After recording his first win of the tournament against Carlsen yesterday, Radjabov went down to Shirov today in a wild game.
GM Shirov (2755) – GM Radjabov (2735) [E98]
23.02.2008 / Morelia – Round 7
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 h5 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 g4 16.Nb5 Ne8 17.fxg4 a6 18.Nc3 hxg4 19.Bxg4 Nf6 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.g3 Qe8 22.Kh1 Qg6 23.Qe2 f3 24.Qxf3 Nfxd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Qe2 Nf6 27.Rce1 Qf7 28.g4 Qg6 29.h3 Rf7 30.Kg2 Nd7 31.Bg1 Qe6 32.b3 Rxf1 33.Rxf1 d5 34.g5 a5 35.h4 Qc6 36.Re1 Rf8 37.exd5 Qxd5+ 38.Qe4 c6 39.Bh2 Qe6 40.Bg3 Rf5 41.a3 Rf7 42.b4 Qa2+ 43.Re2 Qxa3 44.g6 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov is an amazing attacker. Go Shirov!