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Alexey Shirov vs Yifan Hou - Gibraltar 2012 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B97) (Chessworld.net)

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â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net Chess World.net Instructive Game: Don't try this at home! Shirov vs Hou, Tradewise Gibraltar 2012 [Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"] [Site "0:43:33-0:18:33"] [Date "2012.02.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Alexie Shirov"] [Black "Yifan Hou"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [Annotator "Microsoft"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2012.01.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 (7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 (8... Nbd7) 9. fxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7) 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Qxa2 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Qc3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 hxg5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qa4 18. Qxg7 Qe4+) 14... Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. O-O f5 21. Nd6 Qc5) 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 (12... Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Re8 21. O-O f5 22. Bh5 Rd8 23. Be7 fxe4 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Rf6 Qa1+ 26. Rf1 Qa5 27. Rf6) 13. Nxd5 (13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Nf5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxe5+ 16. Re3 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Be5 Rg8 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Nc6 21. c4 Qd4) 13... exd5 14. e6 (14. Bc4 Be7 (14... dxc4 15. Nb5) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxd5 Qxe5+ 17. Ne2 O-O {Black should be okay}) 14... Bxe6 (14... Qxa2 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Be2 Nxd4 18. O-O+ Nf5 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Qxd5+ Kg6 21. Bd3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Kh7 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Rxf5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5+ g6 26. Rb6) 15. Nxe6 (15. Rxb7 Bc5 (15... Nd7) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qf4 Rf8 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Qxb8+ Kf7 20. Qb3 Qc1+ 21. Ke2 Kg8) 15... fxe6 16. Be2 Be7 ( 16... Bc5 17. Bh5+ Kd7 18. c4 a5 19. cxd5 Bb4 (19... Qa4 20. dxe6+ Kc8 21. Bg3 (21. Bf3 Qxh4+ 22. g3 Qb4) 21... Qe4+) 20. dxe6+ Kc7 21. Bg3+ Kc8 22. Rxb4 Qxb4 23. Rf1 {Advantage to White}) (16... g6 17. O-O) 17. Bh5+ Kd8 (17... Kd7 18. Rxb7+ Kc8 19. Rxe7) (17... Kf8 18. Qf4+ Bf6 19. Bxf6) 18. Bxe7+ (18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Qe2 Qc3+ 20. Kf1 Rf8 21. Qxe6 Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6) 18... Qxe7 (18... Kxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7+ Kd6 21. Rxb7 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Qf4 {Advantage to White}) 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qc5+ {Very strong move - position virtually equal here according to Houdini on Depth 20. It safeguards to the a5 square from Qa5+} ( 20... Rb8 21. Qa5+ Nb6 22. Qxb6+) 21. Kh1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ (22. Rfb1 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Rf8 24. Bf3) 22... Nxb8 23. Qe2 (23. Bg4 Re8 24. Rf7 Nc6 25. Qf4 Re7 26. Bxe6 Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Qe7 28. Qf5 d4) 23... Qb5 {Possibly best move in position!} 24. Qxb5 (24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Be2 Qb2 26. Qh4+ g5 27. Qh3 Ke7 28. Bxa6 Qxc2 29. Bb5 Rf8 {Black better}) (24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Be2 Qb2 26. Bxa6 Ke7) 24... axb5 {The worst is over!} 25. Rf7 Nc6 26. Rxg7 Rf8 27. Kg1 Nb4 28. Rb7 Nxc2 29. Rxb5 Ke7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Rb2 Ne3 32. Kf2 Nc4 33. Rb7+ Kd6 34. Bd1 e5 35. Rh7 Nb2 36. Rxh6+ Kc5 37. Bc2 Nxa4 38. h4 Nc3 39. Bf5 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 Nd1 43. g4 Ne3+ 44. Ke1 Kd4 45. Bc8 Ng2+ 46. Kd1 e4 47. h5 e3 48. Ba6 Nf4 49. Rb6 Nd3 50. Bxd3 Kxd3 51. Rb3+ Ke4 52. h6 d4 53. h7 Rh2 54. Rb4 (54. Rb7 d3 55. Re7+ Kf4 56. Rf7+ Kg3 57. Kc1 Rh1+ 58. Kb2 e2 59. Re7 d2) 0-1 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Yifan Hou Smiling By Laserlight at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Shirov By karpidis from Piraeus, Greece (alteration of KIF_4711) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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