Joel Lautier vs Alexey Shirov (1990) Shirov Himself

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Joel Lautier vs Alexey Shirov
"Shirov Himself" (game of the day Jul-06-2017)
Manila Interzonal (1990), Manila PHI, rd 11, Jul-11
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Panno Variation (E63) · 0-1

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FEN COPIED

Given 47 times; par: 42 [what's this?]

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May-16-04		Blumster: Why 8.h3? wouldn't the pawn thrust e4 have made more sense, grabbing up the middle for sure? Can't help but feel h3 closes a hole that didn't need filling.

May-16-04		Drstrangelove: Does anyone have a 5 pawns for a rook collection?

May-16-04		clocked: When you have questions like these, it helps to use the opening explorer. There you will see that h3 is the most played move in the position. Next you can see how black responds to e4 (with Bg4 of course!). One of the "whys" has to do with control of the e5 square. I think "The Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" by Sunil Weermantry covers this idea.

Oct-02-07		Jim Bartle: Shirov wrote that he was "obligated" to take the pawn on move 16 or he'd be admitting his play was all a bluff. He also said he really wanted this game because New in Chess had called him the "new Lautier" and he wanted to reverse that.

Mar-23-08		vanytchouck: it's not New in chess wich call Shirov a "new Lautier", but the french mag "Europe Echecs" wich saw Lautier as the next world champion at this time. p.s. even at this moment it wasn't relevant...

Aug-22-10		Lyink: Wow! Great game!

Sep-09-10		OneArmedScissor: more praise for this game!

Sep-09-10		freakclub: <OneArmedScissor> Indeed! I remember having a copy once of the book "Manila Interzonal Tournament (1990)", and this was one of my favorite games. Also look out for Miles vs. De Firmian, which was played during the same tournament, and also a fabulous game.

Apr-27-12		wordfunph: Fire on Board's 25...Bxg3+ hallelujah!!

Mar-14-14		SpiritedReposte: Down two exchanges he sacs a bishop ending up with 5 pawns for a rook. Good nerves Shirov.

Feb-20-16		gabriel112000: I can't believe this game hasn't got more publicity.

Jun-04-17		ChessHigherCat: <Jim Bartle> and <vanytchouck>: Shirov said he really wanted this game because <Europe Echécs"> had called him the "new Lautier" and he wanted to reverse that.> That's funny because I just commented on another game between these two that "Lautier out-Shiroved Shirov" but in this game "Shirov out-Lautiered Lautier". I think Lautier definitely had the talent to become world champion but maybe he wasn't willing to devote every waking minute to chess. According to his bio he no longer considers himself a professional chessplayer and has become a businessman who works in Russia a lot. I met him several times in the "Jardin du Luxembourg" in Paris with his father 25 years ago and he was the nicest kid you could imagine, not the least bit pretentious, although he was already playing like a very strong master.

Jun-04-17		cunctatorg: <The infantry attacks> or <The charge of the infantry brigade!> I like the rare final position!!

Jun-04-17		wtpy: Good GOTD candidate.

Jul-06-17		Sularus: <Jun-04-17 wtpy: Good GOTD candidate.> here yah go

Jul-06-17		offramp: Like most people on this site I use pgn4web as the PGN viewer. I cannot use anything else because I am using Google Chrome, which thinks that Adobe is run by communists and blackhats intent on world takeover. But if pgn4web collapses then I can't see the game and I have to go by my memory. Here I remember that Shirov gave up two exchanges, then a bishop. He ended up with about 5 passed pawns for a rook. Even so, Lautier missed a draw in time trouble and was then overrun.

Jul-06-17		An Englishman: Good Evening: After 14...g5, Black's position looked horrible; another case where looks deceive? In any case, quite the amazing attack from Shirov.

Jul-06-17		dfcx: 30.Qg2! draws

Jul-06-17		dfcx: also 30...Qf2! wins faster than the game line.

Jul-06-17		eykca: damn, this must be the Shirov ppl speak so glowingly about, before my time I suppose. Amazing.

Jul-06-17		poslednieje: Drstrangelove -- Euwe-Capablanca 1929 - Bad Kissingen, endgame 4 pawns versus rook, draw.

Jul-06-17		The Kings Domain: Impressive foresight and depth by Shirov in his bold combinative play. Memorable and instructive game when these two were budding talents in the game's last great era. The good old days.

Jul-06-17		Iwer Sonsch: Seems like people were so Shirov this game being worth a GOTD that they only had time for this embarrassingly Lau-tier pun.

Jul-06-17		offramp: User: poslednieje It is Euwe vs Capablanca, 1929.

Jul-06-17		catlover: Excellent choice for GOTD. Very bold play by Shirov. At the end, the black pawns look like army ants.

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