Alexei Shirov vs Viswanathan Anand

The Game

White	Alexei Shirov
Black	Viswanathan Anand
Result	1/2-1/2
Event	Dortmund
Site	Dortmund
Round	5
Date	1996.00.00
Opening	Caro-Kann, Advance (B12)
Moves	31

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

5bk1/5pp1/2Q1p2p/2P1P3/7P/r3r1P1/P4PK1/8 w - - 0 32

All The Moves

1. 1.e4 c6
2. 2.d4 d5
3. 3.e5 Bf5
4. 4.Nf3 e6
5. 5.Be2 c5
6. 6.Be3 Ne7
7. 7.c4 dxc4
8. 8.Nc3 Nbc6
9. 9.dxc5 Nd5
10. 10.Nxd5 Qxd5
11. 11.O-O Bd3
12. 12.Rc1 Rd8
13. 13.Bxd3 cxd3
14. 14.Qa4 Be7
15. 15.Rfd1 O-O
16. 16.Rc3 Rd7
17. 17.Qb5 Rfd8
18. 18.Rcxd3 Qxd3
19. 19.Rxd3 Rxd3
20. 20.g3 R8d7
21. 21.Kg2 h6
22. 22.Qc4 a6
23. 23.h4 R7d5
24. 24.b4 Ra3
25. 25.Qc2 Rdd3
26. 26.Qb2 a5
27. 27.bxa5 Nxa5
28. 28.Qb5 Bf8
29. 29.Nd4 Nc6
30. 30.Nxc6 bxc6
31. 31.Qxc6 Rxe3

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