Alexey Shirov vs Veselin Topalov - Linares 1997.02.06

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Alexey Shirov vs Veselin Topalov
Linares Linares ESP round 3 1997.02.06
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin Gambit 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5
12.g4 Bf7 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Bd2 g6 16.Kg2 Nf6 17.g5 hxg5
18.Nxg5 Bg8 19.Re3 Be7 20.Rf3 b6 21.Rh1 Rh4 22.Rd3 Bd6 23.Rf3
Be7 24.Rd3 Rf8 25.Nf3 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Bh6 Rf5 28.Re3 Nd6
29.Nxe5 Bd5+ 30.f3 Bf6 31.Rhe1 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Bxf3+ 33.Kh2 Rxe5
34.Rxe5 Be4 35.c3 Bb1 36.a3 Nf7 37.Re1 Bf5 38.Bf4 Nd8 39.Re7
Ne6 40.Be5 c5 41.c4 a5 42.a4 Kd8 43.Bf6 Kc8 44.Kg3 Kb7 45.h4
Kc8 46.Kf2 Kb7 47.Ke3 Kb8 48.Be5 Kc8 49.Rf7 Bc2 50.Rf6 Kd7
51.Kd2 Be4 52.Rxe6 Kxe6 53.Bxc7 Kd7 54.Bxb6 Kc6 55.Bxa5 Bf5
56.Kc3 Bh3 57.Bd8 Kd6 58.Bg5 Bd7 59.a5 Bc8 60.Be3 Kc6 61.Bxc5
Kxc5 62.b4 Kd6 63.Kd4 Bh3 64.b5 Bf1 65.a6 Kc7 66.Kc5 Be2
67.Kb4 Bf1 68.c5 Be2 69.Ka5 Bf3 70.c6 Kb8 71.Kb6 Be2 72.a7 Ka8
73.Ka6 Bf3 74.c7+ Bb7+ 75.Ka5 Bc8 76.b6 1-0

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Updated: 28 January, 2022
Created: 28 January, 2022