[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 "Biel 52/211"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[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 "Gausdal Arnold Cup"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Dortmund Dautov"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1992.04.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

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

[Event "Linares 57/417 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1993.02.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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

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

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

[Event "Linares 57/382 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1993.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Linares 57/8 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1993.03.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[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 "Novgorod"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

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

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

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

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.08.15"]
[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 "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 "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1995.07.28"]
[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 "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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

[Event "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 "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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.Qe2
Nf6 8.Nc3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bf4 Nc6
13.O-O Ndxe5 14.Rae1 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 O-O 17.Qg3 Kh8
18.Bc7 Qa7 19.Na4 f6 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Bc7 Qa7 22.Nb6 e5 23.Nxa8
Qxa8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Bd6 Bd8 26.Nc5 b6 27.Ne4 Nd4 28.Bxe5 Nf5
29.Qg4 Ne3 30.Qh5 Rg8 31.Qf3 Nxd1 32.Nd6 Qa7 33.Nxc8 Qd7
34.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.h4 Bd7
13.Bd3 h6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bc6 16.Qe3 Rxd3 17.Rxd3 hxg5
18.hxg5 Bxg2 19.gxf6 Bxh1 20.Qg1 1-0

[Event "It, Monaco"]
[Site "It, Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. a3
Ng4 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. b3 b5 15. h3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rxb1 17. Ncxb1
Qb6 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. e4 Bd7 20. Nd1 Rb8 21. f4 Ba4 22. Qxa4 Nd3
23. Nf3 Nxe1 24. Nxe1 Qb1 25. Qxa5 Qxc1 26. Bf3 Bd4+ 27. Kh2
Rb3 28. h4 Rxa3 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. e5 Qd2+ 31. Ng2 Rxf3 32. Qxe7
dxe5 33. h5 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3
c6 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5 16.Qf3 Kh8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g6 19.Ne3
g5 20.Bg3 dxe4 21.dxe4 c5 22.Bxf7 Bxe4 23.Qe2 Re7 24.Bh5 Nxh5
25.Qxh5 Bg7 26.Neg4 Bxc2 27.Nxh6 Qe8 28.Qxg5 Re6 29.Nf5 Bf6
30.Qg4 Qg8 31.Ne3 Bh7 32.Rad1 Ra7 33.Qe2 c4 34.Neg4 Bg7 35.Nf3
Bd3 36.Qe3 Ra8 37.Ngxe5 Rae8 38.Qd4 Nxe5 39.Bxe5 Bxe5 40.Rxe5
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bh3 Ra8
17. Rhe1 a5 18. a4 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Bf8 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Re2 Ne8 24. f5 Nc7 25. f6 g6 26. Bd7 Rd8
27. Be6 Re8 28. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nf1 Nh5
12. Bb5 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. N1d2 Rg8 15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3
O-O-O 17. a4 Nb8 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bc4 a6 20. h3 Be6 21. g4 Nd7
22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. d4 Nb8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. O-O-O Qe8 26. Nxe5
Qa4 27. Rhf1 Rge8 28. c4 Rd4 29. Kb1 Red8 30. Rf3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (5"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4
b5 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. Nb3 a5 9. Bg5 a4 10. Nd2 a3 11. bxa3 Rxa3
12. Qc2 e6 13. e3 Bb4 14. Ncb1 Ra8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. O-O O-O 18. a3 e5 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Qb2 Be7 21. Nbd2 Ra7
22. Bc2 Rfa8 23. Bb3 Qf5 24. Ng3 Qd3 25. a4 exd4 26. exd4 c5
27. Rad1 bxa4 28. Bxa4 Bxg2 29. Bxd7 Bxf1 30. Bf5 Qb5 31. Qc2
Be2 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Qe4 Bd3 34. Qf3 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Bf8 36. Kg2
cxd4 37. Ne4 Qb6 38. Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Nb6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Qf2 Nfd7
12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. f6 gxf6 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rd3 h5
17. Na5 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4
Nc4 13. Kb1 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Rd3 b5 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh5
18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Bc1 Be6 20. Qe1 Be7 21. Bf3 Bd8 22. Bg4 a5
23. Qd1 g6 24. Rf1 a4 25. Nd2 Bxg5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc4 bxc4
28. Qg4 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qd7 30. Qxg5 Qe6 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Bc3 Rf8
33. Rfd1 Qf6 34. Qd2 Ng3 35. Qe3 Qf4 36. Qa7 Rd8 37. Bxe5 Qxe4
38. Bxg3 Qxd5 39. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. h4 h5 8. g5 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. b4 Nxe5 11. Nd4 a5 12. Bf4
N5c6 13. Ndb5 axb4 14. Bc7 bxc3 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Bxd8 Nxd8
17. Qd4 Nec6 18. Qxc3 b6 19. Bh3 bxc5 20. Nb5 Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 Kc7 23. Rb1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Rhe1
Nd5 12. Ne5 f5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc5 Bg5 15. f4 Bf6 16. h3 Qd6
17. Ncd3 b6 18. g4 c5 19. g5 Bd8 20. Qg2 Rb8 21. g6 c4 22. Nb4
Bb7 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. Qf3 Bf6 26. Nd7 Rbd8
27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nxd5 Kh8 29. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nce2 Na5 12.Ng3 b5
13.b3 Bb7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.h4 Nc6 16.Nge2 Qe7 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Nd4
Rc7 19.Bd3 Bb4 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.f5 Bc3 22.f6 gxf6 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7
24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qg4+ Kh7 26.Bg5 Rh8 27.Bxf6 Qf8 28.Qh5+ Qh6
29.Qxh6+ Kxh6 30.Bxh8 Ne4 31.Rhf1 Nd2+ 32.Rxd2 Bxd2 33.Bf6 Be3
34.Rd1 Kh5 35.Rd3 Bf2 36.Kc1 b4 37.Kd1 Rc3 38.Rxc3 bxc3 39.Ke2
Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 a6 8.c4 f5 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5
13.h4 b5 14.d6 Nc6 15.d7 Bb7 16.Qd6 e4 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Ng5 Nd4
19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Rh3 f4 21.Kb1 b4 22.Be2 f3 23.gxf3 Nxe2 24.Qxc5
Nf4 25.Qf5 Ng6 26.h5 Qxe7 27.hxg6 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3
h6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Qg3 Rc8 11.f4 Nb4 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Nfd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Qg5 17.Rhe1 Bc5
18.Be4 Rc7 19.Kb1 Qxe5 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Qb3 O-O 22.g4 Qf4 23.Ne5
Bc8 24.h4 Be7 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Bxg5 27.Qb6 Re7 28.Qb4 g6
29.Qd6 Ree8 30.Qc7 Bf6 31.Bd3 Rd8 32.a3 Rd5 33.Bxg6 Bxe5
34.Bh7+ Kg7 35.Rg1+ Kf6 36.Qb6 Rb5 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O
12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh6 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 20. Bh6 Qh8 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qe5 24. Rf4 Nc5 25. Raf1 Nxd3 26. fxg6
fxg6 27. Rf7 Nc5 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rff7 Ne6 30. Rxg6 d3 31. Rg4
Rg8 32. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bh6+
17. Kb1 Bf4 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Bh3 Kd8 20. Bb4 Qxf6 21. Qc4 Rg5
22. Rd6 Qg7 23. f6 Rg1+ 24. Bf1 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Ba2
c5 13. d4 d6 14. b4 exd4 15. bxa5 dxc3 16. Nf1 Nxe4 17. axb5
axb5 18. a6 Bc6 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8
22. Nxe4 Qc8 23. Nxc3 Rxa6 24. Rb1 b4 25. Nd5 Ra7 26. Rb3 Ra1
27. h3 Re5 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. Rf3 c4 30. Kh2 b3 31. Qd2 d5
32. Ne3 Bd6 33. g3 Qc6 34. Ng4 d4 35. Qxd4 Re4 36. Qxa1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8
12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8
17. Qxg6 Qb4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. O-O N7b6 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nf6 Qb4
22. Qg6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Bd7 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Qf7 Re8 26. Bh3
Bd6 27. Bxe6 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rf8 30. Qg7 Nxd7 31. f7
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[EventDate "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O-O
Re8 12. Rhe1 a6 13. g4 h6 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Nde4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nb8 19. f4 Bc6 20. h4 Nd7 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nc5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. c3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 c6 26. Bf3
Re7 27. Re2 Rce8 28. Rde1 d5 29. Bc5 Nxc5 30. Rxe7 Rxe7
31. Rxe7 Bf8 32. Re8 Nxd3+ 33. Kc2 Nxf4 34. Bg4 Ne6 35. Bxe6
fxe6 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Ng3
Nd7 18. f4 Be7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qf2 Na8 21. g5 Nc7 22. Nh5 Nb5
23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nxg7+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. f5 Ke8 27. fxe6
1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6
12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 Qb2
17. Be2 Qb6 18. c4 d4 19. Bf3 a5 20. O-O d3+ 21. Kh1 Qd4
22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Qxd3 g6 24. Nd6 Nb6 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. Rb5 Qc7
27. Qd4 Nd7 28. f5 gxf5 29. Nxf5+ exf5 30. e6+ Ne5 31. Rxe5 f6
32. Rxf5 Rf8 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Rh5 Kh8 35. Be4 Bxe6 36. Rxh7+
Qxh7 37. Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "European Clubs Cup (Men)"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. Ne2
Ne6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Qd2 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 d5 21. Qe5 c4 22. Ba2 Qc6
23. exd5 exd5 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rae8 26. Rb6 Bc8 27. Rf1
Kg7 28. Rd6 h5 29. Bb1 h4 30. Nh1 Re2 31. dxc4 dxc4 32. c3
Rxb2 33. Nf2 Bb7 34. Rb6 Rf7 35. a4 Nd5 36. Rxg6+ Kf8 37. Be4
Nf4 38. Bxb7 Nxg6 39. Bxa6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2
Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qe2 f6 11. Qe4 Kf7
12. Nc3 e5 13. O-O-O Be7 14. d3 Be6 15. g3 Rad8 16. Rhf1 Bh3
17. Rg1 Bg4 18. Rde1 Qe6 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. Qg2 Rhd8 21. f3 Bh3
22. Qf2 Bf5 23. Nce4 Qd7 24. Nc4 Be6 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Bxc4
27. dxc4 Nf4 28. Qf3 a5 29. a4 Qb7 30. g5 Rb8 31. gxf6 gxf6
32. Rg4 Nd3+ 33. cxd3 Qxb3 34. Qg2 Bf8 35. Rg6 Qxd3 36. Rxf6+
Ke7 37. Bxd4 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be3 b6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ng3 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 b5
13. Qc2 Bxg5 14. hxg5 b4 15. Be2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Kf2 Re8
18. Nh5 Ne7 19. g4 Rb5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. exf6
Ng6 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 e5 25. Rh6 e4 26. Rah1 Re6 27. Bh5
Rxf6+ 28. gxf6 Qxf6+ 29. Ke1 Be6 30. Bxg6 Qf3 31. Kd2 Bg4
32. Bh7+ Kg7 33. R6h2 f5 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Qa4 Rb2+ 36. Kc1
Rxh2 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38. Rxh2 Bh3 39. Qb6+ Kh5 40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 e5 12. h5
Nf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f3
Nf6 18. Rh2 Nh7 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Rdh1 Nf8 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. g3 Rh8 25. f4 Rae8 26. f5 Ng5 27. g4 Rh7
28. Ng1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kf8 30. Ng6+ fxg6 31. Rxh7 Nxh7 32. Rxh7
Re7 33. Qh6+ Rg7 34. Nf3 Be8 35. Ng5 Bf7 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Nh7
Rxh7 38. Qf8+ Kd7 39. Qc8+ Kd6 40. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8
17. Bf1 Bb4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Qf4 Rbd8 21. Rab1
Qa3 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qxa2 26. Qe3
Rb8 27. Nd2 c5 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rxa6 cxd4 30. Qe2 d3 31. Qe3
Ne5 32. Qxe5 Qxd2 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 d2 35. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 c5 16.dxc5 Rc8 17.Rec3 b4
18.R3c2 Bf5 19.c6 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Qa5 21.Nf3 Rfd8 22.Nd4 g6 23.e6
Bf6 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.h4 Qb6 26.Rd2 Rd6 27.Nf5 Rdxc6 28.Bxd5+
Kf8 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.Ne3 Bxh4 31.Qf3+ Rf6 32.Qa8+ Kg7 33.Qe4 b3
34.axb3 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg2 Kf8
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bg3 Nge7 14. Nf4 Bd4 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Nd3 Bxd3
17. cxd3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc3+
21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Kd2 Ra3 24. Rc1 Rxa2+ 25. Ke3
d4+ 26. Kf4 Rh7 27. Rcc7 Nd5+ 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. f3 a5 30. h5
gxh5 31. g5 Rg2 32. Kf5 Re2 33. Rc8+ Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8
35. Kf6 h4 36. g6 Rh6 37. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 d6 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Qa5
12. O-O Bc5 13. Qf2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O 15. h3 Re8 16. Bb3 Be6
17. Na4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Rf3 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Nd3 Qc7
22. Raf1 Rd4 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Nf2 h5 25. Qh6 Re6 26. Qxh5 Kf8
27. c3 Rd7 28. Ng4 Ke7 29. Kh2 Qb6 30. Qh8 Qxb3 31. Nxf6 Rd8
32. Qg7 Qxb2 33. Ng8+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7
Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.Qh5 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7
18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Nc2 Be5 23.Be2
d4 24.Bc4 Rg8 25.Qh3 Rg7 26.g3 Rbg8 27.Qh6 Qc7 28.Nb4 Ba8
29.Nd5 Qd8 30.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7
12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bb4+
17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Rd6 Qxe5 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. O-O Qh5
22. Qf4 Nde5 23. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8
12. b3 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxc5 19. Rcd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2
Ne6 22. Rd2 d4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 f5
17. Qh3 c4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Nxf5
Bxf4 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Nc6+ Nxc3 25. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O
7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Bg4 12. axb5
Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Nb6 15. Be2 Nc7 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2
d5 18. O-O Qf6 19. f5 Rae8 20. Rxa7 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf2
Qe5 23. g4 Rg6 24. Qg2 Rgf6 25. Bf4 Qd4+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+
27. Kxf2 d4 28. Ne4 R6f7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Ra1 h6 31. Be5 d3
32. Bd4 Rb7 33. h4 Bf8 34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Rxc4 Rxb5 36. Rc8 Kf7
37. g5 Ne7 38. Nd6+ 1-0

