Shirov, Alexei vs Veselin Topalov

½-½ · Draw Amber-rapid 6th, round 10 1997 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense (C10) The Modern Era

♞

Veselin Topalov

Black

♘

Shirov, Alexei

White

Moves Legends

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.63.64.65.66.67.68.69.70.71.72.73.74.75.76.77. ½-½

Raw PGN

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4
Qa5+ 9.c3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Re5 Qb6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 h6 15.Bh4 Nd5
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Bb1 Rd6 21.Qc2 Kf8 22.Qh7 Rd2
23.Rf5 Be4 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Qb4+ Kg8 28.Qe4 Rad8
29.Qxe6+ Qf7 30.Bh7+ Kf8 31.Qe4 R8d6 32.h4 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qc7+ 35.g3
Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.Bf5 Qc6 38.Qf4 Qd6 39.Qf3 Qf6 40.Qf4 Rd6 41.h5 a5 42.Qe4 Rd8
43.g4 b6 44.a4 Kg8 45.Kg3 Kh8 46.Kf3 Qh4 47.Qe6 Qh3+ 48.Kf4 Qh2+ 49.Kf3 Qd6
50.Qxd6 Rxd6 51.Ke4 Rd2 52.b4 Kg8 53.bxa5 bxa5 54.c4 Kf7 55.Ke5 Ke7 56.c5 Rd1
57.c6 Rc1 58.Kd5 Rc3 59.Bd7 Kd8 60.Ke6 Rc5 61.Kd6 Rc4 62.Be6 Rd4+ 63.Bd5 Rd1
64.c7+ Kc8 65.Kc6 Rc1+ 66.Kb6 Rxc7 67.Be6+ Kb8 68.Kxa5 Rb7 69.Ka6 Rb2 70.Bf5 Kc7
71.a5 Kc6 72.Be4+ Kc5 73.Ka7 Ra2 74.a6 Kd6 75.Kb7 Rb2+ 76.Kc8 Ra2 77.Kb7 1/2-1/2

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