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Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson vs Alexey Shirov
European Team Championship (2011), Porto Carras GRE, rd 1, Nov-03
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32)  ·  1-0

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Nov-05-11  Jason Frost: Amazing game by Gretarsson. Perhaps he just finished reading <Fire on the Board>
Nov-06-11  atragon: Gretarsson deserves much respect. It seems that this is not the typical "my computer is better than your computer" line and he played on purely intuitive bases. Bxf7 was probably wrong but Shirov played too many weak moves.
Feb-03-12  PhilFeeley: Amazing work with the knights.
Oct-10-12  whiteshark: Kind of <Ride Of The Valkyries>
Oct-15-18  Saniyat24: beautiful Knight moves by Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson...!
Aug-21-21
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  GrahamClayton: In the space of six moves Gretarsson sacrifices two pawns on the c-file - 7. c6 and 13. c5.

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