Game of the Week #386
These days it is no longer automatic at all that Russia wins an international team event, but at the European Team Championship the team led by Dmitry Andreikin, who had the best performance on board 1, won the tournament. Another key role was played by the very creative Daniil Dubov on the last board. Tonight we'll study his fantastic game against Rasmus Svane.
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Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
Dubov vs Svane, Batumi 2019
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This DVD provides everything you need to know to be able to play one of the most classical openings with Black, the Nimzo-Indian, arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. Nearly every World Championship and top tournament features the Nimzo-Indian.
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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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Dubov,D | 2699 | Svane,R | 2592 | 1–0 | 2019 | | 22nd European Teams | 7.4 |
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