A great game!

White: Viswanathan Anand        Black: Alexei Shirov

Frankfurt, 2000. French Defense

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nf3 Ae7 9.a3 0-0 10.h4 (In this way, Anand initiates an ambitious plan of attack) 10...f6 11.Rh3 Na5 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Nc4 14.Ng3 a5? (it was necessary to react in the center and, he does it by means of the sacrifice 14...fxe5 15.fxe5 Ndxe5 16.dxe5 Nxe5; with a very complex game) 15.Bd3 f5 (it is too late to 15...fxe5 owing to 16.Bxh7+! Kxh7 17.Ng5+ Bxg5 18.hxg5+ Kg8 19.Qh5 with decisive attack) 16.Ng5 Rd8 17.Qh5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5! (but not 18.hxg5 Nf8 and, blacks attain to defend themselves) 18...Rf8 19.Nh5 Rf7 20.Rg3 g6 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.b5! (fine play, controlling the square of escape f8, looking for the c1 bishop entry to the attack) 22...Qxb5 23.Ba3 b6 24.Qh6 Bb7 25.Rxg6+! (it is a black castling lethal destruction) 25...hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Qxf7 Rg8 28.Bf8! and Shirov resigned because if 28...Nxf8 29.Nf6 or 28...Qb2 29.Bg7+ Kh7 30.Bf6+ Kh6 31.Bg5+ it will be checkmated in both cases.