Shirov visita Buenos Aires. Otro Mago de Riga? Shirov visit Buenos Aires. Another Wizard of Riga?

Teacher of Chess: Mariano Victor Piñeyro.

Alexei Shirov nació el mismo día en que dio comienzo el match Fischer – Spassky, el 4 de julio de 1972, y lo hizo en Riga (Letonia) la ciudad Mikhail Tahl. Comenzó a jugar en torneo a los siete y una victoria suya con once llamó la atención de Tahl. Con 14 años era el tercer jugador letón y con 18 Gran Maestro. Pronto entró en el “Top Ten” mundial y, al igual que Tahl, comenzó a tener admiradores por su estilo combinativo. En 1998 quedó 2º en Linares, tras Anand pero por delante de Kasparov. Era el 7º del mundo. Meses después derrotó 6-4 a Kramnik en la final del candidatos de la PCA pero, increíblemente, Kasparov no disputó el título mundial con él sino con el derrotado Kramnik. La historia lo recuerda como “el timo de Cazorla”. En el 2000 disputó el título mundial FIDE a Anand en Teherán siendo derrotado. Recientemente ha perdido la Copa del Mundo ante Gata Kamsky. Alexei se nacionalizó español en 1996 y quedó Campeón de España en 2002, único año en que lo disputó. En los torneos ha tenido altibajos, algo acorde a su arriesgado estilo. Su elo acaba de alcanzar el récord de 2751 puntos que le han devuelto al 3º puesto mundial.

Alexei Shirov was born the same day that started the match Fischer - Spassky, the July 4, 1972, and did so in Riga (Latvia) town Mikhail Tahl. He began playing in the tournament at seven and eleven their victory caught the attention of Tahl. With 14 years was the third player Latvian and 18 Grand Master. Soon entered the "Top Ten" world, like Tahl, began to have fans for their combinative style. In 1998 finished 2nd in Linares, after Anand but ahead of Kasparov. It was the 7th in the world. Months after Kramnik defeated 6-4 in the final PCA candidates but, incredibly, Kasparov did not dispute the title with him but with Kramnik defeated. History remembers him as "the scam of Cazorla." In 2000 FIDE world championship played at being defeated Anand in Tehran. He recently lost the World Cup to Gata Kamsky. Alexei was nationalized in 1996 and became Spanish Champion of Spain in 2002, one year you played. In tournaments has been up and down, something commensurate to his risky style. His elo just reached the record of 2751 points that you have returned to the 3rd place worldwide.

Nunca pudo vencer al más grande Kasparov, pese a sus 31 partidas disputadas. Hoy día cuenta con 2698 puntos ELO.

Never could beat to Kasparov, after his 31 games played. Today has 2698 points ELO.

Esta de visita uno de los mas grandes tácticos de la historia. Buenos Aires se llena de orgullo. Además de sorprender a San Luís. Perder ante el GM Diego Flores. Vuelve unos días a Av. De Mayo 575 a mostrarnos lo que mejor sabe hacer.

This visit one of the greatest tactics in history. Buenos Aires is filled with pride. In addition to surprise St. Louis. GM losing to Diego Flores. Back a few days to Mayo Avenue 575 to show us what you do best

Shirov sin lugar a dudas, en un torneo categoría 13 de ELO, dará exhibición jugando muy relajado y paciente. Ya al comenzar dicho torneo venció a Flores, tomándose revancha de lo sucedido en San Luís.

Shirov certainly in a category 13 tournament ELO, will display playing very relaxed and patient. Since the beginning of that tournament defeated Flores, taking revenge for what happened in St. Louis.

Aquí la pagina para seguir este evento: http://www.magistralajedrezbsas.com/. Arbitra el AI Leandro Plotinsky.

Here the page to follow this event: http://www.magistralajedrezbsas.com/. Referee AI Plotinsky Leandro.

Luego el sábado 2 de junio a las 15hs, Shirov estará en un torneo Blitz a 4 minutos más 2 segundos por partida. En el Parque Sarmiento, Balbín 4750, Saavedra.

Then on Saturday 2 June at 15hs, Shirov will be in a Blitz tournament at 4 minutes 2 seconds per game. In the Parque Sarmiento, Balbin 4750, Saavedra.

Veremos su victoria frente a Flores y sus mejores partidas. Fotos y videos.

No hay mucho que opinar de un grande. Vino de vacaciones a divertirse un rato. A mostrar su ajedrez.

We will see his victory over Flores and his best games. Photos and videos.

Not much to say of a great. For him is a holiday fun for a while. To show their chess.

Cualquier crítica u opinión, envíenlo a mi mail: marianovictorpineyro@hotmail.com. Hasta la próxima...

Any criticism or review, send it to my mail: marianovictorpineyro@hotmail.com. Until next time ...

El sistema de anotación es algebraico en ingles: N es caballo, B alfil, Q dama, R torre, K rey.

The system of annotation is algebraic in English: N is Knight, B Bishop, Q Queen, R Rook, K King.

Flores,Diego (2604) - Shirov,Alexei (2698) [A00]
Magistral Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1.4), 28.05.2012

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 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 a1Q+ 44.Kg6 Kf8 45.Nf5 Re1 0-1

Saksis,Y - Shirov,Alexei [B99]
Riga Riga, 1985

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 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

Shirov,Alexei - Kamsky,Gata [C69]
SochiJ-B Sochi, 1986

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Be3 b6 11.Nc3 0-0-0 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.b8Q+ Kf7 39.Qc7+ 1-0

Shirov,Alexei (2450) - Anand,Viswanathan (2525) [D79]
GMA-Open Moscow (1), 1989

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 0-0 9.0-0 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

Shirov,Alexei (2610) - Adams,Michael (2615) [E20]
Biel Biel (11), 1991

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 11.0-0 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

Shirov,Alexei (2610) - Polgar,Judit (2550) [E94]
Brno Morava-A Brno (8), 1991

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 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

Kortschnoj,Viktor (2575) - Shirov,Alexei (2710) [A13]
Biel Biel (2), 1992

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 11.0-0 0-0 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

Ivanchuk,Vassily (2720) - Shirov,Alexei (2655) [B22]
Dortmund Dortmund (9), 1992

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.Qa4 Bh5 11.Qh4 Bg6 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 0-0 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

Shirov,Alexei (2710) - Gelfand,Boris (2685) [B90]
Paris Immopar rapid Paris (1), 1992

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 0-0 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.0-0-0 Qb6 16.g3 a4 17.Bh3 e5 18.Bg5 a3 19.b3 Kh8 20.Rhf1 Qb4 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.bxc4 Ra4 23.Be6 Rb4 24.Rd3 h6 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Rff3 Re8 27.Bf7 Rf8 28.Bd5 Bg5+ 29.Kd1 Rb1+ 30.Ke2 Rc8 31.Rxa3 Rc1 32.Rfc3 Rh1 33.h4 Rh2+ 34.Kd1 Bd2 35.Rf3 b5 36.cxb5 Bb4 37.Ra8 Rd2+ 38.Kc1 Rdxc2+ 39.Kb1 Rxa8 40.Kxc2 Rb8 41.a4 g5 42.h5 Rc8+ 43.Kb3 Ba5 44.Bc6 Kg7 45.Kc4 g4 46.Rd3 Rd8 47.Kd5 Kf6 48.Bb7 Rd7 49.Bc6 Rd8 50.Bb7 Kg5 51.Kc6 Kxh5 52.b6 Kg5 53.Kb5 Be1 54.a5 h5 55.a6 Bxg3 56.a7 Bf2 57.a8Q Rxa8 58.Bxa8 h4 59.Bc6 h3 60.b7 Ba7 61.Bd7 h2 1-0

Shirov,Alexei (2670) - Panno,Oscar (2495) [B36]
Buenos Aires Najdorf Buenos Aires (3), 1993

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 0-0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.0-0 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

Zarnicki,Pablo (2470) - Shirov,Alexei (2670) [B52]
Buenos Aires Najdorf Buenos Aires (7), 1993

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 0-0 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

Shirov,Alexei (2670) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2685) [D20]
Linares Linares (1), 1993

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 0-0 14.0-0 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

Ljubojevic,Ljubomir (2605) - Shirov,Alexei (2670) [A21]
Moscow blitz Moscow, 1993

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.d3 0-0 7.Rb1 Nd7 8.Nf3 Rb8 9.e4 f5 10.exf5 Nf6 11.Ng5 Bxf5 12.0-0 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

Shirov,A (2722) - Miezis,N (2546) [B43]
XX Keres Mem Rapid Tallinn EST (4), 09.01.2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.0-0 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

Shirov,A (2722) - Carlsen,M (2814) [C45]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 16.01.2011

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 0-0-0 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

Nakamura,Hi (2751) - Shirov,A (2722) [C78]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 17.01.2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 0-0 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

Aronian,L (2805) - Shirov,A (2722) [D52]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (9), 25.01.2011

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 0-0 14.0-0 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 Rcf8 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

Shirov,A (2722) - Giri,A (2686) [C42]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (11), 28.01.2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.h4 h6 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bb3 Bf6 14.Qe2 0-0-0 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

Ponomariov,R (2744) - Shirov,A (2722) [D16]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 29.01.2011

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 0-0 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

Anand,V (2817) - Shirov,A (2709) [D43]
24th Leon Masters Leon ESP (2), 03.06.2011

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 20.0-0 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

Anand,V (2817) - Shirov,A (2709) [D43]
24th Leon Masters Leon ESP (6), 05.06.2011

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 17.0-0 c5 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Be4 0-0 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

 Shirov,A (2714) - Morozevich,A (2694) [C11]
Biel ACCENTUS GM Biel SUI (1), 18.07.2011

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 0-0 22.Rc8 Bb7 23.Rb8 Bc6 24.Rc8 Bb7 1/2-1/2

 Shirov,A (2713) - Vitiugov,N (2726) [C11]
27th ECC Rogaska Slatina SLO (6.1), 30.09.2011

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 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

 Shirov,A (2713) - Morozevich,A (2737) [C11]
Governor's Cup Saratov RUS (6), 13.10.2011

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 0-0 10.0-0 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

 Shirov,A (2705) - Fressinet,L (2700) [C67]
18th European Teams Porto Carras GRE (9.6), 11.11.2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 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 0-0-0 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

 Shirov,A (2705) - Mista,A (2587) [B33]
European Rapid 2011 Warsaw POL (5), 17.12.2011

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 0-0 13.g3 a5 14.Bg2 Be6 15.h4 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Nb8 17.Ne3 Na6 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.0-0 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

 Shirov,A (2705) - Jobava,Ba (2678) [B65]
European Rapid 2011 Warsaw POL (7), 17.12.2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 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

Gajewski,G (2616) - Shirov,A (2705) [D45]
European Rapid 2011 Warsaw POL (12), 18.12.2011

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 11.0-0 0-0 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