(1) Shirov,Alexei (2705) - Bluvshtein,Mark (2525) [C42]
Canadian Open 2005 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (9), 16.07.2005
[Fritz 8]

This game actually ended after Black's 23...Rf3, when Shirov resigned.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 f6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.b5 Qh5 15.bxa6 Bg4 16.Re1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 f5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Be3 Bg3 23.Ra2 Rf3
0-1. [23...Rf3 Shown here are a few variations proposed by Fritz 8 as possible followups. The mainline is 24.Qc4+. 24.Qc4+ (24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Nc3 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Rxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Bf4+ 28.Ke2 Qf3+ 29.Kf1 Qh3+ 30.Kg1 Rf8 31.Nxe4 (31.Qb2 Bh2+ 32.Kh1 Qf3+ 33.Kxh2 Rf6 34.Qd2 Rg6 and mate in 2) 31...Qxb3 winning; 24.Qxe4 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Rxf2+ 26.Kd3 Qxe4+ 27.Kxe4 Re8+ 28.Kd3 Rxa2 29.Rc1 bxa6 30.d5 h5 31.Bc5 Rg2 32.Be3 Rb2 33.Bd4 Rb3+ 34.Nc3 Rxa3 35.Kc2 Rc8 36.Kb2 Ra5 37.Rg1 h4 38.Kb3 Rb8+ 39.Kc4 g5 40.Bxa7 Rb7 41.Bd4 g4 42.d6 Kf7 43.Rf1+ Ke8 44.Rf6 h3 45.Ne4 Be1 46.Bc5 Rh7 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.Re7+ Rxe7 49.Nf6+ Kc6 50.dxe7 Rxc5+ 51.Kd4 Bc3+ 52.Kd3 Re5 Fritz score: -13.56 at depth 16) 24...Kh8 25.Nc3 Two variations now. The mainline 25...Qh3+, or 25...b5. 25...Qh3+ (25...b5 26.Qb3 (26.Qxb5? Fritz 8: 26...Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Rxe3+ 28.Kxe3 Qxe1+ 29.Ne2 Bxf2+ 30.Kf4 Qh1 31.Qd7 Qh4+ 32.Ke5 Rd8 33.Qxd8+ Qxd8 34.Rb2 Qe8+ 35.Kf4 [Fritz 8: -5.72,15]) 26...Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Rxe3+ 28.Kxe3 Qxe1+ 29.Re2 Bxf2+ 30.Kxe4 Qh1+ 31.Kd3 Qf3+ 32.Kc2 Rc8 33.Kb1 Bxd4 34.Qxb5 Qf8 Now the queen goes (for a rook) or the knight is lost without compensation 35.Ka2 (35.Nd1 Rb8 ) 35...Bxc3 ) 26.Ke2 Bxf2 27.Bxf2 Rxc3 28.axb7 Rf8 29.Qxc3 (Fritz 8: 1) 29.Qxc3 Qxc3 30.Kf1 Qb3 31.Rae2 Qxb7 32.Rxe4 Qb2 33.R1e2 Qxa3 34.R4e3 Qd6 35.Kg1 a5 36.Rd2 a4 37.Bg3 Qb4 38.Rdd3 h5 39.Be1 Qb5 40.Bg3 Kh7 41.Kh2 Qb2+ 42.Kg1 Qb1+ 43.Be1 Rb8 44.Kg2 Rb3 45.Rc3 Qg6+ 46.Kf1 Qf6+ 47.Rf3 Qxd4 48.Rfd3 Qxd3+ 49.Rxd3 Rxd3 Fritz 8: 50.Bb4 [Fritz 8: -16.50,15]; Fritz 8: 2) 29.b8Q Rxb8 30.Qxc3 Qxc3 31.Kf1 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Rb6 33.Re3 Rg6+ 34.Bg3 Rxg3+ 35.Rxg3 Qxg3+ 36.Kf1 h5 37.Re2 [Fritz 8: -7.44,12]) 29...Qxc3 30.Kf1 ] 0-1