[Event "Riga"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Peter,Doggers"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 (11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bg5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Re8 {Giri,A (2777)-Aronian,L (2782) Online 2021}) 11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 $146 { Sacrificing a pawn.} (15. Qc1 Nb4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 c5 19. Qc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxh4 {Wei,Y (2721)-Santos Ruiz,M (2560) Khanty Mansiysk 2019}) 15... Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. g4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bg6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Bh7 21. f4 {White has nice compensation but Shirov finds an amazing answer.} g5 $5 22. fxg5 Nd7 {A concept mostly seen in the Sicilian.} 23. Nf3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 hxg5 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Bh4 Qd4 28. Rac1 Qxb2 29. Rc6 Qd4 30. Bxf6 Rf7 31. g5 b4 (31... Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 b4 {might have been more accurate.}) 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. Bxd4 ({The engines like to include} 33. e5 Bf5 34. e6 Rh7 {first before going} 35. Bxd4 {and White is doing well.}) 33... Rd7 $1 34. Bb2 Rd2 {Now Black has enough counterplay.} 35. Bc1 Rd3 36. Kf2 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Rff3 38. Rxc7 Rg3+ 39. Kf2 Rdf3+ 40. Ke2 Bxe4 41. Kd1 Rd3+ 42. Bd2 Rg2 43. Rxe4 Rgxd2+ 44. Kc1 Rd1+ 45. Kb2 R1d2+ 46. Rc2 Rxc2+ 47. Kxc2 Rxh3 48. Re6 Rc3+ 49. Kb2 Ra3 50. Rxa6 Kg7 51. Ra8 Kg6 52. a6 Kg7 53. a7 Kh7 54. g6+ Kg7 55. Rb8 1/2-1/2