Corus 2010

[M ANSARI]

If you are following this tournament you would have known that Carlsen won. But he could have been joined by Shirov at the top. Shirov called a draw in this position

[d]6k1/4r1b1/4p1P1/qp6/8/P4Q2/1PP5/1K1R4 w - - 0 31

All engines go berserk here immediately showing a +10 score ... can you see the win that he missed without engine help?

Here is the game score for the entire game

[Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Dominguez"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15.
h4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6
22. Nxa5 Rxf3 23. e5 Be8 24. exd6 Qxa5 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Bf6 27. d7 Bxc3
28. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 29. Qh1 Re7 30. Qxf3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[yanquis1972]

supposedly shirov accepted the draw with 2 seconds on his clock, btw. he presumably had about a minute to find the move with intense pressure. a great shame he missed it.

[Andre]

Yes and he missed another win against Anand

[M ANSARI]

In general, Shirov has a risky style and will win spectacularly some games and of course will fall short in some. He does have a very interesting style with a lot of imagination and on a given day can defeat any GM on earth. He was one move from sharing the lead in this tournament and another move from being outright first. He did get some good breaks against some other players though, so it probably evens out.