[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. c4 c6 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nb5 a6 12. Na3 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Rc6 e4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Rc1 d3 18. Bg2 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21.
Rc7 Bd6 22. Rc6 Be5 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 24. Ra5 b4 25. Nc4 Bc3 26. e5 Nd7 27. Rd5
N7c5 28. Be3 Rfd8 29. Nd6 Bxe5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfc1 Qa6 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Be4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. e4 Be6 20. Ba5 Nc6 21.
Bxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Qg5 23. Qe3 Qg4 {In a normal game, White is just totally
winning since he is up the exchange. In blitz, anyhing can still happen.} 24.
f4 (24. Nf3 $1 {is simpler, as Black doesn't have any of the light square
blockade he manages in the game.}) 24... g5 25. Rf1 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bh6 27. Rf3
Kh8 28. Raf1 {So far so good, Black keeps some compensation but he is slowly
being contained.} Qh4 29. Kh1 (29. Rg3 {seemed normal and good.} Bf5 30. Qf2 $1
{is annoying for Black.}) 29... Bf5 30. Rg3 e6 31. a3 {Not a bad move, but it
serves little purpose.} (31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Ng5 $16 {seemed like a better try.})
31... Rf8 32. b4 f6 33. b5 $6 Ne7 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Bh3 Bg7 36. Re1 Qh6 (36...
Qxd4 37. Qxd4 Bxd4 {gives Black some compensation}) 37. Bg4 (37. Rc1 $1) 37...
Bf6 38. Reg1 Bh4 39. Rh3 Qf6 40. Nf3 $2 {The start of the real problems} (40.
Bxf5 Nxf5 41. Qe2 $1 {seems winning, with Nf3-e5 to follow.} (41. Qe5 $14))
40... Be4 41. Rg2 (41. Rf1 $1 $14) 41... Ng6 42. Kg1 $2 (42. f5 $1) 42... Nxf4
{and now all of White's pieces are under attack.} 43. Rd2 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3
Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 Bf8 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Na6 15.
O-O Bd7 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. Bd4 a4 20. Bc4 Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 22.
Nc3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Ne2 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 28.
Nb5 Qd3 29. Rab1 Red8 30. Rf2 Rd5 31. Nc3 Bxe3 32. Qxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxb7 $2 (33.
Qxd3 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxd3 35. Rxb7 f5 {is a difficult endgame for White, but if
it is lost is beyond my chess knowledge.}) 33... Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qg3+ {
Unfortunately for Aronian, even though his threats are strong, he is getting
mated first} 35. Ke2 (35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Re1#) 35... Qxg2+ {With mate next
move} 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 N5f6 13. b4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qa4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Rc7 Bd6 18. Rxd7 Bc6 19. b5 Bxd7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qd4 Qd5 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. e4 Qc5 25. e5 Be7 26. Qh6 Qc1+ 27. Bf1
f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Kg2 Bg7 30. Qe3 Qc5 31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Qe3 Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Qxb5
34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Ne4 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. h4 Ra5 38. Nfg5 Rxa3 39. Nd6 Rd3
40. h5 h6 41. Nge4 a5 42. f4 a4 43. f5 a3 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Ra5 Rab8 19. b3 e4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21.
Qe1 Rfb8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Bf1 Qf5 24. Qe3 R4b6 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qe5 27. Bc4
Rd6 28. Re1 Rbd8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qc5 e3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3
34. Ra1 Rf6 35. Rxa5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. g4 g6 38. Bd3 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rdf2 40.
Be4 Re2 41. Bd3 Ref2 42. Be4 Re2 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Ng3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
d3 Nd5 9. O-O f5 10. c4 Ne7 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Bxe5 Ng6 13. d4 Nxe5 14. dxc5 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 f4 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Nd2 Nxf4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. f3 b6 21. Nc4
bxc5 22. Rac1 a5 23. a4 h5 24. Rd2 h4 25. Ne4 h3 26. g3 Ne6 27. Ne5 Rf5 28. Ng6
Rxf3 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Nd4 32. Kh1 Raf8 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Rxh3
Nxb3 35. Rc2 Re3 36. Rh4 Rf5 37. Kg2 Re5 38. Nf2 Nd4 39. Rb2 Re2 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. Rf4+ Kg6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Rxf5 Nxf5 44. g4 Nxh4+ 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Rb7 g5 47.
Rxc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Rxc5 Re3+ 50. Kh2 Re2 51. Kg1 Re1+ 52. Kh2 Re2 53.
Kg1 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Re2 55. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c3 c5 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. c4 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Rc8 16. Qb1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qf6 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Rc1 Be7 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21.
Nd4 Bc5 22. Nb3 Bf8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nb3 Bf8 25. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. h3 e4 10. Nh4 Re8 11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 Nf8 13. O-O-O a6 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3
Rxe3 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 d4 20. Ne2 c5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Qxg5 N6d7 23. Qh5 {The position has a material imbalance and it seems that
White's position on the kingside is menacing, but Anand shows it is just an
illusion and that Black is much, much faster on the queenside.} b5 $1 24. Rdf1
bxc4 25. Nf4 {Way too optimistic} (25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qe8 {will lead to
positional doom as Black threatens the simple Rb8 or Nb6.}) 25... cxd3 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 {and realizing that He has but a check, Shirov resigned.} 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Ra6 12. e3 Rb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Bb4 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qa8 17. e4 Qa6 18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb3 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Rdb1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qa8 23. c4 b6 24. Re1 Qe8 25. Qb3 Nd7 26. Nd3 Qe7 27. e5 f6
28. c5 bxc5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. dxc5 e5 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nd3 Re6
34. c6 Rxc6 35. Nxe5+ Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Rc3 37. Rxa5 Ra3 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Rf5+ Kg6
40. Rf4 c5 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. h4 Ke6 43. h5 Kd5 44. Rg4 c4 45. Rxg7 c3 46. Rc7 Kd4
47. Kg2 c2 48. g4 Kd3 49. g5 Rxa4 50. g6 hxg6 51. hxg6 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rxg6 53.
Rd7+ Ke2 54. Rc7 Kd2 55. Rd7+ Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kd3 57. Rd7+ Ke2 58. Rc7 Kd1 59.
Rd7+ Kc1 60. Rc7 Rf6 61. Kg3 Rd6 62. f4 Kd2 63. Kg4 Rd3 64. Rxc2+ Kxc2 65. f5
Rd1 66. f6 Rf1 67. Kg5 Kd3 68. Kg6 Ke4 69. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Qb3 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Rfd8 19. e3 Qc7 20. Nd3 Bf8
21. Nf4 g5 22. Nfe2 Bg7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Qb4 Ne5 26. Qe4 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 Qc8 28. g4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ndc3 Qc4 31. h3 b4 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33.
Na2 b3 34. Nac1 Nd2 35. Nd3 e5 36. Nec1 Bf8 37. Nxe5 Bg7 38. Ned3 Kh7 39. Kg2
Kg6 40. Nc5 Bxb2 41. N1xb3 Nc4 42. Nd3 Bg7 43. Nbc5 h5 44. Ne4 hxg4 45. hxg4 f5
46. gxf5+ Kxf5 47. Ng3+ Kg6 48. Kh3 Nd6 49. Ne1 Nf7 50. Nf3 Nh6 51. Kg2 g4 52.
Nd2 Be5 53. Ne2 Nf5 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. Nb2 Nh4+ 56. Kf1 Kf5 57. Nd3 Ke4 58. Ne1
Be5 59. Ng1 g3 60. Nh3 gxf2 61. Kxf2 Bf6 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Nf2 Ke6 64. Ned3 Nf5
65. e4 Ng3+ 66. Kf3 Nxe4 67. Nxe4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
Qxd4 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 $2 (
14... Rab8 {was simple enough for about equality, but Shirov overlooks a
tactic.}) 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bg2 Qxd3 17. Nd5 {Perhaps the Latvian forgot about
this move} Qxe2 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Rxe2 Bxc4 (19... Kxe7 20. Bxc5+ Ke8 21. Bxa7
{is hopeless}) 20. Rc2 Bd3 21. Rxc5 Kxe7 22. Rxe5+ Kf8 23. b3 {White's up a
pawn, this combined with his pair of bishops and safer king makes his position
winning.} a6 24. Rc1 Rbc8 25. Rec5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5+ Kg8 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Bc6 Rd8
29. Be7 Rd4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Bg2 Rd7 32. Bf1 1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4
15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. f4 Bg4 18. f5 Ne7 19. Ne3 {Nakamura has
overextended with his kingside attack, and now some of his pieces are in
trouble. He is king of stuck on the kingside and some of his pieces might be
in danger of being trapped.} Bf3 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf1 Bg4 (21... Be4 22. Be2 Qh6
23. Nxd5 $18) 22. f6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxg4 (23. Qxf6 {was perhaps easier, as the
queen still doesn't have good squares. For example:} Be6 (23... Rad8 24. Nxg4
Qxg4 25. Bh6 $18) 24. Rf2 $1 {Threatening the simple but crushing g4.}) 23...
Qxg4 24. Qxf6 (24. Bh6 $1 Rfe8 25. Qxf6 {with impending mate}) 24... Bxg3 25.
Kh1 Bh4 26. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Ng6 30. Bf4 (30.
Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 {followed by h4 seems crushing}) 30... Bf6 31. Be5 $6 Bxe5
32. dxe5 Rae8 33. Kh1 $6 Rxe5 34. Rg1 Rfe8 {Suddenly Black is actually doing
ok. Anand decides to force the draw.} 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e4 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3
O-O 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Re8
21. Nb1 Qe6 22. b3 g6 23. Nd2 Qe5 24. Nf1 h5 25. Qd2 Qb2 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Rd4
Bc5 28. Rd1 Bb4 29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Rd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. f5
Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qf2 b6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21.
f6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Be8 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 25. Rxf7 Rd2 26. Rc1 Rg8 27.
Rg1 Rxc2 28. Rxh7 {Black has to be careful here. The amount of pawns is not as
important as their quality, and White has two connected passers already.} Rxa2
(28... Rg4 $1 {makes it hard for Nakamura to push forward.} 29. h4 Rxa2 30. Kh2
Rb2 {is rather slow.}) 29. g4 Ra5 30. h4 {Now Black is in deep trouble, if not
simply lost.} Re5 31. g5 Rxe4 32. g6 Ree8 33. h5 {If you have passed pawns,
push them.} a5 34. g7 Kb7 35. Rh6 {Aronian clearly has no counterplay.
Nakamura threatens to move the rook away and push h6-h7.} Re5 36. Rh8 Rxg7 37.
Rxg7 {The game is over.} b5 38. Rg3 c5 39. h6 Rh5+ 40. Kg2 c4 41. bxc4 b4 42.
Rh3 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 b3 44. Kf4 a4 45. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. c4 a5 12. Be2 a4 13. Nd2 g6 14. Nb1 Bh6 15.
Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. O-O-O Kf8 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 a3 21. b3
Rh3 22. g5 Rxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qh3 Nf2 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26. Rf1 f5 27. gxf6 Qd4
28. Qh3 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa2+ 30. Kc3 Qb2+ 31. Kb4 Qd2+ 0-1

