| ECO D20 in 1992 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's huebner r in 32 moves | 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+ |
| ECO D31 in 1989 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's magomedov magara in 69 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. f3 Bg5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 Be3 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Nd1 Bh6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Na6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qe2 b6 16. a3 Ba6 17. Qd1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Na6 19. Nf3 O-O-O 20. d5 Nc5 21. Qc2 cxd5 22. exd5 Kb7 23. b4 Na6 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. d6 Re8 26. Qd3 Re3 27. Qc4 Nb8 28. Qd5+ Kc8 29. Ncb5 Ne7 30. Rc1+ Nbc6 31. Rxc6+ Qxc6 32. d7+ Kb7 33. Nd6+ Kc7 34. Ne8+ Kb7 35. Nxc6 |
| ECO D10 in 1992 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's thorhallsson th by checkmate in 75 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 O-O 8. g5 Nh5 9. Bd2 f5 10. gxf6 Nhxf6 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. O-O-O h6 13. h4 Bb4 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rf5 19. Qh4 Qg6 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. f4 Nf8 22. Qh4 Ke8 23. e4 Rf7 24. Rhe1 Kd8 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bd7 27. f5 exf5 28. e5 f4 29. e6 Ba4 30. Rd2 Rf5 31. Qf2 f3 32. Re4 Rxg5 33. Rxa4 Rg1+ 34. Rd1 Rg2 35. Qh4+ Ke8 36. Re4 Rc8 37. d6 Rd8 38. Qe7# |
| ECO D20 in 1993 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's kramnik vladimir in 73 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. Bd2 b4 8. e5 bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. exf6 exf6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bxc4 Qd6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. O-O f5 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. d6 Qh4 19. Qd5 Rb8 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Re1 Qg4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Re7 Bb7 24. Qd3 Nb6 25. Ba1 Nxc4 26. Qc3 f6 27. Qxc4+ Kh8 28. Kf2 Qh6 29. Bc3 Qg6 30. d7 Rbd8 31. Qxc5 Rg8 32. g3 f4 33. g4 Rdf8 34. Qd4 Qh6 35. h3 Ba6 36. Kg1 Qh4 37. Qxf4 |
| ECO D20 in 1990 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's varga z in 69 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxd4 Bf5 14. Nc3 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Ndb5 Bd7 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. f4 b6 20. a4 Rd7 21. a5 Rb8 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Nc4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rb8 25. Rd6 g6 26. Na5 Bb5 27. g4 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Be8 31. Ke3 Nc8 32. Rd2 Nb6 33. Ne4 Na4 34. b3 Rb5 35. Rd8 |
| ECO D31 in 1989 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's magomedov m in 61 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. f3 Bg5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 Be3 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Nd1 Bh6 12. e4 Na6 13. Qc3 dxe4 14. Bxa6 exf3+ 15. Kf2 fxg2 16. Kxg2 bxa6 17. Nf3 Kf7 18. Nf2 Qd7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Nxf6 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Bh6 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Ne5+ Kg7 24. d5 Bf5 25. Nxc6+ Kf8 26. Qc5+ Kf7 27. Nd6+ Kg7 28. Be5+ Nf6 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Kf2 |
| ECO D31 in 1989 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's kupreichik vikto in 95 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e3 a6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qg6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Be2 Qb1+ 16. Bd1 Na5 17. Qc2 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Nc4 19. Ke2 b5 20. Bb3 Nxb2 21. Rxc7 Rfc8 22. Rhc1 Nc4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Rb8 26. Nd2 Rb4 27. Bc2 Na3 28. Bd3 a5 29. Ra1 Nc4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Bc2 Rb2 32. Kd1 Rb5 33. e4 f5 34. d5 Bc8 35. f3 fxe4 36. fxe4 Kf7 37. Kd2 Kf6 38. Kc3 Ke5 39. Rf1 Bg4 40. Rf7 g5 41. h3 Be2 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. d6 Bd3 44. Ba4 Rb8 45. e5+ Kg6 46. d7 Bf5 47. Re8 Bxd7 48. Bc2+ |
| ECO D10 in 1992 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's thorhallsson thr by checkmate in 75 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 O-O 8. g5 Nh5 9. Bd2 f5 10. gxf6 Nhxf6 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. O-O-O h6 13. h4 Bb4 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rf5 19. Qh4 Qg6 20. Qg4 Kf7 21. f4 Nf8 22. Qh4 Ke8 23. e4 Rf7 24. Rhe1 Kd8 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bd7 27. f5 exf5 28. e5 f4 29. e6 Ba4 30. Rd2 Rf5 31. Qf2 f3 32. Re4 Rxg5 33. Rxa4 Rg1+ 34. Rd1 Rg2 35. Qh4+ Ke8 36. Re4 Rc8 37. d6 Rd8 38. Qe7# |
| ECO D17 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's harikrishna pent in 75 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe4 fxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qc3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxc3 23. bxc3 b6 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Kc7 26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Nb4 h5 30. Na6+ Kc8 31. Bc6 Re7 32. Bxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Nxc5+ bxc5 35. Rxa5 h4 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rc7 hxg3 38. fxg3 |
| ECO D10 in 1987 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's kamsky gata in 57 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qf3 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 Qxh1 19. d6+ Ke8 20. Qxh6 Qxb7 21. O-O-O Nf8 22. Qf6 Qd7 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. h4 Qd8 25. Qg7 Qb6 26. Qg8 Rd8 27. d7+ Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Qxf7+ |
| ECO D10 in 1994 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's morovic fernande in 79 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 Nbd5 23. Kf2 Nb4 24. a3 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rxd3 Bd5 29. Rc3 Nc6 30. Ke3 Kf7 31. Rh7+ Bg7 32. Rh2 Kg6 33. Rhc2 Na5 34. Rc7 a6 35. Ra7 Nc4+ 36. Ke2 a5 37. b3 Nxa3 38. Rc8 Bh6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. Rh7 |
| ECO D20 in 1991 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's murshed niaz in 80 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. d5 Nce7 6. Bxc4 Ng6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qc6 Nh4 12. Kf1 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qg5 14. Nd2 Qxd2 15. Ba3 Qd3+ 16. Ne2 Nxg2 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Nf4 19. Rg1 g6 20. Ne2 Kd8 21. Rc1 Nf6 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. d6 Rc8 24. f3 Re8 25. Rg5 cxd6 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Bxd6 Nh5 28. Rc5+ Kd7 29. Be5 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Bd4 a6 33. Kd3 g5 34. b4 f6 35. a4 Kc6 36. e5 fxe5 37. Bxe5 Kd5 38. Bd4 h6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Ng3 |
| ECO D34 in 1989 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's kupreichik vikto in 97 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Ne1 Rb8 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Nec5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Bxd3 18. exd3 Be7 19. Be4 Rxb2 20. Qa4 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qd7 22. Qa5 Qe6 23. Qxa7 Rxa2 24. Qb7 Re2 25. Qd5 Qf6 26. f4 Ng4 27. Qd7 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Bf3 Rxh2 30. Bxg4 Rd2 31. Re5 Rxd3 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Kg2 g6 34. f5 gxf5 35. Rfxf5+ Kg7 36. Rf7+ Kg6 37. Rf2 Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Bf5 Kxg5 40. Bxd3 h5 41. Rf5+ Kh6 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rf4 Rd8 44. Kh3 Ra8 45. Kh4 Ra1 46. Kxh5 Rd1 47. Rxd4 Kf6 48. Rf4+ Ke5 49. Bg6 |
| ECO D31 in 1992 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's aleksandrov alek in 123 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Qf3 Ng6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qh5 c4 13. Bc2 Nce7 14. f3 f5 15. e4 Rf8 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Bd2 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Nxf1 dxe4 21. Ng3 Bc6 22. Nxe4 Qd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Re1 Rd8 25. g3 Nc6 26. Bg5 Re8 27. h4 Re6 28. Kf2 h6 29. Bd2 Nf8 30. g4 Nd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Kf8 33. Kf3 Ne7 34. Kg4 Ra6 35. Bc1 Be6+ 36. Kg3 Kg8 37. a4 Nf5+ 38. Kf4 Ne7 39. Ba3 Nd5+ 40. Kg3 b5 41. Nd6 b4 42. cxb4 Rxd6 43. b5 Rb6 44. Bc5 Nc7 45. Bxb6 axb6 46. a5 Kf7 47. a6 Nxb5 48. Ba4 Na7 49. d5 Bf5 50. d6 b5 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Bc2 Bxc2 53. Rxd7 Nc6 54. Rc7 Be4 55. g6 Nd8 56. Rd7 Nc6 57. Rf7+ Ke8 58. Rxg7 c3 59. Rc7 Bxg6 60. Rxc6 Be4 61. Rxc3 Kd7 62. Kf4 |
| ECO D30 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's vaganian rafael in 71 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf1 Ne4 18. Qe2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc7 20. Nd4 Ne6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Bc5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 g6 28. Ba3 h5 29. Be7 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qd2 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Bf6 Ng7 33. h3 h4 34. g4 Qf4 35. Qf8 Qe4+ 36. Kh2 |
| ECO D31 in 1992 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's akopian vladimir in 122 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 h5 9. h3 Nh6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. O-O-O Kf8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Ne2 Rh7 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Ng3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. Qxe4 Qe7 24. Qf4 Rd8 25. Rge1 Qd6 26. d5 Qh6 27. Qxh6 Rxh6 28. dxc6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxc6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Rf6 32. Rxf7 Bg2 33. h4 Rxf7 34. Nxf7 Kg6 35. Nd6 Kf6 36. Kd2 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Nf7 h4 40. Ne5+ Kf5 41. Nf3 Kg4 42. Nd4 Kg5 43. b4 h3 44. Nf3+ Kf5 45. b5 b6 46. Nh2 Ke5 47. f3 Kf5 48. a3 Ke5 49. a4 Bh1 50. Ng4+ Kd6 51. Nf2 Bg2 52. Ne4+ Ke5 53. Kf2 Bxf3 54. Kxf3 h2 55. Kg2 Kxe4 56. c5 Kd5 57. c6 Kd6 58. Kxh2 Kc7 59. Kg3 Kd6 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. Ke4 Kd6 |
| ECO D20 in 1991 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's polgar zsuzsa in 65 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Qf6 9. b4 a6 10. e5 Qg6 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. Bd3 Qh6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nge7 15. Qe4 Rd8 16. a3 Qe6 17. Nc5 Qxe5 18. Nxb7 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Rb8 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Nc5 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Na7 23. Nxa6 Rb6 24. Nxc7 g6 25. Bd3 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Naxc6 27. Nb5 Nd5 28. Rc1 Nf4 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. Nxc6 Rxd3 31. Ra1 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nc3 33. a4 |
| ECO D10 in 1993 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's akopian vladimir in 81 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. g5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 c5 16. a3 c4 17. axb4 Bd5 18. Nfd2 O-O 19. Rhg1 e5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bf5 Nh5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Be6 25. Nf3 g6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Rcd1 Qe7 28. Qc3 Rd3 29. Rxd3 cxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Qxb4 31. Qd4 Qb3 32. Nd2 Qe6 33. Qd6 Qc8 34. Rc1 Qg4+ 35. f3 Qg2+ 36. Kd3 Kg7 37. f4 Qh3 38. e6 fxe6 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Kc2 Qf5+ 41. e4 |
| ECO A40 in 2006 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's williams simon k in 65 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rb1 a6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Rd5 Be6 15. Rxb7 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Na5 17. Rb1 Nc4 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. c4 Qh5 21. c5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. d6 cxd6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. g4 Nd4 27. cxd6 Bg5 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. d7 Rd8 30. Nc4 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Kg8 32. Nxe5 Kf8 33. Rd1 |
| ECO A40 in 1988 play it! shirov alexei defeats black's ulibin mikhail in 71 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bd2 Nce7 16. N2g3 b6 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rad1 a5 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. Qb1 a4 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Nd5 25. Qb2 Bc4 26. Bb1 Qb5 27. Qc1 h5 28. Bh6 Nf6 29. Re5 Qc6 30. Nxh5 Nxh5 31. Rxh5 Be2 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qh6+ Kf6 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qf4+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ |