[Event "Ch Russia (club)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Sochi (Russia)"] [Date "2007.05.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Shirov Alexei (ESP)"] [Black "Asrian Karen (ARM)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2623"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3 Nf6"] { Shirov Alexei (ESP) +0 =4 -2 Asrian Karen (ARM) +1 =2 -0 } 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qb3 c6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Rc1 { ? } ( 9.Bf4 a5 10.Rc1 a4 11.Qc2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nc3 a3 15.bxa3 Bxa3 16.Rd1 Nb6 17.Be5 Be6 18.Ng5 g6 19.Bd4 Bf5 20.Qb3 Nfd7 21.e4 Bg4 22.Nf3 Nc5 23.Qb5 Rc8 24.Rab1 Nc4 25.Nxd5 Nxe4 26.Qxb7 Ncd6 27.Ne7+ { 1-0, Grischuk Alexander 2704 - Landa Konstantin 2571 , Internet 14. 4.2004 It (blitz) ACP (Prelim3) } ) 9...Ne4 { = } 10.Bf4 { -0.29 CAP N } ( 10.Bb4 Bxb4 ( 10...c5 11.Ba3 cxd4 12.cxd5 Ndc5 13.Qd1 exd5 14.Nxd4 Qb6 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qd4 Rad8 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.Qxe4 Bxf2+ 21.Kh1 Rd2 22.Rc2 Rxc2 23.Qxc2 Bd4 24.Bf3 { 1/2-1/2, Konopka Michal 2484 - Galdunts Sergey 2464 , Germany 1999 Oberliga East B 1999/00 } ) 11.Qxb4 a5 12.Qa3 b5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 f5 15.f3 b4 16.Qd3 Qb6+ 17.e3 dxc4 18.Qd4 c5 19.Qd1 c3 20.bxc3 Rd8 21.Qe1 Ng5 22.f4 Ne4 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Nd2 Rd3 25.Nxe4 c4 26.cxb4 Rxe3 27.Qf2 axb4 28.Rxc4 Bb7 29.Nc5 Rf3 { ...0-1, Ljubojevic Ljubomir 2635 - Jussupow Artur 2610 , Rotterdam 1989 Cup World } ) ( 10.Be3 b6 ( 10...Nd6 { 1/2-1/2, Ponomariov Ruslan 2710 - Azmaiparashvili Zurab 2672 , Calvia 28.10.2004 Olympiad } ) 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Nb5 Nc4 15.a4 a6 16.Na3 g5 17.Be3 g4 18.Nd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bg5 20.Qd3 f5 21.e3 Be7 22.Nc2 a5 23.Na3 Nf6 24.Nb5 Rc8 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Qd7 27.Nb1 Rc8 28.N1c3 Ba6 29.Qd1 Bb4 { ...1/2-1/2, Bareev Evgeny 2729 - Shirov Alexei 2723 , Moscow 2002 Match "Russia-All World" } ) 10...f5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qe3 f4 15.gxf4 Nd6 16.Nd2 Nf5 17.Qe5 Nxd4 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Kf1 Nf5 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 e5 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.Rc3 Be6 24.Re1 Rae8 25.Nd2 Bf7 26.Be4 Nd6 27.Bd3 Bg6 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.Rce3 Rf4 30.b3 Nf7 31.Ne4 Rd8 32.Nc5 Rd2 33.R3e2 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 b6 35.Nd7 Rf5 36.Nb8 Rf6 37.Rd2 Ng5 38.Ke2 Ne4 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rd7+ Kh6 41.Rxa7 b5 42.Re7 bxc4 43.bxc4 Nc3+ 44.Ke3 e4 45.Nd7 Rf3+ 46.Kd4 Rd3+ 47.Kc5 Kg5 48.Kxc6 Rf3 49.Nc5 Rxf2 50.Nxe4+ Nxe4 51.Rxe4 { 374997419=ZE5Y233 374997419=ZE5Y123 374997419=ZE5Y235 } 51...Rxh2 { ?! } ( 51...Rxa2 { !? } 52.h3 Ra3 53.h4+ Kf5 54.Rd4 Ke5 55.Rd5+ Ke6 56.Rd6+ Ke5 57.c5 Ra4 58.Kb5 { } ) 52.a4 Kf5 53.Re8 Ra2 54.Ra8 g5 55.a5 Kg6 56.a6 Kg7 57.Kb7 Rb2+ 58.Ka7 g4 59.Rd8 g3 60.c5 g2 61.Rd1 Kf6 62.c6 Rf2 63.Rg1 Ke6 64.Kb7 { 374997419=ZE5Y203 374997419=ZE5Y123 374997419=ZE5Y215 } {#r} 1-0