Showing posts with label #heritagechess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #heritagechess. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Armageddon Dubov-Nakamura chess24 LindoresAbbey #Heritage Chess Key Moments with Analysis



Dubov is white and must win. Nakamura is Black and must draw or win. Opening was 1e4 e5 2Nc3 Vienna Opening. 
Position 1

Here the normal variation should be 12Nf4 Nf4 12Bf4 0-0 13 Qh5 with a += assessment. white's a bit better but the game goes on. Instead, Daniil Dubov chose 12.Bd5! after thinking for 30 seconds which brings us here 

Position 2 

 Now Black had to play 12..fg3+ 13 Ng3 Bd5 14 Qh5 Ne7 with White being better. the point of white's play is that Bd5 and Bc5 are hanging while Black hasn't castled yet. 15 Nd5 Qd5 16 Qd5 Nd5 17Rf5! 0-0-0 18c4! wins the bishop in c5. Black has only two pawns for a piece. But Nakamura doesn't sense the danger and replied 12..Bd5 instantly . He is definitely trying to play fast the opening. Logically the game goes on as this from diagram 12..Bd5?? 13 Nf4 

 Position 3 

 White is attacking the bishop in d5. if you retreat: 13..Be6 14 Ne6 fe6 15Qh5+ Kd7 16 Qc5 wins a piece. The bishop on c5 is loose. So Hikaru spent 15 seconds and played 13..Ne7 on which Dubov replied 14 Qh5 c6 15Ncxd5 cd5 which brings us to the final position 

Position 4 
Can you spot the winning move ? with simple moves, Dubov achieved a winning position in 16 moves. Answer is 16Ne6!
Position 5

 Black is lost here. 16..Qd6 17Ng7+Kd7 18 Rf7! and White converted easily. Replay full game here.

Dubov won because he sensed this was a critical position at move 12 and invested 30 seconds to calculate and choose a dangerous move. Nakamura played instantly the obvious reply but this is lost by force. Speed is important but speed at all cost wasn't the right strategy. 

Kudos to Dubov who won the event, after Nakamura eliminated Carlsen in the semi-finals. Dubov had to win against Sergey Karjakin who was also very strong in this format.

Armageddon Game: Dubov wins against Nakamura #LindoresAbbey # Heritagechess

Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Final Game 5 : Dubov upsets Nakamura by winning Armageddon Game.

 He tried 1e4 e5 2Nc3 Vienna Opening and reached a winning position after 16 moves.
 
Nakamura tried to play too quickly and spent no time on 12..Bd5?? which loses by force. Instead Dubov invested 30 seconds into playing 12Bd5! which was a strong move and not the natural and obvious 12Nf4. 
He saw this would cause problems for Black who hasn't castled. Nakamura failed to sense this was already a key moment and had to solve his issue around being behind in development.

 
Dubov-Nakamura Final Game 5- 3/6/2020



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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Match2 HeritageChess Lindores Abbey Rapid: Nakamura-Dubov Game 1 June 2nd 2020

Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Final Game 1 : Dubov upsets Nakamura by winning first game with Black. Sicilian Alapin B22
Dubov-Nakamura Final Game 1- 2/6/2020



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Dubov-Nakamura Game 4 (1/2-1/2) on Match 2 : Dutch Opening By Hikaru

Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Final Game 4 : Hikaru must win with Black but was held to a draw by Dubov
Dubov-Nakamura Finale Game 4- 2/6/2020



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Monday, June 1, 2020

Carlsen-Nakamura Armageddon (Lindores Abbey Online Rapid) #HeritageChess

Hikaru with Black won the decisive game, and the 3rd match ( he lost first match 0-3, won second 2.5-1.5, and had tied 3rd match 2-2). Hikaru will play Daniil Dubov in the final starting June 1st. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/lindores-abbey-rapid-challenge-2020



Screen Capture from the game