Chessable Masters: Dubov barely knocked out

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/23/2020 – In Group A of the Chessable Masters preliminary round-robin, Daniil Dubov was sharing the lead after 8 (out of 10) rounds, but back-to-back losses against Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura left him out of the competition. Pentala Harikrishna was also eliminated, as Vladislav Artemiev, Carlsen, Nakamura and Alexander Grischuk moved on to the quarterfinals. | Photo: Abu Dhabi Masters Tournament

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Falling at the last hurdle


World Champion Magnus Carlsen and eleven more of the world's best chess players are competing in the Chessable Masters by chess24, the third event in the $1 million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour, taking place from June 20 to July 5.


Going by ratings and frequency of participation in top events, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk and Daniil Dubov were the favourites to advance to the quarterfinals from Group A of the Chessable Masters preliminaries. However, with Vladislav Artemiev showing consistently strong chess since the start, one of them had to leave. Carlsen was the top scorer on day two, so Nakamura, Grischuk and Dubov were the ones fighting for the last spot, and it was Dubov who ended up eliminated from the competition.

Dubov, who came from winning the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge, caught Artemiev in the lead by beating him in round 7 and was still sharing first place before the penultimate round. From that point on, all went wrong for the Russian — he lost to Carlsen and Nakamura, while Grischuk scored in a must-win situation to take him out on tiebreak criteria.

Carlsen’s strong performance on Monday got him first place in the group, while Artemiev came second. The last five rounds of Group B, to be played on Tuesday, will decide the remaining four spots in the quarterfinals.

 

Chessable Masters 2020

Carlsen beats Nakamura

World numbers one and two in the blitz official ratings list, Nakamura and Carlsen, have been showing their strength as quick-play specialists during this period of online chess events. The fan favourites were paired up against each other in the first round of the day, with Carlsen getting the white pieces. The world champion was in the driver’s seat out of the opening:

 
Carlsen vs. Nakamura - Round 6
Position after 15...Nd7

As usual, tactics favour the player holding the positional trumps, thus 16.Ndc6, when Black cannot play 16...bxc6 due to 17.Nxc6 Bf6 18.Bxd6. Nakamura found nothing better than 16...Qh4 and White gained an exchange in a forcing sequence — 17.Bg3 Qg5 18.h4 Qf6 19.Ng4 Qxb2 20.Bxd6 bxc6 21.Rc2 Qb5 22.Bxf8. Carlsen was in good shape tactically and quickly converted his advantage.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.a3 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4. 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Qc2 Nfd5 10.Bg3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rfd1 Bd7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Qe4 N4d5 1-0 (46) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020 6...Nbd7 7.Nb5 Ne8! 8.e3 The position is equal. dxc4 9.Bxc4
9...c5N 9...a6!? 10.Nc3 b5 Predecessor: 9...a6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 Bb7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.a4 c4 1-0 (32) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Jakovenko,D (2698) Jerusalem 2019 10.dxc5 Black must now prevent b4. a6 11.Nbd4 And now b4 would win. Bxc5 12.0-0 White fights for an advantage. Qe7 13.Rc1 Bd6 13...e5= remains equal. 14.Bg5 Ndf6 14.Ba2± Ndf6 15.Ne5! Nd7 15...Nd5± 16.Ndc6!+- Qh4 17.Bg3 Qg5
18.h4! Qf6
19.Ng4! Qxb2 20.Bxd6 bxc6 21.Rc2 Qb5 22.Bxf8 Nxf8 23.h5 h6 23...Qxh5 might work better. 24.Qf3 24.Rxc6 Bd7± 24...Ra7 24.Qf3 Qxh5? 24...Bd7 25.Rd1 Ra7 25.Qxc6 Double Attack Nc7? 25...Nd6 26.Qxd6 26.Qxa8 Bb7± 26...Qxg4 26.Qf3 White is clearly winning. Nd5 27.e4 e5
28.Nxh6+! Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 35%.
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Carlsen,M2881Nakamura,H28291–02020Chessable Masters by chess24-A6

Dubov defeats Artemiev in style

These two strong Russian players have contrasting styles, with Artemiev preferring technical fights while Dubov tends to go for complex, tactical battles. The latter had the white pieces in their direct encounter of round 7, and did not hesitate to attack his slightly younger opponent:

 
Dubov vs. Artemiev - Round 7
Position after 14...Qe8

Dubov gave up a pawn in order to open up lines for his pieces, and continued with 15.e5 Nh7 16.Rg3 (note that his pawn is already on h4). Artemiev defended stubbornly, but the tactical nature of the position seemed to better fit Dubov’s style, who ended up getting the win in 34 moves. With this victory, he joined his compatriot in the lead.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Rc1 D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation. 0-0 8...Ne4!? 9.Ndxe4 dxe4= 9.Be2 Bxc3 10.Rxc3 The position is equal. Qxa2 11.Qc1 Strongly threatening Ra3. Qa5 12.Ra3 Qd8
13.e4N And now e5 would win. Predecessor: 13.0-0 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nb3 Qb6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qc7 exd4 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.Qc5 0-1 (40) Molner,M (2499)-Dreev,A (2628) Las Vegas 2015 13...h6 13...dxe4?! 14.Nxe4! h6 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Bxh6!± 14.h4 next e5 is good for White. White has compensation. Qe8 14...dxe4 15.Qc3 14...e5= 15.e5± Nh7 16.Rg3 Kh8 16...hxg5 17.hxg5 g6 18.Rgh3+- 17.Nf3 f5 But not 17...hxg5? 18.hxg5 Kg8 19.Rgh3+- 17...Rg8± 18.exf6 Ndxf6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne5 White is out for blood. Ne4 21.Re3 c5! 22.dxc5 Rf5 23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Qc3 b6
24...Bd7= keeps the balance. 25.g4!
25...Rxe5! 26.Qxe5 Qc6 27.g5 White wants to mate with gxh6. h5? A mistake that costs the game. 27...e3± 28.Rf1 Qxc5 29.Qxc5 29.Qxe3 hxg5 30.hxg5 Kg8 29...bxc5 28.0-0 Threatens to win with b4. Qxc5? 28...Bb7 29.b4 29.Bxh5 e3± 29...e3 29.Qxe4+- Rb8 30.Qg6 Intending Qe8+ and mate. Qf5 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Rd1 32.Bxh5 Bd7 33.Qxb8 32...Bb7 33.Qxb8 Double Attack Qe4
34.Bd3! Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 40%.
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Dubov,D2770Artemiev,V27691–02020Chessable Masters by chess24-A7

Grischuk and Nakamura win on demand

Everything that could go wrong went wrong for Dubov in the last two rounds. First, he could not help himself in entering a double-edged struggle against Carlsen. The world champion came from showcasing his usual in-control style throughout the day, and won the game by pinning his opponent’s pieces which were stuck on the first and second ranks:

 
Dubov vs. Carlsen - Round 9
Position after 25.Qd1

Black’s 25...h6 demonstrated just how paralyzed White’s pieces are. Dubov resigned.

So Dubov was a half point behind co-leaders Artemiev and Carlsen going into the last round, with Nakamura and Grischuk a full point behind. Dubov had black against Nakamura and Grischuk played white against Harikrishna. The one scenario in which he would be knocked out became a reality, as Grischuk defeated Harikrishna and Nakamura beat him in a game that had a spectacular finish:

 
Nakamura vs. Dubov - Round 10
Position after 26...Qe2

White is two pieces up, but has to deal with the pin along the dark-squared diagonal and the f-file. The most elegant solution? 27.Qe5+ — Black resigned. A heartbreaking end of the tournament for the ever-combative Russian.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 b6 9.Re1 E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7). Ba6 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.Bb2 The position is equal. c5 12.dxc5
12...Nxc5N Predecessor: 12...dxc4 13.c6 Nb8 14.Nxc4 Nxc6 15.Rc1 Bc5 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qe7 18.e3 Bb4 0-1 (48) Zaremba,A (2348)-Shaposhnikov,E (2557) chess.com INT 2017 13.b4 Nce4 14.Ncxe4 dxe4 15.b5 Bb7 aiming for ...Bb4. 16.e3 Bb4 17.Re2 Qd3 And now ...Rfd8 would win. 18.Rb1 Hoping for Bxf6. Bc3 Black is pushing. 19.Ba3? White does not recover from this. 19.Bxc3= and White is okay. Qxc3 20.Qa4 19...Rfd8-+ 20.Rb3
20.Bb4 20...Qxc4! Pin 21.Qe1 21.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 21...Qd5 22.Bb4
22...Qxb3! Remove Defender. Black is clearly winning. 23.axb3 Strongly threatening Bxc3. Bxb4 24.Bf1 a5 25.Qd1 h6 Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 100%.
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Dubov,D2770Carlsen,M28810–12020Chessable Masters by chess24-A9
Grischuk,A2784Harikrishna,P26901–02020Chessable Masters by chess24-A10
Nakamura,H2829Dubov,D27701–02020Chessable Masters by chess24-A10

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Final standings - Group A

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Carlsen Magnus 6,0 1,0
2 Artemiev Vladislav 6,0 1,0
3 Nakamura Hikaru 5,0 2,5
4 Grischuk Alexander 5,0 2,0
5 Dubov Daniil 5,0 1,5
6 Harikrishna Pentala 3,0 0,0

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1.e4 2.9 e5 1:48 2.Nf3 25 Nc6 4 3.Bb5 14 a6 5 4.Ba4 7 Nf6 12 5.0-0 16 Be7 23 6.Bxc6 15 dxc6 5 7.d3 25 Nd7 1:12 8.Nbd2 39 f6 1:20 9.Nh4 3:04 g6 6:53 10.Nc4 6:45 Nc5 3:30 11.Bh6 7:46 Be6 3:25 12.Ne3 3:35 Bf7 1:47 13.Nf3 2:38 Qd7 1:16 14.a4 3:25 a5 5:01 15.Qd2 7:03 b6 9:12 16.h3 5:47 Be6 1:52 17.Qe2 9:40 Bxh3 7:56 18.Nxe5 5:53 fxe5 2:49 19.gxh3 8 Ne6 14:32 20.Qg4 5:20 0-0-0 12 21.Nc4 2:00 Bf6 25 22.b4 1:54 g5 14:15 23.Qf5 3:30 Nd4 3:47 24.Qxf6 9:48 Qxh3 1:09 25.f3 49 Qg3+ 7:08 26.Kh1 13 Qh3+ 3:38 27.Kg1 9 Ne2+ 42 28.Kf2 37 Qh2+ 17 29.Ke3 2:44 Nd4 1:14 30.Rf2 1:08 Nxc2+ 15 31.Ke2 38 Nd4+ 6 32.Ke3 15 Qf4+ 1:34 33.Qxf4 43
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Danielian,E2398Wikar,M22392.6954391
Narva,M2380Velikic,A22142.9954395
Stefanova,A2426Abdinova,N21652.29954429
Milliet,S2371Yildiz,E21602.31954433
Injac,T2454Silva,A18932.43954450
Rudzinska,M2223Socko,M23692.13954400
Tsolakidou,S2445Kosma,M18262.26954426
Javakhishvili,L2429Rodshtein,T21712.28954428
Donghvani,N2025Sieber,F22762.38954443
Allahverdiyeva,A2266Ushenina,A24282.3954386
Smietanska,W2254Khotenashvili,B24182.4954387
Maltsevskaya,A2376Dwilewicz,K22032.11954397
Zherebtsova,A2229Atalik,E23752.12954398
Lehaci,M2212Bulmaga,I23622.15954406
Zawadzka,J2326Kirtadze,A21802.19954410
Karacsonyi,K2198Unuk,L23012.21954413
Kiolbasa,O2360Heinatz,G21112.32954434
Gaponenko,I2349Vidic,T21002.34954436
Zhukova,N2306Mihaljevic,E20392.45954453
Urh,Z2244Fataliyeva,U23872.8954394
Gevorgyan,M2234Vega Gutierrez,S23802.10954396
Ibrahimova,S2199Antolak,J23142.20954412
Radeva,V2297Bochnickova,A20512.23954415
Golsta,M1979Yao,L22942.24954416
Bochnickova,S2167Daulyte-Cornette,D23892.30954430
Khachatryan,A2091Guichard,P23552.33954435
Ter-Avetisjana,A2100Mammadova,G23422.35954438
Sliwicka,A2342Hapala,E20922.36954441
Bhatia,K2012Doluhanova,E22872.37954442
Harutyunyan,G1793Sandu,M22302.41954448
Kochavi,D2301Caku,K20362.46954454
Zvereva,M2033Schippke,M22472.47954455
Khurtsilava,I2214Subramanian,A20262.48954457
Karadas,H1931Cornileau,J21302.55954472
Saraci,N1692Zagorac,L21062.62954484
Zimina,O2293Korenova,M20452.25954425
Krasteva,B2257Szente Varga,F20832.39954446
Calzetta Ruiz,M2230Tirpan,C19962.40954447
Terbe,Z2179Valkova,A20012.50954464
Pavlidou,E2160Kiousi,P19982.51954465
Eric,J2147Krkyasharyan,S19892.52954469
Zaksaite,S2137Golsta,R19432.53954470
Alexandri,D1995Ciolacu,A21362.54954471
Dicen,E2129Alexandri,V19272.56954475
Nenova,A1903Nadzamova,V21222.57954476
Mitraka,C1820Koridze,L21152.59954480
Paasikangas,J2106Bania,E18092.61954483
Tsetskhladze,M2105Recica,J17162.63954486
Sivanandan,B2073Korinioti,M16672.64954487
Kaka,R1509Grapsa,G20652.65954488
Krkyasharyan,S1989Schneider,J22511.48875347
Mkrtchyan,M2282Batsiashvili,N24732.1954383
Mkrtchian,L2388Jarocka,L22312.7954393
Avramidou,A2275Arabidze,M24472.2954384
Roebers,E2367Mgeladze,K22002.14954403
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Brunello,M2330Prado Acebo,I21992.17954408
Gaboyan,S2200Toncheva,N23292.18954409
Nahapetyan,A1887Lach,A22082.42954449
Johnson,D2326Stearman,J24419.2912762
Cordts,I2151Schneider-Zinner,H23274.1943748
Belkahia,T2068Lindam,I21514.6943753
Mamedjarova,T2206Savina,A23312.16954407
Kulon,K2401Shuqja,K20492.44954452
Schloffer,J2188Hariharan,S20242.49954463
Berke,A2119Kalyva,K18852.58954477
Rida,R2065Lamprianou,M14982.66954490
Revelioti,E1470Huseynova,L20652.67954491
Acarbay,A2052Lamprianou,D-2.68954493
Sheehan,E2363Gauri,S23489.1912761
Adewumi,T2362Paragua,M24399.3912763
Kolthoff,S2121Belke,F22354.2943749
Hess,C2168Mueller,M23074.3943750
Pieper,T2178Schober,R20774.4943751
Pollmann,S2071Loew,G21754.5943752
Schrems,H2114Scheckenbach,F20454.7943754
Freundorfer,J2068Kannenberg,K21134.8943756
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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.

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