[Event "It (cat.21)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Morelia/Linares (Mexico/Spain)"] [Date "2008.03.03"] [Round "11"] [White "Topalov Veselin (BUL)"] [Black "Shirov Alexei (ESP)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2726"] [ECO "D85"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"] { Topalov Veselin (BUL) +1 =1 -0 Shirov Alexei (ESP) +0 =4 -1 Topalov Veselin (BUL)-Shirov Alexei (ESP) +1 =0 -0 } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6 { =/? } 16.Qd4 ( 16.Bh6 Bd7 17.Bxf8 Qb6+ 18.Nd4 Rxf8 19.Rb1 Qd6 20.Qc3 Qe5 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Qxc8+ Bxc8 23.Rxc8+ Kg7 24.Ne6+ Kh6 25.f4 Qb2 26.g4 Qd2 27.g5+ Kh5 28.Bf1 Qe3+ 29.Kg2 Qxe4+ 30.Kf2 Qxd5 31.Rh8 Kg4 32.Rxh7 Qd2+ 33.Be2+ Kf5 34.Rxe7 Nc6 35.Ng7+ Kxf4 { ...0-1, Christiansen Larry M 2625 - Lagunow Alexander 2443 , Cologne 1992 It (open) "Porz" } ) ( 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.e5 Rc8 18.Bh6 fxe5 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Qxe5 Qf6 21.Qe3 b6 22.Ng3 Nc4 23.Qe2 Nd6 24.f4 Rc5 25.f5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Ne4 Qe5 28.Qf3 Rxd5 29.g4 Rd4 30.Ng5 Qe3 31.gxf5 Qxg5 32.fxg6 Qd5 33.gxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qxd5 Rxd5 35.Rf7+ Kg6 { ...0-1, Milov Vadim 2626 - Van Wely Loek 2629 , Batumi 1999 Ch Europe (team) } ) 16...Bf7 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bb5 e5 19.Qf2 Re7 20.Bd3 { N } ( 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qxb5 24.Qxf6 Qe8 25.Qd4 Rd8 26.h3 Rf7 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Qc3 b6 29.Ng3 Nb7 30.Ne4 Qe7 31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.Nxh7 Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.Ng4 Kg8 35.Qd2 Re8 36.Qf4 Qd6 37.Qf2 Qc5 38.Qg3 Qd4 39.Kh2 Nd8 { ...1-0, Topalov Veselin 2769 - Shirov Alexei 2739 , Wijk aan Zee 16. 1.2007 It (cat.19) } ) ( 20.Ng3 Qb6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.f4 Be8 23.Be2 Bd7 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Nh1 b5 26.Nf2 Rf7 27.Nd3 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Nc4 29.Nc5 Be8 30.Nxb7 Rxa2 31.Ke1 Ra7 32.Nc5 Nd6 33.Bd2 Kf7 34.Bc3 Kf6 35.Bb4 Ra1+ 36.Kf2 Rb1 37.Bd2 Rb2 38.Ke3 Rc2 39.Bb4 Rc1 { ...0-1, Zude Erik Dr 2426 - Novotny Michal 2233 , Pardubice 23. 7.2005 It (open) (a) } ) ( 20.Be3 b6 21.f4 Be8 22.Bd3 Rf7 23.Qg3 Qe7 24.h4 Rc8 25.h5 Rg7 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Bg5 Qc5+ 28.Kh2 Bd7 29.Bf6 Qf8 30.Bxg7 Qxg7 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Qg5 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Ng1 Qe7 35.Qh6+ Qg7 36.Qh4 Nb7 37.Nf3 Nc5 38.Qd8+ Be8 39.Qd6+ Qe7 { ...1/2-1/2, Andre Gordon 2176 - Peters Andreas 2313 , Germany 1999 Oberliga East A 1999/00 } ) 20...Rc8 21.f4 Nc4 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Qxf6 Bxd5 24.exd5 Ng4 25.Qf4 Nxh6 26.Qxh6 Qb6+ { ? } ( 26...Qxd5 27.Nf4 Qd4+ 28.Kh1 Rf7 29.Qh3 Re8 30.g3 Qc5 31.Qh4 b5 32.Kg2 { } ) 27.Kh1 Qe3 28.Qh4 Re5 29.Qf6 Ree8 30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Qf6+ Kh7 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Nf4 { +15.00 CAP } {#r} 1-0