Position after 34.Kd3 – Shirov played 34…Rb7 and resigned
GM Kramnik (2766) – GM Shirov (2715) [A05]
Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 14.01.2007
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 c6 8.d4 b5 9.Qb3 a5 10.e5 a4 11.Qd1 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Nc6 14.0-0 0-0 15.Be3 Na5 16.b3 axb3 17.axb3 Qb6 18.Ne1 b4 19.Nd3 Bb5 20.Nc5 Nb7 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Bxb5 Qxb5 23.Qd3 Qc6 24.Na4 Nd8 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Qc2 f6 27.f4 Bh6 28.g3 fxe5 29.dxe5 Ne6 30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 Kf7 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.Ke2 Bf8 34.Kd3 Rb7 White wins 1-0
This is one of those games where it is not good to spend so much time for 7…c6 and little time for the rest of the game. Time management!!
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Probably Rb7 was the best move in this quite hopeless situation. You can save your energy for futher games.
THats a nasty one. Of all people, falling into such a simple combo.
Well, guess night forks could happen to anybody.
Shirov seems not to be on par.
If you look at the video at doggers showing the post mortem with him and Svidler he seems uninspired and bored.
Also the last tournament he played a position showed up in the sicilian which he said he had not seen before. And it was before move 12 (?!).
I think he is tired of chess :o/
Thanks for the instructional comment.This shows the level of your chess understanding. Very deep indeed.