At age 11
Shirov vs V Zhuravliov, 1983  (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0
steinitz opening lost with black sacrifices
Shirov vs Bareev, 1991  (C11) French, 43 moves, 0-1
This is one of my favorites
Shirov vs O Nikolenko, 1991  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Shirov bounces back with active pieces Queen and 2 Bishops
Shirov vs Plaskett, 1992  (C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
a Steinitz draw
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 1993 (C11) French, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
sharp middlegame play
Shirov vs M Gurevich, 1993 (C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Fort Knox version 2 Bishops vs a Rook and extra pawn endgame
Shirov vs Huebner, 1993 (C10) French, 51 moves, 1-0
a Steinitz draw
Shirov vs Korchnoi, 1993 (C11) French, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
steinitz win QS vs KS
Shirov vs G Dizdar, 1994 (C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Steinitz Win KS vs QS pawn on 7th rank ends game
Shirov vs S Polgar, 1994  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 34 moves, 1-0
French King Indian Attack Queen Pinned and crosspinned
Shirov vs Bareev, 1994  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
Winawer Positional Variation seems toughest against Shirov
Shirov vs Yusupov, 1994 (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
takes Queen and leads to winning endgame
Shirov vs Glek, 1995 (C11) French, 54 moves, 1-0
winawer positional Queen move chases away the bishop
Shirov vs M Rivas Pastor, 1995 (C16) French, Winawer, 50 moves, 1-0
Shirov continual attack finds the answer
Shirov vs Ljubojevic, 1996  (C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0
figure out why this is a win....
Shirov vs P Nikolic, 1996  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0
Shirov tries something new for Short
Shirov vs Short, 1999  (C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0
The armenian line
Shirov vs V Akopian, 2000  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0
great attacking at end
Shirov vs Topalov, 2000  (C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
White plays Shirov's line against him
I Haitin vs Shirov, 2017 (C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) · 1/2-1/2
Shirov vs M Gurevich, 2000 (C11) French, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rook and Pawn endgame
Shirov vs M Gurevich, 2000 (C11) French, 78 moves, 1-0
middlegame win
Shirov vs Bareev, 2000  (C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
middlegame
Shirov vs Van Wely, 2001  (C02) French, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0
queen vs multiple pieces endgame
Shirov vs Van Wely, 2001 (C10) French, 51 moves, 1-0
strange final position
Shirov vs Ljubojevic, 2002 (C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 1-0
FD: Advance. Lputian Variation -explore ending?
Shirov vs B Taddei, 2001 (C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 1-0
Blindfold endgame N&Q v B&Q
Shirov vs Gelfand, 2002 (C10) French, 63 moves, 1-0
FDADV. Euwe Variation-forces Qtrade for better endgame
Shirov vs Yusupov, 2002  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0
FD: Classical. Burn Variation ML- increasing pressure on King
Shirov vs V Akopian, 2002  (C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
2 rooks and a bishop vs a Q and a N endgame
Shirov vs H Herraiz Hidalgo, 2002  (C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
FD Steinitz. Boleslavsky V- another midgame
Shirov vs Bareev, 2003  (C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
FD: Winawer. AdvVar Strength up the middle.
Shirov vs S Atalik, 2003  (C16) French, Winawer, 27 moves, 1-0
nice middlegame
Shirov vs Morozevich, 2004  (C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0
a
Shirov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2004  (C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
FD Winawer. AVGen- strong major piece mg
Shirov vs S Kristjansson, 2004  (C16) French, Winawer, 36 moves, 1-0
FD Adv Wade Variation-Sharp Play on both sides
Shirov vs Korchnoi, 2004  (C02) French, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0
a
Shirov vs M Prusikin, 2006  (C14) French, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0
strange ending position
Shirov vs Gelfand, 2007 (C07) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 1-0
FD: Advance. Euwe Variation includes a block
Shirov vs M Roiz, 2007  (C02) French, Advance, 43 moves, 1-0
FD Winawer. Poisoned Pawn V ML win due to an H pawn passer
Shirov vs D Dvirnyy, 2010 (C18) French, Winawer, 35 moves, 1-0
FD Winawer. Poisoned Pawn VML bluff and swindle
Shirov vs Shulman, 2007  (C18) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer. P Pawn V and confusing combinaton
Shirov vs Ganguly, 2009  (C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs M Bartel, 2010  (C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
king into an arabian style mate.
Shirov vs A Korobov, 2010 (C18) French, Winawer, 62 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Normal Variation
Shirov vs C Maier, 2012 (C10) French, 46 moves, 1-0
a
Shirov vs J Wegerle, 2014  (C02) French, Advance, 40 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Adv Euwe V· Shirov advantages lead to bet EG
Shirov vs Bologan, 2014  (C02) French, Advance, 51 moves, 1-0
advanced tactics
Shirov vs H Vedder, 2014  (C11) French, 48 moves, 1-0
FD Lputian - Is Black Queens trapped ?
Shirov vs A Schenk, 2014 (C02) French, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0
a
Shirov vs M Szelag, 2015 (C02) French, Advance, 40 moves, 1-0
FDADV. Euwe exhausting EndG till Queen ran out of checks
Shirov vs Huebner, 2015 (C02) French, Advance, 80 moves, 1-0
a loss with odd last position
Shirov vs Nakamura, 2016  (C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 0-1
FDADV Queen sneaks away to combination
Shirov vs F Braeuer, 2016 (C02) French, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0
Flashy exchange as part of combo ending
Shirov vs R Akesson, 2016  (C02) French, Advance, 34 moves, 1-0
ADVL Active Queen spoils the show
Shirov vs R Wang, 2016  (C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0
FD Winawer. Positional Variation- Mating Net
Shirov vs D Harika, 2016  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 50 moves, 1-0
FD Steinitz. Boleslavsky V- Pileup on the Kingside
Shirov vs J Maiwald, 2016 (C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
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