Yakubboev edges Abdusattorov on tiebreak criteria to win UzChess Cup

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/15/2024 – Nodirbek Yakubboev was declared winner of the UzChess Cup after scoring a draw from a position of strength against Yu Yangyi in Friday’s final round. Yakubboev collected as many points as his higher-rated compatriot Nodirbek Abdusattorov, but obtained a better tiebreak score. Yu and Alexey Sarana finished a half point behind. The strong round-robin in Tashkent saw Parham Maghsoodloo, Alexander Grischuk and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ending the event in the bottom three places. | Photos: Official website
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The underdog and the top seed

Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Nodirbek Yakubboev entered the UzChess Cup, a strong 10-player round-robin, as the highest-rated and lowest-rated participants, respectively. After 9 rounds of play, the Nodirbeks finished tied for first place with 5½ points each, and it was Yakubboev, the rating underdog in Tashkent, who grabbed the tournament title.

Coincidentally, Abdusattorov and Yakubboev played on boards 1 and 2 for the Uzbek squad that took home gold medals from Chennai after winning the 2022 Chess Olympiad. Though Abdusattorov has reached the elite of the sport (he is currently ranked fifth in the world), Yakubboev has demonstrated that he is capable of over-performing in important events — remarkably, he won the 2023 Qatar Masters ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura.

Yakubboev was one of two players who ended the event undefeated. While the eventual champion grabbed 2 wins and 8 draws, Richard Rapport went through the whole 9 rounds without a single win nor a single loss, as he drew all his games to get a final 4½/9 score.

The tournament in Tashkent featured 8 players with a 2700+ rating, which makes Yakubboev’s victory all the more impressive. Out of the 10 participants, 7 ended the event with a 50-percent score or above, with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (rated 2734), Alexander Grischuk (2719) and Parham Maghsoodloo (2733) the only three players who did not collect at least 4½ points.

Sharing third place with 5 points each were Yu Yangyi and Alexey Sarana. Yu beat Sarana in their round-3 direct encounter.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alexey Sarana

Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Alexey Sarana signed a 26-draw in round 9

Maghsoodloo 0 - 1 Yu

Round 7 - Analysis by André Schulz

Yu Yangyi

Yu Yangyi

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1.d4 25 Nf6 8 2.Nf3 24 e6 2:19 3.Bf4 24 c5 34 4.e3 13 Nc6 2:31 5.Nbd2 59 h6 8:39 6.Nc4 12:39 d5 11:13 7.Nce5 10 Qb6 11 8.Rb1 6:52 Active counter play! The position is equal. Nxe5 24:32 9.Nxe5 1:09 Bd6 25 10.c3 2:14 Bd7 5:36 11.Bd3 1:43 Rd8 6:21 12.a4 2:29 0-0 5:53 13.h4 11:46 cxd4 1:10 14.exd4 49 Ne4 2:10 Dodges Bg5 15.0-0 6:56 15.f3!? Bxe5 16.Bxe5 15...Be8 9:20 aiming for ...f6. 16.Qg4 11:42 Qc7 10:10 17.Bc2 8:57 17.Bxh6? f5 17...Bxa4 18.Qxg7# 18.Qf4 Bxe5 18...gxh6? 19.Qxh6 Rf6 20.Qf4-+ 19.dxe5 gxh6-+ 17...Kh8 3:05 18.f3 10:42       Nf6 4:18 19.Qh3 2 Nh5 50 19...b5= 20.Bh2± 53 f6 4
21.f4 49 Hoping for g4! fxe5 56 21...f5! 22.fxe5+- 12 Be7 24 23.g4 4:07       And now Qd3 would win. Qc4 38 24.Rxf8+ 59       White has strong attack. 24.gxh5 Bxh5 25.Bf4 Rde8 24...Bxf8 1
This costs Black the game. 25.Qf3! 14 Be7 57 Much weaker is 25...Bxa4 26.b3 Qa6 26...Bxb3? 27.Bxb3 Qc7 28.Bc2+- 27.bxa4+- 27.gxh5 Bb5+- 25...Bf7 is a better defense. 26.Qxf7 26.gxh5 Bg8± 26...Qe2 26.gxh5 20 White is clearly winning. b5 33 26...Rc8 27.Rf1 Bxa4 27.Rf1 58 Kg8 15 Dodges Qf8+ 28.b3 44 Qc7 7 29.Qd3 1:45 g6 5 30.Qh3 3:14 Kg7 1:00 31.Qxe6 28 Bxh4 1:02
32.Qf6+‼ 5       Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.38. Loses game: --- Black=2 Mistake: --- Black=4 Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=11 Black=9 Best: White=2 --- Strong: White=1 --- 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Abdusattorov,N2766Maghsoodloo,P27331–02024A46UzChess Cup Masters 20241.1
Yu,Y2715Sindarov,J2668½–½2024D35UzChess Cup Masters 20241.2
Rapport,R2715Yakubboev,N2634½–½2024B50UzChess Cup Masters 20241.3
Vidit,S2721Mamedyarov,S2734½–½2024C70UzChess Cup Masters 20241.4
Grischuk,A2719Sarana,A27120–12024B23UzChess Cup Masters 20241.5
Mamedyarov,S2734Abdusattorov,N2766½–½2024D26UzChess Cup Masters 20242.1
Sarana,A2712Maghsoodloo,P27330–12024E52UzChess Cup Masters 20242.2
Yakubboev,N2634Vidit,S27211–02024D20UzChess Cup Masters 20242.3
Sindarov,J2668Rapport,R2715½–½2024B57UzChess Cup Masters 20242.4
Grischuk,A2719Yu,Y2715½–½2024D02UzChess Cup Masters 20242.5
Abdusattorov,N2766Yakubboev,N2634½–½2024C83UzChess Cup Masters 20243.1
Yu,Y2715Sarana,A27121–02024B45UzChess Cup Masters 20243.2
Rapport,R2715Grischuk,A2719½–½2024C54UzChess Cup Masters 20243.3
Vidit,S2721Sindarov,J2668½–½2024D47UzChess Cup Masters 20243.4
Maghsoodloo,P2733Mamedyarov,S2734½–½2024A48UzChess Cup Masters 20243.5
Sindarov,J2668Abdusattorov,N27661–02024B77UzChess Cup Masters 20244.1
Sarana,A2712Mamedyarov,S27341–02024D18UzChess Cup Masters 20244.2
Yakubboev,N2634Maghsoodloo,P27331–02024E20UzChess Cup Masters 20244.3
Grischuk,A2719Vidit,S2721½–½2024D02UzChess Cup Masters 20244.4
Yu,Y2715Rapport,R2715½–½2024B57UzChess Cup Masters 20244.5
Abdusattorov,N2766Grischuk,A27191–02024C54UzChess Cup Masters 20245.1
Rapport,R2715Sarana,A2712½–½2024B22UzChess Cup Masters 20245.2
Vidit,S2721Yu,Y2715½–½2024D02UzChess Cup Masters 20245.3
Maghsoodloo,P2733Sindarov,J2668½–½2024D46UzChess Cup Masters 20245.4
Mamedyarov,S2734Yakubboev,N2634½–½2024E29UzChess Cup Masters 20245.5
Yu,Y2715Abdusattorov,N27660–12024C55UzChess Cup Masters 20246.1
Sarana,A2712Yakubboev,N2634½–½2024E32UzChess Cup Masters 20246.2
Sindarov,J2668Mamedyarov,S2734½–½2024D22UzChess Cup Masters 20246.3
Grischuk,A2719Maghsoodloo,P2733½–½2024E06UzChess Cup Masters 20246.4
Rapport,R2715Vidit,S2721½–½2024C65UzChess Cup Masters 20246.5
Abdusattorov,N2766Rapport,R2715½–½2024A48UzChess Cup Masters 20247.1
Vidit,S2721Sarana,A2712½–½2024B90UzChess Cup Masters 20247.2
Maghsoodloo,P2733Yu,Y27150–12024A29UzChess Cup Masters 20247.3
Mamedyarov,S2734Grischuk,A2719½–½2024D14UzChess Cup Masters 20247.4
Yakubboev,N2634Sindarov,J2668½–½2024D35UzChess Cup Masters 20247.5
Vidit,S2721Abdusattorov,N2766½–½2024C54UzChess Cup Masters 20248.1
Sarana,A2712Sindarov,J26681–02024D43UzChess Cup Masters 20248.2
Grischuk,A2719Yakubboev,N2634½–½2024D02UzChess Cup Masters 20248.3
Yu,Y2715Mamedyarov,S2734½–½2024B12UzChess Cup Masters 20248.4
Rapport,R2715Maghsoodloo,P2733½–½2024C68UzChess Cup Masters 20248.5
Abdusattorov,N2766Sarana,A2712½–½2024A09UzChess Cup Masters 20249.1
Maghsoodloo,P2733Vidit,S27210–12024D28UzChess Cup Masters 20249.2
Mamedyarov,S2734Rapport,R2715½–½2024D17UzChess Cup Masters 20249.3
Yakubboev,N2634Yu,Y2715½–½2024D38UzChess Cup Masters 20249.4
Sindarov,J2668Grischuk,A2719½–½2024C50UzChess Cup Masters 20249.5

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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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