Veselin Topalov vs Shirov, Alexei
0-1 · Black won
Amber-blind 7th, round 8
1998 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation (B80)
The Modern Era
♞
Shirov, Alexei
♘
Veselin Topalov
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. 0-1
Raw PGN
[Event "Amber-blind 7th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Nb3 Qxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Nb4 14.Kb1 Nd5 15.Bf2 Bg5 16.Rd3 b6 17.g3 Bb7 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.h4 Bh6 20.c4 Nb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.c5 Bd5 23.Rd1 Rb8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Be1 Nxa2 26.Nd4 g6 27.b3 Ra8 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Rd8 30.Kc2 Bf8 31.Nc6 Rc8 32.Ne5 Nb4+ 33.Bxb4 Bxb4 34.Rd7 Be1 35.Nxf7 Rxc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 Bxg3 38.Ng5 Bxh4 39.Nxe6 Rc2+ 40.Kd3 Rc6 41.Nf4 Rf6 42.Ke4 Rf7 43.Rd5 Bg3 44.Ne2 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Bf2 46.f4 Kf7 47.Nc3 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Rf3 49.Rd7+ Ke6 50.Rxh7 Rxf4 51.Rg7 Kf5 52.Ne2 Rf3 53.Rf7+ Kg4 54.Re7 Bc5 55.Re4+ Kf5 56.Re8 g5 57.Nc1 Kg4 58.Nd3 Rf5 59.Ke2 Kg3 60.Re6 g4 61.Re4 Kh3 62.Nf4+ Kh2 63.Nd3 g3 64.Rh4+ Kg1 65.Nf4 Re5+ 66.Kd3 Kf2 0-1