[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Rfe1 Rc7 12. a4 a6 13. Bh2 Qa8 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qb3 Rcc8 16. e4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 cxd4 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Qxb6 Nfd7 22. Qa5 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxc4 24. b4 e6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Qb8 28. b5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxa4 30. bxa6 f6 31. Rc5 Re7 32. Rc6 Kf7 33. Rd6 e5 34. Rb3 f5 35. g4 e4 36. gxf5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 e3 38. fxe3 dxe3 39. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Sattarov, Bobir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc5 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Be2 0-0 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. e4 b6 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. f4 Na5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qe4 Ng7 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Be3 Nd8 19. Rad1 Nde6 20. Bc1 Rad8 21. Rde1 Nf5 22. Bd3 Neg7 23. Be4 h5 24. g3 Rd7 25. Rf3 Rfd8 26. Nd2 Ne6 27. Rf2 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Rd3 29. Nf1 Qd7 30. Bd2 Qa4 31. Rg2 Qxa2 32. Ree2 Qa1 33. Be1 Rd1 34. Kf2 Qb1 35. Qb7 R8d7 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Ne3 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Qa2+ 39. Re2 Qxc4 40. Qc6 Qd5 41. Qa4 c4 42. Kg1 Nc5 43. Qc2 Qd3 44. Qb2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naboka, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4 b6 4. bxc5 bxc5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. e5 a6 11. Ba4 Bc6 12. exf6 dxc3 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. fxg7 Bxg7 16. dxc3 0-0 17. c4 Qh4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bd4 21. Kf1 e5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. Rb3 Rc7 25. Be3 Re6 26. c5 Bxe3 27. Kxe3 Rh6 28. Ke4 Rxh2 29. Kxe5 Re7+ 30. Kd6 Re6+ 31. Kc7 Rh5 32. Rg3+ Kf6 33. Rf3+ Kg6 34. Kb6 Rh4 35. Rd6 Rb4+ 36. Kxc6 Rc4 37. c3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Rb1 0-0 9. b4 f6 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Qa4 Bc5 17. Rb2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Re6 21. Bb2 Rae8 22. Rf2 f5 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. a4 Kh8 25. Bc1 Rc8 26. Bb2 Ree8 27. Rf1 Bb4 28. Qb3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Rc8 30. Qb3 Bd2 31. Qa2 Be3 32. Qa1 Rc2 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Qa3 h6 35. Kf1 Bd2 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Rb1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 0-0 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. h4 Nf8 10. h5 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. 0-0-0 Ne6 15. Qg4 Nxf4 16. exf4 e6 17. Rd3 c5 18. Rdh3 cxd4 19. Nxg6 Nf6 20. Qg5 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Kf8 22. Nb5 Ng8 23. f5 Qf6 24. Rf3 Qxg6 25. fxg6+ Nf6 26. Nc7 Rac8 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Kd1 Rc7 29. Rf4 e5 30. Rf5 Re7 31. f3 Kd7 32. Re1 Kd6 33. g4 Nd7 34. f4 Re6 35. Rf7 Rxg6 36. fxe5+ Ke6 37. Rf4 Nxe5 38. Rxd4 Kd6 39. Ra4 Nc6 40. c3 Be5 41. Rg1 Kc5 42. g5 d4 43. cxd4+ Bxd4 44. Rg2 Rd6 45. Kc2 b5 46. Ra3 Nb4+ 47. Kb1 Be3 48. Rc3+ Kb6 49. Rc1 Bxc1 50. Kxc1 Nd3+ 51. Kb1 Ne5 52. Kc2 Rg6 53. Kb3 a5 54. Kc3 Nf7 55. Kd4 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Bc2 0-0 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. 0-0-0 e4 13. Nh3 Qh4 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Be1 a5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Ne5 18. f3 Qe7 19. Bc3 a4 20. fxe4 f4 21. a3 Nec4 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Rhf1 Qh6 25. Qd2 Nbc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Qc1 Ne3 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxe3 Rf6 30. Qd4 Re8 31. Rc1 Rf7 32. Qxa4 Qe3 33. Rc4 Rfe7 34. Qc2 h6 35. Nf2 Rf8 36. Ng4 Qg5 37. h3 Qg6 38. Ne3 Qe8 39. Nf5 Rh7 40. Ka2 Qf7 41. g4 b6 42. Qc1 Kh8 43. Qc3+ Qf6 44. Rxc7 Rxc7 45. Qxc7 Re8 46. Qxd6 Qg5 47. e5 Rd8 48. Qe6 h5 49. d6 hxg4 50. hxg4 Qxg4 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Ne7+ Kf7 54. Qf6+ Ke8 55. Qg6+ Qxg6 56. Nxg6 Kd7 57. Ne7 Ke6 58. Nc6 Rd7 59. Kb3 Kd5 60. Kc3 Rh7 61. a4 Rh3+ 62. Kd2 Ke6 63. b4 Rg3 64. a5 bxa5 65. bxa5 Kd7 66. a6 Ra3 67. a7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abbasov, Vusal"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. f4 Rac8 13. h3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15. Rd2 Rfe8 16. g4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qb6+ 18. Qf2 Qxb2 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qc3 21. Be4 Bf6 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxd6 Bd4+ 25. Kh2 Rxd5 26. Bg3 Be6 27. Rfd1 Ra5 28. Bxa6 bxa6 29. Rxd4 Rxa2 30. R1d2 h6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Bf4 Rcxc2 33. Kg3 Rc3+ 34. R2d3 Raa3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 36. Kg2 a5 37. Ra6 Bd5+ 38. Kh2 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Vdovin, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Nd2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 c6 13. Nb3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nf5 15. a4 Nc4 16. Re1 Nfd6 17. Nc5 Qa5 18. N5e4 f5 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Qb3 Bd7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Bf1 f4 23. Bd2 Nf5 24. Bg2 Nd4 25. Qa2 Qd8 26. Rac1 Bg4 27. Ne4 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bxe2 30. d6+ Kh8 31. gxf4 Qc8 32. Be3 exf4 33. Bxf4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Qg4+ 35. Bg3 Qxe4 36. d7 Qd4 37. Qf7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "1219"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Be2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh4+ 12. g3 Bg5 13. 0-0-0 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qd3 b5 16. Bf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Rhf1 Rc8 19. Qd4 0-0 20. Qxd7 Qxc3 21. Rf2 Qxa3+ 22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Rd4 Rb4+ 24. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Kc1 Qe1+ 26. Kb2 Qxf2 27. Qxb7 Qxf3 28. Qxa6 Qxe4 29. Qxb5 h6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 d6 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. b3 Re8 17. h3 Qb7 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Bf1 Nc6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Nb1 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Nfd7 23. Be3 Nc5 24. h3 Kf8 25. Nc3 Ned7 26. b4 Na4 27. Nxa4 bxa4 28. a3 f5 29. exf5 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 gxf5 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. Ke3 Bxd5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Bxa6 f4+ 35. Kd3 Ke8 36. Bb5+ Kd8 37. Bxa4 Kc7 38. Bb5 e6 39. Bc4 Kb6 40. a4 h6 41. a5+ Kb7 42. b5 h5 43. h4 Ka7 44. Kc3 Kb7 45. Kb4 e4 46. Bxd5+ exd5 47. fxe4 dxe4 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Kd4 e3 50. Kd3 Kb7 51. g3 fxg3 52. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Rc1 0-0 10. 0-0 Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Nf6 18. Bb1 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Qd6 20. Qf5 Rad8 21. h3 Re7 22. g4 h6 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Rde8 25. Kh1 Nh7 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qg5 Qe6 28. Kh2 Nh7 29. Qg3 Nf8 30. Rg1 Qh6 31. Ne2 Re6 32. Nf4 Rf6 33. Qg4 Ne6 34. Nh5 Rxf2+ 35. Kh1 Kh8 36. b3 Rg8 37. Bf5 Qxe3 38. Nxg7 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40. Nxe6 fxe6 41. Bxe6 Rxg1+ 42. Rxg1 Rxb3 43. Kh2 c5 44. dxc5 bxc5 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. Rc8 Rc3 47. h4 d4 48. h5 d3 49. Bf5+ Kh6 50. Rh8+ Kg5 51. Bg6 d2 52. Rd8 Nd3 53. Bxd3 d1Q 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gordon, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Rd8 10. Qb3 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Nba3 Nd5 13. Be5 Nc6 14. Rad1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 f6 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nd3 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Bd7 19. Nf4 Ba4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qe3 g5 22. Nh3 h6 23. f4 Bb5 24. Re1 Rd3 25. Qe2 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qc3 27. Rf1 Nd7 28. Qh5 Nf8 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Rd7 31. Rb1 Bd3 32. Rd1 fxg5 33. Qxg5+ Qg7 34. Qc1 Bb5 35. Re1 Bc6 36. Qf4 Rf7 37. Qe3 a6 38. Bf3 Qe5 39. Kg1 Rh7 40. Bd1 Rg7 41. Qf3 Rf7 42. Qg4+ Qg7 43. Qe2 Qf6 44. Qe3 Nd7 45. e5 Nxe5 46. Be2 Nf3+ 47. Bxf3 Qxf3 48. Qg5+ Rg7 49. Qd8+ Qf8 50. Qd4 Bd5 51. Rc1 Bc6 52. Rf1 Qe7 53. Qe5 Bd5 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Rf4 Qc5+ 56. Kf1 Qc1+ 57. Ke2 Bc4+ 58. Kf3 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qd5+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kg1 Qd1+ 62. Kg2 Qd5+ 63. Kf2 Qc5+ 64. Kg2 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donskov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bf3 Re8 12. Kh1 Rb8 13. Qe1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rad1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Rd6 Bb7 22. Be2 Bc6 23. Bd3 Nf8 24. Ne2 b4 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. h4 Qc5 27. Qf4 Rb7 28. h5 f5 29. Nxf5 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 exf5 31. Qxf5 Rbb8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Bc4 Ng6 34. hxg6 Qxe5 35. Qf4 Qxb2 36. Bb3 Qc3 37. Rf2 h6 38. Qd4 Qc8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ofitserian, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 0-0 8. Be3 a5 9. Rd1 a4 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qd2 a3 14. b3 Nd7 15. Na4 c5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qa5 18. 0-0 c4 19. Rb1 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nd3 21. Rc2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 b5 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. Bxb6 Bb2 25. Bd1 Nb4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rdxb2 axb2 28. Rxb2 Rxa2 29. Rxb4 Ra1 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Rb2 Rb8 33. Kd2 Ra3 34. Kc2 f5 35. e5 Rd3 36. Rb5 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chashchev, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 0-0 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nc2 f4 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 Nc6 17. Rb1 Kh7 18. Be4 Bh3 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Qa4 Nd4 21. Qa7 Qg5 22. e3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Qxg3+ 26. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Litvinov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Bg7 7. h3 0-0 8. g4 c6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. Be2 Ne8 12. Nb3 Na6 13. Rg1 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg4 Bg6 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Rxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qxg6 Qe8 21. Qg3 Nc7 22. Bf5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Kg8 24. 0-0-0 Qe7 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Qg6 Kf8 27. Bg5 Qe8 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Ne4 Ke7 30. Nbd2 Nxd5 31. Bg4 Nf4 32. Qf5 Qc8+ 33. Qxc8 Rxc8+ 34. Bxc8 Ne2+ 35. Kd1 Nxg1 36. Bxb7 Nxh3 37. Nc4 Bh4 38. Nexd6 Nxf2+ 39. Kc2 Rf4 40. b3 Bf6 41. a4 e4 42. Nb5 Nd3 43. Nxa5 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 e3 45. Nc6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naboka, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 a6 8. f4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Kh1 0-0 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Rae1 Qb8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nxf3 19. Bxb8 Nxe1 20. Qxe1 Rxb8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 g6 23. g3 Rfc8 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. h4 Bg7 26. b3 Rc5 27. Kh3 a5 28. Qe1 Rc3 29. Qe4 b4 30. a4 Rbc8 31. Kg2 R3c5 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. Bd3 Rc3 34. Qb7 Rdxd3 35. Qa8+ Bf8 36. cxd3 Rxd3 37. Qxa5 Rxb3 38. Qb6 Ra3 39. a5 b3 40. a6 Ra2+ 41. Kh3 b2 42. a7 h5 43. Qb3 Rxa7 44. Qxb2 Ra8 45. Kg2 Bg7 46. Qb5 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Bf6 48. g4 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 hxg4 50. h5 gxh5 51. Qxh5 Ra4 52. Qh6 Bg7 53. Qg5 Rd4 54. Qe7 Re4 55. Kg3 Bh6 56. Kf2 Kg7 57. Qb7 Re3 58. Qb2+ e5 59. Kg2 Bf4 60. Qc2 Kf6 61. Qc6+ Kg5 62. Qc4 Rg3+ 63. Kf2 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Be3 65. Qe4 Bd4 66. Qh7 f5 67. Qg7+ Kf4 68. Qh6+ Ke4 69. Qc6+ Kd3 70. Qa6+ Kd2 71. Qa2+ Ke3 72. Qa3+ Kf4 73. Qc1+ Re3 74. Qf1+ Kg5 75. Qc4 Rc3 76. Qf7 Rc2+ 77. Kh1 Rf2 78. Qg7+ Kf4 79. Qb7 g3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Khlopushin, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 c5 11. h3 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. 0-0 Re8 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bf5 Nf8 17. Be5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 N8d7 19. Kh1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf8 21. Rg1 Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. h4 Rxe5 24. hxg5 Re6 25. gxh6 g6 26. f4 Kh8 27. g5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Bxh6 29. Qxf7 Qb6 30. f5 Rxe3 31. Qh5 Rg8 32. f6 Qc7 33. Rg4 Rg6 34. Rf1 Qf7 35. gxh6 Qe6 36. f7 Rxg4 37. f8Q+ Rg8 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. Rxf6 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Rgg1 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kxh6 43. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palachev, Petr"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bg2 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Nc4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 f5 17. f3 Nc6 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. e3 Bb7 20. Bc3 Ne7 21. Na5 Bd5 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ng6 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Rac8 27. Qd7 Qc7 28. Nxa7 Rxe3 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd8 Kg8 31. Nb5 Rb7 32. Kf2 Rxb5 33. Kxe3 Rxb3 34. Kd3 Rxa3 35. h4 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. h5 Ne5+ 38. Kc2 Nf3 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. Be1 Kf7 41. Bg3 Be7 42. Rc8 Nd4+ 43. Kd1 Ra3 44. Be5 Rd3+ 45. Kc1 Bg5+ 46. Kb2 Nf3 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48. Bxg7 Be3 49. h6 Rd2+ 50. Ka3 Rh2 51. Bf8 Kd5 52. Rd7+ Kc4 53. Rg7 Nd4 54. Rxg4 Bxh6 55. Bxh6 Rxh6 56. Rc1+ Kb5 57. Rg5 Rh3+ 58. Ka2 Rh2+ 59. Kb1 Nb3 60. Rc2 Rh3 61. Kb2 Kb4 62. Rg8 c4 63. Rb8+ Kc5 64. Rc8+ Kb5 65. R2xc4 Na5 66. Rc2 Ka4 67. Rb8 Rh5 68. Rg2 Rh4 69. Ka2 Nc4 70. Rc2 Rg4 71. Re2 Rh4 72. Kb1 Rg4 73. Kc2 Na3+ 74. Kd3 Rg3+ 75. Re3 Rxe3+ 76. Kxe3 Nb5 77. Ke4 Nc7 78. Kd4 Ka5 79. Rb7 Ne6+ 80. Kd5 Nf4+ 81. Kc4 Ka6 82. Rf7 Ne2 83. Rf2 Ng3 84. Kd3 Nh5 85. Rf7 Ng3 86. Ke3 Kb6 87. Rf3 Nh5 88. Ke4 Kc7 89. Ke5 Kd7 90. Rh3 Ng7 91. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bushueva, Tatjana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d4 c5 8. d5 d6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Bh3 Ne4 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nd7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Qe6 Ne8 17. Ne5 Nc7 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 b5 20. Bf4 bxc4 21. Be5 Ne8 22. Bc3 Nf6 23. e4 Bf8 24. e5 Ne4 25. exd6 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Bxd6 27. Qe6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Putrenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 0-0 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb4 11. Bf1 Bf5 12. c3 Nc2 13. Nh4 Nxe1 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qxe1 Ne4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Kh8 18. Bd3 e6 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Bb1 Rg8 21. Qd3 Qg6 22. Kh1 Bf6 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Bc1 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. g3 f4 27. g4 Rag8 28. Qd2 R5g7 29. Qe2 Qh3 30. Rg2 Rg5 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. c4 Rh8 33. cxd5 exd5 34. Qe2 Rc8 35. Bf5 Rc6 36. Qe5+ Rf6 37. Qe2 h5 38. Kg1 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Qh7 40. Kh1 Rc6 41. Qe7 Qh4 42. h3 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. b4 Rxd4 45. Qd6 Qe1 46. a3 Qe5 47. Qd8 Rg6 48. Qd7 Rd1 49. h4 Qe1 50. Kh3 Qh1+ 51. Rh2 Qf1+ 52. Rg2 Rd2 53. Kh2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Be3 0-0 12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rac1 a5 15. a4 Rc8 16. Ne5 N6d5 17. Bf3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bf6 19. Nc4 Bc2 20. Rxc2 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc4 22. Bxb7 Qb6 23. Be4 g6 24. Qf2 Bg7 25. Kh1 Rb4 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rf1 f5 28. Bd3 Rxb2 29. Qe1 Qc6 30. Be2 Rc2 31. Nb5 Ra2 32. Bf3 Qc4 33. Rg1 Rxa4 34. Nd6 Qc7 35. Qg3 Ra3 36. e4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klukin, Kirill"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Be5 16. Rfc1 e6 17. Bf1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Re1 e5 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g4 Ne4 24. Qg2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qh4 26. Rbd1 Nc3 27. Rd2 Re8 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Rg2 Qd8 30. Bd2 Ne4 31. Be1 Nc5 32. Bc3 Ne4 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re2 Ng5 35. Qc3+ Kh6 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. h4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Babanin, Gleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 g6 11. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxf6 13. Bc2 0-0 14. Ne5 Qa5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. 0-0 Kg7 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rf2 Ng8 19. e4 Ne7 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Raf1 h5 22. f4 dxe4 23. f5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Ng6 26. Rxf5 Qb6 27. Qxh5 Rd5 28. Qg4 Re8 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Bxe4 Rdxe5 36. dxe5 Qb6+ 37. Kh1 Qh6 38. h3 Rf8 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Bf3 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. e6 Kg7 44. Kg3 Rf5 45. Be2 Rc5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ke3 Re5+ 48. Kd2 Re4 49. Bg4 Ke7 50. Bf5 Rf4 51. g4 Rf2+ 52. Ke3 Rxa2 53. Kd4 Rh2 54. g5 Rf2 55. Bg4 Rb2 56. Kxc4 a5 57. Bd1 Kxe6 58. h4 Kf5 59. Kc5 Kg6 60. c4 Rb4 61. Kd4 a4 62. Kc3 a3 63. Bb3 Rb8 64. c5 Kh5 65. Bf7+ Kxh4 66. g6 Rb5 67. Kd4 Rb4+ 68. Ke5 Rb7 69. g7 a2 70. Bxa2 Rxg7 71. Kd6 Rg1 72. Bc4 Rc1 73. Kd5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. e4 Qc7 13. a4 c4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a5 Nd7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nxc4 Be7 18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Bd8 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. b4 a6 23. Nc7 Bxc7 24. dxc7 Qc8 25. Qd6 Ne4 26. Qb6 Nd2 27. Rfd1 Nb3 28. Bf3 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Qd7 30. Bxb7 Qd2 31. Rd1 Qc3 32. Qc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ganzhurov, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Nfd2 a6 10. Nxb3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qc1 Nd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. e4 fxg5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. Bh3 Kf7 20. f4 g4 21. Bxg4 Bd6 22. N1d2 Rc3 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Rae1 Re7 25. Rf3 Nf8 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Nf3 h6 28. Ne5+ Kg8 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Qe3 Bb4 32. Nd3 Ba3 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Ne5 Bb4 35. Nc5 Bb5 36. f5 exf5 37. Bf3 Bxa5 38. Bxd5+ Kh7 39. Rf2 g6 40. Ne4 Qg7 41. Nc5 Qe7 42. Bb3 Qg5 43. Rf4 Bb4 44. Bc2 Qh5 45. Rh4 f4 46. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. 0-0 b6 8. a4 a6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. h3 Ra7 12. Rfd1 Qa8 13. Bc4 h6 14. Bh2 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nc4 Rb7 19. Rd2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 N7e6 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Nxb6 Rc6 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. b4 Nd3 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. f4 Nc4 29. f5 Nd8 30. f6 Bf8 31. a5 Ne6 32. Bg3 Kh7 33. Bf2 g5 34. g3 Kg6 35. Bb6 Nxb6 36. axb6 Rbxb6 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. Rf1 Rc6 39. Re3 Nc7 40. Kg2 Rc4 41. Rff3 Ne8 42. e5 dxe5 43. Rxe5 Nxf6 44. Ra5 Rc6 45. b5 axb5 46. Rxb5 Ne4 47. Rb8 Bg7 48. Rb7 f6 49. Re3 Nxc3 50. Ree7 Bf8 51. Re8 Bd6 52. g4 Rc7 53. Rxc7 Bxc7 54. Rc8 Nd5 55. Kf3 Be5 56. Ke4 Nf4 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Ra8 Nxh3 60. Kf5 Nf4 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Ra8+ Ke7 65. Ra7+ Kd6 66. Rh7 Kd5 67. Rxh6 Kd4 68. Rh8 Ke3 69. Rg8 Nh3 70. Rh8 Nf2 71. Ra8 Nh1 72. Ra3+ Kf2 73. Ra2+ Kf3 74. Ra3+ Kg2 75. Ra2+ Kh3 76. Ra4 Ng3+ 77. Kg6 Kh4 78. Rc4 Ne2 79. Re4 Nd4 80. Kh6 Kg3 81. Kh5 Ne6 82. Re3+ Kf4 83. Re1 Kf3 84. Rf1+ Kg2 85. Rb1 Nf4+ 86. Kh6 Kh3 87. Rg1 Kh4 88. Kh7 Ne2 89. Re1 Ng3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. f3 Na5 12. Na3 Be6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 21. Kf2 Nxc8 22. Kxe2 Qd7 23. Qb5 Qxb5+ 24. Nxb5 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Nxa7 Nxa7 27. Bxa7 Rc8 28. Kd1 Bg5 29. Rb2 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Bf6 31. Rxb7 Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. Be3 Kg7 34. Ra7 Rc2 35. Ra4 h5 36. Ra7 h4 37. h3 Rc3 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Rc7 g5 41. Rc1 Kg6 42. Re1 Bc3 43. Re2 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Be5 45. Rd2 Bg3+ 46. Ke2 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rxe3+ 48. Kxe3 Bf4+ 49. Ke2 Bxd2 50. Kxd2 Kf6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf2 Kf4 53. Ke2 Kg3 54. Kf1 Kf4 55. Kf2 e6 56. g4 hxg3+ 57. Kg2 exd5 58. exd5 f6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Turetsky, Mark"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. h3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nd4 11. Bd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Nxe7+ Kf8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bf3 f5 18. Rb1 d3 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Rc2 22. Rd2 Bd4 23. Rxc2 dxc2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. f3 Be6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Nb4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bf2 Rfe8 20. Nd5 b5 21. Rb1 a6 22. Bd4 f6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Nb4 Na4 25. Nxa6 e5 26. Be3 Nxc3 27. Rdc1 Nxb1 28. Rxb1 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Rc3+ 30. Kd2 Ra3 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Rb2 Ke6 33. Nd5 Rc5 34. Ke2 f5 35. Kd2 fxe4 36. fxe4 Ra4 37. Nc3 Rd4+ 38. Kc2 Rdc4 39. Rb3 b4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 b6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Qc7 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 0-0 10. a4 a5 11. b3 f6 12. Ne1 Ng6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qe2 Rab8 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nfd2 Qc7 17. Qf3 Nh4 18. Qg3 Ng6 19. Kh2 Rf7 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. h4 Nf4 22. Qf3 Rbf8 23. h5 Bc8 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rh1 f5 27. e5 Be6 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Qxf4 Bd5 30. Rae1 Qd7 31. Re3 Qe6 32. c4 Rd7 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. d4 Rb8 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Qxf5 Qxf5 37. Nxf5 c4 38. bxc4 Rxc4 39. e6 g6 40. Nd6 Rc6 41. e7 Rxd6 42. e8Q+ Rxe8 43. Rxe8+ Kf7 44. Rde1 gxh5 45. R1e7+ Kf6 46. Rxh7 Kg6 47. Reh8 Rf6 48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rxf6 Kxh8 50. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Bc3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qf4 15. Qd4 Qg5 16. h4 Rd8 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Qc5+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Ke2 Rd4 21. b3 g6 22. Ke3 Rg4 23. Rag1 c5 24. f3 Rd4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Be4 Rb8 27. Rxh5 Bd7 28. Rc1 b6 29. Rhh1 Rg8 30. g4 Rd8 31. Rcd1 Be8 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc1 a5 34. a4 Kf8 35. f4 Bd7 36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 Ke7 38. Rf1 Bc8 39. Rf2 Rd1 40. f6+ Kd8 41. Bd5 Ke8 42. Rh2 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rg8 46. Kf3 Bf5 47. Kf4 Bd7 48. Rd2 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 Rg5 50. Bxf7+ Kxf7 51. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Nakhodkin, Gennadiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Qc3 Nd7 13. g4 Qh4 14. Be2 Nf6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nf1 Be6 17. Rg1 g5 18. Rc2 Rae8 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Ng3 f4 23. Nf1 Bh3 24. d6 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 h6 26. Bc4 Qxh2 27. Rf1 fxe3 28. fxe3 Qg3+ 29. Kd1 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6+ 31. Kc1 Kh7 32. Kb1 Kg6 33. Qb3 Qb6 34. Qa3 Rc8 35. Rc1 Re8 36. Qc3 Qd6 37. Qb3 Re7 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. Be2 h5 40. Qa3 a6 41. Qb4 g4 42. Qb6 g3 43. Rg1 h4 44. Bf1 Rd7 45. Bh3 Qd6 46. Qa5 Qd3+ 47. Kc1 Qxe3+ 48. Kc2 Qf2+ 49. Kb3 Rd3+ 50. Ka4 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasovskiy, Sviatoslav"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 Rb8 10. Bd2 a6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. Ne4 bxc4 14. dxc4 d5 15. Nc5 dxc4 16. Qc2 c3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nd5 19. Qc1 Rxb4 20. Ra1 Qb6 21. e4 Nf6 22. e5 Ng4 23. Nd3 Rb3 24. Ra4 Rxd3 25. Rxg4 Rxf3 26. Rh4 Nxe5 27. Qh6 Rd8 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxe5 Rf5 31. Qc3 Bb7 32. Qa3+ Kf6 33. Rb4 Rb5 34. Rf4+ Rf5 35. Qa1+ Ke7 36. Rxf5 Bxg2 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Rd1+ Kc8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Rc5+ Kd7 41. Qxd8+ Kxd8 42. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Khadzhiev, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. h3 Ne4 9. Bf4 f5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. g4 Rae8 16. 0-0-0 Kh8 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Rdg1 Qh6 21. Rg3 Rxd4 22. Kb1 Re4 23. Rhg1 Re7 24. R1g2 Qf6 25. Ka1 Rff7 26. a3 Re4 27. Rg5 g6 28. Ka2 Re5 29. h4 Rxg5 30. hxg5 Qe5 31. Rg3 Kg8 32. f4 Qe6 33. Ka1 Re7 34. Rf3 Qe4 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Qg3 Qf5 37. Qe1 c5 38. Qa5 b6 39. Qb5 Qe4 40. Qc6 Re7 41. Qd6 Qe6 42. Qd8+ Re8 43. Qc7 d4 44. f5 gxf5 45. exd4 Qc4 46. Qg3 Qxd4 47. Rd3 f4 48. Qf3 Re1+ 49. Ka2 Qc4+ 50. Rb3 Re3 51. Qa8+ Kg7 52. Qxa7+ Kg6 53. Qxb6+ Kh5 54. g6 hxg6 55. a4 Qxa4+ 56. Ra3 Qc4+ 57. Kb1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pogosian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nd2 0-0 8. Qc2 d5 9. h3 d4 10. 0-0 dxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Bh6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bg7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. c4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Qf2 Re8 25. Ba1 a6 26. g4 c4 27. dxc4 Nxc4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Nd3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nxg2 32. Rxg2 Rc4 33. Qf6 Qxd5 34. Nf4 Qc5+ 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Rf2 Ree4 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Kg3 Rc6 39. Qg5 Rc5 40. Rd5 Rxd5 41. Qxd5 Bc4 42. Qg5 Re5 43. Qf6 g5 44. Rc2 gxf4+ 45. Kh4 Re6 46. Qg5+ Rg6 47. Qf5 Rh6+ 48. Kg5 Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Scott, Gordon W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Rb1 d5 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Na4 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. a3 d4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Bc1 Qd5 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Nb2 b5 23. Bg5 Nd5 24. Qd2 Qh3 25. Nd1 Re5 26. Qa5 h6 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. f4 Ne3 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Bh4 Qe6 31. Qc7 Rxd3 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qxa7 Rxb3 34. Kf1 Re3 35. Qc5 d3 36. Qxb5 Rxe2 37. Rd1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ng4 Kg7 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Bb3 f5 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. c4 Be4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. d5 Rh8 23. h3 Qc5 24. Rad1 Rhe8 25. Ba4 Red8 26. Qb2+ Kh6 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Bd7 Rc7 29. Bxe6 Qe7 30. Bd5 Kh7 31. Rd4 Qe5 32. Qd2 Qg7 33. Rd1 Rcd7 34. Bg8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Anchutin, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qc7 7. bxc5 Nc6 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 e5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Be4 Ne5 15. Qf4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxc4 17. Bxd4 Nxd2 18. Qg4 Nxf1 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Rxf1 Kd7 21. Be3 Kc8 22. Nd4 Kb8 23. Nf5 Bxc5 24. Rc1 Rd5 25. Bxc5 Rc8 26. Ba7+ Kxa7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Ne3 Rd2 29. a4 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rxf2 31. Qd4+ Ka8 32. Kg3 Re2 33. a5 Rb1 34. Nc4 Rb3+ 35. Kh2 Ra2 36. Nb6+ Ka7 37. Qd8 Rxa5 38. Nc8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oskin, Iakov"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. d5 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfd8 16. 0-0-0 Rac8 17. b3 b5 18. Ba5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 e6 21. Kb1 bxc4 22. Rc1 c3 23. Kc2 Rc5 24. b4 Rc4 25. Kd3 Rh4 26. Rh1 Nxb4+ 27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Re1 Rd4+ 29. Ke3 e5 30. Re2 f5 31. Rc2 Bh6+ 32. Ke2 Bd2 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kf1 Kd5 36. Ke2 f4 37. h3 Kc4 38. h4 e4 39. fxe4 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gubajdullin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. e3 Nf6 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. exd4 0-0 12. Re1 d5 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Bc3 Rc8 15. Qe2 e6 16. Rcd1 Qc7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 dxc4 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ c3 23. Qxc3+ d4 24. Qb2 Ne5 25. Bg2 Qc3 26. Qa3 d3 27. Qxa7 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 d2 29. Rxe5 d1Q+ 30. Bf1 Rc1 31. Qa6 Ra8 32. Qb5 Ra5 33. Qe2 Qxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Vinod, Gopal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 Nd7 9. Bb2 Ngf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. d3 0-0 12. Nbd2 Ra6 13. Nb3 Rfa8 14. Nc1 Nc5 15. Rb1 Ra4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rxb6 R8a6 18. Rb2 e5 19. Nd2 Ra7 20. h3 Bc8 21. Ndb3 Na6 22. Nd2 Ba3 23. Rb1 Bxc1 24. Rfxc1 Rxa2 25. Ne4 Rxe2 26. Nxf6+ Kf8 27. Nxh7+ Kg7 28. Bf1 Rd2 29. Ng5 Ra2 30. Ne4 Bd7 31. Rb6 c5 32. Bg2 Bc6 33. Nc3 Rd2 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Ra1 Rxd3 36. Ne4 Rd4 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Rxa7 Ne4 39. Rbb7 Rxc4 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 41. h4 Nf6 42. Rg7+ Kf5 43. Rae7 Ke4 44. Rg5 Rc5 45. Kg2 Kd4 46. h5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bf1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Be3 a6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. b4 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qa8 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Bg5 a5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. b5 Rc5 22. Qh6 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. a4 e5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Nc6 Re6 27. Rb1 c4 28. Rc1 Bxc6 29. bxc6 d5 30. c7 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qxc7 32. Qd2 Qc5 33. Qc3 Qb4 34. Qa1 Kg7 35. f4 f6 36. Rb1 Qc5 37. Rb5 Qd4 38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Kg1 Re1 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. Rxa5 d3 42. Rxd5 Rxa4 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Ke3 Ra2 45. h3 f5 46. g3 Ra1 47. Bxd3 cxd3 48. Rxd3 Rh1 49. h4 Kh6 50. Rd7 Rh3 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Rc7 Rh1 53. Rd7 Rh2 54. Rc7 Rh1 55. Rd7 Rh2 56. Rc7 Rh1 57. Rd7 Rh2 58. Rc7 Rh1 59. Rd7 Rh2 60. Rc7 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gorovenko, Darya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c4 e5 8. Nf3 e4 9. Nd4 dxc4 10. Nb5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Na6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Nd6 Nh5 17. Ndxe4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Rd8 21. Bxb7 Rd2 22. Bf3 a5 23. e3 a4 24. a3 Bb3 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Kf1 Kd6 27. Rc1 Bxb2 28. Rc6+ Kd7 29. Nxb2 Rxb2 30. Rc3 Ra2 31. Rd3+ Kc7 32. Kg2 Rxa3 33. Bd1 Kc6 34. Kg3 Kc5 35. h4 Kb4 36. Bf3 Ra1 37. Rd7 a3 38. Rb7+ Kc3 39. Rxb3+ Kxb3 40. Bd5+ Kc2 41. Bxf7 Rb1 42. Ba2 Rb3 43. h5 Kb2 44. Bxb3 Kxb3 45. e4 a2 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. f5 gxf5 48. e5 a1Q 49. Kf4 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shakirova, Renata"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 0-0 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. f5 Bf6 14. Be3 b5 15. g4 b4 16. Nd1 exf5 17. exf5 Bb7+ 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Ne4 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. Rf1 Rac8 24. h4 Ne4 25. g5 Be5 26. Rc1 Ng3 27. Rf3 d5 28. c3 Qb8 29. Qd2 Rc4 30. g6 Rf8 31. Bg5 Rg4 32. Qxd5 Nxf5+ 33. Kf1 hxg6 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Ne3 Rxg5 36. hxg5 bxc3 37. Nxf5 Qc7 38. bxc3 Rd8 39. Qe4 g6 40. Ne3 Bf4 41. Rb1 Bxe3 42. Qxe3 Qc4+ 43. Kg1 Qxa2 44. Rf1 Qd5 45. Qf4 a5 46. Rf2 a4 47. Qxa4 Qxg5+ 48. Kf1 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qxc3 50. Qa7 Qc4 51. Qe7 Qd5+ 52. Kg1 Rd7 53. Qf6 Qd6 54. Qg5 Kg7 55. Qe3 Re7 56. Qc3+ Qe5 57. Qc4 Qe1+ 58. Rf1 Qg3+ 59. Kh1 f5 60. Qd4+ Qe5 61. Qd1 Qe4+ 62. Kg1 Qe3+ 63. Kh1 Qh3+ 64. Kg1 Qg3+ 65. Kh1 Re4 66. Qa1+ Kh7 67. Rf4 Re1+ 68. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 69. Kg2 Qd2+ 70. Rf2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Pavlov, Anatoly F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 d4 6. e3 c5 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Nc6 9. Re1 0-0 10. a3 a5 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Qb6 14. Qc1 Qb3 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. Nbd2 a4 17. Rb1 Re8 18. b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 Qc7 20. Qb2 h6 21. Bg2 Ra7 22. Rb5 Bf5 23. Ne4 Rea8 24. Nh4 Bc8 25. Ra1 Ne5 26. Qb3 Bd7 27. Rb4 Bc6 28. c5 e6 29. Nf3 Bd5 30. Qb1 Nxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Kg2 Qa5 34. Rxb7 f5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rb5 fxe4 37. dxe4 Qc3 38. Qd1 Bc6 39. Rb6 Qxc5 40. Rb1 d3 41. Qd2 Qc2 42. Qf4 Qxb1 43. h4 Ra1 44. Kh3 d2 45. Qxd2 Bxe4 46. h5 Bxf3 47. hxg6+ Qxg6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsirulnik, Maritsa"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 Qf6 14. Rb1 Qxf4 15. e3 Qe5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. a4 Nd7 18. e4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qh4 22. b4 b6 23. Qd3 a5 24. b5 Bb7 25. Qf3 Qf6 26. Rbe1 Re8 27. Qg3 Qg7 28. Rf3 Kf8 29. Rd3 f5 30. Rdd1 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Qf7 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. h3 Qf6 35. Rf1 Bc8 36. Qg2 Qh4 37. f5 g5 38. Qf3 Kf6 39. Kg2 h6 40. Bc2 Be5 41. Rf2 Bd7 42. Re2 Be8 43. Re4 Qh5 44. Qd3 Bd7 45. Rg4 Be8 46. Qe4 Bd7 47. h4 Bf4 48. Kf3 Be5 49. Kf2 Bd4+ 50. Kf1 Be5 51. Qf3 Be8 52. Qh3 Bf7 53. Bd1 Be8 54. Bf3 Qf7 55. hxg5+ hxg5 56. Qh6+ Ke7 57. Qxg5+ Qf6 58. Ke2 Bf7 59. Be4 Qxg5 60. Rxg5 c4 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Rg2 c3 63. Kd3 Bh5 64. Rg1 Bf7 65. Rh1 Kg7 66. Rh4 Bg8 67. Bf3 Bh7 68. Rc4 Bxf5+ 69. Be4 Bg4 70. Kc2 Kf6 71. Rc6 Bd4 72. Rxd6+ Ke5 73. Rg6 Kxe4 74. Rxg4+ Kxd5 75. Kd3 Be5 76. Rg6 Bd6 77. Kxc3 Bb4+ 78. Kb3 Bc5 79. Rg5+ Kd6 80. Kc4 Bf2 81. Rg6+ Ke5 82. Rg5+ Kd6 83. Kd3 Bc5 84. Ke4 Bf2 85. Rg2 Bh4 86. Rg6+ Kc5 87. Rc6+ Kb4 88. Rxb6 Kxa4 89. Kd3 Kb3 90. Rh6 Bg3 91. b6 a4 92. b7 Bc7 93. Rc6 Bb8 94. Rc8 a3 95. Rxb8 a2 96. Ra8 Kb2 97. b8Q+ Ka1 98. Rxa2+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 0-0 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 c6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Qb3 Rf7 13. Rd1 Na6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd4 Ne5 16. c5 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Ra5 b6 20. Ra6 Rc8 21. Rd6 Re7 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Kh2 Rec7 26. Bf3 Kf7 27. b4 cxb4 28. Rxd4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Re8 30. Rda4 Ree7 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. Ra3 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. R3a4 Na5 35. c4 Nb3 36. Rb4 Nc5 37. Ra3 Ke8 38. g4 Kd8 39. Ra2 Kc8 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Kg3 Re6 42. Kh4 Rg7 43. Kh5 Nd7 44. Rba4 Reg6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Be3 a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. h3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kh2 Rab8 19. Qf4 Kg8 20. h4 Ne6 21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. f4 Qg7 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Nc5 27. Qc2 b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. e5 Nb7 30. Qa2 dxe5 31. Nxb5 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 exf4 33. gxf4 Qf6 34. Rc4 Qxh4 35. b4 Rd8 36. Qe2 Rd5 37. f5 Qg5 38. Bg2 Rxf5 39. Nd4 Re5 40. Qf2 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Bf1 Nd6 43. Rc2 Rg5+ 44. Kh2 Qg4 45. Bh3 Rh5 46. Rc3 Ne4 47. Qf3 Rxh3+ 48. Qxh3 Qf4+ 49. Rg3 Nxg3 50. Qxg3 Qxd4 51. Qb8+ Kg7 52. b5 e5 53. b6 e4 54. b7 e3 55. Qc8 Qf4+ 56. Kg2 e2 57. b8Q Qxb8 58. Qxb8 e1Q 59. Qb2+ Kh6 60. Qd4 Qe2+ 61. Kg3 Qh5 62. Qh8 Qg5+ 63. Kh3 f5 64. Qf8+ Kh5 65. Qa8 Qg4+ 66. Kh2 h6 67. Qc6 f4 68. Qc5+ g5 69. Qc6 Qe2+ 70. Kg1 f3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Maresic, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Qe8 9. g4 Nd7 10. Nge2 Ndc5 11. Bb1 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Be3 e4 16. Nc1 Qf7 17. Qg4 Nb4 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe2 Nd3+ 20. Nxd3 exd3 21. Qxd3 Re8+ 22. Ne4 Rxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Re5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. 0-0-0 Qxf2 26. Rhg1+ Kh8 27. Rdf1 Qxb2+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qxa2+ 30. Kd3 Qb3+ 31. Ke4 Bg7 32. Rc1 Qxh3 33. Rgf1 Qh4+ 34. Kf5 Qf6+ 35. Kg4 Qd4+ 36. Rf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tretyakov, Stepan"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e4 0-0 8. Be2 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Qc8 14. Rad1 c5 15. Bf3 Bg4 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe6 18. Re2 g5 19. Bg3 Qxc4 20. e5 g4 21. Qc6 Rac8 22. Rde1 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rb8 25. Rxc5 Qd3 26. h4 gxh3 27. gxh3 Rxb2 28. Qxc7 Rc2 29. Nd5 Rxa2 30. Qd8+ Ne8 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Labros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. g4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. Nge2 Ng8 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. 0-0-0 Bd7 16. f3 Qe8 17. h4 Ra6 18. h5 g5 19. Nf5 f6 20. Qf2 Nxf5 21. exf5 b6 22. Kd2 Qe7 23. Ke2 Rb8 24. Rb1 Raa8 25. Rhd1 Bf8 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Kg2 Qe8 28. Kg3 Na6 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Rdb1 Rab8 31. Qd2 Rb7 32. Qd1 c6 33. Be4 c5 34. Bd3 Nb4 35. Be2 Na6 36. Qd2 Nc7 37. Bd3 b5 38. cxb5 Nxb5 39. Qe2 Rcb8 40. Ne4 Qd8 41. Rc1 Nc7 42. b3 Nxd5 43. Bc4 Nb6 44. Rd1 Qc7 45. Qd2 Nxc4 46. bxc4 Ba4 47. Rdc1 Bc6 48. Nc3 Rb4 49. Qd3 e4 50. fxe4 d5+ 51. Kh3 d4 52. Bxd4 cxd4 53. Qxd4 Rb2 54. Qg1 Bd6 55. Nd5 Bxd5 56. cxd5 Qb6 57. Qxb6 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c3 a5 10. h4 a4 11. e5 Ng4 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Bh3 fxe5 15. Bxg4 e4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Bd4 Bxg4 22. Bxb2 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rac8 24. Rxa4 Rc2 25. Bd4 Re2 26. Kf1 Re4 27. Re1 Rg4 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. f4 Rc8 30. e6 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc3 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. e7 Rgxg3+ 34. Kf2 Rgf3+ 35. Ke2 Rce3+ 36. Kd2 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Re3+ 38. Kd2 Rxe7 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Rd5 Rc7 41. a4 Ke6 42. Kd4 Rf7 43. Re5+ Kd6 44. Ke4 Rc7 45. Rd5+ Ke6 46. Rd4 Rc6 47. Rb4 Ra6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kb3 Ra5 51. Rc4+ Kb6 52. Rb4+ Kc6 53. Re4 Rh5 54. Re6+ Kc7 55. Kc3 Rxh4 56. Rf6 Rh5 57. Kd4 Rh4 58. Ke5 Rh5+ 59. Ke6 Kb6 60. Kf7+ Ka5 61. Kg7 Kxa4 62. Rb6 Rf5 63. Kxh7 Rxf4 64. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Morgunov, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Bc4 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Ba8 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nb8 21. Be4 Na6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc3 h6 24. Qc4 Nb8 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. g3 Qd7 27. Rc7 Qa4 28. Qb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stevanic, David"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qxa2 9. Bf4 e6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Bd2 Qd5 13. Bf3 Qd6 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Rd8 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Qf3 0-0 18. Bc6 Qc8 19. Rbc1 Qa6 20. Bb7 Qb5 21. Rc7 Bd6 22. Bc6 Qa5 23. Bxf6 Qxc7 24. Qg4 g6 25. Qg5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. Qh4 Qxc6 28. Bxd8 Re8 29. Qxf4 Rxd8 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7 a6 34. Ra7 Rb6 35. Kg1 Rxb2 36. Rxa6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb5 38. Kg3 Rd5 39. Ra4 Rf5 40. f3 Kf6 41. Kf2 Rb5 42. g4 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. Rb4 Ra2 45. Rc4 Ra5 46. Rb4 Rd5 47. Ra4 Rd7 48. Rb4 Ke7 49. Ra4 Kd6 50. Kf4 h6 51. Ra1 Rd8 52. Ra7 Rf8 53. Ra4 Rh8 54. Kg3 Rh7 55. Ra5 Kc6 56. Ra1 Kd5 57. Rd1 g5 58. Rd2 Rg7 59. Rd1 Rg6 60. Rd2 Rf6 61. Rd1 Kc4 62. Rd2 Kc3 63. Rd1 Kc2 64. Ra1 Kd3 65. Ra4 Ke3 66. Ra3+ Kxd4 67. Ra4+ Ke5 68. Ra5+ Kd6 69. Ra6+ Ke7 70. Ra8 Rg6 71. Rb8 Kf6 72. Ra8 Kg7 73. Rb8 Rf6 74. Rb4 Rf4 75. Rb1 Kg6 76. Rh1 Ra4 77. Kg2 Ra5 78. Kg3 Re5 79. Ra1 h5 80. gxh5+ Kxh5 81. Rh1+ Kg6 82. Ra1 f5 83. Ra8 Rb5 84. Ra6 Kf6 85. Ra8 Rb4 86. Rf8+ Kg7 87. Re8 Kf7 88. Ra8 g4 89. fxg4 Rxg4+ 90. Kf2 Rb4 91. Ra7+ Kf6 92. Ra6 Rb3 93. Ra4 e5 94. Ra6+ Kg5 95. Ra8 e4 96. Rg8+ Kf4 97. Ra8 Rb2+ 98. Kf1 Kf3 99. Ra3+ e3 100. Ra1 f4 101. Rc1 Rh2 102. Kg1 Rh8 103. Rf1+ Ke4 104. Ra1 f3 105. Ra4+ Kf5 106. Ra5+ Kf4 107. Ra7 f2+ 108. Kg2 Rg8+ 109. Kh2 e2 110. Ra4+ Ke5 111. Ra5+ Kd4 112. Ra3 e1Q 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Nielsen, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. b3 a5 17. Bb5 Bc3 18. Rf1 Bf5 19. Rf2 Rd5 20. Bc4 Re5 21. Bd2 Bd4 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Bb6 24. Bc3 Be6 25. Kb2 Bd7 26. a3 a4 27. b4 Kf8 28. Bd2 Ke8 29. c4 Kd8 30. c5 Bc7 31. h3 Kc8 32. Bc4 e6 33. Ba6+ Kb8 34. Be3 Be5+ 35. Kc2 Bc7 36. Kd3 Bc6 37. Bc4 Kb7 38. Bd4 e5 39. Bb2 f5 40. Bg8 h6 41. Bf7 e4+ 42. Ke3 g5 43. Bg7 f4+ 44. Ke2 Bb5+ 45. Ke1 e3 46. Bg6 Ka6 47. Bc2 h5 48. Bg6 g4 49. Bxh5 Bd8 50. Kd1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Rd8 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qd2 Bc3 22. Qc2 Bd4 23. Qd2 Bc3 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. a3 Bg4 26. Be3 Bf5 27. Qb3 Be6 28. Qxb7 Qxa3 29. Bxa7 Bg7 30. Be3 Qa2 31. Bf3 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Qa8+ Bf8 36. h4 Rd2 37. h5 Ra2 38. Qb8 Ra3 39. Qe8 Ra6 40. Be4 Bg4 41. f3 Be6 42. g4 Bc4 43. Bd3 Bxd3 44. exd3 Re6 45. Qa8 Rd6 46. Qe4 Re6 47. Qc4 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Re3 49. Kf2 Re5 50. d4 Ra5 51. d5 Ra8 52. Qc6 Rd8 53. Ke3 Rd6 54. Qa8 Rb6 55. Ke4 Rd6 56. f4 Rb6 57. f5 Rd6 58. fxg6 fxg6 59. Ke5 Rb6 60. Qe8 gxh5 61. gxh5 Rh6 62. Kf5 Rd6 63. Ke4 Ra6 64. Qc8 Rh6 65. Qg4+ Kh8 66. Qf4 Kg8 67. Qg5+ Bg7 68. Kd3 Rd6 69. Kc4 h6 70. Qg3 Rd8 71. d6 Kf8 72. Kd5 Rd7 73. Qf2+ Rf7 74. Qc2 Bf6 75. Qc8+ Kg7 76. d7 Rf8 77. Qe8 Bg5 78. Kc6 Rf6+ 79. Kb7 Rf7 80. Kc6 Rf6+ 81. Kd5 Rf5+ 82. Kd4 Rf4+ 83. Ke5 Rf8 84. Qg6+ Kh8 85. Ke6 Rg8 86. Kf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 23rd"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirshov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Nordquelle, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nb6 15. Qc3 Rc8 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Qc5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Nd5 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Rc4 f5 22. Rcc1 f4 23. Bg4 Rce8 24. Re1 g6 25. Bd1 h5 26. b4 a6 27. Bb3 Kh7 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Rf6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Ba4 fxe3 32. fxe3 Rc8 33. Bc2 Re8 34. Ba4 Rc8 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Bc2 1-0

