5th Shenzhen Masters 2024 R2: Giri still cannot overcome Dubov

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/03/2024

The second round of 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024 witnessed four decisive results. The previous round winners - Anish Giri (NED) and Arjun Erigaisi lost their games. Giri lost against the former World Rapid champion - Daniil Dubov. The world no.5 has always struggled against Dubov. In a queen, rook and bishop endgame, Giri missed a forced sequence which his opponent spotted and won the game. Arjun made an incorrect decision against Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) at a critical moment which turned things in his opponent's favor. Yangyi Yu (CHN) and Vladislav Artemiev are the two other victors of the round. Round 3 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Organizer/Liang Ziming

Only decisive games

Daniil Dubov continues to be a tough challenge for Anish Giri (NED)

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Dubov - Giri: 1-0

Anish Giri (NED, 2762) has never beaten Daniil Dubov (2708) in a Classical rated game. That statistic remains unchanged.

Position after 33...Qe7??

While at a first glance 33...Qe7?? seems harmless, it is actually quite devastating for Black. It starts a series of forcing moves which gives White the full point. Can you find out the winning continuation for White which Dubov executed?

Daniil Dubov standing tall against Anish Giri

Arjun - Xiangzhi

Position after 23...Nd5

Black is threatening cxb2 and also the d5-knight has done a fork on White's e7-rook and bishop. How to get out of this predicament? 24.Re5?? was not the best way as 24...cxb2 gave Black the decisive advantage and he went on to win the game. Find out what Black should have done instead to keep the game going.

Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) defeated Arjun Erigaisi to join the lead with Dubov and Yangyi 1.5/2

Xiangyu Xu (CHN) got outplayed by Yangyi Yu (CHN)

Vladislav Artemiev bounced back with a win over Qun Ma (CHN)

Time Control

The time control is 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 minutes / end and 30 seconds increment per move from move no.1

Schedule

Every day the round starts at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Only the first round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day.

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Round 2 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	2623	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	0 - 1	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2720	5
2	6	2711	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	1 - 0	GM	Ma, Qun	2651	4
3	7	2708	GM	Dubov, Daniil	1 - 0	GM	Giri, Anish	2762	3
4	1	2738	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	0 - 1	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2671	2

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2671	1,5	1,75	1,5	1
	7	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2708	1,5	1,75	1,5	1
3	5	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2720	1,5	0,25	0	1
4	3	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2762	1	1,00	1	1
5	6	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2711	1	0,50	0	1
6	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2738	1	0,00	0	1
7	4	GM	Ma, Qun	CHN	2651	0,5	0,75	0,5	0
8	8	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2623	0	0,00	0	0

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2671	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2623	8
2	3	2762	GM	Giri, Anish	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2738	1
3	4	2651	GM	Ma, Qun	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2708	7
4	5	2720	GM	Yu, Yangyi	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2711	6

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