Judit Polgar smashes Shirov's Modern Defense

This is a chess game between Judit Polgar and Alexey Shirov from Amsterdam, 1995. Six of Shirov's first seven moves are pawn moves in a Modern Defense. Once Polgar's knight arrives on e4, the position becomes critical. Shirov's delay in addressing the e4-knight post would be his downfall. Polgar soon thereafter finds a way to exploit Shirov's lack of development, first with a pawn sacrifice and next with a piece sacrifice. Polgar's final move in this 21-move encounter is both rare and aesthetic.
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PGN
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bb3 a5
8.a3 Ba6 9.d5 cxd5 10.exd5 e5 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Ba4+
Nd7 14.N2c3 Ke7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4 Qxd5 17.Bg5+ Ndf6 18.Rd1
Qb7 19.Rd7+ Qxd7 20.Bxd7 h6 21.Qd1

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