[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2725"] [ECO "C68"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bb4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Kf1 Rd3 20. Ke2 Rhd8 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bf4 b5 23. Rac1 Kb7 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rf1 a4 26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Be7 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Bc5 Bg5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Kc8 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Be3 Be7 36. c4 Bd6 37. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2690"] [ECO "C78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 b3 21. Bd3 c4 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxd4 24. Re3 Ng4 25. Rxa5 cxd3 26. Bf6 Qxf6 27. Qxg4+ Qg6 28. Rg5 Bxe3 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. fxe3 Rbd8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2