[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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-36,-18,-9,2,-14,-16,4,14,-15,15,0,15,16,75,75,87,49,55,44,44,44,130,87,87,38,
142,142,116,172,189,69,335,424,669,733,1385,1579,1579,1649,1676,1841]} 1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 {This is not a variation that strong players
would try often. Dubov is very unconventional player and believes, that he can
outsmart his lesser opponent on the unknown territory.} 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7.
O-O (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nb6 (8... c6 9. f5 exf5 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12.
Qxd5 Qe7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ngf6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Qb7 Nh5 18.
Rae1 $18 {1-0 (30) Pym,T (2099)-Dignam,M (2194) Douglas 2005}) 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5
Bf8 11. Be3 h5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Na4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. O-O Qa4 17.
a3 a5 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. Qf1 Ra5 20. axb4 $18 {1-0 (22) Matic,Z (2176)-Jurkovic,
A (2339) Zagreb 2006}) (7. Be3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bd2
Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. h4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. h5 Rfd8
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 Rac8 20. Kf1 Rd6 21. Re1 Rcd8 22. Bb1 Qb5+ 23. Kg1 Qxb2 {
0-1 (23) Schlechter,C-Pillsbury,H Monte Carlo 1903}) (7. f5 exf5 8. Qb3 Qe7 9.
Ng5 fxe4 10. Nxf7 Kf8 11. Nxh8 Bxh8 12. Bxg8 Nf6 13. O-O $18 {1-0 (45)
Raedisch,P-Rossbach,M Kiel 2000}) 7... Ne7 (7... Nb6 8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Ne7 10. a4
a5 11. Na3 Qd7 12. b3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 c5 16. Bb5 Qd8 17.
Bd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Na8 19. Qe1 b6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. bxa5 Nxd4 $11 {
1-0 (90) Vucko,J (2187)-Babits,A (2270) Hungary 2005}) (7... c6 8. Nbd2 (8. f5
gxf5 9. h3 fxe4 10. hxg4 exf3 11. Qxf3 Qe7 12. b4 d5 13. Bb3 f6 14. b5 h5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. g5 f5 17. Qf4 Nf8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Re1 Ne7 20. Nd2 $16 {1/2-1/2
(39) Novak,I-Trapl,J Harrachov 1966}) 8... Qc7 9. b4 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Nb3
Nxf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Qe1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nxe5 16. Rh3 Nxd3 17. Qh4
h5 18. Rxd3 $18 {1-0 (44) Rodriguez Dorado,V-Gomez Velasco,J Valladolid 1997})
8. Qe1 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. e5 (10. f5 exf5 11. Bg5 Kh8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. exf5 c6 14. Nd2 Rae8 15. Rf2 d5 16. Bd3 Qe3 17. Nf1 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Bh6 19.
Ng3 Re7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (55) Levi,E (2215)-Ker,A (2300) Melbourne 1989}) 10... d5
11. Bd3 c5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2 Qxb2 15. Nd2 Qxc3 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. g4
f6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qh5 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Ng6 $19 {0-1 (24) Metz,H-Zysk,R (2400)
Baden-Baden 1987}) (8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Nb6 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Qd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Rc5 Rxc5 17. dxc5 Na4 18. Bxa4 Qxa4
$15 {0-1 (52) Bonnaire,R-Zunker,R (2165) Bad Wildungen 1998}) (8. Bb3 O-O 9.
Be3 d5 10. e5 Nf5 11. Bf2 f6 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. g3 fxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. c4 c6 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. fxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8
$19 {0-1 (55) Ponizil,C (2478)-Petenyi,T (2454) Czech Republic 2017}) 8... O-O
9. Bb3 {The first part of the opening phase is over and Black must be
especially careful about his potentially stranded bishop on g4.} (9. Nbd2 c5
10. Bb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 e5 $11) 9... Bxf3 10. Rxf3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4
12. cxd4 {Trading the bishops on d4 might have some merit, but White would be
practically forced to sacrifice the pawn.} (12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Kh1
Qxd4 15. Nc3 $44) 12... Nf6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Rd1 Qb6 (14... d5 15. e5 Nxe3 16.
Qxe3 Rc8 $11) 15. Na4 {The fight is obviously concentrated around the d4-pawn.
Quillan does not like the black queen interfering on the a7-g1 diagonal.} (15.
Bf2 Nc6 16. e5 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 $11) 15... Qa6 (15... Qc7 16. Bc1 b5 17. Nc3 b4
18. Na4 Nf6 $11) 16. Bc1 b5 (16... Nc6 17. e5 Rad8 18. h3 Nh6 $11) 17. Nc3 Qb6
$2 {Dubov has failed to notice the very clever answer of his opponent, the
position was still equal.} (17... b4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh6 $11) 18. Qh4 $1 Nf6
{The shock must have been very unpleasant. The attack against the d4-pawn
loses its merit and the black pieces are scrambling to get coordinated again.}
(18... h5 $5 19. Qxe7 Bf6 20. Qd7 a6 21. Bxe6 Bxd4+ (21... Rad8 22. Bxg4 $16)
22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qh3 Bxc3 25. Be3 Qc6 26. bxc3 $16) (18... Bxd4+
19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21. Qxe7 b4 22. Na4 Qd8 23. Qg5 $1 $16) 19. g4 $1
Qb7 20. Rh3 h5 $2 {Defence in chess is an art that very few top players have
mastered properly. The radical move with the h-pawn is objectively bad, but it
must be admitted that Dubov was under intense pressure.} (20... h6 $1 21. e5
dxe5 22. dxe5 Nh7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxh6 Ng6 25. Qh5 fxg4 26. Qxg4 $16) 21. gxh5
Nxh5 22. f5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} exf5 (22... d5 23. Bg5 Nc6 24. f6 Bh8 25. exd5 $18)
23. exf5 (23. Bg5 Rae8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. exf5 Kh7 27. Nxb5 $16)
23... Nxf5 24. Qg5 {A fine move that hints at the numerous problems Black is
experiencing with his pieces. The knights on f5 and h5 are vulnerable, but it
is the soft g6-pawn that causes the catastrophe of the black position.} Ne7 (
24... d5 25. Rxh5 Rac8 26. Nxd5 $18) 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Rd2 d5 {Completely
desperate attempt to close the diagonal a2-g8 as it prevents Black from even
dreaming about a sufficient defence.} (26... Qb6 27. Qxe7 Qd8 28. Qxd8 Raxd8
29. Nxb5 $18) (26... Qf3 27. Rg2 Nf5 28. Bd5 Qd3 29. Be4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Ne7 31.
Bxa8 $18) 27. Nxd5 Rfe8 (27... Rfc8 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Rg2 $18) 28.
Rg2 {White was very efficient in opening up the kingside, the defender can
only choose the form of honourable undoing.} Ng6 (28... Nf5 29. Qxf5 Re1+ 30.
Kf2 Rxc1 31. Qf6 $18) 29. Nf6+ Kf8 (29... Bxf6 30. Qxg6+ $18) 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31.
Qxg6 1-0
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