Game of the Week #418
With a current rating of 2699 Daniil Dubov is officially number 38 on the FIDE world ranking list. The young Russian who at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 14 days made his final grandmaster norm in 2011 is not only a great talent but he is also admired for his creative play.
Magnus Carlsen definitely had his reasons to invite Dubov to be part of his team at Carlsen's World Championship Match against Fabiano Caruana in London 2018. A few weeks after the match, in December 2018, Dubov became World Rapid Champion in St. Petersburg, ahead of Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru Nakamura.
And Dubov not only impresses with his results but also with the way he plays. The following spectacular win against Rasmus Svane at the European Team Championship 2019 in Georgia is just one particularly striking example.
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1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.Qc2 Ba6 8.0-0-0 dxc4 9.Ng5 Nc6 10.a3 g6 11.h4 Bd6 12.g3 Qe7 13.h5 e5 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Bg2 exf4 16.Bxc6 fxg3 17.Kb1 Rad8 18.f4 Bc8 19.Rde1 Kg7 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Rh7+ Kg8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qxg6+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Rg7 25.Bxd5 Ke8 26.Qh5+ Kd7 27.Qh3+ Ke8 28.Qh5+ Kd7 29.Be6+ Kc6 30.Qf3+ Kb5 31.Bxc4+ Ka5 32.Qd5+ Bc5 33.b4+ Ka4 34.Qg2 Bxb4 35.Qc6+ Kxa3 36.Bb3 Bd7 37.Qc1+ Kxb3 38.Qc2+ Ka3 39.Qa2# 1–0
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| Daniil Dubov | 2699 | Rasmus Svane | 2592 | 1–0 | 2019 | D37 | European Team Championship | 7.1 |
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Dubov is also famous for his opening novelties and his new opening concepts – a famous example is his stunning move 8...d5!? in the Anti-Marshall against Jonas Bjerre in round one of the European Team Championship.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 d5 9.exd5 Na5 10.Nxe5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Bb7 12.Nc6 Bxc6 13.dxc6 Bc5 14.d3 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Qd4+ 16.Be3 Ng4+ 17.Kf3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Rae8 19.Re2 Qf6+ 20.Kg3 g5 21.Rf2 Qd6+ 22.Kh3 Qh6+ 23.Kg4 Qh4+ 0–1
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| Jonas Buhl Bjerre | 2506 | Daniil Dubov | 2699 | 0–1 | 2019 | C84 | European Team Championship | 1.1 |
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At the Chessable Masters things at first went fine for Dubov but in the end he narrowly missed to qualify for the finals. 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. But then 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.
However, Dubov again played fascinating chess throughout the tournament and his win against Artemiev in round 7 is definitely one of the highlights of the Chessable Masters. In his show Merijn takes a closer look at this game.
But first warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
D. Dubov - V. Artemiev, Chessable Masters, Round 7
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