Dubov, Daniil Age 28

Source: www.chessdom.com

Title

Grandmaster

Live Rating

2701.0

Live Rank

#30

FIDE Rating

2701

World Rank

#29

FIDE Peak Rating

2720 - Dec 2021 (Age 25)

FIDE Peak Rank

#24 (2720) - Dec 2021 (Age 25)

Rapid

2687 World #29, Peak 2779 (Jan 2019)

Blitz

2795 World #5, Peak 2806 (Sep 2024)

Born

18 Apr 1996
Moscow, Russia

FIDE ID 24126055

Wikipedia

Daniil Dubov is highly valued for the creativity and ideas he has brought to the game of chess. Despite his high status and numerous victories over the very best, he has not won many titles. Yet many players, including Carlsen, are happy to collaborate with him because Daniil can spot nuances in positions that sometimes even world champions miss!

Dubov was born on April 18, 1996, in Moscow and was "destined" to become a chess player—his grandfather was a famous mathematician and arbiter who instilled a love for chess in him from childhood. Having already become a successful player, Daniil gladly noted that people stopped calling him "the grandson of that very Dubov." But he had to work hard for that: in 2006, he took 3rd place in the European Championship under 10, in 2008, 2nd place in the under 12, and in 2009, he won the major children's tournament "Young Stars of the World" in Kirishi. That same year, aged 13 and as part of the Russian Under 16 team, he won team gold at the Youth Olympiad and won bronze for4 his results on the second board. Two years later, he repeated this result—team gold and individual bronze, this time playing on the first board.

At the age of 13, Dubov became an International Master, and at 14 years, 11 months, and 14 days, he became a Grandmaster (only Karjakin, who was then Ukrainian, achieved this faster). In 2012, he tied for 1st-3rd place in the Russian Championship Higher League, earning a spot in the country's main tournament at 16, narrowly missing Kasparov's record. In the Superfinal, Daniil performed well – 4/9, and earned the right to participate in the 2013 World Cup. There, he advanced through two rounds. The rising Russian star was invited to Wijk aan Zee "B" (7.5/13), followed by the "Match of Generations" against Shirov. Unexpectedly for everyone, the veteran crushed Danya – and forced him to completely rethink his approach to chess.

Two years later, he was a completely different chess player, opening a new chapter! In 2015, Dubov shared victory with Nepomniachtchi at the Aeroflot Open – 7/9. In 2016, he achieved global recognition, winning bronze at the World Blitz Championship with 14.5/21. And in 2017, he cemented his status as one of Russia's best players: he once again won the Higher League and then caused a sensation in the Superfinal, finishing with a bronze medal in the championship – 6.5/11.

But the key events in Dubov's career happened in 2018. One day, inviting Carlsen to play a friendly blitz match, he became friends with the champion and found himself on his team – Daniil assisted him in preparing for Caruana (2018) and later for Nepomniachtchi (2021), provoking anger and misunderstanding among his compatriots who couldn't grasp: "How can you work against your own?!" Working with Magnus benefitted him: he won the Abu Dhabi Masters, and at the end of the year, the World Rapid Championship with 11/15. Moreover, having studied the world champion's style closely, Dubov became one of the main "specialists" on Carlsen, giving him plenty of trouble, defeating and eliminating him multiple times in major online tournaments between 2020 and 2022. He particularly excelled in attacks on the king seemingly "out of nowhere," unconventional sacrifices, and active positional play, especially with White in his signature Catalan.

He has yet to view a World Championship match from a perspective other than that of a second. In the following years, Dubov played many brilliant games and was often the "hero of the day," but he did not achieve consistent success. He participated several times in the FIDE Grand Prix, advanced far in the World Cup, placed among the prize-winners at Wijk aan Zee 2020 – 7/13, and even won the Russian Championship in 2022 – 7/11, but he has not yet reached the level matching his talent. Daniil is one of the brightest commentators, a chess player whose interviews on any topic attract millions, and still one of the most creative and dangerous players in the world!

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Games

#	White Player	Rating	Black Player	Rating	Result	Moves	Site	Date
1	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2737	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	44	New York	30 Dec 2024
2	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Xiong, Jeffery	2636	1-0	41	New York	30 Dec 2024
3	Oparin, Grigoriy	2653	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	38	New York	30 Dec 2024
4	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Aronian, Levon	2747	1/2-1/2	10	New York	30 Dec 2024
5	Tang, Andrew	2527	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	34	New York	30 Dec 2024
6	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2755	1/2-1/2	19	New York	30 Dec 2024
7	Sevian, Samuel	2696	Dubov, Daniil	2693	1/2-1/2	85	New York	30 Dec 2024
8	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR	2718	1-0	31	New York	30 Dec 2024
9	Tari, Aryan	2629	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	54	New York	30 Dec 2024
10	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Moroni, Luca Jr	2550	1-0	33	New York	30 Dec 2024
11	Risteski, Emil	2378	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	57	New York	30 Dec 2024
12	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Liang, Awonder	2687	0-1	59	New York	30 Dec 2024
13	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2740	1-0	77	New York	28 Dec 2024
14	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2740	1/2-1/2	8	New York	28 Dec 2024
15	Firouzja, Alireza	2756	Dubov, Daniil	2677	1/2-1/2	21	New York	28 Dec 2024
16	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Muradli, Mahammad	2464	1-0	56	New York	28 Dec 2024
17	Liang, Awonder	2519	Dubov, Daniil	2677	0-1	29	New York	27 Dec 2024
18	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Lomasov, Semen	2560	1/2-1/2	42	New York	27 Dec 2024
19	Durarbayli, Vasif	2531	Dubov, Daniil	2677	1/2-1/2	20	New York	27 Dec 2024
20	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Lazavik, Denis	2553	1/2-1/2	23	New York	27 Dec 2024
21	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2524	Dubov, Daniil	2677	1/2-1/2	55	New York	26 Dec 2024
22	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Shankland, Samuel L	2618	1/2-1/2	26	New York	26 Dec 2024
23	Martirosyan, Haik M	2609	Dubov, Daniil	2677	1/2-1/2	12	New York	26 Dec 2024
24	Dubov, Daniil	2677	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR	2546	1-0	32	New York	26 Dec 2024
25	Dragnev, Valentin	2473	Dubov, Daniil	2677	0-1	29	New York	26 Dec 2024
26	Popov, Maksim1	2342	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	27	Sochi	3 Dec 2024
27	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Chumaevskiy, Arseniy	2131	1-0	40	Sochi	1 Dec 2024
28	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Tekeyev, Zaur	2420	1-0	28	Sochi	30 Nov 2024
29	Bocharov, Dmitry	2548	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	47	Sochi	29 Nov 2024
30	Kulaev, Maxim	2317	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	54	Sochi	27 Nov 2024
31	So, Wesley	2747	Dubov, Daniil	2693	1-0	48	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
32	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2737	1/2-1/2	48	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
33	Carlsen, Magnus	2893	Dubov, Daniil	2806	1-0	62	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
34	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2739	0-1	36	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
35	Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar	2799	Dubov, Daniil	2693	1-0	50	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
36	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna	2647	1/2-1/2	52	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
37	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Nihal, Sarin	2676	1-0	44	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
38	Keymer, Vincent	2733	Dubov, Daniil	2693	1/2-1/2	31	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
39	Dubov, Daniil	2806	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2715	1-0	65	Kolkata	17 Nov 2024
40	Dubov, Daniil	2693	So, Wesley	2747	1/2-1/2	8	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
41	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2737	Dubov, Daniil	2693	1-0	74	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
42	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Carlsen, Magnus	2831	1/2-1/2	41	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
43	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2650	Dubov, Daniil	2806	1/2-1/2	65	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
44	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar	2799	1/2-1/2	54	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
45	Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna	2647	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	26	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
46	Nihal, Sarin	2676	Dubov, Daniil	2693	0-1	37	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
47	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Keymer, Vincent	2733	1-0	47	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
48	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2715	Dubov, Daniil	2806	1/2-1/2	66	Kolkata	16 Nov 2024
49	Dubov, Daniil	2693	Keymer, Vincent	2733	0-1	75	Kolkata	15 Nov 2024
50	Carlsen, Magnus	2831	Dubov, Daniil	2693	1-0	54	Kolkata	15 Nov 2024