[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nb3 Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Ndb4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nc6 Kd7 16. Ne5+ Ke6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Be3 c4 19. Nc5+ Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rd8 21. Bb4 Bb7 22. Bc3 f6 23. Rfd1 Bc6 24. Ba5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. f3 Ba4 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. Bb4 Rc7 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Rd6+ Kf7 31. Rd5 a6 32. h4 Rb7 33. a3 Rb8 34. g4 h6 35. Rc5 Rd8 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rc8 Kg6 38. Rh8 f5 39. h5+ Kg5 40. Kg3 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kf6 42. Rf8+ Ke6 43. Bc3 Re7 44. Rg8 Kd5 45. Rxg7 Rxe2 46. Rg6 Re6 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Bd2 Ba4 49. Bxh6 Bd1 50. Bg7 Be2 51. Bc3 Bd1 52. Kh4 Bf3 53. Kg5 Kf7 54. Kh4 Ke6 55. g5 Kf5 56. g6 Bd5 57. Kg3 Kg5 58. g7 Kh6 59. Kf4 Kh7 60. h6 Kxh6 61. Ke5 Bf7 62. Kd6 Kh7 63. Kc5 Be6 64. Kb6 Bc8 65. Kc6 Kg8 66. Kd5 Bd7 67. Kxc4 Kf7 68. Kb4 Be6 69. Ka5 Bc4 70. a4 Bb3 71. Kxa6 Bxa4 72. b4 Bc2 73. b5 Bd3 74. Kb6 Be2 75. Kc6 1-0