Veselin Topalov vs Shirov, Alexei

½-½ · Draw Madrid playoff 20', round 2 1997 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation (C78) The Modern Era

♞

Shirov, Alexei

Black

♘

Veselin Topalov

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. ½-½

Raw PGN

[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4
Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4 16.Nb1
c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 b3 21.Bd3 c4 22.e5 dxe5 23.Rxe5 Qxd4
24.Re3 Ng4 25.Rxa5 cxd3 26.Bf6 Qxf6 27.Qxg4+ Qg6 28.Rg5 Bxe3 29.Rxg6+ fxg6
30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.fxe3 Rbd8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

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