[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6
7. Nf3 b4 8. Bxb8 bxc3 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxa6 cxb2 11. Rb1 Rxb8
12. Ne5 Qb7 13. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Arnold Cup"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Efimov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Ke7 6.Bd5 Rf8
7.Rf1 Qe8 8.Nc3 d6 9.h3 Qg6 10.d3 h6 11.Nf3 Qxg2 12.Nh4 Bxf2+
13.Rxf2 Qg1+ 14.Rf1 Qg3+ 15.Kd2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "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 "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 "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "J Lapinski"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3
Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 Qf6 11. Bxf4
Ke8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qg6 14. Rae1+ Be7 15. Bd6 Kd8 16. Qf8+
Bxf8 17. Bxc7# 1-0

[Event "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 "ch-ESP Semi-Final"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[EventDate "2002.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Rb1
g5 13. fxg5 Ne4 14. Qh5 Nxg5 15. Bg3 Nb4 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nh3
Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Kxc2 Ba4+ 20. Kc1 0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Garcia"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3
O-O 7. h4 Nc6 8. Nge2 Nb4 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a5 11. Kf1 b5
12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qc6 Bc4 14. b3 Ra6 15. Qb7 Rb6 16. Qa7 Bxe2+
17. Nxe2 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxa5 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rf6+ 21. Kg1
Qxe2 0-1

[Event "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O
O-O-O 13. Qf2 Rdf8 14. Rhe1 g5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bb6 Qb8
17. Nd5 Re8 18. Ba7 exd5 19. Bxb8 Kxb8 20. exd5 Bd7 21. fxg5
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bb4 Bxb4 10. Qxb4 a5 11. Qb3 b5
12. c5 b4 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Ree1 Bb5 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 0-1

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Curt Hansen"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+
Nd7 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nd4 Ba6 16.Bc6 Rc8 17.Rc1 b3 18.Nc3 bxa2
19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Ne2 Be7 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.O-O Rhd8 0-1

[Event "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 "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA-chT"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Elbilia"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 b5
8.cxb5 a6 9.bxa6 Qa5 10.Qd2 Bxa6 11.e5 Nfd7 12.e6 Nb6 13.Bxa6
Qxa6 14.exf7 Rxf7 15.Ng5 Rf5 16.Qe3 N8d7 17.Ne6 Be5 18.Nc7 Qa5
19.Nxa8 Nxd5 20.Qd2 Nxc3 21.O-O Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "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 "Bundesliga 1995/96"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Gerald Hertneck"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Na6 7.e3
e6 8.Bxc4 Nb4 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qe2 Bc7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bg5
h6 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qg4 Rd8 17.d5 e5 18.dxc6 bxc6
19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rd1+ Bd6 21.Nb5 cxb5 22.Bxb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Thibaut"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 a6
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Be2 b5 9. g4 Be6 10. f4 g6 11. O-O b4 12. f5
gxf5 13. gxf5 Rg8+ 14. Kh1 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 bxc3 16. Qa4 cxb2
17. Bxb2 Bh6 18. Bc1 Kf8 19. Rxf6 Nxf6 20. Ba3 Ne4 21. Rf1 Rg7
22. Nc6 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "D Zulu"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 Bd7 13.Nc4 Ne8
14.a4 a6 15.Be3 Nc8 16.Na5 Rb8 17.Qb3 f4 18.Bf2 Nf6 19.c6 Be8
20.cxb7 Bd7 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.Nxb8 Nb6 23.Nxa6 1-0

[Event "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 "Gausdal 51/476 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Gausdal 51/476 Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5
7.Nxg5 c6 8.e3 cxd5 9.Qf3 f6 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.Qxh3 f5 12.g4 O-O
13.gxf5 gxf5 14.Rg1 e6 15.Ne2 Nc6 16.Nf4 Rf6 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Ke2
Raf8 19.Rg5 R8f7 20.Rag1 Qc7 21.Rh5 Nxd4+ 22.exd4 Qxf4 23.Rxh7
1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qd3 O-O 9.e4 Ne7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Qe3 Ba6 13.Bxa6
Nxa6 14.O-O Rac8 15.Bb2 Qb7 16.Rae1 f5 17.Qd3 Nc7 18.c4 cxd4
19.Qxd4 Rf7 20.Ng5 Nc6 21.Qd3 Rff8 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Qxa6 11.b3 f5 12.exf6
Nxf6 13.Nd6+ Ke7 14.Nc4 d5 15.Ba3+ Ke8 16.Qe2 c5 17.Nd2 Qxa3
18.Qxe6+ Be7 19.O-O c4 20.b4 Qa4 21.Rfe1 Qd7 22.Qe3 Kf7 23.Nf3
Bd6 0-1

[Event "Monaco MelodyAmberRA"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.h4 a6 12.h5 Nxh5
13.g4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nf6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 e6 17.O-O-O Qa5
18.b4 Qd8 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Re8 21.g5 Nxe4 22.fxe4 exd4
23.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6
7. Nf2 Rg8 8. d4 Bh6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qe7+
12. Be2 Nb4 13. c4 Bf5 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Qxb4 Re8 16. Qd2 Rxg2
17. Kf1 Rg3 18. Qd1 Be4 19. Rh2 f5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bg4 e3
22. Bf3 Qg7 23. Rh1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Arthur Andersen Simul"]
[Site "Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dominique Bang"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6
11. g3 Ne4 12. Bg2 Nc5 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 O-O 15. Nd4 Na5
16. Nb5 Na6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c5 g5 19. Bxg5 Rf5 20. Nd4 Rxg5
21. Nxe6 Re5 22. f4 Re3 23. cxd6 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6
12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. h3 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. O-O Qxc3
17. d6 Kg7 18. dxc7 Qd4 19. g3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Qxh3 21. Bd3 Qe6
22. Be4 Qb6 23. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alvis Vitolinsh"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.a4
Nxe4 8.axb5 axb5 9.Rxa8 Qxa8 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Qxb5 f6 12.Nxe5
fxe5 13.Qxe5+ Kd8 14.d3 Nxb3 15.dxe4 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 Bxe4 17.Nc3
Bc6 18.Re1 Bd6 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Nd1 Qa5 21.c3 Qh5 22.h3 Kc8
23.Ne3 Qh4 24.Re2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jan Sorensen"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 g6
8.a4 a5 9.f4 Bg7 10.Bb5+ Nfd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Ba6 13.Qe2
Bxb5 14.axb5 Qb7 15.e5 Nb6 16.Rd1 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Re8 18.Nxf7
Kxf7 19.Qe6+ Kf8 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.Qxb6 Bd4+ 22.Rxd4 cxd4 23.Qxd4
Kg8 24.b3 1-0

[Event "Manila 55/125 Shirov,A"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3
exf4 8.Bxf4 Qb6 9.Ne2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxb2 11.Rb1 Qxa2 12.Rxb7
Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Qa1 a5 15.d5 Qc8 16.Qb2 a4 17.Nd4 a3 18.Qb3
a2 19.Kf2 g6 20.dxc6 Be7 21.Ra1 O-O 22.Rxe7 Nxc6 23.Nxc6 Qxc6
24.Qc3 1-0

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Dizdar"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O c6 7.d3
Bd6 8.e4 Ne7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.exd5 cxd5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4
Nc5 14.d4 Ne6 15.f4 Nc6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.f5 Nexd4 18.fxg6 fxg6
19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.Kg2 Qe7 22.Qg1 Qe5 23.Kh1 Rf8
24.Bd2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.g4 b5 13.h4
Qb8 14.Bh3 b4 15.Ne2 Bb5 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.b3 Nc6 19.g5
Nxd4 20.Qxd4 e5 21.Qd5 a5 22.g6 fxg6 23.Rhg1 Kf8 24.Rxg6 1-0

[Event "* North Bay International"]
[Site "* North Bay International"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timour Koliada"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 dxc4 5.Nf3 e6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2
Nd5 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 Qb6 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.e4 Ne3 17.fxe3 Qxe5
18.Rd7 Rab8 19.Rad1 c5 20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 b4 22.Rc1 b3 23.a3
Rfd8 24.Rc7 Rdc8 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Re1 Qf7 16. c5 Nd7
17. Bb5 Nd4 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Bh4 Bc6 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Ne2 Rad8 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Qh5 h6 0-1

[Event "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Ne7 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. f4
Rc8 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. O-O-O a6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb4
21. Rb3 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rg2 23. Rc1 d4 24. a3 1-0

[Event "IFA Galaxis Blitz"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Murugan Thiruchelvam"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. h4 Qa6
12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. f4 Rg8
17. Rd2 Rg4 18. Rf2 f5 19. exf5 Bxh4 20. Re2 Kd7 21. fxe6+
fxe6 22. Rh3 Rxf4 23. g3 Rf1+ 24. Kd2 Bg5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 c6
7. Qxc4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. O-O-O Nxg3
12. hxg3 gxf3 13. gxf3 Qd5 14. Qc2 Qxa2 15. Bc4 Qa1+ 16. Nb1
Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 20. d5 a4 21. d6 axb3
22. Qxb4 Bg7 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. f4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igors Rausis"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 b6 7.cxb6
axb6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 d6 11.Ne2 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7
13.e6 fxe6 14.Nf4 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 Qf6 16.Qe2 e5 17.Bb5 c6 18.Nxd5
cxd5 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Qb5+ Kc7 21.Qxb4 d4 22.Bd2 Rhf8 23.Be1
Qg5 24.f3 Bxf3 25.Bg3 Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "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 "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Tunja (Colombia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Markus Stangl"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2
Nf6 8.Be2 d5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 h6
13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.f5 gxf5 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rdf1 e6 17.g4 Qd8
18.gxf5 exf5 19.Rhg1 Qe7 20.Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.Rg1+ Kf8 22.Bxh6+
Rxh6 23.Qxh6+ Ke8 24.Rg7 Qb4 25.a3 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (team) (juniors)"]
[Site "Kramatorsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olav Sepp"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1
O-O 8.Bf1 Ne8 9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Bh6 f4
13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.h3 Nf5 15.Na3 Qf6 16.Nc2 d5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Nxb4
Nxb4 19.cxb4 Nd4 20.Nxe5 Bxh3 21.Qb2 Nf3+ 22.gxf3 Qg7+ 23.Kh2
Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Rf5 25.Ng4 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.16)"]
[Site "Horgen SUI"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 Qb6 5.Nc3 h5 6.Be2 e6 7.Nf3 Ne7
8.Rb1 Bg4 9.Ng5 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 c5 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.O-O Nf5 13.Be3
Qc6 14.c4 Be7 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Qc5+
19.Kh2 dxc4 20.Bf6 gxf6 21.Rxf6 Qxe5 22.Rh6 Kg7 23.Rxh5 Qe4
24.Rg5+ Kh8 25.Rxc4 1-0

[Event "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 "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 "Gausdal Troll Masters"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stein Arild Aarland"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d3 a6 9.a3 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 Ba6 13.h3 e5
14.f4 exf4 15.bxc5 fxg3 16.Bf4 dxc5 17.Bxb8 Qxb8 18.Nxb5 Nd7
19.Qa4 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Qd6 21.Qc2 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1 Ne5
24.a4 Be3 25.Rd1 Ng4 26.Bf3 g2 0-1

[Event "Brno (Czech Republic)"]
[Site "Brno (Czech Republic)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustem Dautov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nc3
cxd4 8.Na4 Qc6 9.O-O Ne4 10.Ng5 f5 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.e3 O-O
13.c5 d5 14.cxd6 Qxd6 15.exd4 Bxd4 16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Nxe4 Qxb2
18.Rb1 Qxa2 19.Bb4 Nc6 20.Bxe7 Rf5 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Bxc6 Bxf2+
23.Kh1 bxc6 24.Bd8 Bb6 25.Qd3 Qa6 26.Qd6 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "* North Bay International"]
[Site "* North Bay International"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deen Hergott"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nh3 Ne5 9.Qxf5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qc5 d5 12.Bg5
c6 13.O-O Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Qe8 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rfe1 Qh5 17.Bg2
Raf8 18.f4 g5 19.Bxd5+ cxd5 20.Qxd5+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ R6xf7 22.e3
Re8 23.Kf2 Rfe7 24.fxg5 Nxe3 25.Kg1 Kg7 26.Rab1 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
Bb7 8.d5 Na6 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 Nc5 11.Rd1 a5 12.b4 axb4
13.axb4 Na6 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Be2 Qe7 16.d6 Qg5 17.dxc7 Qxg2
18.Rf1 Qxh2 19.Qd6 Qh6 20.Rg1 Bc6 21.Nd4 Nxb4 22.Qxb4 Qh2
23.Rg3 Rfc8 24.Nxc6 Qh1+ 25.Bf1 dxc6 26.Qe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 a5
17. a3 a4 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Bb5 g6 23. Rge1 Ra5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxc7 Rxb5 26. Qxb7
1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. h3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qe7
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Qc2 c5 15. Na2 cxd4 16. Qb3 Bd6
17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Nc3 Be5 20. Rd1 a6 21. Bd2 g5
22. Be2 Nce4 23. Qb3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne4 26. Rd4
0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Edvins Kengis"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Bb2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a4 e5 11. N4f3 Nc6 12. Nc4
Be6 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bxg6 dxc4 16. Be4 Qxd1
17. Raxd1 cxb3 18. Ng5 bxc2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bxc2 Bc4 21. Re4
Bh6 22. Rh4 Kg7 23. Rxc4 Bxg5 24. Rg4 Kh6 25. Rd3 f5 26. Rh3+
1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Quinn"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3
Nh5 13. g3 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 f4 16. g4 Ng7 17. Qb3 Nc6
18. c5 Kh8 19. Bb2 Nd4 20. Qd5 Ngxe6 21. cxd6 c6 22. Qc4 Qxd6
23. b5 Rac8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qd3 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "XXXIV â Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5
Qb6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bc4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg7
12. Bf4 Qd8 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 b5 15. Bxb5 Nxg4 16. Bc4 Qc8
17. Rhe1 Qf5 18. Rxe7 g5 19. Be2 Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 gxf4 21. Bxg4
Na6 22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. a3 Kf8 24. Rb7 Rd8 25. Bh5 Bxd4 26. Rg1
1-0

[Event "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 "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. Bc2 Qd6 16. Be3 Rad8
17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Qh4 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O axb4
17. axb4 O-O 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Ra3 21. Nb1
Ra1 22. Qe2 g6 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Nc3 Ra3 25. Qb2 Rfa8 26. Qd2
Rh8 27. f4 d4 28. exd4 Bxd4 29. Ne4 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Kb1 a6
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3 Re8 14. h4 Na4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Bd3 Nb6
17. Qf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 d5 20. Rhe1 g6 21. Bh3 Bxg5
22. hxg5 Re7 23. Bg4 Qe8 24. Rh1 Qf8 25. Qf6 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "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 "Spanish Championships"]
[Site "Ayamonte ESP"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 Rac8 20. Ne3 g6 21. Qf3 Nd7
22. Ng4 Bg5 23. h4 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 f5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Qf4 Ne5
27. exf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5
7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. cxd4 a5 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Bd2 axb4
12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa6 14. Qb1 b5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qd3 Nec6
17. Nxb5 Kd7 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. Nfd6 Bxd6 21. exd6
g6 22. Rc1 Rf7 23. Qe2 Qa2 24. Qe3 Qb2 25. Re1 Nd8 26. Nc7
Kxd6 27. Nxe6 Nbc6 28. Qg3+ Kd7 29. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[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

