[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2025.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmitz, Thorsten"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2650"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Bf6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. d6 Ra7 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. d3 Rxd6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Bd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Rac1 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Red1 Rfe8 25. Qc7 Qd5 26. Bd2 h5 27. h4 Be5 28. Qc4 Qf3 29. Be1 Bxg3 0-1