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Round 11 (March 31, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 30 A12 Reti Opening
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 47 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 19 E15 Queens Indian
Van Wely, Loek - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 42 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Bareev, Evgeny - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 31 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 8.0 2895
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 = * = = 1 1 = = 0 1 0 = 6.0 2763
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 = = * 0 1 1 0 = = = = 1 6.0 2760
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 0 = 1 = 6.0 2759
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 0 0 1 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2766
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = 0 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 6.0 2761
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 = = 1 0 0 = * 1 = = 0 1 5.5 2725
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 = = = = = = 0 * = = 1 = 5.5 2729
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 1 = 1 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 5.5 2723
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 * 1 = 4.5 2662
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * = 4.0 2628
12 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 3.0 2552
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Rapid
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Round 11 (March 31, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 18 C42 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Leko, Peter 1-0 40 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 35 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 55 B19 Caro Kann
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1-0 58 A20 English Opening
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 69 E91 King's Indian Classical
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * = 1 = 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 7.5 2853
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 7.0 2827
3 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 = * = 1 = = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2792
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 = 1 = * = 0 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 2759
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 = = = 6.0 2760
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 0 = 1 0 * 1 = 1 = = 1 6.0 2763
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2725
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 1 0 = = 0 = = * 0 = = 1 5.0 2691
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 1 * = = = 5.0 2687
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 = 1 0 0 = = 0 = = * = = 4.5 2664
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 0 0 = = = = = = = * 0 3.5 2597
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 * 3.5 2597
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** == =1 =1 1= == 11 11 == 11 =0 1= 15.5 2869
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 == ** 01 0= 10 =1 01 1= =0 =1 11 1= 13.0 2790
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 =0 10 ** =0 01 =1 =1 1= == 1= == 01 12.0 2763
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =0 1= =1 ** == 0= 01 =0 == 1= 11 == 12.0 2760
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0= 01 10 == ** =0 1= 1= =1 0= 1= 01 11.5 2737
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 == =0 =0 1= =1 ** 00 == 11 0= 1= 01 11.0 2725
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 00 10 =0 10 0= 11 ** =1 == 0= =1 1= 11.0 2723
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 0= 0= =1 0= == =0 ** =1 11 == 11 11.0 2727
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 == =1 == == =0 00 == =0 ** == == 1= 10.0 2693
10 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 =0 0= 0= 1= 1= 1= 00 == ** 1= 10 9.5 2680
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 =1 00 == 00 0= 0= =0 == == 0= ** =1 8.0 2625
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 0= 0= 10 == 10 10 0= 00 0= 01 =0 ** 7.5 2613
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 Viswanathan Anand wins the blindfold, rapid and combined events for the second time. Photo © Official site. Viswanathan Anand won the 14th Blindfold and Amber tournament over all as well as winning the individual blindfold and rapid events. This is the 2nd time he has headed all the standings (the other time was 1997) and he is the only player to do it. This is Viswanathan Anand's fourth outright win in the event. Vladimir Kramnik has won it twice outright and three times shared.  Alexander Morozevich finished in second place. Photo © Official site. Second placed Alexander Morozevich has won the event once alone and once shared. Vassily Ivanchuk is the only player to compete in every one of the 14 events. Anand has missed just one, in 2002. Previous winners: 1992 Ivanchuk; 1993 Ljubojevic; 1994 Anand; 1995 Karpov; 1996 Kramnik; 1997 Anand; 1998 Shirov, Kramnik; 1999 Kramnik; 2000 Shirov; 2001 Topalov, Kramnik; 2002 Morozevich; 2003 Anand; 2004 Kramnik, Morozevich; 2005 Anand; Round 11 31st March 2005 Blindfold first three round 11 games Bareev got an overwhelming position against Vassily Ivanchuk but missed the final that would have turned it into a brilliancy. The game ended in a draw after Ivanchuk sacrificed for perpetual. Gelfand and Anand played 16 moves of Queen's Indian theory followed by four of their own before agreeing a draw. Vladimir Kramnik was taken down to 50% after a straight blunder on move 20 cost him too much material.  Bareev missed a blindfold brilliancy. Photo © Official site. Bareev,E (2709) - Ivanchuk,V (2711) [D80] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (11), 31.03.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 c5 9.Qf3 Qd8 10.Bc4 0-0 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.0-0 Bd7 [13...Na5 14.Bb3 Bd7 15.c4 Rc8 16.Rac1 b5 17.c5 Bc6 18.Qe3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Qd7 20.Rfd1 a5 21.f3 e6 22.Nc3 a4 23.bxa4 bxa4 24.Ne4 f5 25.Nd6 Rb8 26.Rb1 Bd5 27.Bg3 Rb3 28.Rxb3 axb3 29.Be5 Bxe5 30.dxe5 b2 31.Qa3 Rb8 32.Rb1 Rb3 33.Qa6 Qc7 34.Qc8+ Qxc8 35.Nxc8 Rb4 36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Nxd5 exd5 38.g3 g5 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.c6 f4 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.h4 h5 43.Ke2 Rb3 44.Kd2 Rxf3 45.Kc2 Rf2+ 46.Kd3 Rg2 47.Kd4 f3 48.c7 Kd7 49.Kxd5 Kxc7 50.e6 f2 51.e7 Kd7 52.Rf1 Rg1 53.Rxf2 b1Q 0-1 Kamadadze,Z-Morchiashvili,B/Batumi GEO 2002/The Week in Chess 398] 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Na5 16.Nf4 Bf6 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.Nd5 Kg7 [18...Bc6] 19.Re7 f5 20.Qf4 [20.Qg3] 20...Nc6 21.Rae1 [21.Re2] 21...Nxe7 22.Rxe7 Re8 23.Qe5+ Kh6  24.Qe3+? Here Bareev misses the chance to conclude a nice attack. [24.g4 Rxe7 (24...Qxe7 25.Nxe7 Rxc3 26.gxf5 Bc6 27.d5) 25.g5+ Kxg5 26.Qf4+ Kh5 27.Nf6#] 24...Kg7 25.Qe5+ Kh6 26.h4? [26.g4] 26...Rxe7 27.Nxe7 Rxc3 28.Qf6 Qb8 29.g3 Rxg3+ 30.fxg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2679) - Kramnik,V (2754) [D16] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (11), 31.03.2005 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rc1 [12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rad1 Nd5 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Ne5 Nb4 17.Qd2 1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520] 12...Rc8 13.Ba2 Nb4 14.Bb1 Bc6 15.Ne5 g6 16.h4 Nbd5 17.Qd2 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Qd5 19.Rg3 Rfd8? Black can no longer play Qd8 covering the knight after white's next. 20.Rf3  20...Be8? Losing material for no compensation, he can get quite a bit if he plays: [20...Qxd4 21.Qxd4 Rxd4 22.Rxf6 (22.Bxf6 Bxf3 23.Bxe7 Bd5) 22...Bxf6 23.Bxf6 Rxa4] 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 Qxd4 23.Qg5 [23.Qf4 Qxf4 24.Rxf4 Was certainly an alternative.] 23...Qd2 24.Qxd2 Rxd2 25.b3 Rcd8 26.Rf3 Kg7 27.Rfe3 R2d4 28.g3 Rb4 29.Rc3 Rd5 30.Bc2 Kf6 31.f4 Rd2 32.Nf3 [32.Be4] 32...Rd6 33.Be4 a5 34.Kf2 b5 35.axb5 Rxb5 36.Ra1 Rb4 37.Bc2 Rd5 38.Ke3 h6 39.Be4 Rdb5 40.Nd4 Rb8 41.Rxa5 Rd8 42.Rc4 1-0 Blindfold second three round 11 games Peter Svidler blundered away a chance for second place after 47 moves against Veselin Topalov. Topalov after a poor start to Amber got himself into a big tie for second. Leko - Shirov was a Petroff Defence which was drawn without a great deal of incident after 24 moves. Morozevich against Vallejo was also a draw without much excitement, in an English, after 30 moves.  Svidler against Topalov blindfold. Photo © Official site. Svidler,P (2735) - Topalov,V (2757) [C65] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (11), 31.03.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 0-0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Ne7 10.Ne3 c6 11.Ba4 Qc7 [11...Nh5 12.Bb3 Nf4 13.d4 Qc7 14.0-0 Be6 15.Qc2 Rad8 16.Rfd1 g5 17.Bg3 d5 18.exd5 Nexd5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Nxg3+ 22.hxg3 Ne7 23.Qe4 exd4 24.Re1 Rfe8 25.cxd4 Qc8 26.Ne5 Nd5 1/2-1/2 Short,N-Vallejo Pons,F/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366] 12.Bb3 a5 13.0-0 Bd7 14.d4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Nh5 16.Qd1 Rae8 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 c5 20.Ne2 Bc6 21.f3 b5 22.a4 c4 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Bc2 Qb6 25.Nd4 d5 26.exd5 Rd8 27.Be4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Qxd4 29.cxd4 a4 30.f4 Rfe8 31.Rfe1 Kg7 32.Bf3 h5 33.Kf2 Rb8 34.g4 hxg4 35.Bxg4 Red8 36.Bf3 Nc8 37.g4 Nd6 38.g5 Bd7 39.Ra2 Rb3 40.Bd1 Rb4 41.Bc2 Rh8 42.Kg2 Rhb8 43.Nd1 Bg4 44.Bxa4 Nf5 45.Bd7 [45.Ne3 Rxb2+ 46.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 47.Kg1 Nxe3 48.Rxe3 Rd2] 45...Bxd1 46.Bxf5  46...Rxb2+?! [46...Bb3] 47.Kg3?? [47.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 48.Kg3] Svidler thought his rook was on a3. 47...Rxa2 0-1 Rapid first three round 11 games Viswanathan Anand had white in his final game against Boris Gelfand. Anand only needed to draw to win the rapid part of the event and it wasn't long before the game was agreed drawn. Vassily Ivanchuk took a tiny advantage into the endgame against Bareev and eventually won a pawn but it wasn't enough. Vladimir Kramnik wound up a pretty unspectacular event for him with a win. Things were pretty level until a Van Wely inaccuracy actually turned out to be pretty serious and his position collapsed.  Vladimir Kramnik beat Van Wely in their rapid game. Photo © Official site. Kramnik,V - Van Wely,L [B33] Amber Rapid Monaco (11), 31.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 0-0 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kf1 [22.Kd2 Rg8 23.Kc1 Rg7 24.b3 Ne7 25.Qd4 Nc6 26.Qd3 Ne7 27.Kc2 Nxd5 28.Bxd5 Bf2 29.Qd2 Bxe3 30.Qxe3 f6 31.Rha1 Rb5 32.c4 Rc5 33.Qd2 g5 34.Rxa5 g4 35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.Ra8 Qe8 37.f5 Rg8 38.Qf4 g3 39.Bxg8 g2 40.Be6 g1Q 41.Rxc8 Qg2+ 42.Kb1 Qg1+ 43.Qc1 1-0 Khairullin,I-Kuznetsov,V/Nojabrsk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 540] 22...f5 23.b4 fxe4 24.Rah2 g5 25.b5 Ne5 26.Qd4 Rb7 27.Rxh4 gxh4 28.Ke2 Re8 29.fxe5 Rxe5 30.Nf4 Qg5 31.Qxd6  31...Bg4+? [31...Re8 covering the back rank is necessary.] 32.Ke1 Qxf4 Not really an error as black's position is already gone but this accelerates the loss. [32...Re8 33.Rg1 h5 34.Qd4+ Qg7 35.Nxg4 Qxd4 36.cxd4 hxg4 37.Rxg4] 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qg8+ Kh6 35.Rxh4+ 1-0 Rapid second three round 11 games Veselin Topalov defeated Peter Svidler in an English completing a 2-0 win against the Russian. He got a slight edge out of the opening when Svidler's pieces became disco-ordinated and this eventually translated into a winning endgame. After a bad start Topalov recovered to 50%. Shirov played 3.Bb5 against Leko's Sicilian. Leko played a novelty with 11. ...e5 but this doesn't seem to have been very good. Shirov prosecuted a very nice attack and Leko's position quickly got worse without obvious errors and Shirov finished the event with an impressive win. Vallejo obtained a nice position out of the opening against Morozevich however around move 25 the position became even and around about move 40 black took the initiative, won material and converted it. Topalov,V - Svidler,P [A20] Amber Rapid Monaco (11), 31.03.2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qa4 0-0 10.Be3 Ne4 11.Rd1 [11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc7 15.Qb5 Rfd8 16.a4 b6 17.a5 Bc5 18.h4 h6 19.Kh2 Rab8 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rfd1 Bd7 22.Qd3 Be6 23.Kg1 b5 24.Rab1 b4 25.cxb4 Rxb4 26.Rxb4 Bxb4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qd4+ Kg8 29.Qxb4 Qe5 30.Qa5 Rb8 31.e4 Qh5 32.Re1 1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Vallejo Pons,F/Salamanca ESP 1998] 11...Bf6 12.Qa3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Nd6 14.Bc5 Nb5 15.Qd3 Nc7 16.Ba3 g6 17.Rac1 Bf5 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.e3 Qd7 20.Bb4 Nxb4 21.Qxb4 Qb5 22.Qxb5 Nxb5 23.Rc5 a6 24.a4 Na7 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.exd4 Nc6 27.Bxd5 Nxd4 28.Nf1 Ne6 29.Rcc1 Bg4 30.f3 Bh3 31.Ne3 b6 Black's pieces are starting to become uncoordinated. 32.Kf2 h5 33.Rc6 Kg7 34.Nc4 b5 35.Nd6 Its clear black is going to lose a pawn. 35...Re7 36.a5 Rc7 37.Rdc1 Rd7 38.Bxe6 Bxe6 39.Rxa6 Rbd8 40.Rcc6 Bd5 41.Rcb6 b4 42.f4 Kf8 43.f5 Breaking black's Kingside pawn structure. 43...gxf5 44.Ke3 Bg2 45.Nxf5 Rd5 46.Kf4 Bh3 47.Rf6 Bxf5 48.Rxf5 Rxf5+ 49.Kxf5 Rd2 50.b3 Rb2 51.Kf6 Rf2+ 52.Kg5 Rb2 53.Kf6 Rf2+ 54.Ke5 Rb2 55.Kd4! Rxb3 56.Kc5 Rb1 57.Rb6 b3 58.Rb5  White will play his King to b6 and shepherd his pawn home whilst his rook stops black's pawn. 1-0  Francisco Vallejo Pons. Photo © Official site. Vallejo Pons,F - Morozevich,A [E91] Amber Rapid Monaco (11), 31.03.2005 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.e4 Bg4 6.d5 Nf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 e5 9.Ne1 [9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Qd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxd7 Nbxd7 14.Nxe6 Rf7 15.Nxg7 Kxg7 16.f3 Nf8 17.Be3 Ne6 18.Rad1 Nd4 19.Nc3 Re8 20.Bf2 b6 21.Rfe1 g5 22.Bg3 Rfe7 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Kf6 25.h4 h6 26.Kf2 Re6 27.Rh1 Nf5 28.Rd1 Nd4 29.Rh1 Nf5 30.Rd1 1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Vega,J/Merida MEX 2001/The Week in Chess 372] 9...Bd7 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Qe7 12.Bf3 Na6 13.Nd3 Nb4 14.Nf2 Be8 15.a3 Na6 16.e5! Morozevich underestimated this move and his position become worse. 16. ...dxe5 17.d6 Qe6 18.Re1 Nh5 19.Bg5 Bc6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Be7 Rfb8 22.Qa4 Rb6 23.Rad1 h6 24.Rd2?! White had built up a bit of an edge but this possibly isn't the best. [24.Qa5! f5 25.Na4 e4] 24...Nb8 25.Bd8 [25.Nce4] 25...Ra6 26.Qb3 Qc8 27.Bc7 Nd7 28.Rf1 Nf4 29.Qd1 Ne6 30.Qf3 Nd4 31.Qh3 Qe8 32.g4 Qe6 33.Nfe4 Rf8 34.Rg2 Rb6!? 35.Bxb6 axb6 36.b4 cxb4 37.axb4 Qxc4 38.g5 Qe6 39.Qxe6 Nxe6 40.b5 cxb5 41.gxh6 Bxh6 42.Nxb5 Nd4  43.Nbc3 Black has gradually built up a small initiative, now white's position starts to fall apart. [43.Nec3] 43...f5! 44.Rxg6+ Kh7 45.Rg3 White has parted with material and is lost. 45...fxe4 46.Rxf8 Bxf8 47.Kf1 Nf5 48.Rh3+ Kg6 49.Nxe4 Nd4 50.Kf2 Kf5 51.Ke3 Ke6 52.Rh7 Nf5+ 53.Kd3 Nxd6 54.Ng5+ Kf5 55.Rxd7 Kxg5 56.Rd8 Be7 57.Rb8 b5 58.Ke3 Kf5 59.h3 e4 60.Rg8 Ke5 61.Ke2 b4 62.h4 Nf5 63.h5 b3 64.Rb8 Nd4+ 65.Kd1 e3 66.Re8 Kd6 67.h6 b2 68.Rb8 e2+ 69.Kd2 Bg5+ 0-1 Shirov,A - Leko,P [B31] Amber Rapid Monaco (11), 31.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bf4 Nd7 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Bh6 Bh8 11.h4 e5 The first new move but it quickly starts to cause black problems. [11...Nf8 12.h5 Ne6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.0-0-0 Qa5 15.Kb1 Nd4 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qf4 Be6 18.e5 f6 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.Bf8 Nf5 21.g4 Rxf8 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Nh4 Qb4 24.Qh2 Kf7 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.e6+ Kxe6 27.Qc7 Rae8 28.Rh7 f4 29.Re1+ Kf5 30.Qd7+ e6 31.Rh5+ Kg4 32.Qh7 f5 1-0 Abergel,T-Matulovic,M/Belgrade YUG 2002/The Week in Chess 425] 12.h5 You probably don't want black against Shirov in this kind of position. 12...Nf6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.0-0-0 Ng4 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Nh4 Bd7 17.f3 Nf6 18.Rh2 Nh7 19.Be3 Bg7 20.Rdh1 Nf8 21.Bh6 White has played an extremely nice attack and must be close to winning already. 21...Qf6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Ne2 Ne6 24.g3 Rh8 25.f4 Rae8 26.f5 Ng5 27.g4 Rh7 28.Ng1 gxf5 29.gxf5 Kf8?  Black stands badly and is probably going to lose anyway but this makes things worse. [29...Reh8] 30.Ng6+ There is nothing wrong with this move but retreating the knight is pretty powerful. [30.Nhf3] 30...fxg6 White can't take the piece but he does. 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