(White) Boris Gelfand vs (Black) Alexey Shirov I 1998; 1-0

Rubinstein Memorial 35th
Polanica-Zdroj POL

1998.08.20

1-0

(White) Boris Gelfand vs

(Black) Alexey Shirov

(WhiteElo) 2675

(BlackElo) 2720

Boris Gelfand wins after 39 moves.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3

7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O

Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5 16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5

hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Rd7

Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+

Kg8 29.Qg6 Bd7 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne6

34.d5 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2 37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7 1-0
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