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Lindores Abbey Rapid: Daniil Dubov, Liren Ding complete semifinals cast

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Liren Ding and Daniil Dubov scored contrasting victories over their respective opponents during their deciding quarterfinal matches to advance to the semifinals round of the ongoing Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge which is being played on the chess24.com playing server.

It took hard labor once again but luck was on the side of Ding who came from behind to oust compatriot Yangyi Yu, 3-2, in Armageddon. As luck would have it, Yu allowed Ding to escape from a winning position in Game 1, won Game 2 and then played rather recklessly in Game 3 to give Ding the point that led to the Armageddon finish which Ding won by drawing with the black pieces.
Dubov, on the other hand, simply crushed Sergey Karjakin, 3-0, to breeze through to the semis.

So now, the semifinal knockout pairings will be Magnus Carlsen versus Hikaru Nakamura and Ding against Dubov. The winners will then square off for the championship.

Dubov, D (2699)-Karjakin, S (2752) [D37]

chess24.com (1.31) 2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 0-0 8.g4 c5 9.g5 hxg5 10.Nxg5 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Rg1 Nd5 13.Qc2 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 f6 15.Bh6 Rf7 16.Bxc4 N7b6 17.Be2 f5 18.0-0-0 Qh4 19.Bg5 Qxf2 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Rdf1 Qxh2 22.Rh1 Qd6 23.Rh3 Nxc3 24.Rfh1 Nxe2+ 25.Qxe2 Qc6+ 26.Kb1 Qxh1+ 27.Rxh1 Bc6 28.Rh4 Be4+ 29.Ka1 Rc8 30.Qh2 1-0

Karjakin, S (2752)-Dubov, D (2699) [C41]

chess24.com (1.32) 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 Nb4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Qb3 d5 9.a3 dxe4 10.axb4 exf3 11.0-0 fxg2 12.Re1+ Be7 13.Ra5 Kf8 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Nc4 Bd6 16.Bg5 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Rxa7 h6 19.Bd2 Qb5 20.Ra8 Kg8 21.Qd3 Bf8 22.Bc3 f6 23.b3 Qh5 24.Qe4 Nd6 25.Nxd6 cxd6 26.Rb8 d5 27.Qe6+ Kh7 28.Rxb7 Qd1+ 29.Kxg2 Qxc2 30.Qxf6 d4 31.Qxd4 Qg6+ 32.Kf1 Qa6+ 33.b5 Qxb7 34.Qd3+ Kg8 35.Be5 Be7 36.Qc4+ Kf8 37.Bd4 h5 38.b6 Rh6 39.Qd3 Qh1+ 40.Ke2 Re6+ 41.Be3 Qe4 42.Qb5 Qc2+ 43.Ke1 Rxe3+ 0-1

Dubov, D (2699)-Karjakin, S (2752) [A53]

chess24.com (1.33) 2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 Bd7 5.e4 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 Nh5 9.Qd2 h6 10.0-0-0 Bg5 11.g3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 a6 13.f4 Nf6 14.h3 Qe7 15.Ng1 b5 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.d6 Qe6 18.Qxc5 0-0 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Qe3 bxc4 21.Nd5 Rac8 22.Nc7 Rxc7 23.dxc7 Rc8 24.Kb1 Rxc7 25.Rh2 c3 26.bxc3 Na5 27.Rb2 Bb5 28.Nd2 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 Nc4 30.Nxc4 Rxc4 31.Qd3 Ra4 32.Qc2 Qc4 33.Re1 Nxe4 34.Ka1 g6 35.Qb3 Qc6 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Qxe5 Nxc3 38.Rc2 Ra3 39.Qe7 1-0

Ding, L (2791)-Yu, Y (2709) [D25]

chess24.com (1.32) 2020

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.g4 Bg6 11.Qe2 c6 12.a4 Bb4 13.g5 Ne8 14.Nh4 Nb6 15.Bb3 Qxd4 16.a5 Nc8 17.Ra4 Qd6 18.f4 b5 19.Ra1 Ne7 20.Kg2 Qd7 21.Rd1 Qc8 22.Be3 Nd6 23.Nxg6 Nxg6 24.Na2 Bc5 25.Rac1 Nxe4 26.Kf3 e5 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Qxh3+ 29.Kf2 Qxb3 30.Nc3 Nxf4 31.Qxe5 Qxd1 0-1

Yu, Y (2709)-Ding, L (2791) [E49]

chess24.com (1.33) 2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 e5 12.Ng3 Be6 13.Nh5 Nxh5 14.Qxh5 h6 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Bb2 cxd4 18.cxd4 exd4 19.exd4 Nxd4 20.Rbd1 Bb3 21.Rc1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Be6 23.h3 Qb6 24.Bc3 Qb3 25.Re3 Rd5 26.Qh4 Qxc3 27.Bh7+ Kxh7 28.Rxc3 Ne2+ 29.Kh2 Nxc3 30.Qc4 Nb5 31.a4 Nd6 32.Qc7 a6 33.a5 h5 34.f3 h4 35.Qe7 Nf5 36.Qb4 Rb5 37.Qc3 Rb3 38.Qc2 Ra3 39.Qc7 Ra2 40.Qe5 g6 41.Qc5 Re2 42.Qb4 Ra2 43.Qc5 Ra1 44.Qc3 Rf1 45.Qb4 g5 46.Qe4 Kh6 47.Qe5 Kg6 48.Qe4 Kf6 49.Qd3 Ng3 50.Qd8+ Kf5 51.Qd3+ Ke5 52.Qe3+ Kf6 53.Qd4+ Kg6 54.Qd3+ Kh6 0-1

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