Shirov wins Keres Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament

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Hello Everyone,

Grandmaster Alexei Shirov has won the Rapid Chess Tournament held as part of the 95th birth anniversary celebrations of Paul Keres in Tallinn. Here is our earlier post on the tribute to the great Estonian Grandmaster and here is the official website where you can find more information about the celebrations.

nr	tiitel	nimi	rtg	maa	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	punkte	Berger
1	GM	SHIROV, Alexei	2722	ESP		½	1	1	1	1	½	1	6	18.5
2	GM	EHLVEST, Jaan	2586	USA	½		½	½	½	1	1	1	5	13.75
3	GM	MIEZIS, Normunds	2546	LAT	0	½		½	1	1	1	1	5	12.5
4	GM	LUGOVOI, Aleksei	2531	RUS	0	½	½		1	½	½	1	4	10.75
5	FM	VOVK, Ilja	2267	EST	0	½	0	0		1	1	1	3.5	7
6	IM	VOLODIN, Aleksandr	2487	EST	0	0	0	½	0		1	1	2.5	4
7	IM	SMIRNOV, Artem	2428	RUS	½	0	0	½	0	0		1	2	5
8		KOVALJOV, Denis	2274	EST	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

Here is a nice game from the event which you can check in flashplayer below or in the pgnplayer.

PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Qxf4 Be5 18. Qa4 Qd6 19. g3 Qc5 20. c3 Rad8 21. Bg2 Bb8 22. Rd2 Kh8 23. Rhd1 Ne5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc6 26. R4d2 Rfe8 27. Kc2 g6 28. Nf6 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Nd7 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Bxe5 33. Bxb7 Kg7 34. b4 f5 35. c4 Kf6 36. c5 h5 37. Bf3 h4 38. gxh4 Bxh2 39. a4 a5 40. bxa5 Bg1 41. c6 Ke7 42. Bd5 Kd6 43. Kd3 Bf2 44. Ke2 Ba7 45. Kf3 Bb8 46. a6 Kc7 47. Kf4 Kb6 48. Kg5 Kxa6 49. Kxg6 1-0

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