Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov

Dos Hermanas · 1996 · Modern Defense · 1-0 in 58 moves

The Game

White Viswanathan Anand
Black Alexei Shirov
Result 1-0
Event Dos Hermanas
Site Dos Hermanas
Round 1
Date 1996.00.00
Opening Modern Defense (B06)
Moves 58
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

7k/2b5/2B5/8/P5p1/2P5/1PKR4/6r1 b - - 2 58

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 g6
  2. 2.d4 Bg7
  3. 3.Nc3 c6
  4. 4.Bc4 d6
  5. 5.Qf3 e6
  6. 6.Nge2 b5
  7. 7.Bb3 a5
  8. 8.a3 Ba6
  9. 9.d5 cxd5
  10. 10.exd5 e5
  11. 11.Ne4 h6
  12. 12.g4 Nf6
  13. 13.N2g3 Nxe4
  14. 14.Nxe4 O-O
  15. 15.Qh3 f5
  16. 16.gxf5 Bc8
  17. 17.Ng3 Rxf5
  18. 18.Qg2 a4
  19. 19.Ba2 Rf4
  20. 20.c3 Rh4
  21. 21.h3 Bf5
  22. 22.Nxf5 gxf5
  23. 23.Qg6 Qf8
  24. 24.Be3 Kh8
  25. 25.O-O-O Nd7
  26. 26.Qe6 Rd8
  27. 27.Rdg1 f4
  28. 28.Ba7 Nf6
  29. 29.Bb1 Re8
  30. 30.Qf5 Qf7
  31. 31.Bb6 Rf8
  32. 32.Rg6 Rh5
  33. 33.Qe6 Rg5
  34. 34.Rxg5 hxg5
  35. 35.Rd1 Qd7
  36. 36.Qxd7 Nxd7
  37. 37.Bc7 Rf6
  38. 38.Bd3 Nc5
  39. 39.Bxb5 e4
  40. 40.Bb6 Bf8
  41. 41.Bxc5 dxc5
  42. 42.Re1 e3
  43. 43.fxe3 f3
  44. 44.Bxa4 c4
  45. 45.Bb5 Rh6
  46. 46.Bd7 f2
  47. 47.Rf1 Bc5
  48. 48.e4 Rf6
  49. 49.Bb5 Rf4
  50. 50.Bxc4 Rxe4
  51. 51.Bb5 Re3
  52. 52.d6 Bxd6
  53. 53.Rxf2 Rxh3
  54. 54.Bd7 Rg3
  55. 55.Kc2 g4
  56. 56.Rd2 Bc7
  57. 57.a4 Rg1
  58. 58.Bc6

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