Shirov-Sveshnikov Match 2014

Un amigable match entre dos grandes leyendas del ajedrez 

Partidas de 25 minutos. 

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2014.09.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Sveshnikov, E."] [Black "Shirov, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2014.09.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bd6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bxd6 Re8+ 13. Ne2 Qxd6 14. O-O-O c4 15. Nc3 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Rhe1 Rab8 18. Ka1 cxb3 19. cxb3 Bxb3 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rh1 Bc2 22. Nb1 Qb4 23. a3 Qb6 24. Qh4 Be4 25. Nc3 Rb8 26. Na4 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2014.09.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Sveshnikov, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2014.09.26"] 1. e4 $1 {Shirov know whats the audience wants to see, with his notable opponent playing black, and does not disappoint them.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 $1 {Was there any doubt? The two exclamation points until now are for playing for the audience as much for themselves.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6 {Shirov had actually played this against Anand in 2002.} ({but in their individual game from 2004, Sveshnikov played} 11... Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O Qg6 15. b3 a5 16. Bb2 a4 17. Qd3 a3 18. Bc1 Bg5 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. h4 Bh6 21. Bd2 Kh8 22. Rad1 Qh5 23. Be1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Bc8 25. Rd2 g5 26. Qd5 Ne7 27. Qa5 gxh4 28. gxh4 Rg8 29. Qc7 Rd7 30. Qb6 Bb7 31. Kh2 Ng6 32. Rf5 Qh6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Qxe3 35. Bd2 Qe2 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Bh6 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 39. Kf2 Nxf5 40. exf5 {1-0 (40) Shirov,A (2736)-Sveshnikov,E (2557) Tallinn 2004}) 12. Qd5 Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. Nxb4 Rc8 14. Be3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 Bg5 19. Nxc6 Bxe3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 Bg5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. h6 gxh6 24. Kc2 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 27. Qc5 Rd2+ 28. Kb3 Kg7 29. a3 e4 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. fxe4 {1-0 (31) Anand,V (2757)-Shirov,A (2715) Linares 2002}) 13. h4 {As far as grandmaster play goes, this is a novelty.} h5 14. Rh3 $5 {All credit to Shirov for playing boldly, but this still seems a bit premature considering his lack of development.} Rc8 15. Rg3 Qh7 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qd3 Be7 18. O-O-O f6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Ne3 Nd4 {To the credit of the elder grandmaster, who now stares at a nearly 300 Elo difference, he is doing much better here. Some things may suffer with time, but his understanding of these positions is second to none.} 21. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 {This is a rote answer, when taking on d5 is desirable if the piece must be recaptured by a pawn, instead of a piece, but there was no need. The knight on d5 is actually biting on think air, and threatens nothing. Taking on e7 is not a concern here.} (21... f5 $1 {and opening lines on White's king was the way to go.} 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 {and suddenly White has serious issues. Taking on f5 is bad, and leaving e4 hanging is hardly a big improvement.} 23. Bg5+ (23. exf5 $4 Rxc4+ $1 {and Black wins a piece since} 24. Kb1 Bxf5 {loses the queen.}) 23... Kf7 24. b3 fxe4 25. Qe3 d5 $1 $17) 22. exd5 f5 23. f4 O-O 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bg5 Bc5 26. Re3 e4 {Again Sveshnikov has managed to outplay his younger and higher rated opponent.} 27. Qd2 f4 28. Ree1 Qf5 29. d6 $1 {As strange as it may look, Black cannot take, so the purpose is more a diversion to give White a chance to mount a defense.} b3 30. a3 e3 31. Qd3 Bxd6 32. Qxf5 Nxf5 33. Rd5 Rc5 {Black has played great until now and is winning here.} 34. Red1 Rxd5 $4 {An serious mistake that throws away much of the advantage.} (34... Re8 $1 {was correct here.} 35. Rxd6 $4 {is not possible due to} (35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Nd4 $1 $19) 35... Nxd6 36. Rxd6 e2 $1) 35. Rxd5 Ng3 36. Bd3 Bc7 37. c5 $4 f3 ({Black misses his last chance to finish in glory.} 37... Re8 $1 {would have decided the game in his favor.} 38. Kd1 e2+ 39. Ke1 a4 $1 {threatening Ba5+} 40. c6 Bb6 {and the threat of Bf2+ as well is decisive.}) 38. gxf3 Rxf3 $2 {Black loses control and the position is now equal.} 39. Rd7 Bf4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. c6 Rxh4 42. Ba6 e2 43. Kd2 {Black lost on time.} 1-0 [Event "Match Shirov vs Sveshnikov"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2014.09.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "LAT"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxb7 Bc5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Qc6 Rfc8 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Nb5 Nd7 24. b4 Bb6 25. a4 Ne5 26. a5 Bd4 27. Rc7 Rd5 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. b5 Ra4 30. f4 Ng4 31. Rd1 Rxa5 32. h3 Nh6 33. Rdd7 Ra4 34. f5 exf5 35. Rxa7 f4 36. Rac7 Kg7 37. Bb7 Rb4 38. Bc6 Kg6 39. Re7 Rd8 40. Rcd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Nf5 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Rb7 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Match Shirov vs Sveshnikov"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2014.09.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "LAT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Bg4 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nde3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. Qd3 Rbd8 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. Rd2 Qc5 24. Rfd1 Nb8 25. Qh3 Rfe8 26. Ne1 Qc7 27. Nf3 h6 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Qg4 Rfe8 30. Qg6 Nc6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nxe5 Nf7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxe6 Qf4 37. f3 Kh7 38. Qc4 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Rf4 40. Qc1 Qxe4 41. Qxc5 Rf5 42. Qd4 Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Rc5 44. Ke2 Rc1 45. Rd5 Rc2+ 46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 Rc1 49. g4 g5 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. Ra6 Rc5 53. h3 Kh7 54. f4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Kg7 56. h4 Kh7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. g5 h5 59. g6 Rd5 60. Re7 Rd2 61. Kg5 Rxa2 62. Kh6 Kf8 63. Ra7 1-0