| ECO C91 in 2003 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's berndt stephan in 114 moves | 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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh6 Rfb8 19. Rad1 Nbd7 20. h4 b4 21. Bg5 Qd8 22. h5 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb2 24. Bb3 a5 25. Bc1 Rb1 26. Bg5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Nfd7 29. Be3 Bg5 30. Qg4 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Nf6 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Rf1 Nfd7 34. Qg4 Kh8 35. Qh3 Rg8 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Nc5 38. Bc2 e4 39. Qg4 Rb8 40. Rf4 Re8 41. Qd1 Kg8 42. Qd4 f5 43. Rf1 Rb8 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Rb1 Rxb1+ 46. Bxb1 Qh4 47. Bc2 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Nd7 49. Bd1 Ne5 50. c4 Qf2 51. Kh1 f4 52. Qxe4 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qxd1 54. exf4 Qd3 55. Qe1 Ng4+ 56. Kh1 Qe3 57. Qb1 Qxf4 |
| ECO C12 in 2000 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's lanka zigurds in 60 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Be7 9. Qf4 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc8 15. Rhd1 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Kb1 c5 18. g4 Qe6 19. Rd6 Rad8 20. a3 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Qe2 22. g5 Be7 23. Rd2 Qe6 24. Rd1 f6 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Qg4 fxg5 27. Nxg5 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Qxf2 29. Re7 Qf1+ 30. Ka2 Qc4+ |
| ECO C01 in 1999 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's mitkov nikola in 112 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O f6 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. a3 Nge7 13. Bf4 Kb8 14. Na4 Nc8 15. Nh4 Bf7 16. Nf5 b6 17. Nc3 N8e7 18. Ne3 g5 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Qa6 Qc8 21. Qa4 Qb7 22. Rhe1 a6 23. Bf1 b5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rd7 26. Rd3 Nc8 27. Na7 N8xa7 28. Rb3 Re8 29. Rd1 Bg6 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Qxb3 32. Qxb3+ Ka8 33. Qa4 Rde7 34. c4 dxc4 35. Qxc4 h5 36. d5 Ne5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Kb1 Rc8 39. Qa6 Rb8 40. Rc1 Re7 41. Rc6 Bf8 42. b4 Re1+ 43. Kb2 Bd6 44. Rxd6 cxd6 45. Qxd6 Re2+ 46. Kb3 Rxf2 47. Qxf6 Rf3+ 48. Ka4 Rc8 49. d6 Rcc3 50. Qd8+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb6 52. Qd8+ Kb7 53. Qd7+ Kb6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. b5+ Kd5 56. Qa8+ Nc6 |
| ECO C11 in 2000 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's anand viswanatha in 78 moves | 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 |
| ECO C02 in 2005 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's shabalov alexand in 60 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. a4 Bc4 17. b4 Qd8 18. Bg4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. h3 Rxh5 21. Qf3 O-O-O 22. Qxf7 Rxh3 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Rxf8 Rg3+ 25. Kf2 Rxg4 26. Qd6+ Ka8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qd7 Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ 30. Kd1 Qf3+ |
| ECO C12 in 1999 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's polgar judit in 100 moves | 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. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. c4 Ba6 14. Rac1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. f4 b6 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc7 21. Rd6 Kf8 22. cxb6 Bxd6 23. bxc7 Bxc7 24. c5 g5 25. Nc6 gxf4 26. a4 Bc4 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Nxa7 Ba5 29. Nb1 Bb4 30. Nb5 Bxc5+ 31. Kf1 f3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Nd2 Bd5 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd3 f5 36. Nc3 Bb7 37. Kc4 Be3 38. Kd3 Bg1 39. b4 Bxh2 40. b5 h5 41. a5 h4 42. Ke2 h3 43. a6 Bg2 44. Kf2 Bd6 45. Nf3 Bc5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Bg1 48. b6 Bxf3+ 49. Kxf3 h2 50. Kg2 f3+ |
| ECO C00 in 2001 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's garcia jo in 42 moves | 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 |
| ECO C11 in 1999 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's polgar judit in 70 moves | 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. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Kb1 a3 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qe1 Rb6 22. c3 Qb7 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. Rd3 Rc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Qc3 Qxg2 29. b4 Nd3 30. Qxa3 Ra8 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxa2+ 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Rd8 35. Ke3 Qe1+ |
| ECO C12 in 2001 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's topalov veselin in 98 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 23. Qg6 Qd6 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Rxd3 Qe5 26. h3 Be8 27. Qg7 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 hxg5 29. Rd6 Bc6 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Kf2 e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rf6 e3+ 34. Ke2 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Kb8 36. b3 Ka7 37. Rd6 Rh8 38. c4 Be8 39. Ke2 Rxh3 40. Rxg5 Bc6 41. Re5 Bf3+ 42. Kxe3 Bxg4+ 43. Kd4 Rh2 44. Rg6 Bd1 45. Ra5 Rd8+ 46. Kc3 Rdd2 47. Rg1 Bf3 48. a4 Rc2+ 49. Kd4 Rh4+ |
| ECO C12 in 1999 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's milos gilberto in 84 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd3 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Nfg5 Bxg5+ 12. hxg5 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. Qc6 Qf4 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. c3 Rd5 18. Rh3 Qd6 19. Qa4 h6 20. Qxa7 Ra5 21. Qb7 Nd5 22. c4 Nb4 23. a3 Nxd3 24. Rhxd3 Rf5 25. R1d2 h5 26. g3 g6 27. Qe4 b5 28. d5 bxc4 29. Qxc4 exd5 30. Rxd5 Qe6 31. Qd4 Rf3 32. Qc5 c6 33. Rd6 Qe4+ 34. Ka2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Rf5 36. Qc3 c5 37. Rcd2 Kh7 38. b3 c4 39. b4 Rf3 40. Qd4 Qe1 41. Rc2 Rxa3+ 42. Kxa3 Ra8+ |
| ECO C02 in 1999 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's fressinet lauren in 76 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nc6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 a5 13. Nd2 axb4 14. Nxc4 Qd8 15. a4 Bc6 16. a5 Rc7 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. f3 Nh6 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Be4 Qd8 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nb6 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qh3 24. Kf2 f4 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qa4 Qh6 28. Kg2 fxg3 29. d5 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 Qh6+ 31. Kg4 Qg6+ 32. Kf4 Qh6+ 33. Ke4 Qg6+ 34. Ke3 Bc5+ 35. Bd4 Qh6+ 36. Kd3 Qg6+ 37. Kc4 Bxb6+ 38. dxc6 Bc7 |
| ECO C02 in 2000 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's movsesian sergei in 92 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. dxe5 Qc7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. Na3 a6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qd2 Ref8 15. Nc2 c4 16. Bf1 Rhg8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Ncd4 Bg5 19. Qe2 h5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd4 Rg6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Bd7 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Be7 26. c5 Bxc5 27. Rec1 Kb8 28. Rab1 b5 29. Qc2 Bb6 30. Qb2 Qb7 31. g3 Rg4 32. Rd1 Qa7 33. Qa3 Bc5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 Bc6+ 37. Kh3 Qxa3 38. Nxa3+ Kc7 39. Rbc1 Kb7 40. Rb1+ Kc7 41. Rbc1 Kb7 42. Rd6 Be4 43. Nc4 Rff4 44. Na5+ Ka8 45. Rd8+ Ka7 46. Nc6+ Kb6 |
| ECO C12 in 2000 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's spassky boris v in 70 moves | 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. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 15. Kd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rd8+ 17. Kc2 Re2+ 18. Kb3 fxe6 19. Rad1 Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Rf1 d5 22. a4 Kf7 23. a5 e5 24. Ka3 Ke6 25. b3 g5 26. Kb4 h5 27. h3 e4 28. g3 Ke5 29. Kc5 Rd2 30. Kb4 h4 31. gxh4 gxh4 32. a6 bxa6 33. Ra1 Rxf2 34. Rxa6 Rf7 35. Rh6 e3 |
| ECO C12 in 2000 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's leko peter in 88 moves | 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 Nb8 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 Rb8 18. g5 b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. Qf5 bxc3 21. b3 Rb4 22. h4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Qc4 e4 26. Bc2 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Bd2 28. Bxe4 Qd6 29. f3 Kh8 30. Qd3 Re8 31. Rhg1 c6 32. Rg2 cxd5 33. Bf5 g6 34. Bh3 Re3 35. Qd4 Rxf3 36. Rf2 c2+ 37. Kxc2 Be3 38. Rxf3 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Qc5+ 40. Kd3 Ne4 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Be6 Qc3+ 43. Rd3 Qe5 44. Bxd5 Nf6+ |
| ECO C11 in 2003 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's langheinrich fer in 76 moves | 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. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Re3 Rxf4 21. Rxe6 Nf6 22. Rd6 Bg4 23. Re1 Bh5 24. Nb6 Bf7 25. Nd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxh4 27. Ree7 Rf8 28. Bf5 Rh6 29. Bg4 Rf6 30. Bf3 Rf5 31. Kd2 h5 32. Ke3 h4 33. b3 Kh7 34. Ke2 Kh6 35. Ra7 Bg6 36. Kf2 h3 37. Kg1 hxg2 38. Bxg2 Rf2 |
| ECO C02 in 2004 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's svidler peter in 26 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nh6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Qg5 Bb5 13. c4 Bg3 |
| ECO B18 in 2005 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's kristjansson ste in 68 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. h4 Nf6 8. h5 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qd3 Nd6 11. h6 g6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. g4 O-O 15. f4 b5 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Bh3 Nd5 18. Ng3 f5 19. Rde1 Qd7 20. Qe2 Bh4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nc4 23. Nf1 Nxd2+ 24. Nxd2 Nxf4 25. Rxc6 Nxh3 26. Rxh3 Bg5 27. Rd3 fxg4 28. a4 g3 29. Rxg3 Bxd2 30. axb5 Bxh6 31. c4 Bf4 32. Rg2 g5 33. Kc2 Rf7 34. Kd3 h5 |
| ECO B06 in 1995 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's kramnik vladimir in 130 moves | 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Ng4 13. Bh4 Rad8 14. Bg3 Nge5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. a5 b5 20. a6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Nd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxa6 24. Nd2 Qa2 25. Nf3 Qxb2 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Bxb5 Qb4 28. Bd3 c4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd4 31. Ba6 Rfd8 32. Kg1 R8d6 33. Bb5 Rd1 34. e5 R6d4 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kf2 a5 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Be1 Re4+ 39. Kd1 a4 40. Bd2 a3 41. Kc2 a2 42. Kb2 Rd4 43. Bc3 Rxf4 44. Kxa2 Rf2+ 45. Kb3 Rxg2 46. h3 Rg3 47. Bf1 Rf3 48. Bg2 Rf2 49. Bc6 Rh2 50. e6 fxe6 51. Be5 Rxh3+ 52. Kc2 Rh5 53. Bd4 e5 54. Be3 Kf7 55. Kd3 Kf6 56. Ke4 Rh4+ 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kg3 Rc4 59. Bf3 h4+ 60. Kf2 g5 61. Be2 Ra4 62. Bd1 Rb4 63. Be2 g4 64. Bf1 Kf5 65. Bd3+ e4 |
| ECO A52 in 2000 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's bacrot etienne in 64 moves | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 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+ |
| ECO D97 in 1999 play it! shirov alexei d defeats white's piket jeroen in 98 moves | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 14. Bc4 c6 15. h4 Nd7 16. h5 N7b6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qd6 20. Bxg6 Rxf3 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Qc2 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Rh5 Rb5 28. Bg6 Be6 29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Be4 Bd5 31. Ke2 e6 32. Kd2 Ke7 33. Kc2 Kd7 34. Kc1 Kc7 35. Kc2 Kb6 36. Bg6 Kc7 37. Bh5 Kd6 38. Bf4+ e5 39. Bg3 b4 40. Bg4 Bf6 41. Bh5 c5 42. dxe5+ Bxe5 43. Bg4 Bc6 44. Bh5 Bd5 45. Bg4 Bf7 46. f4 Bf6 47. f5+ Kc6 48. Bf3+ Kb5 49. Be4 b3+ |