Nikolic, Predrag – Shirov, Alexei Nikolic, Predrag (2655) Shirov, Alexei (2690) Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: February 5, 1997 Location: Linares Tournament: Linares 14th Round: Opening: D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 5.Bg5 dxc4 Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2690"] [ECO "D44"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 b4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8 23.Bf4 Qe6 24.Qf3 Qh3 25.Rd1 b3 26.a4 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Kc8 30.g4 Rh3+ 31.Ke4 c3 32.bxc3 c4 33.Ne7+ Kd8 34.Nc6+ Ke8 35.Bg3 Nc5+ 36.Kd5 Nd3 37.Rb1 Kd7 38.Nb8+ Kc8 39.Kxc4 Nc5 40.Nc6 Ne4 41.Ne7+ Kd7 42.Rd1+ Ke8 43.Nd5 Bd6 44.Re1 1-0 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2690"] [ECO "D44"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 b4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8 23.Bf4 Qe6 24.Qf3 Qh3 25.Rd1 b3 26.a4 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Kc8 30.g4 Rh3+ 31.Ke4 c3 32.bxc3 c4 33.Ne7+ Kd8 34.Nc6+ Ke8 35.Bg3 Nc5+ 36.Kd5 Nd3 37.Rb1 Kd7 38.Nb8+ Kc8 39.Kxc4 Nc5 40.Nc6 Ne4 41.Ne7+ Kd7 42.Rd1+ Ke8 43.Nd5 Bd6 44.Re1 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.