GM Shirov: lecture and simul – February 27, 2012
Alexei Shirov is a Latvian super-GM with a number of claims to fame:
- became U-16 world champion in 1988
- was rated 4th in the world in 1998
- played the 2000 FIDE World Championship match
- played in the final match of the 2007 chess World Cup
- currently ranked 31st in the world
- won the Keres Memorial tournament (back-to-back) in January 2012
He’s coming to Toronto this month, to give a chess lecture at Annex Chess Club – and you have a chance to play a game against him!
Get your tickets, before they’re sold out! Register online today!
| Attend the lecture and play a game against GM Shirov | $60* |
| Attend the lecture and watch the simul | $20* |
* $10 discount for ACC members
Here’s a Shirov game from 1988 against Topalov (check out Black’s piece sac on move 47):
White: Topalov, Veselin
Black: Shirov, Alexei
Linares tournament
1988
Linares, ESP
D85 Gruenfeld: Modern Exchange Variation