[Event "Tournament of the Baltic Countries (Blitz)"]
[Site "Riga (LAT)"]
[Date "2026.06.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Valdats, Reinis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Source "Lichess official broadcasts"]
[License "CC-BY-SA-4.0"]
[BroadcastName "Tournament of the Baltic Countries (Blitz)"]
[BroadcastURL "https://lichess.org/broadcast/tournament-of-the-baltic-countries-blitz/round-3/O7tNjV3t"]
[GameURL "https://lichess.org/broadcast/tournament-of-the-baltic-countries-blitz/round-3/O7tNjV3t/l13iBYFs"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2616"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. Bf4 c5 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Be5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Qg4 g6 16. Rad1 Kg7 17. Be4 Bd4 18. Nxd5 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxd5 20. c3 Rf8 21. cxd4 Rxf5 22. dxc5 Qf6 23. Rd3 Qxb2 24. Qg3 Raf8 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. h4 Bf7 27. Rde3 Qxa2 28. Qd6 Qc4 29. c6 Qxh4 30. c7 Qxf2+ 31. Kh2 Rh5+ 32. Rh3 Rxh3+ 33. Kxh3 Qf5+ 34. Kh2 a5 35. Qd8 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 a4 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40. Qd6+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Rf6 42. Qe7+ Rf7 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. c8=N Qxc8 45. Qe3+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 0-1