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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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Game:
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| Daniil Dubov | 2636 |
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| Alexei Shirov | 2695 |
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1.5
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Pictures by Vladimir Barsky
LinksThe 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. |
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