[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas (05) ;CBM 42"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, J."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Shirov"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. f4 Rfc8 13. f5 $1 $N b5 (13...
Bd7 14. Nb3 Qe5 15. Rhf1 $16) 14. fxe6 fxe6 $6 (14... b4 15. Nf5 $1 (15. exf7+
Kf8 $3 { Polgar,J }) 15... Kh8 $1 (15... Kf8 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6+ $18)
16. e5 $3 Qxe5 (16... bxc3 17. exf6 $16) 17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Nxe7 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1
$16 bxc3 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. exf7) 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxc6 $2 Rxc6 16. Qxb5 Qc7 $44
17. Qb3 Qc8 18. Nb5 Rb6 $1) 15... b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... bxc3 17. Bxc3 $1 (17.
Bxe7 Qxa2 18. Qxc3 Qxe6 19. Rxd6 Qxe4 $14) 17... Qxa2 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nf4 $16
Bxe4 20. Rhe1 Rc4 21. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Polgar,J }) 17. Nd5 Be5 (17... Qxa2 18.
Nxf6+ gxf6 (18... Kh8 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Qg3+ Kf7 20. Rxd6 Rg8 21. Qh3 $18) (
17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 $17) 18. Kb1 (18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20.
Kb1 Bb5 21. Qd5 Qa6 22. Nc7 $1 Rxc7 23. Qxe5 $18) 18... Bb5 $6 (18... Bxd5 19.
exd5 $1 { Rhe1 } (19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Rc4 21. g3 Rac8 22. Rd2 h6 $16)) 19.
Ne7+ $1 Kf7 (19... Kh8 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Qd5 Qa6 21. Nc7 $18) 20... h6 21. Nf7+
Kh7 22. Qh3 $18) 20. Qd5 $1 Kxe7 21. Ng5 $1 Re8 (21... Kd7 22. Qxe5 $18) (21...
Kf6 22. Qe6+ Kxg5 23. h4+ Kh5 24. g4#) (21... Rxc2 22. Qe6+ Kd8 23. Qxe5 Rc1+
24. Kxc1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Bd3+ 26. Rxd3 Qxe5 27. Nf7+ $18) 22. Rhf1 $1 (22. Qf7+ $2
Kd8 23. Qb7 Bc4 $13) 22... Bxf1 $7 (22... Rab8 23. Qxe5+ $3 dxe5 24. Rf7#) 23.
Qxa5 Be2 24. Rd2 Bg4 25. h3 Rf8 26. a4 (26. hxg4 $4 Rf1+) 26... Rf1+ (26...
bxa3 27. hxg4 Rf1+ 28. Ka2 axb2 29. Qc7+ Kf8 (29... Kf6 30. Qf7+ $18) 30. Rd1
$1 Rxd1 31. Qf7#) 27. Ka2 Bd7 28. Rd5 $1 { Re5 } 28... Kf6 29. Nxh7+ Kg6 30.
Rxe5 $1 dxe5 31. Qa6+ Kxh7 32. Qxf1 Bxa4 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Buenos Aires Sicilian (01) ;CBM 44"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, J."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Horvath,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 (7. Bd3
$5 Nf6 (7... h6 8. b3 Bg5 $2 9. Ba3 $16) (7... a6 8. N5a3 Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3
Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. b4 $14 {
Ljubojevic-Salov/Buenos Aires/1994 }) 8. O-O O-O 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Ne8 (10...
Be6 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. b3 $14) 11. b3 Bg5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Kh1 {
Anand-Shirov/Buenos Aires/1994 }) 7... a6 8. Na3 h6 $6 (8... Be6 9. Nc2 (9. Be2
Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 $10) 9... Rc8 10. b3 $6 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
b5 $1 $13 {Timman-Short/Belgrade/1989 }) 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Be2 Bg5 11. O-O Nge7
12. b3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 O-O 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nd5 Rad8 16. b4 $1 $14 Ng6 17. a4 Nce7
18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 (19... Bxd5 $5 20. fxg6 Be4 21. f4 $14) 20. Bf3 $1 Nfh4
21. Be4 Nf4 22. Nce3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Be4 Ne6 25. Qd5 Nd4 26. Rce1 $16
Rf7 27. f4 $1 exf4 28. Qxd4 fxe3 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Rxe3 Rf8 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Qe3
Qf6 (32... Qf7 $2 33. Bd5 Qc7 34. Qe7 $18) 33. Bxb7 Qb2 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5
Qxb5 36. a6 d5 37. Rc1 Qa4 38. Qc5 Rd8 39. a7 Nxg2 40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid (02) ;CBM 41"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Polgar, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Judit Polgar"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 {
Shirov has never before played this line, which is a favoured line by Kramnik
and Illescas.} 8... h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. Kh1 (
13. b3 {The older line } 13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh5 Qc8 16. Be7 Re8 17.
Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Bh4 e4 $15 {Yusupov,A-Kasparov,G/Barcelona WCup/1989/1-0/ })
13... h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. b3 Qb8 $N { Qa7 } (15... Be3 16. Qc2 c6 (16... Qb8) 17.
Bf2 $1 Bxf2 18. Rxf2 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Linares/1994/1-0/ }) 16.
Qc2 (16. Bf2) 16... Be3 17. Bf2 Qa7 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. f4 $6 {Too agressiv } (
19. Rae1 Qg5 20. Qb2 { b3-b4 } 20... Nc5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Nxa4 Rxa4
24. c5) 19... exf4 20. Rae1 Qc5 {
Because the white Q is worse on b2 or c1 than on c2. } 21. Qc1 (21. Qb2 Qd4 22.
Rxf4 Rae8 { Qg7, the pawn structure is better for Black. }) 21... Qd4 22. Rxf4
Rae8 (22... f5 $2 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. exf5 { Nd4 }) 23. Rff1 (23. Ref1 Qg7 {
Re7,Rfe8 } (23... g5 $5 24. R4f2 g4 { Qg7,Ng5 })) 23... Qg7 24. Qc2 h4 $6 {
Very agressiv. The idea is to play h4-h3 first before playing f7-f5. } (24...
Re7 { Rfe8, Qh6, g5 It s better to prepare the push h5-h4. }) 25. Nf3 h3 $2 (
25... Qh6 {
Re7. The situation has improved for White, who can play Bd3 and Qf2. }) 26.
gxh3 $1 {Black misses, that opening the g-file does not expose the White king,
but might well expose the Black king. } 26... Bxh3 (26... f5 $2 27. Rg1 $1) 27.
Rg1 Qh6 (27... f5 28. exf5 (28. Nh4 $1) 28... Bxf5 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxe1
31. Nxe1 $14) 28. Rg3 Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Reg1 Rg8 { Rg7 looks too passive. })
29. Qb2 $6 {Weakens the e-pawn. The Diagonal a1-g7 is not so dangerous. } (29.
Nd1 Nc5 $2 30. Nf2) 29... Nf6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bg4 (31... Rh8 32. Reg1 {
N3-d4-f5 }) 32. Nd1 $6 (32. Nd4 $5 Bc8) (32. Reg1 Rh8 $15) 32... Bxf3+ (32...
Rxe4 33. Nf2 Bxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Rf4 35. Rf1 $1 $40 { 36.Rxf4 Qxf4 37.Ng4 +- } (35.
Ng4 $2 Rxg4 36. Rxf6 Qxh2+ $1 {Shirov } 37. Kxh2 Rh8#)) 33. Bxf3 Rh8 34. Ne3
Kf8 $1 $15 {Unpinning the Nf6. } 35. Ng4 $6 (35. Qxf6 $4 Qxh2#) (35. Rf1 $5
Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Ng4 $130) 35... Nxg4 $17 36. Bxg4 Qg7 37. Qf2 $2 (37.
Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 38. Rb3 Rh4 39. Bf3 f5 $19) (37. Qd2 $5 Qe5 { / }) 37... Nxb4 38.
Rb1 $2 (38. Rf3 Rh7 39. Rf1 Kg8 40. Bd7 Re7 41. Be6 Na6 $19) 38... Na6 39. Rxb7
Nc5 40. Rxc7 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas (03) ;CBM 47"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Polgar, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Kh8 15. a5 dxc5
16. Bxc5 Nd6 17. Nd3 Ng8 18. a6 bxa6 19. Nb4 Nh6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 g4 22.
Qe2 Rg8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Nb5 Bf8 25. Nc6 Qc8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Nbxa7 Qd7 28.
Nb5 Nf7 29. Nc3 Ng5 30. Kh1 gxf3 31. Rxf3 Nxf3 32. Qxf3 h4 33. b4 h3 34. gxh3
Qh7 35. b5 Qh4 36. Qf1 f3 37. Nd1 Qxe4 38. Nf2 Qe2 39. Qxe2 fxe2 40. Nd3 e4 41.
Ne1 Bh6 42. Ne7 Bd2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Hardenbrook,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3 Ba6
9. d5 cxd5 10. exd5 e5 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c4 bxc4 13. Ba4+ Nd7 14. N2c3 Ke7 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qxd5 17. Bg5+ Ndf6 18. Rd1 Qb7 19. Rd7+ $3 {
Winning the queen! Go Judit!! : ) } 19... Qxd7 20. Bxd7 h6 21. Qd1 $1 {
Shirov resigned at this point. The threatened line is... } 21... hxg5 22. Qd6+
Kd8 23. Bb5+ Kc8 24. Bxa6+ Rxa6 25. Qxa6+ Kd7 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27. Qxe5+ Kd7 28.
Qd6+ Ke8 29. Nxg5 Ne7 30. O-O Nd7 31. Re1 Kd8 32. Qxe7+ Kc8 33. Qc5+ Kd8 34.
Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Buenos Aires Sicilian (08) ;CBM 44"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Judit Polgar"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 {Another move that looks normal here is: } (10. Qd2) 10...
g5 $3 {A new idea, instead of ...Na5 as in the 1994 Shirov-Kasparov game.
Playing the knight to a5 looks pretty slow for Black. That game continued: } (
10... Na5 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. axb3 Rc8 13. h4 Nc6 14. g5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb4 16.
Bd4 d5 17. f5 dxe4 {I was not too surprised that Shirov repeated this line. He
often repeats lines. I also guessed he would not mind repeating it for the
obvious reason that he got a better position against the World Champion. The
text I had not studied in depth, but I did have it on the board when I
prepared in my Buenos Aires hotel room. } 18. Qh3 {
Here White should have played: } (18. Qe3)) 11. fxg5 {
This is quite logical. After 11. 0-0-0 I would have played: } (11. O-O-O gxf4
12. Bxf4 (12. Nc5 Ne5 13. Qxf4 Bc6 { is good for Black. }) 12... Ng6 13. Nc5
Qf6 {with good play }) 11... Ne5 12. Qg2 (12. Qe2 {is not so good because of }
12... b4 13. Na4 Bc6 $1 14. Nb6 Bxe4) (12. Qf6 {Another possibility when I
have different options. The most effective probably: } 12... Nxg4 $1 13. Qxh8
Nxe3 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Qxh7 Qxg5 {with good compensation for Black. }) 12... b4
$1 {Here, on } 13. Ne2 (13. Na4 Nd5 $1 14. Bd2 Rc8 {is quite unpleasent. })
13... h5 $1 {
A nice move which formed an essential part of my cursory preparation. } 14.
gxh5 $2 {After this capture White is almost lost. After } (14. gxh6 Bxh6 15.
Bxh6 Rxh6 16. O-O-O N7g6 {Black has good compensation thanks to the weak dark
squares in White's position. Shirov's suggestion was to play: }) (14. O-O-O $5
hxg4 15. Nf4 {which is quite interesting. After } 15... Nf5 {
the Queen sacrifice } 16. exf5 {looks very strong, e.g.: } 16... Bxg2 17. Bxg2
exf5 (17... Rc8 18. fxe6 {is annoying }) 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Nd5 Qc8 20. Nf6+ {
with an unclear position that does not look too pleasant for Black. Instead of
15...Nf5 a continuation like:}) (14. O-O-O $5 hxg4 15. Nf4 Bg7 16. Nc5 Qa5 {
with a complicated game, seems more appropriate. }) 14... Nf5 15. Bf2 $2 {
A mistake. He should have taken on f5, e.g.: } (15. exf5 Bxg2 16. Bxg2 Rxh5 {
when Black looks very OK, but it is still a game. }) 15... Qxg5 16. Na5 {
In his calculations he had thought that this move decided the game in his
favor. However, I immediately played a move that provided a rude awakening.}
16... Ne3 $3 {Quite unpleasent. } 17. Qg3 (17. Qxg5 $4 Nf3# $3 {
And he cannot take on e3 either: }) (17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Nxb7 Nf3+ 19. Kd1 Qd2# {
The move he chose cannot save the game either. }) 17... Qxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxc2+ 19.
Kd1 {Even worse is: } (19. Kd2 Nxa1 20. Nxb7 Bh6+) 19... Nxa1 20. Nxb7 b3 21.
axb3 (21. a3 {is simply follow by } 21... Bh6 22. Nxd6+ Kd7 {
and my pieces dominate the board, }) 21... Nxb3 22. Kc2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24.
Be1 {I thought 24. Be2 was better, but it is lost anyway. I put my Knight on
d4, my Bishop on e5, King on d7 and come with my Rooks. } 24... Nf3 25. Bc3
Nd4+ 26. Kd3 Bd6 27. Bg2 {Another idea was } (27. b4 Ke7 {but after } 28. bxc5
Bxc5 29. Bxd4 Rhd8 30. Ne2 e5 {is sufficient. }) 27... Be5 28. Kc4 Ke7 29. Ra1
Nc6 { White resigned. If he plays } 30. Kxc5 {I continue: } 30... Bxc3 31. bxc3
Rhc8 32. Kc4 Ne5+ 33. Kd4 f6 34. Bf1 a5 {or } (34... Rc6 {to play Rd6. }) 0-1