kd2 a3 34.Kc1 b3 35.bxa3 bxa2 36.Kb2 Rb8+ 37.Kxa2 c3
38.Bxc3 f6 39.g4 Rg8 40.f3 Kf7 41.Kb3 Kg6 42.a4 Kxh6 43.Bxf6 Rb8+ 44.Kc3 Rb4
45.a5 Rf4 46.g5+ Kg6 47.a6 Ra4 48.Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Birkisson,Bjorn Holm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.O-O-O Qc8 12.h4 Ne5 13.h5 Nxf3 14.Qg2 Ne5 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Be2 Nc4 17.Bd4 d5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Qh2 Rf7 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Rdf1 Bf6 22.Qh6+ Bg7
23.Qxg6 Qe8 24.Rxf7+ Qxf7 25.Rf1 Bf6 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.exf6 exf6 28.Bxc4 dxc4
29.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Woellermann,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 e6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg2 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.h4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bc7 14.b3 Nd5 15.g5 b5
16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Nf3 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Bb2 Rad8 20.Qe2 Ng4 21.Rfe1 Ba5 22.Red1 Bb6
23.Bd4 c5 24.Bb2 c4 25.Bd4 Nf4 26.Qc2 Nd3 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.bxc4 Ngxf2 29.Rd2 Nb4
30.Qb3 bxc4 31.Qxc4 Nfd3 32.Re2 Rc8 33.Qd4 Nc1  0-1

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.b4 Nd7 8.a4 g5 9.a5 Bg7
10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nb3 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.bxc5 Ng6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.c4 a6
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Kg7 20.Rfe1 Rae8 21.h3 Qd7 22.Bd2 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8 Qxe8 25.Qf5 Ne7 26.Qg4 Qc8 27.Qh5 Qf5 28.Qe8 Qc8 29.Qh5 Qf5
30.Qe8 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Be3 Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rfe1 Bb4 14.Bd4 Be6 15.a3 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 c5 17.Ng5 Ke7 18.Kh2 h5 19.b4 cxb4 20.Bxb4+ Ke8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Re3 Ne7
23.Bxe7 Kxe7 24.Rc3 Rac8 25.Rd4 c5 26.Ra4 a6 27.Ra5 c4 28.Ra4 Rhf8 29.Raxc4 Rxc4
30.Rxc4 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 d6 11.c3 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Be3 d5 15.Nbd2 Nc5
16.Nb3 Na4 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.d4 dxe4 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Ba7 Qg5 22.Nd4 Nf3+
23.Nxf3 exf3 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.g3 Ra8 26.Bd4 c5 27.Be3 Qh5 28.h4 Nxb2 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Qc6 Rg8 31.Qxb5 Qf5 32.Kh2 Nd3 33.Rd1 Ne5 34.Qxc5 h5 35.Bd4 Re8 36.Bxe5 Rxe5
37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Qf8 Kg6 39.Rd6+ Kh7 40.Rd8 Kg6 41.Qg8 Qe6 42.Qxe6+ Rxe6 43.Rf8  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Arjun,Kalyan"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bg5 Ra7 13.g4 Bg6 14.d5 Nb8 15.Qe2 Nbd7
16.a4 Qb8 17.Bc2 bxa4 18.Bxa4 h6 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.Be3 a5 21.Ne1 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Nc5
23.Nd3 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 a4 25.Ra2 Qb6 26.Rfa1 Rfa8 27.Nc4 Qc5 28.Ne3 f6 29.h4 Be8
30.Qc4 Qb6 31.Kh2 Bb5 32.Qb4 Bd3 33.Qxb6 cxb6 34.f3 b5 35.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Visakh,N R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 a5 11.a4 Nc6 12.g4 Nb4 13.g5 Ne8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Rc8
16.Kb1 Bg4 17.Re1 d5 18.exd5 Bd6 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Ndb5 Rd8 21.Bc4 Bf5 22.Bb3 Bxf4
23.Qxf4 Qg6 24.Re2 Bd7 25.Rhe1 Kh8 26.h4 f6 27.Nd4 Nd6 28.Qxd6 Bg4 29.Qh2 Bxe2
30.Qxe2 fxg5 31.Ne6 Rfe8 32.hxg5 Rc8 33.d6  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Re8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.b3 Bd8 22.f5 Nf8
23.Bf4 Qa6 24.Bd3 c4 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Bc2 Bf6 27.Qd2 c3 28.Qd3 Qb6+ 29.Be3 Qa5
30.Rb1 Ba6 31.Qd1 Qc7 32.Rb6 Bb7 33.Qb1 Ba8 34.Qb4 Rd8 35.Ra6 Qe7 36.Bf4 Qb7
37.Qxb7 Bxb7 38.Rb6 Ba8 39.Bxd6 Nd7 40.Ra6 h6 41.e5 Nxe5 42.Bxe5 Bxe5 43.Nxe5 Bxd5
44.Ra5 Bxg2 45.Kxg2 Rd2+ 46.Kg3 Rxc2 47.Ra8+ Kh7 48.Nxf7 g5 49.Ne5 Re2 50.Ra7+ Kg8
51.Ng6 c2 52.f6 Re3+ 53.Kf2 c1=Q 54.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Re8 11.h4 Nf8 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Bf5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 g6
16.Qf4 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Qe7 18.e4 d4 19.Rxd4 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.f4 Ne6 22.Rd7 Nxf4
23.Rf1 Ne6 24.Rfxf7 Nxg5 25.Rg7+ Kf8 26.Rxb7 Rd8 27.Rgc7 Nxe4 28.Rxh7 Kg8
29.Rbg7+ Kf8 30.Rc7 Kg8 31.Rhg7+ Kh8 32.Rxg6 Nxc3 33.bxc3 Re2 34.Rcxc6 Rdd2
35.Rgd6 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Rxa2 37.Rd2 Ra5 38.Rf2 Kg7 39.Kb2 Rb5+ 40.Ka3 Rb1 41.c4 a5
42.Rf4 Kg6 43.Ka4 Ra1+ 44.Kb5 a4 45.Rf2 a3 46.Kb4 Kg5 47.Kb3 Rc1 48.Rc2 Rb1+
49.Kxa3 Kf6 50.Re2 Rb8 51.g4 Rb7  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hasangatin,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.b4 a5 6.c3 axb4 7.cxb4 Nc6 8.Qb3 Ne4
9.Nc3 Qf6 10.Bd2 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Bxc5 12.Qb5+ Bd7 13.Qxb7 Bxf2+ 14.Kd1 Nxc3+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Iljiushenok,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.g4 Ne5 10.Qg3 Nfxg4 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bd2 Rg8 13.h4 gxh4 14.Rxh4 Bxh4 15.Qxh4 Qd8
16.Qxh7 Nf6 17.Qh2 d6 18.Be2 Bd7 19.f4 Nc6 20.Be3 Qe7 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Ng4
23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Qh7 Qf8 25.Bf4 Rh8 26.Qd3 Nf2 27.Qe3 Nxd1 28.Bxd1 Rd8 29.Bg5 Qb4
30.Bxd8 Kxd8 31.a3 Qe7 32.b4 Rg8 33.Kb2 Kc8 34.Be2 Rd8 35.Bc4 Qh4 36.Kb3 Qd4
37.Qg5 b5 38.Bd3 Bd5+ 39.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 40.Kb2 Qd4+ 41.Kb3 Rd7 42.a4 Rc7 43.axb5 axb5
44.Qg8+ Kb7 45.Qf8 Qxe5 46.Ka2 Qd5+ 47.Kb2 Qd4+ 48.Kb3 Qd5+ 49.Kb2 e5 50.Qe8 Qd4+
51.Ka2 Qd5+ 52.Kb2 Kb6 53.Qb8+ Rb7 54.Qe8 Ka7 55.Kb1 Qd6 56.Kc1 Qxb4 57.Qc6 Qe1+
58.Kb2 Qb4+ 59.Kc1 f5 60.c3 Qa3+ 61.Kc2 e4 62.Bxb5 Rh7 63.Kd2 Qb2+ 64.Ke3 Rh3+
65.Kf4 Qd2+ 66.Kxf5 Rh5+ 67.Kxe4 Rh4+ 68.Ke5 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bd6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bc7 7.O-O h6 8.e4 d5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Re1 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb5 14.Bc3 Nc6 15.a4 Qb6 16.a5 Qb5
17.d4 Bg4 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Bxe5 21.a6 Qxb2 22.Rb1 Qc3 23.Re3 Qc5
24.axb7 Rad8 25.Qb3 a5 26.Kg2 Bb8 27.Qb5 Qa7 28.Rb2 Bd6 29.Ra2 Bc7 30.Rc3 Bb6
31.Rac2 Rb8 32.Rc8 a4 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.c3 d3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.f4 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nd2 Be7
16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Ng5 O-O 18.Qh3 e5 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Ne6 Rfc8 21.Ra7 exf4 22.Nxc7 Bd8
23.Nd5 Nf6 24.Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.Bxf4 Rc6 26.Rd7 Re8 27.Bxd6 Rxe4 28.Ba3 Re5 29.Rfd1 h5
30.R7d5 Rce6 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Rd3 Rf5+ 34.Ke2 Rg5 35.g3 h4 36.Bd6 hxg3
37.Bxg3 b4 38.cxb4 Bxb2 39.Rb3 Bd4 40.Kd3 Bb6 41.Kc4 Ke6 42.Rd3 Bg1 43.Rd6+ Kf7
44.Rd1 Be3 45.Rf1+ Kg6 46.Rf3 Bg1 47.b5 Rc5+ 48.Kb4 Rc1 49.Bf4 Bc5+ 50.Kb3 Rb1+
51.Kc4 Ba7 52.Be5 Rc1+ 53.Rc3 Re1 54.Kd5 Rb1 55.Kc6 Bf2 56.Bc7 Rb2 57.h3 Bd4
58.Rd3 Bf2 59.b6 Rc2+ 60.Kb7 Rb2 61.Kc8 Bxb6 62.Rd6+ Kh5 63.Bxb6 Kh4 64.Bd4 Rc2+
65.Kd7 Kxh3 66.Bxg7 Kg4 67.Ke6 Re2+ 68.Be5 Re4 69.Rd3 Kg5 70.Rd8 Kg4 71.Rg8+ Kf3
72.Kf5 Rc4 73.Rg3+ Ke2 74.Bf4 Rc5+ 75.Kg4 Rc2 76.Re3+ Kf2 77.Re4 Ra2 78.Bg3+ Kg2
79.Be5 Kf2 80.Bd4+ Kg2 81.Re1 Rd2 82.Be3 Rd8 83.Re2+ Kf1 84.Rc2 Rf8 85.Bf4 Ke1
86.Kf3 Rd8 87.Rc1+ Rd1 88.Rc8 Rd7 89.Rc2 Rd8 90.Rh2 Kd1 91.Ke4 Re8+ 92.Be5 Kc1
93.Kd5 Kd1 94.Kd4 Ke1 95.Ra2 Kf1 96.Ke4 Ke1 97.Kf4 Kd1 98.Bd4 Re2 99.Ra1+ Kd2
100.Be3+ Kc3 101.Ke4 Rc2 102.Bd4+ Kc4 103.Ra6 Re2+ 104.Be3 Rc2 105.Rb6 Rc3
106.Bd4 Rc2 107.Rc6+ Kb3 108.Rh6 Kc4 109.Rh5 Re2+ 110.Be3 Rc2 111.Rd5 Rc3
112.Bd2 Rc2 113.Rd8 Kb5 114.Rb8+ Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ozgibcev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 Nxe4 7.cxd4 d5 8.dxc5 dxc4
9.Qe2 Qd3 10.Re1 f5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Qxe4 Bf5 14.Qxd3 cxd3 15.Bd2 Rae8
16.Bc3 Bg4 17.Nd2 Be2 18.f3 Ne7 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Kf2 Rxe4 21.fxe4 Nd4+ 22.Kg3 Nc2
23.Rac1 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 Kf7 25.Kf4 Ke6+ 26.Ke3 g5 27.h4 gxh4 28.Rh1 Rg8 29.Rxh4 h5
30.Rh2 Rg3+ 31.Kf4 Rg4+ 32.Ke3 Rg5 33.b4 b6 34.Bd4 Rg8 35.a3 Rd8 36.Bc3 bxc5
37.bxc5 Rb8 38.Bb4 Rb5 39.Rh1 a5 40.Bd2 Rxc5 41.Rb1 Rg5 42.Rb7 Rxg2 43.Rxc7 Bf1
44.Rh7 a4 45.Rh6+ Kf7 46.Bc3 h4 47.e5 d2 48.Bxd2 Re2+ 49.Kd3 Rxe5+ 50.Kd4 Re2
51.Bf4 h3 52.Kc5 Rf2 53.Be5 Rf3 54.Kd5 Rxa3 55.Bd6 Rd3+ 56.Ke5 a3 57.Kf5 Rd5+
58.Be5 a2 59.Rh7+ Ke8 60.Ra7 h2 61.Ke6 Rxe5+ 62.Kxe5 h1=Q 63.Rxa2 Qh5+ 64.Kf6 Qf3+
65.Kg5 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krylov,M RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 c6
9.Be3 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Bd3 Na6 12.b3 Ba3+ 13.Kb1 Nb4 14.Be4 Re8 15.Rhe1 Bg4
16.f3 Bh5 17.Nf5 Bg6 18.Nd6 Re7 19.Bc5 Nd7 20.Nf5 Rxe4 21.fxe4 Nxc5 22.g4 Nbd3
23.Re3 Ne5 24.h3 h5 25.Ne7+ Kf8 26.Nxg6+ fxg6 27.Ne2 Ke7 28.gxh5 gxh5 29.Rg1 Ne6
30.Rd1 Rf8 31.Ng3 g6 32.Kc2 Rf4 33.Rf1 Rh4 34.Ne2 Bc5 35.Rg3 Rxe4 36.Nc3 Nd4+
37.Kd1 Rh4 38.Re1 Bd6 39.Rxg6 Rxh3 40.Rg7+ Kf6 41.Ne4+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bublei,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a3 e5 13.h3 Rfe8 14.e4 a6 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nd4 Rad8 17.Nf5 c5 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.f4 Ng6 21.e5 h6 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.exf6 Qe3+ 25.Kh2 Qxf4+ 26.Kg1 Rd2 27.Qc1 Qe3+ 28.Kh2 Bxg2
29.Qg1 Qxh3+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Linker,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.g4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Qa5 11.h4 Be6 12.h5 Rfc8 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.a3 b5 15.Nxb5 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 a6 17.g5 Nxe4+ 18.fxe4 axb5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Bxb5 Rc5 21.a4 Rxg5 22.Bd3 Rg2+
23.Ke3 d5 24.a5 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Kd4 Rg4+ 27.Ke5 Bd7 28.a6 Ra7 29.Rag1 Kf7
30.Rxg4 fxg4 31.b4 g3 32.Rg1  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savitskiy,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 f6
9.c3 Kh8 10.Ne4 Bb6 11.a4 a6 12.h3 Be6 13.Bd2 Qd7 14.Qe2 Bf7 15.b4 Rad8 16.a5 Ba7
17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.bxc5 Bg6 19.Nh4 Nde7 20.Nxg6+ Nxg6 21.Be3 f5 22.Bg5 Rde8 23.Qh5 f4
24.Qg4 Qxg4 25.hxg4 h6 26.Reb1 Rb8 27.Kf1 e4 28.d4 hxg5 29.Ke2 f3+ 30.gxf3 exf3+
31.Kd2 Nh4 32.Re1 g6 33.d5 Nd8 34.Re7 Rf7 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Rae1 Kf6 37.R1e3 Rd7
38.Kc2 b5 39.axb6 cxb6 40.c6 Rc7 41.Bd3 b5 42.Be4 Nxc6 43.Re6+ Kf7 44.Rxc6 Rxc6
45.dxc6 Rd8 46.Rd3 Ke7 47.Kb3 Rxd3 48.Bxd3 Kd6 49.Be4 a5 50.c4 bxc4+ 51.Kxc4 Ng2
52.Bxf3 Nf4 53.Kb5 Kc7 54.Be4 Ne6 55.Kxa5 Nd4 56.Kb4 Nxc6+ 57.Kc5 Ne7 58.Bd3 Kd7
59.f3 Ke6 60.Kd4 Kf6 61.Be4 Nc8 62.Bd3 Nd6 63.Be4 Nf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zaichikov,Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 exd4 7.Re1 d5 8.Nxd4 Bd6
9.Nxc6 Bxh2+ 10.Kh1 Qh4 11.Rxe4+ dxe4 12.Qd8+ Qxd8 13.Nxd8+ Kxd8 14.Kxh2 Be6
15.Nc3 c5 16.Bg5+ Kc8 17.Nxe4 b5 18.Nxc5 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Kc7 20.Nc5 Bf5 21.c4 f6
22.Be3 a5 23.Nb3 Bd7 24.Rd1 a4 25.Nc5 Bf5 26.Rd5 g6 27.b4 Rhd8 28.Bf4+ Kc6
29.b5+ Kb6 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nxa4+ Kb7 32.c5 Rd3 33.c6+ Kc8 34.b6  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grigoriants,Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 b4 8.d4 d6 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.Bd5 Bb7 11.c4 bxc3 12.Nxc3 Qd6 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qb3+ Ke8 15.Qxb7 Rd8 16.Qxa6 Ng4
17.h3 Nf6 18.Nb5  1-0

[Event "TCh-SWE Superettan"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2017.10.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Krupenski,Y"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Bb5 e6 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.e4 Nc6 12.Nf3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb4+ 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.Qb5 Qd5
16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 f6 19.O-O Kd7 20.Bd2 g5 21.Be3 Ncb4 22.Bd2 Nc2
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.h3 h5 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Ncb4 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Nd2 Rh4 29.f3 Rch8
30.Ne4 Rh1+ 31.Kg2 R1h2+ 32.Kg1 Nd5  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE Superettan"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svensson,Bengt1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.O-O Nf6
9.e5 Nd7 10.Bxf7+ Qxf7 11.e6 Qg6 12.exd7+ Bxd7 13.Re1+ Kd8 14.a3 Bxd2 15.Bxd2 Kc8
16.Rac1 a5 17.Qc4 Rf8 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Nd3 b6 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Rf5 22.Ra1 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 Qd5 24.Qa6+ Kd8 25.Bf4 Bc8 26.Qa8 h6 27.Rc1 Kd7 28.Ne5+ Rxe5 29.Bxe5 d3
30.Bxg7 Nxb4 31.Qa4+ Nc6 32.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga 2017"]
[Site "Baile Govora ROU"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Miroiu,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Nd7 8.c4 Nc8 9.Bd3 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Ne2 Re8 13.g4 Nf8 14.h4 Nb6 15.c5 Nbd7 16.Be3 f6
17.exf6 Bxf6 18.g5 e5 19.Qf5 g6 20.Qh3 hxg5 21.hxg5 Bg7 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Rxe5
24.Rae1 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Kg2 Rae8 27.Rh1 Nxc5 28.Ng3 d4 29.Bd2 Rxe1 30.Bxe1 Ne4
31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Kf3 Re5 33.Bd2 c5 34.Rc1 Bf8 35.b4 b6 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.Rc4 Re6
38.Bc1 Kf7 39.Ra4 a6 40.Ba3 d3 41.Bc1 Bg7 42.Rf4+ Ke7 43.Be3 Kd6 44.Rc4 Bd4
45.Bxd4 Kd5 46.Rxc5+ Kxd4  0-1

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga 2017"]
[Site "Baile Govora ROU"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Patrascu,Catalin-Lucian"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B31"]

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.O-O-O Qd6 11.Bh6 b5 12.Nh2 b4 13.Ne2 c4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ng4 Ng8
16.dxc4 Qc5 17.Ng3 f6 18.Ne3 Re8 19.h4 h5 20.Kb1 Nh6 21.Qe2 Ng4 22.Ngf1 Be6
23.Nxg4 Bxg4 24.f3 Be6 25.Ne3 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.g4 f4 28.Nf5+ Bxf5 29.gxf5 Kf6
30.Rhg1 Rg8 31.Rg5 Rad8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rg6+ Kf7 34.b3 Qe3 35.Rg2 Kf6 36.Qxe3 fxe3
37.Re2 Rd4 38.Rxe3 Rxh4 39.c3 bxc3 40.Rxc3 Rf4 41.Kc2 h4 42.Kd2 h3 43.Ke3 Kg5
44.Rc1 Kh4 45.Kf2 Rxf5 46.Re1 Rg5 47.f4 exf4 48.Re7 h2 49.Rh7+ Rh5 50.Rxh5+ Kxh5
51.Kg2 Kg4 52.Kxh2 Kf3 53.b4 Ke2 54.b5 c5  0-1

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga 2017"]
[Site "Baile Govora ROU"]
[Date "2017.11.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Bc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Nb3 Ba7
9.Qd3 Nbc6 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qd2 Bxe3 12.fxe3 a5 13.a3 Nbc6 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Qxd6 a4
16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.N3d4 b6 18.O-O-O Bb7 19.Nc3 Na5 20.Ndb5 Nb3+ 21.Kc2 Nc5 22.Nd6 Bc6
23.Rhf1 Rf8 24.Bh5 Ng6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.h4 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.g3 Rf6 29.Ndb5 Rg6
30.Rg1 Rb8 31.Rd6 Be8 32.Nd4 Kf8 33.Nf3 Ke7 34.Rd4 Nb3 35.Rdd1 Kf6 36.Ng5 Ke7
37.g4 fxg4 38.Rxg4 Rc8 39.h5 Rh6 40.Nge4 Bxh5 41.Rxg7+ Kf8 42.Rdg1 Rxc4 43.Kd3 Rc6
44.Rg8+ Ke7 45.R1g7+ Bf7 46.Rb8 Rc7 47.Nxa4 Nc1+ 48.Kd4 Rh4 49.Nc3 Ne2+ 50.Nxe2 Rd7+
51.Kc3 Rxe4 52.Rg3 e5 53.Kc2 Rh4 54.Rg2 Rh3 55.Rxb6 Rxe3 56.Nc3 Rd6 57.Rb7+ Ke6
58.a4 Re1 59.a5 Bh5 60.Rh7 Bd1+ 61.Nxd1 Rdxd1 62.a6 Ra1 63.a7 Ra2 64.Kb3 Rea1
65.Rgg7 Kd6 66.Kc4 Rc1+ 67.Kb4 Rca1 68.b3 e4 69.Kc4 Ke5 70.b4 e3 71.Re7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga 2017"]
[Site "Baile Govora ROU"]
[Date "2017.11.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vedmediuc,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.d5 Ne7 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.c4 Ng6
16.h3 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3 18.Ng5 Qg3+ 19.Kh1 Qh4+ 20.Kg2 Nf4+ 21.Bxf4 exf4
22.Nf3 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Rfe8 24.Ra3 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rc3 f5 27.b4 Qh5+ 28.Kg2 g5
29.Rh1 Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Rbe8 31.c5 dxc5 32.bxc5 Ba5 33.Rd3 Re1+ 34.Nxe1 Rxe1+
35.Qxe1 Bxe1 36.Kxe1 Qg2 37.Rf1 Qe4+ 38.Kd2 Qb4+ 39.Nc3 Qxc5 40.d6 cxd6 41.Rd5 Qb6
42.Rxf5 h6 43.Rb5 Qd4+ 44.Kc2 Kf7 45.f3 Ke6 46.Re1+ Kf7 47.Re2 Kg6 48.Rd5 Qg1
49.Rxd6+ Kh5 50.Ne4 Qh1 51.Rf2 Qh3 52.Kd2 Qh1 53.Ke2 Qh3 54.Nf6+ Kh4 55.Ng4  1-0

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga 2017"]
[Site "Baile Govora ROU"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nf5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bd3 Nh4 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nbd4 h6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Be3 g5
16.h3 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 b6 18.Qd3 Be8 19.b4 Qd7 20.a4 Bh5 21.b5 Na5 22.Nd2 Rac8
23.Rab1 Qf7 24.Rb4 Bg6 25.Qe2 Qf5 26.Nb3 Nc4 27.Nd2 Na5 28.Nb3 Nc4 29.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga 2017"]
[Site "Baile Govora ROU"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Cosma,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a3 Rfe8 13.Bd2 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.h3 a6
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bf3 c5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Ne2 Ne4 20.Be1 c4 21.a4 Rac8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bb4 Nc5 24.Bc3 Bb8 25.Qf5 Nd3 26.Bd4 Rc6 27.Ra5 Qc7 28.Qxb5 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+
30.Ng1 Bh2 31.Ke2 Qxg2 32.Kd2 Bxg1 33.Kc3 Bxf2  0-1

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kociscak,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "A59"]

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 O-O 11.f4 Na6 12.Nf3 Nc7 13.Re1 Ra6 14.Qd2 Qa8 15.b3 Rb8
16.Bb2 Rb4 17.Re2 e6 18.Rae1 h6 19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rxa2 22.dxe6 Rxb2
23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.Qxd6 R4xb3 25.Kh3 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Qc8+ 27.Kg2 Rb2 28.Qd5+ Kf8
29.Rxb2 Bxb2 30.Nh4 Bf6 31.Nxg6+ Kg7 32.f5 c4 33.Nf4 c3 34.Nh5+ Kh8 35.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kanovsky,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.a4 a5
9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Bb5 Bd6 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.Re1 Na7 13.h3 Bh5 14.d4 Nxb5 15.axb5 exd4
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 a4 20.Bf4 Rfc8 21.Bg3 c5 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Re7 Nc4 24.Rb7 c5 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.gxf5 a3 27.bxa3 Rxa3 28.Rd1 Rxc3 29.Rdd7 Rf8
30.Rbc7 h5 31.Rxc5 Nb6 32.Rxc3 Nxd7 33.Kg2 Ra8 34.Rc7 Nf6 35.Bh4 Nd5 36.Rc4 f6
37.Bg3 Ra5 38.Bd6 Ra6 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Rd8 Ra2 41.Bc5 Nc3 42.Rd4 Ra5 43.Bb4 Ne2
44.Re4 Ra4 45.Kf3 Nc1 46.Bd2 Ra3+ 47.Kg2 Nd3 48.Rh4 Kg8 49.Rxh5 Ra4 50.Be3 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Moehn,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 O-O 14.Nf3 Qd7 15.Bb6 Qe6
16.Re1 Bd8 17.Bc5 Re8 18.Qb3 Be7 19.Bb6 Bd8 20.Bxd8 Rexd8 21.Rad1 h6 22.h4 Rd7
23.Qa4 Rad8 24.h5 Kh7 25.Qf4 Rc8 26.Rd3 Rcd8 27.a4 Kg8 28.a5 Kh7 29.Nd4 Nxd4
30.cxd4 Rc8 31.Rb3 Rc6 32.Rc1 f6 33.Re1 Rf7 34.Rbe3 fxe5 35.Rxe5 Qd7 36.Qf3 Rd6
37.Re8 Qc6 38.Qg3 Qd7 39.Ra8 Re7 40.Rc1 Rc6 41.Rxc6 Qxc6 42.Rd8 Re4 43.Kh2 Qf6
44.Rxd5 Rh4+ 45.Kg1 Rxh5 46.Rd6 f4 47.Qd3+ Qf5 48.Qxf5+ Rxf5 49.d5 Rf7 50.Kh2 Rc7
51.b4 Rc2 52.f3 Rd2 53.Rd7 Rd4 54.Rxb7 Rxd5 55.Rb6 Rd4 56.Kh3 g5 57.Kg4 Rd2
58.Kh5 Rxg2 59.Rxh6+ Kg7 60.Rxa6 Rg3 61.Rg6+ Kf7 62.Rxg5 Kf6 63.Rb5 Rxf3
64.Kg4 Rf1 65.a6 f3 66.Ra5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Schreiner,Pe"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.e3 b5 8.Nf3 e6
9.Ne5 a5 10.Qf3 Ra7 11.g4 Bc8 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Qxc6+ Rd7 14.Qxb5 Nxg4 15.Qh5 Nf6
16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Rg1 g6 18.Qxc4 Bb4 19.Qb3 O-O 20.Bb5 e5 21.dxe5 Ne4 22.e6 Qf6
23.exd7 Qxf2+ 24.Kd1 Nxc3+  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 O-O 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qf3 Re8
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxf6 Qxf6 18.Rxf6 Re6 19.Rf3 Rc6 20.c4 Be6 21.Rb1 b6 22.h3 Rd8
23.Be2 Rd4 24.Rfb3 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Rdxc4 26.Rxb6 Rxc2 27.a4 Kg7 28.a5 R6c5 29.Rxa6 Ra2
30.Rb3 Raxa5 31.Rg3+ Kh7 32.Rf6 Rc7 33.Rg4 Ra4 34.Kh2 Rd4 35.Rh4 Kg7 36.Rfxh6 Rcc4
37.Rh7+ Kg8 38.Rh8+ Kg7 39.R4h7+ Kg6 40.Rh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.h3 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.g4 Nb6
16.Bb5+ Nfd7 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.c4 O-O-O 19.Ng3 hxg4 20.hxg4 Rxh1 21.Rxh1 Nc5
22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.gxf5 a4 24.Na1 d5 25.exd5 a3 26.Nc2 axb2 27.Nxb4 Bd6 28.Nc6 Rf8
29.Qxb2 Nd7 30.a4 Kc7 31.c5 Nxc5 32.Rc1 f6 33.a5 Qb7 34.Qb4 Nd3 35.Nxe5+ Nxc1
36.Qc4+ Kb8 37.Nd7+ Ka7 38.a6 Qc7 39.Qd4+ Bc5 40.Nxc5 Qb6 41.Kxc1  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 d4 5.d3 Bg7 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.b4 Nd7 10.Rb1 b5 11.Qa5 Nb6 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.Qxb5 Ned5 14.Bb2 Nc3 15.Bxc3 dxc3
16.Ne4 f5 17.Nc5 Rb8 18.Rbc1 a6 19.Qa5 Nd5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.a3 a5 22.Ng5 axb4
23.axb4 e4 24.dxe4 Nxb4 25.Nge6 Bxe6 26.Nxe6 Rdc8 27.exf5 c2 28.Nxg7 Kxg7
29.Be4 gxf5 30.Bxf5 Rc5 31.Be4 Rbc8 32.f3 Na2 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke3 Nxc1 35.Rxc1 Kf6
36.Kd2 Rd8+ 37.Bd3 h4 38.Ke3 Rc3 39.g4 h3 40.f4 Rd6 41.g5+ Ke6 42.Kd2 Rc4
43.e3 Ra4 44.Ke2 Ra3 45.Be4 Rb6 46.Bxc2 Ke7 47.g6 Rc6 48.g7 Ra8 49.Kf3 Rg8
50.Bb3 Rxc1 51.Bxg8 Rg1 52.Bc4 Rxg7 53.Bf1 Rg1 54.Bxh3 Rh1 55.e4 Rxh2 56.Bg4 Kd6
57.e5+ Kd5 58.Kg3 Rh8 59.Bf3+ Ke6 60.Be2 Kd5 61.Bd1 Re8 62.Bb3+ Ke4 63.Kg4 Rxe5
64.fxe5 Kxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yuffa,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 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 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Rdg8 21.Ne4 Rxg5 22.Nxg5 Re8
23.Nxf7 Rxe7 24.Qd6 Qxa2 25.Qc6+ Kb8 26.Qd6+ Kc8 27.Qc6+ Kb8 28.Qd6+ Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.e5 d5 10.Bd3 h5 11.h3 Bb7 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 Qb6 14.O-O h4 15.b4 Nh6 16.bxc5 Qxc5
17.Rab1 Qc7 18.Nd4 Rg8 19.Bg5 Bc5 20.Rb3 Bc8 21.Qf4 Rb8 22.Rxb8 Qxb8 23.Rb1 Qc7
24.Bxh4 f5 25.Nf3 Nf7 26.Bxa6 g5 27.Bb5+ Kf8 28.Nxg5 Nxe5 29.Ba6 Rxg5 30.Qxg5 Nf7
31.Qf6 Bxa6 32.Qxe6 Bd3 33.Rb2 Be4 34.Bf6 Ba3 35.Rb6 Bd6 36.Rxd6 Qxd6 37.Qc8+ Nd8
38.Qxd8+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O Bf5 8.d3 Qc8
9.Nbd2 Bh3 10.Rc1 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Rd8 14.Qe2 Qd3 15.Qxd3 Rxd3
16.e5 Ne8 17.Ne4 Na6 18.Ba3 Bf8 19.Bc5 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Nxf6+ exf6 22.Bd4 Kf7
23.Rfd1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rd2 Bb4 26.Re2 Bc5 27.Rd2 Bb4 28.Re2 Bc5 29.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 b5 12.h3 Qc7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.Na5 Bxc2+
16.Qxc2 Qxa5 17.Qc6 Qd8 18.Bd3 g6 19.Bb6 Qc8 20.Bc7 Ra7 21.Rc1 O-O 22.Bxd6 Qxc6
23.Rxc6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Rc8 25.Rc6 Rxc6 26.dxc6 Nc5 27.Rc1 Ne6 28.a4 bxa4 29.Bc4 Nc7
30.Rd1 Ra8 31.Rd7 Rc8 32.Rxf7 Kh8 33.Ka2 Ne8 34.Be6 Rxc6 35.Rf8+ Kg7 36.Rxe8 Kf6
37.Bd5 Rc2 38.Re6+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yuffa,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 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 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Rdg8 21.Ne4 Rxg5 22.Nxg5 Re8
23.Qd5 Rxe7 24.Kg1 f6 25.Ne4 Kc7 26.Rc1 Qc6 27.Qxc6+ Kxc6 28.Rxc4 Kd5 29.Nd2 Re1+
30.Kg2 Ra1 31.h4 Rxa2 32.Rc2 Ne5 33.h5 f5 34.Nf1 Ng4 35.f3 Nf6 36.h6 b3 37.Rd2+ Ke6
38.Ne3 f4 39.gxf4 Ra4 40.f5+ Kf7 41.Rd6 Rd4 42.Ra6 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Rxb2 44.Rxa7+ Kg8
45.Ng4 Nh5+ 46.Kh4 Ra2 47.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yuffa,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2
9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Ndb5 Ba5 13.Rb1 Qxc2 14.Rb3 Ne7 15.Nd6+ Kf8
16.Nxb7 Bb6 17.Nd6 Ba5 18.Nb7 Bb6 19.Nd6 Ba5 20.Bf3 h6 21.h4 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Qe3 g4 24.Rc1 Qd3 25.Qxd3 Bxd3 26.Bxg4 Rh4 27.Bf3 Bc4 28.Rb7 Ba6 29.Rxe7 Kxe7
30.Nxd5+ exd5 31.Nf5+ Ke6 32.Nxh4 Bb6 33.a4 Kxe5 34.a5 Bd4 35.Re1+ Kf6 36.Rd1 Be5
37.Rxd5 Rb8 38.g3 Rb5 39.Rd7 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rb2 41.Rxa7 Rxf2+ 42.Kg1 Rf1+ 43.Kg2 Rf2+
44.Kxf2 Bd4+ 45.Ke1 Bxa7 46.Be2 Bb8 47.Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 h6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qc2 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bb7 17.Bxa7 Rxa7 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.f4 Ned7 20.Rad1 Qa8 21.c4 Nxe4 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Qxc7 Nef6 24.Nxb5 Rc8 25.Qxd6 Rxa5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Re7+ Kg8 28.Qe6+ Kh8
29.Nd6 Qa7+ 30.Kh2 Qf2 31.Nxb7 Qxf4+ 32.Kh1 Re5 33.Qf7 Rxe7 34.Qxe7 Rc2 35.Qd6 Qxd6
36.Nxd6 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Be3 Nec6 7.Nd2 Nxd4 8.Bxd4 Nc6
9.Bc3 b5 10.b3 Bb4 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.Bb2 Rxg2 13.Qh5 Bb7 14.Kf1 Qg5 15.Qxg5 Rxg5
16.Nf3 Rg4 17.Ke2 O-O-O 18.Rhg1 f5 19.Rxg4 fxg4 20.Ng5 Be7 21.h4 gxh3 22.Nxh3 Rg8
23.Rh1 h5 24.f4 Rg3 25.Kf2 h4 26.Ng5 e5 27.Rxh4 exf4 28.Rh8+ Kc7 29.Nh3 Bc5+
30.Kf1 Be3 31.Bc3 Nd4 32.Be1 Rg7 33.Bf2 Rf7 34.Ng5 Rg7 35.Nh3 Ne6 36.Ke2 Rg2
37.Kf1 Rg4 38.Rh5 Rg7 39.Ke2 Nd4+ 40.Kf1 Rf7 41.Ng5 Re7 42.Bxe3 fxe3 43.Rh3 Rg7
44.c3 Nxb3 45.axb3 Rxg5 46.Rxe3 a5 47.e5 a4 48.bxa4 bxa4 49.e6 dxe6 50.Rxe6 a3
51.Re1 Rg3 52.Ke2 a2 53.Ra1 Rg2+ 54.Ke3 Kd6 55.Be2 Bd5 56.c4 Rxe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Ng6
16.g3 b4 17.Nf5 Be5 18.Na4 c5 19.f3 Rac8 20.Bc4 Bd4+ 21.Kg2 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Qe5
23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qxd5+ 25.Kh3 Qf3 26.Qd3 Qh5+ 27.Kg2 Rfe8 28.Be3 Ne5 29.Qf1 Ng4
30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.h3 Qxf5 32.hxg4 Qc2+ 33.Kh3 Re2 34.Qg1 Qg6  0-1

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hapala,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.g4 Ne5 10.Qg3 Nfxg4 11.Bd2 g5  1-0

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ashwath,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Na4 Nd7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Nc5 Qc8 14.Qb5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Nc4
16.Rfd1 a6 17.Qb3 e5 18.Bg3 Rd8 19.e4 N4a5  0-1

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bjerre,Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Nxd4  1-0

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gascon Del Nogal,Jose Rafael"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Qe1 Be6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.fxe5 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 Nfd5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nc3 Nf5 20.Nxb5 Qc5 21.g4 Nfe7 22.Nc3 h5
23.Ra4 Nxc3 24.Qxc3 Qxc3 25.bxc3 hxg4 26.Rxg4 Nf5 27.Kg1 Rh4 28.Rxh4 Nxh4
29.Bg5 Nf5 30.Rd1 Rb5 31.Bf4 Rc5 32.Rd3 Rc4 33.Bg3 Ne7 34.Be1 Re4 35.Bg3 Re2
36.Bh4 Nc6 37.Rg3 Kf7 38.Rg2 Rxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Kg6 40.Bf2 Kf5 41.Kg3 Nxe5 42.Bd4 g6
43.Bxe5 Kxe5 44.Kg4 Kd5 45.h4 e5 46.Kg5 e4 47.Kf4 c5 48.Kg4 Ke5 49.Kg3 Kf5
50.c4 Ke5 51.Kg4 e3 52.Kg3 Ke4  0-1

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Forcen Esteban,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.f4 Nc6 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Be2 a6 12.a3 b5 13.O-O b4 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.f5 cxd4
16.fxe6 dxc3 17.Qf5 Nd8 18.exd7 Bxd7 19.Qxd7 Qe4 20.Kf2 cxb2 21.Rad1 Qxc2
22.Nd4 Qe4 23.Nf5 Bxh4+ 24.g3  1-0

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 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.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Rdg8 21.Ne4 Rxg5 22.Nxg5 Re8
23.Qe2 Qg6 24.Ne4 Rxe7 25.Re1 Kd8 26.Qxc4 Qg4 27.Qd5 f5 28.Qa8+ Kc7 29.Qxa7+ Kc6
30.Qa8+ Kc7 31.Qa7+ Kc6 32.Qa8+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bogner,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.c4 Re8 12.c5 Nxf3 13.gxf3 d5 14.Bd3 b6 15.Rdg1 Bf6
16.Bh6 Kh8 17.Rxg7 Bxg7 18.Bxg7+ Kxg7 19.Rg1+ Bg4 20.Rxg4+ Kf8 21.Qh6+ Ke7
22.Bf5 Qc7 23.Rg1 Qe5 24.f4  1-0

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vasquez Schroeder,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.axb5 axb5 10.d4 Bb6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Lorca Open 2017"]
[Site "Lorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Peralta,Fe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 c5 8.c4 dxc4 9.Nc3 Nbc6
10.dxc5 Ng6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Na4 Rd8 13.Qc1 Ngxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.f4 Nc6 16.Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bryker,Oleksandr"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.O-O Nf4 11.Nc3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 O-O 13.Re1 c5 14.Nxe5 Ba6 15.Qa4 Rb8
16.Nc4 Bc7 17.Nxa5 Bxa5 18.b3 Rb4 19.Qc6 Bb7 20.Qxc5 Rg4 21.g3 Bb6 22.Qf5 Rg5
23.Qf4 Qxd3 24.Ba3 Rf5 25.Qxf5 Qxf5 26.Bxf8 Qxf2+  0-1

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kolasa,Pjotrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8
9.h3 e5 10.g4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Qe7
16.g5 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.g6 hxg6 19.Qxg6 Be5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxf7+ Kf8
22.Rd4 Re7 23.Qh5 Qxh5 24.Bxh5 Nf6 25.Bf3 Ree8 26.Rhd1 Ke7 27.Rg1 Kf7 28.h4 Re5
29.Rg5 Rae8 30.Rb4 R5e7 31.h5 Rd8 32.Be2 Kf8 33.Rf4 Ke8 34.h6 Nh7 35.Rxg7 Rxg7  1-0

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kretainis,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.c4 c6 6.Be2 e6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne1 f5 14.g3 Nb6 15.Ng2 Nd5
16.Rae1 Bf3 17.Bxf3 exf3 18.Nh4 Qe4 19.Qd1 Bb4 20.Nxf3 Bxe1 21.Nxe1 g5 22.Ng2 g4
23.f3 gxf3 24.Rxf3 Rae8 25.Qf1 Rf7 26.Ba3 Re6 27.Bc1 Rg6 28.Nf4 Nxf4 29.Rxf4 Qd5
30.Qc4 b5 31.Qc2 a5 32.Bd2 b4 33.Rf1 c5 34.dxc5 Rc6 35.Rf4 Rxc5 36.Qb2 Rd7
37.Be1 Qe5 38.Qe2 Rc1 39.Rf1 Rdd1 40.Qa6 Qxe3+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kg1 Rxe1  0-1

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.f4 Bb4
9.Qd3 Bb7 10.Bf3 d6 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Nc2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Rfc8 15.Na3 d5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.O-O b5 20.Nc2 Nc5 21.Ne3 Nd3 22.Nf5 b4
23.Qg4 g6 24.Bd4 Rd8 25.Qg5 Rxd4 26.e6 f6 27.Qxf6 gxf5 28.Qxd4 Qc5 29.Qxc5 Nxc5
30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Rfd1 Rd3 32.Rxd3 exd3 33.Ke3 Nxe6 34.g3 Be4 35.a3 b3 36.Rc1 Kf7
37.Rc4 Ke7 38.Rb4 Nc5 39.Rb6 Kd7 40.Kd2 Kc7 41.Rh6 Na4 42.Rxh7+ Kb6 43.Kc1 Kc5
44.Rd7 Nb6 45.Rd8 Nc4 46.h4 d2+ 47.Rxd2 Nxd2 48.Kxd2 Bf3 49.Kc3 Bd1 50.h5 Bxh5
51.Kxb3 Kd4 52.Kb4 Ke3 53.Ka5 Be2 54.b4 Kf3  0-1

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sharankov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 f6 8.b3 fxe5 9.dxe5 Bc5
10.Qe2 cxb3 11.Rb1 Na5 12.Qb5+ Bd7 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Nxb3 Nxb3 15.Rxb3 Ne7
16.Nd4 Nc6 17.Nb5 O-O 18.f4 Na5 19.Rb1 Nc4 20.g3 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 Nxa3 22.Rb3 Nc4
23.Bh3 Kf7 24.Ke2 Ra1 25.f5 Ra2+ 26.Kd1 h6 27.Rf1 Rxh2 28.fxe6+ Ke7 29.Rxf8 Kxf8
30.Bf5 Be3 31.Ba3+ Bc5 32.Bxc5+ bxc5 33.e7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Berzinsh,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Rd1 Nge7
9.f3 g5 10.Bf2 Bg7 11.e4 Bd7 12.h4 Rc8 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Nh3 f6
16.Bd3 Na5 17.b3 Qb4 18.Ne2 Nec6 19.Be3 Bg7 20.Nf2 Kf7 21.Rc1 Bf8 22.Bb1 Qxd2+
23.Bxd2 Ba3 24.Rc2 Rh8 25.Nc1 Nxd4 26.Rc7 Ke7 27.Bxa5 Nb5 28.Rc2 Nd4 29.Rd2 Nc6
30.Bc3 Bxc1 31.Rd1 d4 32.Rxc1 dxc3 33.Rxc3 e5 34.Bd3 Kd6 35.Bb5 a6 36.Bxc6 Bxc6
37.Ke2 Rh2 38.Kf1 Bb5+ 39.Kg1 Rh8 40.Ng4 Ke6 41.Rc7 Bc6 42.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Carlstedt,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 d4 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.b4 Nbd7
9.Bb2 e5 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 Qc7 12.c5 b5 13.cxb6 Nxb6 14.Qc2 Nfd5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Rfc1 Na4 17.Nc4 Ra6 18.Nfd2 Be6 19.Ne4 h6 20.Rab1 f5 21.Ned6 Rd8 22.Ba1 Rxd6
23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.Rb7 Ndc3 25.e3 Nc5 26.Rb4 Rxa3 27.exd4 exd4 28.Qb2 Ra2 29.Rb8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 g6 8.Nbc3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.a3 d5 11.c5 Nc4 12.Bxc4 dxc4 13.O-O Bf5 14.Re1 Re8 15.b3 Bd3
16.bxc4 Bxc4 17.Qa4 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Qh4 19.Rab1 Rad8 20.Rxb7 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4
22.Qxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxc7 a5 24.c6 Rd6 25.Rd7 Bc3 26.Rxd6 Bxe1 27.c7  1-0

[Event "LAT President Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gorodetzky,David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Qd7 4.Nf3 b6 5.b3 c5 6.c4 cxd4 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Bc4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 Qa5 11.a3 b5 12.b4 Qb6 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.O-O Bb7 15.Qe2 a6
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nbc6 18.Rac1 Rd8 19.Rc5 Rd5 20.Rfc1 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 g6 22.Qh4 h6
23.Ng5 Nf5 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Nxf7 Rf8 26.Qxh6 Rxf7 27.Qxe6+ Re7 28.Qg6+ Kd7
29.Qd6+ Ke8 30.Rxc6 Qd8 31.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-HUN 2017-18"]
[Site "Hungary HUN"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lupulescu,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2
9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Ndb5 Ba5 13.Rb1 Qxc2 14.Rb3 Kf8 15.Nd4 Bxc3
16.Rxc3 Qb2 17.Qc1 Qxc1 18.Rfxc1 g5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Rc7 h5 21.h3 hxg4 22.hxg4 Rb8
23.R1c3 Ne7 24.Rb3 Rh4 25.Rbxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Bh7 27.Rxa7 Ng6 28.f3 Nxe5 29.a4 Nc4
30.a5 e5 31.Nc6 Rh6 32.Bxc4 dxc4 33.Rc7 c3 34.a6 c2 35.Nb4 Rd6 36.Kf2 Rd1
37.Nxc2 Bxc2 38.Rxc2 Ra1 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Ra8 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2017-18"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2018.03.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rakhmanov,Ale"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 Ne4 8.b3 Bf5
9.Bb2 Qa5 10.Qc1 Nd7 11.Rd1 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Rac8 13.Bc3 Qa6 14.Qb2 b5 15.c5 b4
16.Bxb4 Qxe2 17.Re1 Qb5 18.Bc3 e5 19.b4 Rb8 20.a3 a5 21.Nb3 a4 22.Na5 Qxa5
23.bxa5 Rxb2 24.Bxb2 exd4 25.Rad1 d3 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.g4 Bxg4 28.Rxd3 Ra8
29.Bh3 Bxh3 30.Rxh3 Nxc5 31.Rc3 Rxa5 32.Re7 Kf6 33.Rc7 d4 34.Rxc6+ Ne6 35.Rf3+ Kg7
36.Rd6 Ra7 37.h4 h6 38.Kh2 g5 39.h5 Rc7 40.Rf5 Rb7 41.Rf3 Rc7 42.Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2017-18"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ebeling,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bf4 Be6 10.Rb1 Qd7 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Nxe5 13.f4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 c4 15.Qd4 O-O
16.a4 f6 17.Bh4 Bf5 18.Rb5 Be4 19.Rfb1 b6 20.a5 bxa5 21.h3 Qc7 22.Bg3 Rab8
23.Kh2 Rxb5 24.Rxb5 a4 25.Rb4 Bxc2 26.Qxd5+ Qf7 27.Qc6 h5 28.Rb7 Qg6 29.Rxa7 Kh7
30.Qxc4 Re8 31.Ra5 Re3 32.Bh4 Be4 33.Qf1 Bc6 34.f5 Qe8 35.Ra7 Qb8+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FIN 2017-18"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Be3 Bb4 15.Ne4 Nxe5
16.Bf4 f6 17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Nxe5 Bxe4 20.Rd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Bd6 22.Re1 c5
23.Rd3 Rg8 24.Rf3 b6 25.Ng6+ Kd7 26.Rf7+ Kc6 27.Ne7+ Bxe7 28.Rexe7 Rac8 29.Rxg7 Rxg7+
30.Rxg7 Rd8 31.Rg6+ Rd6 32.Rxd6+ cxd6 33.Kf3 Kd5 34.Kg4 Ke6 35.c4 d5 36.cxd5+ Kxd5
37.Kf5 b5 38.f4 c4 39.Kg6 b4 40.f5 c3 41.bxc3 bxc3 42.f6 c2 43.f7 c1=Q 44.f8=Q Qg5+
45.Kh7 h5 46.Qf7+ Ke5 47.Qxa7 Qf5+ 48.Kh6 Qxh3 49.Qc5+ Ke4 50.a4 Qe6+ 51.Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SWE Superettan"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Al Hadarani,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd2 Re8 10.h3 Qe7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 a5 13.Bc1 a4 14.Rhe1 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Nd2 Nf6 17.f3 exf3 18.gxf3 Nd5 19.Nde4 Bf5 20.Ka1 a3 21.Rg1 g6 22.Qb3 axb2+
23.Bxb2 Nxe3 24.Nxb5 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Nxd1 26.Nxd6 Nxb2 27.e5 Reb8  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE Superettan"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wickstrom,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfb1 a5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.a4 f5 17.Ne2 Bd6 18.g3 g5 19.f4 Rae8 20.Kf2 Re7 21.Ng1 g4 22.Re1 Rfe8
23.Qb3 Bb4 24.Re2 Re4 25.Rd1 R8e6 26.Rd3 Kg7 27.Rc2 Qe7 28.Ne2 Rxe3 29.Nc1 Re1
30.Kg2 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Re2+  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gulatz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bd6
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.Qc2 g6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.e4 fxe4 13.Re1 O-O 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Qf6
16.h4 Qf5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Re2 Qg4 19.Bg5 Nd5 20.Re4 Qd7 21.Bc4 Qf5 22.Qe2 Nf6
23.Re6 Rae8 24.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Le Corre,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 b5 8.Nf4 b4
9.Be2 bxc3 10.bxc3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Ba6 12.O-O Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Be7 14.Be3 O-O 15.g4 Nb6
16.h4 Nc4 17.Kg2 Qd7 18.Rac1 Rab8 19.Rfd1 Rb2 20.Rc2 Rfb8 21.Bc1 Rb1 22.Nd3 Qb7
23.Be3 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 a5 25.Nd2 Nb4 26.Nxb4 axb4 27.Qf3 Na3 28.Rc1 Nb5 29.Rc2 Rc8
30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Qd1 Nc3 32.Qb3 Qa6 33.h5 Nxa2 34.Nb1 Qe2 35.Kg3 f6 36.Qa4 Kf7
37.exf6 gxf6 38.Qa7 b3 39.Bf4 Nb4 40.Bd6 Nc6  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomczak,Mikolaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Bc2 Bf5 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Qf5 17.Bxe4 Qxg5 18.Bd3 Nxe5 19.h4 Qf6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8
22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 Rfe8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.a4 Re4 27.axb5 axb5
28.g3 d4 29.Rc1 dxc3 30.Rxc3 Rb4 31.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Seyb,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Qd1 Ne7 10.Qb1 cxd4 11.Bb5 Qa5 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.Ne2 Nbc6 14.Bd3 Qxb1+ 15.Rxb1 f6
16.exf6 gxf6 17.c4 b6 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Nc3 Nxd4 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bc3 Bf5 22.Kd2 Bxd3
23.Kxd3 Ne6 24.Bxf6 Rg8 25.g3 Kf7 26.Bd4 h5 27.f3 Rac8 28.Rhc1 Rc4 29.Rxc4 dxc4+
30.Kc3 Rd8 31.Be5 Rd5 32.f4 b5 33.a4 a6 34.axb5 axb5 35.Kc2 Kg6 36.h3 Ng5
37.h4 Rxe5 38.fxg5 Kf5 39.Rf1+ Kg4 40.g6 Re6 41.g7 Rg6 42.Rb1 b4 43.Rxb4 Kxg3
44.Rxc4 Rxg7 45.Kd2 Re7 46.Ra4 Re5 47.Rb4 Kf3 48.Ra4 Re2+ 49.Kd3 Rh2 50.Rb4 Ra2
51.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Flick,Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.Ne3 Be6 12.g3 O-O 13.Bg2 Kh8 14.O-O Rc8 15.b3 b5
16.Ncd5 Nd4 17.Bb2 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bd7 19.Qd3 Qe8 20.f4 Qh5 21.Rae1 Bf6 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.d6 Qh6 24.Nd5 Bg5 25.h4 Bd2 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Rxe5 Nc6 28.Re2 Ba5 29.Nc7 Bb6+
30.Kh2 Bc5 31.Re7 Nb4 32.Qc3  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Xu,X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.g4 b5 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Ka1 Qa5
16.h4 h5 17.gxh5 Nxh5 18.Rhg1 Rfe8 19.Nde2 Rb6 20.Rg5 Qb4 21.Qc1 Ra6 22.Rdg1 Ra5
23.Bd4 Rxg5 24.Rxg5 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Nf4 26.h5 f6 27.Rxg6+ Nxg6 28.Nd5 Qc5 29.Qg1 Kf8
30.c3 Ne5 31.h6 Ng4 32.fxg4 Kf7 33.g5 Rg8 34.h7 Rh8 35.g6+ Kg7 36.Nf4 Qe5
37.Nf5+ Bxf5 38.Nh5+ Kh6 39.g7 Rxh7 40.g8=Q  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Lampert,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Moussard,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 e5 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Ngf6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Qd1 Qe7
9.Nd2 Ba3 10.Bxa3 Qxa3 11.g3 a5 12.Bg2 a4 13.O-O O-O 14.Qc1 Qd6 15.c4 c6
16.bxa4 Rxa4 17.Qb2 Nc5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.d4 exd4 20.exd4 Ne6 21.Rab1 Nxd4
22.Rfd1 Ne2+ 23.Kh2 Qc5 24.Rf1 Nc3 25.Rbc1 Rc8 26.Qxb7 Rxa2 27.Nb3 Qc7 28.Qxc7 Rxc7
29.Ra1 g6 30.Rxa2 Nxa2 31.Nd4 Nc3 32.Ra1 Kg7 33.Bf1 Rb7 34.Rc1 Nce4 35.Kg2 Rb4
36.Ne2 Rb2 37.Rc8 Rd2 38.f3 Nd6 39.Rd8 Nf5 40.Kf2 g5 41.g4 Nh4 42.Ke3 Ra2
43.Nd4 Ra1 44.Ke2 h5 45.Rd6 Ra3 46.Rb6 hxg4 47.hxg4 Ng8 48.Kf2 Ne7 49.Be2 Neg6
50.Ra6 Rxa6 51.Bxa6 Kf6 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.Nc6+ Kd6 54.Nd8 Ne5 55.f4 Ng2+ 56.Kd4 Nxf4
57.Nb7+ Ke6 58.Nc5+ Kf6 59.Bc8 Nc6+ 60.Ke3 Ke7 61.Bf5 Kd6 62.Nb7+ Ke5 63.Nc5 d4+
64.Kf3 Ne7 65.Bb1 Neg6 66.Nd7+ Kd6 67.Nf6 Ke6 68.Nh7 f6 69.Ke4 d3 70.Ba2+ Ke7
71.Nxg5 fxg5 72.Kf5 Ne6 73.Ke4  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 b4 9.gxf6 bxc3
10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Rg1 Bf6 14.Qh5 Ke7 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Ke2 d5
17.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krejci,Jan2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.h4 Ne5 10.O-O-O Bf5 11.h5 h6 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Qb5 Bf6 15.Bd3 e4
16.Be2 c6 17.Qb4 Re8 18.a4 b6 19.Rd2 Bg4 20.Bc4 Be7 21.Qb3 Qf5 22.Ba6 Rad8
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Kb1 Bc5 25.Qc4 Bxe3 26.fxe3 c5 27.Bb7 Bxh5 28.Qa6 Bd1 29.Qxa7 Qd7
30.Qa6 f5 31.Qxb6 Kh7 32.a5 Bxc2+ 33.Kxc2 Qa4+ 34.Kb1 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Londyn,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.O-O g6 8.c4 Bg7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nd4 Nd7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Rac1 Nc5 15.Qc2 Bd7
16.Rfd1 b5 17.b4 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Ne6 19.cxb5 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 axb5 21.Qd2 f6 22.Rd1 Re8
23.Nd5 Kg7 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Qh6 Rh8 26.e5+ Kf7 27.Rf4+ Kg8 28.exd6 e5 29.Re4 Qf6
30.Qe3 Kg7 31.Rxe5 Rhe8 32.f4 Rxe5 33.fxe5 Qe6 34.a3 Rc2 35.Rf1 Bc6 36.Rf2 Rxf2
37.Kxf2 Qf5+ 38.Ke1 Kf7 39.Qb3+ Qe6 40.Qe3 Qf5 41.Qb3+ Kf8 42.Qg3 Ke8 43.h4 Kd7
44.Kd2 Ke6 45.Qc3 Qf2+ 46.Kc1 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Loeffler,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e4 cxd4 5.exd5 e5 6.dxc6 exf4 7.Bb5 bxc6 8.Bxc6+ Bd7
9.Bxa8 dxc3 10.Bf3 cxb2 11.Rb1 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Qf6 13.Ne2 Ne7 14.c3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 Qxc3
16.Qb3 Qc1+ 17.Ke2 Qc5 18.Qb8+ Nc8 19.Qxb2 Qc4+ 20.Kd2 O-O 21.Rhc1 Qe6 22.Qd4 Qxa2+
23.Ke1 Bf5 24.Rb5 Qa3 25.Qxf4 Re8+  0-1

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Olszewski,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d3 Bb6 11.h3 Be6 12.Nbd2 Nh5 13.Nf1 Bxb3 14.axb3 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5
16.Qe4 Qd7 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Qh4 a5 19.Ng3 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Rf8 21.Kf1 Nd5 22.Ke2 Nce7
23.Rg1 Ng6 24.Qg4 Qf7 25.Ne4 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Qxb3 27.h4 Qxb2+ 28.Nd2 Qxc3 29.h5 Qc5
30.d4 exd4 31.hxg6 d3+ 32.Kd1 h6 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Qe7 Rg8 35.Rh1 Qxe3 36.Qxe3 Bxe3
37.Rxa5 c6 38.Ne4 d5 39.Nd6 Rb8 40.Ra7 Bxa7  0-1

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g4 Rb8 6.Bg2 b5 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Qe2 a6
9.O-O Ngf6 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.g5 Nd7 12.a4 Bd6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Bxe5
16.dxe5 O-O 17.Qe4 Nb6 18.Be3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.Bc5 Rfd8 21.Ra7 h6 22.gxh6 gxh6
23.f4 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Kf3 Ra2 26.Rb1 Ra4 27.Be3 Rc4 28.Rc1 Ra4 29.b3 Ra2
30.c4 Nxe3 31.Kxe3 Rxh2 32.Rb1 Rh3+ 33.Ke4 Rc3 34.Kd4 Rf3 35.Ke4 Rc3 36.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.b3 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.h4 Rfc8
16.Rfe1 Qb4 17.Red1 a5 18.h5 a4 19.h6 Bf8 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Ng4 axb3 22.axb3 Nd7
23.e4 Na5 24.Be5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Nxb3 26.Qf4 Nxc1 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Nxe8 Rxe8 29.Rxc1 Kg8
30.exd5 Qxf4 31.gxf4 Bxh6 32.Ne2 Ra2 33.Kf1 exd5 34.Bxd5 Rxe2 35.Kxe2 Bxf4
36.Rd1 b6 37.e6 fxe6 38.Bc4 Kf7 39.Rb1 Bc7 40.Rd1 Rd8 41.Rh1 Kg7 42.Ke3 Bd6
43.Ke4 Bc5 44.Bxe6 Bxf2 45.Rf1 Rf8 46.Rd1 Kf6 47.Bd7 Bc5 48.Bc6 Rf7 49.Rf1+ Kg7
50.Rh1 Re7+ 51.Kd5 h5 52.Kc4 Kh6 53.Bf3 Re3 54.Bd1 Re4+ 55.Kb5 Re5 56.Kc6 Bf2
57.Bf3 Rf5 58.Be2 h4  0-1

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Be6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 Re8 11.Na3 f6 12.d4 exd4 13.c4 Ndb4 14.c5 Bxb3 15.Qxb3+ Qd5
16.Qxd5+ Nxd5 17.cxb6 Rxe1+ 18.Nxe1 axb6 19.Nd3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Bd2 Kf7
22.f3 Ke6 23.Re1 Kf6 24.Kf2 c6 25.Ke2 b5 26.Kd3 b4 27.Nc4 Rxa2 28.Kc2 c5
29.Rxe5 Nb6 30.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 bxa4 11.Rxa4 Bd7 12.Ra2 a5 13.Be2 a4 14.O-O Bc6 15.Rfa1 Qd7
16.Bc4 Rc8 17.Nc1 Qb7 18.Nxa4 Bxa4 19.Rxa4 Rxa4 20.Rxa4 Qxb2 21.Bb3 Nbd7
22.Nd3 Qb1+ 23.Qc1 Qxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Nb6 25.Ra7 Kf8 26.Be3 Nc4 27.Bf2 Bd8 28.Nb4  1-0

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nbd2 Bb6
9.Re1 Re8 10.Ne4 f6 11.d4 Na5 12.Bxd5+ Qxd5 13.dxe5 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Bg4 15.Bf4 Nc4
16.b3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxf3 18.gxf3  0-1

[Event "Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bok,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Ne5 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxh6 Bxh6 13.e3 Bg7 14.Rc1 e5 15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.Na4 Bd7 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.b3 Qe7 19.Nc5 Bf5 20.Nd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Rfc8 22.Rc2 Rc7
23.Rfc1 Rbc8 24.h4 f5 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Qxd5+ Kg7 27.Rxc6 Rd8 28.Re6 Rxd5 29.Rxe7+ Kf6
30.Rxa7 Rd1+ 31.Bf1 Bc3 32.Rc7 Be1 33.Rc2 Rb1 34.Kg2 h6 35.Bd3 Bb4 36.Rc6+ Kf7
37.Bxb1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017-18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 a5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 d6 10.c3 Ne7 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb4 14.e5 Nh5 15.Ne4 g4
16.Bb3 Bf5 17.Nfd2 dxe5 18.dxe5 Qd4 19.Qe2 Bxd2 20.e6 Qxe4 21.Qxd2 Ngf4 22.exf7+ Kh7
23.f3 Ne2+ 24.Kf2 gxf3 25.gxf3 Nexg3 26.hxg3 Qe5 27.Rg1 Rad8  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.d5 Nb8 16.Bxa7 Rxa7
17.c4 b4 18.c5 dxc5 19.Nbd2 Nbd7 20.Nc4 Ne8 21.Ba4 Nd6 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Ncxe5 Qb5
24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Nd7 Nxe4 26.Nxf8 Kxf8 27.Ne5 c4 28.Nc6 Bxc6 29.dxc6 b3 30.a6 g6
31.f3 Nc5 32.Rd5 c3 33.Rxc5 Rxa6 34.Rf1 cxb2 35.Rxb5 Rxc6 36.Rxb3 Rc2 37.Kh2 Rc1
38.Rg1  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D47"]

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.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.a4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Re1 O-O 18.Rxe6 Ne5 19.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Qf7 21.Re3 b4 22.Ne4 Rad8
23.Qg3 Rd1+ 24.Kg2 b3 25.Rc3 c4 26.Nd6 Qe7 27.Nxb7 Qe2 28.Kh3 Rf5 29.Re3 Qf1+
30.Kh4 Rxc1 31.Re8+  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Maletin,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c3 12.a3 a5 13.axb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Qd3 Bd6
16.Bf4 g5 17.Be3 f5 18.Ra1 Bb7 19.Ra7 Qb6 20.Qc4 Bc8 21.Bxc6+ Nxc6 22.d5 Bc5
23.Bxc5 Nxe5 24.Qd4  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+
9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 c6 11.Bd3 d5 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Bf4 Ke7 14.Kf3+ Be6 15.c4 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Bxf4 17.Kxf4 Rad8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Re2 Rd4+ 20.Kg3 Rhd8 21.Rae1 R8d6
22.f3 Rd2 23.Kf2 Rxe2+ 24.Rxe2 Rd1 25.Re1 Rd2+ 26.Re2 Rd1 27.Re1 Rd2+ 28.Re2 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g5 Nd5 8.Nf3 c5
9.c4 Ne7 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nf5 12.c6 bxc6 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bf4 h6 15.Be5 Rh7
16.Kc2 Bb7 17.Be4 hxg5 18.Nxg5 Rh5 19.h4 Rd8 20.Rh3 Be7 21.Rg1 Ba8 22.Bxf5 gxf5
23.f4 c5 24.Rgg3 Bc6 25.Ra3 Ra8 26.Ra6 Bb7 27.Ra5 Bc8 28.Nf3 f6 29.Bc3 Bb7
30.Nd2 a6 31.Ra3 Kf7 32.Rb3 Bg2 33.Rh2 Rg8 34.Rb6 Rg4 35.Rxa6 Rhxh4 36.Rxh4 Rxh4
37.Ra7 Ke8 38.Ra6 Kd7 39.Ra7+ Ke8 40.Ra6 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O h6 8.h3 Be6 9.Kh2 d5
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.d4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qf6 14.dxc5 Rd8 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh4 Nf3+
17.Bxf3 Qxf3 18.Qf4 Qxf4 19.Bxf4 Kd7 20.Be5 Rhe8 21.Bf6 Rb8 22.Rfe1 Kc6 23.Bd4 h5
24.Re3 Bd5 25.a3 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Bf3 27.g4 hxg4 28.Kg3 f5 29.hxg4 fxg4 30.Rb1 a5
31.c4 Rf8 32.Re1 Rd8 33.Bf4 Rh8 34.Be3 Rh5 35.Kf4 Rf5+ 36.Kg3 Rh5 37.Kf4 Rf5+
38.Kg3 Re5 39.Rb1 Rh5 40.Kf4 Rf5+ 41.Kg3 Be2 42.Re1 Rf3+ 43.Kh4 Rh3+ 44.Kg5 Bxc4
45.Kxg4 Be6+ 46.Kg5 Bf5 47.c4 Rh5+ 48.Kf6 Rh4 49.Rc1 a4 50.Kg5 Rg4+ 51.Kf6 Bd3
52.Rd1 Bxc4 53.Rd4 Rxd4 54.Bxd4 Kd5 55.Be3 Bd3 56.Bf4 c6 57.Be3 Bf5 58.f3 Bd3
59.Bf2 Be2 60.Kxg6 Kc4 61.f4 Kb3 62.f5 Bd3 63.Kf6 Kxa3 64.Ke5 Kb3 65.f6 Bg6
66.Kd6 Kc4 67.Bg3 a3 68.Be5 Bf7 69.Ba1 Kb5 70.Bd4 Bg8 71.Ba1 b6 72.cxb6 Kxb6
73.Ke5 Kc5 74.Ke4 Kc4 75.Ke3 Kb3 76.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tomson,Mikk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.O-O a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Nxe5 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qa4+ b5
16.Qxe4 Be7 17.Nc6  1-0

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tomson,Mikk"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Rb8 11.Rab1 Nd7 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qb6 14.Qg5 Re8 15.h4 Qd4
16.h5 Nc5 17.Bf3 Ne6 18.Qg3 Qe5 19.Qxe5 dxe5 20.Ne2 Ng5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Rfd1 Kg7
23.Rd3 Ba6 24.Rd2 Red8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Kf1 Rd2 27.Bg4 Rxc2 28.Ke1 Nxe4 29.Rc1 Rxb2
30.Rxc6 Bxe2 31.Bxe2 Rb1+ 32.Bd1 Nxf2 33.Kxf2 Rxd1 34.Ra6 Rd7 35.Ke3 f5 36.Re6 e4
37.g4 Kf7 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Rh6 Rd3+ 40.Kf4 Rf3+ 41.Kg5 e3 42.Rh1 e2 43.Re1 Rf2
44.Kh4 f4 45.Kg4 f3  0-1

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lumiste,Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nd5 Qd8
9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.c3 Rg8 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.Qc2 f5 13.g3 Be7 14.Ng2 Bf3 15.O-O Nd7
16.Nf4 Qb6 17.a4 O-O-O 18.a5 Qc7 19.a6 b6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nxe6 Qd6 22.Nxd8 Bxd8
23.Qxf5 Qd5 24.Qxh7 Bf6 25.Rae1 Rh8 26.Qxh8+ Bxh8 27.Re8+ Kc7 28.Bf4+ Be5
29.dxe5 Qe4 30.Ra8 c5 31.e6+ Kc6 32.Rc8+ Kb5 33.exd7 Bh1 34.f3  1-0

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lumiste,Rene"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Ne5 c5 7.e3 Nfd7 8.Nxd7 Nxd7
9.Nd2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nb3 c4 12.Nd4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Nc6 14.h3 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bf5
16.Qc3 Qd7 17.g4 Be6 18.Bf4 a5 19.Rad1 Qb5 20.Be5 f6 21.Bd6 Rfd8 22.Ba3 f5
23.Rfe1 Qd7 24.Qe3 Re8 25.g5 Bf7 26.Qf4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Kf1 Rxe1+ 29.Kxe1 h6
30.h4 hxg5 31.hxg5 Qa4 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qh2+ Kg8 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Qxb7 Qxc2 36.Qxf7 Qb1+
37.Ke2 Qd3+ 38.Ke1 Qb1+ 39.Kd2 Qd3+ 40.Ke1 Qb1+ 41.Kd2 Qd3+ 42.Kc1 c3 43.bxc3 Qxc3+
44.Kd1 Qxd4+ 45.Ke2 Qe5+ 46.Kf1 Qa1+ 47.Ke2 Qxa2+ 48.Kd1 Qb3+ 49.Ke2 Qa2+
50.Kd1 Qb3+ 51.Ke2 Qa2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shvyrjov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Bf4 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Qa6
9.dxc5 Nbd7 10.Qa3 Qxa3 11.Nxa3 Nxc5 12.Rfd1 Na4 13.Rd2 Ne4 14.Rc2 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.Ndb5 Bc6 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Rcd2 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 e5 21.Be3 a6 22.Na7 Be8
23.Nc4 f5 24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.Bxb6 Kf7 26.c4 Bf8 27.c5 Ke6 28.b3 f4 29.a4 g5 30.e3 Be7
31.Kf1 h5 32.Ke1 h4 33.gxh4 gxh4 34.Ra2 Bh5 35.b4 Rg8 36.exf4 exf4 37.Bc7 Rg1+
38.Kd2 e3+ 39.Kd3 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shvyrjov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 a6 6.e5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Nd5 8.Bc4 Nb6
9.Bb3 O-O 10.h4 Bg4 11.h5 Nc6 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qd3 Bf5 14.Ne4 Na5 15.g4 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qd5 18.Qe2 Rfd8 19.Bg5 Qe6 20.O-O-O c5 21.Qh2 f6 22.exf6 exf6
23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Bh6 Qg8 25.Qxg6 Bxh6+ 26.Qxh6+ Qg7 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.dxc5 Nd7
29.Rh5 Nf8 30.Nd4 Kg6 31.c3 Rd7 32.Rdh1 Re8 33.Rh6+ Kg7 34.Nf5+ Kg8 35.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ladva,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.c4 Qd8 13.Qc3 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6
16.Bd3 Rae8 17.Rhe1 Bg4 18.f3 Bd7 19.Be4 b6 20.Kd2 f5 21.Bd3 Kg7 22.f4 Kf6
23.Re3 Rxe3 24.Kxe3 Bc6 25.g3 Re8+ 26.Kf2 a5 27.b3 h6 28.a3 Bb7 29.Rd2 Bc6
30.Be2 Bb7 31.c3 Bc6 32.Bd1 Bb7 33.b4 Ra8 34.c5 axb4 35.axb4 bxc5 36.bxc5 dxc5
37.Rd7 Ra2+ 38.Ke3 Rxh2 39.Rxc7 Be4 40.Bf3 Bxf3 41.Kxf3 Rd2 42.Rc6+ Kg7 43.Rxc5 Rd3+
44.Kg2 Kg6 45.Kh3 Rd2 46.c4 h5 47.Rc8 Rc2 48.c5 Kg7 49.c6 Kg6 50.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ladva,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.c4 Qa5 10.a3 Ne4 11.b4 Qa6 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.c5 Na4 14.Ba1 Qb5 15.Nb3 b6 16.e3 a5
17.Re1 bxc5 18.bxc5 Rfb8 19.Nbd2 Nb2 20.Bxb2 Qxb2 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Qa4 Qb5
23.Qd1 a4 24.Nd2 Bf5 25.Rc3 Qb2 26.Qc1 Qxc1 27.Rexc1 Rb2 28.Nf3 Rab8 29.Ne1 R8b3
30.Nd3  0-1

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.h4 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4 hxg4
16.h5 Nxh5 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Rxh5 gxh5 19.Qh2 gxf3 20.Qxh5 Bg4 21.Qh4 Rc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Nxe7+ Rxe7 24.Bxe7 Qd7 25.Rh1 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Bf6 Bg6 28.Bxg7 Qxg7
29.Qd8+ Kf7 30.Qc7+ Kg8 31.Qb8+ Kf7 32.Qxa7+ Kf6 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rf1 Be4
35.Kc1 Kf6 36.Kd2 Bb7 37.Nxf3 c3+ 38.bxc3 Ba6 39.Rf2  1-0

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B67"]

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.f3 Be7 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.Qf2 b5 14.Qg3 b4 15.Nce2 a5 16.Qxg7 Rg8
17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qf4 Nc4 19.Bg1 e5 20.Qc1 Qc7 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 a4 23.Bf2 Rh8
24.Rh3 Bh6 25.f4 Ne4 26.Be1 Qb6 27.Rdd3 Ke7 28.Qd1 a3 29.Rb3 axb2 30.Bxb4 Qa7
31.a3 Rhb8 32.Nd4 Nxa3+ 33.Rxa3 Qxd4 34.Qxd4 exd4 35.Rxa8 Rxa8 36.Bd3 Nc3+
37.Kxb2 Bxf4 38.Bc4 Rb8 39.Kb3 Kf6 40.Rd3 Be5 41.Ka3 Ra8+ 42.Kb3 Rb8 43.Ka3 d5
44.Bb3 Bf4 45.Bxc3 dxc3 46.Rxd5 Ra8+ 47.Kb4 Be5 48.Rd7 Rf8 49.Kc5 Kxf5 50.Bxf7 Kg4
51.Bg6 Kxh4 52.Rh7 Kg3 53.Rxh5 Bf4 54.Be4 Re8 55.Bf3 Rd8 56.Kc4 Bd2 57.Rh7 Re8
58.Rf7 Re1 59.Bd5 Re2 60.Kd3 Re3+ 61.Kd4 Re2 62.Be4 Be1 63.Rf3+ Kg4 64.Rd3 Rd2
65.Kxc3 Rxg2+ 66.Kb3 Rf2 67.Bc6 Kf4 68.Rd4+ Ke5 69.Rd5+ Ke6 70.Rd1 Ba5 71.c4 Bb6
72.Bd7+ Ke7 73.Bg4 Bc5 74.Rd5 Be3 75.Re5+  1-0

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 h6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qc2 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Be6 19.Rad1 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxb3 21.Nxb3 Qe7
22.Nc6 Qxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kh2 Re6 25.Qf5 Ne4 26.Qd5 Bxf2 27.Ne7+ Kh7
28.Qxa8 Bg3+ 29.Kg1 Rxe7 30.Qd8 Re6 31.Nd4 Rf6 32.Qd5 Bf2+ 33.Kh2 Bg3+ 34.Kg1 Bf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B67"]

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.f3 Be7 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Bg1 b5 15.Bd3 Qc7 16.Nf3 b4
17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Ng5 Qb7 19.Ng3 a5 20.f5 e5 21.Bc4 O-O 22.Qe2 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5
24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Nxh5 Nf6 26.Bc5 Bxc5 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Qg4 fxg5 29.Qxg5+ Kh7
30.f6  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hyldkrog,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Ngf6
9.c3 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 c4 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ng3 g6
16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Qh6 f5 18.Ng5 Ndf6 19.N3xe4 dxe4 20.Qh4 Re7 21.Re3 Nd5 22.Rh3 Qf4
23.Qxf4 Nxf4 24.Re3 Nd5 25.Re2 h6 26.Nh3 g5 27.Kf1 g4 28.Ng1 f4 29.Rc2 f3
30.b3 Rc8 31.Rb1 cxb3 32.Rxb3 Rec7 33.gxf3 exf3 34.h3 h5 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Rb5 Rxc3
37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Rc5 Rxc5 39.dxc5 Nb4 40.Ke1 Nd3+ 41.Kd2 Nxf2 42.Ke3 Nd1+  0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Johannsson,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g4 Rb8 6.Qe2 b5 7.a4 b4 8.d5 e5 9.Be3 a5
10.O-O-O Bd6 11.f4 Ne7 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.fxe5 Nxg4 15.Bg5 f6 16.exf6 gxf6
17.Bh4 O-O 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.Qh5 N7g6 21.Nc6 Qb6 22.Rxg6 Nxg6 23.Bd3 Kg7
24.Nxb8 Qe3+ 25.Kb1 Qf4 26.Rg1 f5 27.Bg5 Qd4 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Be3 Qxd5 30.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Jacobsen,Mikkel Manosri"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Na3 a6
9.Nc2 e6 10.Ne3 Bh5 11.h4 Be7 12.Nh3 Bg6 13.Be2 h6 14.Bh2 b5 15.Qd1 Na5 16.h5 Bh7
17.O-O O-O 18.g4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.f4 Ne4 21.Qe2 Rb8 22.f5 Qb7 23.Bxb8 Rxb8
24.Rab1 Ng3 25.Qf3 Nxf1 26.Rxf1 Bh4 27.g5 hxg5 28.h6 exf5 29.hxg7 g4 30.Qf4 gxh3
31.Qxh4 Qxb2 32.Qf4 Re8 33.Rf2 Qc1+ 34.Nf1 Qxf4 35.Rxf4 Re2 36.a4 Kxg7  0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Antonsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 Nc7 13.f3 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Bg6 15.Bb2 Ng5
16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne4 18.f5 a5 19.b5 Nc5 20.Qe3 Na4 21.e6 fxe6 22.Bd4 c5
23.Bxc5 Nxc5 24.Qxc5 Rxf5 25.Rxf5 exf5 26.Nc3 Qf6 27.cxd5 Nxb5 28.Qxb5 Qd4+
29.Kf1 Qxc3 30.Rd1 Qe5 31.Re1 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Rf8 33.Qxa5 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 f4 35.Qb5 h6
36.Qb3 Kh8 37.Qf3 Rd8 38.Rd1 Qe3 39.h4 Kg8 40.Kh2 Qxf3 41.gxf3 h5 42.Rd4 Kh7
43.d6 Kg6 44.Kh3 Kf5 45.Rd5+ Ke6 46.Rxh5 Rxd6 47.Ra5 b6 48.Ra7 Kf6 49.Kg4 Rd3
50.a4 Rb3 51.Ra8 b5 52.a5 Ra3 53.Kxf4 b4 54.Ke4 Kg6 55.a6 b3 56.Kd3 b2+ 57.Kc2 Rxf3
58.Rc8 Ra3 59.Rc6+ Kh5 60.Kxb2 Ra5 61.Kb3 Kxh4 62.Kb4 Ra1 63.Rc4+ Kg3 64.Kb5 g5
65.Ra4 Rb1+ 66.Kc6 Rb8 67.a7 Ra8 68.Kb7 Rxa7+ 69.Rxa7 g4 70.Kc6 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Bekker Jensen,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be6 6.e3 g6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Qc2 Bg7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nb3 Nb4 11.Qc3 Nd5 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qc3 Nd5 14.Qc2 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.25"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nakar,Ey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g5 Nd5 8.Nf3 c5
9.a3 Qc7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.c4 Nb6 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.b3 f6
16.Rg1 Rhg8 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Ke7 19.Ke2 Rad8 20.Rac1 h6 21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Nd4 Kf7
23.c5 Nd5 24.Nb5 Rxg1 25.Rxg1 b6 26.c6 Ne7 27.Nxa7 Ra8 28.Nb5 Nxc6 29.Rc1 Ne5
30.Rc7+ Kg6 31.a4 h5 32.Nd4 Rg8 33.Re7 h4 34.h3 Nf7 35.Nxe6 Ng5 36.Nf4+ Kf5
37.Rb7 Rc8 38.Rxb6 Rc3 39.a5 Rc5 40.a6 Ra5 41.Kd3 Ne4 42.a7  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Lin Chen"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+
9.Qe2 Qxe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.27"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roy,Pr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7 8.c4 Ng6 9.Na3 Bb4
10.Nc2 Bc3 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Bd3 Be4 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 f5 16.Nc4 Qh4
17.f3 Nb6 18.Ba3 Nxc4 19.bxc4 Rfc8 20.g3 Qh3 21.fxe4 f4 22.Rf3 Rxc4 23.gxf4 Qg4+
24.Kh1 Bxd4 25.h3 Qh5 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Qb3 Rxe4 28.Rg3 Rxf4 29.Rbg1 Kh8 30.Qxb7 Rg8
31.Qxa7 Nh4 32.Bc1 Re4 33.Qf2 Nf5 34.Ra3 Re2 35.Qf3 Qxf3+ 36.Rxf3 Rxa2 37.Rc3 Rd8
38.Bf4 Rd4 39.Rf1 Re4 40.Bh2 Ree2 41.Bg1 h5 42.Rcf3 Rxe5 43.Bf2 Ree2 44.Kg1 g5
45.Re1 Kg7 46.Rxe2 Rxe2 47.Ra3 Kf6 48.Kg2 Rc2 49.Kg1 Ne7 50.Rf3+ Nf5 51.Ra3 h4
52.Kg2 Nd4 53.Kf1 e5  0-1

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.28"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.O-O dxe4 8.dxe4 e5
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Ne3 O-O 11.c3 Rd8 12.Qc2 b6 13.Nd5 Qd6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Rad1 Qf8 17.Qa4 Bb7 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Nh4 Ne7 20.Rxd8 Qxd8 21.Rd1 Qf8 22.Rd6 Rd8
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Qxa7 Bc6 25.h3 Kf8 26.Kh2 Qd2 27.Qxb6 Qxf2 28.Qd8+ Be8 29.Qd6 Qxb2
30.Nf5 Qb7 31.Qxf6 Nxf5 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxe5+ Kf8 34.exf5 Qb2 35.f6  1-0

[Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Vestby-Ellingsen,Mads"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c3 12.a3 a5 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Qd3 h6 15.f4 O-O
16.f5 f6 17.Ng6 exf5 18.Qc4+ Rf7 19.Bxf5 Ba6 20.Qe6 Ra7 21.Bf4 Nd7 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Qe3 Nf8 24.Rf4 Nxg6 25.Rg4 Rg7 26.Qxh6 Nf8 27.Rh4 Rh7 28.Rg4+ Kh8 29.Bxh7 Rxh7
30.Qf4 Bxe2 31.Rh4 Rxh4 32.Qxh4+ Kg7 33.Kf2 Bd3 34.Qg4+ Ng6 35.h4 f5 36.Qh5 Qxd4+
37.Kg2 Be4+ 38.Kh3 Qf2  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Andersson,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A02"]

1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.d3 e5 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Bg2 Nbc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 f5 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Ng1 Bc6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Nf3 Rae8 15.Re2 Kh8
16.Qg1 fxe4 17.dxe4 Nf5 18.Ne1 Re7 19.Nd3 Rfe8 20.Nf2 Ne3 21.Bf3 Bb5 22.Rd2 c5
23.h4 c4 24.h5 c3 25.bxc3 dxc3 26.Rd3 Nxc2 27.Rb1 Bxd3  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lindgren,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.h4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Nbc6 10.h5 h6 11.a4 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Bb5 O-O-O 14.O-O Qc7 15.dxc5 e5
16.Nh4 Rdg8 17.Qf3 f5 18.Rfe1 e4 19.Qf4 Rg4 20.Qxc7+ Kxc7 21.g3 Rhg8 22.Kh2 Ne5
23.Be2 f4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.gxf4 Ng4+ 26.Bxg4 Rxg4 27.Ng2 Nf5 28.Ne3  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kristensen,Kaa"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 d5 7.Be2 d3 8.exf6 dxe2
9.Qxe2+ Kf8 10.fxg7+ Kxg7 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd3 h6 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Nbd4 Qf6
16.Be3 Qg6 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Nh4 Qf6 19.Qd3+ Kh8 20.Nhf5 Ne5 21.Qc2 c5 22.Nxh6 cxd4
23.cxd4 Nf3+ 24.gxf3 Bxf3 25.h3 Qxh6 26.Bxh6 Rg8+ 27.Kh2 Rg2+ 28.Kh1 Rag8
29.Qf5 Rg1+ 30.Kh2 R8g2+  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.h4 Rd8 12.Bd3 e5 13.Qe3 exf4 14.Qxf4 Be6 15.a3 Qe5
16.Qd2 Rac8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxg5 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.hxg5+ Kg8 21.dxe6 Qxe6
22.Rh3 Rc5 23.Rdh1 Kf8 24.Re1 Re5 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Re3 Qf5 27.b3 Qc5 28.Kb2 Re8
29.Rd3 Re6 30.Rd5 Qe3 31.Qb4 Kg8 32.Qxb7 Qe4 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Rb5 Qxg2 35.Qc3 Qf1
36.Rd5 Kg8 37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qc3 Kg8 39.Ra5 Qf2 40.Rb5 Qf1 41.a4 Re1 42.Qc8+ Kh7
43.Qf5+ Qxf5 44.Rxf5 Kg6 45.Ra5 Re7 46.Kc3 Kh5 47.b4 Kg4 48.Rd5 Re6 49.b5 f5
50.gxf6 gxf6 51.a5 f5 52.b6 axb6 53.axb6 f4 54.b7 Re8 55.Rxd6 f3 56.Rf6 Rb8
57.Rf7 f2 58.Rxf2 Rxb7 59.Kd4  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 e6 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.Qc2 b5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.d4 Ba6
9.a3 Qa5+ 10.Nbd2 Rc8 11.Qb1 b4 12.axb4 Qb6 13.O-O Bxe2 14.Re1 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Bxb4
16.Re2 Ngf6 17.Qa2 a5 18.Bh6 Ng4 19.Bg7 Rg8 20.h3 Rxg7 21.hxg4 Kf8 22.g5 Rg8
23.Qa4 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Ne1 Kg7 26.Nd3 Rgc8 27.Bf1 Rc4 28.Nxb4 axb4 29.Re3 Rxd4
30.Ra7 Nc5 31.Bb5 Ne4 32.Bd7 Rc2  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.h3 Be6 12.Ne4 h6 13.a3 O-O 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Ne5 Nf6
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qd3 Qd5 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Be4 Qd6 21.Bd2 a5 22.Rac1 Ra6
23.Be3 Bd5 24.Bd3 Rb6 25.Rfe1 Re6 26.Bf5 Rxb2 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rc5 a4 29.Qg6 Qd8
30.Ra5 Bb3 31.d5 Bc2 32.Qg4 Bf5 33.Qxa4 cxd5 34.Bd4 Bxd4 35.Qxd4 Rc2 36.g4 Qh4
37.Rc5 Kg8 38.Rxc2 Bxc2 39.Rxe6 Be4 40.Qc3 c5 41.Qg3 Qd8 42.f3 Qd7 43.Rd6 Qa4
44.fxe4 Qd1+ 45.Kg2 Qe2+ 46.Qf2 Qxe4+ 47.Qf3 Qc2+ 48.Kg3  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 h6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Nf1 exd4
16.cxd4 Rxe4 17.Ng3 Re7 18.Qd2 d5 19.Rac1 Qd6 20.Bf4 Rxe1+ 21.Nxe1 Qd7 22.Nf3 Ne4
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Ne5 Qf6 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Bd5 c6 28.Bxc6 Rb8 29.Bxe4 Bf5
30.Ng4 Bxg4 31.Bxb8 Bxb8 32.hxg4 Bc7 33.g3 Qd8 34.b4 Qe7 35.Bc2 Kg8 36.Qc3 Qd6
37.Qf3 Bd8 38.Bb3+ Kh8 39.Qf7  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2018"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hansen,SuB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 11.Rad1 a6 12.Ba4 Bc5 13.Qd2 Bxe3+ 14.Qxe3 Qc7 15.h4 h6
16.Rf2 b5 17.Bb3 Bb7 18.h5 Ne7 19.f5 Nc6 20.f6 Rad8 21.Nd5 Qe5 22.fxg7 Kxg7
23.Nf6 Qg5 24.Qxg5+ hxg5 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Nxd7 Rd8 27.h6+ Kxh6 28.Rxf7 Nd4
29.Nc5 Bc8 30.c3 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nf4 32.g3 Ng6 33.Ke2 Ne5 34.Re7 Kh5 35.Nxe6 Bxe6
36.Bxe6 Nd3 37.Rh7+ Kg6 38.Bf5+ Kf6 39.Rh6+ Kf7 40.Rxa6 Nxb2 41.e5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.c4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.b3 c6 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Ne2 Nh5
16.Qe3 Bf6 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qe7 19.Rfd1 c5 20.R4d2 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.f3 Re6
23.g4 Nf6 24.Nf4 Re7 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Rd7 27.Rb6 Kf8 28.b4 Rd4 29.Ne2 Rxc4
30.bxc5 Rxc5 31.Rxb7 Rc2 32.Nd4 Rxa2 33.Nf5 Ne8 34.Rb8 Re2 35.Ra8 Re6 36.Kf2 g6
37.Nd4 Rd6 38.Ke3 Ke7 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.h4 h6 41.f4 Rb6 42.g5+ hxg5 43.hxg5+ Kg7
44.Kd3 Kf8 45.Ra8 f6 46.Kc4 fxg5 47.fxg5 Rd6 48.Kc5 Rd7 49.Rxa6 Kf7 50.Nc6 Rd5+
51.Kxd5 Nc7+ 52.Kd6 Nxa6 53.Ne5+ Kg7 54.Nd3 Kf7 55.Kd7 Nb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Rfe1 Rac8 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Ba3 15.Bxa3 Qxa3
16.Qh4 c5 17.Qe7 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nf6 19.dxc5 Rfe8 20.Qb7 Rb8 21.Qc7 Rbc8 22.Qb7 Rb8
23.Qc7 Rbc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mirzoev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g5 Qd5 8.Nf3 Qe4+
9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Nd5 11.c4 Nb4 12.O-O Bd7 13.a3 Nc6 14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Ne7
16.Ne5 Ng6 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.b4 Bd6 19.f4 a6 20.Bb2 Rhg8 21.Bg4+ Kd8 22.Rae1 Ne7
23.f5 Nxd5 24.Bh5 g6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Bf3 Nf4 27.Bg4 c6 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Nd5
30.Rf7 Nb6 31.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Perez Candelario,Man"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Qe2 Re8 10.O-O-O Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Bg5 13.Rhe1 Bxe3+ 14.Rxe3 Rxe3
15.Qxe3 Qe7 16.Re1 Qxe3+ 17.Rxe3 Kf8 18.Kd2 Ne5 19.Be2 g5 20.Rg3 h6 21.h4 f6
22.hxg5 fxg5 23.Rh3 Kg7 24.Rh1 Rf8 25.Ke3 Re8 26.Kd2 Nd7 27.b4 Nf6 28.f3 c5
29.Bd3 Re7 30.a4 b6 31.Ra1 Nd5 32.Rb1 h5 33.a5 h4 34.bxc5 dxc5 35.c4 Nf4
36.axb6 axb6 37.Rxb6 Re5 38.Bf1 Kf7 39.Rc6 Ke7 40.Ra6 Re6 41.Ra5 Kd6 42.Ra8 Kc7
43.Rf8 Re5 44.Rf6 Kd7 45.Ra6 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Forcen Esteban,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Rc8
16.O-O Qd8 17.Qe3 Rc4 18.Rfb1 Be7 19.f5 Bg5 20.Qf2 exf5 21.e6 fxe6 22.Bxg7 Rg8
23.Be5 Bf6 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Qa7+ Rc7 26.Bxc7 Qxc7 27.Qxa6 Rb8 28.Rxb8 Qxb8
29.Qa4+ Kd6 30.Qa3+ Kd7 31.Qa4+ Kd6 32.Qa3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Rakhmanov,Ale"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be2 Ne4 12.f3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.c4 Qxb3 15.axb3 Bb4+
16.Kf2 a5 17.Rhc1 Kd7 18.g4 Bg6 19.cxd5 exd5 20.e4 dxe4 21.d5 cxd5 22.Bb5+ Ke7
23.Rc7+ Kf8 24.Bc6 Rd8 25.Rd1 Bc5+ 26.Kg3 e3 27.Bb5 Bb4 28.Rdc1 h5 29.Rc8 Be7
30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Rc8 Ke7 32.Bg5+ f6 33.Bxe3 hxg4 34.fxg4 Be4 35.h4 d4 36.Bxd4 Bb7
37.Rc3 Bd5 38.h5 Kf7 39.Bd3 Rf8 40.Bh7 Be6 41.Kh4 Be7 42.Bg6+ Kg8 43.Re3 f5+
44.g5 Rd8 45.Ba1 Rd6 46.Bxf5 Bxf5 47.Rxe7 Rd7 48.Re5 g6 49.h6 Rd1 50.Rxa5 Rg1
51.Ra4 Rb1 52.Ra7  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Arbynova,Agniya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd2 Nbd7 7.c5 b6 8.b4 a5 9.a3 Ne4
10.Bd3 f5 11.O-O axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 b5 14.Qa8 Qc7 15.Ra1 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Qb7
17.Qxb7 Bxb7 18.Ra7 Bc8 19.Rc7 Kd8 20.Rxc6 Nb8 21.Rb6 Nd7 22.Rxb5 Ba6 23.Ra5 Bxd3
24.b5 Kc7 25.Ra7+ Kc8 26.Nb3 e5 27.b6 Nb8 28.Na5 exd4 29.exd4 Bxc5 30.dxc5 Re8
31.Rc7+ Kd8 32.Nb7+  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Gvanceladze,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qb3+ Kh8 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.Ng5 Qc8 14.Qe6 Qe8 15.g4 Bg6
16.Qb3 b5 17.h4 h6 18.Nh3 c5 19.f3 Nc6 20.Kg2 Rd8 21.Ng1 Nd4 22.Qd1 Ne6 23.Ne2 Be7
24.h5 Bh7 25.Qe1 Rd3 26.Ng3 Qd8 27.Rd1 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 29.Ne2 Rfd8  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy,Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Nc3 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 c6 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Nd2 Be6
16.Qd1 Re8 17.h3 d5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Ne2 c5 20.Nf4 cxd4 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Bxd4 Nf8
23.Nb3 Qc4 24.a3 Rc8 25.Na5 Qc2 26.Bc3 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Bxa3 28.Nxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Be7
30.Kf1 Ne6 31.Rd7 Rc7 32.Rxc7 Nxc7 33.Nc6 Bc5 34.Ba5 Ne6 35.b4 Bd4 36.f4 g6
37.g4 Bc3 38.f5 gxf5 39.gxf5 Nd4 40.Nxd4 Bxd4 41.Bc7 Kf8 42.Ke2 Ke7 43.Kd3 Bf2
44.Ke4 Kd7 45.Ba5 Kc6 46.e6 fxe6 47.fxe6 Kd6 48.Kf5 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karpenko,Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Rc8 11.Rc2 a5 12.b5 Na7 13.a4 Bb4+ 14.Nbd2 Rg8 15.g3 Rg4
16.Bd3 Rxd4 17.Rxc8+ Nxc8 18.Qc2 Bxd2+ 19.Nxd2 Qd8 20.O-O Rb4 21.Nb3 b6 22.Nd2 Ne7
23.Rc1 Ng6 24.Nf3 Qb8 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qd2 g5 27.h4 g4 28.Qxh6 gxf3 29.Qh5+ Kf8
30.Qxh7 Qxe5 31.Qxd7 Rc4 32.Qd8+ Kf7 33.Qd7+ Kf8 34.Rxc4 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qxf2+
36.Kh3 Qf1+ 37.Kg4 Qxc4+ 38.Kxf3 Qe4+ 39.Kf2 Qf5+ 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.Kf2 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Zakhartsov,Vl"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be3 d5 9.Nbd2 Bd6
10.Ba4 Nd7 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.e5 Be7 14.c4 Rb8 15.Qa3 Nd7 16.g4 Bg6
17.Bf4 Qb6 18.O-O-O Bxd3 19.Rhe1 dxc4 20.Ne4 O-O 21.Nd6 Rfd8 22.Nd2 Bxd6
23.exd6 Qb5 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf6 26.Re5 Nd5 27.Be3 Rb6 28.g5 Rdb8 29.d7 Ra6
30.d8=Q+ Rxd8 31.Qxc5 Rxa2 32.Qxb5 cxb5 33.Kb1 Ra4 34.Rd4 Rb4 35.Kc1 Rb3
36.Bd2 Rxh3 37.f4 g6  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C19"]

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.a4 Bxb5 10.axb5 Qd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.bxa6 Qc7 13.Qd3 c4 14.Qe2 Rxa6 15.h4 Nbc6
16.h5 h6 17.Rh3 Nf5 18.g4 Nfe7 19.Nh2 Qa7 20.Qd1 Ra1 21.Bd2 Rxb1 22.Qxb1 b5
23.Kf1 b4 24.Kg2 bxc3 25.Bxc3 O-O 26.Nf3 f6 27.exf6 Rxf6 28.Qc1 Qc7 29.Rg3 Qf4
30.Qe1 Qe4 31.Qxe4 dxe4 32.Nd2 Nd5 33.Nxc4 e3 34.Rxe3 Nxe3+ 35.Nxe3 Rf8 36.d5 exd5
37.Nxd5 Ra8 38.Ne3 Nd8 39.Nf5 Ne6 40.Be5 Ra5 41.f4 Ra3 42.c3 Ra1 43.Kf3 Re1
44.c4 Rc1 45.Ke4 Rxc4+ 46.Kd5 Rxf4 47.Nxg7 Rxg4 48.Nxe6 Kf7 49.Nf4 Rg1 50.Ke4 Re1+
51.Kf5 Rf1 52.Bd4 Rb1 53.Nd3 Rf1+ 54.Bf2 Kg7 55.Ke6 Kh7 56.Bc5 Rf3 57.Nf2 Rf4
58.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Smirnov,Timofey"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Ne4 f6 12.Ng3 Bf7 13.Bb5 Qd7 14.Be3 a6 15.Ba4 Rad8
16.Bxb6 Nxb6 17.Bc2 Rfe8 18.Qe2 Nd5 19.Rad1 Nf4 20.Qf1 Bxa2 21.d4 Qf7 22.Re3 exd4
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Kh2 Bc4 25.Qg1 Ne2 26.Nxe2 Bxe2 27.Rd2 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Ne5
29.Qg2 dxc3 30.bxc3 Qc4 31.Be4 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Qxe4 33.Qxe4 Rxe4 34.Rd8+ Kf7
35.Rd7+ Re7  0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Paravyan,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 Nd7 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7 13.Rad1 b5 14.e5 d5 15.f5 Bb7
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Kh1 h5 18.gxh5 Qxe5 19.Qg4 Qxe3 20.Rde1 Qh6 21.Rxe6 Nf6 22.Qe2 O-O
23.Rxe7 Nxh5 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qe5 Nf4 26.Rxb7 Nxg2 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Qxg2 Qc1+
29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.Kh1 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Kh8 7.c3 d6 8.Bb3 Ng8
9.Nc4 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bb6 13.d5 Na5 14.Nxa5 Bxa5 15.Nd4 Qf6
16.Be3 Rae8 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Bb6 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Rc1 Qd8 21.f4 Nf6 22.f5 d5
23.g4 c5 24.Rc3 d4 25.Rh3 b5 26.g5 c4 27.gxf6 Qxf6 28.Bc2 d3 29.Bxd3 Qd4+
30.Rf2 Rxf5 31.Rf3 Qg4+ 32.Kh1 Rxf3 33.Rxf3 Qxe6 34.Bf1 Qe5 35.Qe2 Qxe2 36.Bxe2 g6
37.Rf2 Ra8 38.a3 c3 39.bxc3 Rxa3 40.Rf7 Rxc3 41.Rxb7 b4 42.Rxb4 Kg7 43.Rb7+ Kh6
44.Kg2 Re3 45.Bf3 Rd3 46.Be4 Rd4 47.Kf3 Rd2 48.Kg3 Rd4 49.Re7 Kg5 50.Kf3 Kh6
51.Ke3 Rd1 52.Ra7 Re1+ 53.Kf3 Rf1+ 54.Kg2 Rd1 55.Kg3 Rg1+ 56.Kf2 Rd1 57.Ra5 Rd2+
58.Kg3 Rd4 59.Bf3 Rd3 60.Ra7 Rd4 61.Kf2 Rd2+ 62.Be2 Rd4 63.h3 Kg5 64.Kg3 Kh6
65.Bg4 Re4 66.Kf3 Re1 67.Kf4 Re8 68.Bf3 Rf8+ 69.Ke3 Re8+ 70.Be4 Re5 71.Kf4 Rh5
72.Bg2 Rf5+ 73.Ke3 Re5+ 74.Kd4 Rh5 75.Ke3 Re5+ 76.Kf2 Rh5 77.Kg3 Rg5+ 78.Kh2 Re5
79.Bf3 Rf5 80.Bg4 Re5 81.Kg2 Re3 82.Kf2 Re8 83.Be2 Rg8 84.Bc4 Rg7 85.Ra3 Rc7
86.Bd5 Rd7 87.Be4 Re7 88.Bf3 Kg5 89.Kg3 Rc7 90.Ra5+ Kh6 91.Kf4 Rf7+ 92.Ke3 Rc7
93.Be4 Rc3+ 94.Bd3 Rc7 95.Re5 Kg7 96.Re6 Kh6 97.Re5 Kg7 98.Rd5 Re7+ 99.Kf4 Rf7+
100.Kg4 Kh6 101.h4 Ra7 102.Be4 Re7 103.Kf4 Rf7+ 104.Ke3 Re7 105.Kf3 Rf7+
106.Kg3 Re7 107.Bf3 Ra7 108.h5 Ra6 109.hxg6 hxg6 110.Be4 Rf6 111.Kg4 Rb6
112.Kf4 Re6 113.Rd1 Kg7 114.Rg1 Kh6 115.Bd5 Re7 116.Rh1+ Kg7 117.Ra1 Kh6
118.Ra6 Re1 119.Be4 Rg1 120.Ke5 Kh5 121.Ra8 Re1 122.Rh8+ Kg4 123.Rg8 g5 124.Kd4 Kf4
125.Rf8+ Kg3 126.Rf3+ Kh4 127.Bf5 g4 128.Rf2 g3 129.Ra2 Rf1 130.Ke5 Rf2 131.Ra4+ Kh5
132.Rg4 g2 133.Kf6 g1=Q 134.Rxg1 Kh4 135.Ke5 Re2+ 136.Kf4 Rf2+ 137.Ke4 Re2+
138.Kf3 Ra2 139.Rg8 Kh5 140.Be4 Ra1 141.Kf4 Rf1+ 142.Ke5 Re1 143.Kf4 Rf1+
144.Bf3+ Kh6 145.Ra8 Rf2 146.Rg8 Rf1 147.Rg3 Ra1 148.Be4 Rf1+ 149.Ke5 Kh5
150.Bf5 Kh4 151.Rg4+ Kh5 152.Kf6 Rf3 153.Ra4 Rc3 154.Bg6+  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ravi,TeS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7
9.Na4 Qc7 10.Nb6 Rd8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7
15.Bd3 e6 16.Ke2 Bd6 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Ba5 Bc7 19.Bxc7 Kxc7 20.Rhc1+ Kd7 21.f3 Nd6
22.Kd2 Rc8 23.Rc5 f5 24.b4 Ra8 25.Rac1 Rhc8 26.g4 fxg4 27.fxg4 h6 28.h4 b6
29.Rxc8 Nxc8 30.b5 Nd6 31.bxa6 b5 32.a4 Nc4+ 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Rb1 Rxa6 35.Rb7+ Kd6
36.Rxg7 Rxa4 37.Rg6 Ra2+ 38.Kd1 Ra1+ 39.Kd2 Ra2+ 40.Kd1 Ra1+ 41.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Rahul,Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.Ne5 Nxc3
9.Rxc3 Bd7 10.e3 e6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Qc2 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Rxc3 14.Qxc3 Qb6 15.Bd3 f6
16.Bg3 Be7 17.O-O Kf7 18.Bc7 Qc6 19.Qxc6 Bxc6 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Bg3 Bd7 22.Rxc8 Bxc8
23.Kf1 Bd7 24.Ke2 Bb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.f3 f5 27.Be5 g6 28.b4 h5 29.g3 g5 30.h3 g4
31.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bulmaga,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 Ne5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.g4 Be7 13.Nd4 O-O 14.Nf5 Rfc8 15.g5 Ne8
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bf8 18.h4 Qa5 19.Kb1 Nc4 20.c3 Rc5 21.Nh6+ gxh6 22.gxh6 Na3+
23.Ka1 Qa4 24.Rg1+ Kh8 25.Qg4 Nc2+ 26.Kb1 Bg7 27.Bd3 Na3+ 28.Kc1 f5 29.hxg7+ Kg8
30.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Lubbe,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.b3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.g3 e4 15.Nh4 Qe6
16.f4 exf3 17.Nxf3 Bb4 18.a3 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Ne4 20.Qc2 Ndf6 21.cxd5 Rxd5 22.Ne5 c5
23.Bg2 Rdd8 24.b4 Bd5 25.Rc1 c4 26.b5 Rc8 27.a4 c3 28.Ba3 Nd2 29.e4 Bxe4
30.Rxe4 Nfxe4 31.Nc6 Qc4  0-1

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B12"]

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.Ne1 Qc7 10.f4 c5 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Qxc5+ 13.Kh1 d4 14.Nd3 Qc7 15.fxg5 O-O-O
16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf5 18.Rxf5 exf5 19.Qxf5+ Kb8 20.g6 fxg6 21.Qxg6 Be7
22.Bf4 Bg5 23.Bg3 Qxc2 24.h4 Be3 25.e6+ Ka8 26.Qe4 Rhg8 27.Rf1 Rde8 28.Rf7 Qc6
29.Qxc6 bxc6 30.Bd6 Rxe6 31.Bc5 Re4 32.Be7 Reg4  0-1

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Kobo,Ori"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qd2 Ne7 8.f3 Nbc6
9.Rd1 Bd7 10.e4 Rc8 11.Bf2 Na5 12.Bd3 Ng6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Qe6+ 15.Qe2 Kd8
16.Qxe6 Bxe6 17.Nc3 Nf4 18.Nge2 Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 Bf5 20.Rd1 Nc4 21.O-O Nxb2
22.Rb1 Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Ba3 24.Nb5 Rc2 25.Nf4 Nc4 26.Nd3 Rxa2 27.Nxa7 Bb2 28.d5 Re8
29.g4 Re2 30.Nb5 Nd2 31.Rd1 Nxf3+ 32.Kf1 Be5 33.Bb6+ Kd7 34.Nxe5+ Rxe5  0-1

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B68"]

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 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bd3 b4 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.h4 a5 14.h5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Kb1 Rb8
17.f5 e5 18.Nh2 a4 19.Ng4 Na5 20.b3 Bc6 21.Nxh6 d5 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Ng4 axb3
24.cxb3 Bxg2 25.Rhg1 Bc6 26.h6 Nb7 27.Qe3 Ra8 28.Be4 Nd6 29.Ng3 Nb5 30.Rc1 Nc3+
31.Rxc3 bxc3 32.Rc1 Bxe4+ 33.Nxe4 Qa5 34.a4 Rb8 35.Rxc3 Qa6 36.Kc2 O-O 37.Nxe5 Kh8
38.Nd7 Rxb3 39.Kxb3 Qb7+ 40.Nb6 Rb8 41.a5 Qd7 42.Qd3 Qxf5 43.Nc5 Qh5 44.Nb7 Qg4
45.Nd6 Qe6+ 46.Nc4 Bc5 47.Qg3 Rg8 48.Qc7 Bd4 49.Rg3 Re8 50.Qd7 Qe1 51.Qg4 Qb1+
52.Ka4 Qa1+ 53.Kb5 f5 54.Qxf5 Qe1 55.Rg4 Qd1 56.h7  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nf6
9.a3 Ne4 10.Bf4 e6 11.e3 g5 12.Nxe4 gxf4 13.Nc5 fxe3 14.fxe3 e5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Qa5+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Bg7 19.g3 Bxe5 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Bg2 Be6 22.Rhd1 h5
23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 h4 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Bxa6 hxg3 27.hxg3 Rh2+ 28.Ke3 Rb3 29.Rd2 Rh3
30.Bc4 Rxg3+ 31.Ke2 Rg2+ 32.Kd1 Rxd2+ 33.Kxd2 Bxc4 34.Rxc4 Bxa3 35.bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.h3 h6
9.Be3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bf8 14.Qc2 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.Nfd2 d5 17.Qxc6 dxe4 18.Rfc1 Ra7 19.d5 Bd7 20.Qc4 Rb7 21.Qxa6 Rxb2 22.Qa7 Bb5
23.Qxc7 Qxd5 24.Nc4 Rb4 25.Nb6 Qe6 26.a4 Bd6 27.Qb7 Be2 28.Qd7 Qe5 29.Qxe8+ Qxe8
30.Rc8 Qxc8 31.Nxc8 Bf8 32.a5 Ba6 33.Nb6 Rb5 34.Rd1 Bb4 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Rd7 Bxa5
37.Ra7 Bxb6 38.Rxa6 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Bxe3 40.fxe3 Rb3 41.Ra7 Kg6 42.Kg3 Rxe3+
43.Kf4 Re2 44.g4 h5 45.Ra5 hxg4 46.hxg4 f6 47.Ra1 Rf2+ 48.Ke3 Rb2 49.Ra7 Rg2
50.Kf4 Rg1 51.Rb7 e3 52.Rb2 Re1 53.Kf3 Kh6 54.Rh2+ Kg5 55.Rh5+ Kg6 56.Ra5 e2
57.Ra4 Rg1 58.Kxe2 Kg5 59.Kf3 Kh4  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE Elitserien"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Akesson,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.Nxd7 Nxd7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Be1 Rfd8 15.c5 Qc7
16.f3 e5 17.Bg3 Nd7 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 b6 21.cxb6 Qxb6 22.Qxb6 axb6
23.dxe5 Nc5 24.Bf2 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Nxe4 26.Bxb6 Rb8 27.Bd4 c5 28.Bc3 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Ra8
30.Bc4 Ra4 31.Bb3 Re4 32.Rd5 c4 33.Bd1 Re3 34.Bf3 Rxc3 35.Rd7 Kf8 36.Rc7 Bd8
37.Rc8 Ke7 38.Bd5 Bb6+ 39.Kf1 Rc1+ 40.Ke2 Rc2+ 41.Kd1 Rxa2 42.Rxc4 Ra5 43.Bf3 g6
44.Rb4 Bc7 45.Rb7 Rc5 46.Be2 h5 47.h3 Rd5+ 48.Ke1 Kd7 49.e6+ fxe6 50.Rb5 Bg3+
51.Kf1 Rd2 52.Rg5 h4 53.Rxg6 e5 54.Rb6 Rc2 55.Bf3 Ke7 56.Rb4 Kf6 57.Rb1 Kf5
58.Rb4 Rf2+ 59.Kg1 Ra2 60.Kf1 Bf2 61.Bd5 Rd2 62.Be4+ Kf4 63.Bh7+ Bd4  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE Elitserien"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Brynell,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "C02"]

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.Bf4 O-O-O 10.Na3 a6 11.b4 c4 12.Rb1 h6 13.b5 Bxa3 14.bxc6 Qxc6 15.Nd4 Qc7
16.Bg4 Re8 17.Nf5 Rf8 18.Nxg7 Rxf4 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kb8 21.Bxd5 b6 22.g3 Rf8
23.Qa4 Ne7 24.Bg2 Bc5 25.Qxa6 Qa7 26.Qb5 Rc8 27.a4 Rhd8 28.a5 Qd7 29.axb6 Qxb5
30.Rxb5 Nd5 31.Ra1 Nxb6 32.Ra8+ Kc7 33.Rxc5+  1-0

[Event "TCh-SWE Elitserien"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Heberla,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qe1 Nc5
16.Ba2 Bf5 17.Nc3 b4 18.Nd5 b3 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.exd6 Qxe1 21.Rxe1+ Kd7 22.Bxb3 Nxb3
23.cxb3 Kxd6 24.Re5 Bd3 25.Raa5 Rxb3 26.Rad5+ Kc6 27.Rc5+ Kd7 28.Re3 Rd8
29.Bd2 Kc8 30.Re7 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Kxd7 32.Bc3 Rb5 33.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Loxine,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Re8
9.h3 d6 10.g4 Na5 11.Qf3 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bd7 13.b4 a6 14.O-O-O b5 15.Nb3 Bc6
16.Na5 Qc7 17.Bd4 Rac8 18.Qd3 e5 19.Be3 d5 20.Nxc6 dxe4 21.Qd6 Qxc6 22.Qxc6 Rxc6
23.g5 Nh5 24.Nxe4 f5 25.gxf6 Nxf6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rd5 Rd8 28.Rhd1 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 h5
30.Bc5 Kf7 31.b3 Ke6 32.c4 a5 33.Be3 bxc4 34.Rxa5 cxb3+ 35.Kb2 e4+ 36.Kxb3 Be5
37.b5 Rc3+ 38.Kb4 g5 39.b6 Rc2 40.Kb5 g4 41.hxg4 h4 42.b7 h3 43.Ka6 Bc7 44.Rh5 Ra2+
45.Kb5 Ra5+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Schmidek,Emil"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.Qf2 Bd7 13.O-O b4 14.Ne2 Na4 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 16.a3 Na4
17.b3 Nc5 18.Nfd4 bxa3 19.Kf2 Nb4 20.Ke3 a2 21.Nc3 Rc8 22.Kd2 Nbxd3 23.cxd3 Rb8
24.Rxa2 Nxb3+ 25.Nxb3 Rxb3 26.Rxa6 Ke7 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Nxb1 Rb8 29.Na3 h6
30.h4 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.g3 Rh8 33.Ke3 g4 34.f5 exf5 35.Rd6 Rh3 36.Kf4 Rh2
37.Rxd5 Rf2+ 38.Ke3 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 Rxg3 40.Rd4 Rg2+ 41.Kf1 Ra2 42.Nc4 Be6 43.Ne3 Ra5
44.Rf4 Rxe5 45.Kf2 Ra5 46.Kg3 Kd6 47.Rf2 Ra3 48.Nxf5+ Ke5 49.Nh6 Rxd3+ 50.Kh4 Rf3
51.Rg2 Rh3+ 52.Kg5 f6+ 53.Kg6 g3 54.Re2+ Kf4 55.Rxe6 g2 56.Rxf6+ Ke4 57.Re6+ Kd5  0-1

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aguilar,Pe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d4 b5
9.Bc2 O-O 10.d5 Na5 11.Nbd2 c5 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ne3 Bc8 15.a4 Rb8
16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 Qc7 18.Qd3 Bf8 19.Bd2 g6 20.Bb3 Be6 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Red8 24.Bg5 Ne7 25.Qd3 Rd7 26.Ra6 h6 27.Bh4 g5 28.Bg3 f6 29.h4 Rb6
30.Rxb6 Qxb6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rd1 Qc6 33.Nh2 Kf7 34.Ng4 Qc4 35.Qxc4+ bxc4
36.Ne3 d5  1-0

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cerda Albornoz,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C69"]

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.Bg5 Be7 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Ne2 O-O-O 14.Kg2 Rhf8 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Rde8 17.f3 g5 18.Bg3 Bf6 19.c3 g4 20.Ng1 gxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Rxe4 22.Re1 Ra4
23.Re3 Nb6 24.Ne5 Nd5 25.Re2 h5 26.Nd3 h4 27.Be5 h3+ 28.Kg3  0-1

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gemy,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.d5 Nb8 15.b4 Nbd7
16.a4 Qc7 17.Bd2 bxa4 18.Nxa4 Rfc8 19.Bd3 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Qe2 Bd8 22.Ra2 Qa7
23.Rea1 a5 24.Be3 Qb8 25.bxa5 Bxd5 26.Rb2 Qc7 27.exd5 e4 28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Bb6 Qe7
30.Re1 f5 31.Nd4 Qf6 32.Nc6 Bc7 33.Bd4 Qf7 34.f3 Bxa5 35.Nxa5 Ng3 36.Qb5 Re8
37.Rbb1 h5 38.Bf2 h4 39.Nc6 Ra2 40.Nd4 Rc8 41.Rb2 Rxb2 42.Qxb2 Rc5 43.Ne6 Rxd5
44.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c3 12.a3 a5 13.Qd3 Bd6 14.Bf4 g5 15.Be3 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Qxd3 17.Bxd3 Nd7 18.axb4 axb4 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.Ra1 O-O 21.Be4 Nxe5
22.Bc5 Rd8 23.Be7 Rc8 24.Bxb4 c5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Bxc3 Ra2 27.Bb1 Ra3 28.Bxe5 Rxb3
29.Bc2 Rb5 30.Bf6 c4 31.Kf1 g4 32.e3 c3 33.Ke2 Rh5 34.Bxc3 Rxh2 35.e4 h5
36.Bf6 Rh1 37.e5 Ra1 38.Be4 Ra3 39.f3 Rb3 40.Kf2 Ra3 41.Bh4 Kg7 42.Ke2 gxf3+
43.Bxf3 Kh6 44.Be4 Ra5 45.Bf6 Ra3 46.Bd3 Rb3 47.Ke3 Ra3 48.Bh4 Ra4 49.Be7 Rg4
50.Kf3 Rd4 51.Be4 Rc4 52.Kf4 Kg7 53.Bd8 Ra4 54.Bf6+ Kh6 55.Be7 Kg7 56.Kf3 Rc4
57.Ke3 Kh6 58.Bd3 Ra4 59.Ke2 Rd4 60.Bc5 Rg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara,Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C72"]

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.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.Rc1 Bf8 15.Qc2 b4
16.Ba4 Bxa4 17.Nxa4 Nd7 18.Rcd1 Qf6 19.Bg3 g6 20.b3 h5 21.h3 Rbd8 22.Rd5 Bh6
23.Ra5 h4 24.Bh2 Bf4 25.Bxf4 Qxf4 26.Nb2 Nc5 27.Nd3 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Re5 29.Rxa6 Rde8
30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Rc6 Re7 34.Kf1 Kg7 35.c5 d5 36.Ra6 d4
37.Ra8 Re5 38.Rd8 Rxc5 39.Rxd4 Rc1+ 40.Ke2 c5 41.Rxh4 Rc2+ 42.Ke3 Rxa2 43.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7
9.c4 Ng6 10.h4 a6 11.h5 Nh4 12.Nc3 Be7 13.a4 O-O 14.a5 Nf5 15.Bd3 Bg5 16.Ra3 Nh6
17.b4 f5 18.Na4 e4 19.Bc2 Ng4 20.Nb6 e3 21.Bxe3 Re8 22.Nxa8 f4 23.Qd3 g6
24.hxg6 fxe3 25.f3 Nf2 26.Qf1 Qf6 27.gxh7+ Kh8 28.Ke2 Bf5 29.Qa1 Nxh1 30.Qxf6+ Bxf6
31.Nc7 Ng3+ 32.Ke1 Bb2 33.Rb3 Bxc2 34.Rxb2 Re5  0-1

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stupak,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 fxe5 8.dxe5 c4 9.Bc2 g6
10.O-O Bg7 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.b3 cxb3 13.Bxb3 Nge7 14.c4 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Rb1 Qd6
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Re1 Bc6 19.Qg4 Bg7 20.Re6 Qd7 21.Qe2 Rf8 22.Nf3 Rf6 23.Re3 h6
24.Bd2 g5 25.Re1 Rf7 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Rd8 28.Re6 Rh7 29.Qe5 Kf8 30.Qf6+ Kg8
31.Bc2  1-0

[Event "5th Arica Open 2018"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Amonatov,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Nbd7
9.f5 Bxb3 10.axb3 d5 11.exd5 Bb4 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Qe2 a5 14.g4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxd5
16.Bg2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.O-O Qc7 19.Qd2 Rac8 20.c4 b6 21.Qxf4 Rfe8 22.Rad1 Re2
23.g5 Rxc2 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.Rfe1 Kf8 26.Rd6 f6 27.Red1 Ne5 28.gxf6 gxf6  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Belyakov,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nxe4 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.Qb3 Qe7 10.O-O d5 11.Bxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 O-O 13.Re1 Nf6 14.Qc5 Qxc5 15.dxc5 Bg4
16.Ne5 Rad8 17.Nc3 Rd2 18.b4 Be6 19.a3 Rfd8 20.Nb5 Ne8 21.Nxa7 c6 22.b5 cxb5
23.Nxb5 R2d5 24.Rac1 Rc8 25.f4 g6 26.Kf2 Rdxc5 27.Rxc5 Rxc5 28.Nd4 Nc7 29.g3 Kg7
30.h4 Bd5 31.Re2 Ne6 32.Rd2 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 f6 34.Nd7 Rc2+ 35.Ke3 Be6 36.Rd6 Kf7
37.a4 Ke8 38.Kd4  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.O-O d6
9.Bg3 Qe8 10.h3 Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.exf5 Rxf5 13.g4 Qg6 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.gxf5 Nxf5+
16.Kh2 Be6 17.Nbd2 Rf8 18.Qe2 Qh5 19.Ng1 Qg5 20.Ndf3 Qf6 21.Rae1 Kh8 22.d4 Bd5
23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Bd5 26.c4 Bg8 27.f4 Rd8 28.Ngf3 Bc5 29.Ng4 Qd6
30.Nfe5 Qa6 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Qxa2 33.Rd8 Qb1 34.Nf2 Kh7 35.Rd1 Qa2 36.Qe4 Be6
37.Ned3 Bxf2 38.Qxe6 Bg3+ 39.Kg2 Qa5 40.c5 g6 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Ne5  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.a4 a5
9.Re1 Nb6 10.Bb5 f6 11.Nbd2 Na7 12.d4 exd4 13.Ne4 Nxb5 14.Nxc5 Qd5 15.axb5 Qxc5
16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.Be3 Qd5 18.Bf4 c5 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qg4 Bd7 21.Qg3 a4 22.h4 Rfe8
23.Rad1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Qe3 Bf7 27.Qe7 Nc4 28.Qb4 h6 29.Qxa4 Nxb2
30.Qc2 Nc4 31.Qe2 Ne5 32.Bxe5 Qxe5 33.Qxe5 fxe5 34.Nf3 e4 35.Ne5 Bd5 36.Kf1 Kf8
37.c4 Be6 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Kxe4 Kc5 41.Kd3 b5 42.cxb5 Kxb5 43.Kd4 Kb6
44.Nd3 Kc6 45.Ke5 Bf7 46.f4 Kd7 47.f5 Ke7 48.Nf4 Bb3 49.g3 Kf7 50.Ng2 Bd1
51.Ne3 Be2 52.Nd5 Bf3 53.Nf4 Bd1 54.Ne6 Be2 55.Nd8+ Ke7 56.Nc6+ Kf7 57.Kf4 Bd1
58.g4 Kf6 59.Ne5 Be2 60.Ng6 Bd1 61.g5+ hxg5+ 62.hxg5+ Kf7 63.Ke5 Bc2 64.Nf4 Bb1
65.Nd5 Bc2 66.Nc7 Bb1 67.Ne6 Kg8 68.Nd8 Kf8 69.Nb7 Kf7 70.Nd6+ Ke7 71.Nb5 Kf7
72.Nc3 Bc2 73.Nd5 Bb1 74.g6+ Kf8 75.Nf4 Bc2 76.Ne6+ Kg8 77.Nd4 Bb1 78.Kd6 Kf8
79.Ke6 Ba2+ 80.Kd7 Bb1 81.Kd6 Bd3 82.Ne6+ Kg8 83.Ke5 Bb1 84.Nd4 Kf8 85.Nb5 Ke7
86.Nc3 Bc2 87.Nd5+ Kf8 88.Ne3 Bb1 89.Kd6 Ba2 90.Nc2 Bb1 91.Nd4 Bd3 92.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.h3 h6
9.Be3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 d5 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.a4 b4 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 c5 18.Be5 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Ra7 21.Qf3 Rd7 22.Rad1 Bf6
23.Bc6 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Bxe5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.g3 c4 27.Be4 a5 28.Bf5 Bxf5 29.Qxf5 Bxc3
30.Qb5 Bb4 31.Qxc4 g6 32.Qf4 h5 33.Qe5 Rd6 34.Kg2 Re6 35.Qb5 Kg7 36.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.h3 Bh5 10.dxe5 Bxe5 11.Nc4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng6 14.Be3 b6 15.Kf1 Ke7
16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Ke2 Nc4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rg1 g6 21.b3 Nd6 22.h4 Ke6
23.Bf4 f5 24.Bxd6 cxd6 25.h5 Kf6 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rh1 d5 28.Rh7 dxe4 29.fxe4 Re8
30.Rb7 Rxe4+ 31.Kf1 b5 32.Rb6 Re6 33.Rxa6 g5 34.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Bc7 13.Nf5 d5 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.d4 f5 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Qh4 Qd7 19.Bf4 Rce8 20.Bd3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 g6
23.Qe5 Kg7 24.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Bf5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Be2 h6
9.O-O e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Rfe1 O-O 12.h3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.a4 Rd8
16.a5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.Qa3 Qc7 19.Nb3 Rad8 20.Bb5 f6 21.Nc5 Bf7 22.a6 bxa6
23.Bxa6 Rb8 24.Bf1 Ra8 25.b4 Nd8 26.Qa5 Rb6 27.Na4 Rc6 28.Qxc7 Rxc7 29.Nc5 Nb7
30.Ra6 e5 31.Rea1 Nxc5 32.dxc5 d4 33.cxd4 exd4 34.Bd3 Rb8 35.Rxa7 Rxa7 36.Rxa7 Be8
37.Ra6 Rxb4 38.c6 Kf7 39.c7 Bd7 40.Ra8  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jumabayev,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B69"]

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 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.Rhe1 Rhe8 15.f5 Rg8
16.Bf1 Ne5 17.Nd4 Kb8 18.Qh6 Bc8 19.g3 Rde8 20.Bh3 Bd8 21.Nce2 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Rxg4
23.Nf4 Qb7 24.Nh5 e5 25.Nb3 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Qxe4 27.Nxf6 Qf3 28.Rxd6 Bxf6 29.Qxf6 Qf1+
30.Nc1 Qc4 31.b3 Qc7 32.Nd3 Bb7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Khusnutdinov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.Nbd2 O-O 13.Qe1 h6 14.dxe5 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.f3 Bd7 18.Qc5 Re8 19.Rfd1 Qc8 20.Ba2 Be6 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Nb3 Nd7
23.Qf2 Rd6 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 c5 26.Rd1 Rb7 27.Qd6 c4 28.Nc1 Qc5+ 29.Qxc5 Nxc5
30.Rd5 Na4 31.Rxe5 Nxb2 32.Rd5 b4 33.cxb4 Rxb4 34.Kf2 c3 35.Ke3 Ra4 36.Rc5 Rxa5
37.Rxa5 Nc4+ 38.Kd4 Nxa5 39.Kxc3 Kf8 40.Nd3 Nb7 41.Kc4 Ke7 42.Kd5 a5 43.Nc5 Nd6
44.Na4 Nb5 45.Kc4 Na3+ 46.Kb3 Nb5 47.Kc4 Na3+ 48.Kb3 Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10.28"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Petrov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 g6 6.a4 b4 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Na5
9.Bd5 c6 10.Ba2 Bg7 11.O-O Ne7 12.c3 Rb8 13.Bf4 d6 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Qe2 Be6
16.Nd4 Bxd4 17.Bxc4 bxc3 18.bxc3 Bc5 19.Bh6 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Bxa6 Bd6 22.Bg7 Nf4
23.Qe4 Qh4 24.Qxc6+ Ke7 25.Re1 Rb2 26.Nd2 Rxd2 27.Qb7+ Kd8 28.Qa8+ Kc7 29.Qa7+ Kd8
30.Qa8+ Kc7 31.Qb7+ Kd8 32.Qa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11.27"]
[White "Rakhmanov,Ale"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Nf6 11.Re1 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qxd8 Raxd8 14.Ne5 Bf5 15.c3 Nd5
16.a4 a5 17.Nc4 b6 18.Ne5 Bc2 19.Nc6 Rd7 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Be3 Rc8 22.Bxc5 Rxc6
23.Bd4 f6 24.f4 Kf7 25.Re2 Bb3 26.Kf2 b5 27.axb5 Rxb5 28.Rd2 Rd6 29.Be3 Rxd2+
30.Bxd2 a4 31.Re1 Rd5 32.Bc1 h5 33.Re4 Rd1 34.Re1 Rd8 35.Re4 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12.27"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Demidov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Bg5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be4 Re8 11.Qd3 Nb4 12.Qd1 d5 13.cxd5 N4xd5 14.Qd3 h6 15.Bxg5 Qxg5
16.f4 Qd8 17.f5 Nf6 18.Bf3 Qe7 19.Rfe1 Qe3+ 20.Qxe3 Rxe3 21.Kf2 Rd3 22.Rad1 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Bxf5 24.Bxb7 Ng4+ 25.Kg3 Rb8 26.Bf3 Ne3 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Ne4 Nbd5 29.Nc5 Bf5
30.Nc3 c6 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.b3 Rb4 33.Bxd5 cxd5 34.Kf4 Be4 35.a3 Rxd4 36.Ke3  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13.14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Bd3 e5
9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.O-O Bc5 11.h3 d6 12.Qe1 O-O 13.Rd1 Re8 14.Qf2 Be6 15.Nxe6 Bxe3
16.Nxd8 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Rexd8 18.Rfd2 Kf8 19.Be2 Ke7 20.g4 h6 21.h4 Rac8 22.g5 hxg5
23.hxg5 Nh7 24.Nd5+ Kf8 25.g6 Nxg6 26.Bg4 Rc4 27.b3 Rxe4 28.Bf5 Re5 29.Bxg6 fxg6
30.Nf4 Re4 31.Rf1 Kf7 32.Nh3+ Kg8 33.Rfd1 Re3 34.Nf4 g5 35.Nd5 Re4 36.Nb6 g4
37.Nc4 Ng5 38.Nxd6 Nf3+ 39.Kg2 Re6 40.Rd5 Nh4+ 41.Kh2 g3+ 42.Kh3 g2 43.Kxh4 Rexd6
44.Rxd6 Rxd6 45.Re1 Rd2 46.Kg3 Rxc2 47.a4 Rb2 48.Kh2 Rxb3 49.Kxg2 a5 50.Re7 b6
51.Rc7 Rb4 52.Rc6 Kf7 53.Kf3 g5 54.Rh6 Ke7 55.Rg6 g4+ 56.Ke2 Kd7  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14.28"]
[White "Tari,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bf5 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Re1 h6 14.Bh4 Nd7 15.Be7 Bxe7
16.Rxe7 Qd6 17.Qe2 b5 18.Bb3 a5 19.Nh4 Bh7 20.Re1 Nf6 21.Bc2 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Nd5
23.R7e5 Qa3 24.Nf5 Qxc3 25.Qd1 Kh7 26.h3 g6 27.Nd6 b4 28.Qg4 a4 29.Kh2 b3
30.Ne4 Qxe1 31.Ng5+ hxg5 32.Rxe1 b2 33.Qxg5 Rab8 34.h4 b1=Q 35.Rxb1 Rxb1
36.h5 Rb2 37.Qh4 Kg7 38.h6+ Kh7 39.a3 Re8 40.Qg5 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15.22"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Ne7 10.Nxe5 c6 11.Bg5 cxd5 12.Bxf6 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Bxf6 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Qc5
16.exd5 Bg7 17.Qf3 b6 18.c3 Bb7 19.Ne3 Rae8 20.Rae1 f5 21.Bc2 Bh6 22.Nd1 Bxd5
23.Bb3 Bxb3 24.axb3 Qd6 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Qxe2 Rd8 27.Nf2 Qd2 28.Re1 Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Kf7
30.g3 a5 31.Kg2 Rd5 32.c4 Rd7 33.g4 fxg4 34.Nxg4 Bg7 35.Nf2 Bf8 36.Ng4 Bg7
37.Nf2 Bf8 38.Ng4 Kg7 39.Ne5 Rd1 40.Kf3 Bc5 41.Ke4 Rd4+ 42.Kf3 Kf6 43.Ng4+ Kg7
44.Ne5 g5 45.Re4 h5 46.Rxd4 Bxd4 47.Nd3 Kf6 48.Ke4 Bc5 49.h3 Ke6 50.Ne1 Be7
51.Nd3 Bd6 52.Nf2 Bg3 53.Nd3 g4 54.hxg4 hxg4 55.b4 a4 56.Nf4+ Bxf4 57.Kxf4 g3
58.Kxg3 Ke5 59.Kf3 Kd4 60.c5 bxc5 61.bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.g3 Ngf6 5.Bg2 e6 6.d3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Nc3 Qe7 10.a3 a6 11.Re1 b5 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qc2 e5 14.Nh4 Qe6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.g4 Rac8 17.Qd1 Bg6 18.e4 d4 19.Ne2 h5 20.g5 Nh7 21.f4 exf4 22.Nf3 Ne5
23.Nexd4 Bc5 24.Kh2 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Qd6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Nxd3 28.Be5 Qd8
29.g6 Ng5 30.Qxh5 f3 31.f6 Nxe5 32.fxg7 Kxg7 33.Rxe5 Rh8 34.Qxg5 f6 35.Qe3 fxe5
36.Bxf3 Rc2+ 37.Kg3 Qh4+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Moiseenko,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 Be6 10.Nc4 b5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Nd4 14.O-O-O Rd8 15.Qa3 Rb8
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qxf2 18.Bd3 Qxg2 19.Qc5 Qg5+ 20.Kb1 Qd8 21.Rhe1 Nf3 22.Re3 Rc8
23.Qa3 Qxd5 24.Rxf3 Qc5 25.Qxa6 O-O 26.Qxb5 Qe7 27.Re3 Rc5 28.Qb4 Rfc8 29.a3 g6
30.h4 Kg7 31.Rde1 Rd8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.e3 Be7
9.Bxe7 Ngxe7 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.a3 Na5 12.Nf3 Rc8 13.O-O f6 14.Na4 Qb3 15.Nc5 Qxd1
16.Rfxd1 b6 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Nd2 Rc7 19.Ba6 Nb7 20.Rbc1 Nd6 21.Rxc7+ Kxc7
22.Rc1+ Kd7 23.Kf1 Nc6 24.Ke2 Nb8 25.Bd3 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Kxc8 27.h4 Kd7 28.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Demchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B69"]

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 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 h5 14.f5 e5 15.Bc4 Qb6 16.Qd5 Rh7
17.Kb1 Rc8 18.Qd2 Na5 19.Bd5 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Qd3 Bb5 22.Nd2 Rc7 23.Qf3 a5
24.c4 Ba6 25.b3 a4 26.Nf1 axb3 27.axb3 Ra7 28.Ne3 Bb7 29.Kb2 Rh8 30.Ra1 Ra3
31.Rxa3 bxa3+ 32.Ka2 Qa5 33.Rd1 Kd7 34.Nc2 Rb8 35.Nc3 Bc6 36.Nd5 h4 37.Qe3 Rg8
38.Rd2 Qa6 39.Ncb4 Qb7 40.Nxc6 Kxc6 41.Qc3 Bd8 42.b4 Kd7 43.Qxa3 Ke8 44.c5 Kf8
45.cxd6 Qb5 46.Nc3 Qb7 47.d7 Kg7 48.Qb3 Bb6 49.Qd5 Qa7+ 50.Kb3 Bd4 51.Nb5 Qa1
52.Nxd4 exd4 53.Qxd4 Qa8 54.e5 fxe5 55.Qxe5+ Kh7 56.Qd5 Qd8 57.Qxf7+ Rg7
58.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C77"]

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.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Nf1 f5 11.Bb3+ Kh8 12.Ng5 Qf6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Be3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 f3 18.g3 Rae8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Ne3 h5 21.Bd5 Bh6 22.Qxf3 Qxf3
23.Bxf3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Rxe3 25.Kf2 Re8 26.d4 Kg7 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 Nd8 29.Kf2 Kf6
30.Ke3 c6 31.h4 d5 32.a4 Nf7 33.Bg2 Nd6 34.b3 a5 35.Kf4 b6 36.c4 dxc4 37.bxc4 c5
38.dxc5 bxc5 39.Bf1 Nc8 40.Bd3 Nb6 41.Bc2 Nxc4 42.Ke4 Nb6 43.Bb3 g5 44.Bd1 gxh4
45.gxh4 Nxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Re1 O-O
9.c4 Nc6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Rfe8 14.Bf4 Rac8 15.c4 Qd7
16.d5 Bf6 17.Rad1 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Ne7 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qd6 21.Qe3 b6 22.Nd3 Ng6
23.g3 h6 24.h4 Nf8 25.Qf4 Nd7 26.Qxd6 cxd6 27.Re7 Ne5 28.Nxe5 dxe5 29.d6 Rd8
30.Rxa7 Rxd6 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Ra6 Rd4 33.Rxb6 Rxc4 34.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Yudin,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.h3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Be6
9.Nbd2 Bb6 10.Nf1 f6 11.Ng3 Qd7 12.Bd2 Na5 13.Ne4 Bf7 14.b4 Nc6 15.Rb1 a5
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qf3 Rad8 20.Nc5 Qc6 21.Nb3 Bb6 22.Na5 Bxa5
23.bxa5 b6 24.a6 Qa8 25.Ra1 Qa7 26.Bb3 b5 27.Reb1 c6 28.c4 Nc7 29.Be3 c5
30.cxb5 Qb6 31.Bxf7+ Rxf7 32.Qc6 Qxc6 33.bxc6 h5 34.a7 Rxd3 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.Rb7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.h3 h6
9.Be3 a6 10.Ba4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d4 Bd7 13.Bc2 g6 14.Re1 Bg7 15.a3 a5 16.dxe5 Nxe5
17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.b4 Be6 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Bb3 Qe7 21.Qb5 b6 22.Qc6 Bxb3 23.Nxb3 Qe6
24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.bxa5 bxa5 26.Red1 Nb6 27.a4 Rc6 28.Rd3 Bf8 29.Nd2 Nc4 30.Nxc4 Rxc4
31.f3 Bc5 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Bxh6 Rb2 34.Bd2 f5 35.Rd5 fxe4 36.fxe4 Bb6 37.Ke2 Rxc3
38.Rxe5 Re3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Khusnutdinov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Nd7 4.d4 Ngf6 5.Bd3 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Nf6 7.Bf3 g6 8.Ne2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.c3 c6 11.h3 a5 12.Bf4 a4 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Bg3 Bf5 15.a3 Qa5 16.Nf4 e6
17.Nd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qa6 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Qa5 21.Be4 Nf6 22.Bd3 c5 23.dxc5 Qxc5
24.Be2 Nd5 25.Bf3 b5 26.Rd2 Bh6 27.Rd4 Bg7 28.Rd2 Rac8 29.Red1 Bf6 30.Qe4 Nb6
31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.Be5 Bc7 34.Bd4 Qd6 35.g3 e5 36.Be3 Kg7 37.Qc6 Nc4
38.Qxd6 Bxd6 39.Bc1 Bc5 40.Bc6 Nd6 41.Kg2 f5 42.g4 Kf6 43.Kf3 e4+ 44.Ke2 Ke5
45.Bh6 Nc4 46.gxf5 gxf5 47.Bc1 Nd6 48.Bh6 Nc4 49.Bc1 Nd6 50.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10.34"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khanin,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 g6 6.a4 b4 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Na5
9.Bd5 c6 10.Ba2 Bg7 11.O-O Ne7 12.c3 c5 13.cxb4 cxb4 14.Be3 O-O 15.Nd2 d5
16.Rc1 Bb7 17.N2b3 Nc4 18.Nc5 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rb8 20.Nxb7 Rxb7 21.exd5 Bxd4
22.Qxd4 b3 23.Bb1 Qxd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Be4 Rd7 26.Rfd1 Rfd8 27.Kf2 Nc3 28.Rxd7 Nxe4+
29.Kf3 Rxd7 30.Kxe4 Rd2 31.Kf3 Rxb2 32.Rc6 Rb1 33.Rb6 h5 34.h4 a5 35.Kg3 Kg7
36.e4 Re1 37.Rxb3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11.47"]
[White "Frolyanov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12.35"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Demidov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nec6 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O a5 8.a4 Ba6 9.Bb5 Be7
10.Na3 O-O 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Rc1 Ra7 14.Qe2 Rc7 15.Bxa6 N8xa6 16.Nb5 Rxc1
17.Rxc1 Qd7 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 h6 20.Nh3 Rc8 21.Rc3 Na2 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.g3 Qc4
24.Qf3 Qxa4 25.Nd6 Qd7 26.Nf4 N2b4 27.Nh5 Qe7 28.h4 Nc7 29.Qg4 Qf8 30.Nf6+ Kh8
31.Nd7 Qe7 32.Nxb6 Ne8 33.Nbc8 Qd7 34.Kg2 Nxd6 35.Nxd6 Nc6 36.Qf4 Kg8 37.Qe3 Qa7
38.Qc3 Qb6 39.Nc8 Qxd4 40.Ne7+ Kh8 41.Nxc6 Qe4+ 42.Kh2 Qe2 43.Qd4 Qb5 44.Qc3 Qe2
45.Kg1 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 a4 47.Nd4 Kg8 48.Nf3 Qe2 49.Qd4 Qc2 50.g4 g6 51.h5 gxh5
52.gxh5 Qf5 53.Qh4 Kf8 54.Kg3 Qc2 55.Qd8+ Kg7 56.Qf6+ Kg8 57.Qxh6 Qxb2 58.Qg5+ Kf8
59.h6 Qc2 60.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13.25"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.d4 O-O-O 10.Bxf4 Bb4 11.Bxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 f5 13.exf5 Rhf8 14.h3 Nh6 15.g3 Qf6
16.Bxh6 Qxh6 17.Nge2 Rxf5 18.Qxf5 Rf8 19.Qxf8+ Nxf8 20.Rh2 Ne6 21.Rd1 Bxc3
22.Nxc3 Qe3 23.Rd3 Qc1+ 24.Nd1 Ng5 25.h4 Ne4 26.Ke1 Qb1 27.a3 Qa2 28.Re2 Qd5
29.Nc3 Nxc3 30.bxc3 Qa2 31.Rf3 Qxa3 32.Kd2 Kc7 33.Rf7+ Kb6 34.Ree7 Qd6 35.Rxb7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14.34"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 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 Re8 13.Qd2 Ne7 14.h3 Be6 15.Bf2 Nf5
16.Rae1 Bh6 17.Qd3 Nhg3 18.Bxg3 Nxg3 19.Rf2 Bf5 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Nd1 Ne4 22.Rff1 Bd2
23.g4 Bxe1 24.gxf5 Nd2 25.Nxd2 Bxd2 26.fxg6 Rg8 27.Bd3 f5 28.Bxf5 Qg5+ 29.Kh1 Raf8
30.Qxc7 Rxg6 31.Qe5+ Rg7 32.Qe4 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15.49"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 cxd4 5.exd4 Bf5 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Ngf3 h6 8.Qb3 Qc8
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qa4 Bd6 13.Bg3 O-O 14.Nxc6 Qd7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Ne5 Rab8 17.Nb3 Ng4 18.Nxg4 Bxg4 19.h3 Bf5 20.O-O Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Rc4 22.Qa3 Qxa3
23.bxa3 Ra4 24.Kf1 Bd3+ 25.Ke1 Rxa3 26.Nc5 Bc4 27.Rc2 Rb5 28.Kd2 e5 29.Ke3 f5
30.f4 e4 31.g4 fxg4 32.hxg4 Kf7 33.f5 Kf6 34.Kf4 Bd3 35.Rh2 Rxc3 36.Nd7+ Ke7
37.Ne5 Rb4 38.g5 Rxd4 39.gxh6 e3+ 40.Kg5 gxh6+ 41.Rxh6 Bxf5 42.Kxf5 e2 43.Rg1 Rg3
44.Rxg3 e1=Q 45.Re6+ Kd8 46.Nf7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16.60"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Levin,Ev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Nge2 e6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.Nce4 Be7 10.f4 Nh6 11.Ng5 O-O 12.h4 Nf6 13.c3 Qd7 14.h5 Bf5 15.Nxf5 exf5
16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qf3 Bd6 19.g4 Kh8 20.g5 Ng8 21.g6 Bxe5 22.fxe5 fxg6
23.hxg6 h6 24.Kg2 c5 25.Bf7 cxd4 26.Qxf5 Qc6 27.Qf3 dxc3 28.bxc3 Ne7 29.e6 Nxg6
30.Kh2 Qd6+ 31.Bf4 Nxf4 32.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 33.Rxf4 Ng5 34.Raf1 Nxf7 35.Rxf7 Rxf7
36.Rxf7 Re8 37.Rxb7 Rxe6 38.Rxa7 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Re3+ 40.Kg4 Rxc3 41.a4 Kh7 42.a5 Ra3
43.Ra6 Ra1 44.Kg3 Ra4 45.Kh3 h5 46.Kg3 g6 47.Ra8 g5 48.Ra6 Ra3+ 49.Kg2 h4
50.Kh2 g4 51.Rc6 Rxa5 52.Rc4 Rg5 53.Rc6 Rg6 54.Rc5 Kh6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17.70"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Tsoi,Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 Nf6
9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Bg2 Re8 11.O-O c6 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Qd2 Na6 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.Rxe8 Ncxe8
16.Re1 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Qd6 18.Qd2 Nc7 19.Nf3 Kg8 20.Ne5 Be6 21.f4 Re8 22.h3 Qf8
23.Kh2 Nd7 24.Nf3 Bf5 25.Nd4 Ne6 26.Nce2 Ndc5 27.Nxf5 Qxf5 28.Nd4 Qf7 29.b4 Nd7
30.b5 Nxd4 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Qxd4 Nb6 33.a4 Qe2 34.bxc6 bxc6 35.Qc5 Nc4 36.Qxc6 Ne3
37.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18.58"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.O-O Rd8
9.h3 Qa6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.e4 e5 15.Bg5 Rb8
16.Qc2 Re8 17.exd5 exd4 18.dxc6 dxc3 19.cxd7 Bxd7 20.bxc3 Bf5 21.Qd2 Rbc8
22.Rac1 Re2 23.Qf4 Qxa2 24.c4 Be5 25.Qh4 Bd3 26.Bd5 Rc2 27.Rxc2 Qxc2 28.Re1 Bxc4
29.Rxe5 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Bxd5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19.46"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kevlishvili,Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bg2 Rc8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Bxg7 Nxg7
16.h4 e5 17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Nxf5 21.Qf3 Ng7 22.Rd5 Qd7
23.Rhd1 Qa4 24.Rxd6 Qxa2 25.R1d5 Ne6 26.Qf6 Rc8 27.Qxe5 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Re8 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.Rd7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20.37"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nbd2 h6
9.h3 e6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.a4 a5
16.Nb1 Rd8 17.Na3 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Rxd6 19.Nb5 Rd8 20.Qd1 Qd7 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Na7
23.Nxa7 Rxa7 24.Ra3 Rc8 25.Rea1 Rc4 26.Qg3 Ra8 27.Rb3 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 Qxa4 29.Rxb7 Qe8
30.Qd6 a4 31.g3 Qf8 32.Qc7 Rc8 33.Qa5 Ra8 34.Qc7 Rc8 35.Qd7 Ra8 36.Rc7 Rb8
37.Kg2 Qe8 38.Qxe8+ Rxe8 39.Rb7 Rc8 40.Ra7 Rb8 41.Rxa4 Rxb2 42.Ra7 g5 43.Rc7 Rc2
44.Kf3 Kg7 45.Ke3 Kg6 46.g4 Rc1 47.Kf3 Rh1 48.Kg2 Rd1 49.Rc5 Rd3 50.Rc6 h5
51.Rc8 h4 52.Rg8+ Kf6 53.Rc8 Kg7 54.Rc5 Kg6 55.Rc6 Rd2 56.Kf3 Rd1 57.Kg2 Rd3
58.Rc8 f5 59.Rg8+ Kf6 60.gxf5 Kxf5 61.Rc8 Kf6 62.Rc7 Rd2 63.Kf3 Rd1 64.Kg2 Rd3
65.Kh2 Kf5 66.Kg2 g4 67.hxg4+ Kxg4 68.Rg7+ Kf5 69.Rh7 Kg5 70.Rg7+ Kf4 71.Rh7 h3+
72.Rxh3 Rd2 73.Re3 Kf5 74.Re5+ Kf6 75.Re3 Rc2 76.Kg3 Kf5 77.Rf3+ Kg5 78.Rd3 Kf5
79.Re3 Kf6 80.f3 Kf5 81.Re5+ Kf6 82.Re3 Kf5 83.Rd3 Re2 84.Rd1 Rc2 85.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21.39"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Popov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd6 exd6 8.Ng5 Ne5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.f4 Ng4 12.O-O Be7 13.Qd3 h6 14.Nf3 O-O 15.c4 Rad8
16.b3 d5 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Rxd5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bb2 Ne4 21.c4 Rd6 22.g4 Nd2
23.Nxd2 Rxd2 24.Rf2 Rxb2 25.Rxb2 Bf6 26.Rab1 Bxb2 27.Rxb2 Rd8 28.Re2 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Perez Perez,Gabriel"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bc4 O-O 15.Qe2 a5
16.Rd1 Qb6 17.b3 Ba6 18.Rb1 Nd5 19.Bd2 Ne4 20.Ne5 Ndc3 21.Bxc3 Nxc3 22.Qf3 Qc7
23.Nd7 Bxc4 24.Nxf8 Bd5 25.e4 Bxe4 26.Rd7 Qxd7  0-1

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Marechal,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Qa5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2 Qc7
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 a5 18.Bb5 Ba6 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.g4 Rfc8 21.f5 a4 22.b3 Rc6
23.f6 Rac8 24.Qd2 Qe8 25.Rc1 axb3 26.axb3 Qf8 27.h4 Rc3 28.h5 Rg3 29.Rcg1 Rxg1+
30.Rxg1 g6 31.Kb2 Bb7 32.Rh1 Bc6 33.Qf2 Bb7 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.f7+  1-0

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nguyen,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A02"]

1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.d3 e5 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Bg2 Nbc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 f5 11.Nd5 exf4 12.Nxf4 Qd7 13.c3 Ne5 14.Qe2 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf5
16.Qd5+ Kh8 17.d4 c6 18.Qe6 Rae8 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Kh2 Nb6 21.a4 Nc4 22.a5 d5
23.Rf2 Re1 24.Rf1 Rfe8 25.b3 Rxf1 26.Bxf1 Ncd6 27.g4 Nh4 28.Bd3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Kg3 Bf6 31.Nd3 g5 32.Ra2 Kg7 33.Kf2 Re7 34.Nc5 b6 35.axb6 axb6 36.Nd3 h6
37.Ra6 c5 38.dxc5 bxc5 39.Nxc5 Bxc3 40.Ne6+ Kf7 41.Nd8+ Ke8 42.Rxh6 Be1+
43.Kf1 Bg3 44.Re6 Kd7 45.Rxe7+ Kxe7 46.Bxg5+ Kd7 47.Nf7 Ke6 48.Nh6 Nf3 49.Kg2 Nxg5
50.Kxg3 d4 51.h4 d3 52.Kf2 Ne4+ 53.Ke3 d2 54.Ke2 Ke5 55.g5 Kd4 56.Nf5+ Kc3
57.Ne3 Ng3+ 58.Kd1 Ne4 59.Ke2 Ng3+ 60.Kf3 Nf5 61.Nd1+ Kc2 62.Nf2 Nxh4+ 63.Kg4 Ng6
64.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Plazuelo Pascual,Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.e6 fxe6 8.Bb5 Nf6
9.O-O Bf7 10.Nd2 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxc6 Qc7 15.Ne5 cxd4
16.cxd4 Rfc8 17.Bd2 Nd7 18.f4 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Qb6 20.Qf3 Rf8 21.Qe3 Qxb2 22.Rfb1 Qc2
23.Bb4 Rfc8 24.Bxe7 Rc4 25.Rb3 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Rf1 Rc7 28.Qg5 Be8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Qf6+ Rf7 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Rb7+ Bd7 33.h3 Qa4 34.Kh2 a6 35.Qc8 Rf8 36.Qc5+ Kf7
37.Qc7 Ke8 38.Qd6 Rf2 39.Rb8+  1-0

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Frolyanov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C78"]

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.d3 h6 10.h3 O-O 11.Re1 b4 12.Nbd2 bxc3 13.bxc3 Nh5 14.Bd5 Ne7 15.Bc4 Nf4
16.d4 exd4 17.Nb3 Neg6 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Bf1 d3 22.Kh2 Bb7
23.Nd2 Qd4 24.Rc1 Ne6 25.Re3 Ne5 26.a5 Bc6 27.Bxd3 Nxd3 28.Nf3 Qxe3 29.fxe3 Nxc1
30.Qxc1 Bxe4 31.Nd2 Ba8 32.Qc3 Rb5 33.Bb2 Reb8 34.Ba3 Rd8 35.Bb2 Rc5 36.Qb4 Rc2  0-1

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Arjun,Kalyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c6 12.Nc3 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.d5 Re8 15.Bc2 Nf8 16.a3 a5
17.b3 Ng6 18.Nb2 Bd7 19.Nd3 h6 20.Nh2 Nh7 21.Bb2 Bg5 22.Qe2 Rf8 23.Nf1 Bf6
24.Ra2 Qb6 25.Rea1 Qb7 26.Ng3 Bg5 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Nf4 29.Nxf4 exf4 30.Qf3 bxa3
31.Rxa3 Qe7 32.Bc3 Bf6 33.Re1 Qc7 34.Bxf6 Nxf6 35.Qxf4 Rfe8 36.Raa1 Rxe1+
37.Rxe1 Re8 38.Rxe8+ Nxe8 39.g4 Qe7 40.Qd2 Qg5 41.f4 Qf6 42.Bd1 Kf8 43.Kg2 Qa1
44.g5 Qb1 45.Qc2 Qxc2+ 46.Bxc2 f6 47.h4 Nc7 48.Kf3 Kf7 49.Ke3 Na8 50.Bd1 Kf8
51.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sosa,T ARG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "C72"]

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.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Rd1 b4 14.Nd5 a5 15.a4 bxa3
16.Rxa3 a4 17.Ba2 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bb7 19.Rh3 g6 20.Qd2 h5 21.Bb1 Rfe8 22.Rxh5 Qg4
23.Rh3 Bg5 24.Qc2 Bxc1 25.Qxc1 Ba6 26.Rc3 Rab8 27.h3 Qh5 28.Bc2 Re2 29.Bxa4 Rbxb2
30.Rf3 Qh4 31.Qf4 Qxf4 32.Rxf4 Rb4 33.Bc6 Rxc4 34.Rf3 Rcc2 35.Ra1 Bc4 36.Ra8+ Kg7
37.Rd8 Re7 38.Rf4 Ba2 39.Ra8 Rd2 40.Ra5 Re5 41.Ra7 Re7 42.Ra5 Re5 43.Ra7 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th Roquetas de Mar Open"]
[Site "Roquetas de Mar ESP"]
[Date "2019.01.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Barski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 g6
9.f5 gxf5 10.exf5 Bxb3 11.axb3 Nbd7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Be2 Qc6 14.Bf3 e4 15.Be2 b5
16.Qd2 h5 17.O-O-O Rc8 18.Kb1 h4 19.Rhe1 b4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxc2+ 22.Ka2 Bg7
23.f6 Bxf6 24.Rd2 Qc6 25.Qf5 Be5 26.Bg4 Rc7 27.Bd4 Nc5 28.Re3 Qd5 29.Rd1 a5
30.Kb1 Rg8 31.Qh5 Kf8 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Qxh4+ Ke8 34.Bc3 Qxb3 35.Bxe5 Nd3 36.Rdxd3 Qc2+
37.Ka2 Qa4+ 38.Kb1 Qc2+ 39.Ka2 Qa4+ 40.Ra3 bxa3 41.Rxa3 Qc4+ 42.b3 Qd5 43.Bb2 Qd2
44.Qh7 Rg6 45.Ra4 d5 46.Qh8+ Ke7 47.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Polak,T"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.h3 Nf8 14.a3 Ng6 15.b4 dxc4
16.e4 e5 17.Bxc4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nh4 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Rxd1 22.Nxd1 Bh2+
23.Kxh2 Qxe1 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Ne3 Qc3 26.Qd7 Qe5+ 27.f4 Qe7 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Nf5 Qf8
30.Qh4 Re6 31.Nd4 Rd6 32.Nf5 Re6 33.Nd4 Rd6 34.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Blahynka,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.h4 Be7 7.h5 Nh4 8.d4 Nxf3+
9.gxf3 b5 10.d5 Nd4 11.f4 bxa4 12.fxe5 Nb5 13.Qg4 Rg8 14.Qf5 g6 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Qf3 Bh4 17.Ne2 d6 18.c4 dxe5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qc3 Qf6 21.Rxh4 Qxh4 22.Qc6+ Kf8
23.Qxa8 Qh1+ 24.Kd2 Kg7 25.Qc6 Qxe4 26.Ng3 Qd4+ 27.Ke1 Bg4 28.Bg5 Qxb2 29.Qf6+ Kh7
30.Rc1 Qxa2 31.Rxc7 Rg7 32.Bh6 Qb1+ 33.Rc1 Qb4+ 34.Bd2 Qd4 35.Be3 Qb4+ 36.Kf1 Bh3+
37.Kg1 Qg4 38.Kh2 Qd7 39.Qh4+ Kg8 40.Ne4 Qf5 41.Nf6+ Kf8 42.Bc5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Aachen GER"]
[Date "2019.02.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bajorski,Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.e4 Nbd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.exd5 Bb7 12.d6 Bxg2 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Kxg2 Rfd8 15.Qf3 Rac8
16.b3 Ne8 17.d5 e5 18.Ne4 h6 19.Re1 b5 20.c5 a5 21.Be3 Ndf6 22.d6 Qe6 23.Nxf6+ Nxf6
24.Rac1 e4 25.Qe2 b4 26.Bd4 Qd5 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Qg4+ Kf8 29.Qxe4 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 Qxc5
31.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-FIN 2018-19"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kryakvin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.b4 cxb3 9.Bb2 Bd7
10.c4 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Nxc4 12.Bxc4 Rc8 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.O-O Nd5 15.Rc1 Be7 16.Qg4 g6
17.Ne4 Rd8 18.Rfe1 O-O 19.Qh3 Bb5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nc5 Bc4 22.e6 f5 23.Qh6 Qc7
24.h4 Rf6 25.h5 gxh5 26.Qxh5 Qf4 27.Re3 Rg6 28.Nxb7 Rf8 29.Na5 Rh6 30.Rg3+ Qxg3
31.Qxh6 Qg5 32.Qxg5+ Bxg5 33.Rc3 Be2 34.Nxb3 Rb8 35.Bc1 Bxc1 36.Nxc1 Bc4
37.Nd3 Bxd3 38.Rxd3 Kf8 39.Rf3 Ke7 40.Rxf5 Kxe6 41.Re5+ Kd6 42.Rh5 Kc6 43.Rxh7 a5
44.g4 Rb1+ 45.Kg2 Rd1 46.Rh3 Rxd4 47.g5 Kd6 48.Re3 Rc4 49.g6 Rc7 50.Rg3 Rg7
51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Rg5+ Kf6 53.Kf4 a4 54.Rf5+ Ke6 55.Kg5 d4 56.f4 Kd6 57.Re5 Re7
58.Rxe7 Kxe7 59.Kg4  1-0

[Event "TCh-FIN 2018-19"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Neiksans,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.Nbd2 g6 8.Nf1 Bg7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Ne7 11.Ne3 Bxa4 12.Qxa4+ c6 13.d4 Qc7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.O-O-O h5 17.h4 Kf8 18.g4 Nc8 19.g5 Be7 20.Nc4 Kg7 21.Ncxe5 Nd6 22.Qd4 c5
23.Qe3 Rhe8 24.Rd5 b6 25.Qf4 Bf8 26.Rhd1 Re6 27.Nc4 Rd8 28.e5 Nb7 29.Ne3 Be7
30.Rxd8 Bxd8 31.Nd5 Qc6 32.Nf6 Be7 33.Rd7 Na5 34.Rc7 Qb5 35.Nd2 c4 36.Nxh5+ gxh5
37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qxe7 Qd5 40.Qd6 Qh1+ 41.Kc2 Qxh4 42.Qd8+ Kg7
43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.e6 fxe6 45.Qxe6+ Kf8 46.Qh6+ Kg8 47.g6 Qe7 48.Qxh5 b5 49.f4 Nb7
50.Qd5+ Kg7 51.Ne4  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.O-O Ba7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.h4 Nh7 12.Nbd2 g4 13.Ne1 Nf8 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxc6+ bxc6
16.cxd4 Ng6 17.Qa4 Bd7 18.e5 d5 19.f3 c5 20.Qa3 c4 21.Nc2 Bf5 22.Nb4 Bxd4+
23.Kh2 Qd7 24.Nxa6 Ra7 25.Rad1 Qc8 26.Qa4+ Bd7 27.Qa5 Be6 28.Nxc4 Qxa6 29.Rxd4 Qxa5
30.Nxa5 Rxa5  0-1

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.a3 O-O 8.h3 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.O-O c5 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Re1 Bd6 15.Ng3 Bxg3
16.fxg3 b5 17.Qf3 Rc8 18.Kh2 c4 19.Ba2 h6 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Rd1 Qb6 22.Qf2 Ne3
23.Re1 c3 24.b4 Bxa2 25.Rxa2 Rfe8 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Qf3 Rc6 28.Raa1 Rf6 29.Qg4 Rf2
30.Re2 Qb5 31.Rae1 h5  0-1

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Stocek,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5 8.dxe5 Nh6
9.c4 d4 10.b4 cxb4 11.Bd3 Nf7 12.Re1 Be7 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.Nb3 O-O-O 15.a3 Kb8
16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Nfxd4 Nxe5 18.Bf1 Rhf8 19.Be3 a6 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qe2 Ned3 22.Red1 e5
23.Nc2 e4 24.c5 Nd5 25.Bd4 Bf6 26.Qxe4 Bf5 27.Qf3 Ne5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Ncd4 Bc2
30.Qh3 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 Qf4 33.Nf3 g5 34.Rd4 Qc1 35.Qxh7 Ne3 36.Rxd8+ Rxd8
37.fxe3 Qxe3+ 38.Kh1 Rd1 39.Qh8+ Ka7 40.Nd2 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nguyen,Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 h6 14.Qe2 exd4 15.cxd4 Re8
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.d5 Nb4 18.Bxa7 Rxa7 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Qe3 c5 21.dxc6 Nxc6 22.Rdc1 Ne5
23.Nf1 Rb7 24.Ng3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Ndf5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Qe5 28.Rxc4 Rxb2
29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.Nxg3 Re5 31.Rd4 Rbb5 32.Rxd6 Rxa5 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.f3 Nh5 35.Nxh5 Rxh5
36.Rxa6 Rb5 37.h4 g6 38.g4 Rb2 39.Ra5 Kg7 40.Rd5 Kf6 41.h5 g5 42.Rd6+ Kg7
43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Ke1 Rb2 45.Rd2 Rxd2 46.Kxd2 Kf6 47.Kd3 Ke5 48.Ke3 f6 49.Ke2 Kf4
50.Kf2 Ke5 51.Ke3 Ke6 52.f4 gxf4+ 53.Kxf4 Ke7 54.e5 Ke6 55.exf6 Kxf6 56.g5+ hxg5+
57.Kg4 Kg7 58.Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Paravyan,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.d3 d6 7.Na4 b5 8.Nxd4 bxc4
9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 cxd3 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Qxd3 Qxd3 13.cxd3 O-O-O 14.Ke2 Nd5
15.Rd1 Rhe8 16.g3 Rd6 17.Bd2 e4 18.dxe4 Rxe4+ 19.Kf3 Rd4 20.Be1 Nf6 21.Rxd4 cxd4
22.Rc1 Kb7 23.Bb4 Rb6 24.Bf8 Ne8 25.b3 h5 26.h3 Ra6 27.Rc2 Ra5 28.g4 Rd5
29.Re2 hxg4+ 30.hxg4 Rd8 31.Be7 Rd7 32.Bf8 Rd8 33.Be7 Rd7 34.Bc5 Nf6 35.Rd2 d3
36.g5 Ne8 37.Ke4 Kc6 38.b4 Nd6+ 39.Bxd6 cxd6 40.Rxd3 Re7+ 41.Kd4 Re5 42.Rf3 a5
43.a3 axb4 44.axb4 Rb5 45.Kc4 g6 46.Kb3 gxf5 47.Rc3+ Kb6 48.Kc4 Kc6 49.Ra3 d5+
50.Kb3 Kd6 51.Ra7 Ke5 52.Rxf7 Rb6 53.Rf6 Rb7 54.Rc6 d4 55.g6 d3 56.Rc1 Kf6
57.Rg1 d2 58.Kc3 Kg7 59.Rb1 Kxg6 60.Kxd2 Kf6 61.b5 Ke5 62.b6 Kd4 63.Ke2 Kc5
64.Kf3  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.Nbd2 Bb6 10.a4 a6 11.Ne4 f6 12.d4 Kh8 13.dxe5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nce7 15.exf6 gxf6
16.a5 Ba7 17.Ng3 Rg8 18.f4 c6 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.c4 Nb4 21.Be4 Rad8 22.Qxd7 Rxd7
23.Ra4 Bc5 24.b3 Bd4 25.Re2 c5 26.Kg2 Nec6 27.Bd2 Rgd8 28.Be1 Rg7 29.h3 Rgd7
30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Nf5+ Kf7 32.Rd2 Re8 33.Re2 Red8 34.h4 Kf8 35.h5 Rc7 36.h6 Kf7
37.Ng7 Re7 38.Nf5 Red7 39.Ng7 Re7 40.f5 Be5 41.f4 Bxf4 42.Ne6 Rxe6 43.fxe6+ Ke7
44.Bc3 Rd1+ 45.Re1 Rd8 46.Bxh7 Bxh6 47.Be4 Bd2 48.Bxb4 Bxb4 49.Re3 Rd1+ 50.Kg2 Rd2+
51.Kh3 Nxa5 52.Bd5 Rb2 53.Ra1 Bd2 54.Rg3 Rxb3 55.Rxb3 Nxb3 56.Rb1 Nd4 57.Rxb7+ Ke8
58.Kg4 f5+ 59.Kh5 Be1 60.e7  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.Qh4 Re8 13.O-O-O b5 14.c5 Bxc5 15.g4 Bxd4
16.g5 Bxb2+ 17.Kc2 Qd5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.Bb4+ c5 21.Qh8+ Ke7 22.Qxe8+ Kxe8
23.Bxb5+ Kd8 24.Bc6  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Krejci,Jan2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Bd3 Rab8 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 dxe5
22.Nf3 Bb4 23.Red1 Bc6 24.Bc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Nd7 26.Rc3 Nf8 27.Qc2 Bd7 28.b3 axb3
29.axb3 Rbc8 30.b4 f6 31.Nd2 Rxc3 32.Qxc3 Rc8 33.Qb2 Be8 34.Bb1 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Michalik,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Qxd3 12.Nxe5 Qf5 13.Nef3 Rad8 14.g4 Bxg4 15.hxg4 Qxg4+
16.Kh1 Qh3+ 17.Nh2 Bd6 18.f4 Bxf4 19.Re2 Ne5 20.Qf1 Qxf1+ 21.Ndxf1 Nd3 22.Bxf4 Nxf4
23.Re7 Nbd5 24.Re5 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rd1 c6 27.Nf3 Kf8 28.Rd4 Re2 29.N1d2 f5
30.Bc4 Re7 31.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Carlstedt,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Nf6 8.g4 Bg6
9.d4 Nd7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.dxe5 c5 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Qc6 Ra7
16.Bf4 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Qxe8 Rxe8 19.Bxe5 Rb7 20.b3 h5 21.f3 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bg5
23.Bg3 Bf6 24.Rac1 c6 25.Na4 Bg5 26.f4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018-19"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Junge,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5 4.d5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 e5
9.a4 Qd8 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Bg4 Nd7 12.Nc4 b6 13.a5 b5 14.Bxd7+ Bxd7 15.Nb6 Rb8
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.O-O O-O 18.Qd3 g6 19.Nd1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Qh3 Bg5 22.g3 Qg7
23.Kh1 Qf7 24.Qg2 Kh7 25.f4 exf4 26.gxf4 Bf6 27.Ra3 Rbe8 28.Rg3 Bh4 29.Re3 Rg8
30.Qf3 Bd8 31.Rfe1 Bxa5 32.c3 c4 33.Re6 Bb6 34.h3 Bc5 35.Kh2 a5 36.Nf2 Rxe6
37.dxe6 Qe7 38.Nh1 Qxe6 39.Qb7+ Kh8 40.Rxe6 Bg1+  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE Elitserien"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Laveryd,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Ne7
9.Nh4 c6 10.Qd2 Ng6 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Ne7 13.O-O h5 14.h3 d5 15.Qf2 b5
16.e4 d4 17.Nb1 c5 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.Bf3 Nd7 20.a4 Nb6 21.axb5 axb5 22.b3 Nb4
23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Bd1 Nd7 25.Nf3 Qc6 26.Ng5 Qh6 27.h4 Ke7 28.Qe1 Ra8 29.c3 dxc3
30.Qxc3 f6 31.Ne6 Qe3+ 32.Kh2 Ra2+ 33.Kh3 Nxd3 34.Bxh5 Nf2+ 35.Rxf2 Qxf2
36.Bf3 b4 37.Qd3 Rd2 38.Qc4  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE Elitserien"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hammer,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Nbd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 g5 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 a4 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.cxd5 Nfxd5 17.Ne4 Nc4 18.a3 Nxd2+ 19.Nxd2 f6 20.Rc1 Kf7 21.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SWE Elitserien"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Hansen,SuB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Rac8 14.Ne2 Qxd2
15.Rxd2 Nd7 16.b3 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Rf6 18.Kb2 a6 19.Rd3 Nc5 20.Re3 e5 21.Ne2 Rff8
22.Nc3 Kf7 23.a4 Rc6 24.a5 Rfc8 25.Nd5 Nd7 26.c4 Rg8 27.h4 Rcc8 28.g4 e6
29.Nc3 Ke7 30.Rd1 Nb8 31.Red3 Rcd8 32.Na4 Nc6 33.c5 d5 34.Nb6 d4 35.Nc4 Rgf8
36.b4 Kd7 37.Kb3 Kc7 38.Rh1 h6 39.Ka4 Rf4 40.Nd6 Rdf8 41.Rh3 Ra8 42.Rb3 Na7
43.Nc4 Nc6 44.Nd6 Na7 45.b5 axb5+ 46.Nxb5+ Nxb5 47.Kxb5 Rf7 48.Ra3 Rd7 49.Rh2 Ra6
50.Rb2 Rd8 51.Kc4 Rd7 52.Rb6 d3 53.Rxd3 Rxd3 54.Kxd3 Rxa5 55.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FIN 2018-19"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nb3 h6 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Bb5 Bg4 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.h3 Bf5 12.O-O Nb6 13.Qc1 g5 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.Na5 c5
16.Re1 cxd4 17.Nec6 Nd5 18.c4 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 e6 21.Qa3 Kg7 22.Rad1 Nf4
23.Qc5 Bg6 24.g3 Nxh3+ 25.Kg2 g4 26.Qd4+ f6 27.Qxg4 Ng5 28.Qb4 Bc2 29.f4 Bxd1
30.Rxd1 Nf7 31.Qb7 Qc8 32.Qxc8 Rfxc8 33.Rd7 Kf8 34.Nb7 Re8 35.Nc5 e5 36.Rxc7 exf4
37.gxf4 Re2+ 38.Kf3 Rae8 39.Nd7+ Kg7 40.Nde5 fxe5 41.Kxe2 exf4+ 42.Kf2 Kf6
43.Rxa7 Ng5 44.Nd4 Re3 45.Ra6+ Ke5 46.Rxh6 Ne4+ 47.Kf1 Nxc3 48.Nc6+ Kf5 49.Rh8 Ne2
50.Rf8+ Kg4 51.Kf2 Ng3 52.Rg8+ Kf5 53.Rf8+ Kg5 54.Rg8+ Kh6 55.Rf8 Ne4+ 56.Kf1 Nd2+
57.Kf2 Ne4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2018-19"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qe2 Bf5 13.Rad1 Qg5 14.Qe3 Qxe3 15.fxe3 Be6
16.Be5 a5 17.Rd4 Bxa2 18.Ra1 c5 19.Rxe4 Bd5 20.Rea4 Rfe8 21.Bxc7 Rxe3 22.Rxa5 Rxa5
23.Rxa5 Re2 24.Rxc5 Be4 25.Kf1 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bxc2 27.Ke2 Be4 28.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FIN 2018-19"]
[Site "Finland FIN"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ebeling,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.e3 O-O
9.Qc2 e5 10.cxd5 Nxd2 11.dxc6 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 exd4 13.O-O-O Qf6 14.Rxd4 Qxf3
15.Rg1 b6 16.Rf4 Qh5 17.Qc3 g6 18.Bc4 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rd1 Rxf4 21.exf4 Qf5
22.Rd7 Qxf4+ 23.Kb1 e5 24.Qh3 Kf8 25.Qxh7 Qf6 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Rxc7 e4 28.Qh3 e3
29.fxe3 Re8 30.Rxa7 b5 31.c7  1-0

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Andrijashkin,Deniss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3 a6
9.Be2 d6 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qe3 f5 13.h5 f4 14.Qd2 g5 15.g3 Ne5 16.gxf4 gxf4
17.O-O-O Be6 18.Rdg1+ Kh8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qf6 21.Qc3 Rf7 22.h6 Rg8 23.Rxg8+ Kxg8
24.Bh5 Re7 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.Qh3 Qf8 27.Bg4 Qf6 28.Bc8 Re8 29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.Bxa6 Nc4
31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Ne5 33.Rg7 Ra8 34.Rxc7 Ng4 35.Bd3  1-0

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Andrijashkin,Deniss"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 e5 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 Ne7 7.h3 Bh5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nc4 O-O 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.O-O f5 12.c3 N5f6 13.Qb3+ Bf7 14.Qxb7 Nc5 15.Qb4 Nxd3
16.Qa3 Ne4 17.Nd2 Nxc1  0-1

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Garanin,Aleksei"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.Nxc6 Qb6
9.Nxb8 Rxb8 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.O-O Rd8 13.e3 Be7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.a3 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.h4 a5 18.Qg4 Qd7 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Rfe1 c3 21.bxc3 Rxc3 22.a4 bxa4
23.h5 a3 24.Kg2 g5 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Qe2 Rfc8 27.Ra2 Qf5 28.Qa6 Bb4 29.Be5 R3c6
30.Qb7 Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.Ree2 Rc1 33.g4 Rb1 34.Kf3 Rcc1 35.e4 Rb3+ 36.Kf4 Ke6
37.Bh8 Bd6+ 38.Kg5 Be7+ 39.Kf4 g5+  0-1

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Garanin,Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 h5 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Be7 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Qc7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Be4 b5 19.g4 Qc5 20.g5 Qxd5 21.Bxd5 f6 22.h4 Rc7
23.Rh3 Rf8 24.Be6 Rc6 25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.f6 gxf6 27.g6  1-0

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shvyrjov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nd5 6.Qf3 Nxc3 7.Bc4 f6 8.bxc3 c5
9.Ne2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qa5 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nb5 Ne5 14.Bxe5 Bxb5 15.Qd5 e6
16.Qxe6+ Be7 17.Bd6  1-0

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sepp,O"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 c6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc4 Qc7 8.Qc2 Ngf6
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bc5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nf8 15.Rd2 Ne6
16.Rad1 c5 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Bg2 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.b3 h5 21.h4 Re8 22.Qd3 Ng4
23.e4 Re6 24.Nb2 Rbe8 25.Qf1 Bxg3 26.fxg3 Qxg3 27.Qd3 Qh2+ 28.Kf1 Rf6+ 29.Bf3 Qg3  0-1

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qe2 Nc6
9.c3 h6 10.Be3 b6 11.h3 Be6 12.O-O Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rad8 14.a4 Nh5 15.Bc4 Bc8
16.Nb3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rd6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.a5 Bb7 22.axb6 axb6
23.Nd2 e6 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.Bb5 Nf6 26.f3 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Nc4 Nd7 29.Kf2 h5
30.Ke2 Qb5 31.Nd2 Qc6 32.Nc4 Qb5 33.Nd2 Nb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kanep,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Bc5 10.Be3 Bd4 11.Rc1 O-O 12.a3 a5 13.Qc2 a4 14.Nd5 Ra5 15.Bxd4 Nxd4
16.Qxc7 Nxd5 17.exd5 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qxd5 19.Rfe1 h6 20.Re4 Rfa8 21.Re3 Rb5
22.Rc2 Ra6 23.Qc8+ Kh7 24.Qc4 Qd7 25.Qe4+ f5 26.Qh4 f4 27.Re1 Qxd3 28.Rc3 Rg6+
29.Kh1 Qd2 30.Rg1 Rxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Rb6  0-1

[Event "53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kanep,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.g4 h6 5.h3 e5 6.Nge2 c6 7.Bg2 b5 8.Ng3 b4 9.Nce2 c5
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O g6 12.f4 Qe7 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Nf4 Bb7 16.Nd5 Qd6
17.gxh6 Bxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.a3 Bxh6 20.Bxh6 Rxh6 21.axb4 cxb4 22.Qd4 a5 23.Rae1 Kd8
24.h4 Qf6 25.Re4 Ra6 26.h5 Qb6 27.Qxb6+ Rxb6 28.Rd4 gxh5 29.Nxf5 Rhf6 30.Rh4 Nf7
31.Rxh5 Nd6 32.Nd4 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 a4 34.Rh8+ Ne8 35.Nc6+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mikenas,Laimutis"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 f5 11.f4 exf3 12.Nxf3 Bb4+ 13.Nd2 Qg5 14.Kf2 f4 15.Nf3 fxe3+
16.Kg1 Qh6 17.h4 e5 18.dxe5 Nc5 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.exd6 Ne4 21.Bd4 Bxd6  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Chukavin,Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B81"]

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.f4 g6 12.Ne3 Nxg5 13.fxg5 Be7 14.h4 hxg4 15.Kf2 f5
16.gxf6 Bxf6 17.Ncd5 Rf8 18.Kg3 Na6 19.Qxg4 O-O-O 20.Raf1 Qxg4+ 21.Kxg4 Bh8
22.Ne7+ Kd7 23.Nxg6 Rg8 24.Rf7+ Ke6 25.Re7+ Kf6 26.Kh5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Usmanov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.d4 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rfe1 Rad8 12.g3 Rfe8 13.Bf1 dxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.Bg2 cxd4
16.exd4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Nb8 18.Nb5 Bb4 19.Nxa7 Bxe1 20.Rxe1 Rcd8 21.Ba3 Qc7 22.Nb5 Qc6
23.Nh4 Qd7 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Nd6 Rxd6 26.Bxd6 Nc6 27.Be5 Nd7 28.Qf3 Qa8 29.Ng2 f6
30.Bf4 Nxd4 31.Qxa8 Rxa8 32.Rd1 Nf3+ 33.Kh1 Rxa2 34.Rxd7 Ra1+ 35.Ne1 Nxe1
36.Be3 g5 37.Bd4 Rd1 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Bxb6 Rb1 40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.Rd6 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 g4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Halkias,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c6 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Qc2 b4
16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Nh5 19.Red1 Nc5 20.Ne2 Bc8 21.Ba2 Be6 22.g4 Nf4
23.Nxf4 exf4 24.e5 Nd7 25.Qe4 Rfe8 26.Qxf4 Nf8 27.Qe4 Bc5 28.Nd4 Rab8 29.Rd2 Qa5
30.Re2 Bd7 31.Bg3 Ne6 32.Bb1 Qxa1 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Nf5 Qxb1+ 35.Kh2 Qxf5 36.gxf5 Ng5
37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Qxg7 Rg8 39.Qf6+ Kf8 40.e6 Be8 41.e7+ Bxe7 42.Qxe7+ Kg7 43.Bxb8  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.c3 Ng6
9.d4 Bd6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Qh5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 e5
16.Bb6 Be7 17.a4 Bg4 18.Re1 Rab8 19.Nd2 f6 20.Nc4 Be6 21.Na5 Bd8 22.Bxd8 Rfxd8
23.Nxb7 Rdc8 24.Red1 Rc7 25.Rd6 Nf8 26.Nd8 Bf7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Ra2 a5 29.Ra6 Rc5
30.Ra7+ Kg6 31.Be4+ Kh6 32.Kf1 Ne6 33.Ke2 Ng5 34.Bg2 e4 35.h4 Ne6 36.Bh3 Nc7
37.Ke3 Re8 38.Ra1 Rd8 39.Bf1 f5 40.Ke2 Rb8 41.Ra2 Nd5 42.Ke1 f4 43.gxf4 Nxf4
44.Re7 g5 45.Rxe4 Rd8 46.Ra1 Rcd5 47.b4 Rd2 48.bxa5 Rc2 49.a6 Kh5 50.hxg5 Kxg5
51.Re3 h5 52.Rb1 h4 53.a7 Ra2 54.Re4 h3 55.Rxf4 h2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kunin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ng6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5+ Kd7 17.Qc2 Qc7 18.Qf5+ Kd8 19.Nd2 Bd6 20.Nc4 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Ke7 22.Re1 Kf8
23.Qf4 Nxd5 24.Qf3 Nf6 25.Bc4 Re8 26.Qa3+ Kg8 27.f4 g6 28.Bxf7+ Kg7 29.Bxe8 Rxe8
30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.Qb3 Qd4+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 34.Qf3 Qc2+ 35.Qf2 Qe4+ 36.Qf3 Qc2+
37.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Frolyanov,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c6 12.Nc3 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.d5 Re8 15.Bc2 Nf8 16.a3 a5
17.b3 Ng6 18.Nb2 Bd7 19.Nd3 h6 20.Bd2 Nh7 21.Qe2 Ng5 22.Ra2 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Bg5
24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Rea1 bxa3 26.Rxa3 f5 27.Qg3 Qf6 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Bd1 Bxd3
30.Qxd3 e4 31.Qe3 Nf4 32.Bg4 h5 33.g3 hxg4 34.Qxf4 Qxf4 35.gxf4 gxh3 36.Rxa5 Rab8
37.Rb5 Rxb5 38.cxb5 Rb8 39.Ra6 Rxb5 40.Rxd6 Rxb3 41.Rc6 Rc3 42.Rc7 Kh7 43.d6 Kg6
44.d7 Rd3 45.Rxc5 Rxd7 46.Re5 Rd4 47.Kh2 Rd3 48.Rxe4 Kf5 49.Re3 Rxe3 50.fxe3 Kg4
51.f5 Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cruz,Cr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.a4 b6 7.Bc4 e6 8.f5 Ndf6 9.fxe6 Bxe6
10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Qf3 e5 13.d5 Nh5 14.Ne6 Bf6 15.O-O Ng7 16.Bg5 Nh5
17.g4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Qxf4 h6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qb4 Qe7 22.Qc4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 c5 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.h3 Qc7 19.Nf1 Nc6 20.Ng3 Nxa5 21.Nf5 Nxb3 22.Qg5 Nh5
23.Rxa6 g6 24.Raxd6 f6 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qd5 Nf4 27.Qxb3 c4 28.Qc2 Nd3 29.R1xd3 cxd3
30.Qxd3 Qc4 31.Qf3 Rf8 32.Rxf6 Kg7 33.Ng4 Qc7 34.e5 h5 35.Qe4 Rxf6 36.exf6+ Kf8
37.Ne5 Re8 38.f4 g5 39.Ng6+ Kf7 40.Ne5+ Kxf6 41.Qg6+ Ke7 42.Qxg5+ Kd6 43.Qxh5 Rg8
44.Qd1+ Ke7 45.Qd5 Qb6+ 46.Kh2 Rg7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.Qe8 Qd6 49.Ng4+ Kf5 50.Qe3 Qxf4+
51.Qxf4+ Kxf4 52.g3+ Kf3 53.c4 Re7 54.cxb5 Re2+ 55.Kg1 Rxb2 56.Ne5+ Ke4 57.Ng4 Kf3
58.Ne5+ Kxg3 59.Kf1 Rb4 60.Nd3 Rxb5 61.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d4 Nxe4
9.dxc5 Re8 10.Qd4 Qf6 11.Nf3 Ng3+ 12.Be3 Qxd4 13.cxd4 Nxh1 14.Nc3 Ba6 15.Kd2 Rxe3
16.fxe3 Nf2 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Rf1 f6 19.Rxf2 fxe5 20.dxe5 Re8 21.Rf4 Rxe5 22.Ra4 a6
23.Rb4 Bc8 24.Rb8 Re8 25.Ne2 Rf8 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Nf3 Ke7 29.Kc3 Kf6
30.Kd4 g5 31.Ne5 Be8 32.a4 h5 33.Nd3 Bd7 34.Ne5 Be8 35.a5 Ke6 36.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 d5 10.g5 Nxe4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd8+ Bxd8 14.O-O-O Be7 15.Rd4 h6
16.h4 c5 17.Rc4 hxg5 18.fxg5 Bd7 19.a4 Bb5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxb5+ Kd8
23.Kd2 Bxe3+ 24.Kxe3 Ke7 25.c4 Rhd8 26.Rh2 Rd3+ 27.Kf4 e3 28.Re2 Rh8 29.Kg3 f5
30.gxf6+ gxf6 31.c5 Rd5 32.b4 Rd4 33.Ra2 f5 34.c6 Rxb4 35.Ra7+ Kf6 36.Ba6 Ra4
37.c7 f4+ 38.Kf3 e5 39.h5 e4+ 40.Kxf4 e2  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Pedmanson,Herman"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 Nc6 5.Bb2 e6 6.a3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Nbd2 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.O-O O-O 13.Nf3 Qh5 14.Be2 Bg4 15.h3 Be6
16.Nd4 Qe5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.c4 Ne4 19.f4 Qc3 20.Qd3 Qxd3 21.Bxd3 Nd2 22.Rf2 Nxb3
23.Rb1 Na5 24.cxd5 exd5 25.e4 c4 26.Rb5 cxd3 27.Rxa5 dxe4 28.Re5 Rfe8 29.Rf1 Rxe5
30.fxe5 e3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shulman,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qe2 e6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.h4 h5 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.Ng5 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Nf5 17.g4 hxg4 18.h5 Bh6 19.hxg6 Bxg5 20.fxg5 fxg6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Krakops,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 b5 7.Bb3 Na5 8.c3 Nxb3
9.axb3 g6 10.b4 Bg7 11.Nb3 O-O 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qd2 f5 15.Bh6 fxe4
16.dxe4 Bb7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc2 Nf4 19.g3 Ng2+ 20.Ke2 d5 21.Nc5 dxe4 22.Ng5 Bd5
23.b3 Rf5 24.Rhf1 Rxg5 25.Nxe4 Rf5 26.Rg1 Qc6 27.Rae1  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ravi,TeS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Ngf3 b6 8.Bd3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.c3 Qb7 13.a4 Nc7 14.Ne5 Rad8 15.Qf3 Qxf3
16.Ndxf3 g5 17.Bg3 Nfe8 18.Nd2 f6 19.Nd3 Kf7 20.c4 Bd6 21.b4 Bxg3 22.hxg3 h5
23.b5 Nd6 24.a5 Ra8 25.Nb4 Nf5 26.Nb3 Rfc8 27.Rec1 d5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.c5 Nxb5 31.cxb6 Rb8 32.Rc6 Ne7 33.Rc1 Rxb6 34.Nd3 Nf5 35.Rc8 Nbxd4 36.Nbc5 Rc6
37.Ra8 e5 38.Ra7+ Ne7 39.Nb7 Ne6 40.Nb4 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Rc7 42.Nd6+ Kg6 43.Ra8 Rd7
44.Ra6 d4 45.Ne4 Kf7 46.Nd3 g4 47.f3 Nf5 48.f4 exf4 49.gxf4 h4 50.g3 hxg3+
51.Nxg3 Nxg3 52.Kxg3 Rc7 53.Kxg4 Rc3 54.Ra7+ Kf8 55.Nb4 Rc4 56.Nd5 d3 57.Kf5 Ng7+
58.Kg6 Rc8 59.Nxf6 Rc6 60.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Onischuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 a5 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Bc2 h6 10.h3 b5 11.Re1 Qb8 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Re8
16.Ng3 Qb6 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Qe2 b4 19.Ba4 bxc3 20.bxc3 Qc5 21.Qe1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Re6
23.Bb3 Nd5 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Rb1 Rg6 26.g3 Nf4 27.Qf1 Ne6 28.Kh2 Rf8 29.h4 f5
30.h5 Rg4 31.Qh3 Kh7 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxg4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pogosyan,Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nc3 c6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Qc2 Nc5
16.Ba2 Rad8 17.b4 Nd3 18.Rd1 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 a5 20.cxb5 axb4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 c5
23.axb4 c4 24.Bxc4 Bxb4 25.Ng5 g6 26.Ne4 Qb6 27.Qb3 Be7 28.Qg3 f5 29.d6+ Kg7
30.Qxe5+ Bf6 31.Nxf6 Rxf6 32.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Nfd2 Ndf6 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.f3 Nd6 15.e4 Bg6
16.e5 Nf5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nc3 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bc1 e5
23.Ne4 h6 24.g4 c5 25.Rb1 c4 26.Qxc4+ Bf7 27.Qa4 Rc8 28.Bd2 Rc4 29.Qa5 Qc6
30.Rbc1 Rc8 31.Rxc4 Qxc4 32.Bc3 Qe2 33.Re1 Bxc3 34.Qxc3 Rxc3 35.Rxe2 Rc1+
36.Bf1 Bc4 37.Rd2 Bxf1 38.Kg1 Bd3+ 39.Kf2 Bxe4 40.fxe4 Rc7 41.Ke3 Kh7 42.h4 h5
43.Kf3 Kg6 44.Rg2 Rd7 45.g5 Rd3+ 46.Ke2 Rh3 47.gxf6+ Kxf6 48.Rf2+ Ke6 49.Rg2 Rxh4
50.Rxg7 Rh2+ 51.Kd3 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Chigaev,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.Ng3 Nd6
16.Nh2 Qc7 17.Ng4 Rad8 18.Qe2 Kh8 19.Ne3 c4 20.Ngf5 Nxf5 21.Nxf5 Bf6 22.Be3 Nc5
23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Rad1 g6 25.Ne3 Bg5 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Qxd5
29.Qxe5+ Qxe5 30.Rxe5 Bc1 31.b3 Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Qe4 Qb6 12.Qh4 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qg3 Bb7
16.Be2 O-O-O 17.O-O g5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 b4 20.Na4 Qa5 21.b3 Qxe5 22.Rac1+ Kb8
23.Rxf7 Qxg3 24.hxg3 Ne5 25.Re7 Rde8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nc5 Rc8 28.Nd3 Nxd3
29.Rxc8+ Kxc8 30.Bxd3 h6 31.Kf2 Kc7 32.Be2 a5 33.Bf3 Bc8 34.e4 Kd6 35.Ke3 Ke5
36.Be2 Bb7 37.Bd3 Bc6 38.g4 a4 39.g3 a3 40.Bc2 Bb5 41.Bd3 Bc6 42.Bc2 Bb7
43.Bd3 Kd6 44.Kd4 e5+ 45.Ke3 Bc8 46.Be2 Be6 47.Bd1 Kc5 48.Kd3 Bd7 49.Ke3 Bb5
50.Bc2 Bd7 51.Bd1 Be6 52.Bc2 Bxg4 53.Bd3 h5 54.Bc2 h4 55.gxh4 gxh4 56.Bd3 h3
57.Bf1 Be6 58.Kd3 Bxb3 59.Bxh3 Bxa2 60.Kc2 Bc4 61.Bg4 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 O-O 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b5 14.h4 Bb7 15.g5 h5
16.g6 fxg6 17.Bh3 e5 18.Qd2 exf4 19.Bxf4 Ne5 20.Nd5 Nc4 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Bxd6 Nxd6
23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Bxe4 25.Re1 Bf5 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Ree6 a5 28.Rd5 b4 29.Re7 Ra6
30.Kd2 Rff6 31.Ree5 Rad6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6+ 33.Ke2 g6 34.Rxa5 Rd4 35.a4 bxa3 36.Rxa3 Rxh4
37.Ra7 Rh2+ 38.Kd3 h4 39.b4 h3 40.Ra1 Rg2 41.b5 h2 42.b6 Rg1 43.b7 h1=Q 44.b8=Q+ Kg7
45.Qa7+ Kh6 46.Rxg1 Qe4+ 47.Kd2 Qd5+ 48.Kc1 Qe4 49.Qb6 f4 50.Kb1 f3 51.Rh1+ Kg5
52.Qc5+ Kg4 53.Rg1+ Kh3 54.Kb2 g5 55.Rh1+ Kg4 56.Rg1+ Kh3 57.Rxg5 Qf4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 Bf5 7.Ngf3 e6 8.Nh4 Bg6
9.Qb3 Qd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bb5 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.O-O a6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Ne5 c5 17.Qa3 Rfc8 18.Nd3 Nd7 19.Rfc1 Qb6 20.Qa4 Qb5 21.Qd1 c4 22.Nb4 a5
23.a4 Qb8 24.Nc2 Nf6 25.Na3 Ne4 26.Rab1 Qf4 27.Rc2 Rab8 28.Nb5 Rc6 29.b3 cxb3
30.Rxb3 g5 31.g3 Qf6 32.Qd3 g4 33.c4 Rxc4 34.Rbb2 Rbc8 35.Rxc4 Rxc4 36.Qe2 Qf3
37.Qe1 Rxa4 38.Rc2 Rc4 39.Ra2 a4 40.Na3 Rxd4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.d4 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 e5
9.Be2 e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 Nf8 13.Nxd6 Qxd6 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.Qc7 Qxc7
16.Rxc7 Rac8 17.Rc3 Rxc3 18.Bxc3 Rc8 19.Nb1 Bxe2 20.Kxe2 N6d7 21.Rc1 f5 22.f3 Kf7
23.Bb2 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Ke6 25.Nc3 Ng6 26.a4 a6 27.Ba3 Nb8 28.b4 Nc6 29.b5 Na5
30.Kf2 Nc4 31.Bc1 exf3 32.gxf3 Ne7 33.h4 Nc8 34.e4 fxe4 35.fxe4 dxe4 36.bxa6 bxa6
37.Nxe4 Kd5 38.Nc5 a5 39.Nd7 N8b6 40.Nxb6+ Nxb6 41.Bd2 Nc4 42.Bc3 Ke4 43.d5 Kxd5
44.Bxg7 Ke4 45.h5 Kd3 46.Bf6 Ke4 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Bd8 Nb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 d5
9.e5 Ne8 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.b3 Ne6
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Rec1 a5 18.Nc2 Qc7 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.Ne3 Qb6 21.Ng4 Ng7 22.Bxg7 Bxg7
23.Nh6+ Bxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.Rc3 Bf5 26.Rac1 Rbc8 27.Rc5 Be4 28.Nd2 Bf5 29.Qe3 Rf8
30.Qc3 fxe5 31.dxe5 Bd7 32.Nf3 Ra8 33.e6 Be8 34.Ne5 Rf6 35.Ng4 Kg7 36.Nxf6 exf6
37.Qd4 Qb7 38.Qd2 a4 39.b4 Kg8 40.a3 Qe7 41.Re1 Qd6 42.Qd4 Kg7 43.Qc3 d4
44.Qd3 Rd8 45.Ra5 f5 46.Rxa4 c5 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Qc4 Rc8 49.Rc1 d3 50.bxc5 d2
51.e7+ Kg7 52.Qc3+ Kh6 53.Rd1  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Franzen,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.Nd4 Na6
10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Qc2 c6 13.e4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 cxd5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxd5+ Kh8
17.Rae1 Nb4 18.Qd2 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Qf7 20.Ne6 Rfc8 21.Re4 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Rc5 23.Rfe1 Rf8
24.Rxe7 Qxd5 25.Qh6 Qg8 26.Rxh7+ Qxh7 27.Qxf8+ Qg8 28.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ask,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Be7 8.Bf4 a6
9.Bd3 Be6 10.Ne2 Qd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Rfd1 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.Qe3 h4 15.Be1 h3
16.g3 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bf2 Rde8 19.Bg6 Bg4 20.Bxe8 Rxe8 21.Qc5 Bxe2 22.Rxd5 Qe6  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ernst,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bc5 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Nfg5 Qd5
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Be3 Rad8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qh5 Qd5 21.Rfd1 c5
22.b4 Rf5 23.Qh4 Rxe5 24.bxc5 Re4 25.Qh3 Qxc5 26.Bxd4 Rexd4 27.Qxe6+ Kh8
28.Re1 Qd5 29.h3 Qxe6 30.Rxe6 Rd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Petersson,Baldur Teodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Qc7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 d6 10.g4 h6 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.h4 Be7 13.Kf2 Rd8 14.g5 Nh5 15.f4 Nxf4 16.Bxf4 e5
17.Nd5 Qc5 18.Be3 exd4 19.Bxd4 Qa5 20.b4 Qa3 21.Rc3 Qxa2 22.Bxg7 Bxd5 23.exd5 Rh7
24.gxh6 Ne5 25.Rhh3 Ng4+ 26.Kf1 Nxh6 27.Bd4 Nf5 28.Ra3 Rxh4 29.Rxa2 Rxh3
30.Bg1 Bh4 31.Bg4 Ne3+ 32.Bxe3 Rxe3 33.Re2  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Hansen,TR"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nxe4 8.d5 Nd6
9.Na3 Ne5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Re1 Bf6 12.Bh6 Nf5 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rac1 Nxh6 15.Qxh6 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Rxe6+ Kf7 18.Rxf6+ Qxf6 19.Rc3 d5 20.Bf1 Bf5 21.Rc7+ Kg8
22.Rxb7 Rf8 23.Qe3 Rf7 24.Rb6 d4 25.Qb3 Be6 26.Qg3 Kg7 27.Nc4 Rhf8 28.Bd3 Re7
29.f3 Qf4 30.Qxf4 Rxf4 31.Rxa6 Bxc4 32.Bxc4 Rf6 33.Rxf6 Kxf6 34.Kf2 Re3 35.a4 Ke5
36.a5 Kd6 37.f4 Kc5 38.b3 Kb4 39.a6 Re8 40.a7 Ra8  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Marin,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A02"]

1.f4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 dxe4 5.dxe4 a6 6.Nh3 e5 7.a4 Nc6 8.c3 Nf6
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxb5+ Nfd7 13.Nd2 Bc5 14.Nf2 O-O
15.Qe2 f5 16.Kd1 Qa4+ 17.b3 Qa1 18.Kc2 Ra8 19.Nd1 Ra2+ 20.Nb2 Ba3 21.Nc4 Bxe4+  0-1

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Burg,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.h3 e5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.Be3 b5 12.Nd5 Nbd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.f3 Nb6 15.Qd2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Na5 Qc7 18.Qb4 Be6 19.Bb6 Qd7 20.O-O-O Rhc8 21.f4 exf4 22.e5 Nd5
23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.Rd1 Ke6 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Re1+ Kd7 27.Qa4+ Rc6 28.Nb7 Qb8 29.Nc5+ Kd6
30.Nb7+ Kd7 31.Nc5+ Kd6 32.Qa3 Rxb6 33.Nd3+ Kc7 34.Qe7+ Kc8 35.Qe8+ Kb7 36.Re7+ Qc7
37.Nc5+ Ka7 38.Rxc7+  1-0

[Event "CellaVision Cup 2019"]
[Site "Lund SWE"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kryakvin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Pontevedra Open 2019"]
[Site "Pontevedra ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Laiz Ibanez,H"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Nf6
9.Bg5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxg5 11.Nxd6+ Ke7 12.Nac4 Be6 13.h4 Bh6 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.Qa3 Kf8
16.Qc5 Kg8 17.Nxe5 Bf4 18.Nec4 Rd8 19.Rd1 b6 20.Qa3 Na5 21.Qf3 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 Re8
23.Ne3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 h5 25.Rd4 Bg4 26.Qf4 Qxc2 27.Bc4 Qc1+ 28.Kf2 Qxb2+ 29.Kg3 Be6
30.Rf1 Rh6 31.Rf2 Qb1 32.Bxe6 Qg6+ 33.Bg4 hxg4 34.Rd7 f6 35.Rd5 Re4 36.Qb8+ Kh7
37.Qxb6 Qe8 38.Re2 f5 39.Qb1 Rxe3+  0-1

[Event "7th Pontevedra Open 2019"]
[Site "Pontevedra ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Grigoryan,K2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 g5 8.Nb3 Nd7
9.Ne1 Qc7 10.Nd3 b6 11.Be3 c5 12.dxc5 Nc6 13.cxb6 axb6 14.f4 gxf4 15.Nxf4 Qxe5
16.Qd2 Be4 17.Bb5 Rc8 18.c4 Bb4 19.Qe2 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Rg8 21.Rad1 Rc7 22.Bxb6 Nxb6
23.Qxb4 Nd7 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.Nd2 Bc2 26.Rde1 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.b4 Rc8 29.Nf3 Ke7
30.Nd4 Kd6 31.Nb5+ Ke7 32.Nd5+ Kd8 33.Nd6 exd5 34.Nxc8 Be4 35.Nd6 Bxg2 36.Nxf7+ Kc7
37.Rf4 Bh3+ 38.Kf2 Rg2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Kg3 Bg2 41.Rc1+ Kb6 42.Nd6 d4 43.Rxd4 Nf6
44.Rc5 Bh1 45.Nc4+ Kb7 46.Re5 Rg2+ 47.Kh3 Rg7 48.Nd6+ Ka7 49.Re7+ Rxe7 50.Nc8+ Ka6
51.Nxe7 Kb5 52.Nf5 Nd5 53.Rd1 Nf4+ 54.Kg4  1-0

[Event "7th Pontevedra Open 2019"]
[Site "Pontevedra ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Manolache,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.a4 Bb4
9.O-O a5 10.Ne1 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 O-O 12.Bd2 dxc4 13.Qxc4 e5 14.Nc2 exd4 15.exd4 Bd6
16.Qd3 Nc5 17.Qf3 Ne6 18.Rad1 Bc7 19.Bc1 Qd6 20.g3 Rad8 21.Kg2 Nd5 22.Rfe1 Bb6
23.Ne4 Qd7 24.h4 f5 25.Ng5 Nxg5 26.Bxg5 f4 27.Bxd8 fxg3 28.Qxf8+ Kxf8 29.Bxb6 Nxb6
30.fxg3 Nxa4 31.Ne3 Nb6 32.d5 Nxd5 33.Nxd5 cxd5 34.Rd4 Qc6 35.Re2 b5 36.Kh2 Kf7
37.Rf4+ Kg8 38.Rd4 a4 39.Red2 h6 40.Rxd5 b4 41.R5d4 Qc5 42.Rf4 Kh7 43.Re4 Qc1
44.Rf2 a3 45.bxa3 Qxa3 46.Re7 Qc3 47.Ree2 b3 48.Rd2 Qe3 49.Rde2 Qc3 50.Rd2 b2
51.Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Pontevedra Open 2019"]
[Site "Pontevedra ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ruck,R1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 d6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.g4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.g5 Qb7 12.Bg2 Ne7 13.Rhe1 Ng6 14.Qg3 b4 15.Nd5 exd5
16.exd5 Bd7 17.Bf4+ Kd8 18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Qxd6 a5 20.Qg3 Rc8 21.d6 Qb5 22.Bd5 Rc5
23.Qf3 Rf8 24.Re4 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Qe3 Rxc2+ 27.Kb1 Qc5 28.Qd3 Rxf2 29.Rc1 Qb6
30.d7 Ne7 31.Rec4 Qg6 32.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Arroyo Rodriguez,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nc2 Be6 11.f3 Nd7 12.Qd2 a5 13.Na3 Nc5 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Nab5 f5
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.f4 Rc8 20.Bf3 Kh8 21.Rcd1 b6 22.b3 Rg8
23.Nb5 Qf8 24.a3 Nc6 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Ne4 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Bxb6 Qf7 29.Rc1 Bf6
30.Be3 Rg7 31.c5 d5 32.Nd4 e6 33.Nxc6 Rxc6 34.b5 Rc8 35.c6 Qg6 36.Rf2 e5
37.fxe5 Bxe5 38.Bd4 e3 39.Qxe3 Bxd4 40.Qxd4 Qg5 41.Rd1 Rg8  1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sanchez Jerez,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qa4+ c6 10.Nxe5 Nf6 11.O-O b5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bd4 Be6
16.Nf3 Rfe8 17.Nbd2 Nb7 18.e5 Nd5 19.Ne4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Nf4 21.Bf1 Rad8 22.Nfg5 Bf5
23.Qb3 Ne6 24.Qg3 Nxg5 25.Nxg5 Rxd4 26.Qb3 Be6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Rxd4 Qxd4
29.Rd1 Qxe5 30.Rd7 Nc5  0-1

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gonzalez Trigal,J1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Bxe4
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qxd8 Nf3+ 19.gxf3 Bxd8 20.Be3 Ra5 21.Ne4 Nxe4
22.fxe4 Bxe4 23.Bd2 Bf5 24.Bxa5 Bxa5 25.Re5 Bxh3 26.Rxc5 Bb6 27.Rc3 Bf5 28.Rd1 h5
29.Rc6 Ba7 30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tejedor Fuentes,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 Bf5 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Ngf3 h6
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qa4 Bd6 13.Bg3 O-O 14.Nxc6 Qd7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Ne5 Ng4 17.Nxg4 Bxg4 18.O-O Rab8 19.Qc2 Rfc8 20.b3 Qa3 21.c4 a5 22.Rfc1 a4
23.c5 Qb4 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Rb4 26.Rd3 a3 27.Nb1 Bf5 28.Rd1 e5 29.dxe5 Rxc5
30.Nxa3 Ra5 31.Nb1 Rxb3 32.axb3 Rxa1 33.Nc3 Rxd1+ 34.Nxd1 Bc2 35.Ne3 Bxb3
36.Nf5 Kf8 37.f4 Bc2 38.Nd4 Be4 39.Kf2 Ke7 40.g4 f6 41.e6 g6 42.f5 gxf5 43.gxf5 Kd6
44.Kg3 Ke7 45.Kh4 Kf8 46.Kh5 Kg7 47.e7 Kf7 48.Kxh6 Kxe7 49.Kg7  1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Marino Bravo,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 d5 6.e5 Qb6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nc3 Nh6
9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Ne3 O-O 12.Nxc4 Nf5 13.b3 Nd4 14.Ba3 Bg4 15.Bxc5 Nxf3+
16.gxf3 Bh3 17.Re1 Qd5 18.Bxe7 Rfe8 19.Bd6 Rad8 20.d4 Qe6 21.Kh1 Qf5 22.Rg1 Bh6
23.Rg3 Bf4 24.Ne3 Qh5 25.Ng4 Re6 26.Be7 Re8 27.Nf6+ Rxf6 28.Bxf6 Qf5 29.Qb1 Qh5
30.Qe4 Rf8 31.Qxf4  1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Blanco,Cr"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.c3 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5
9.d4 Nxg3 10.fxg3 Bb6 11.O-O Be6 12.Bb5 g4 13.Nh4 d5 14.Nf5 Rg8 15.Nd2 exd4
16.Nxd4 Qd7 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Bxc6+ Qxc6 19.Kh1 Bxd4 20.cxd4 O-O-O 21.Rf4 Bd5
22.Rc1 Qe6 23.Nb3 b6 24.Qc2 Rd7 25.Rcf1 Re8 26.Nc1 Be4 27.Qf2 f5 28.Nb3 a5
29.Nd2 Bd3 30.Rc1 Qxa2 31.Nf1 Re2 32.Qg1 Qxb2 33.Ne3 Be4 34.Re1 Rxd4  0-1

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alsina Leal,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Ne7 13.h4 Bh6 14.Ncb4 O-O 15.a4 bxa4
16.Rxa4 a5 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.Ra2 axb4 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.O-O Qxe4 22.Qxd6 Qxc4
23.Qxd7 bxc3 24.bxc3 Qxc3 25.Nf5 Qc8 26.Qe7 Re8 27.Qxf7 Rf8 28.Nd6 Rxf7 29.Nxc8 Rc7
30.Nd6 Kg8 31.g4 Bf4 32.Kg2 Rd7 33.Ne4 Rd4 34.Kf3 Rd3+ 35.Ke2 Rd4 36.f3 Ra4
37.h5 g6 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Rb1 Ra2+ 40.Kd3 Ra3+ 41.Nc3 Kf7 42.Kc4 Kf6 43.Ne4+ Kf7
44.Rb7+ Ke6 45.Nc5+ Kd6 46.Kb5 e4 47.Rb6+ Ke5 48.Re6+ Kd5 49.fxe4+ Kd4 50.Rxg6 Ra2
51.Rf6 Rb2+ 52.Kc6 Be3 53.Rf5 Kc4 54.g5 Rg2 55.Ne6 Kd3 56.Kd5 Ra2 57.Nf4+ Bxf4
58.Rxf4 Ra5+ 59.Ke6 Ke3 60.Rh4  1-0

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Diaz Camallonga,C"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 Bg4 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nf1 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Ng3 g6 13.O-O Rb8 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.b3 c5
16.Qg4 Kh8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Bf6 19.Rab1 Ne5 20.Qe2 Bg7 21.Kh2 Qh4 22.Nh1 Rbe8
23.Bg3 Qd8 24.Qd2 Qd7 25.Bf4 f5 26.Ng3 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Rf5 28.Ng3 Rf7 29.Be3 Ref8
30.d4 cxd4 31.Bxd4 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Rxf1 33.Nxf1 h5 34.Be3 Kh7 35.Ng3 Nf7 36.Kh1 Qe6
37.Bd4 Bxd4 38.Qxd4 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Ne5 40.Qf4 Kg8 41.Qf6 Qd2 42.Ne4 Qd4 43.Qd8+ Kg7
44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qxc7+ Kh6 47.Nxd6 Qf4+ 48.Kh1 Qf1+ 49.Kh2 Qf2
50.Qb7 Qf4+ 51.Kh1 Qf1+ 52.Kh2 Qf4+ 53.Kh1 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-ESP Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Plazuelo Pascual,Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 Qb6 6.d4 e6 7.Ng3 c5 8.Bd3 Nxg3
9.hxg3 cxd4 10.Ng5 Nc6 11.Nxh7 Bd7 12.Nf6+ gxf6 13.Rxh8 O-O-O 14.Kf1 fxe5
15.Qh5 Bd6 16.Rxd8+ Nxd8 17.b3 e4 18.Be2 d3 19.Bd1 Bb5 20.Kg1 Bc5 21.Bf4 Bxf2+
22.Kh2 d2 23.c4 dxc4 24.bxc4 Bc6 25.Qe5 Bg1+ 26.Kh1 Bd4 27.Qb8+ Kd7 28.Qd6+ Ke8
29.Bg5 Bc5 30.Qe5 Bd4 31.Qd6 Bc5 32.Qxd2 Bd4 33.Rc1 e3 34.Qd3 Qc5 35.Bh4 Qe5
36.Bc2 f5 37.Rd1 e2 38.Re1 Qe3 39.Qxe3 Bxe3 40.Rxe2 Bd4 41.Bxf5 e5 42.Bf6 Nf7
43.Bg6  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Div 1 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gonzalez Merino,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nf4 O-O 13.Re1 Re8 14.Ng5 Bxf4 15.Bxf4 Qxd4
16.Be3 Qb4 17.Nxh7 Re7 18.a3 Qd6 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Qh5 f5 21.Rac1 d4 22.Bh6 Bd7
23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Div 1 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Volkov,Sergey1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Ne4 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Ng3 Ng5
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nf7 18.f4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Bb5 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Ne2 Nh6 22.Nd4 Qb6
23.f5 Rae8 24.f6 gxf6 25.exf6 Kh8 26.Qd2 Nf7 27.Rae1 Rg8 28.Nf3 Qd6 29.Qd4 e5
30.Qxa7 Re6 31.Qxb7 Rxf6 32.Nh4 Qe6 33.Rxf6 Qxf6 34.g3 Qf2 35.Rc1 Rd8 36.Qb5 e4
37.Rf1 Nd6 38.Qa6 Qc5 39.Ng2 Qc4 40.Qxc4 Nxc4 41.b3 Ne5 42.Nf4 Nf3 43.Kg2 d4
44.Ne6 Rc8 45.Rxf3 exf3+ 46.Kxf3 d3 47.Ng5 Re8  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Div 1 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Plazuelo Pascual,Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.Bd2 Nb6
9.Ne4 a5 10.e3 O-O 11.Qc2 N8d7 12.Bxb4 axb4 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qe7 15.O-O e5
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Qxb4 exd4 18.exd4 Ra4 19.Qxc5 Qe2 20.Qb6 Qc4 21.d5 Rb4 22.Qc7 cxd5
23.Rfc1 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 Rxb2 25.Bxd5 b5 26.Re1 Be6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 Rbxf2
29.Ree7 Rf1+ 30.Kg2 R1f2+ 31.Kh3 R2f7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Rc8+ Rf8 34.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div 1 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div 1 2019"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2019.08.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Alekseenko,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.g4 h6
9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bc8 12.Qd2 a5 13.Bb5+ Nd7 14.a4 O-O 15.h4 Nf6
16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Ne4 18.Qe2 Bxg5 19.Qh5 f5 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.O-O-O Qf6
23.Rdg1 f4 24.Nd2 Bf5 25.Bd7 fxe3 26.Nxe4 Qh6 27.Rxg5 Qxh5 28.Rgxh5 Bxd7
29.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4
8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bxc4 c5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Be2 Bg4 14.Nxc5 Rfc8
15.Nxb7 Bxe2 16.Kxe2 Nc4 17.e5 Rab8 18.exf6 Rxb7 19.b3 Ne3 20.Rac1 Nxg2 21.Nd5 Re8+
22.Kf2 Nh4 23.Rhe1 Rxe1 24.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O Bb4 12.a4 O-O 13.Ne2 Qa5 14.Bf4 b5 15.axb5 Qxb5
16.Ng3 a5 17.Nh5 Rfc8 18.g4 Ne7 19.Bd2 Ng6 20.Bxb4 Qxb4 21.Qd2 Nxe5 22.Qxb4 Nxf3+
23.Kg2 Nh4+ 24.Kg3 axb4 25.Kxh4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Be8 27.Kg3 Rc4 28.Ra8 Kf8 29.f3 Rxd4
30.Rb8 Rc4 31.g5 d4 32.h4 d3 33.Rd8 e5 34.b3 Rd4 35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Kf2 Ba4
37.Nf4 d2 38.Ke2 Bxb3 39.Kxd2 Bc4  0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 e5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.f3 Be6 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.g4 O-O 13.g5 Nh5 14.Rg1 b5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 f5 17.h4 Qe8 18.O-O-O Bd8 19.Na5 Bb6 20.Nc6 Nf4 21.Bxb6 Nxb6 22.Qb4 Qd7
23.c4 Kh8 24.Kb1 Rae8 25.cxb5 Nbxd5 26.Qb3 e4 27.Rxd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 exf3 29.Qd2 Re4
30.Rg3 Qe6 31.Bd3 Re3 32.Rg1 f2 33.Rc1 axb5 34.Nb4 Rf3 35.Bxb5 Qe4+ 36.Nc2 Rc8
37.Ba6 d5 38.a3 d4 39.Bxc8 f1=Q 40.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41.Ka2 d3 42.Ne3 Rf3 43.Bxf5 Qxe3
44.Qa5 Qe8 45.Qd5 Qg8 46.Be6 Qf8 47.h5 Re3 48.g6 d2 49.Bf7 Re2 50.Qd3 Rh2
51.Qf3 Rg2 52.Qd3 Qb8  0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Munguntuul,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.a4 h6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bc1 Ngf6 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bc1 O-O 14.Nd2 Ngf6 15.Nc4 Nc5
16.Bf3 b5 17.axb5 Be6 18.Nd2 axb5 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Nxb5 Ncxe4 21.O-O Qb8 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Qe2 d5 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.c4 f5 26.Rd1 Qb7 27.b3 f4 28.Bb2 f3 29.gxf3 Rxf3
30.Bxe5 Bg4 31.Re1 e3 32.Bd4 Bb4 33.fxe3 Bxe1 34.Qxe1 Bh3  0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Nbd2 Nxb3 14.axb3 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Qc2 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 c5 18.dxc5 d4 19.Bf4 Bg6 20.Qc1 a5 21.Nf3 Qd5 22.e6 Qxc5
23.Qd2 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Bf6 25.Be5 d3 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.b4 Qd6 29.bxa5 b4
30.a6 Rxa6 31.Rxa6 Qxa6 32.Qxb4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qc1 34.Kg3 Qc2 35.Qd4 Qc7+ 36.Qf4 Qb6
37.b4 Kf8 38.Nd2 Ke7 39.h4 Qb5 40.Qd4 Ke6 41.Kf4 Qh5 42.Nf3 Qh6+ 43.Kg3 Qc1
44.h5 Bf5 45.Qf4 Qc3 46.b5  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C43"]

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.O-O O-O 10.f4 f5 11.Be3 c5 12.Be2 Be6 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.a4 Rad8 15.Qe2 Qc7
16.Rfb1 b6 17.Rd1 g5 18.h3 Rd7 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rad1 gxf4 21.Bxf4 d4 22.Qf2 Kh8
23.Kh1 Qc8 24.Kh2 Rg8 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Bc5 28.c3 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Qd7
30.Qd2 Bd5 31.e6 Qxe6 32.Be5+ Rg7 33.Qc3 Bxf3 34.Qxf3 Qe8 35.Qxf5 Kg8 36.Bxg7 Kxg7
37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qf4+ Ke7 39.Qe4+ Kf8 40.Qxh7 Qxa4 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kf7
43.h4  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 Bg6 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Bf4 d4 17.cxd4 Bb4 18.Nc3 Qxd4 19.Rac1 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Bxd3 21.a3 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Bc4
23.b3 Be6 24.f3 Rac8 25.Rec1 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Kf2 b4 29.axb4 Be6
30.b5 axb5 31.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7
9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Bb7
16.g4 c5 17.Rg1 Ne4 18.Qe5 Qh4 19.Bg2 Qxg4+ 20.Bf3 Nc3+ 21.Kd3 Qxf3 22.Kxc3 Rg8
23.Rg3 Qc6 24.Bxc5 O-O-O 25.Bd6 Ba6 26.b3 Kb7 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Rxg7 Rxg7 29.Qxg7 Bxc4
30.Kb2 Be2 31.Re1 Qxd6 32.Rxe2 Qd1 33.Qg2+ Rc6 34.a4 Qd4+ 35.Ka2 Qxf4 36.Qg7 Rd6
37.Qxh7 Rd1 38.Qh5 Qd4 39.Rb2 e5 40.h4 Rd2 41.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 42.Ka3 Qc1+ 43.Ka2 Qc2+
44.Ka3 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Rc8
16.O-O Qd8 17.Rf3 Rc4 18.Ne2 Qc8 19.Rb2 Bc5 20.h3 O-O 21.Kh2 f6 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Rg3+ Kh8 25.Nd4 Rg8 26.Rbb3 Rxg3 27.Rxg3 Qf8 28.Qe3 Rc4 29.Nxe6 Qe7
30.Ng5 Qe8 31.Qb6 Rc6 32.Qd4 Qe7 33.c3 Be8 34.Nf3 Bf7 35.Qd2 Rb6 36.Nd4 Bg6
37.f5 Bf7 38.Qf4 Bg8 39.Re3 Qd6 40.Qxd6 Rxd6 41.Re7 Rd8 42.Rc7 a5 43.a4 Re8
44.Kg3 Re1 45.Rc5 Kg7 46.Kf2 Rc1 47.Ne2 Rc2 48.Ke3 h5 49.h4 Ra2 50.Rxa5 Bh7
51.Rxd5 Rxa4 52.Nf4  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10.29"]
[White "Sethuraman,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Bd3 d5 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Qe2 Re8 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.g5 Ne4 17.c4 Bb4 18.Rxd5 Qc8 19.Rh1 c6 20.Rdd1 Qf5 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.Qg4 Qc5
23.Nb3 Qf5 24.Rd7 a5 25.Rxb7 Nd6 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Rc7 Nxc4 28.Bc5 a4 29.Bxb4 axb3
30.a3 Re2 31.cxb3 Nxb2 32.Rd7 Rxf2 33.Bd2 Nc4 34.bxc4 Rxa3 35.Kb2 Rg3 36.h4 f4
37.Kc2 f3 38.Rd3 Kh7 39.Kc3 Rfg2 40.Rf1 f2 41.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 42.Kd4  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11.39"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.Rc1 e5 15.O-O exd4
16.exd4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.Ne4 Nbd5 19.Rfe1 O-O 20.Bc4 Rfd8 21.Ba5 Re8 22.Nc3 Bd6
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Kf2 f6 27.Rc3 Kf7 28.Bc7 Be7 29.Bb6 Bb4
30.Rc7+ Re7 31.Rc8 Re8 32.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Moroni,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Nd2 Rad8 13.Rad1 Rfe8 14.Rfe1 Qc8 15.c4 Nh5
16.Qe3 Bf6 17.Bc1 g6 18.Nf1 Bg7 19.Qd3 h6 20.Ne3 Kh7 21.f3 Nf6 22.Bb2 Nd5
23.Qxd5 Bxb2 24.Qxf7+ Bg7 25.Nd5 Rf8 26.Qxc7 Qe6 27.Qxb7 Rd7 28.Qxa6 Be5
29.c5 g5 30.c6 Rdf7 31.c7 Bxh2+ 32.Kxh2 g4 33.f4 g3+ 34.Kg1 Qg4 35.f5  1-0

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Parligras,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 Neg4 15.e5 Bc5+
16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Bxf2 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.f5 Nxc3 20.bxc3 c5 21.Bg5 Qb6 22.fxg6 fxg6
23.Rf1 Rae8 24.Rxf2 Rxe5 25.Bh6 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 g5 28.f4 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 gxf4
30.Bxf4 Qe4 31.Qd2 Qxe2 32.Qd8+ Re8 33.Qg5+ Kf7 34.Qf5+ Ke7 35.Qxc5+ Ke6
36.Qc6+ Kf5 37.Qd5+ Kxf4 38.Qf7+ Ke3 39.Qxe8+ Kd2 40.Qd7+ Ke1 41.h3 Qe3+
42.Kh1 Kf2 43.Qd4 a5 44.Qh4+ Kf1 45.Qg4 Qd3 46.Qf4+ Ke2 47.Kg2 Qd5+ 48.Kg3 a4
49.Qd4 Qg5+ 50.Kh2 Qd2 51.Kg3 Qd3+ 52.Kf4 a3 53.Qc5 Qd2+ 54.Ke4 Qxa2 55.Qxb5+ Ke1
56.c4 Qe2+ 57.Kf4 a2 58.Qa4 Qb2  0-1

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Brkic,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qd5 Qxd5 14.Bxd5 exf3 15.Bxc6 fxg2
16.Rfc1 Rab8 17.a4 b4 18.Bxg2 c5 19.cxb4 Rxb4 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Rxc5 Rxb2 22.h3 Be6
23.Rc6 Rfb8 24.Rxa6 Rb1+ 25.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 26.Kh2 g5 27.Bf3 Rb4 28.a5 Rb5 29.Bg4 Bxg4
30.hxg4 Rxe5 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Maurizzi,Marc Andria"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qe2 b5
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 Nb4 12.dxe6 c4 13.exf7+ Qxf7 14.e4 cxb3 15.e5 Nfd5
16.e6 Qg6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bd2 Qxe6 19.Qf1 Bc4 20.Re1 Bxf1 21.Rxe6+ Kd7 22.Re4 Nc2
23.Rd1 bxa2 24.Ba5+ Bd3 25.Rxd3+ Bd6 26.Ne5+ Kc8 27.Rxd6 a1=Q+ 28.Re1 Qxa5
29.Rc1 Rd8  0-1

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Tomczak,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nde2 d6 7.g3 Bg4 8.Bg2 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nf4 Bc4 12.Nd3 Nf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Re1 Rac8
16.Nb4 Nxb4 17.cxb4 Be6 18.Kh2 Qa4 19.c3 Qa3 20.Re3 Rxc3 21.e5 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Ne8
23.Bxe7 Rd7 24.exd6 Nxd6 25.Bxd6 Qa6 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Qd2 Qf3 28.Rg1 Bd5 29.Bc5 Be4
30.Bd4 h5 31.Re1 Rc7 32.Bc5 Rd7 33.Bd4 Rc7 34.Bc5 a5 35.a3 Rd7 36.Bd4 Rc7
37.Bc5 Rd7 38.Bd4 axb4 39.axb4 Rc7 40.Bc5 Rd7 41.Bd4 Rc7 42.Bc5 Rc8 43.Qe2 Qf6
44.Rf1 Qe6 45.Rf2 Ra8 46.Qb2 Bc6 47.Bd4 Bd7 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 Qxg4 50.Rf4 Qh5+
51.Kg2 Bc6+ 52.e4 g5 53.Bh8 Qg6  0-1

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Pancevski,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C97"]

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.d5 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Bd7 15.Ba3 Bd8 16.Nbd2 Nb7
17.c4 a5 18.Bd3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.b4 Qxb4 21.cxb5 a4 22.Qe2 a3 23.Reb1 Qc5
24.Rc1 Qb4 25.Rcb1 Qc5 26.Nb3 Qa7 27.Nfd2 Bb6 28.Kf1 Qb8 29.Nc4 Bxb5 30.Nxa3 Bxd3
31.Qxd3 Nd7 32.Qb5 Nc5 33.Nd2 Bc7 34.Qxb8 Rfxb8 35.Nb5 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Koykka,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 e5 7.Qe1 Bc5 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 O-O 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Ne8 12.Nc4 Qf6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bd2 Nd6 15.Nxd6 Bxd6
16.Bxa5 Nc5 17.Nh2 b6 18.Bc3 Rxa4 19.b3 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Ne6 21.Qc3 Nf4 22.Re1 h5
23.Nf1 Bc5 24.Qf3 Nxh3+ 25.Kh2 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Westerberg,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bd2 e5 8.Ndb5 Bb4
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nd6+ Ke7 11.Bxc3 Qd5 12.Bb4 Nc6 13.Nxc8+ Ke6 14.g3 Qxh1 15.Qd6+ Kf5
16.Qd3+ e4 17.Nd6+ Kg6 18.Qb5 Ne7 19.Nc4 Nc6 20.Qxb7 Nxb4 21.Ne5+ Kf5 22.axb4 a5
23.Nxf7 Rhf8 24.Rc1 h6 25.Nd6+ Kg6 26.Rc7 Nh5 27.f3 Kh7 28.Qxe4+ Kg8 29.Qd5+ Kh7
30.Qxh5 Rf6 31.Ne4 Rg6 32.Qf5 Ra6 33.h4  1-0

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Lopez Guerrero,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qxg7 Qa5+ 8.Kd1 Nxf2+
9.Kc2 Rf8 10.Nh3 Nxh1 11.Ng5 Qxc5 12.Nxh7 f6 13.Be3 Qxc4+ 14.Kd1 Nf2+ 15.Ke1 Rf7
16.Qg8+ Ke7 17.Ng5 Rf8 18.Qg7+ Ke8 19.Rc1 Qxc1+ 20.Bxc1 fxg5 21.Bxg5 Nc6
22.Bh6 Rf5 23.g4 Nxg4 24.Qxg4 d5 25.Bh3 Ne7 26.Qh4 Re5 27.Bg5 Rxg5 28.Qxg5 a5
29.Bg4  1-0

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zurano Lopez,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c6 7.c3 Bf5 8.Qb3 Qc8
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 e5 15.dxe5 Rxe5
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Bf3 Re8 18.Bf4 Re6 19.Kg2 h6 20.h4 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Bd6 Qd7
23.Rd3 c5 24.Qd5 Re2 25.Rb1 b6 26.Bf4 Qa4 27.Rf3 Qc2 28.Rd1 Kh7 29.Rd2 Rxd2
30.Qxd2 Qe4 31.Qd3 Qc6 32.Kf1 c4 33.Qd1 Re7 34.Re3 Rd7 35.Qc2 Qh1+ 36.Ke2 b5
37.Be5 Rd5 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Re4 g5 40.b3 Rd1 41.Qxd1 Qxe4+ 42.Kf1 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Qxd1+
44.Kxd1 gxh4 45.gxh4 Kg6 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kh5 48.Ke2 Kxh4 49.Kf3 Kg5  0-1

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Valmana Canto,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.g3 Be7
9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.h5 Nh8 12.Nc3 f6 13.Be3 Nf7 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Rc1 Nd6
16.Bd3 Be8 17.Kg2 Bxh5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Rh1 g6 20.g4 Kg7 21.gxh5 g5 22.Ne2 Nf5
23.Ng3 Kh8 24.Qd3 g4 25.Nh2 Ncxd4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Qg6 Bg5 28.Rcd1 Rg8 29.Rxd4 Rxg6
30.hxg6 Kg8 31.Rxg4 Bf6 32.Nf3 Qe7 33.Rh7  1-0

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Santos Latasa,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 f5 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.a4 Bc7 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rab1 f4
16.exf4 Bxf4 17.Nc4 Nd5 18.g3 Bh3 19.Rfe1 e3 20.Bh5 Nxc3 21.Bxe8 Nxb1 22.Rxb1 Qd5
23.Nxe3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Rxe8 25.Rxb7 Qf3 26.Qa2+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 a5
16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 Rxb5 18.Nf3 Qb8 19.Rec3 Rc8 20.h4 Rb4 21.Bc2 Rxb2 22.Rc6 Rb6
23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Qd3 g6 25.h5 Kg7 26.hxg6 h6 27.Nh2 Rf8 28.Ng4 Bg5 29.Rf1 Rc6
30.f4 Rxf4 31.Rxf4 Bxf4 32.Nf6 Qb2 33.Nh5+ Kg8 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Nh5+ Kg8 36.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc4 Rxg5
23.Qd4 Kb8 24.Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25.fxg3 Qxc6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.b3 Kc8 28.Qe4 Kb8 29.Qd4 Kc8
30.Qe4 Kb8 31.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz,Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Be3 d6
9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.a4 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nc3 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 c4 14.dxc4 b4 15.Rd1 Qb8
16.Nd5 Nxe4 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nc5 19.Bc2 e4 20.Ng5 f5 21.Qa3 Qa7 22.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 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 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc4 Rxg5
23.Qd4 Kb8 24.Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25.fxg3 Qxc6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.b3 Kc8 28.Qe3 Kb8 29.Qd2 Bc5+
30.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31.Qd4 Qc3 32.g4 Rg8 33.Kf2 Qxb3 34.Qe5+ Ka8 35.Qe4+ Kb8 36.Rb1 Qa2+
37.Ke1 a5 38.Qe5+ Kb7 39.Qb5+  1-0

[Event "84th ch-ESP 2019"]
[Site "Marbella ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Asis Gargatagli,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Bd6 10.d4 Na6 11.Qe4 Nc7 12.Qh4 Bf5 13.Bb3 Qd7 14.c4 Rfe8
15.Bd2 g5 16.Bxg5 fxg5 17.Qxg5+ Bg6 18.c5 Be7 19.Qg3 Bf6 20.h4 Kf8 21.Qf4 Bg7
22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Rxe5 24.Qxe5 Re8 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Re1+ Kd8 27.Qf6+ Kc8
28.Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.Qf3 Bf5 30.d5 cxd5 31.Bxd5 Be6 32.Be4 Qb5 33.c6 b6 34.Qa3 Qe2
35.Qxa7 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qxf2 37.Qa8+ Kc7 38.Bf3 Qxh4+ 39.Kg1 Qd4+ 40.Kh1 Qh4+
41.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2019-20"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.O-O-O a5 13.g3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 a4 15.Qc2 a3
16.b3 Na6 17.e4 O-O 18.Kb1 Rfd8 19.h4 c5 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 Bf6 22.h5 Nb4
23.Bxb4 Qe5 24.Bc3 Qxc3 25.Qxc3 Bxc3 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.d6 Kf7 28.d7 Ke7 29.Bh3 Rh8
30.Rd5 Rh5 31.Rxh5 gxh5 32.Kc2 Ba5 33.Kd3 g5 34.Kc4 Rf8 35.Kb5 Bc7 36.Re1+ Kd8
37.Kxc5 Bxg3 38.Re4 Bc7 39.Re3 Rg8 40.Be6 Rg6 41.Kd5 g4 42.fxg4 hxg4 43.Bf5 Rg8
44.Ke6 Rg7 45.Kf6 Rxd7 46.Bxd7 Kxd7 47.Kf5 g3 48.Re6 Bd6 49.Rg6 Kc6 50.Ke4 Kc5
51.Rg5+ Kc6 52.Kd4 Bf4 53.Rg4 Bb8 54.Kc4 b5+ 55.Kd3 Kd5 56.Rg5+ Kc6 57.Kd4 Ba7+
58.Kc3 Bb8 59.Kd3 Bf4 60.Rg4 Bb8 61.Rg8 Bc7 62.Ke4 Kc5 63.Rc8 Kc6 64.Kf3 Kb7
65.Rg8 Kc6 66.Rg5 Bd6 67.Ke4 Bb8 68.Rg7 Bc7 69.Rg8 Kc5 70.Rg6 Bb8 71.Rg5+ Kc6
72.Kd4 Ba7+ 73.Ke5 Bf2 74.Ke4 Kb6 75.Kd5 Ka5 76.Rg4 Kb6 77.b4 Kb7 78.Rg6 Kc7
79.Rg4 Kb6 80.Ke4 Kc6 81.Kd3 Be1 82.Ke2 Bc3 83.Kd3 Be1 84.Re4 Bf2 85.Ke2 Kd5
86.Rg4 Ke5 87.Rg5+ Kd4 88.Rxb5 Kc3 89.Rf5 Kb2 90.Rxf2 gxf2 91.b5 Kxa2 92.b6 Ka1
93.b7 a2 94.Kf1 Kb2 95.b8=Q+ Kc2 96.Qe5 Kb1 97.Qb5+ Kc2 98.Qc4+ Kb2 99.Qb4+ Kc2
100.Qa3 Kb1 101.Qb3+ Ka1 102.Ke2 f1=Q+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2019-20"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Dinstuhl,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Nb6 12.g5 Nfd7 13.h4 Rc8 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.h5 f5
16.g6 f4 17.gxh7+ Kh8 18.Bf2 Nf6 19.Bh4 d5 20.h6 gxh6 21.Bxf6+ Bxf6 22.Rxh6 d4
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bd3 Bxf3 26.Rg1 Bg7 27.Rhg6 Rf7 28.Bf5 Rcf8 29.Be6 Re7
30.Qb4 Rd8 31.Nd2 Bc6 32.Bf5 e4 33.Bxe4 Bxe4 34.Nxe4 Rc8 35.Qd2 Qe5 36.Ng5 Qe3
37.Qd1 d3 38.c3 d2 39.Re6 Rxe6 40.Nf7+ Kxh7  0-1

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cazacu,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Qb6 7.e4 axb5 8.Nc3 Ba6
9.e5 Ng4 10.h3 Nh6 11.d6 exd6 12.Nd5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 b4 14.Qe4 Kd8 15.Nxb4 cxb4
16.Qxa8 Qb6 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Qxb8+ Ke7 19.Bg5+ Ke6 20.Qe8+ Kd5  1-0

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gutierrez Montes,Sebastian"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B96"]

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.a3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.Nb3 Rc8 13.Bh4 Rxc3 14.bxc3 d5 15.e5 Bxa3+
16.Kb1 d4 17.Qg3 Nd5 18.Qxg7 Nxc3+ 19.Ka1 Rf8 20.Qg5 Bd5 21.Rb1 h6 22.Qd8+ Qxd8
23.Bxd8 Kxd8 24.Rbg1 Bxb3 25.cxb3 Nc5 26.Bc2 d3  0-1

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Coro,Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d4 e6 8.Bf4 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.h4 Rc8 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.h5 h6 14.Rh3 a6 15.Qg4 Nb4
16.Be3 Qa5 17.a3 Nxc2 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Kxc2 d4 20.Ne4 Be7+ 21.Kb1 Qxe5 22.Bd3 f5
23.Qg6+ Kd7 24.Nd2 Rc6 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Rg3  1-0

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Abarca Gonzalez,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 d5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.axb4 Qxb4 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Rfc1 a5 15.e4 Bb7
16.Ra4 Qe7 17.Rc4 Rfc8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Qxc8+ Bxc8 21.Rxc8+ Nf8
22.Nc4 Qb4 23.h4 a4 24.Kh2 b5 25.Nd6 Qxb2 26.Ng5 Qxf2 27.Nge4 Qb2 28.Kh3 Ne3
29.Bf3 Qa1 30.g4 Qf1+ 31.Kg3 Qg1+ 32.Kh3 Nd5 33.Nf6+ gxf6 34.Bxd5 Qe3+ 35.Kg2 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Cruz,Cr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Nd7 10.Nc3 Qc6 11.Na4 Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Bd2 Qa4 14.Qb1 Ne7 15.O-O Nc6
16.h4 h6 17.Qd3 Be7 18.h5 Kd7 19.Nh2 Rhc8 20.Ng4 Bf8 21.Ne3 Na7 22.Bc1 Qa6
23.Qd2 Qa4 24.Qd3 Qa6 25.Qd2 Qa4 26.f4 Nb5 27.Bb2 Qb3 28.Rf3 Be7 29.Kh2 Ra4
30.Qe2 Nc3 31.Bxc3 Rxc3 32.Qb5+ Kc8 33.Nxd5 Rxf3 34.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vera Siguenas,D"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qb6 12.Qxd6 Be7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd5 O-O 15.Kb1 Qxf2
16.Bf3 Rac8 17.Qd2 Qb6 18.Bg4 Rc7 19.Rhf1 a5 20.Qf2 Qxf2 21.Rxf2 a4 22.Nc1 a3
23.Nb3 axb2 24.Kxb2 Nd4 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Rf5 Rfc8 27.Ra5 Bb4 28.Rb5 Bc3+ 29.Kb3 Re8
30.e5 g6 31.a4 Kg7 32.Bf3 b6 33.Rxb6 Rxe5 34.Rb5 Re3 35.Rd3 Re1 36.Rd1 Re3
37.Rd3 Re6 38.Rd1 Ra7 39.a5 Rea6 40.Kc4 h5 41.Rdb1 Rc7+ 42.Rc5 Rxc5+ 43.Kxc5 Rxa5+
44.Kc4 h4 45.h3 Kh6 46.Rb7 f5 47.Re7 Ra3 48.Rb7 Kg5 49.Rb3 Ra2 50.Kd3 Kf4
51.Rb6 g5 52.Rf6 Ke5 53.Rg6 Kf4 54.Rf6 Ra3 55.Bg4 Bb2+ 56.Kd2 Ra5 57.Kd3 Re5
58.Rf7 Re3+ 59.Kc4 Re5 60.Kd3 Rc5 61.Rf8 Rc3+ 62.Kd2 Re3 63.Rxf5+ Ke4 64.Rf1 Bc3+
65.Kd1 Bb4 66.Be2 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara,Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Nce3 Qd7
16.a4 Bd8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra6 Kh8 19.Qa1 Qb7 20.b4 Bc8 21.Ra3 Be6 22.Ra6 Bc8
23.Ra3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Petrov,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B13"]

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 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qxb5 Qd7 14.a4 a6 15.Nxd5+ Qxd5
16.Qe2 Kf6 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Rd1 Ke7 19.Bc3 Qf5 20.Qe4 Qxe4+ 21.fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Salinas Herrera,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Nd2 d5 13.e5 c5 14.Qd3 Ne8 15.f4 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Nf3 b5 19.Ne5 Qb7 20.g4 Rad8 21.g5 Ne4 22.g6 h6 23.Nf7 Qb6
24.Kh1 c4 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Qh5 Nf6 28.Qf5 Rfe8 29.Rab1 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 Rxb1+
31.Kg2 Rb6 32.Kf3 Rbe6 33.Ne5 Rd6 34.Nf7 Rde6 35.Ne5 Rd6 36.a4 Rf8 37.Nf7 Rxf7
38.gxf7+ Kxf7 39.Qc8 Kg6 40.a5 Kh7 41.f5 Ne4 42.Ke3 Rf6 43.Qb7 Nc3 44.Qd7 Nb5
45.Qxd5 c3 46.Qc5 Rd6 47.Qc8 Rf6 48.Kf4 Nd4 49.Ke5 Nc6+ 50.Ke4 Nxa5 51.Qxc3 Nc6
52.Qc5 a5 53.Qb5 Rd6 54.c3 Rf6 55.h4 Rd6 56.h5 Rf6 57.Kd3 Kh8 58.Kc2 Kh7
59.Qc5 Kh8 60.Kb3 Kh7 61.Ka4 Kh8 62.Qe3 Kh7 63.Qe4 Kh8 64.c4 Kh7 65.c5 Kh8
66.Qe8+ Kh7 67.Qd7 Nb8 68.Qd5 Nc6 69.Qd7 Nb8 70.Qc8 Nc6 71.Qe8 Nd4 72.Qd7 Nc6
73.Kb5 Kh8 74.Qe8+ Kh7 75.Qg6+ Kg8 76.Qxf6 gxf6 77.Kxc6 a4 78.Kd6 a3 79.c6 a2
80.c7 a1=Q 81.c8=Q+ Kg7 82.Qc7+ Kh8 83.Ke6 Qa8 84.Kxf6 Qg8 85.Qe5 Kh7 86.Qe7+ Kh8
87.Qe5 Kh7 88.Qc7+ Kh8 89.Qd7 Qg5+ 90.Ke6 Qg8+ 91.Ke7 Qf8+ 92.Ke6 Qg8+ 93.Kd6 Qb8+
94.Kd5 Qb3+ 95.Kc6 Qf3+ 96.Qd5 Qxh5 97.Kd7 Kh7 98.Qe6 Qg4 99.Qe7+ Kg8 100.Qe6+ Kh7
101.f6 Qa4+ 102.Ke7 Qb4+ 103.Qd6 Qe4+ 104.Kf8 Qa8+ 105.Kf7 Qa2+ 106.Qe6 Qc2
107.Qe7 Qc6 108.Kf8+ Kg6 109.Qg7+ Kf5 110.Qh7+ Ke6 111.Qg6 Ke5 112.Kg7 Qd7+
113.f7 Qe7 114.Kg8  1-0

[Event "6th Arica Open 2019"]
[Site "Arica CHI"]
[Date "2019.12.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 dxc4
16.bxc4 g6 17.h3 a6 18.Nb3 b5 19.c5 Bc7 20.Bc1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Ned7 22.g3 Ne5
23.Bg2 Bc8 24.Nd4 Rd8 25.f4 Nc4 26.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Qxc5 28.Bb2 Bb7 29.Bd4 Qd6
30.Ne5 Bxg2 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.Kxg2 Qd5+ 33.Kh2 Ne4 34.Nc3 Nxc3 35.Qxc3 Kf8
36.Qa3+ Bd6 37.Qxa6 Ke7 38.Qa7+ Ke6 39.Qa4 Ke7 40.Qa7+ Ke6 41.Qa4 Ke7 42.Qc2 Bc5
43.Qc3 Bxd4 44.exd4 Kd6 45.Kg1 Kc6 46.Kf2 Kb5 47.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Potapov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Nc4 Be6 10.Nb6 Rb8 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Ncd5 Bxd5 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qxd5 Rbc8
16.c3 Qe6 17.Bc4 Qxd5 18.Bxd5 h6 19.g3 Kh7 20.Rad1 g6 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 Kg7
23.Kf2 Rce8 24.Rg1 f5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.Be4 Bh4+ 27.Kf3 Ne5+ 28.Kg2 Ng4 29.Bd4+ Kf7
30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.Rd2 Bf6 32.h3 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Nf6 34.Kf3 d5 35.Rdd1 b5 36.Rge1 Re4
37.Rxe4 dxe4+ 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.Rd8 Nd5 40.Re8+ Kf6 41.Kg3 h5 42.h4 a5 43.Rb8 b4
44.Rb5 Ke6 45.c4 Ne3 46.b3 Nc2 47.Re5+ Kf6 48.Rxa5 Nd4 49.Ra6+ Kf7 50.Kf2  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Kazakouski,Valery"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.Be3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bd6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Qd4 Bb4 14.f4 Nf3 15.Qc4 O-O
16.e5 Ng4 17.Be2 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Nh4 19.Ne4 Rad8 20.Bg4 b5 21.Qc2 f5 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nxf6+ Kh8 25.Ne4 Re8 26.Ng5 Qxe3+ 27.Kb1 Ng6 28.Rf1 Qd2 29.Ne6 Nf8
30.f5 Qxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Nxe6 32.fxe6 Rf8 33.Rf3 Kg7 34.Rxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Aravindh,Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.a4 Be6
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.dxe5 Na5 12.Nd4 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Bd7 14.Nc3 Nxc3
15.bxc3 Be7 16.Qd3 O-O 17.Nxb5 Qb7 18.Nd4 c5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qxb3 21.Qd7 Bd8
22.e6 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Qd6 Kg8 25.Be3 d4 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Qxd4 Bf6 28.Qg4 Ra8
29.h4 Qd5 30.h5 Kf7 31.h6 gxh6 32.Bxh6 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Bxa1 34.Qa4 Bd4 35.Be3 Bxe3
36.fxe3 Qd2 37.Qe4 Qd1+ 38.Kf2 Qd2+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kg4 Kg7 41.Qe5+ Kg6 42.Qf5+ Kg7
43.e4 Qe2+ 44.Kh3 Qd3+ 45.Kh4 Qd4 46.Kh5 Qd6 47.Qg5+ Kh8 48.g3 Qd1+ 49.Qg4 Qc1
50.Qf4 Qc5+ 51.Qf5 Qe7 52.g4 Qe8+ 53.Kg5 Kg8 54.e5 Qd8+ 55.Kh5 Qd1 56.e6 Qh1+
57.Kg5 Qc1+ 58.Qf4 Qc5+ 59.Kh6 Qe7 60.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d4 Bb6
9.O-O Nxe4 10.f3 Nf6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf2 c5 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.dxc5 Ba5 15.b4 c6
16.bxa5 Ba6 17.Re1 Qxa5 18.Nd2 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qxc3 20.Nb3 Qxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8
22.Nd4 Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1 Bb7 24.Bg3 g5 25.Kf2 h5 26.Ke3 Ng8 27.h4 Kg6 28.hxg5 Kxg5
29.Bc7 Kg6 30.Bd8 Nh6 31.Kf4 Nf7 32.Be7 Nh6 33.a4 Nf7 34.a5 Nh6 35.Bd6 Nf7
36.Bb8 a6 37.Be5 Nd8 38.Bc7 Nf7 39.Nf5 Kf6 40.g4 hxg4 41.fxg4 Kg6 42.Bd6 Nd8
43.Be7 Ne6+ 44.Ke5 Bc8 45.Bh4 Kh7 46.Ne7 Bd7 47.Kd6 Nf8 48.g5 d4 49.g6+ Kg7
50.Bf2 Ne6 51.Kxd7 Nxc5+ 52.Kxc6 Nb3 53.Be1 Kh6 54.Kb6 d3 55.Kxa6 d2 56.Bxd2+ Nxd2
57.Kb5 Ne4 58.a6  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 g5 12.O-O Be7 13.Rd1 Nf8 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e4 Qxb3
16.axb3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Be3 Ne6 19.d5 cxd5 20.Rxd5 a6 21.Ra4 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8
23.Rc4 Kd7 24.Bxe4 b5 25.Rc1 Rxh3 26.Bc6+ Kd6 27.Be8 Rh4 28.Bxf7 Rxg4+ 29.Kf1 Bf6
30.Ra1 Ke7 31.Bg8 Rh4 32.Rxa6 Nf4 33.Kg1 Rg4+ 34.Kf1 Rh4 35.Kg1 Rg4+ 36.Kh2 Be5
37.Kh1 Bd4 38.Bxd4 Rh4+ 39.Kg1 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Nxd4 41.Rg6 Kf8 42.Bd5 g4 43.Rg5 Nf3
44.Rf5+ Ke7 45.Kg2 Kd6 46.Bxf3 gxf3+ 47.Kg3 Rb4 48.Rxf3 Ke5 49.Rc3 g5 50.Kf3 g4+
51.Kg3 Kf5 52.Re3 Kg5 53.Kg2 Kf4 54.Rc3 Rd4 55.Rc5 Rb4 56.Rc3 Rd4 57.Kf1 Rd2
58.Rc5 b4 59.Kg2 g3 60.Rc4+ Kf5 61.Kxg3 Rd3+ 62.Kg2 Rxb3 63.Rc2 Ke4 64.Rd2 Kf4
65.Kf1 Ke4 66.Ke2 Rh3 67.Kd1 b3 68.Ke2 Rh8 69.Rd3 Rb8 70.Kd2 Rb7 71.Re3+ Kd4
72.Rh3 Rf7 73.Rd3+ Kc4 74.Rc3+ Kb4 75.Ke2 Re7+ 76.Re3 Rf7 77.Re4+ Kb5 78.f4 Rh7
79.Kd3 Rh1 80.Re2 Rf1 81.Ke4 Kc4 82.f5 Kb4 83.Ke5 Kc4 84.f6 Kd3 85.Rg2 Rf3
86.Ke6 Re3+ 87.Kf5 Rf3+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Nihal,Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Nxc4 cxd4 8.O-O Bc5
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 a6 11.Rc1 Ba7 12.Ba3 Ne7 13.e3 Bd7 14.Nxd4 Nfd5 15.Qd2 Rc8
16.Nd6 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Qb8 18.e4 Nf6 19.Nxb7 Rc8 20.Nc5 Bb5 21.b4 Ng6 22.Bb2 Rd8
23.Qc3 h5 24.a4 Bxa4 25.Ndxe6 fxe6 26.Nxa4 Bd4 27.Qc4 Bxb2 28.Nxb2 Qb6 29.Na4 Qd6
30.Nc5 Qd2 31.Rf1 Rd4 32.Qxa6 Qxb4 33.Nxe6 Rd2 34.Qa8+ Nf8 35.e5 Nd7 36.Qe8 Qc4
37.Nxf8 Nxf8 38.Qxh5 Qd4 39.Qf5 g6 40.Qe4 Qc5 41.Bh3 Kg7 42.Qf4 Rd4 43.Qf6+ Kg8
44.e6 Re4 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Rd1 g5 47.Bf5 Re2 48.Qh5+ Kg7 49.Qxe2  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bb3 Qxd3 12.Nxe5 Qf5 13.Nef3 Rad8 14.Qe2 Qc8 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Bh2 Nf6 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Nh4 Bd6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Qc2 Na5 22.Ba4 c5
23.Rad1 a6 24.Qc1 b5 25.Bc2 Qc7 26.Nf1 Bxh2+ 27.Nxh2 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Nxe8
30.Ng4 Nf6 31.Ne3 Qd6 32.Bf3 Nc6 33.Qd1 Qxd1+ 34.Nxd1 Ne5 35.Bb7 a5 36.Ba6 b4
37.f4 Ned7 38.Kf2 Kf8 39.Kf3 Ke7 40.cxb4 cxb4 41.Ne3 Nc5 42.Bb5 Ne6 43.Bd3 a4
44.Nc2 Nd5 45.g3 Kd6 46.Bc4 Nec7 47.Ke4 Kc5 48.Kd3 f6 49.h4 Ne7 50.Nd4 Nf5
51.Nxf5 gxf5 52.Bf7 a3 53.bxa3 bxa3 54.Kc3 Nb5+ 55.Kb3 Nd4+ 56.Kxa3 Ne2 57.Kb3 Nxg3
58.Bg6 Ne2 59.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Duda,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb4 8.Qe4 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Re8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Qh4 exd4 13.exd4 Nbd5 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bd2 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bg4 17.a4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nd5 19.Qg4 Qf6 20.Rab1 Bf4 21.c4 Bxd2 22.cxd5 Rad8
23.dxc6 Rxd4 24.Be4 bxc6 25.Rb7 Rxa4 26.Bh7+ Kxh7 27.Qxa4 Qxf3 28.Qc2+ f5
29.Qxd2 Re6 30.Rc1 Rg6+ 31.Kf1 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Re6+ 33.Kd3 Rd6+ 34.Kc3 Qf3+ 35.Qe3 Qd5
36.Rg1 Qa5+ 37.Kb3 Qd5+ 38.Kb2 Rd7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.Ra1 c5 41.Qxc5 Qd2+ 42.Kb3 Qd3+
43.Kb4 Qd2+ 44.Ka4 Qf4+ 45.Ka5 Qd2+ 46.Ka6 Qd3+ 47.Kxa7 Qd7+ 48.Ka6 Qd3+
49.Ka5 Qd2+ 50.Ka4 Qf4+ 51.Ka3 Qf3+ 52.Qe3 Qa8+ 53.Kb2 Qb8+ 54.Kc2 Qxh2 55.Ra5 Qc7+
56.Qc5  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "10.29"]
[White "Ismagambetov,An"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 Nxe4 13.Bd5 exd4 14.Bxc6 dxe3 15.Bxe4 d5
16.Qxd5 exf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxd5 18.Bxd5 Rd8 19.Bb3 Be6 20.Nbd2 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Bxb3
22.Nxb3 Rd5 23.Re1 Kf8 24.Ne5 Rbd8 25.Nc6 R8d6 26.Nb4 Rf5+ 27.Kg1 c5 28.Nc2 Rfd5
29.Re2 h5 30.Ne1 c4 31.Na1 Rd2 32.Kf2 Rf6+ 33.Nf3 Rxe2+ 34.Kxe2 Ke7 35.Nc2 Kd6
36.Nd2 Re6+ 37.Kf3 Rf6+ 38.Ke3 Rg6 39.Ne4+ Ke5 40.Kf3 f5 41.Nc5 Rd6 42.Nb4 Rd2
43.Ncxa6 Kd6 44.Nb8 Rxb2 45.a6 Kc7 46.N8c6 g5 47.Nd4 g4+ 48.Kg3 Kb6 49.Nxf5 gxh3
50.gxh3 Rb1 51.Ne3 Kc5 52.Ned5 Ra1 53.Kh4 Kd6 54.Kxh5 Ke5 55.h4 Kd6 56.Kg5 Rg1+
57.Kh6  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "11.39"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Jumabayev,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Kh2 Rd8 15.Rxd8+ Bxd8
16.Rd1 Be7 17.g3 Bc8 18.h4 Rg6 19.f3 Bc5 20.Nge4 Be3 21.Ne2 Re6 22.Ng5 Re7
23.Rd3 Bb6 24.Nc3 Rd7 25.e6 fxe6 26.Rxd7 Bxd7 27.Nce4 Bd4 28.c3 e5 29.Bd2 Bb6
30.b3 Ne3 31.Bc1 Bf5 32.Ba3 a5 33.Bc1 a4 34.Ba3 Nc2 35.Bc1 axb3 36.axb3 Ne3
37.Ba3 Nc2 38.Bc1 Na1 39.b4 Nc2 40.Bd2 Ne3 41.Bc1 Nc4 42.Kg2 Ne3+ 43.Kf2 Nd5+
44.Ke2 Nf6 45.Kd3 Bg1 46.Ke2 Kd7 47.Bd2 Nxe4 48.Nxe4 Ke6 49.Nc5+ Bxc5 50.bxc5 Kd5
51.Be3 Kc4 52.Kd2 g6 53.f4 e4 54.Bd4 Kb5 55.Ke3 b6 56.Kd2 Bg4 57.Ke3 Bf3
58.Kd2 Bh1 59.Be3 Bg2 60.Bd4 Bf1 61.Ke3 Bd3 62.Kd2 Bc4 63.Be3 Be6 64.Bd4 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "12.40"]
[White "Bluebaum,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.a5 Qe7 11.Qc2 e4 12.Ng5 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 Qxg5 15.Qxe4 Qh4
16.Qf4 Ndf6 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.fxg3 Be6 19.Bd3 Rad8 20.a6 b5 21.Bd2 Nh5 22.Ne2 Ne5
23.Bc2 Nc4 24.Bc1 Bg4 25.Re1 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Nxg3 27.Re1 f5 28.b3 Nb6 29.Ba3 Rf7
30.Rac1 Nd5 31.Bd3 b4 32.Bb2 Rd6 33.Rc4 Rh6 34.Kf2 Ne4+ 35.Kg1 Nd2 36.Rc2 Nxb3
37.e4 fxe4 38.Bxe4 Rd7 39.Bf5 Re7 40.Rxe7 Nxe7 41.Bd3 Nd5 42.Bc4 Na5 43.Bxd5+ cxd5
44.Rc8+ Kf7 45.Rc7+ Kg6 46.Rxa7 Kf5 47.Bc1 Rb6 48.Bd2 b3 49.Rf7+ Kg6 50.a7 Ra6
51.Rf8 Rxa7 52.Bxa5 Rxa5 53.Rb8 Ra4 54.Rxb3 Rxd4 55.Rb6+ Kf5 56.Rb7 Rg4 57.Kf2 h5
58.Re7 g6 59.Kf3 Re4 60.Rf7+ Ke6 61.Rg7 Kf6 62.Rd7 Re5 63.Rd6+ Kf5 64.Rd8 h4
65.Rf8+ Kg5 66.Rd8 Rf5+  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "13.28"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sadhwani,Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.Bg5 e5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 O-O-O 11.Bd3 exd4 12.Bxf5 dxc3 13.bxc3 Kb8 14.O-O Ne5 15.Qe2 h5
16.Rab1 h4 17.Rb2 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Rd5 19.Be4 Rc5 20.Qd3 Bd6 21.Rfb1 Rd8 22.Kf1 Rd7
23.Bf5 Rd5 24.Qe4 Re7 25.Rxb7+ Qxb7 26.Qg4 Qxb1+ 27.Bxb1 Kc7 28.Ke2 Bxh2
29.Qxh4 Be5 30.c4 Rd8 31.Bf5 Bc3 32.Qf4+ Re5 33.Bd3 Kb6 34.Qh4 Ka5 35.Qh7 Re7
36.Qh5+ Kb4 37.a5 Red7 38.Be4 Rc7 39.Bxc6 Rd2+ 40.Kf3 Ka3 41.Qb5 Re7 42.Bd5 Rb2
43.Qc5+ Bb4 44.Qd4 Be1 45.c5 Rxf2+ 46.Kg4 Bd2 47.c6 Re5 48.c7 Rg5+ 49.Kh4 Be1
50.Qa1+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "14.23"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.b4 Bb6 11.b5 Na5 12.Rxe5 Nxc4 13.Rxh5 Nf6 14.Rh4 Nd6 15.d4 a6
16.bxa6 Rxa6 17.Qd3 Re8 18.Nbd2 c5 19.Bb2 h6 20.c4 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Qc7
23.Rd1 Nc8 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Re6 27.Qh4 Nd6 28.Nd4 Rf6 29.Rc1 Nf5
30.Nxf5 Rxf5 31.Rd1 Rf4 32.Qd8+ Qxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kh7 34.Rc8 Rd4 35.Rc7 b6 36.g4 f6
37.Kg2 Rd2 38.Rc6 Rxa2 39.Rxb6 Rc2 40.Rc6 h5 41.gxh5 Kh6 42.Rc5 Rc3 43.f3 f5
44.Kg3 Kg5 45.h4+ Kh6 46.Kf4 Kxh5 47.Kxf5 Kxh4 48.f4 Kh5 49.Rc8 g6+ 50.Ke5 Re3+
51.Kd4 Rf3 52.Ke4 Rf1 53.c5 Kg4 54.Rf8 Re1+ 55.Kd5 Rd1+ 56.Ke5 Re1+ 57.Kd6 Rd1+
58.Kc7 Kf3 59.f5  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "15.30"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Paravyan,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Qb3 exd4 12.e5 Ne8 13.Na3 d6 14.Nc4 Qd8 15.Bxe8 Rxe8
16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.exd6 Rxe1+ 18.Kh2 Be5+ 19.g3 Bf5 20.Bf4 Rxa1 21.Bxe5 Be4
22.f3 Bc6 23.Qd3 Re8 24.Bxd4 Ree1 25.g4 Rad1 26.Qc3 Re2+ 27.Kg3 g5 28.Qa5 Rxd4
29.Qxg5+ Kf8 30.Qf6 Rxd6 31.Qxd6+ Kg8 32.h4 a6 33.h5 Re6 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qg5+ Kf8
36.h6 Rg6 37.Qd8+ Be8 38.g5 f6 39.Qd6+ Kg8 40.Qe7 Rxg5+ 41.Kf2 Bc6 42.Qe6+  1-0
