GM Shirov (2741) – GM Gelfand (2720) [C43]
21.08.2008 – Tal Memorial – Round 4
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Be7 9.Qh5 Be6 10.Rb1 Qd7 11.h3 b6 12.0–0 g6 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qh4 Be7 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Qxg5 0–0 17.f4 Qd8 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 Rg8 21.Qf3 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qg5 23.Qxg5 Rxg5 24.Rxf7 Rag8 25.g4 Rxe5 26.Rxc7 Re3 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Rff3 29.Rxb6 Rg3+ Game drawn ½–½
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov should be the challenger in stead of Kamsky!
Whoehahahaha!
Fine combination by Alekseev. It seems to me that Kamsky will emerge with the exchange an a pawn down
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