[Event "Cup European Club (final)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Henrik Teske"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5
Nec6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.c4 dxc4 10.Na3 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc4 O-O
13.Qc1 Qe7 14.Qe3 Rad8 15.Nd6 b6 16.Bb5 Nb4 17.Nd4 Bd3 18.Bxd3
Ncxd3 19.f4 f6 20.a3 fxe5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Qxe5 Qxd6 23.Rxf8+
Kxf8 24.Nxe6+ Ke7 25.Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1996.12.27"]
[EventDate "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 b5 7.c3
c5 8.Nc2 Ne7 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8+ Bxa8 12.d4 cxd4
13.cxd4 Bxe4 14.Nxe5 f6 15.Nd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c6 17.Bd2 Nd5
18.Ra1 Be7 19.Ra8+ Bd8 20.Qb3 O-O 21.Bb4 Qf4 22.g3 Qc1+ 23.Kg2
Be7 24.Ra1 Qxa1 25.Nxa1 Bxb4 26.Nc2 Be7 27.Ne3 Rd8 28.Qc2
Nxe3+ 29.fxe3 Rd6 30.Qe4 Bf8 31.g4 g6 32.Qe8 Kg7 33.h4 c5
34.dxc5 Rd2+ 35.Kf3 Bxc5 36.g5 Rd5 37.gxf6 Kxf6 38.Qc6+ Ke5
39.e4 Rd3+ 40.Ke2 Re3+ 41.Kd2 Kd4 42.Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Ba7 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bd6 20. Qd4 Bc7 21. Qc5 Qc8
22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. g3 Be5 25. c3 Rc8 26. Qe7 b4
27. Qxb4 Qc7 28. Qb7 Na3+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Rd2
Rd8 32. Red1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o NED"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 a6
8.Bg2 g5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne5 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.f4
gxf4 14.Nce2 Be7 15.Nxf4 O-O-O 16.Kb1 Kb8 17.Rhf1 Bc8 18.Nde2
Rh7 19.Ng3 b6 20.Ngh5 Nfd7 21.Nd3 Bb7 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Nf6 Rg7
24.Qxh6 Rg6 25.Qh4 Rc8 26.Rd2 Ka7 27.g5 Qc5 28.Qf4 a5 29.Rfd1
a4 30.Bf1 a3 31.Ba1 Nc6 32.h4 Bxf6 33.gxf6 Ne5 34.Be2 Rg2
35.h5 Qc6 36.Bxe5 dxe5 37.Qxe5 Rg5 38.Qd4 Qxe4 39.Qxe4 Bxe4
40.Kc1 Rf5 41.Rf1 Rd5 42.Bd1 b5 43.Rf4 Rxd2 44.Kxd2 Rd8+
45.Kc1 Bf5 46.Rb4 Kb6 47.Be2 Kc5 48.Rxb5+ Kd4 49.Ra5 Ke3
50.Bd1 Kf4 51.Ra7 Rf8 52.Rxa3 e5 53.b4 e4 54.b5 e3 55.b6 Be4
56.Ra4 Ke5 57.Ra7 Kf4 58.a4 Rg8 59.Rxf7 Rg1 60.Rg7 Rf1 61.f7
Ke5 62.Kb2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 b5 16. g4 Rxc3
17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 O-O 21. c4
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8+ 23. Bb3 Bxa3 24. Rhe1 f6 25. Re4 Bc5
26. Ra4 Nc7 27. Kb2 Kh7 28. Be1 Bd5 29. Rd3 Bc6 30. Rc4 Ne6
31. Bf2 Bb5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxd3 34. cxd3 h5 35. Kc3
Rc8 36. Kb4 Rb8+ 37. Ka4 Kg6 38. Be6 Rh8 39. Bf2 Kh6 40. Ka5
hxg4 41. fxg4 g6 42. g5+ Kg7 43. Kxa6 Rd8 44. Bc4 f5 45. Kb7
e4 46. d4 f4 47. d5 e3 48. Be1 f3 49. Kc7 Rf8 50. d6 Rf4
51. Bc3+ Kh7 52. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5
O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nc4 Bb4 11. c3 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Bc5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Re1 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nd6 16. Nxf5
Nexf5 17. Ba4 g6 18. Re2 b5 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe2
21. Rxe2 a5 22. Re5 b4 23. Rc5 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb5 25. Rc4 Rd8
26. Kf1 Ne7 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rxc7 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nb4 30. Bb3 Nd3
31. Rxa5 Nxb2 32. Rd5 Rb8 33. Nd2 Rb6 34. Ke2 Ra6 35. Rd4 Nb7
36. Ne4 Rb6 37. Bd5 Kg7 38. Kd2 Nd6 39. Nc3 Nf5 40. Rf4 Kf6
41. a5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[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 "Shirov - Kramnik WCC Candidates Match"]
[Site "Cazorla ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 cxd5 12.exd5 N8d7 13.d6
Nf6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Nh3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.b3 Ba6
19.Nd5 e4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.d7 Qb6 22.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23.Qe3 Bxg5
24.Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25.Kd2 axb6 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Kc2 Rg4 28.Rd2 Be7
29.Rg1 Kg7 30.Nf2 Rf4 31.Nd3 Re4 32.Rgd1 Bb5 33.a4 Bc6 34.Re1
Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bb4 36.Re2 Bxe1 37.Rxe1 Bxg2 38.Kd2 h4 39.Ke3 Bd5
40.b4 h3 41.Re2 f5 42.Rd2 Be4 43.Kf4 Bg2 44.Rd7+ Kf6 45.Rh7
g5+ 46.Kg3 f4+ 47.Kg4 Ke5 48.b5 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Ostrava CZE"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7
7. O-O Ne7 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 a6 11. Be3 Qd8 12. g4
Bg6 13. f4 Ne4 14. Na4 h5 15. f5 hxg4 16. fxe6 g3 17. exf7+
Bxf7 18. h3 g2 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. Qf3+ Ke8 22. Be6
Nc6 23. Bxd5 Nxd4 24. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6
12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15. Qd2 Nfe4 16. Qb4 b6
17. f3 Nf6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. f4 Nfe4 20. Qb4 Rfb8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 Bd6 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. g4 Qa4 26. c4 Qc2
27. Rd2 Qe4 28. Qh3 a5 29. b3 Qg6 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qg6
32. g5 Ne4 33. Bd3 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 e4 35. Rg2 exd3 36. Bf6 gxf6
37. Qxd3 Rae8 38. Rxf6 Bc5+ 39. Kh1 Re3 40. Qd1 Rfe8
41. Rgxg6+ hxg6 42. Rf1 R8e7 43. Qg4 Kg7 44. Qh4 f5 45. Rd1
R3e4 46. Qg3 Kf7 47. Qb8 Re8 48. Qc7+ R4e7 49. Qg3 Re3 50. Qh4
R3e4 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qc7 g5 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. d6 g4 55. Rf1
Rf4 56. Rg1 Bxg1 57. Qxe8 Bd4 58. Qe2 Re4 59. Qd2 Kf7 60. d7
Ke7 61. Qg5+ Kxd7 62. Qxf5+ Re6 63. Qxg4 Bc5 64. h4 Ke7
65. Qg7+ Ke8 66. h5 Bf8 67. Qb7 Rf6 68. Kg2 Be7 69. Kg3 Kf8
70. Kg4 Rh6 71. Qa8+ Kf7 72. Qd5+ Kf8 73. Qd2 Rd6 74. Qe3 Kf7
75. c5 bxc5 76. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bf1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Kh8 13. c3 e5 14. Qh5 Nd5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Rxd4 f5
17. Ng3 Bc5 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Qe5 Kg8 21. h3 Re8
22. Qxe8+ Nxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. b4 Qc6 25. Rdd8 Bb6 26. Rg8+
Kf6 27. Nh5+ Ke5 28. Rd3 Qh6 29. Be2 Qc1+ 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. Bf3
Be6 32. Rxa8 Qxb4 33. Re8 Bd4 34. Rd8 Bb6 35. a3 Qa5 36. R8d2
f4 37. Bg4 Bc4 38. Re1+ Be3 39. Rdd1 Bb3 40. Rb1 Bc2 41. Rb4
f5 42. Bf3 Be4 43. fxe3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Qxa3 45. Nxf4 b6 46. Rd4
1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Ne5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Nc3
O-O 8.f5 d6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Qd5 Kh8 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.h4
Nce5 14.h5 h6 15.Qd2 Nf7 16.Bd3 Bb4 17.Bc2 Nc5 18.Qd5 Kg8
19.Ne2 c6 20.Qd4 Bxf5 21.exf5 Rxe2 22.Ng1 Rxg2 23.a3 Qd7
24.axb4 Rxc2 25.Kxc2 Qxf5+ 26.Kc3 Ne6 27.Qe3 Nxf4 28.Nf3 a5
29.Ra1 axb4+ 30.Kxb4 Rd8 31.Rhf1 Qc2 32.Qc3 c5 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Bc2 Qc7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Bg3 Bb5 21. Qh5 f6
22. Rf4 g6 23. Qh6 Rad8 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxd6 Rfxd6 26. Rf1
Bf8 27. Qc1 Bxf1 28. Bxe5 Re6 29. Qxf1 Rxe5 30. Bb3+ c4
31. Qxc4+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "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 "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2
Nxe5 7. d4 Be7 8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. f4 c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qe2 f5
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Nh8 14. Bd2 a5 15. c4 Nf7 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Rac1 Bf6 18. b4 a4 19. b5 Re8 20. Ne5 Nd6 21. Bb4 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. d5 Bd7 25. Nc6 Qc8 26. Ne7+
Bxe7 27. Rxc8 Raxc8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. d6 Rf7 30. Rd5 Rc1+
31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Re5 Rfc8 33. Re7 R1c2 34. Rxd7 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2
b6 36. Rb7 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rd3+ 39. Ke5 e3 40. Ke6
h6 41. Re7 Rd4 42. Kd7 Re4 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4
13. a4 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nxa4 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rxa4 Nb6
18. Ra3 a5 19. Nc3 a4 20. Be3 Bc8 21. b3 axb3 22. Rxb3 Ra6
23. Reb1 f5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nxe5 Na4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Nc6
Qc7 28. e5 Ra6 29. Qf3 f4 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Rb5 Bc2 32. Rb2 Bg6
33. Rd2 Be8 34. Nxe7+ Qxe7 35. d6 Qe6 36. Qb7 Bc6 37. Qxa6
Bxg2 38. f3 Bxf3 39. Kh2 Bg4 40. Qb7 Qh6 41. Qd5+ Rf7 42. Kg1
Qxh3 43. Qg2 Qh4 44. Rf2 f3 45. e6 Rf8 46. e7 Re8 47. d7 Bxd7
48. Qxf3 Qg5+ 49. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3
Nf6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc8 16. f4 Ba5 17. Qg3
Kh8 18. Qh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Re3 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 22. Qh5
Nf6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qg6 hxg5 26. Re7 Ne8
27. Rae1 Qg4 28. fxg5 Qh4 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb7 Qf5 31. Qe6+
Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rxc6 Rb8 35. Ra6 Rb7
36. h4 Nc7 37. Rd6 Nb5 38. g6+ Ke7 39. Rxd5 Nxc3 40. Re5+ Kf6
41. c6 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "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 "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 Rxb4 14. Nbc7+ Kd7 15. O-O Qxc7 16. c3
Rxe4 17. Qh5 Kd8 18. Nxc7 Kxc7 19. Qxf7+ Be7 20. Rab1 Ba6
21. Rfd1 Rf8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qe6 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd3 25. Rd1 f4
26. Qd5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Re2 28. a4 e4 29. a5 Bd3 30. Ra1 Rb2
31. c4 Rb7 32. a6 Ra7 33. f3 Ne5 34. fxe4 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Rxa6
36. Rxc4+ Nxc4 37. Qxc4+ Rc6 38. Qf7 Kd8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxh7
Rc5 41. Qf7 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Qf5+ Kc7 44. Qe6 1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4
7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 a5 10. Qh5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7
12. a4 Nd7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxe5 Bd4 16. Qg5 Qb6
17. Be3 Be6 18. Ra3 Rfe8 19. Kg1 h6 20. Qf4 Rad8 21. Rh3 Qb4
22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Rb3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2
Qxf2 27. Qg3 Qxc2 28. Rc3 Qxb2 29. Rc4 Rg6 30. Qf3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Evgenij Agrest"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. f4 Nd7 11. Be3 Ngf6 12. Qf3
g6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qh3 h5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 e5 17. Be2 Rg8
18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rb8 20. Nd2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nde4 b4
23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rcd1
h4 28. Bf2 Kf8 29. Qh3 Rd8 30. Bc5 Rg5 31. Be3 Rg8 32. Bc5 Rg5
33. Qd3 Rd7 34. Bf2 Rg8 35. h3 Qc6 36. Qe4 Rc7 37. Qxb4 Be7
38. Bxh4 f6 39. R1d2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc4 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qb3 Qf1
43. Rf2 Qc1 44. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Gyimesi"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8
7. Be2 Na6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 f6 11. g4 fxg5 12. gxh5
gxh5 13. Nxg5 Qe7 14. Rg1 Qf6 15. Rg2 Kh8 16. Bxh5 Bh6 17. h4
Nc5 18. b4 Qf4 19. Ne2 Qxh4 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Bh3 22. Rh2
Nxe4 23. Qd3 Bd2+ 24. Kd1 Bxb4 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rb2
Nc3+ 28. Ke1 Nxe2+ 29. Rxb4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5
7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Kf1 Rad8 16. Re1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Qe4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rd4 21. Qxb7 c4
22. dxc4 e4 23. Kg1 Rd7 24. Qa6 e3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd1+
27. Kh2 Qxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5
17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7
Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 Rxg7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxa7 Rg6
26. Rfa1 Re6 27. Bd4 Re2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Be3 Rxb2 30. R1a5 b3
31. Rc5+ Kd8 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Rxd5+ Qxd5 34. Bxd5 Rb1+
35. Kg2 b2 36. Be4 Rd1 37. Bg5+ Ke8 38. Bf6 b1=Q 39. Bxb1 Rxb1
40. h5 Kf8 41. g4 Rd1 42. Bb2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 h5 9. Nf4 d4 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Qd3 Kf7
12. O-O-O dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. Bc4 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qf4+ 16. Kb1
Re8 17. g5 Qxg5 18. Rhg1 Qh4 19. Rge1 Nf6 20. Qb3 Nd8 21. Be5
Kg8 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Re5 Qh6 24. h4 Kh7 25. Rg5 e5 26. Bd3 Ne6
27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Bxe5 Nxc5 30. Qg3+ Kf7 31. b4
Nce4 32. Qb3+ Kg6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. Rg1+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Kg8
36. Qc4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Rhg1
f5 17. Qe2 Kh7 18. Qxe6 Qd5 19. Qxe7 Qxf3 20. Be5 Rg8 21. Qxb7
Qxf2 22. Kb1 Rae8 23. Qxc6 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. a4 Qc5
26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd7 Ra5 28. Rf7 f4 29. Rxf4 Rxh5 30. b4 g5
31. Rf7+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Kb2 Kf6 34. b5 Ke5 35. Kb3 Kd5
36. Rd1+ Kc5 37. Rd7 g4 38. Rc7+ Kb6 39. Rc6+ Kb7 40. Rg6 Rg5
41. Rxh6 g3 42. Rh1 g2 43. Rg1 Kb6 44. Kb4 Rg4+ 45. c4 a5+
46. bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd Bosnian Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6
Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8
22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxd2 26. Qxe6+
Kh8 27. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 axb6 29. b3 Rd2 30. Re8 Rxa2
31. Rc1 Re2 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxb6 Qf4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+
Qe4 36. Qxe4+ Rxe4 37. h3 Re3 38. Rc6 Rxb3 39. Rb6 g5 40. Rb7+
Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rxh6 Rd3
45. Rb6 b3 46. Rb4 Kd5 47. Kg1 Kc5 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Kf2 Kc3
50. Ke2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Rh7 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qf3
Qa4 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 c5 15. Nf5 Qc4+ 16. Kg1 exf5
17. Qxf5 Nd7 18. e6 Nf6 19. Re1 Qxc3 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Qe6+
Kf8 22. Rh3 Qxd4 23. Rf3 Nxh4 24. Rf4 Qc3 25. Bxh4 Rh6 26. Re5
Qd2 27. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Qf6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 Bd7
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Nxf7
Qxf7 17. Bxc7 Qe6 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Rad1 Bc8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Qxe5 24. Rde1 Be7 25. c4 Bb4
26. Nc3 1-0

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3
c6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb6 21. Bb2
Kh7 22. Qe2 d4 23. h4 Rf6 24. Re1 Qxb4 25. a3 Qd6 26. h5 Raf8
27. Qe4 Nc6 28. hxg6+ Kg7 29. Bc1 Qe7 30. Bxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qh4+
Kxg6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Re5 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qg4+ Kf7
36. Qxd4 a6 37. g4 Rg8 38. f3 Rf6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Qc4+ Kg7
41. Qxa6 Ref8 42. Qd3 c5 43. a4 Ra8 44. Qc3 Kg6 45. Qxc5 Rfa6
46. Kg3 Rxa4 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. g5 R8a6 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. f4 Ra1
51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Kg4 R1a2 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qc7+
Kg8 56. f5 Ra7 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. f6+ Kh7 59. Qd3+ Kh8 60. Kf5
Ra8 61. Qh3+ Kg8 62. Kg6 R2a7 63. Qe6+ Kf8 64. Qd6+ Kg8
65. Qd5+ Kh8 66. Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.27"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ba2 c6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Nf5 d5 16. d4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5
18. exd5 e4 19. Nh2 Nxd5 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nge3 Nf4 22. b4 Na4
23. g3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5
Re5 28. Bxg5 Rxf5 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. Ne3 Rf6 31. Rd5 g6 32. Rad1
Rfc6 33. Rd8 Nb6 34. g4 Kh7 35. R8d4 Re6 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rh1
Kg6 38. f3 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rc3 40. Rg1+ Kh7 41. Rd3 Rxd3
42. cxd3 Rf6 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kf3 Nd7 45. d4 Rc6 46. Rg5 Rc3
47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Rg5+ Kh7 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXIV Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4
Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 b4 17. b3 Na3
18. Bd3 a5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Qxh5 Bxe5 21. Ra2 Rc3 22. Qd1 Qf6
23. Re3 Rfc8 24. Bd2 R3c5 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Ne3 R8c7 27. Ng4 Qc8
28. Bf1 Rc1 29. Bxc1 Rxc1 30. Qd2 Ba6 31. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Kh2
dxe5 33. d6 Bb7 34. d7 Qd8 35. Rd3 f6 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Qe2 Rc1
38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Re6+ Kxd7 40. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "XXXIV Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Qh5 c6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Qf6 15. Rbe1 Kd8 16. g4 g6
17. Qh6 Kc7 18. f5 Bd7 19. fxg6 Qd6 20. Rxf7 hxg6 21. Qf4 Qxf4
22. Rxf4 Rh4 23. Re7 Kd6 24. Rg7 Rxg4+ 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg6+
Be6 27. h4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Bf7 29. Rg5 b6 30. Kg3 c5 31. h5 Rh8
32. Kh4 Kf6 33. Bg6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf5 35. Rg5+ Ke4 36. Re5+
Kf4 37. Rxd5 cxd4 38. Rxd4+ Kf5 39. Rd7 Rc8 40. Rf7+ Ke6
41. Rf3 Rh8 42. c4 Rh7 43. Rf8 Ke5 44. Rc8 Kd4 45. Rc6 Rg7
46. h6 Rg2 47. Kh5 1-0

[Event "20th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. Bxc6 Rxc6 11. Qxa7 Qc8
12. Qa5 Bd3 13. Kd2 b6 14. Qa7 Bb4 15. Rhc1 Bb5 16. Kd1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Ba6 18. a4 O-O 19. a5 b5 20. Ne1 g5 21. Bg3 f5
22. Nd3 f4 23. exf4 Rc7 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. fxg5 Qc4 26. Nb4 e5
27. Nxa6 exd4 28. Nc7 dxc3 29. a6 Nc5 30. a7 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxg4
12. f4 Ng6 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Nf5 Nh4 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. O-O-O
Nf2 17. Ne4 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Be7 19. f5 Qb6 20. f6 Bb4 21. Bxb4+
Qxb4 22. a3 Qa5 23. Nc5 h6 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Ne7+
Kh7 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Prague Promopro m2"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.f4 Be7 9.g4 Qa5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.g5 Nd7 12.Qd2 b5 13.O-O-O
Bb7 14.f5 Nde5 15.Rhf1 Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.a3 O-O-O 18.Bd4
Rhg8 19.Qe3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.h4 Rd7 22.Bb6 Qe5 23.Bd4 Qa5
24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Bb6 Qe5 26.Bd4 Qa5 27.e5 Re8 28.exd6 Bxd6
29.Bxg7 Bc5 30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Qc5 32.Rff4 Bc6 33.Rde4 Qd6
34.Rxc4 Red8 35.Kb1 1-0

