World No 4, Ian Nepomniachtchi, wins and Daniil Dubov creates as Sergey Karjakin fails again
A game cast in the romantic mould of the nineteenth century and of the legendary Latvian Mikhail Tal decided first prize at this week’s
Russian championship.
Its creator Daniil Dubov, 24, an aide to Magnus Carlsen for the 2018 world championship, played what has been widely hailed as the “Game of the Year”, as he took down Sergey Karjakin with a prepared gambit where Dubov blitzed out his first 13 moves and followed up with sacrifices of bishop and
Queen.