[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2025.06.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Qd3 h6 16. a3 a5 17. a4 Be7 18. Qb5 Qa7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qh5 Qb6 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. axb5 Bd7 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rxb3 27. Ba1 Rc8 28. Rc5 a4 29. Rfc1 a3 30. Ra5 d3 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. exd3 Rxd3 33. Rc4 Rc7 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. h4 Rd6 36. Rxa3 Rcxc6 37. Rf4 Ra6 38. Raf3 Rab6 39. Kh3 Ra6 40. Rg4 Rab6 41. Rf5 Re6 42. Rgf4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2025.06.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. 0-0 d4 11. Na4 0-0 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd4 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Be6 21. Nc1 Bxa2 22. Nxa2 Rxa2 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Rd6 Rxb2 25. Rxc6 Rxe2 26. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2025.06.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a4 a5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. e4 Ndb4 13. h3 Bc4 14. Re1 Nd3 15. Re2 Nxb2 16. Qc2 Nd3 17. Nd1 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bxa5 Qd7 20. Ne3 Ndb4 21. Qd2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nc6 23. Bc3 Nc7 24. Rd1 Ra4 25. e5 e6 26. Qb2 b4 27. Be1 Rfa8 28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Nd6 Ra2 30. Qb1 Ra1 31. Qxa1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 f6 33. Ne4 fxe5 34. dxe5 Nxe5 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Nc5 Qc6 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Bxb4 Bd4 40. Nd3 Bxa7 0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2025.06.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. e3 g5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. 0-0-0 a5 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. cxd5 Nfxd5 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Be1 a4 19. Rc1 b5 20. Ne4 Kd7 21. Nd2 Nxd2+ 22. Bxd2 a3 23. b3 Rac8 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Rhc1 Rhc8 26. Bf3 Nb4 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Be4 Bd6 29. Bg2 Bb4 30. Be4 Bd6 31. Bg2 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2025.06.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.06.14"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Deizisau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. d5 0-0 8. Nd4 cxd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 a4 15. Rb1 Nxd5 16. Bxe4 Nb6 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 d5 19. Rd2 e6 20. Bd3 Qf6 21. Qa1 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Bd7 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. e4 Be8 25. exd5 exd5 26. Re1 Rc7 27. Ng4 Bf7 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rde2 Rd8 31. h4 d4 32. Re4 Rdd7 33. h5 Rc3 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. Rd1 a3 36. Kg2 Na4 37. Bf1 Nc5 38. Rexd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 g5 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. Bxc4+ Kf6 42. Kf3 b6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. f3 Nd7 45. Kd3 Nf6 46. Bf7 Nd7 47. Ke3 Nf6 48. f4+ gxf4+ 49. gxf4+ Kf5 50. Kf3 Nd7 51. Bb3 Nf6 52. Bc4 Ne8 53. Bd3+ Ke6 54. Ke4 Nf6+ 55. Kd4 Nh5 56. Ke3 Kd5 57. Be2 Nf6 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Bf3 Kf5 60. Ke3 Ke6 61. Be4 Kd6 62. Bc6 Ke6 63. Bg2 Kd6 64. Kd4 Ke6 65. Bh3+ Kd6 66. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hong, Andrew Z"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "FIDE MB Team"]
[BlackTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. Nf5 Bf4 16. Be7 g6 17. g3 gxf5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. gxf4 Qxf4 20. f3 Nge5 21. exf5 Nf6 22. Be4 Kh8 23. Ne2 Qh4 24. Qc5 Re8 25. Ng3 Nfd7 26. Qxa7 Rg8 27. Rg1 Bc8 28. Qe3 c5 29. Ne2 Re8 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. Nxf4 Nf6 32. Rge1 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Bb7 34. Nd5 Nd3 35. Nf6 Rd8 36. Re2 Kg7 37. Nh5+ Kh6 38. Ng3 Ne5 39. Kg2 c4 40. a3 Kg5 41. Rf1 f6 42. Rc2 h5 43. Re2 Rd3 44. Nh1 Ng4 45. Rf3 Rd4 46. Nf2 Nxf2 47. Kxf2 Rxe4 48. Rxe4 Bxe4 49. Rg3+ Kxf5 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Rg7 h4 52. h3 Bd1 53. Rb7 Ba4 54. Rh7 Kg5 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rg4 Kh5 57. Kf4 Bc2 58. Rg8 Kh6 59. Rb8 Bd3 60. Rxb5 c3 61. Rb3 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.13"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KazChess"]
[BlackTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 b4 7. a3 bxa3 8. b3 c5 9. Bxa3 cxd4 10. Bxf8 Rxf8 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. Ba4 Ba6 13. Qc1 Bb5 14. Bxb5 Qxb5 15. Nxd4 Qc5 16. Qb2 Nxe5 17. 0-0 Nbd7 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Re3 Ng4 20. Rg3 h5 21. h3 Ngf6 22. Re1 g6 23. c4 a5 24. Rg5 Nb6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Nxf6+ Kc6 30. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duobeniajan Costa Calida"]
[BlackTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. c3 0-0 9. Be3 f6 10. g3 Qb6 11. Qc1 a5 12. Bh3 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Qc2 fxe5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 e5 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nxe5 Bf5 21. Qf2 Qb5 22. 0-0-0 Qa4 23. b3 Qa3+ 24. Qb2 Qc5 25. Rd4 b5 26. Kd2 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Ke3 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Qc3+ 30. Rd3 Bxd3 31. Qa1 d4+ 32. Kf3 Bc2+ 33. Kg4 d3 34. Qa6 Qxb3 35. Qd6 d2 36. Qxd2 Be4 37. Re1 Qe6+ 38. Kh4 Qh6+ 39. Kg4 Qe6+ 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. Kxg5 Rf5+ 42. Kh4 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Nd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Be2 0-0 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. f3 Nd7 16. c5 a5 17. cxd6 exd6 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. a4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb4 21. 0-0 h6 22. Bh4 Na2 23. Rc4 Re8 24. Nd4 Nb4 25. Nb5 Na6 26. Bg3 Bf8 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Rxc5 Qb6 29. Bf2 dxc5 30. Bc4 Rad8 31. d6 Bg7 32. Qc2 g5 33. Qf5 Qc6 34. b3 b6 35. Nc7 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Nxe8 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 Nxe8 39. Qc8 Kf8 40. Qb8 Bd4 41. Qxb6 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd4+ 43. Ke2 Nd6 44. Qxa5 c4 45. bxc4 Nxc4 46. Qb4+ Kg8 47. Ke1 Qa1+ 48. Kf2 Qd4+ 49. Ke1 Qe5+ 50. Be2 Ne3 51. Kf2 Nc2 52. Qe4 Qc5+ 53. Kg3 Nd4 54. Bd3 Kf8 55. h4 Ne6 56. hxg5 hxg5 57. Qf5 Qd6+ 58. Kg4 Qd4+ 59. Qe4 Qf2 60. g3 Qc5 61. Qc4 Qe5 62. Qe4 Qc5 63. Bc4 Nc7 64. f4 Ne8 65. fxg5 Nd6 66. Qa8+ Kg7 67. Bd5 Qc2 68. Kh3 Qh7+ 69. Kg2 Qc2+ 70. Kh3 Qf5+ 71. Kg2 Qxg5 72. Qc6 Qd2+ 73. Kh3 Qh6+ 74. Kg2 Qd2+ 75. Kh3 Nf5 76. Bxf7 Kxf7 77. Qc4+ Kf6 78. Qf4 Qd1 79. Kh2 Qe2+ 80. Kh3 Qd1 81. Kh2 Kg6 82. Qe4 Qd2+ 83. Kh3 Qh6+ 84. Kg2 Qd2+ 85. Kh3 Qd6 86. Qg4+ Kf6 87. Qf4 Qd5 88. Kh2 Ke6 89. Qg4 Ke7 90. Qg5+ Kd7 91. Qg4 Kc6 92. Qf4 Qd3 93. Kh3 Ne3 94. Qf3+ Kc5 95. g4 Qh7+ 96. Kg3 Nd5 97. g5 Qc7+ 98. Kg4 Qd7+ 99. Qf5 Qxa4+ 100. Kh5 Qd1+ 101. Kh6 Qh1+ 102. Kg7 Kd6 103. g6 Qa1+ 104. Kh6 Qc1+ 105. Kg7 Qc3+ 106. Kh7 Nf6+ 107. Kh6 Ke7 108. g7 Qc6 109. g8Q Qh1+ 110. Kg6 Qg2+ 111. Qg5 Qxg5+ 112. Kxg5 Nxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ganerdene, Sugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Ne2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb5 17. Nd4 Bxf1 18. Rdxf1 g6 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qg2 Nc5 21. Qxg4 Rh5 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Qc7 25. Qg2 Kf8 26. Rf4 Kg8 27. Rhf1 Rf8 28. Bd4 Qc4 29. Rd1 b5 30. Rd3 a5 31. b3 Qc7 32. Kb2 b4 33. Rdf3 a4 34. Qe2 axb3 35. Rxb3 Qa5 36. Qe1 Ra8 37. Qxb4 Qxa2+ 38. Kc1 Qa6 39. Qb7 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 Rh7 41. Rc7 f5 42. Rc6 Re8 43. c4 dxc4 44. Rxc4 Rd7 45. Kc2 Kf7 46. Be3 Ke7 47. Rcxe4 fxe4 48. Bc5+ Kd8 49. Rxe4 Rc7 50. Rc4 Kd7 51. Kd3 Rec8 52. Rd4+ Ke8 53. Bb4 Rc1 54. Rf4 Rd1+ 55. Ke2 Rd5 56. Bd6 Rc2+ 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Ke2 Rc2+ 59. Ke3 Rc3+ 60. Ke2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[BlackTeam "Sharks 4NCL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. g4 c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 0-0 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. 0-0-0 a4 14. Kb1 a3 15. b3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. d6 Be6 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Qc1 Rf3 22. Ne2 b5 23. Ne3 Rxf2 24. Nc2 Qxe4 25. Nc3 Qc6 26. Qe3 Rf4 27. Rhf1 Rdf8 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Re1 Qxd6 30. Nxb5 Qf8 31. Nbxa3 Nb6 32. Rd1 Nd5 33. Qe1 e4 34. Ne3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mongolia"]
[BlackTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MGL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nh4 g6 14. f4 Neg4 15. g3 Qb6+ 16. Kg2 Bb4 17. Bf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Rae1 Qc5 21. Qb2 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Qc4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. c4 a4 26. bxa4 bxc4 27. Rb1 Rd7 28. Rfc1 Rxa4 29. Rc2 Ba6 30. Rb6 Bb5 31. f5 c3 32. e5 Nd5 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. e6 fxe6 35. fxe6 Re7 36. Bxd5 cxd5 37. Rxb5 d4 38. Rd5 Rxe6 39. Nf3 Re4 40. Rf2 Rc4 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. h4 Rc5 43. Rc2 Kh5 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mother Continent"]
[BlackTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bd2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. b4 Bd6 14. b5 Nce7 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Nxb4 Qa5 17. Nd3 b6 18. Nf4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. a4 Ne4 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Qa3 Rc3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Bxe4 Qxa3 27. Rxa3 dxe4 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Kf1 f5 30. f3 Rc2 31. Ke2 exf3+ 32. gxf3 Kf6 33. f4 g5 34. fxg5+ Kxg5 35. Kd3 Rc1 36. Rc3 Ra1 37. Rc7 Be8 38. Re7 Ra3+ 39. Kc2 Bg6 40. Rxe6 f4+ 41. Kb2 Rd3 42. Kc1 f3 43. h4+ Kf5 44. Re4 f2 45. Re5+ Kf4 46. Nf1 Rxd4 47. Re2 Kf3 48. Re6 Bd3 49. Nd2+ Kg2 50. Re7 Rc4+ 51. Kd1 Rxa4 52. Rg7+ Kh3 53. Kc1 Ra1+ 54. Kb2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Eilenberg, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Lasker Legends"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 0-0 10. h3 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c3 Bf8 15. Ne3 Ra8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. d4 Na5 20. Qxb5 c6 21. Qb6 exd4 22. Nxd4 Rxe4 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxa5 cxd5 25. f3 Rh4 26. g4 h5 27. Bg5 1-0

[Event "WchT Rapid"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2025.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2025.06.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB25_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Global Ramblers"]
[BlackTeam "Malcolm's Mates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a4 d6 8. a5 Ng4 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. a6 b6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nf1 c6 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. Nh4 d5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. 0-0 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Rxe5 Qd4 21. Rg5 h6 22. Nhf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Qxb2 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Re1 gxh6 26. Rge5 Nd7 27. R5e3 Qf6 28. Bxd5 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Rc8 30. d4 Nf6 31. Be2 Red8 32. Re5 Rxd4 33. Bd3+ Kg7 34. Rxb5 Rc7 35. Re3 Nd5 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rf3+ Ke7 38. Rb8 Nb4 39. Bb5 Nxc2 40. Rb7 Kd6 41. Rf6 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Nd4 43. Rxh6 Nxb5 44. Rxb5 Ke7 45. f4 Rd5 46. Rb2 Ra5 47. g4 Rac5 48. Kg3 Rc2 49. Rxc2 Rxc2 50. f5 Bd7 51. h4 Rc6 52. Rh8 Rxa6 53. h5 Ra1 54. h6 Rh1 55. Kf4 a5 56. Ra8 Rxh6 57. Rxa5 Rb6 58. Kg5 Kf8 59. Rd5 Be8 60. Rd4 Kg7 61. Re4 Kf8 62. Rd4 Ra6 63. Rd8 f6+ 64. Kh4 Ke7 65. Rd4 Ra1 66. Re4+ Kf7 67. Kg3 Rg1+ 68. Kf2 Rc1 69. Kg3 Bd7 70. Rd4 Bc6 71. Rd6 Rc3+ 72. Kh4 Rc1 73. Kg3 Rc4 74. g5 fxg5 75. Rg6 Rc3+ 76. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. c4 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f3 c6 14. Be3 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qb8 0-1

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. d3 Nxd5 7. exd5 Ne7 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be2 h6 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Qf3 Ne4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Kg2 c6 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bf4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Rae1 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28. gxf5 d5 29. Bf4 c5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Kg3 d4 32. cxd4 Bxd4 33. b3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keinanen, Toivo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 0-0 11. Bxc6 Rc8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. h3 h6 16. g4 Bh7 17. h4 Nc4 18. Bf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. h5 Rc4 22. Nb5 Rac8 23. Bc7 Rc6 24. Bf4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Nc3 Rc4 28. d5 exd5 29. Nxd5 Bc5 30. Be3 Bg4 31. b3 Rc2 32. Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Agafonov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. e5 Nd5 8. h4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h5 dxe5 11. fxe5 c5 12. Rh4 Qd7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Be4 Rac8 17. Qd2 a5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. c3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Bh6 e6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rc1 b5 24. Kf2 Ne7 25. Rch1 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Nf5 28. Rxh7 Qxh7 29. Rxh7 Kxh7 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. d5 Rb8 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. e6 f4 34. Ke2 Ra8 35. a3 Rae8 36. Qg5 Kh7 37. Qe5 Rf5 38. Qe4 Kg8 39. d6 Kf8 40. d7 1-0

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Rg1 g6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Rc1 c3 21. Rxc3 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 Qd7 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. Ra3 Rfe8 25. Rxa6 Bf8 26. Qa5 Rxa6 27. Qxa6 Nf4 28. Bc4 Bh3 29. a4 Qf5 30. Qb5 e4 31. Nd4 Qe5 32. Rd1 Ra8 33. Qb3 exf3 34. Nxf3 Qe4 35. Rd4 Qxf3 36. Rxf4 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Bd7 38. Bb5 Bf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Bc6 Ra5 41. Bb6 Ra6 42. a5 Bg7 43. Bb7 Rxb6 44. Qxb6 Qd1 45. Qb3 Qd2 46. a6 Qd4 47. Qa3 Qc4+ 48. Kb1 Qe4+ 49. Ka1 Bd4 50. a7 Bxa7 51. Qxa7 f4 52. Qa5 f3 53. Ka2 Qc4+ 54. Ka3 Qd3+ 55. b3 Kg7 56. Ba6 Qd4 57. Bc4 f2 58. Qd8 Qa7+ 59. Kb4 Qc5+ 60. Ka4 Qxc4+ 61. bxc4 f1Q 62. Kb5 Qf2 63. Qf6+ Qxf6 64. gxf6+ Kxf6 65. Kc6 Ke7 66. Kc7 f5 67. c5 f4 68. cxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Kuressaare Saaremaa Rapid op"]
[Site "Kuressaare"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. e4 Bd6 7. 0-0 c6 8. h3 Bh5 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Re1 d4 12. a4 Bb4 13. Rf1 b5 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rfc1 Nc5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Nd5 20. Qf2 Bc3 21. Bxc3 Nxc3 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nf3 a4 24. b4 Na6 25. Re1 Nxb4 26. Nxd4 a3 27. e5 Ra4 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Re7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qc5 Qc7 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Qxa3 Qb6+ 34. Kf1 Qxc6 35. Qxe7 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxh3+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Qh3+ 40. Kf2 Qh2+ 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2425"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2025.04.27"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. a3 g6 16. h4 Ng3 17. Rg1 Nxf1 18. Rgxf1 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qd7 22. h5 Qb5 23. Rh1 Rb8 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Qh2 gxh5 27. Ka1 Rb3 28. e5 Qd3 29. Rxa4 Rfb8 30. Bd4 R8b4 31. Rxb4 Rxa3+ 32. bxa3 Qxa3+ 33. Kb1 Qxb4+ 34. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2425"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2025.04.26"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirchweyhe"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Rc2 Rac8 12. Qc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc7 16. c5 bxc5 17. Rxc5 Rfd8 18. Rc2 Rd5 19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rd8 22. Qc2 c5 23. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2425"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2025.04.25"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Qf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Nd2 0-0 15. Nc4 Qd4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Rab1 Qd5 18. Kg2 Ne8 19. Rfc1 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Nd6 21. Na5 Rd7 22. a4 Nf5 23. Bc3 Rc8 24. b4 b6 25. Nc4 f6 26. Ba1 b5 27. Na5 Rdc7 28. Rc2 bxa4 29. Ra2 c5 30. b5 Rb8 31. Nc4 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxa4 Kf7 34. Bc3 Rcb7 35. Bd2 Rxb5 36. Rxa7+ Be7 37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38. g4 e5 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 Rb8 41. Bc1 Rc8 42. Ba3 g6 43. Ra6+ Bd6 44. e3 Kd5 45. Ke2 gxh5 46. gxh5 f5 47. e4+ Ke6 48. exf5+ Kd5 49. Ra7 Rc7 50. Rxc7 Bxc7 51. Kf3 Bd8 52. Bb2 Bh4 53. Bc3 Bg5 54. Kg4 Bh6 55. f3 Kd6 56. Be1 Kd5 57. Bh4 Bf8 58. Bd8 Bh6 59. Be7 Bd2 60. Bf8 Be3 61. Bg7 Bf4 62. Bf6 Bd2 63. Bg5 Ba5 64. f6 Ke6 65. f7 Kxf7 66. Kf5 Bc7 67. Bf6 Ba5 68. Bxe5 Be1 69. Bd6 Bf2 70. Bf4 Bd4 71. Bg5 Bf2 72. Ke5 Bg3+ 73. Kd5 Bf2 74. f4 Be3 75. Ke4 Bd2 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roubalik, Jakub"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. h4 g4 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Rd1 0-0-0 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. c6 Nc5 21. Nd6+ Kc7 22. Nxf7 d4 23. Qg6 dxc3 24. Kf1 c2 25. Qxc2 Rd2 26. Qg6 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Qxa2+ 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Nxh8 Bc5 30. Qf7+ Kxc6 31. Ng6 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1 34. Qe6+ Kc7 35. Qd5 Kb6 36. Qd8+ Ka6 37. Qc8+ Kb6 38. Qxg4 c3 39. Qe6+ Ka5 40. Qa2+ Kb6 41. Qe6+ Ka5 42. Qa2+ Kb6 43. Nf4 Qe4+ 44. f3 Qd4 45. Kh3 b4 46. Nd5+ Kc6 47. Nf6 Qd3 48. Qa4+ Qb5 49. Qd1 Qc4 50. Qd7+ Kb6 51. e6 Qf1+ 52. Kg4 h5+ 53. Kg5 Qxf3 54. Nd5+ Ka5 55. Bc7+ Bb6 56. Bxb6+ axb6 57. Qa7+ Kb5 58. Qxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hurm, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d5 7. Bg5 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nh5 13. Bd6 Nb6 14. Qc5 Na4 15. Qxh5 Qxd6 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Ne5 Re7 18. Qf3 Ke8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. Qg3 f6 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. f4 Qd5 23. Qh7 fxe5 24. Bg6 Rf7 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qg8 Rf5 27. Qe8+ Kd6 28. Qd8+ Bd7 29. fxe5+ Rxe5 30. dxe5+ Kxe5 31. Qh4 Rf8 32. Qg3+ Kf6 33. 0-0+ Ke7 34. Rfd1 Qb3 35. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxa6 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. a3 Qxa6 12. bxc3 Ba5 13. Rb1 c5 14. h5 f6 15. Qd3 c4 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. g4 0-0-0 18. g5 Rhe8 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. Ke2 Rdf8 21. h6 Bd8 22. hxg7 Rxg7 23. gxf6 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 Bxf6 25. Qc1 Be8 26. Bh6 Qd6 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Rg4 Bg6 29. a4 Qe8 30. Rf4 Bf5 31. Qg1 Qxa4 32. Qg8+ Bd8 33. Ne1 Qd7 34. f3 a5 35. e4 Bg6 36. Ng2 dxe4 37. fxe4 Kc7 38. Ne3 Bg5 39. Rf8 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Qe7 41. Rc8+ Kb6 42. Qd8+ Qxd8 43. Rxd8 a4 44. Ra8 Kb5 45. Kf4 h5 46. Ke5 h4 47. d5 exd5 48. exd5 h3 49. d6 h2 50. Rh8 Be8 51. Rxh2 a3 52. Rh1 Ka4 53. Ra1 b5 54. Ke6 b4 55. cxb4 Kxb4 56. d7 Bxd7+ 57. Kxd7 Kc3 58. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Charmeteau, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rf1 Be4 16. 0-0-0 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 0-0 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. c3 Qc4 21. Qf5 Rc7 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd4 g6 24. Qf4 f6 25. h3 Rcc8 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qxd5 28. Qh6 Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke6 30. Bxe5 Qe4+ 31. Ka1 fxe5 32. Rfe1 Qxg4 33. Rg1 Qf4 34. Rxg6+ Rf6 35. Qh3+ Qf5 36. Rxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qxd4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qe4 Qxb2 14. 0-0 Rc8 15. Bd4 Qb4 16. c4 c5 17. Rfb1 Qa4 18. Be3 b4 19. a3 b3 20. Bd1 Bd6 21. Rxb3 Nf6 22. Rb8 Nxe4 23. Bxa4+ Kd8 24. Rb7 Rc7 25. Rb8+ Rc8 26. Rb3 Kc7 27. f3 Ng3 28. Bd2 Rb8 29. Ba5+ Kc8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Bb5 Bc7 32. Ba6+ Kd7 33. Bb5+ Kc8 34. Ba6+ Kd7 35. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ustianovich, Nazar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. e4 Nf4 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Nc3 Be6 14. 0-0-0 Bc5 15. f3 Rc8 16. Kb2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Be2 h5 21. Nd4 h4 22. h3 Rh5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rhe1 Rg5 25. Bf1 Bc5 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Nc4 Nc6 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. Kb1 b5 30. Nb2 Be3 31. Nd3 Rh5 32. Ne1 Nd4 33. Nc2 Nxc2 34. Kxc2 Rc5+ 35. Kb2 a5 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 e5 38. Bb5 Bd4+ 39. Kb1 Kb6 40. Rc1 Bc3 41. Ka2 Bb4 42. Rxc5 Kxc5 43. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmitz, Thorsten"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Bf6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. d6 Ra7 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. d3 Rxd6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Bd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Rac1 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Red1 Rfe8 25. Qc7 Qd5 26. Bd2 h5 27. h4 Be5 28. Qc4 Qf3 29. Be1 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smolik, Jachym"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. Ne4 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 f6 11. Nf3 Nd5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfc1 b5 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 a5 16. Nc5 b4 17. e4 Nc3 18. Rxc3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Na6 20. Rxa5 Nc7 21. Rxa8 Nxa8 22. Bf1 Re8 23. e5 f5 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. h4 Nd5 26. Qa1 Qb6 27. h5 h6 28. Nh4 Bb7 29. Qc1 Qb4 30. Ng6 Bc8 31. Kg2 Qc3 32. Qxc3 Nxc3 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Nf4 Re7 35. b4 Nd5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Bb3 Be6 38. Kf4 Re8 39. Bc2 Rb8 40. Bxf5 Bxf5 41. Kxf5 Rxb4 42. Ne6 Rc4 43. g4 Ke7 44. f3 Kf7 45. f4 c5 46. Nxc5 Rxd4 47. e6+ Ke7 48. Ke5 Rc4 49. Nd3 Re4+ 50. Kxd5 Rxe6 51. Ne5 Ra6 52. g5 Ra4 53. Ng6+ Kf7 54. Ne5+ Kg8 55. gxh6 gxh6 56. Ng4 Kg7 57. Ke5 Ra5+ 58. Ke6 Rxh5 59. f5 Rh1 60. f6+ Kf8 61. Ne5 Rf1 62. Ng6+ Kg8 63. Ne7+ Kf8 64. Ng6+ Ke8 65. Ne5 h5 66. Ng6 Rf2 67. Nh4 Rf4 68. Ng6 Rf1 69. Ne5 Rf2 70. Ng6 Rf1 71. Ne5 Kd8 72. f7 h4 73. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kull, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2025.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 g5 9. c4 cxd4 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. dxc6 Nxd3 12. Ne4 Nxc1 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Qa4+ Ke7 15. Qb4+ Ke8 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 17. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ajay, Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 g6 9. Be5 Qxc5 10. c4 Bg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. Qb3 0-0 14. Bc3 Na5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. 0-0 Bf5 17. Rbc1 b6 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rac8 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Be6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ne4 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Nc3 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Bb3 Bf6 29. Kf1 b5 30. Ke2 a5 31. Kd3 a4 32. Be6 Rc3+ 33. Kd2 b4 34. Ne1 Rc6 35. Bf7 Bc3+ 36. Ke2 Bxe1 37. Kxe1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gibala, Adam"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne5 Be6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. e3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 0-0 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Rd4 Rfc8 17. f4 b5 18. a3 a5 19. Rd2 c5 20. Bd5 b4 21. Bxe6 bxc3 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rc2 Rb1+ 24. Kf2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qa4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qb3 Qxd5 10. Qb4 Qc4 11. Qe1 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qb5 13. h3 Be6 14. e4 a5 15. Qe3 a4 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Qa7 20. Nc5 Bc4 21. Rb1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nc4 23. Qe2 b5 24. a4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27. Bh6 Rfd8 28. Rfd1 e5 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Nh2 f5 31. Nf3 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Nd6 33. Qe2 bxa4 34. Qa2+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Nxf7 36. Bc1 Rb8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Nxd4 Rd8 39. Bb2 exd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Nd6 42. Kf3 Nb5 43. Ba1 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. f4 c5 46. g4 Nd6+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Bb2 Nb5 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 c4+ 51. Ke3 c3 52. Ba1 Kc4 53. f6 Nd6 54. h4 a3 55. h5 Kb3 56. Kd3 c2 57. Kd2 Ne4+ 58. Kc1 Nc5 59. Kd2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qa4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qb3 Qxd5 10. Qb4 Qc4 11. Qe1 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qb5 13. h3 Be6 14. e4 a5 15. Qe3 a4 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Qa7 20. Nc5 Bc4 21. Rb1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nc4 23. Qe2 b5 24. a4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27. Bh6 Rfd8 28. Rfd1 e5 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Nh2 f5 31. Nf3 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Nd6 33. Qe2 bxa4 34. Qa2+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Nxf7 36. Bc1 Rb8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Nxd4 Rd8 39. Bb2 exd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Nd6 42. Kf3 Nb5 43. Ba1 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. f4 c5 46. g4 Nd6+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Bb2 Nb5 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 c4+ 51. Ke3 c3 52. Ba1 Kc4 53. f6 Nd6 54. h4 a3 55. h5 Kb3 56. Kd3 c2 57. Kd2 Ne4+ 58. Kc1 Nc5 59. Kd2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manvelyan, Mikayel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 0-0-0 13. Nb3 Bc6 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Bb6 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. Bd4 f6 19. Na5 Ba4 20. b3 Bd7 21. Bf3 Bb4 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 23. c4 Bc6 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ exd5 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Bc3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matlak, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. e4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Rd7 15. Qe2 Nxd5 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qg4 Rd4 18. Qf3 Rd3 19. Qb7 Bf6 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Rad1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nc4 23. Nd5 Nd2 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. Qb5 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Rd2+ 28. Kh3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matlak, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. e4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Rd7 15. Qe2 Nxd5 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qg4 Rd4 18. Qf3 Rd3 19. Qb7 Bf6 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Rad1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nc4 23. Nd5 Nd2 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. Qb5 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Rd2+ 28. Kh3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3 Bd7 8. a4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be5 0-0 11. Bd4 Qc8 12. Nxa7 Qd8 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. b4 Nce4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxb4 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. 0-0 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. h3 Rc7 24. Rc2 g6 25. g4 Ne4 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Be8 Nd6 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bb5 Qc3 30. Qb1 Kg7 31. Bd3 h6 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ng1 Qb2 35. Qd1 Nc4 36. Ne2 Ne5 37. Ng3 Kf8 38. Be2 Qb4 39. Qc2 Nc6 40. Nh5 Be5 41. Qh7 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 dxe4 43. Bd1 Ke7 44. Bc2 f5 45. Bb3 Na5 46. Ba2 b6 47. Kf1 Nb7 48. Bc4 Nc5 49. Bb5 Kd6 50. Kg2 Nb3 51. f4 exf3+ 52. Kxf3 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Ne4 54. Kf3 Nc3 55. Be8 Ke7 56. Bc6 Nb1 57. Ke2 fxg4 58. Kf2 Nd2 59. Ke2 Nb3 60. Bb5 Nc5 61. Kf2 Ne4+ 62. Kg2 Nc3 63. Bc6 Kd6 64. Be8 Nd5 65. Kf2 g3+ 66. Kf3 g2 67. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 68. Kf3 Nd5 69. Bb5 Nf6 70. Ng7 g4+ 71. Kg2 Nd5 72. Nh5 Nf4+ 73. Nxf4 Bxf4 74. Be2 g3 75. Kf3 e5 76. Bd3 Kc5 77. Be4 Kb4 78. Bc6 Kc3 79. Kg2 Kd4 80. Kf3 e4+ 81. Kg2 e3 82. Bb5 Kc3 83. Kf3 Kd2 84. a5 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3 Bd7 8. a4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be5 0-0 11. Bd4 Qc8 12. Nxa7 Qd8 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. b4 Nce4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxb4 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. 0-0 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. h3 Rc7 24. Rc2 g6 25. g4 Ne4 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Be8 Nd6 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bb5 Qc3 30. Qb1 Kg7 31. Bd3 h6 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ng1 Qb2 35. Qd1 Nc4 36. Ne2 Ne5 37. Ng3 Kf8 38. Be2 Qb4 39. Qc2 Nc6 40. Nh5 Be5 41. Qh7 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 dxe4 43. Bd1 Ke7 44. Bc2 f5 45. Bb3 Na5 46. Ba2 b6 47. Kf1 Nb7 48. Bc4 Nc5 49. Bb5 Kd6 50. Kg2 Nb3 51. f4 exf3+ 52. Kxf3 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Ne4 54. Kf3 Nc3 55. Be8 Ke7 56. Bc6 Nb1 57. Ke2 fxg4 58. Kf2 Nd2 59. Ke2 Nb3 60. Bb5 Nc5 61. Kf2 Ne4+ 62. Kg2 Nc3 63. Bc6 Kd6 64. Be8 Nd5 65. Kf2 g3+ 66. Kf3 g2 67. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 68. Kf3 Nd5 69. Bb5 Nf6 70. Ng7 g4+ 71. Kg2 Nd5 72. Nh5 Nf4+ 73. Nxf4 Bxf4 74. Be2 g3 75. Kf3 e5 76. Bd3 Kc5 77. Be4 Kb4 78. Bc6 Kc3 79. Kg2 Kd4 80. Kf3 e4+ 81. Kg2 e3 82. Bb5 Kc3 83. Kf3 Kd2 84. a5 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navumenka, Mikhei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. 0-0 Bb4 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 0-0 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. c4 Ne4 15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rfd8 17. Rf4 Rd7 18. Rbf1 Re8 19. Qe2 h6 20. Qh5 Re6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rc1 Rc6 23. Rcf1 Rg6 24. Qf5 Qc2 25. Rg4 Rxg4 26. Qxg4 Qd3 27. Bc1 Rc7 28. Qf3 Qc4 29. h3 Qxa2 30. Qf4 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3 a5 9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. b3 Be6 17. Be3 g5 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. b4 Ng6 20. Nb3 b6 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Nc5 Bc4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Bf8 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Rfb1 Red8 27. Ne1 Qc4 28. h3 Rd7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nf3 Rad8 32. Rb5 Qc4 33. Rxa5 Rd3 34. Re1 Rxc3 35. Qe2 Qb4 36. Rd5 Rxd5 37. exd5 Qxa4 38. Nxe5 Rc2 39. Qf3 Nxe5 40. Rxe5 Qd4 41. Re7 f6 42. Qf5 Kf8 43. Re1 Rd2 44. Kg1 Rd1 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 50. Kg2 Qd4 51. Qe6 Kg7 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kg2 Qd4 54. Qf5 Qc5 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Qd4 57. h5 Kf7 58. Qh7+ Ke8 59. Qg8+ Kd7 60. Qf7+ Kd8 61. Qf8+ Kd7 62. Qf7+ Kd8 63. f3 Qd2+ 64. Kh3 Qg5 65. Qf8+ Kd7 66. Qf7+ Kd6 67. Qe6+ Kc5 68. Qc6+ Kd4 69. Qa4+ Kxd5 70. Qe4+ Kd6 71. Qe8 Kd5 72. Qd7+ Kc4 73. Qxc7+ Kd4 74. Qa7+ Ke5 75. Qe7+ Kd4 76. Qe4+ Kc5 77. Qg6 Qf4 78. Qg4 Qg5 79. Qe6 Qxh5+ 80. Kg2 Qg5+ 81. Kf1 Qc1+ 82. Kf2 Qc2+ 83. Kg3 Qc3 84. Qc8+ Kb4 85. Qb7+ Ka3 86. Qa8+ Kb2 87. Qb7+ Qb3 88. Qe7 Qc3 89. Qf8 Qe5+ 90. Kg2 Qg5+ 91. Kf1 Qc1+ 92. Kf2 Qd2+ 93. Kg3 Qg5+ 94. Kh3 Qh5+ 95. Kg2 Qg5+ 96. Kf2 Qd2+ 97. Kg3 Qg5+ 98. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3 a5 9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. b3 Be6 17. Be3 g5 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. b4 Ng6 20. Nb3 b6 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Nc5 Bc4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Bf8 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Rfb1 Red8 27. Ne1 Qc4 28. h3 Rd7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nf3 Rad8 32. Rb5 Qc4 33. Rxa5 Rd3 34. Re1 Rxc3 35. Qe2 Qb4 36. Rd5 Rxd5 37. exd5 Qxa4 38. Nxe5 Rc2 39. Qf3 Nxe5 40. Rxe5 Qd4 41. Re7 f6 42. Qf5 Kf8 43. Re1 Rd2 44. Kg1 Rd1 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 50. Kg2 Qd4 51. Qe6 Kg7 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kg2 Qd4 54. Qf5 Qc5 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Qd4 57. h5 Kf7 58. Qh7+ Ke8 59. Qg8+ Kd7 60. Qf7+ Kd8 61. Qf8+ Kd7 62. Qf7+ Kd8 63. f3 Qd2+ 64. Kh3 Qg5 65. Qf8+ Kd7 66. Qf7+ Kd6 67. Qe6+ Kc5 68. Qc6+ Kd4 69. Qa4+ Kxd5 70. Qe4+ Kd6 71. Qe8 Kd5 72. Qd7+ Kc4 73. Qxc7+ Kd4 74. Qa7+ Ke5 75. Qe7+ Kd4 76. Qe4+ Kc5 77. Qg6 Qf4 78. Qg4 Qg5 79. Qe6 Qxh5+ 80. Kg2 Qg5+ 81. Kf1 Qc1+ 82. Kf2 Qc2+ 83. Kg3 Qc3 84. Qc8+ Kb4 85. Qb7+ Ka3 86. Qa8+ Kb2 87. Qb7+ Qb3 88. Qe7 Qc3 89. Qf8 Qe5+ 90. Kg2 Qg5+ 91. Kf1 Qc1+ 92. Kf2 Qd2+ 93. Kg3 Qg5+ 94. Kh3 Qh5+ 95. Kg2 Qg5+ 96. Kf2 Qd2+ 97. Kg3 Qg5+ 98. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakmak, Kutay"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. c3 Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qf3 0-0-0 15. Be3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 h5 18. c4 Ng4 19. Qxf7 Bxd4 20. Bf4 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 e5 22. Bg5 Rdf8 23. Qg6 e4+ 24. g3 Nxh3 25. Qxe4 Rf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakmak, Kutay"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. c3 Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qf3 0-0-0 15. Be3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 h5 18. c4 Ng4 19. Qxf7 Bxd4 20. Bf4 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 e5 22. Bg5 Rdf8 23. Qg6 e4+ 24. g3 Nxh3 25. Qxe4 Rf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 0-0 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 N5f6 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 cxb5 13. Nxb5 e4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qd1 Bd7 17. 0-0 Nc4 18. Bc3 h6 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nd5 21. Qg4 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Rac1 Nxc3 24. dxc3 Qc7 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nf5 h5 27. Qxh5 Rc5 28. Qg4 Qe6 29. Ng3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Rb1 b6 32. Kg2 g6 33. a4 Bb4 34. Rd1 Bd6 35. Ne2 Qe5 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. hxg3 Be5 38. g4 b5 39. axb5 a4 40. Nd4 a3 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. b6 a2 43. b7 Rb8 44. Rxa2 Bxd4 45. exd4 Rxb7 46. d5 Rd7 47. Rd2 Kg7 48. Kg3 g5 49. f3 exf3 50. Kxf3 Kf6 51. Ke4 Re7+ 52. Kd4 Re1 53. Kc5 Ke7 54. d6+ Kd7 55. Rf2 Re5+ 56. Kd4 Kxd6 57. Rxf7 Rd5+ 58. Ke4 Re5+ 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Rf8 Ra5 61. Rh8 Ra3+ 62. Ke4 Ra4+ 63. Kd3 Kf6 64. Kc3 Ra3+ 65. Kb4 Re3 66. Kc5 Kg7 67. Rh5 Kg6 68. Kd4 Re8 69. Kd5 Re7 70. Rh8 Re3 71. Kd4 Re7 72. Rb8 Rh7 73. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 0-0 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 N5f6 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 cxb5 13. Nxb5 e4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qd1 Bd7 17. 0-0 Nc4 18. Bc3 h6 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nd5 21. Qg4 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Rac1 Nxc3 24. dxc3 Qc7 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nf5 h5 27. Qxh5 Rc5 28. Qg4 Qe6 29. Ng3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Rb1 b6 32. Kg2 g6 33. a4 Bb4 34. Rd1 Bd6 35. Ne2 Qe5 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. hxg3 Be5 38. g4 b5 39. axb5 a4 40. Nd4 a3 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. b6 a2 43. b7 Rb8 44. Rxa2 Bxd4 45. exd4 Rxb7 46. d5 Rd7 47. Rd2 Kg7 48. Kg3 g5 49. f3 exf3 50. Kxf3 Kf6 51. Ke4 Re7+ 52. Kd4 Re1 53. Kc5 Ke7 54. d6+ Kd7 55. Rf2 Re5+ 56. Kd4 Kxd6 57. Rxf7 Rd5+ 58. Ke4 Re5+ 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Rf8 Ra5 61. Rh8 Ra3+ 62. Ke4 Ra4+ 63. Kd3 Kf6 64. Kc3 Ra3+ 65. Kb4 Re3 66. Kc5 Kg7 67. Rh5 Kg6 68. Kd4 Re8 69. Kd5 Re7 70. Rh8 Re3 71. Kd4 Re7 72. Rb8 Rh7 73. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sharapov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. e3 0-0 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Re2 Nc5 18. Nfxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 21. Nc4 Rc8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. bxc5 bxc4 25. dxc4 Rxc5 26. Ra8 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Bxd4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Bxc4 30. f4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. h4 g6 33. Bf3 Bd5 34. Be2 Be7 35. Bd3 h5 36. Be2 Bd6 37. Bd3 Be7 38. Be2 Bd6 39. Bd3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akhmedov, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Na5 Bg7 13. c4 0-0 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Na5 e4 16. Nc6 exf3 17. gxf3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Re7 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. Rae1 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Kg2 Qe7 26. f4 Bd4 27. Re1 Qf6 28. f5 Bxb2 29. Qh6 Rf8 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 32. Bxg6 h4 33. Re6 Rf6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Be4 Bd4 36. Kh3 Rf2 37. Re6 Be5 38. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4 Rxa2 40. c5 Ra4 41. Kf5 Bh2 42. cxd6 Ra1 43. d7 Bc7 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Re8 Rf1+ 46. Ke6 Re1 47. d6 Ba5 48. Kd5 Rd1+ 49. Kc6 Rc1+ 50. Kb7 Re1 51. Kxa6 Ra1 52. Kb7 Kg5 53. d8Q+ Bxd8 54. Rxd8 Kf4 55. Re8 Rd1 56. Kc7 Rc1+ 57. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Le, Minh Hoang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. Ng3 d4 8. Nce2 h5 9. h4 Nc6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Na4 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Qa5 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qb6 20. Bd3 Nb3 21. Ke2 Nxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxd3 23. Kxd3 0-0 24. Qg1 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Bc4+ 26. Ke1 Qb3 27. Qc5 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Be3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Qd4 Ba8 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Na4 Rc6 17. c5 b5 18. Nb6 e5 19. Qd2 Nxb6 20. cxb6 Rxb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 22. Kf1 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Bd3 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Bc6 28. Qe2 Bg5 29. Qxe5 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxb4 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Nd3 33. Qc7 Qd4 34. Rd1 f5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Be3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Qd4 Ba8 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Na4 Rc6 17. c5 b5 18. Nb6 e5 19. Qd2 Nxb6 20. cxb6 Rxb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 22. Kf1 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Bd3 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Bc6 28. Qe2 Bg5 29. Qxe5 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxb4 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Nd3 33. Qc7 Qd4 34. Rd1 f5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 Nf5 16. Nxe4 0-0 17. Qd3 Re8 18. 0-0 Qe7 19. Ng3 Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Ra7 Rbc8 23. c3 f5 24. h3 g5 25. Nf1 Nxf1 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Kxf1 Kf7 28. Bc2 Kf6 29. Bd3 Bf7 30. Bxb5 Bxd5 31. b4 c6 32. Bd3 c5 33. dxc5 dxc5 34. Ra6+ Ke5 35. b5 c4 36. Be2 Rc5 37. Rb6 Be6 38. Kf2 Bd7 39. Rxh6 Bxb5 40. Rg6 Rd5 41. Rxg5 Kf4 42. h4 Rd2 43. g3+ Ke4 44. Rg6 Ba4 45. Re6+ Kd5 46. Re3 Bd1 47. Ke1 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 Bxe2 49. Kxe2 Ke4 50. h5 Ke5 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. g4 fxg4 54. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 Nf5 16. Nxe4 0-0 17. Qd3 Re8 18. 0-0 Qe7 19. Ng3 Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Ra7 Rbc8 23. c3 f5 24. h3 g5 25. Nf1 Nxf1 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Kxf1 Kf7 28. Bc2 Kf6 29. Bd3 Bf7 30. Bxb5 Bxd5 31. b4 c6 32. Bd3 c5 33. dxc5 dxc5 34. Ra6+ Ke5 35. b5 c4 36. Be2 Rc5 37. Rb6 Be6 38. Kf2 Bd7 39. Rxh6 Bxb5 40. Rg6 Rd5 41. Rxg5 Kf4 42. h4 Rd2 43. g3+ Ke4 44. Rg6 Ba4 45. Re6+ Kd5 46. Re3 Bd1 47. Ke1 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 Bxe2 49. Kxe2 Ke4 50. h5 Ke5 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. g4 fxg4 54. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. f4 g6 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Qd7 19. f5 0-0-0 20. Qxf7 exf5 21. Nxf5 Rde8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5+ Kb8 24. Rc6 Rhf8 25. Rxb6+ Kc7 26. Qg7 Rxf5 27. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. f4 g6 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Qd7 19. f5 0-0-0 20. Qxf7 exf5 21. Nxf5 Rde8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5+ Kb8 24. Rc6 Rhf8 25. Rxb6+ Kc7 26. Qg7 Rxf5 27. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ollier, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Qb3 Ne7 12. c3 g5 13. cxd4 g4 14. e5 Qe6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nc3 gxh3 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Re1+ Be7 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ollier, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Qb3 Ne7 12. c3 g5 13. cxd4 g4 14. e5 Qe6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nc3 gxh3 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Re1+ Be7 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pauly, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. f4 0-0 11. g5 Nc6 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. h4 e5 15. Ne2 b5 16. f5 Bb7 17. h5 d5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. f6 Bc5+ 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. Kg3 Rh8 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. Rxh8+ Kxh8 24. Bd2 dxe4 25. Qh1+ Kg8 26. Qh6 Bf8 27. Qh4 Qxc2 28. Rh1 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Qb1+ 31. Be1 Nxf6 32. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pranav, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB21_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 f5 12. Nxe5 Qf6 13. Nf3 g5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bf1 g4 16. d4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. Qxa6 Qh4 22. h3 Rf6 23. Be3 Rg6 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. bxa5 Qxa1 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Qxc7 f4 28. Qe5 Qxa2 29. Nc3 Qb3 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pranav, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 f5 12. Nxe5 Qf6 13. Nf3 g5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bf1 g4 16. d4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. Qxa6 Qh4 22. h3 Rf6 23. Be3 Rg6 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. bxa5 Qxa1 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Qxc7 f4 28. Qe5 Qxa2 29. Nc3 Qb3 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sakmak, Kutay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Bf6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. Nbd2 Be7 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Ng3 Qd6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. N3xd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bf6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Bg5 Qd8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nd4 b4 26. cxb4 Nxb4 27. Bb1 c5 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qxc5 Rd8 30. Qxb4 Qxd4 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Qf8+ Kf6 33. Rxd8 Qxb2 34. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. 0-0 Nf5 10. Nb3 Qa6 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Bg5 b6 13. a4 c5 14. a5 c4 15. Nbd2 b5 16. Re1 b4 17. Nf1 Be7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qd2 Qb5 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. b3 c3 24. Re3 Rb8 25. Ne1 Rg8 26. Qxh5 Ke7 27. Nd3 Rg4 28. Rg3 Rbg8 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. f3 Rxd4 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. h5 Rxd3 33. cxd3 Qxd3 34. h6 Nxe5 35. Qf6 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 c2 37. Rc1 Qd1+ 38. Rxd1 cxd1Q+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. Qg7 Qc3 41. Kh3 Ng6 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. h7 Qh8 44. Kg3 d4 45. Kf2 e5 46. Ke2 e4 47. Kd2 a6 48. g4 fxg4 49. f4 d3 50. f5 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 Nf6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nd4 10. Bd3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxg5 14. Be4 Rc8 15. Qd3 Rc5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. f6 g6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Bxb7 Rb5 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxb2 24. Rd3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd4 27. h3 Rxa2 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Rc6 a5 31. Bc4 Rf2 32. Kg1 Rf4 33. g3 Rf5 34. g4 Rf4 35. g5 h6 36. gxh6 Kh7 37. Bxf7 Kxh6 38. Bd5 Nh7 39. f7 Ng5 40. Rc7 Kg7 41. Kg2 Nxf7 42. Ra7 a4 43. Bxf7 Rxf7 44. Rxa4 Rf5 45. Rb4 Kh6 46. Rc4 Rg5+ 47. Kh2 Rf5 48. Rd4 Rg5 49. Re4 Ra5 50. Rd4 Rg5 51. Re4 Rf5 52. Rd4 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2425"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2025.03.24"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. f5 e5 16. c3 a5 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bf8 19. Qd5 Nd8 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Ne1 Rg8 25. Qd3 Bb7 26. Bd5 Ba6 27. Bc4 Bb7 28. Bd5 Ba6 29. Bc4 Bb7 30. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2425"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2025.03.23"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Krause, Benedict"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Pauli"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 0-0 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Qb1 Qc6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. h4 h5 21. g3 Qc6 22. Kg2 Nc8 23. Qd3 a6 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Qd2 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Qc2 Qb7 28. Bd8 Ne7 29. Bxe7 Bxe7 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 g6 32. Qc3 Kg7 33. Qf3 Qb6 34. Qc3 Qb5 35. Qf3 Kg8 36. Qe3 a5 37. Kg1 Qb4 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kg8 41. Kg1 Qa3 42. Kg2 Qb2 43. Kh2 Qc2 44. Qe1 Kg7 45. Qe3 Qf5 46. Kg2 Qg4 47. Kf1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qg4 49. Kf1 h4 50. gxh4 Qxh4 51. Ke2 Kf8 52. Kd2 Qh1 53. Kc2 Qf1 54. Qd2 Ke8 55. Qxa5 Qxf2+ 56. Qd2 Qf1 57. Kb2 Kd7 58. Ka3 Qa6+ 59. Kb4 Qb6+ 60. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fazulyanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b5 5. g3 Bb7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b4 11. a3 a5 12. h4 Be7 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. N1h2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qg4 g6 17. Qxd4 Qxc2 18. Bh6 Bc5 19. Qf4 Qxb2 20. Ng4 Qd4 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Rec1 Be7 25. Qf3 Qxe5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Rc1 Bd7 28. d4 Qxd4 29. Rc7 f5 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Ke7 32. Qa3+ Qb4 33. Qe3 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Qe5 a4 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Qxh7+ Kc6 39. Qg8 Bd7 40. Qa8+ Kc7 41. Qa7+ Kd8 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qg8 a3 44. Qxg6 a2 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Bf3 Qe7 47. Bh5+ Kd8 48. Qh8+ Kc7 49. Qc3+ Bc6 50. Qa5+ Kd7 51. Qxa2 Qxg5 52. Qe2 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 d4 54. Bf3 Qc5 55. Bh5 Kd6 56. Bf7 Bd5 57. f4 Qc1 58. Qe5+ Kd7 59. Qg7 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Ba3 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Be5 Bd6 19. Nd4 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Nb5 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 a6 27. Nc3 Ke7 28. f3 Nd7 29. h4 Ne5 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke3 f5 32. f4 Nd7 33. g3 e5 34. a3 Nf6 35. b4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 Ne4 37. Nxe4+ Bxe4 38. Bf3 Bd3 39. Bd5 h6 40. Ke3 Bb1 41. h5 Ba2 42. Kf4 Bb3 43. Be4 fxe4 44. Kxe4 Bxc4 45. Kf5 Bf7 46. g4 Kd5 47. bxc5 Kxc5 48. Ke5 Kb5 49. Kd6 Bc4 50. Ke7 Be2 51. Kf7 Bxg4 52. Kxg7 Ka4 53. Kxh6 Kxa3 54. Kg5 Bxh5 55. Kf4 Kb2 56. Ke3 a5 57. Kd2 a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. a4 Ne7 12. Na3 a6 13. Nb5 axb5 14. axb5 Qb6 15. c4 Nf5 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. Ra8+ Kc7 18. Ba5 Be7 19. Bxb6+ Kxb6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc4 Bxb5 22. Qc1 Nd4 23. h3 Bc6 24. Qc3 Ra8 25. b4 Ra4 26. bxc5+ Bxc5 27. Rb1+ Kc7 28. Bb5 b6 29. Bxa4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "256"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. g3 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Nce5 Bb7 9. Bg2 Rc8 10. 0-0 Be7 11. a4 0-0 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. axb5 Qb6 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qb1 Rfd8 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. e3 Bf6 23. Nfe5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 g6 28. Kf3 h5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. Nc5 Be7 32. Ne4 Rc7 33. Rb2 Ra7 34. Rc2 Rb7 35. h4 Ra7 36. Nd2 Rb7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Nf3 Kg7 39. Ne5 Bf6 40. Nd3 Ra7 41. Kf3 Be7 42. Rc6 Bf6 43. Ke4 Be7 44. Rb6 Bf6 45. Rb3 Be7 46. Kf3 Bf6 47. Nf4 Be7 48. d5 exd5 49. Nxd5 Bd6 50. Rd3 Be5 51. Kg2 Bb2 52. Rd2 Be5 53. Rc2 Rd7 54. Nb4 Rb7 55. Nc6 Rc7 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Rc4 Bd6 58. Na5 Rxc4 59. Nxc4 Bc7 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Nd2 Ba5 62. Nb3 Be1 63. Kf3 Bc3 64. Nc5+ Kd5 65. Nd3 Ke6 66. Ke4 Ba5 67. Nf4+ Ke7 68. Kd5 Be1 69. Nd3 Ba5 70. Ke4 Ke6 71. Kf3 Ke7 72. Ke2 Ke6 73. f3 Ke7 74. e4 Ke6 75. Kf2 Ke7 76. Kg2 Ke6 77. Kh3 Ke7 78. g4 hxg4+ 79. Kxg4 Bd2 80. Nb2 Kf6 81. Nc4 Bc1 82. h5 gxh5+ 83. Kxh5 Kg7 84. Kg4 Kg6 85. Ne5+ Kg7 86. Kf5 Bb2 87. Nc6 Ba3 88. Nd4 Bc5 89. Ne2 Be3 90. Nf4 Bc5 91. Nh5+ Kf8 92. e5 Ke7 93. Ke4 Ba3 94. f4 Bb2 95. Kf5 Bc1 96. Nf6 Kf8 97. Nd5 Kg7 98. Ke4 Kg6 99. Ne7+ Kg7 100. f5 Kf8 101. Nc6 Bb2 102. Kd5 Kg7 103. Kd6 Kf8 104. Kd7 Ba1 105. Kd6 Bb2 106. Na7 Ba3+ 107. Kd7 Bb2 108. e6 fxe6 109. fxe6 Bf6 110. Nc6 Bh4 111. Ne5 Bf6 112. Ng6+ Kg7 113. Nf4 Kf8 114. Nd5 Bg5 115. Ne3 Bh4 116. Nf5 Bf6 117. Nd6 Bg5 118. Nf7 Bh4 119. Nh6 Bg5 120. Ng4 Bh4 121. Ne5 Bf6 122. Ng6+ Kg7 123. Ne7 Kf8 124. Nd5 Bg5 125. Nc3 Bh4 126. Nb5 Bg5 127. Nc7 Bh4 128. Nd5 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Kh1 b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qe1 Qe7 14. Qg3 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Nd1 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Qf6 19. Nd3 Bb5 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxf1 22. Nd7 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 a6 5. d4 Nc6 6. h3 f6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. dxe5 Nh6 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. Bf4 0-0 13. 0-0 e6 14. Rac1 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. Bb1 Nh6 17. Rfd1 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nexg5 Rxg5 21. Bh4 Bh6 22. Rc3 d4 23. Rcd3 Kf8 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Qxh5 Bxh4 26. Rf3+ Kg7 27. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leenhouts, Koen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 0-0 8. e5 Ng4 9. f4 Bc5 10. Nf3 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 Ba7 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 b5 14. Bg2 Nc6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Kxe3 f5 17. g5 Nf7 18. Rad1 bxc4 19. Kf2 Rb8 20. Kg3 Qb6 21. Na4 Qb4 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 d5 24. exd6 e5 25. Rxc4 Qxd6 26. Rd1 exf4+ 27. Kf2 Qe7 28. Qd2 Nxg5 29. Qxf4 Be6 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. Rd6 Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Qxf6 Rxf6+ 34. Ke3 Bxh3 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. b3 Bf5 37. Nc5 Rd8 38. Kf4 Bg6 39. b4 Re8 40. Ke3 Rd8 41. a4 Rd1 42. b5 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Rb1 44. bxa6 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Rb8 46. a7 Ra8 47. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Melamed, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 f5 14. Ng5 Ne7 15. a3 Bc5 16. b4 Bd4 17. c5 Qc7 18. Ra2 Nd5 19. Rc2 a5 20. Bd2 axb4 21. axb4 Ra8 22. g3 0-0 23. Nf3 Ba1 24. Kg2 Ra3 25. Rhc1 Rfa8 26. Bc4 Ba6 27. Bxa6 R8xa6 28. b5 cxb5 29. Qxb5 h6 30. c6 dxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qd7 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Ne7 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Nh4+ Kh5 37. Qe8+ Qxe8 38. Rxe8 Ra2 39. Rxe7 Rxd2+ 40. Kf1 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Nf3 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Rh7+ Kg4 45. Rg7 Kh3 46. Nxg5+ Kg2 47. Nf3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smieszek, Wojciech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nh6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Ne2 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bg4 h5 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rd2 Ne7 21. Rd3 Nf5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Bg2 Nd6 24. Nf4 Rc4 25. Re1 Rxd4 26. Rxe6 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxb2 28. Nxg6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 Bxf8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be3 d5 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. d4 0-0-0 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Re8 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qf3 f6 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Ng2 Bd6 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. f3 R4e7 22. Bf2 Nd8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne6 26. Kd2 Nf4 27. h4 Kd7 28. h5 Ke6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 f5 31. Bh4 fxg4 32. fxg4 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. b3 c6 35. c4 Bf4 36. Bf2 Bc7 37. a4 Bd8 38. Be3 Bc7 39. Bg5 Bd6 40. Be3 Be7 41. Bf4 Bd8 42. Bb8 a6 43. Bf4 Be7 44. Be3 Bd6 45. Bg5 Bc7 46. Be3 Ba5 47. Bf4 Bb4 48. Bg5 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. cxb5 cxb5 51. Bf4 Be7 52. Be3 Bd6 53. Bg5 Bf8 54. Bf4 Be7 55. Be3 Bd6 56. Bg5 Bf8 57. Bf4 Ba3 58. Bg5 Bd6 59. Be3 Be7 60. Bf4 Ba3 61. Bg5 Bd6 62. Be3 Be7 63. Bf4 Bf8 64. Bg5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zhauynbay, Aldiyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. Bd3 Be7 11. c4 Nb4 12. Bb1 c5 13. Be3 0-0 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. exf6 g6 16. h4 d5 17. Qg4 d4 18. Qg5 Qd8 19. Bd2 d3 20. h5 Qd4 21. Qh6 Qe4+ 22. Kd1 Qe2+ 23. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. 0-0-0 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nb6 14. Be2 Be7 15. a3 N4d5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Qc2 Rxh2 18. f4 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 0-0-0 20. g4 Kb8 21. Kb1 Nc8 22. Rh7 Bf8 23. g5 Nce7 24. Nf2 Nf5 25. Ng4 c5 26. Bd3 cxd4 27. e4 Nfe3 28. Qxc7+ Nxc7 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nxg6 fxg5 31. fxg5 Ng4 32. Be1 Bd6 33. Rxg7 Ne5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Rf7 Kc8 36. Bd2 Rh8 37. Kc2 Rh2 38. Kd1 Rg2 39. b4 a6 40. a4 Rg3 41. Kc2 Rg2 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Ne8 44. Re7 Nc7 45. b6 Na6 46. Kd1 Nc5 47. Bc4 Kd8 48. Rh7 Nxe4 49. Bb4 Nc3+ 50. Ke1 Bg3+ 51. Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Ne2+ 53. Bxe2 Rxe2 54. g6 Be5 55. g7 Bxg7 56. Rxg7 Rb2 57. Bc5 d3 58. Rxb7 d2 59. Be7+ Ke8 60. Bg5 d1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. Nd2 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Bh5 Be7 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxh6 Bf5 17. Bxg7 Rhg8 18. Be5 Qh6 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Qxd5 Qxh5 21. Bxd6 Rxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Rxd6 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Rae1 Rg6 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Qf2 Bc6 28. Re7 Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Qd8 30. Rxh7 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 Be4 32. Qh3+ Kb8 33. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dann, Matthias"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. a4 Qxe5 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bh3 a6 16. Na3 Bd6 17. b4 Rhe8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. g3 e5 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. b5 c4 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Nc2 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rb1 Ne4 26. Ne3 Nxc3 27. Qg4 Nxb1 28. Rxb1 c3 29. Rb7 Ree7 30. Rb1 d4 31. Nf5 Re6 32. Qe4 Qc6 33. Qc2 g6 34. Qb3 Rb7 35. Nd6+ Rxd6 36. Qg8+ Rd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Gracia, Victor Hugo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 0-0 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Qe1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Nh4 g6 14. Nf3 Kg7 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 a5 18. Nd5 Ra7 19. Rf2 h6 20. Nf3 c6 21. Nc3 Rfa8 22. Raf1 Be8 23. d4 b4 24. Ne2 Nf6 25. Nd2 Ng4 26. Rf3 h5 27. h3 Nh6 28. Nc4 exd4 29. exd4 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Ne5 Bb5 32. R1f2 Nf5 33. g4 Bxe2 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rxe2 fxg4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Nxg4 a4 38. Ne3 a3 39. bxa3 bxa3 40. Re1 a2 41. Ra1 Rd8 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd3 f5 45. c4 dxc4+ 46. bxc4 Ra3+ 47. Ke2 Rxd4 48. Nc2 Re4+ 49. Kd2 Ra4 50. c5 Kd5 51. Kc3 Kxc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kavyev, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b5 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Ng5 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Ndxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 0-0 11. Nf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. Rb1 a5 15. Be3 Qd6 16. d4 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. c3 b4 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Qc6 e5 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. cxb4 Rxb4 24. Rfc1 Nd3 25. Bxc7 Nxc1 26. Bxd8 Bxd8 27. Rxc1 Rxb2 28. Bd5 Rd2 29. Bb3 g6 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Rc7 Qd8 21. Qd4 Ba3 22. 0-0 0-0 23. f5 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. f6 g6 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Rf3 Qc4 28. Qh6 Bf8 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Ba7 Rb7 32. Kh1 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bd3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Qe3 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d3 c6 12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 exf4 14. Rxf4 Rae8 15. Nd1 d5 16. e5 Bd6 17. d4 Bb8 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 f5 21. Rb1 Qa6 22. Nf2 Qxa2 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Ng4 Rf7 25. Rxe4 fxg4 26. Ref4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piesik, Piotr"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Qxe5 0-0 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Na5 9. 0-0 Nxb3 10. axb3 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Re1 Qd8 14. d4 Re8 15. Bd2 Re4 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Re1 d5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Qd7 20. f3 Nd6 21. Bb4 Re8 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 cxd6 24. Kf2 a5 25. Qe3 Ba6 26. Nd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 h6 28. Qa6 Qc6 29. c3 Kf7 30. Qa7+ Kg6 31. Qa6 h5 32. h4 Kh6 33. Qa7 Qb5 34. Qb8 Kh7 35. Qxd6 Qxb3 36. Kg3 a4 37. Qe6 Qxb2 38. Qf5+ Kh6 39. Qc8 a3 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kf5 42. Qc8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh6 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Ng5 e6 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Qh3 h6 14. Ne4 cxd4 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. exf6 h5 17. Qh4 Ne5 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Qg5 Nd7 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Bd6 Ne4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rf4 Nc5 24. Rxd4 Bd7 25. Rad1 Ke8 26. Be2 Bc6 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 b6 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Ke3 e5 31. Rd5 Ne6 32. R1d3 Rc4 33. Rxe5 g5 34. Re4 Rc5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 Rf5 37. c4 Rxf6 38. Rxh5 Nc5 39. Rdd5 Rc6 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Rc7 42. Kd4 Ne6+ 43. Kc3 Nc5 44. Kb4 Ne6 45. Rd3 Nc5 46. Re3+ Kd7 47. a4 Kc6 48. Rd8 Kb7 49. Rd5 Na6+ 50. Kc3 Nc5 51. a5 bxa5 52. Kd4 Ne6+ 53. Kc3 Nc5 54. Ree5 Kb6 55. Rf5 a4 56. Kb4 Na6+ 57. Kc3 Nc5 58. Rf6+ Kb7 59. Kb4 Na6+ 60. Kxa4 Rxc4+ 61. Kb3 Rc7 62. Rdf5 Nc5+ 63. Kb2 Na4+ 64. Kc1 Rc4 65. Rxf7+ Ka6 66. Rf4 Nb6 67. Rxc4 Nxc4 68. f4 Kb6 69. f5 a5 70. f6 Ne5 71. Re7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Belov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 Qa6 13. Nd2 b5 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne7 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Qh6 Kf7 22. h4 Qa4 23. Bd1 Qa6 24. h5 Qb7 25. Bf3 Qe7 26. hxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Kg7 29. Rh1 g5 30. g3 Nxb4 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Rd1 Kg6 33. Rd6 Nd8 34. Ke2 Nf7 35. Rhd1 Nxd6 36. exd6 Qd7 37. c6 Qxc6 38. d7 Qe4+ 39. Kd2 c3+ 40. Bxc3 Qd5+ 41. Kc1 Qb3 42. Bb2 Qc4+ 43. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ferey, Antonin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. b4 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Rc1 c5 12. b5 Nc7 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Bd3 e5 15. 0-0 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 f5 20. exf5 Bxd5 21. Re1 gxf5 22. Qh5 Qd7 23. g4 Be4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxd6 d3 28. Rxe4 Bd4 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Bg3 Rc8 32. Rxd3 Rc3 33. Rd1 Rxa3 34. Be5 d3 35. Rd2 Rb3 36. f4 Rxb5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke3 a4 39. h4 a3 40. h5 Ra5 41. g5 a2 42. Ba1 Ra4 43. g6 hxg6 44. hxg6 Ra5 45. Ke4 Re7+ 46. Kxd3 Rd7+ 47. Ke2 Rxd2+ 48. Kxd2 Rb5 49. f5 Rb1 50. Bc3 a1Q 51. Bxa1 Rxa1 52. Ke3 Kg7 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Kg4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. h3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. c3 0-0 10. 0-0 a6 11. Na3 b5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Be4 e6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf3 Qc5 24. b4 Qb6 25. Qxf4 Rad8 26. Qxh6 Ne7 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gottstein, Claudius Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. a4 a5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. 0-0 Bg7 15. b3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Ne4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Be3 Nc8 21. c5 Bf5 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. f3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 dxc5 25. Bxc5 Nd6 26. Bd3 Bc3 27. Re2 Rdc8 28. Bf2 f6 29. g4 Nf7 30. Bb5 Ne5 31. h3 Rc7 32. Bb6 Rcc8 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kg3 g5 35. h4 h6 36. Rh1 Ng6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bc4 Be5+ 39. Kf3 Rh8 40. Ree1 Rxh1 41. Rxh1 Rh8 42. Rxh8 Kxh8 43. a5 Kg7 44. Bb5 Bc3 45. Bc6 Ne5+ 46. Ke2 bxc6 47. a6 Nd7 48. Ba5 Bd4 49. dxc6 Nb6 50. Bxb6 Bxb6 51. a7 Bxa7 52. c7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karas, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 a6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ndf3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pratama, Constantius Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qc3 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nd3 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Bc4 Nf4 22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rbc8 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Qe3 Qg4 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Rce8 28. Bd3 Ng5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. f3 Qd7 31. Nc4 g4 32. Nb6 gxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qd4 34. Rc4 Qxb2+ 35. Re2 Qa3 36. Rc5 b3 37. Rf5 Qb4 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Nd7 Re6 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Nxf8 Qxf8 44. Kf2 Qc5+ 45. Kg2 Qg5 46. Qf3 f5 47. Kg1 fxe4 48. Bxe4 Bxe4 49. Rxe4 Qc5+ 50. Kf1 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Turzo, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 c6 14. Ne3 cxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. a4 a5 17. Re1 Na6 18. Bb3 Nb4 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Bb5 Rec8 21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Bd2 Bxd5 23. Ne3 Bb7 24. Qb3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 d5 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zhu, Linxi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. 0-0 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Rfd1 0-0-0 14. Rac1 Rg6 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Neg5 Rd7 17. Nxf7 Rg4 18. N7g5 Nxd4 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. g3 Be7 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qd3 Bxg5 23. hxg5 h4 24. Rc4 hxg3 25. fxg3 Qxe5 26. Kg2 Qxg5 27. Rdc1 a6 28. Rc5 Qe3 29. Qxe3 dxe3 30. Kf3 Rgd4 31. Re5 Rd2 32. b3 Rxa2 33. Rxe3 Rb2 34. Rc5 Rdd2 35. Rce5 Rf2+ 36. Kg4 Rf6 37. Rg5 g6 38. Rge5 Rbf2 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Rb2 41. Re3 b5 42. Kg5 a5 43. Kxg6 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. g4 Rb3 46. Re4 a3 47. Ra4 Kb7 48. g5 Kb6 49. Ra8 Kc5 50. Kg7 Rg3 51. g6 Kb4 52. Kh7 Kb3 53. g7 Rxg7+ 54. Kxg7 a2 55. Rxa2 Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toktomushev, Teimur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 b4 15. Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Bc6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 g6 21. f4 Bd4 22. e5 Nh5 23. Qf2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Bd5 25. Ne4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxa2 27. Be2 Ng7 28. g4 Kh8 29. Ra1 b3 30. Rd1 a5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nd6 Qc7 33. Bc4 Ne6 34. f5 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. f6 Kg8 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. e6 Nxe6 39. Bxe6 a4 40. Nb5 Bb1 41. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tretiakov, Aleander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Rc1 f6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ng1 cxd4 14. e4 Nb6 15. a3 h5 16. h4 a6 17. Bd3 e5 18. Ne2 Bh6 19. Rc2 Ke7 20. 0-0 Rac8 21. Nb3 Na7 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Rfc1 Bxc1 24. Nxc1 Nd7 25. b4 b6 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Nxd7 Rxc2 28. Nd3 Kxd7 29. Nxe5+ fxe5 30. Bxe5 d3 31. Kf1 Rc1# 0-1

