Sochi Rapid 2015: Shirov x Kramnik

[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"]

[Site "Sochi RUS"]

[Date "2015.05.01"]

[Round "1.1"]

[White "Shirov, Alexei"]

[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C67"]

[WhiteElo "2691"]

[BlackElo "2783"]

[WhiteTeam "Malachite (Sverdlovsk region)"]

[BlackTeam "Sibir (Novosibirsk)"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.

Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 b6

15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Re1 f6 18. Bd2 Re8 19. Ne3 Nce7 20. c4 dxc4 21.

Nxc4 Nd5 22. Be4 Qf7 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxc7 Nb5 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8

27. Qe7 Qf7 28. Qd8 Nc7 29. Bh6 Nd5 30. Qd6 Ne7 31. g4 Nc8 32. Qd8 Qe6 33. h3

Nd6 34. d5 Nf7 35. dxe6 Nxd8 36. Nd4 a6 37. f4 Nc6 38. Ne2 Ne7 39. Ng3 Bc6 40.

f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bb5 42. Ne4 Nxf5 43. Nxf6+ Kh8 44. Bf8 a5 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. e7

Nd6 47. Kg3 Ne8 48. Ng4 h5 49. Ne5 Bd5 50. a3 Kg8 51. Kf4 Bb3 52. Kg5 Bd1 53.

Nc4 Kf7 54. Nxb6 Nd6 55. Nd5 Ne4+ 56. Kh4 a4 57. Nc3 Nxc3 58. bxc3 Be2 59. Kg5

Ke8 60. h4 Kd7 61. Kf6 Bc4 62. Bh6 Ke8 63. Bf4 Bf7 64. Bg5 Bb3 65. Ke5 Kd7 66.

Kd4 Bf7 67. Kc5 Kc7 68. c4 Be8 69. Kd5 Kd7 70. c5 Bg6 71. c6+ Kc7 72. Bf4+ Kc8

73. Ke6 Bf7+ 74. Kf6 Be8 75. c7 Kd7 76. Kg7 1-0

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