Veselin Topalov vs Alexei Shirov

Las Palmas · 1994 · Sicilian, Dragon · 1-0 in 26 moves

The Game

White Veselin Topalov
Black Alexei Shirov
Result 1-0
Event Las Palmas
Site Las Palmas
Round 7
Date 1994.00.00
Opening Sicilian, Dragon (B70)
Moves 26
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1r3rk1/3nPp2/3pN1pQ/q7/1p6/1P4P1/2P3bP/1K1RR3 b - - 2 26

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 d6
  3. 3.d4 cxd4
  4. 4.Nxd4 Nf6
  5. 5.Nc3 Nc6
  6. 6.g3 g6
  7. 7.Nde2 Bg7
  8. 8.Bg2 Rb8
  9. 9.b3 b5
  10. 10.Bb2 O-O
  11. 11.Qd2 Ne5
  12. 12.f4 Ned7
  13. 13.O-O-O Bb7
  14. 14.Nd5 a5
  15. 15.Rhe1 Nxd5
  16. 16.exd5 Bxb2+
  17. 17.Kxb2 b4
  18. 18.Nd4 Nc5
  19. 19.f5 a4
  20. 20.Kb1 Nd7
  21. 21.fxg6 hxg6
  22. 22.Qh6 axb3
  23. 23.axb3 e5
  24. 24.dxe6 Bxg2
  25. 25.e7 Qa5
  26. 26.Ne6

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