Shirov saves tempo on castling: Moiseenko - Shirov, Slav defense blitz

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GM Alexei Shirov saves tempo on castling: GM Alexandr Moiseenko - GM Alexei Shirov, Salv defense blitz

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Qe4 Qb6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qg3 Bb7 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. O-O g5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Qxe5 22. Rac1+ Kb8 23. Rxf7 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Re7 Rde8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nc5 Rc8 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Bxd3 h6 31. Kf2 Kc7 32. Be2 a5 33. Bf3 Bc8 34. e4 Kd6 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. Be2 Bb7 37. Bd3 Bc6 38. g4 a4 39. g3 a3 40. Bc2 Bb5 41. Bd3 Bc6 42. Bc2 Bb7 43. Bd3 Kd6 44. Kd4 e5+ 45. Ke3 Bc8 46. Be2 Be6 47. Bd1 Kc5 48. Kd3 Bd7 49. Ke3 Bb5 50. Bc2 Bd7 51. Bd1 Be6 52. Bc2 Bxg4 53. Bd3 h5 54. Bc2 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Bd3 h3 57. Bf1 Be6 58. Kd3 Bxb3 59. Bxh3 Bxa2 60. Kc2 Bc4 61. Bg4 Kd4 0-1

The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves:

1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6

The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit. Although it was analyzed as early as 1590, it was not until the 1920s that it started to be explored extensively. Many masters of Slavic descent helped develop the theory of this opening, including Alapin, Alekhine, Bogoljubov, and Vidmar.

The Slav received an exhaustive test during the two Alekhine–Euwe World Championship matches in 1935 and 1937. Played by 11 of the first 13 world champions, this defense was particularly favored by Euwe, Botvinnik, and Smyslov. More recently the Slav has been adopted by Anand, Ivanchuk, Lautier, Short, and other top grandmasters, including use in six of the eight games that Vladimir Kramnik played as Black in the 2006 World Championship (in the other two, he played the related Semi-Slav Defense).

Today the theory of the Slav is very extensive and well-developed.

Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.

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