Anand crushes Shirov's French Defense in 28 moves

Featured here is an excellent attacking rapid chess game between Viswanathan Anand and Alexey Shirov from the 2000 Fujitsu Siemens Giants. In response to Shirov's French Defense, Anand chooses the Steinitz variation with the underdeveloping 5. Nce2 to maintain a full pawn center. The presence of Anand's d4 pawn is primarily felt by Shirov's knight on d7. Interestingly enough, once Shirov's knight arrives on d7, it never moves again.
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