White: GM Alexei Shirov
Black: Tom Wamsley
Internet Simultaneous, October 2000
Alekhine's Defense

 1 e4     Nf6
 2 e5     Nd5
 3 d4     d6
 4 Nf3    Bg4
 5 Be2    e6
 6 c4     Nb6
 7 O-O    Be7
 8 exd6   cxd6
 9 d5?

   This move gives up all White's advantage.  He now has no pawn breaks on the
   queenside, and a minority on the kingside.  It's hard to guess what Shirov
   was thinking.  Any developing move, or even 9 h3, would have been better.

 9 ...    e5!
10 b3     O-O
11 Bb2    N8d7
12 a4

   This allows Black to nail the queenside shut, but since the plan of pushing
   pawns to a3, b4, and c5 was so easily foiled, not much is lost.

12 ...    a5
13 Nc3    f5
14 Nb5    Nc5
15 Nd2    Bxe2
16 Qxe2   Nbd7
17 f4     e4
18 Bd4

   The last chance for an "interesting" pawn break was 18 g4.  Black should not
   play 18 ... fxg4 19 Nxe4 Nxb3 20 Rae1 with interesting complications, or
   18 ... g6? 19 gxf5 gxf5 20 Qg2+ Kf7 21 Qg7+ Ke8 22 Qxh7, but he would be OK
   after 18 ... Bf6; for instance, 19 Bxf6 Nxf6 20 gxf5 Qd7, followed by
   21 ... Rad8 and 22 ... Qxf5.

18 ...    Bf6
19 Qe3    Bxd4
20 Qxd4   Nf6
21 Rab1   Qd7
22 Rfd1   Ne8
23 Nf1    Nc7
24 Nc3    Rae8
25 Ne3    Rb8
26 Rd2    g6
27 g3     Qg7
28 Ne2    N7a6
29 Qxg7+  Kxg7
30 Nd4    Nb4
31 Nb5
     Drawn