| ECO A07 in 1990 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's vyzhmanavin alex in 123 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b4 a5 14. Qb3 axb4 15. Qxb4 Ra7 16. a4 Ne5 17. Bg2 Be7 18. Qb3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. a5 h6 21. Ra2 Nd7 22. Re1 Nb8 23. Qc4 Na6 24. Rb2 Nc7 25. Rc2 Ne6 26. f4 Qf6 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Bf3 Bd6 29. Bg4 Re8 30. a6 Rxa6 31. Rxb7 Nc5 32. Kg2 Rea8 33. Rb4 Ne6 34. Rb1 Nc5 35. Rcb2 g6 36. Rb6 Ra2 37. Rxc6 Rxd2 38. Qxc5 Bxc5 39. Rxf6 Ra7 40. Rc6 Ba3 41. Rb5 Kg7 42. Rd5 Bb2 43. f5 gxf5 44. Rxf5 Rd1 45. Bf3 Rda1 46. Rf4 R1a6 47. Rg4+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Ke7 49. Re4+ Kf6 50. h4 Kg7 51. Ree8 Ra1 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. Rc6+ Ke7 54. Rxh6 Bc1 55. Rhh8 Be3 56. Re8+ Kf6 57. Rhg8 Rg1+ 58. Kh3 Bf2 59. g4 Ra6 60. Re4 Re6 61. Rf4+ Ke7 62. g5 |
| ECO B48 in 2005 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's kogan artur in 99 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O b4 9. Na4 Nf6 10. f3 Ne5 11. Nb3 Rb8 12. Qf2 Be7 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Bd4 O-O 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bc5 a5 19. Bc4 Bxc5 20. Nbxc5 Nce7 21. Ne4 Ba6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd6 f6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qc5 fxe5 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. Nxd5 exf4 28. Re1 f3 29. gxf3 Ra8 30. Qd4 Qa7 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Qd5 h6 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. Qe4 Kg8 37. Nf5 Rxf5 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Nxf5 Rf8 40. Ne7 Rb8 41. f4 a4 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. f5 b3 44. Ne7+ Kh8 45. f6 Qb6 46. fxg7+ Kxg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. Qg7+ Kh5 50. Re5 |
| ECO B35 in 1995 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's ljubojevic ljubo in 34 moves | 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 |
| ECO B90 in 1996 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's gelfand boris in 83 moves | 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. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Ba5 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Bg5 Bc7 21. Ne4+ Ke8 22. Qg4 b5 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. O-O-O Qxg4 25. Nxg4+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Bd8 Bxf5 29. Bxc7 Nc6 30. Nh6 Bg6 31. Rd6 Nb4 32. cxb4 Kg7 33. h4 Rhc8 34. h5 Rxc7+ 35. Kd2 Be4 36. Rg1+ Kh8 37. Ke3 Bb7 38. Rgd1 Re8 39. Nf5 Bc8 40. Rd8 Bxf5 41. Rxe8+ Kg7 42. Rxe5 |
| ECO B32 in 1996 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's peter leko in 63 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 d5 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Rxd4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qd3 Bd7 22. Qxe4 Bb5+ 23. Ke1 Bc6 24. Qh4 Bd6 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. Qg3 Rd8 28. Be5 Rd7 29. Ne2 Kh8 30. Bc3 Kg8 31. Nf4 Be4 32. Bxg7 |
| ECO B78 in 1984 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's petrenko svetlan in 67 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bg5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nb3 Rc7 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Ka1 b6 20. c3 a5 21. Nc1 a4 22. a3 Be6 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. h4 Nd5 25. h5 e4 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. c4 Qxc4 28. fxe4 Qc5 29. exd5 Qxa3+ 30. Na2 Qb3 31. dxe6 Re8 32. Rh3 Qb5 33. Nc3 Qb3 34. Qd8 |
| ECO B90 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's bologan viktor in 61 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 g6 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 f5 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Rad1 fxe4 21. Rxe4 a5 22. Rg4 Bc8 23. Rg3 Bf5 24. Qa3 Rf7 25. Ng5 Rd7 26. Ne3 Qe8 27. Rxd6 e4 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Ne6 Be5 30. Qc5 Bxb2 31. Qb5 |
| ECO B80 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's damljanovic bran in 65 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qe3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 exf4 16. Qxf4 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxd5 20. gxh6 Qxa2+ 21. Kc1 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa5+ 23. c3 Qe5 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. hxg7+ Qxg7 26. Bf5 Ke7 27. Rh7 Qxg2+ 28. Kc1 Rf8 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33. Re1 |
| ECO B45 in 1996 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's hun polgar judit in 87 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g5 O-O 14. h4 Rd8 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. h5 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bg2 d4 19. Bxd4 b4 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. b3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bb2 Rc8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rc1 Bf5 27. h6 gxh6 28. gxh6 Bg6 29. Ka1 Qc5 30. Qd2 a5 31. Qd7 Bf5 32. Qb7 Re8 33. Qa6 Qd5 34. Qf6 Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Re1+ Be6 37. Qxh7 Qd2 38. Qe4 a4 39. h7 a3 40. Bd4 Kd7 41. h8=Q Rxh8 42. Bxh8 Bd5 43. Qe8+ Kd6 44. Qe2 |
| ECO B42 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's van wely loek in 81 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. f4 b6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Qh3 Nbd7 12. Be3 b5 13. Nd2 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rhf1 a5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Ned4 Rd8 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxc5 Qb6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. e6 f6 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxh5 Nh6 31. Qxa5 Rd5 32. Qa4 Qb8 33. h3 f5 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Qb5 36. Qa7+ Kxe6 37. Qf2 Nxg4 38. Qf7+ Kd6 39. Rc1 Qd7 40. Qxd5+ Kxd5 41. Rd1+ |
| ECO B90 in 1992 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's gelfand boris in 124 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. N3d4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. g3 a4 17. Bh3 e5 18. Bg5 a3 19. b3 Kh8 20. Rhf1 Qb4 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Ra4 23. Be6 Rb4 24. Rd3 h6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rff3 Re8 27. Bf7 Rf8 28. Bd5 Bg5+ 29. Kd1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Rxa3 Rc1 32. Rfc3 Rh1 33. h4 Rh2+ 34. Kd1 Bd2 35. Rf3 b5 36. cxb5 Bb4 37. Ra8 Rd2+ 38. Kc1 Rxc2+ 39. Kb1 Rxa8 40. Kxc2 Rb8 41. a4 g5 42. h5 Rc8+ 43. Kb3 Ba5 44. Bc6 Kg7 45. Kc4 g4 46. Rd3 Rd8 47. Kd5 Kf6 48. Bb7 Rd7 49. Bc6 Rd8 50. Bb7 Kg5 51. Kc6 Kxh5 52. b6 Kg5 53. Kb5 Be1 54. a5 h5 55. a6 Bxg3 56. a7 Bf2 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Bxa8 h4 59. Bc6 h3 60. b7 Ba7 61. Bd7 h2 62. Rd1 Kh4 |
| ECO B46 in 1996 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's morovic fernande in 72 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bd3 c5 14. c4 Nc3 15. Qe1 d4 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bxc3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Qe1 Rad8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Rae1 Rd4 22. Re3 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qh5 Qf7 25. Qe5 Rdxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Kg1 Bc8 28. Qxc5 Bd7 29. Qd6 Rf6 30. c5 Qh5 31. h3 Qd5 32. c4 Qxd6 33. cxd6 Rf8 34. Re5 Rf4 35. Be4 Rf8 36. c5 Rc8 |
| ECO B76 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's polzin rainer in 99 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 Nf4 16. g3 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Be3 Nb6 21. h5 Nd5 22. Bc5 Red8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ba6 Rd7 25. Ng5 Nf4 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Rxd7 Nxc5 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Bxc6 Nxd7 30. Bxd7 e4 31. c3 e3 32. Rh2 Be5 33. Re2 Kf8 34. Kc2 Bf4 35. b4 Ke7 36. Bc6 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. a4 Kd6 39. Bb5 Rh8 40. Rg2 Ke5 41. a5 Rh3 42. Rg7 Kf6 43. Rxa7 Rh2+ 44. Kb3 e2 45. Bxe2 Rxe2 46. a6 Re1 47. Ra8 Ra1 48. a7 Kg7 49. c4 Be3 50. c5 |
| ECO B41 in 2005 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's sokolov andrei in 79 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Nb3 b5 16. a3 Qc7 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Rd3 a5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Ng8 21. Qf2 Ne5 22. Rg3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Na2 Bb5 25. Rd1 Bc4 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Nxb4 Rb8 28. Qd2 Rb6 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qc4 31. Nd3 Qxe4 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qf2 Rh7 34. Qxb6 Qxg3 35. Qb8+ Kd7 36. Nc5+ Kc6 37. Ne4 Qe5 38. Qe8+ Kb6 39. Nf6 Qe2 40. Rc1 |
| ECO B46 in 1994 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's benjamin joel in 65 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 g6 18. Nf2 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nh5 20. Qe3 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 e5 22. Ng4 f6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Kg7 26. Qf4 Rad8 27. c3 h6 28. Rb1 Qa8 29. Rb6 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Bxe4 31. Re1 f5 32. Qe5+ Bf6 33. Rxf6 |
| ECO B32 in 1994 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's szabolcsi janos in 123 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a6 8. Ba4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nxe4 e5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Ke2 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ke7 17. Rhf1 Rag8 18. b3 a5 19. Kd3 a4 20. Kc3 c5 21. Rfd1 Ke6 22. Rab1 axb3 23. axb3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. b4 cxb4+ 26. Rxb4 Rd1 27. Rb2 Re1 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Rd2 Ra1 30. Rc2 Ra3+ 31. Rc3 Ra2 32. Rc2 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 f5 34. g3 Kd6 35. Rd2+ Ke6 36. Kf3 Rc3 37. Rd5 f6 38. Rd8 Rxc4 39. Rf8 Kd5 40. Rxf6 Rc2 41. h4 e4+ 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Kg5 Rf3 44. Rxf5+ Ke6 45. g4 Rxe3 46. Rf6+ Ke5 47. Rh6 Rf3 48. Rxh7 Ke6 49. Rh8 Kf7 50. Ra8 e3 51. Ra4 Rf6 52. Ra7+ Ke6 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Ra1 Kf7 55. Re1 Rf3 56. h5 Kg7 57. Re2 Kf7 58. Kh6 Rg3 59. g5 Rh3 60. g6+ Kf6 61. g7 Kf7 62. Rg2 |
| ECO B46 in 1994 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's benjamin joel in 42 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 g6 18. Nf2 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nh5 20. Qe3 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 e5 |
| ECO B80 in 1998 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's hracek z in 75 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 b5 13. f4 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. g4 exf4 17. Bxf4 O-O 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. h4 Na4 21. Bc1 Rc8 22. g5 Be5 23. h5 Qc7 24. Bd3 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. g6+ Kg8 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Rdf1 Rc4 30. Be3 fxg6 31. hxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rg4 33. Rg1 Re4 34. Bf2 Rb4+ 35. Kc1 Rb2 36. Rg3 b4 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Bg3 |
| ECO B48 in 2002 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's lutz christopher in 137 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 d5 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 f5 15. Qf6 Ng6 16. fxe4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. exf5 Ng4 19. Re1 Bb6 20. Nd1 Nf2 21. Nxf2 Bxf2 22. Rd1 exf5 23. g3 Bd7 24. Bh3 O-O-O 25. Rhf1 Be3+ 26. Kb1 Be6 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. cxd3 Rd8 29. Rf3 Bb6 30. Nc3 Bg1 31. Ne2 Bb6 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxd3 34. Kc2 Rd7 35. Nc3 Bg1 36. h4 Kd8 37. Nd5 Rd6 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. g4 Rc6 41. Rf3 Re6+ 42. Kd3 Re1 43. Nf6 h6 44. g5 hxg5 45. Nh7+ Ke7 46. Nxg5 f6 47. Ne4 Rd1+ 48. Kc2 Rd4 49. Ng3 Kf7 50. Nf5 Rd8 51. h5 Rh8 52. h6 Ke6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. b4 b5 55. Rf1 Bb6 56. Ne7 Ke6 57. Re1+ Kf7 58. Nd5 Rd8 59. Re7+ Kg6 60. Ke4 Bf2 61. Re6 Bh4 62. Rxa6 Kxh6 63. Nxf6 Kg5 64. Ke5 Be1 65. Ne4+ Kg4 66. Nd6 Kf3 67. Nxb5 Bg3+ 68. Ke6 Ke4 69. Nd6+ |
| ECO B30 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's valmana canto ja in 53 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. Bb2 Ne7 7. Nh4 e5 8. f4 d6 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. O-O Be6 11. c3 c4 12. d4 cxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Nc4 d5 17. Qg3 dxc4 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Rad1+ Bd5 20. exd5 Bc5+ 21. Rd4 cxd5 22. Rf7+ Qe7 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Ke6 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Ke6 27. bxc4 |