[Event “XXIV Magistral Ciudad de León”]
[Site “León”]
[Date “2011.06.03”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Shirov, Alexei”]
[Black “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2709”]
[BlackElo “2817”]
[PlyCount “78”]
[EventDate “2011.06.03”]
[EventType “match (rapid)”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na3 c3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nd6 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qd4 Nb7 20. Rad1 c5 21. Qa4 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 f5 23. Rd7 Qe8 24. Rfd1 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Ng5 Qf5 28. f4 Re8 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. Re7 h6 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxf4 34. Ra6 Rf3 35. Rxa7 Rxh3 36. e6 Re3 37. Re7 Kf8 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Re7 Kf8 1/2-1/2
[Event “XXIV Magistral Ciudad de León”]
[Site “León”]
[Date “2011.06.03”]
[Round “2.1”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “Shirov, Alexei”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2817”]
[BlackElo “2709”]
[PlyCount “67”]
[EventDate “2011.06.03”]
[EventType “match (rapid)”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qb6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nxg5 Bc5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Nxe6 Ne5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qxh6 Bc8 24. Qh4+ Ke6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qh5 Kf6 27. Qh4+ Ke6 28. Nd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qb6 30. Qh5 Qb8 31. Rfd1 Rf6 32. Rxe5+ Qxe5 33. Bg4+ Rxg4 34. Qe8# 1-0
In the second game, how nice of Shirov to play the weak 13. … Qb6. The led to a really exciting king hunt well played by Anand.
Anand did look a tad bit rusty and out of touch around move 25 but just 9 moves later….boom….checkmate!