[Event “Corus A”]
[Date “2010.01.21”]
[Round “5”]
[White “van Wely”]
[Black “Shirov”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A29”]
[WhiteElo “2641”]
[BlackElo “2723”]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 11. b4 h4 12. Nc4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nd4 15. Nb5 Ne6 16. Qc2 c6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Qd3 Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Rh5 23. Bf4 Qxe2 24. Rd1 Be6 25. b5 Kf8 26. Bf1 Qf3 27. Bg2 Qe2 28. Bf1 Qc2 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Re1 Kg8 31. Bd3 Qb3 32. Bd2 c5 33. Qd6 Bxc4 34. Be4 Bd5 35. Qf4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qd1+ 37. Be1 Qf3 38. Qxg4+ Qxg4 39. Rxg4+ Kf8 40. Bd2 Rc8 41. Rc4 Ke7 42. g4 Rd5 43. Be3 Kd6 44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Ra1 46. Ra4 c4 47. Kd2 c3+ 48. Kc2 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 c2 50. Bc1 Ra1 51. Rd4+ Ke6 52. Re4+ Kf6 53. Re1 Rb1 54. Kd2 Rb7 55. Re3 Kg5 56. f3 Kf4 57. Rd3 Kg3 58. Ke2 Re7+ 59. Kd2 Kf2 {Black wins} 0-1
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At least Van Wely was on top of the list too, after round 1. Will he score another point or half?
This looked more like suicide, didn’t it?
Go Shirov!
Wow !!! Shirov is amazing !
Outstanding
Shirov may yet get the title shot he missed out on after beating Kramnik in a match. Go Shirov
Folks – let’s keep this in perspective. With the exception of Leko, all of his opponents have been under 2700. It’s still a nice accomplishment, but severely skewed by the fact that he has faced mostly bottom-feeders thus far.
Amazing! I don’t like the style of Shirov but one should admit he is really impressive and his games are beautiful! I think Kaspy will have problems sleeping tonight ^^
What’s wrong with the style of Shirov? At last we have a player who doesn’t play for a draw and then still complaints come.
And ‘players below 2700’ (higher than 2600) are still big fishes. Mind you, even Carlsen didn’t win his white game to Short, to name just one example.
When Topalov went on a roll like this in San Luis, everyone cried foul and accused him of using a computer. Now Shirov is doing it, and we have only praise for him.
The point is if you stay away from dull ‘political’ chess like Kramnik, Leko and Svidler, and instead play uncompromising attacking chess like Topalov, Shirov and Carlsen, you stand a higher chance of having results like this.
to Anonymous – quote “severely skewed by the fact that he has faced mostly bottom-feeders thus far”
check your chess history, even the winners of past Corus events dont score +5 after playing the whole field !
Shirov is on FIRE !
Shirov is big patzer.
Of the 5 that Shirov has played so far, Ivanchuk has 4 common opponents, with whom Chucky is 3/4. Carlsen has 3 common opponents, and he is 2.5/3. Shirov is impressive, but not that incredible from this comparison.
I like chess.
He’s impressive allright. 5 out of 5 is 100% in my book.