A "futuristic" Game of the Week: Dubov vs Giri

by Merijn van Delft
5/22/2019 – The FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Moscow is played in KO format, starting with 16 players. Top seeds Giri and Mamedyarov were eliminated in the very first round, which pretty much illustrates that everyone can beat anyone in this elite tournament. The only downside is that some players prefer quick draws, to save their energy for the tie-break. Nevertheless, some amazing chess is being played and tonight we'll focus today on the futuristic game Dubov vs Giri. The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is live at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).
On this DVD you will be taken on a journey through what is arguably the sharpest opening line known to men.

Game of the Week 363

Ideas and strategies in Grandmaster games can be quite instructive. IM Merijn van Delft presents games like these every Wednesday. On this week's show: Daniil Dubov vs Anish Giri from the Moscow Grand Prix.

The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium accounts.

Warm-up question: Guess what Dubov played here with White?

 
Dubov vs Giri, Moscow Grand Prix 2019
Position after 18...Bb4

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This week's show

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 c6 7.Nc3 b4 8.Nb1 Ba6 9.e5 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exf6 c5 12.Nbd2 c3 13.bxc3 bxc3 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.Bb5+ Bxb5 16.axb5 Qd5 17.Qxd4 Qxb5 18.Nxc3 Bb4 19.0-0-0 Qa5 20.Nb5 Na6 21.Qd7+ Kf8 22.Kb1 Ba3 23.Rd3 Qb4+ 24.Kc2 Qa4+ 25.Kd2 Bb4+ 26.Ke2 Kg8 27.Ne5 Qc2+ 28.Kf3 Rf8 29.Rhd1 h5 30.Qd4 Rh7 31.Qf4 Bc5 32.Nd4 Qa2 33.R1d2 Qd5+ 34.Ke2 Bb4 35.Ndc6 Qc5 36.Ne7+ Kh8 1–0
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Dubov,D2690Giri,A27871–02019Moscow FIDE Grand Prix2

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.

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