Battle of Generations: Shirov-Dubov

by Albert Silver
12/3/2013 – As the brainchild of Russian businessman Oleg Skvortsov, a match called the Battle of Generations is being held at the Digital October center between rising junior Daniil Dubov and legendary Alexei Shirov. It is a six-game match with blitz games if any end in a draw, and enjoys high-res video broadcast via ChessTV. The opening ceremony was a party at a chic Moscow restaurant. Great games and pictures.
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Battle of Generations: Shirov-Dubov

The gorgeous Patriach Pond in Moscow

On Sunday in a Moscow restaurant, a stone's throw from the famous Patriarch's Pond, the cozy opening ceremony for a match between grandmasters Alexei Shirov (Latvia) and Daniil Dubov (Russia) took place. This bout between two immensely talented representatives of two different generations was the brainchild of Russian businessman Oleg Skvortsov.

Oleg Skvortsov and his wife Natalia Shevando talk with GM Alexander Volzhin

Daniil Dubov in good company

Alexei Shirov

Daniil Dubov sporting overgrown peach fuzz or undergrown mustache

The drawing of lots was a simple couple of kings hidden in an ice bucket

Alexander Volzhin and Natalia Zhukova

The party in full swing

Chief Editor of "64" Mark Glukhovsky, Alexander Morozevich and Oleg Skvortsov

WGM Anna Burtasova

The two grandmasters will play six games with FIDE time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest with a 30-second per move increment, starting from move one. Even if one of the two effectively wins the match before the end, all six games are guaranteed to be played. If on the other hand, no winner is the winner will be determined in advance, will be played all the games. And they are unable to decide a winner then a blitz match will be held to break the tie. The tiebreak is unlimited and they will play sets of two games until a winner emerges. Another interesting idea by Oleg Skvortsov

The world's oldest grandmaster Yuri Averbakh and photographer Boris G. Dolmatovsky

Daniil Dubov, Catherine Sekenova and Mikhail Kobalia

Chief editor Maxim Notkin, ChessPro coach Vasily Gagarin, and Olga Dolgov

Alexander Morozevich shares his secrets

Soon others join to pick his brain

Finally, they organize tag-team blitz games for fun

The match will be held from 2 to 8 December at the "Digital October" center.  ChessTV is broadcasting the games live in their signature high quality video, with commentary (in Russian) by grandmaster Sergey Shipov, Dani Dubov’s coach. Admission at the venue is free for spectators.

Daniil Dubov greets Alexei Shirov in game two

After the first game ended in a draw in a hard fought Anti-Meran, the two faced off in a couple of blitz games, which ended in favor of the younger Dubov. This does not count toward the match score however, and in game two, in an extremely sharp Anti-Meran Gambit, Shirov scored the first win and leads 1.5-0.5

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.e4 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Rxc5 16.Qe2 Qb8 17.Bd4 Ra5 18.g3 Nd7 19.Nd2 Be5 20.Qe3 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Bc6 23.Be2 Nf6 24.Qe3 h6 25.Rdc1 Bb5 26.Rc2 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 Nd7 28.Nc4 Rc5 29.Rd1 Nb6 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Rd2 Qc7 32.Nxb6 Qxb6 33.Rd7 Rc7 34.Rxc7 ½–½
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Shirov,A2695Dubov,D2629½–½2013D45Battle of the Generations 20131

 

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Daniil Dubov 2636
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Alexei Shirov 2695
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Pictures by Vladimir Barsky

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The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.
Born in the US, he grew up in Paris, France, where he completed his Baccalaureat, and after college moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He had a peak rating of 2240 FIDE, and was a key designer of Chess Assistant 6. In 2010 he joined the ChessBase family as an editor and writer at ChessBase News. He is also a passionate photographer with work appearing in numerous publications, and the content creator of the YouTube channel, Chess & Tech.

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