Has to be a mistake

[Dann Corbit]

In this game I got from TWIC:

[pgn] [Event "Rapidplay, Villarrobledo ESP"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Ljubojevic, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "A46"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [Variation "Queen's pawn (plus KID, Old Indian, Philidor, KP Nimzovich)"] [PlyCount "25"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 e6 5.g4 h6 6.h3 Bd7 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nh5 9.Bxd8 e5 10.Nd5 Nf4 11.Rg1 g6 12.b3 a5 13.Rb1 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

It's listed as a draw.

First of all, 13.Rb1 makes no sense (the obvious Nxc7+ wins easily).
And this is not a draw.
Does someone have the correct game score?

[zullil]

In this game I got from TWIC:

[pgn] [Event "Rapidplay, Villarrobledo ESP"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Ljubojevic, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "A46"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [Variation "Queen's pawn (plus KID, Old Indian, Philidor, KP Nimzovich)"] [PlyCount "25"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 e6 5.g4 h6 6.h3 Bd7 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nh5 9.Bxd8 e5 10.Nd5 Nf4 11.Rg1 g6 12.b3 a5 13.Rb1 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

It's listed as a draw.

First of all, 13.Rb1 makes no sense (the obvious Nxc7+ wins easily).
And this is not a draw.
Does someone have the correct game score?

8...Nh5 is a bit difficult to fathom as well.

[Dann Corbit]

Probably the origination of the saying "A knight on the rim is dim."
Especially when it coughs up a queen.

This game found its way into an opening book.

I guess that they filtered for "both players gm and ending in a draw"

[ljgw]

In this game I got from TWIC:

[pgn] [Event "Rapidplay, Villarrobledo ESP"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Ljubojevic, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "A46"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [Variation "Queen's pawn (plus KID, Old Indian, Philidor, KP Nimzovich)"] [PlyCount "25"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 e6 5.g4 h6 6.h3 Bd7 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nh5 9.Bxd8 e5 10.Nd5 Nf4 11.Rg1 g6 12.b3 a5 13.Rb1 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

It's listed as a draw.

First of all, 13.Rb1 makes no sense (the obvious Nxc7+ wins easily).
And this is not a draw.
Does someone have the correct game score?

Chess 365 has it quite differently:
https://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=1189202
(I don't have an account there, so I could not copy the pgn tags)


[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rhf1 Rb8 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf2 Bd8 18. g6 Nf6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qg3 Kg8 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qg5 e5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nf4 26. Bf5 Rh6 27. Rxf4 exf4 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Qxf4 Qe7 30. Rf1 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Rg1 Rdf8 33. Rg5 g6 34. b3 Kh7 35. Kb2 Kh6 36. Rg1 Rf1 37. Rg4 R8f4 38. Rg3 R1f2 39. Rc3 Rd4 40. Rc6 Rdd2 41. a4 b4 42. a5 Kg5 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Kc1 Ke5 45. Kb2 Rd4 46. Rc6 Rf1 47. Bg4 Re4 48. Rb6 Kxd5 49. Bc8 Ree1 50. Rxb4 Rb1+ 51. Kc3 Rf3+ 52. Kd2 Rf2+ 53. Kc3 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[MOBMAT]

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres, Perenyi Attack, 7...h6 8.f4"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rhf1 Rb8 14. g5
hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf2 Bd8 18. g6 Nf6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20.
Qg3 Kg8 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qg5 e5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nf4 26.
Bf5 Rh6 27. Rxf4 exf4 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Qxf4 Qe7 30. Rf1 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6
32. Rg1 Rdf8 33. Rg5 g6 34. b3 Kh7 35. Kb2 Kh6 36. Rg1 Rf1 37. Rg4 R8f4 38.
Rg3 R1f2 39. Rc3 Rd4 40. Rc6 Rdd2 41. a4 b4 42. a5 Kg5 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Kc1
Ke5 45. Kb2 Rd4 46. Rc6 Rf1 47. Bg4 Re4 48. Rb6 Kxd5 49. Bc8 Ree1 50. Rxb4
Rb1+ 51. Kc3 Rf3+ 52. Kd2 Rf2+ 53. Kc3 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2