[Event "Moscow Nutcracker rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1(1)"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2564"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. e5 d5 10. Bd3 h5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Qb6 14. O-O h4 15. b4 Nh6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Rg8 19. Bg5 Bc5 20. Rb3 Bc8 21. Qf4 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Bxh4 f5 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. Bxa6 g5 27. Bb5+ Kf8 28. Nxg5 Nxe5 29. Ba6 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 Nf7 31. Qf6 Bxa6 32. Qxe6 Bd3 33. Rb2 Be4 34. Bf6 Ba3 35. Rb6 Bd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Qc8+ Nd8 38. Qxd8+ 1-0