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(1) Shirov,A (2725) - Anand,V (2782) [C10] Rapid Match Mainz GER (1), 05.08.2004 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.0-0 Be7 10.c4 0-0 11.b3 a5 12.Bb2 a4 13.Qe2 Ra6 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Be1 axb3 17.axb3 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Bf6 19.Rd1 Qa8 20.h4 Nd6 21.g4 g6 22.c5 Nc8 23.Bd2 Ne7 24.b4 Bd5 25.Bg5 Bg7 26.b5 h6 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.c6 Re8 29.Ne5 Qd8 30.Nd7 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 f5 32.Kh3 Qe7 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Rg1 Kh7 35.Qh5 Ra8 36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.dxe5 Ra3+ 39.Rg3 Rxg3+ 40.fxg3 Qg7 41.Qxe6 1/2-1/2

(2) Anand,V (2782) - Shirov,A (2725) [C89] Rapid Match Mainz GER (2), 05.08.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6 16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Nd2 g5 18.Rh6 Ng4 19.Ne4 Nxh6 20.Nxd6 Qg6 21.Ne4 Bg4 22.Qd2 Nf5 23.Qxg5 Bf3 24.Qf4 Bxe4 25.dxe4 Ng7 26.Be3 Rad8 27.a4 Rd7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bd4 Re8 30.f3 h6 31.Ra6 Kh7 32.Kf2 b4 33.g4 bxc3 34.Bxc3 Ne6 35.Bxe6 Qxe6 36.h4 Qd6 37.Qxd6 Rxd6 38.Ra7 Kg8 39.h5 Red8 40.Kg3 R8d7 41.Ra6 Rd8 42.Kf4 c5 43.Ra5 Rc8 44.Kf5 c4 45.f4 Rdc6 46.e5 Rc5 47.Ra4 Kh7 48.Ke4 R5c7 49.Ra1 Rd7 50.Ra6 Rg8 51.Kf5 Rd3 52.Rf6 Rg7 53.e6 fxe6+ 54.Rxe6 Rf7+ 55.Ke4 Rdd7 56.Be5 Rde7 57.Rc6 Rg7 58.Kf3 Rgf7 59.Kg3 1-0

(3) Anand,V (2782) - Shirov,A (2725) [C88] Rapid Match Mainz GER (3), 06.08.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.f3 g6 15.Nde2 Ne6 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Bf8 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Ba2 Rad8 21.b4 Nh5 22.Be3 Be5 23.Ne2 c5 24.c4 cxb4 25.axb4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 Nf6 27.Nf4 Rc8 28.Rc1 Rc7 29.Bf1 Rec8 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Ne2 d5 32.Rc1 Qb8 33.Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.Bd4 Qc7 35.Qb2 Qb6 36.Bxb6 Bxb2 37.e5 Bxe5 38.Bd4 Nd7 39.Bxe5 Nxe5 40.Nd4 Kf8 41.Nb3 Nd7 42.Na5 Bc8 43.Nc6 Bb7 44.Na5 Bc8 45.Nc6 Bb7 1/2-1/2

(4) Shirov,A (2725) - Anand,V (2782) [C80] Rapid Match Mainz GER (4), 06.08.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 Qxg5 12.Qf3 0-0-0 13.Bxe6+ fxe6 14.Qxc6 Qxe5 15.b4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.bxc5 dxc3 18.Nb3 d4 19.Ba3 g6 20.Bb4 Bg7 21.a4 d3 22.axb5 d2 23.c6 Kb8 24.Rad1 [ Kasparov 24.Rxa6! d1Q 25.Bc5 Qxb3 26.Ba7+ Kc8 27.Bd4 Qxb5 28.Ra8+ Qb8 29.Rxb8+ Kxb8 30.Rb1+ Kc8 31.Ra1 Kb8 32.Rb1+ and perpetual check] 24...Rd5 25.bxa6 Rhd8 26.Na1 Ka7 27.Nc2 Rb8 28.Rb1? Rdb5? [ 28...Bf8! would have probably settled the game] 29.Rb3 R8b6 30.Rxc3 Bxc3 31.Bxc3 Rc5 32.Bxd2 Rxc2 33.Be3 Kxa6 34.Bxb6 cxb6 35.f4 b5 36.g4 Rxc6 37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 b4 39.f6 Rc8 40.Kg2 b3 41.Rb1 Rf8 42.Rxb3 1/2-1/2

(5) Shirov,A (2725) - Anand,V (2782) [C80] Rapid Match Mainz GER (5), 07.08.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bb4 14.axb5 Nxb5 15.Ne4 0-0 16.Be3 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 a5 18.Nfg5 Nxg5 19.Nxg5 Rfe8 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 fxe5 22.fxe5 c5 23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Kf2 h6 25.Rd7 Nc7 26.Bxc5 Ne6 27.Be3 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Rc8 29.Rd1 Rc2+ 30.Kg3 Kf7 31.h4 Kg6 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Kh3 Nc5 34.Rd1 Ne4 35.Rd7 h5 36.Rc7 Nf2+ 37.Kg3 Nd3 38.Rc6+ Kf7 39.e6+ Kg8 40.Ng5 Kf8 41.Nh7+ Kg8 42.Ng5 Kf8 43.Nh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

(6) Anand,V (2782) - Shirov,A (2725) [C88] Rapid Match Mainz GER (6), 07.08.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bg5 Bxe4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Rxe4 Qxf5 18.Bxf6 Qxe4 19.Bd5 Qf4 20.Bxa8 Qxf6 21.c3 c6 22.Qd4 Qe6 23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Qxa6 d5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Qxa4 g6 28.Rd1 Bc5 29.b4 Bb6 30.c4 1-0