Shirov vs. Radjabov THE BEST GAME of LINARES 04! ROUND #6.

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saemisch
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Shirov vs. Radjabov THE BEST GAME of LINARES 04! ROUND #6.

Post by saemisch » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:19 pm

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares, Spain"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov(GM)"]
[Black "Radjabov(GM)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Opening "King's Indian: orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[ECO "E97"]
[NIC "KI.05"]
[Time "09:03:30"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qb6 21. Bb2 Kh7 22. Qe2 d4 23. h4 Rf6 24. Re1 Qxb4 25. a3 Qd6 26. h5 Raf8 27.Qe4 Nc6 28. hxg6+ Kg7 29. Bc1 Qe7 30. Bxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qh4+ Kxg6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Re5 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Qg4+ Kf7 36. Qxd4 a6 37. g4 Rg8 38. f3 Rf6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Qc4+ Kg7 41. Qxa6 Ref8 42. Qd3 c5 43. a4 Ra8 44. Qc3 Kg6 45.Qxc5 Rfa6 46. Kg3 Rxa4 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. g5 R8a6 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. f4 Ra1 51.Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Kg4 R1a2 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qc7+ Kg8 56. f5 Ra7 57.Qd8+ Kg7 58. f6+ Kh7 59. Qd3+ Kh8 60. Kf5 Ra8 61. Qh3+ Kg8 62. Kg6 R2a7 63.Qe6+ Kf8 64. Qd6+ Kg8 65. Qd5+ Kh8 66. Qh1+ {White wins} 1-0

Radjabov has been brilliant with the King's Indian Defense in the past and kudos to him for having the bravery to "unbalance the position" in this game. An interesting clash! Congrats to both players!
~Pity though, there only being two decisive games so far... :(

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