Shanghai Chess Masters Grand Slam: Shirov leads after five rounds

Kramnik: Nice win against Aronian

Hello Everyone,

Building on his win after the fourth round, Alexei Shirov of Spain notched up another win in the fifth round at the Shanghai Chess Masters Grand Slam tournament. He has already qualified for the Bilbao section of the Grand Slam event.

In the other game of the fifth round Vladimir Kramnik beat Levon Aronian with Black. That makes the sixth round decisive about which of the two will join Shirov in Bilbao along with Anand and Carlsen in October.

The first part of the 2010 Grand Slam Masters Final takes place 3-8 September in Shanghai, China. The Bilbao section will be held from October 9-15 in Bilbao, Spain.

Here is the nice Hao-Shirov game that you can look at in our pgnplayer or in the flashplayer below. You can also check the official tournament website here.

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5?! 10. Be2 a6 11. f4! b4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 c5 14. b3 Nd5 15. e4 N5b6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. d5 e5 18. Bg4! +/- Bd6 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qg4+ Ke8 21. Kh1 Qd8 22. g3 Qd7 23. f5 Kf8 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Qe2 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Qb5 27. Qg4 Rc7 28. Raf1?! Kg8 29. Rxf7 29... Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qxd6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Bg5 Qd3 36. h4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxa2+ 38. Kh3 Qa1 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qf3 Qc3 42. Qg4 Qa1 43. Qe2?! Qh1+ 44. Kg4 Kh7 45. Be7 a5 46. Bxc5 Rc8 47. d6?! Qc1! 48. Bb6 Qh6 49. Qd1 a4 50. Qd5 Rc3 51. Qxe5 axb3 52. d7 Qg6+ 53. Kh3 b2 54. h5 Qf7 55. Qe8 Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5 Rxg3+ 58. Kf5 Qf3+ 59. Ke5 b1=Q 0-1

Here is also the Aronian-Kramnik game.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O a5 11. Qd1 O-O 12. e3 a4 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Rxf1 Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qh5 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Rxb2 23. Bd3 g6 24. Bxg6 Qe7 25. Bb1 Qf7 26. Qc5 Rxf2 27. Qe5+ Rf6 28. Rf4 Qg7 29. Bf5 Rd6 30. Bc2 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 a3 32. g4 Qe7 33. g5 c5 34. dxc5 Rd2 35. Bb3 Kg7 36. h4 Rd3 37. Kg2 Rxe3 38. Qd4+ Re5 39. Bd5 c6? 40. Kg3! h6 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Qf4+ Kh7 43. Bxc6 Rxc5 44. Qe4+ Qxe4 45. Bxe4+ Kg7 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Kd3 Rb5 49. Kc4 Rb2 50. Bh7 Rh2 51. h5 Rxh5 52. Bc2 Rh2 53. Kb3 Kd4 54. Bg6 Rh4 55. Kb4 Rh6 56. Bf7 Ra6 57. Bg8 Ra7 58. Be6 Kd3 59. Bb3 Kd2 60. Bg8 Kc2 61. Kc4 Kc1 62. Kc3 Kb1 63. Bb3 Rc7+ 64. Kd3 Kb2 65. Kd2 Rd7+ 66. Ke3 Kc3 67. Bg8 Re7+ 68. Kf2 Kd2 69. Kf3 Kd3 70. Kf2 Re2+ 71. Kf3 Re8 0-1

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