Yesterday saw an absolute cracker of a game between Alexi Shirov and Sam Sevian. Playing a slightly unusual line of the Scotch, Shirov followed his patented plan of seeing which side of the board his opponent puts his king and then throwing all his pieces at it. The fun started with a rook sacrifice on g7, and it looked like it was to be another brilliant win to Shirov. However two can play that game and Sevian decided to follow the same script, sacrificing his rook on b2 after Shirov castled queenside. All things being equal (ie you sac, I sac), the game should have remained equal (37.Qe7+), but Shirov decided to push for more, and Sevian pounced. After 37.Nb5, Sevian reeled off 010 checks in a row, and Shirov was forced to resign a move before mate.
Shirov,Alexei (2686) - Sevian,Samuel (2589) [C45]
Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE (5.4), 04.05.2016
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qe4 d6 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Qb5 Nd7 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh5 Qe7+ 18. Be2 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20. c5 Nxc5 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. O-O-O Bg6 24. Bc4+ Ne6 25. Qh3 Kf7 26. Nd5 Rxb2 27. Kxb2 Rb8+ 28. Bb3 Be5+ 29. Nc3 c5 30. f4 c4 31. fxe5 cxb3 32. a4 Nc5 33. exf6 Qc7 34. Rd4 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Nb5 Nd3+ 38. Kb1 Ne5+ 39. Kb2 Nd3+ 40. Kb1 Nf2+ 41. Kc1 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Nd3+ 43. Ka3 Qa1+ 44. Kxb3 Qb2+ 45. Kc4 Qb4+ 46. Kd5 Be4+ 0-1
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