Shen Siyuan giant killing first round
I have seen Shen Siyuan play for 3 DATMOs now and back in the first DATMO his rating was only 2100++. He is now rated 2337 and made one of the biggest tournament upset in the Singapore Masters by beating top seed GM Zhang Zhong in the very first round. This game got my attention because Shen Siyuan still stays faithful to his pet Scandinavian Defence at black even at this high level of chess.
Here is the game.
vs 
Zhang Zhong (white) - Shen Siyuan (black)
[Event "SICC 2007 Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Shen, Si Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. g3 Nb6 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. a4 Bd3 12. Qd1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nbxd5 14. Qb5 e6 15. Qxb7 Qd6 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qd1 Qb4 18. O-O Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Bc5 Qa5 22. Qe1 Qa6 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Be2 Qb7 25. Qa5 Qb2 26. Bb5 Bxd4 27. Qxa7 Bxc5 28. Qxc5 Nc3 29. Ba6 Ra8 30. Qc6 Ra7
31. Rfc1?? (losing the exchange) Rxa6 32. Qxa6 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Qxe2 34. Re1 Qa6 35. Ra2 Qc4 36. Rea1 Rd1+ 0-1
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This is a rather drawish endgame. after 31. Rfc1 Rxa6 32. Qxc3 !
The options are:
32… Rd1+ 33 Kg2 ?
I think still equal and may lead to four pawns + rook vs three pawns + rook
32… Qxc3?
Also leads to the same endgame.
Perhaps Im just an amateur.So Im very likely to miss some better continuations.
IF