D. Dubov vs M. Carlsen
In recent online tournaments Magnus Carlsen did not fare too well against Daniil Dubov. At the Steinitz Memorial in May Carlsen lost against Dubov and a few days later the World Champion lost another game against his young rival, this time at the Lindores Abbey Tournament.
In round 4 of the preliminaries of the Chessable Masters Carlsen tried a bold and inspired exchange sacrifice against Dubov and reached a promising position, but then the World Champion lost the thread and the game.
| 1.e4 | 1,166,623 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 947,298 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,602 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 182,102 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,702 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,265 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,897 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,801 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,756 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,206 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 954 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 664 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 433 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 280 | 56% | 2418 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 110 | 60% | 2466 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 92 | 46% | 2436 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.h3 d6 4.Bf4 Nbd7 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 Ne4 9.Qc2 e5 10.Bh2 Ng5 11.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 12.Nxf3 Re8 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Rac1 exd4 15.exd4 Bh6 16.Bd3 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Qf6 18.Bf4 Nf8 19.Bg5 Qh8 20.d5 cxd5 21.cxd5 Nd7 22.Bb5 Qg7 23.Bh6 Qf6 24.Rd4 a6 25.Rf4 Qe7 26.Bxd7 Bxd7 27.Bg5 Rac8 28.Qa1 Qe2 29.b3 Rc2 30.Bh4 Rb2 31.Kh2 Qc2 32.Rc4 Qb1 33.Qxb1 Rxb1 34.Rc7 Bf5 35.Bf6 h6 36.Nd2 Rd1 37.Nc4 Rxd5 38.Rxb7 Be6 39.Ra7 Rd1 40.Nb2 Rd2 41.Kg3 g5 42.Rxa6 Rc8 43.h4 gxh4+ 44.Kf3 Rcc2 45.Na4 Rxf2+ 46.Ke3 Rxf6 0–1
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| Carlsen,M | 2863 | Dubov,D | 2699 | 0–1 | 2020 | A46 | Chessable Masters GpA | 4.2 |
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But Carlsen recovered from this setback and started the second part of the preliminaries with a fine and convincing win against his old rival Hikaru Nakamura.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nb5 Ne8 8.e3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 a6 11.Nbd4 Bxc5 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Ba2 Ndf6 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Ndc6 Qh4 17.Bg3 Qg5 18.h4 Qf6 19.Ng4 Qxb2 20.Bxd6 bxc6 21.Rc2 Qb5 22.Bxf8 Nxf8 23.h5 h6 24.Qf3 Qxh5 25.Qxc6 Nc7 26.Qf3 Nd5 27.e4 e5 28.Nxh6+ 1–0
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| Carlsen,M | 2863 | Nakamura,H | 2736 | 1–0 | 2020 | D37 | Chessable Masters GpA | 6.3 |
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In round 9 Carlsen had Black against Dubov and continued to show powerful and inspired chess.
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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 Ba6 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.Bb2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Nce4 14.Ncxe4 dxe4 15.b5 Bb7 16.e3 Bb4 17.Re2 Qd3 18.Rb1 Bc3 19.Ba3 Rfd8 20.Rb3 Qxc4 21.Qe1 Qd5 22.Bb4 Qxb3 23.axb3 Bxb4 24.Bf1 a5 25.Qd1 h6 0–1
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| Dubov,D | 2699 | Carlsen,M | 2863 | 0–1 | 2020 | D43 | Chessable Masters GpA | 9.2 |
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