Canada Open

(1) Shirov,Alexei (2705) - Bluvshtein,Mark (2525) [C42] Canadian Open Edmonton, Canada (9), 16.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 f6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.b5 Qh5 15.bxa6 Bg4 16.Re1 [16.Nh4 Qxh4 17.f4 ; 16.Ne1 Qxh2# ] 16...Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 f5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Be3 Bg3 23.Ra2 Rf3 Black wins 24.-- Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Rxe3+ 26.Kxe3 [26.fxe3 Qxe1# ] 26...Qxe1+ 27.Qe2 Bxf2+ 28.Kf4 Rf8+ 29.Kxe4 [29.Ke5 Qa5+ 30.d5 Qc7+ 31.Kxe4 Rf4+ 32.Kd3 Rd4# ] 29...Re8+ 30.Kf3 Re3+ 31.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 0-1

(2) Shabalov,Alexander (2593) - Bologan,Viktor (2700) [C67] Canadian Open Edmonton, Canada (5), 12.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.c4 d6 8.e6 Bxe6 9.cxb5 Ne5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qf3 Be7 13.Qxb7 0-0 14.Nc3 Bf6 15.Be3 Re8 16.Qf3 a6 17.a4 Nh4 18.Qf2 axb5 19.axb5 Rb8 20.Rfe1 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Nf5 23.Ba7 Rc8 24.Bf2 h5 25.Qe2 h4 26.h3 Rb8 27.Qd3 Be6 28.Ra7 Ra8 29.Ra6 Rb8 30.Ra7 d5 31.Bc5 Ra8 32.Ra6 Rc8 33.Ne2 Qf6 34.Qc3 Qg6 35.Qd3 Re8 36.Kh2 f6 37.Bf2 Bf7 38.Ra7 Qh5 39.Ng1 Nd6 40.Rxc7 Bg6 41.f5 Ne4 42.Qxd5+ Bf7 43.Qd7 Nxf2 44.b6 g5 45.b7 g4 46.Nf3 gxf3 47.Rc8 fxg2 48.Rxe8+ Bxe8 49.Qd5+ Kh7 50.Qxg2 Nxh3 51.b8Q Ng5 52.Qf4 h3 53.Qgf1 Bf7 54.Qd3 Qh6 55.b4 Qf8 56.Qh4+ Kg8 57.b5 Qa8 58.Qf2 Ne4 59.Qg1+ Ng5 60.Qf2 Qb8+ 61.Kg1 Qe5 62.Qfe2 Qc5+ 63.Qee3 Qb4 64.b6 Qb2 65.Qde2 Qb1+ 66.Kh2 Qb4 67.Qc2 Qd6+ 68.Kg1 Qb4 69.Qc8+ Kh7 70.Qc7 Qb1+ 71.Qcc1 Qa2 72.Qg3 Kg7 73.Qcc3 h2+ 74.Qxh2 Qb1+ 75.Kg2 Bd5+ 76.Kf2 Qa2+ Black wins 0-1

(3) Bologan,Viktor (2700) - Shirov,Alexei (2705) [B90] Canadian Open Edmonton, Canada (6), 13.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5 9.f3 Nbd7 10.a3 h5 11.0-0-0 Rb8 12.Bxb5 axb5 13.Ndxb5 Qb7 14.Qxd6 Be7 15.Bf4 e5 16.Bxe5 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 Rxb5 18.Qc6 Rc5 19.Qa8 Nxe5 20.b4 Rc4 21.Qa5 Nc6 22.Qb5 Be6 23.Rd5 Rc3 24.Kd2 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bf6 26.dxe6 fxe6 27.Rd1 h4 28.Kc1 0-0 29.Qa6 Nd4 30.Rxd4 Bxd4 31.Qxe6+ Rf7 32.a4 Re3 33.Qc4 Bc3 34.Kb1 Bf6 35.a5 Rc3 36.Qd5 Ra3 37.Kc1 g6 38.c4 Kg7 39.c5 Re7 40.Kd2 Bc3+ 41.Kd3 Bxb4+ 42.Kc4 Bc3 43.c6 Bf6 44.Kb4 Ra1 45.Qd6 Rb1+ 46.Kc4 g5 47.g3 Re3 48.Qd7+ Kg6 49.Qd2 Rc3+ 50.Kd5 Rb5+ 51.Kd6 Rbc5 52.Qa2 Rxc6+ 53.Kd7 Rc7+ 54.Kd6 R3c6+ 55.Kd5 Rc2 56.Qb1 Kf5 57.g4+ Kg6 58.Kd6 Kg7 59.Qb5 Be7+ 60.Ke6 R2c6+ Black wins 0-1