Hello Chessfriends and welcome the our “Best chessgames of all times ” series. Today’s game is a brilliant sharp attacking game between assily Ivanchuk vs Alexey Shirov with an immortal Queen sacrifice.
PGN:
[Event “Hoogovens”]
[Site “Wijk aan Zee”]
[Date “1996.01.16”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Shirov, Alexei”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2735”]
[BlackElo “2690”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D44”]
[Opening “Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 { D44 Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation } hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5?! { (-0.19 → 0.80) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } (16… Qa6 17. Re1 exd5 18. b3 d4 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. bxc4 Bd6 21. h4 Rde8 22. Qg4 Kb8 23. Bf4) 17. a3 exd5?! { (0.21 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best. } (17… Bh6 18. Bh4 Bf8 19. Bg5 Bh6 20. f4 exd5 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Qe2 d4 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qe4+) 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7? { (1.26 → -0.13) Mistake. Nxc5 was best. } (21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfe1 Kc7 24. h4 Rhd8 25. Qf4+ Kb6 26. h5 d4 27. Bxb7 Kxb7) 21… Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 d4?! { (-0.50 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } (23… Re7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. Bd4 f5 27. h4 a6 28. h5 Rgxg7 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxd5) 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Rfd1 Qxb2 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Rdb1 Qxg7?! { (0.60 → 1.48) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (29… Qd2 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Na5 Rxg7 32. Rxb4+ Ka8 33. Rab1 Rg8 34. Nc4 Qf3 35. Ra1 Qc6 36. Rba4) 30. Rxb4+ Kc7?! { (1.36 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Ka8 was best. } (30… Ka8 31. Rba4 Qd4 32. Nb5 Qb2 33. Rxa7+ Kb8 34. Nd6 Rg4 35. h4 Rd4 36. Rb7+ Qxb7 37. Nxb7) 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. Rxa7+ Kxd6 33. Rxb8 Qg4?! { (1.53 → 2.45) Inaccuracy. Qh7 was best. } (33… Qh7 34. Ra6+ Kc7 35. Rb5 Qe4 36. Rc5+ Kd7 37. Rf6 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Rff5 Qe4+ 40. f3) 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1 { White wins. } 1-0
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