[Event "Cup World (active)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Odessa (Ukraine)"] [Date "2008.01.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov Alexei (ESP)"] [Black "Inarkiev Ernesto (RUS)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2669"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] { Shirov Alexei (ESP) +3 =7 -0 Inarkiev Ernesto (RUS) +1 =1 -0 } 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7 { ?/= } 16.a4 ( 16.d5 Rc8 17.c4 c6 18.Bd2 a5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Bd3 bxc4 21.bxc4 Ba6 22.Bf1 Nc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Rb1 Bh6 25.Qc2 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.dxc6 Bf4 28.Ne2 Qxc6 29.Nxf4 exf4 30.Qd2 Re8 31.e5 Nh5 32.Qxa5 Bb7 33.Nh2 f3 34.Nxf3 Nf4 35.Qd2 Ne6 { ...1/2-1/2, Anand Viswanathan 2781 - Ponomariov Ruslan 2710 , Cap d'Agde 2003 It (active) (knockout) } ) 16...d5 17.axb5 ( 17.dxe5 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Bg5 exf3 20.Bxd8 Raxd8 21.axb5 Nxe5 22.bxa6 Rxd1 23.Rexd1 Ba8 24.gxf3 Nxf3+ 25.Kf1 Bxc3 26.Rac1 Nd2+ 27.Kg1 Ba5 28.b4 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Nh2+ 30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Bb6 32.Rc2 Nh2+ 33.Kg1 Nf3+ 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Ne2 Nh2+ 36.Kg1 Nf3+ { ...0-1, Byrne Robert E 2595 - Spassky Boris V 2650 , San Juan 1974 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/4) } ) 17...Nxe4 { N } ( 17...axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.dxe5 ( 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bd2 exd4 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Nxd4 b4 23.Nge2 bxc3 24.Bxc3 Nxc3 25.Nxc3 Nb6 26.Nde2 h6 27.Qd2 Qe5 28.Qe3 Nd5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Be4 Nxc3 31.Nxc3 Ba6 32.Nd5 f5 33.Bf3 Bd6 34.Ne3 Kf7 35.Nc4 Ke6 36.Kf1 Bb5 37.Ke2 { ...1/2-1/2, Andriasian Zaven 2366 - Ragger Markus 2428 , Urgup 1. 8.2004 Ch Europe (juniors) (under 16) } ) 19...Nxe4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 ( 21.Ng5 Nxe5 22.Bxe4 Rd8 23.Qe2 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Nd3 25.Bg5 Nxe1 26.Bxd8 Qxd8 27.Qxe1 Qe7 28.Kf1 f5 29.Ng3 Qxe1+ 30.Kxe1 Bxc3+ 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Kd3 Be1 33.Ke2 Bb4 34.Kd3 Ke6 35.Ne2 c5 36.Nf4+ Ke5 37.Ne2 { ...0-1, Adamek Zdenek 2150 - Soukal Rudolf 2155 , Ceske Budejovice 1996 It (open) "Casino Czechoslovakia" } ) 21...Bxe4 22.Qxd7 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bxe5 24.Kg2 Rd8 25.Qxb5 Bxc3 26.Re7 Rd5 27.Qc4 Ba1 28.Bh6 c6 29.Qa4 { 1-0, Riemersma Liafbern 2420 - Van Der Sterren Paul 2525 , Netherlands 1993 Ch Netherlands (team) } ) 18.bxa6 Nxc3 19.Qd3 Ne4 20.Bb2 Nxg3 21.axb7 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 e4 23.Qb5 { ? } ( 23.Qd1 exf3 24.fxg3 f2+ 25.Kxf2 Qf6+ 26.Kg1 Qb6 27.Ra8 Nb8 28.Qf3 Qxb7 29.Ra5 c6 { } ) 23...c6 24.Qxc6 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nb8 26.Qc8 exf3 27.Qxd8 fxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rxd8 29.Ra8 Nxd4 30.Ba3 Bf8 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Bd1 Ke7 { -4.50 CAP } {#R} 0-1