Morozevich, A (2747) – Shirov, A (2720) [D90]
CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA – MAGISTRAL A
Pamplona (3.4), 24.12.2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Rc1 0–0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 c5 11.d5 [11.dxc5 N6d7 12.e3 Nxc5+=]
11…e6 12.d6 Nd5 13.h4 [13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Be6 15.Qxb7 Nd7 unclear]
13…g4 14.Ne5 Qxd6 [14…Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Bxd7=+]
15.e4+- f5 16.exf5 [16.Ng6!+- f4 17.Nxf4 Rxf4 18.exd5+-]
16…Bxe5 17.Nb5 [17.Qxg4+ Kh8 18.Nb5 Nf6 19.Qe2+-]
17…Qc6 18.Bxe5 exf5 19.Nd6 Nb6 20.f3 Be6 21.Bb5 Qd5 22.Qe2 [22.Qxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxc5+-]
22…N8d7 unclear
23.Bf4 gxf3 24.gxf3 Kh7 25.Rd1 Qxa2 26.Kf2 Rf6 27.Rhg1 Raf8 28.Be5 Nxe5 29.Qxe5 Nd7 30.Bxd7+- Bxd7 31.Ne4 fxe4 32.Rxd7+ Kh8 33.Rg6 1–0
Click here to replay the game.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Thanks, Susan you are the best.
pfff… just Fritz analysis
Very interesting game indeed.
hey anonymous, any decent scrabble player can tell you that the correct spelling is phpht, not pfff.
I assume black’s try of e3+ leads to nothing?
After 11. bxc5, why 11…N6d7? instead of 11…Bxc3! 12. Rxc3, Qxd1; 13. Kxd1, Na4 equalizing? [Javier Pérez from Madrid, Spain]
How about 17…Bxg3!? 18. Qxg4+, Kh8; 19. Nxd6, Bxd6, with two Knights and a Bishop for the Queen? [Javier Pérez from Madrid, Spain]