[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Qe6 24. Qf3 Qh3 25. Rd1 b3 26. a4 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kc8 30. g4 Rh3+ 31. Ke4 c3 32. bxc3 c4 33. Ne7+ Kd8 34. Nc6+ Ke8 35. Bg3 Nc5+ 36. Kd5 Nd3 37. Rb1 Kd7 38. Nb8+ Kc8 39. Kxc4 Nc5 40. Nc6 Ne4 41. Ne7+ Kd7 42. Rd1+ Ke8 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Re1 1-0