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Alexey Shirov "Fire on Board!" - Top 10 Amazing Chess Sacrifices of all time!

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♚Play turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Brilliant Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynam... (Show Full Description)
♚Play turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Brilliant Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynamic, elegant, exceptional, excellent, exciting, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fascinating, finest, flashy, greatest, iconic, immortal, important, impressive, incredible, instructive, incredible, interesting, magnificent, marvellous, memorable, mind-blowing, must see, outrageous, prize, remarkable, scintillating, sparkling, stunning, sweet, superb, thrilling, top, unbelievable, wonderful, worlds greatest ►Playlists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb ►FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher In 1963 Botvinnik founded his own school within the Soviet coaching system, and its graduates include world champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, and other top-class players such as Alexei Shirov, Vladimir Akopian and Jaan Ehlvest.[85][8 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1998.03.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/7K w - - 0 47"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] ... [Event "Daugavpils"] [Site "Daugavpils"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Shirov"] [Black "J Lapinski"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] .... [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares, ESP"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4rk1/1p1q1pp1/pPp2n1p/P1Pp4/3P1b2/2N2B1P/2Q2PP1/R4RK1 w - - 0 24"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] ... [Event "It (open)"] [Site "Paris (France)"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alexey Shirov"] [Black "Arnaud Hauchard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A57"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b1rnk1/2q3bp/p2ppnp1/P1p3N1/2B1PP2/2N5/1P4PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 16"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 16. f5 h6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 hxg5 19. Bxg5 N8d7 20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Rad1 Qb7 22. Qh3 Qc6 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Kf8 25. Qh7 Re6 26. Bh6 Ke8 27. Qxg7 Nxd5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. g7 Rxh6 30. Rf7+ Kxf7 31. g8=Q+ Ke7 32. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2007.07.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2699"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1p3pk1/2bR2Pp/4P2K/p1Q3PP/5q2/8 b - - 0 40"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2007.07.04"] 40... a2 41. Rf5 Qf4+ (41... a1=Q 42. Qb3 Qaa2) 42. gxf4 Bf2+ 43. Qg3 Bxg3+ 44. Kxg3 a1=Q 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. e5 b5 47. Kh4 b4 48. Kxh5 Qd1+ 49. Kh4 b3 50. e6 b2 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7 b1=Q 53. Rxb1 Qxb1 54. Kg4 Qe4 0-1 [Event "21st Linares SuperGM"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2004.02.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Alexey Shirov"] [Black "Teimour Radjabov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2656"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/pp4k1/2nqPrPp/8/3pQ3/P4B2/5PP1/2B1R1K1 b - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] 29... 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+ 1-0 [Event "Ch World (team)"] [Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D44"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r2k2/pb3p2/q6r/1Npp4/n1p2P2/6P1/PPQ3BP/2KR3R w - - 0 22"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 22. Na3 c3 23. Bxd5 Nxb2 24. Qf5 Rf6 25. Qh7 Qxa3 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Rhe1+ Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kd6 (28... Kc7 29. Re7+) 29. Bxb7+ Nxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qxa2 31. Qg2 Qb1+ 0-1 [Event "Shirov-Kramnik WCC Candidates Match"] [Site "Cazorla ESP"] [Date "1998.06.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D70"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2qr1k1/pp3pb1/b2P1np1/4p1Bp/7P/1PN2P1N/P2Q2P1/3RK2R w K - 0 19"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1998.05.24"] 19. Nd5 e4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. d7 Qb6 (21... Re6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6) 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Qe3 Bxg5 24. Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25. Kd2 axb6 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Kc2 Rg4 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Rg1 Kg7 30. Nf2 Rf4 31. Nd3 Re4 32. Rgd1 Bb5 33. a4 Bc6 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Nxe1 Bb4 36. Re2 Bxe1 37. Rxe1 Bxg2 38. Kd2 h4 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. b4 h3 41. Re2 f5 42. Rd2 Be4 43. Kf4 Bg2 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rh7 g5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. b5 0-1 ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq
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