Dubov - Nepomniachtchi Samarkand

[Jouni]

[pgn] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nd4 Nd5 3.Nb3 Nb6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Ne4 Ne5 6.Ng5 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ng1 Ng8 9.Nc5 Nc4 10.Na4 Na5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Nb1 Nb8 13.Nf3 [/pgn] draw
Do You find improvements?

[RubiChess]

Why posting a boring game of two humans who just agree to draw their game in a computer chess forum?
I don't get it. Like many other posts of some few members here.

[Ajedrecista]

Hello Jouni:

Here are other games that 'paid tribute' to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights:

https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/129946 (1992).
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/104160 (1993).
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/129965 (1997).
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/3041266 (2011).

There might be more examples, but I consider useless to investigate more on such lack of sportsmanship.

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Regarding Dubov — Nepomniachtchi, it finally ended as it should: nil-all. Here is the video where they can be seen prearranging/trolling the result before starting the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaNGOaWmDo

A summary of the incident is found at FIDE site, as well as the 2-page report.

I want to add a comment about an example given in the report:

[...]
E.g. a football match where none of the teams tries to cross the middle line would undoubtedly be deemed a disrepute.

[...]

Have I seen this before? Sure!

https://youtu.be/rJu2qSJ9zno?t=92

From The Simpsons S09E05 The Cartridge Family, first aired on 2nd November, 1997.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.