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From the Tata Steel Chess 2011 site:
The fastest win of the round was for Dutch champion Jan Smeets who sprung a theoretical novelty on Spain�s Alexei Shirov at the 22nd move of their Ruy Lopez (see picture). Playing black, Shirov was copying a game which had earned him an easy half point in last year�s tournament, unaware that Smeets had given it special attention. �Just to make sure it really worked, my second and I had even checked the idea only half an hour before the start of the round�, Smeets said. �You can imagine how glad I was when the line came onto the board. Shirov didn�t see it coming. When he realized how strong it was, he sacrificed a piece for three pawns. But that was far from enough. He resigned three moves later.�