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https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...oseev_Vladimir What a game. Black sacrifices a bishop for dangerous knight play!
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https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...mniachtchi_Ian Dubov takes down Nepo with superstar tactics - 23.Bxg6!! -
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...arjakin_Sergey Dubov beats the top two finishers sensationally.Comment
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Russian Championship Superfinal
December 17, 2020
From chess.com
https://www.chess.com/news/view/nepo...hip-superfinal
Round 11, Dec. 16
Dubov, Daniil – Karjakin, Sergey
C53 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.b4 Bb6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd5 Nxc3 9.Nxc3 dxc3 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Re1 Qe8 14.Bb3 a5 15.Bf6 a4 16.Bc4 Ng6 17.Qd3 d5 18.exd6 Be6 19.Qxg6 fxg6 20.Rxe6 Qf7 21.Bxc3 Kh8 22.Re4 Qf5 23.Re7 Rg8 24.Bxg8 Rxg8 25.dxc7 Qc2 26.Be5 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 Bb6 28.h3 Kh7 29.Re1 a3 30.Kh2 g5 31.Nd4 Qc4 32.Nf5 Qxb4 33.Rc1 Kg6 34.Rxg7+ Kxf5 35.Rxg8 Bxc7 36.Bxc7 Qb2 37.Rc5+ Ke4 38.Rd8 1-0
Position after White’s 15.Bf6
Round 9, Dec. 14
Dubov, Daniil – Nepo
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O a4 12.Bc2 c5 13.Rb1 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bh6 Ba6 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.f4 Bxc3 19.Rf3 Qa5 20.e5 Kg8 21.Kh1 Rd8 22.e6 fxe6 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qc2 Bg7 25.Rg3 g5 26.Qg6 Qd2 27.Rxg5 Qc3 28.Qxe6+ Kf8 29.Re1 Qxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Bf6 31.Qh4 Rd6 32.Qh7 Ke8 33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Qa8 Bxg5 35.fxg5 c4 36.h4 b4 37.Qa7+ Ke8 38.Qb8+ Kf7 39.Qxb4 Rxd5 40.Qxa4 1-0
Final Standings
1 Nepo 7.5
2 Karjakin 7
3-4 Fedoseev, Dubov 6.5
5-6 Chigaev, Artemiev 6
7-8 Svidler, Vitiugov 5.5
9-10 Esipenko, Matlakov 5
11 Goganov 3.5
12 Antipov 2
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Russian Championship Superfinal
Friday, December 18, 2020
Leonard Barden’s column in The Guardian has the Dubov-Karjakin game as The Game of the Year
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...n-championship
Barden also adds this note about the pandemic:
The virus struck back at Moscow’s historic Central Chess Club when Mikhail Antipov was forced to withdraw on the rest day after six of the 11 rounds. The reason for Antipov’s departure was made public only on the final day, and the outcome could have been worse – all the other competitors tested negative. The 23-year-old Muscovite, junior world champion in 2015, had played more than half his games, so his score stood, but he had already met all the top four finishers so the result was unaffected.
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