[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.11.30”]
[Round “4-1”]
[White “Shirov, Alexei”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter”]

[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2719”]
[WhiteCountry “ESP”]
[BlackElo “2754”]
[BlackCountry “RUS”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. Bd5 Be6 16. dxe5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxe5 18. c4 a6 19. Re1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 c4 22. Qd4 Nd3 23. Ne4 Qa7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Re3 Rd6 27. Rf3 h6 28. Ne4 Rxd5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rc3 Ne5 31. Rf4 Qxa2 32. Kh2 Qe2 33. Qh4 Ra6 34. g4 g5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Rg6 0-1

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[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.11.30”]
[Round “4-1”]
[White “Laznicka, Viktor”]
[Black “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]

[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2637”]
[WhiteCountry “CZE”]
[BlackElo “2719”]
[BlackCountry “AZE”]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Na7 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc3 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a4 Na7 18. O-O Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. f3 Qf7 27. f4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd7 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kg1 g6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Qb1 Bf5 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Re1 Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39. Ra2 Bb1 40. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kh2 Bc1 42. Qe1 Qe4 43. Ra7 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Rxc7+ Kh6 46. Qd1 Qe2 47. Qg1 Qxe3 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qd3 Ra1 0-1

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