Daniil Dubov played a Dice Chess exhibition match with Vladislav Artemiev in a video on the Team Spirit Chess YouTube channel on January 23. The Russian grandmasters played two games and shared their thoughts on this chess variant.

Daniil Dubov won the first game with a 100% advantage on the evaluation bar and commented:

Daniil Dubov

Daniil Dubov

Russian GM

“I can already tell this format has potential. I think this game is great for a friendly evening!”

Vladislav Artemiev won the second game, also with a 100% advantage, but in a queen endgame.

Dice Chess is a chess variant where players roll a diсe to determine which piece they must move. If a player cannot move the assigned piece, they must roll again. The Esports organization Team Spirit held this exhibition match between two members of its chess team.