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Vladimir Kramnik vs Alexey Shirov
Linares (2000), Linares ESP, rd 5, Mar-04
Slav Defense: Czech. Wiesbaden Variation Sharp line (D17)  ·  1-0

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Sep-13-05  Kingsider: OK, Ill start the ball rolling.With 5.Ne5 Krause Attack.Kramnik said after 30.Ka3 the position requires deep analysis.Maybe 30...a6 or 30...RxB 31.gxRf3 Rxh2 32.Rxa7 h5 33.Rc7 h4(if memory serves)to complex for over the board,which is why Shirov got in time trouble.
Sep-13-05  dhotts: Why didn't Shirov exchange Queens on move 22...Qxe5 keeping his kingside pawns connected? It seems strange that he would allow an isolated pawn to be created. Is move 22.0-0 a mistake?
Jan-28-08  tomasv: I just played this opening with a friend of mine and after 13. ... Qd5+ we continued 14.Ke1 Qa5 15.Kf2 b5 16.Qe3 f6??. His 16th move is an obvious blunder, but I can't find a refutation of 14.Ke1. In all games I could find on the net white always played 14.Kc2. Could anyone point out why is that a stronger move? Thank you
Jul-30-09  WhiteRook48: white had to make transpositional manuevers to get it into the double queen pawn opening area
Sep-01-09  WhiteRook48: this is interesting opening liveliness
Aug-21-15
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  plang: Shamkovich thought that 10 Be3 may be a viable alternative to the popular 10 Bd2 though it has never been tried. 14..b5? 15 Rd1..Qc5 16 axb..axb 17 Qf3 would have been bad for Black. At Dortmund 1996 Shirov had played 15..0-0-0 against Kramnik and White had gone on to win. A few months after this tournament at Sarajevo Shirov played 15..0-0 against Georgiev and won; here he surprised Kramnik with the rarely played, sharp 15..b5!?. The queen sacrifice 18..bxc!? had been played twice at Dos Hermanas 1997: the draw Topalov-Anand and the White win Salov-Illescas; 18..Qc5 was new (at least at this level).

Kramnik on playing 22 Be2
...I think that what he was mainly expecting was 22 Qxd5 (22 Qxg7..Qd1+ is dangerous for White)..exd 23 Na5 but I did not like the idea that his king might come into the centre. If he manages to put his king on d6 he is definitely not worse, as his king takes up a very sytong position there. In general I have the feeling that the position must be slightly better for White, although close to a draw. I opted for the text move, since it forces him to castle and remove his king from the centre."

Shirov used most of his time on 30..Kg7; after the game he thought he might have had better drawing chances with 30..Rc1 31 Bd5..Ra1+ 32 Kb4..Ra2 33 Nc4..a5+ 34 Kc5..Re2 35 Rxf7..Kh8 36 Ra7..a4 37 Kb4..Rexb2 38 Nxb2..Rxb2 39 Rxa4..Rd2. With seconds left Shirov erred with 37..Rxc4? although Kramnik thought the position was still winning for White after ie. 37..Rexf3 38 gxf..Rxf3 39 Rc3..Rf2 40 Ka3..f5 41 Nd4..g4 42 b4..g3 43 Rc1..g2 44 Rg1..Kf6 45 b6..Rd2 46 Nb3..Re2 47 b6..Rc6 48 Nc5. 40..Ke5? 41 Nc2 would have been a cute rook trap.

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