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[Event "Baden-Baden 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Schroder,David"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 (6. d3 Qf6 7. Nbd2
(7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3) 7... Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 {and at any point h3 h5
will transpose to the main line}) 6... h5 7. d3 (7. hxg4 $2 hxg4) (7. c3 Qf6 8.
d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. Be3 f6) (7. Re1 Qf6 8. hxg4 hxg4 9.
Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qf3 O-O-O) (7. d4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4) 7... Qf6 8.
Nbd2 (8. hxg4 $2 hxg4) (8. Be3 {is also possible} Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3
Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 (12. Rfd1 c5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. c3 Ke7 15. Kf1 f6 16. a3
a5 17. a4 g6 $11) 12... c5 (12... f5 13. b4 a5 (13... O-O $5) 14. a3 {
Kasimdzhanov-Adams, Tripoli 2004}) 13. Kf1 (13. a3 Nc6 (13... a5 $5) 14. c3 (
14. Kf1 $5 O-O-O 15. Ke2 Be7 16. Rg1 g6 $11) 14... Be7 15. Nb3 $6 (15. Kf1 $5)
15... O-O-O $1 16. Rd1 b6 $15) 13... Nc6 (13... f5 $5) 14. c3 f6 15. Nc4 (15.
a3 a5 16. Nc4 (16. a4 h4 $5 17. Nc4 g5 18. Rd1 Ke7 $11 {Ganguly-Rohit, Atul
2006}) 16... Kd7 (16... Kf7 $5) 17. a4 g5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. h4 {
Marciano-Chabanon, Meribel 1998} gxh4 $1 20. Kg2 f5 $1 $15 {with f4 to follow})
15... Be7 (15... g5 {stops f4} 16. a3 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1
cxb4 20. Ra8+ Nd8 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. cxb4 Kd7 $11) 16. a4 (16. f4 b5 17. Nd2
O-O-O 18. Ke2 exf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20. Be3 f5 $1 21. exf5 Rhf8 $11) 16... g5 $1 17.
a5 {Filippov-Saris, Istanbul 2012} h4 $11) 8... Ne7 9. Re1 (9. hxg4 hxg4 10. g3
gxf3 11. Qxf3 Qe6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qf5 Qxf5 15. exf5 f6 {Black is
fine, De la Villa Garcia-Delchev, La Roda 2004}) (9. b4 Ng6 10. a3 Nf4) 9...
Ng6 (9... Be6 $6 {didn't work in Radjabov-Shirov, Turin 2006} 10. Nb3 Bxb3 11.
axb3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14. d4 exd4 15. Bg5 $5) 10. d4 (10. hxg4 $2
hxg4 11. Nh2 (11. g3 Bc5 $1 $36) 11... Bc5 12. Nxg4 (12. Ndf3 gxf3 13. Nxf3 Rh5
$17) 12... Qh4 13. Kf1 Qh1+ 14. Ke2 Nf4+ 15. Kf3 Qxg2# {Vescovi-Kazhgaleyev,
playchess.com 2004}) 10... Nf4 $1 (10... Bd6 {is a popular alternative,
Schnabel-Pokorny, Krkonose Open 2000}) 11. hxg4 (11. dxe5 Qg6 {is also easy
for Black} 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 Rd8 {Nisipeanu-Kasimdzhanov,
Godesberg 2005} (14... O-O-O {is more common})) (11. Kf1 $5 {freeing the
g1-square for the knight and thus preparing 12.hxg4; interesting but never
tested at GM level}) 11... hxg4 12. g3 $1 (12. Nh2 $2 Nxg2 $1 13. Kxg2 $4 (13.
Rf1 Qh4) 13... Rxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 g3 $19) (12. Nf1 $2 gxf3 13. Bxf4
Qxf4 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 exd4 $17) 12... gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 (
14... Qh6 {is also playable} 15. Nb3 g5 16. Be3 Qh3 (16... Bg7 $5) 17. Qg2 Qh5
18. f3 Bg7 19. Kf2 Bxe5 20. Rh1 Qg6 $11) 15. Qf5 (15. Nb3 g6 16. Bd2 c5 17.
Rad1 Rd8 {fighting to meet Bc3 with Nd4, Karjakin-Shirov, Odessa 2010}) 15...
Qb5 $1 16. Nf3 g6 17. Qxb5 axb5 $11 {and Black has the positional threat of ...
b4, Vachier Lagrave-Shirov, Baden-Baden 2010} *