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Wei Yi vs Alexey Shirov : World Cup (2013) : Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.15"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "115"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 h5 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb7 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. Nxb7 Bxb7 17. Rd4 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Ne5 19. a4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Nfd7 21. b3 g5 22. Nb5 g4 23. Bb2 gxf3 24. Ba3+ Kf6 25. gxf3 Kg5 26. Nd4 Ba6 27. Kb1 Rb7 28. Rg1+ Kf6 29. Bb2 Ke7 30. Rg5 h4 31. f4 Ng6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxg6 Nc5 34. f5 Kf7 35. Rf6+ Ke7 36. Rh6 Kf7 37. Rxh4 exf5 38. exf5 Rd7 39. Bd4 Rd5 40. Rf4 Bc8 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. Kb2 Kf6 43. b4 Rc7 44. Kb3 Bxf5 45. c3 Rh7 46. b5 Ke5 47. Rd4 Rxh2 48. a5 Bh3 49. a6 Bf1 50. a7 Rh8 51. Kb4 Bg2 52. Rd2 Bf3 53. Ka5 Rc8 54. Rd3 Bg2 55. Ka6 Rf8 56. Rd2 Ba8 57. c4 Rc8 58. c5 1-0 Thumbnail Wei Yi By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Wei Yi) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], 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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