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Daniil Dubov, who knocked out Pragg and bragged about his 10-min prep, crashes out in next round in rapid tiebreaks | Chess News

Daniil Dubov, who knocked out Pragg and bragged about his 10-min prep, crashes out in next round in rapid tiebreaks | Chess News

Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov — who bragged about using his cell phone for just 10 minutes to prepare for classical games against Praggnanandhaa and then defeated the Indian prodigy in tiebreaks — has crashed out of the FIDE World Cup after losing the tiebreaks to American GM Sam Shankland. Dubov is a former World Rapid Champion, but was knocked out by Shankland in the rapid tiebreak on Sunday after losing both his games in the 15-minute time control (with 10-second increments per move). Dubov has used the strategy of playing out draws, especially with white pieces, in classical games before defeating his opponents in the tiebreaks. How Daniil Dubov lost to Sam Shankland Game 1 of rapid tiebreak Game 2 of rapid tiebreak Story continues below this ad After his win over Praggnanandhaa, Dubov had revealed that he had spent just 10 minutes preparing for the classical games against the Indian. “Generally Praggnanandhaa didn’t show his best in this tournament, not only in this match. I would say it was very close but I think …

Daniil Dubov after beating Praggnanandhaa: ‘He failed to pose single problem with white despite probably spending day and night looking at stuff’ | Chess News

Daniil Dubov after beating Praggnanandhaa: ‘He failed to pose single problem with white despite probably spending day and night looking at stuff’ | Chess News

Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov, who sent home India’s R Praggnanandhaa from the FIDE World Cup in the fourth round tiebreaks on Thursday, revealed that he dislikes classical chess so much that he prepared for just 10 minutes for the two classical games against the Indian prodigy, who was a finalist at the last World Cup. Both classical games between Praggnanandhaa and Dubov ended in draws, thus pushing them to fight in the rapid tiebreaks on Thursday, where the former world rapid champion prevailed. Dubov also said that while Pragg spent “day and night looking at chess he had failed to pose a single problem” to him in their classical games. “Generally Praggnanandhaa didn’t show his best in this tournament, not only in this match. I would say it was very close but I think I had some little precious role in the match despite the will to make a draw with white pieces. I didn’t actually mind playing. But it’s just that with white against someone like Pragg who is prepared this well I actually …