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

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

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

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Janis Klovans"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 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 "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "izt Manila 49/694 Lanka,Z"]
[Site "izt Manila 49/694 Lanka,Z"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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

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

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

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Luxembourg"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yacov Murey"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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.Nb5 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rd2 42.Nxd6 Rxd5 43.Re8+ Kg7 44.Ne4 a5
45.Kg3 Ng6 46.Ra8 Ne7 47.Kf3 Rb5 48.Nd6 Rb3+ 49.Ke4 Rb4+
50.Ke5 Rb1 51.Nc4 Rb4 1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen, NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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

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

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

[Event "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Site "Madrid, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "04"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jorge Magem Badals"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Amber-rapid"]
[Site "Amber-rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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.Rf5
1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "it Madrid ESP"]
[Site "it Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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

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

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

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 1/2-1/2

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

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

