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[Event "Unive Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 {Tiviakov is fond of this move and worked a
lot on this variation. But one can say what he wants, this is not a normal
place for a Queen in the opening!} 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 {
the two main moves are 7.Nc4 and 7.Bf4} Nb6 8. g4 Nbd5 (8... Be6 9. Bg2 g6 10.
O-O {is Shirov-Tiviakov, Benidorn 2008, 1-0 !}) 9. Bg2 {this seems to be a
little improvement on 9.g5 played in 2 games in 2008 and 2009 (black won in
both!)} g6 10. g5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. c4 {
forcing the knight to go to an ugly square} Nc7 13. c5 Qd8 {
so, how could Qxd5-Qd6-Qd8 have been useful?} 14. d5 $1 {you know Shirov...}
cxd5 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. c4 f6 16. cxd5 fxe5 17. dxc6 {and white has some edge})
15. c4 {you just can't give Shirov so much space and better placed pieces
without being attacked!} e6 16. Bb2 {both white bishops are beautiful} Bg7 (
16... Rg8 {may be better but is not very appealing!} 17. Ng4 Be7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6
19. Bxf6 Qd7 20. O-O {and you only have to look a few seconds to the position
to understand that white is just winning}) 17. Nc6 {of course} bxc6 18. Bxg7
Rg8 19. Be5 {nothing can challenge this bishop on dark squares} Bd7 {very nice
bishop!! Well, I'm not sure, is the knight on c7 really better? Sure he can go
to a6! Or more seriously in d5 after dxc4.} 20. O-O {dream position} Rb8 {
maybe some activity?} (20... dxc4 $2 {is unfortunately not playable because of}
21. Bf6 Qb8 22. Rb1 Nb5 23. Rxb5 cxb5 24. Bxa8 $18) 21. Qa4 {
well, the only square on the b file for the rook is b7 actually...} Rb7 (21...
dxc4 {may have been the last (very small) hope} 22. Bxc6 (22. Rfd1 Nd5 {
yes, the Be5 is worth a rook}) 22... Rc8 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. c6 Qd5 25. Rac1 $16
) 22. Rab1 Qc8 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Rf2 d4 $2 {
a mistake but black was dead lost anyway because of Rb2 coming} 25. Qa5 Kd8 (
25... Na6 26. Bf6 Qc8 27. Rb2 {with some Rb7 idea, is of course crushing}) 26.
Be4 {Tiviakov has had enough of this ugly position! Effortless win by Shirov.}
1-0
