You have to be always beware of Shirov´s creativity... :)
Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
Forget about the rules, believe in your pawns! :)
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1
Thank you for a lesson, Mr. Kasparov!
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0
Sense vs. sensibility
Shirov vs Leko, 2003  (B33) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Talissisimo! I.
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Talissisimo! II.
Fischer vs Tal, 1959  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1
Support your local hero I.
Shirov vs Movsesian, 2000  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Support your local hero II.
Ftacnik vs Bologan, 1996 (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 1-0
Sometimes you just blunder and blunder...
J Polgar vs Van Wely, 1995  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 24 moves, 1-0
Even Kramnik play Sicilian! :)
Leko vs Kramnik, 2004  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 0-1
Another touch of genius
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Kill ´em all! :)
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2002  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
King Gambit´ s fireworks! :)
Morozevich vs Anand, 1995  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
Queen is sometimes really not everything
Motylev vs Shirov, 2004  (C48) Four Knights, 45 moves, 1-0
Good lesson how NOT to play
Short vs Morozevich, 2005  (C41) Philidor Defense, 43 moves, 1-0
And now for something completely different!
A Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
"You´re simply the best..." - Magic of Tal
Tal vs Larsen, 1979  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Young guns
Carlsen vs A Volokitin, 2005  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 37 moves, 0-1
How to finish game in style :)
Bacrot vs S Azarov, 1992  (D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 29 moves, 1-0
Volokitin teaches principles of the opening :)
Nakamura vs A Volokitin, 2005  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
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