(5152722) Grischuk,Alexander (2752) - Shirov,Alexei (2705) [D44]

EU-chT (Men) 18th Porto Carras (7.2), 09.11.2011

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 e6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 b4
15.00 000 16.a4 a6 17.a3 xd5 18.xd5 e5 19.e2 xd5 20.axb4
cxb4 21.c3 d6 22.xd5 xd5 23.f3 c5+ 24.e3 d3 25.xc5 xc5+
26.h1 d4 27.a5 d8 28.fa1 d7 29.h4 xb2 30.h5 d3 31.h6 b3
32.h7 d8 33.g2 b2 34.h1 c7 35.g5 c1 36.c2 d2+ 37.xd2
xd2+ 38.h3 d8 39.g8 b1 40.h8 f5+ 41.h4 xg8 42.xg8 xf6+
43.h3 h6+ 44.g2 d2+
(4695438) Zhou Jianchao (2632) - Papin,Vasily (2548) [D44]
Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th Moscow (2), 10.02.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 e6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 000
15.00 b4 16.a4 b5 17.a3 b8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.d4 c6 20.dxc6 xd4
21.cxb7+ b8 22.e3 e5 23.b3 c3 24.fd1 h6 25.xd4 exd4 26.xd4 c2
27.c4 c1+ 28.axc1 xc1 29.xc1 d8 30.h4 f5 31.c6 b1+ 32.h2
f5 33.c5 a5 34.a6 c7 35.a8 10
(4683261) Carlsen,Magnus (2810) - Smeets,Jan (2657) [D44]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (2), 17.01.2010
[Krasenkow]
1.c4 c6 2.f3 d5 3.d4 f6 4.c3 e6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 00
0 15.00 b4 16.a4 b5 17.a3 b8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.d4 c6 20.b6+!?
[20.dxc6 xd4 21.cxb7+ ] 20...axb6 21.dxc6 xc6 22.xc6 [22.g4?! xg2
23.xg2 c6+ 24.f3 b7 25.h4 (25.fd1 d5 26.h4 d6 27.d4 c8
28.h1?! e5! 29.xd5 xd5 01 Swayams,M (2340)-Arun Prasad,S
(2567)/New Delhi IND 2010/The Week in Chess 794 (45)) 25...c3 26.bxc3
bxc3 27.a4 b5 28.a5 d5 29.e3 c5 30.g7 xe3 31.xh8 c2 32.f8
d7 33.a8 c4 34.b8+ c6 35.a6+ d5 36.aa1 c6 37.a8+ 1/2
Massimini Gerbino,M (2450)-Sanner,Z (2376)/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM
105] 22...xc6 23.g4 c5N [23...b7 24.fd1 (24.b3?! c3 25.e2 h6
26.xh6 xh6 27.a6+ c7 28.fd1 hh8 29.xd8 xd8 1/2 Hebden,M
(2468)-Arun Prasad,S (2556)/Edinburgh 2009/CBM 131 Extra (53)) 24...d6
25.h4 e5 26.e2 d4 27.e3 xf6 28.dc1 c8? (28...xh4! 29.gxh4 g8+
30.g5 xg5 31.g4 d5 32.d1 (32.xc4 g7 33.f1 d3+ 34.e2 h3+
35.e1 e3! 36.c2! f5) 32...c1!! 33.xg8 xd1+ 34.g2 c6!)
29.xc4 xc4 30.f3+ d5 31.xf6 10 Marchand,J (2100)-Kleinsorgen,H
(2084)/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 119 (45)] 24.a7 d7 25.xd7 xd7
26.h4 c7 27.h5 e5 28.h6 d4 29.e2 b3 30.e3 d5? [30...c3!? 31.bxc3
xe3 32.xe3 xf6; 30...xe3 31.xe3 xf6 32.c1 d7!?=
S.Zagrebelny] 31.d1 c6 [31...c5 32.h5! f8 (32...h7 33.g4! xe3
34.d7+ b8 35.e8+ b7 36.d8 xf2+ 37.f1+) 33.e1!] 32.g4 b5
33.xd4 exd4 34.xd4 e5 35.d7+ c5 36.a7+ c6 37.d7+ c5

38.f4? [38.d1+ G.Kasparov 38...xh6 39.c8+ b6 (39...b4 40.f8+)

40.a1] 38...xb2?? [38...b6! 39.f5 e1+ 40.g2 e4+ 41.f3 c3
(41...xh6=) 42.d6+ b7 43.e7+ xe7 44.fxe7 c2 45.c3 b4 46.c4 b6
47.h7 b5 48.c7 b6= S.Zagrebelny] 39.f5+ b4 40.xb5+ c3
41.f3+ 10
(4451302) Topalov,Veselin (2812) - Shirov,Alexei (2745) [D44]
Sofia MTel Masters 5th Sofia (7), 20.05.2009
[Krasenkow]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 e6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 00
0 15.00 b4 16.a4 b5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.e1 [19.g4 ;
19.d4; 19.e3; 19.f4; 19.h4] 19...d4! [19...d6 20.d4! b8 21.h4 he8
22.e7! xe7 23.fxe7 c8 24.f4++ 10 Magar,T-Ivanov,E/Los Angeles
2003/CBM 095 ext (43); 19...c5 20.xc5 (20.e7 b3! (20...xe7 21.fxe7
dg8 22.xc5 xg5 23.xb7 xb7 24.d4+ 10 Smejkal,JSveshnikov,E/Sarajevo 1983/MCD (26)) 21.g4+ d7 22.e8+ c7 23.a2
d6 24.e1 d7 Savchenko,S-Eriksson,J/Torshavn 2000/CBM 078
ext (36)) 20...xc5 21.e7! xe7 (21...d7 22.g4 xe7 23.fxe7 d4 24.a5!
b6 25.h3 c6 26.d5+ 10 Gupta,A-Hungaski,R/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114
ext (30)) 22.fxe7 dg8 23.h4 xg5 24.hxg5 e8 25.g4+ d7 26.xd7+
xd7 27.xa7 c8 28.xb7 xb7 29.xd5+ c7 30.xf7 xe7 31.xc4
e4 32.f7 d6 33.g6 e7 34.b3 10 Kotanjian,T-Sharma,D/Moscow
2004/EXT 2005 (50); 19...h6 20.xh6 (20.h4!?) 20...xh6 21.d4 xf6
22.h3 d6 23.c5 b6 24.ed1 c7 25.xd7 8xd7 26.xd7 xd4
27.xd4 xd7 Stean,M-Rivas Pastor,M/Marbella 1982/MCD (36)]
20.xd4 [20.xb7+ xb7 21.f3+ c6 ] 20...xg2 [20...xg5? 21.xc4+
b8 22.xb7 xb7 23.ac1+ ] 21.xg2 xg5 22.xc4+ b8 23.ac1
[23.ad1 a5 (23...f5) 24.d5 (24.b3 f5) 24...c7 25.d3
Dolmatov,S-Rivas,P/Moscow/1982/ 25...c6!; 23.ed1 f5! (23...c8
24.xf7! (24.a6? f5! 25.b6 xh2+! 26.xh2 xf2+ 27.h3 f5+ 28.g4
f3+ 29.h4 f2+! 30.h3 e3+ 31.h4 h6+ 32.g3 d6+! 01 van
Wely,L-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1994/Inf 59/[Piket,Je]) 24...e5! 25.d5! xf6
26.b5+ c7 27.ac1+ c6 28.c2 (28.a5+ b8 29.b5+
Lazarev,V-Piket,J/Leiden 1995/EXT 2003) 28...b3! (28...h6 29.a6 b8
30.b6 c7 31.d7+ xd7 32.xd7 10 Galliamova_Ivanchuk,AButurin,V/Lviv 1995/Inf 65) 29.xb3 f5 30.h4 h6 31.c3 b4 32.d5+
b8 33.xb4 e4+ 34.h3 xb4 35.xb4+ xb4 36.xc8+ xc8 37.g4 1
0 Mayer,E-Marim,M/IECC 2004/Telechess CBM 107 (42)) 24.d5 xh2+!
25.xh2 xf2+ 26.h3 (26.h1 f3+ 27.h2 d6+) 26...d6! 27.b5+
b6] 23...d6 24.c6 d2!?N [24...xf6?? 25.b6! 10/AnikaevWesterinen,H/Moscow/1982/; 24...xf6!? ] 25.g1!? [25.e2 xe2
26.xd6+ a8=] 25...xh2! 26.e2 d3 [26...xe2 27.xd6+ a8
28.c6+ b8 29.c7++] 27.e3 [27.xh2 xg3+!] 27...d2 [27...d4??
28.xh2] 28.e2 d3 29.e3 d2 30.e2

(4451292) Carlsen,Magnus (2770) - Shirov,Alexei (2745)

[D44]
Sofia MTel Masters 5th Sofia (4), 16.05.2009
[Krasenkow]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 e6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 00
0 15.00 b4 16.a4 b5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.g4 [19.d4; 19.e1
; 19.e3 ; 19.f4 ; 19.h4] 19...d4 [19...d6 20.e3 c7 21.d4 (21.fd1?!
dg8 22.f5 g6 23.d4 hh6 01 Lhost,G-Roussel,C/Bethune 2005/CBM
107 ext (39)) 21...he8 (21...e5!?) 22.b3 c5 23.xc5 xc5 24.f4+ b6
25.e5 (25.a4! a5 26.fa1) 25...xe5 26.xe5 c3 27.fe1 d6 28.g4 d4
29.xb7 xb7 30.f5 Zhou Jianchao-Zhang Pengxiang/Wuxi
2006/CBM 113 ext (35); 19...h6 20.fd1 (20.fe1 dg8 21.h4 xg5
22.hxg5 d4 23.xd4 xg2 24.xg2 xg5 25.e4 f5 26.xc4+ d8
27.e8+ 01 Babula,V-Kanovsky,D/Luhacovice 2003/CBM 094) 20...hg8
(20...de8 21.b3 c3 22.xh6 xh6 23.d4 a5 24.xd5 e6 25.xe6 fxe6
26.xd7 xd7 27.d1+ 10 Badjarani,I-Peyrou Olya,M/Iran 1997/EXT 2003)
21.h4 xg5 22.hxg5 c6 23.d4 b7 24.b3 01 Dias,APelletier,Y/Matinhos 1994/EXT 1997 (52); 19...g8 20.h4 d6 21.d4 e5
22.xa7 c7 23.h3 xf6 24.fe1 a8 25.e3 e4 26.f4 f6 27.xe5+
fxe5 28.h6 10 Burgess,G-Adnoy,H/Gausdal 2002/CBM 086 ext (36)]
20.xb7+ xb7 [20...xb7 21.xd4 d6 22.xd6 xh2 23.xh2 h8+
24.h4+ 10 Ortiz,E-Stein,J/Monterey Park 2004/EXT 2009 (27)] 21.e4+
c6 22.xd4 d6 23.fe1 de8 24.e3!?N [24.xe8 xe8 25.e3 b8
(25...b6 26.xb6 axb6 27.d1 e5 28.d2 c3 29.bxc3 bxc3 30.a2 e6
31.b1 e8 32.d5+ c7 33.a1 c6 34.a7+ b8 35.xc6 xc6 36.xf7
xf6 Williams,L-Wilson,J/Hastings 1995/EXT 1998 (40)) 26.xd7+
xd7 27.c5+ c8 28.xd7 xd7 29.a4 (29.d2!?) 29...d6!? (29...a5
30.xa5 e5 31.c5 b3 32.a3 e6 33.f4 d4+ 34.f1 b8 01
Zarubin,O-Andrianov,N/Severodonetsk 1982/EXT 1999 (42)) 30.xa7+ c6
31.a6+ d5 32.f1 b3 33.a5+ c6 34.a6+ Beliavsky,ASmeets,J/Amsterdam 2007/CBM 120 (35)(34.d4 b4 35.a1 d8 36.e5
d2) ] 24...e5! [24...xe3?! 25.xe3 ] 25.h4 [25.c1!?] 25...e6 26.f4
[26.d1!? he8 27.h5] 26...he8 27.xe5 xe5 28.xe5?! [28.ae1!?
xe3 29.xe3 xe3 30.fxe3 f8 31.d8 xa4 32.xf8 d1+=] 28...xe5
29.g4?! [29.d1 c7 30.b3 cxb3 31.xb4+ b5] 29...a5 30.h5 xa4
31.xa4 xa4 32.h6 c6! 33.h5?! [33.h7? c3 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.h8 c2+;
33.g8! e5! 34.xf7+ a6 35.e7 xf6 36.xb4 b5 37.d6+ b6]
33...c3?! [33...a5!! 34.xf7+ a6 35.h7 (35.g6 c3 36.bxc3 bxc3 37.c2
f8 38.h7 xf6) 35...c3 36.bxc3 bxc3 37.h8 c2 38.h6 c1+ 39.xc1
xc1+ 40.h2! (40.g2 c6+ 41.g1 e5) 40...c2 41.g1 b1+ 42.h2
e4!] 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.xf7+ c7?! [35...a6 36.a2+ b5 37.h7
(37.c2 b4!) 37...c2 38.b2+ b4 39.c1 a3 40.f1+ a4 41.h8 c1 ;
35...b6 36.b3+ a5 ] 36.b3+ b6 37.f7+ c7 [37...c7 38.d5+
a6 (38...b8?? 39.f7 xg3+ 40.g2 xf2+ 41.h1+) 39.a2+ a5

40.e6+=; 37...a6 38.a2+ a5 39.e2+ b6 40.e3+ b7 41.e7+

c7 42.b4+=] 38.b3+ b6 39.f7+ c7

(1798870) Aseev,Konstantin N (2565) - Ivanov,Sergey

(2570) [D44]
St Petersburg-ch St Petersburg (13), 20.04.1998
[Lutz]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 c6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 00
0 15.00 b4 16.a4 b5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 d4 19.xb7+ xb7
20.f4!?N [20.c3!? ] 20...c6 21.e1 d3 22.b5 xb5 23.e4?! [23.b3!?
cxb3 (23...xf6 24.bxc4 xc4 25.d2) 24.c3 c6 (24...b6 25.f3+ c8
26.xa7+) 25.xb3+] 23...b6 24.xb6 axb6 25.e7+ [25.h4!? c6
(25...d6 26.xd6 xd6 27.e7+ b8 28.aa7; 25...d2 26.e2 xb2
27.e7+ c6 28.c7+ d5 29.a2 xa2 30.f3+ e6 31.e4+ xf6
32.e5+ e6 33.xh8+ d6 34.e5#; 25...xb2 26.e7+ c6 27.b1+)
26.xc4 d6] 25...xe7 26.f3+ c6 27.a7+ xa7 28.xc6 d6!
[28...xf6 29.xf6 d2 30.xd2+] 29.xd6 d2 30.d5 he8 31.xf7+
[31.xd2!? e6 32.b8+ xb8 33.h4!? ] 31...a6 32.xc4+ b5 33.a2+
b6 34.d5 e1+ 35.g2 d1 36.xc5+? [36.xc5+ a6 37.c6+ a7
38.c7+ a6 39.c6+= (39.xd8? g1+ 40.h3 h5#) ] 36...c7 37.xd1
exd1 38.f7 1d6! 01

(68446) Denker,Arnold Sheldon - Botvinnik,Mikhail [D44]

USA-URS radio m radio (1.1), 01.09.1945
[Kasparov]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 c6 4.f3 f6 5.g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.h4 g5
9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 12.e2? [12.g3! ] 12...b6 13.0
0 000 14.a4 [14.f3 e5 15.dxe5 xd1 16.fxd1 ; 14.h4 h6! 15.a4 xg5
16.hxg5 b4 17.e4 c5 ] 14...b4 15.e4 c5 16.b1? [16.c2 b3 (16...c3!?
17.bxc3 c7 18.f4 cxd4 19.c4 d3! 20.xd3 c5 21.xc5 xc5+ 22.h1
dg8 23.h7 b3! 24.b1 (24.d3 d8) 24...c6! 25.f3 xf3! 26.gxf3 xf3#
) 17.b1 c7 ; 16.d2 c3 17.bxc3 bxc3 18.c4 c7 19.h4 ] 16...c7
17.g3? [17.h4 h6! ; 17.g3 ] 17...cxd4 18.xc4 c6 19.f3 d3! 20.c1
[20.e4 c7! 21.g3 xe4 22.fxe4 xc4 23.c1 c5+; 20.e3 c5 21.c1
d2! 22.xd2 e5; 20.h1 c7 21.f4 c6 22.g1 c5 23.xd3 f2! 24.c1
c5 ] 20...c5+ 21.h1 d6! 22.f4 [22.f4 xh2+ 23.xh2 h8+ 24.h5
xh5+ 25.g3 e5 (25...d4! ) 26.g5 (26.e3 e4+ 27.f4 xf6) 26...e4+
27.g4 xf6+! 28.xf6 xf6 29.e6+ d8! 30.xh5 g6+ 31.h4 e7+
32.h3 h5+ 33.g3 h4# ] 22...xh2+ 23.xh2 h8+ 24.h4 xh4+
25.xh4 f4 01