Spectacular Shirov In Lublin
While the Candidates matches in Kazan held the attention of the chess world, they produced few exciting or decisive games, and crowded out some other interesting events.
Besides Vasilly Ivanchuk's win at the Capablanca Memorial, there was also some real fighting chess in Lublin, Poland from 15-21 May, where Alexei Shirov took first prize.
The format of the tournament was an 8-player single round-robin, and Shirov won with a score of 5/7. All his games from Lublin are below, including a King's Gambit in round four!
Official site here. The final standings:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | |
| 1 | SHIROV Alexei | ESP | 2709 | 5.0 |
| 2 | GRACHEV Boris | RUS | 2669 | 4.5 |
| 3 | ZHIGALKO Sergei | BLR | 2679 | 4.5 |
| 4 | ROIZ Michael | ISR | 2660 | 4.0 |
| 5 | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | IND | 2676 | 4.0 |
| 6 | SOCKO Bartosz | POL | 2654 | 2.0 |
| 7 | WOJTASZEK Radoslaw | POL | 2721 | 2.0 |
| 8 | ALEKSEEV Evgeny | RUS | 2673 | 2.0 |
