Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now. Producing a ChessBase DVD is still on the bucket list. Merijn's activities as a full-time chess professional include training both top juniors and ambitious amateurs, coaching at tournaments, writing articles and books, doing live commentary, organizing tournaments and other chess events. Don't hesitate to get in touch: merijnvandelft[at]gmail.com
8/14/2025 – The latest instalment of the Game of the Week series features Germany's highest-rated player, Vincent Keymer, who currently leads the Chennai Grandmasters with 5½/7 and has entered the top 10 in the live world rankings. In the game, Keymer surprises Karthikeyan Murali by adding 1.e4 to his repertoire, unveiling sharp preparation that paves the way for an impressive attacking victory | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
8/7/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn Van Delft shows how it helps to know typical patterns and instructive games in the lines you play. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
8/5/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a game by young Dutch FM Saša Albers. He played it at the Dieren Open and he played it brilliantly. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
7/26/2025 – Baadur Jobava is famous for his creativity, his tactical prowess and his attacking skills. In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a game in which Jobava demonstrated all of that. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
7/17/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a close at the game that decided the Dutch Championship 2025: a scintillating attacking win by Jorden Van Foreest against Loek Van Wely. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
7/14/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks at a game from the Dutch Championship that helped Jorden Van Foreest to win the title: Van Foreest's win again Sergei Tiviakov, who is notoriously hard to beat. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
7/5/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses the all-important game facing Nodirbek Abdsuattorov against Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in the final round of the UzChess Cup. Pragg won on demand and went on to claim tournament victory in tiebreaks. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
6/27/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a real brilliancy: Richard Rapport's win against Praggnanandhaa at the UzChess Cup in Tashkent. Kasparov saw the game and was impressed. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
6/18/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyzes a game between two Indian players: Vishy Anand’s brilliant win against Arjun Erigaisi at the World Rapid Team Championship in London. Erigaisi went for an aggressive attack, but Anand kept his cool and countered effectively. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
6/14/2025 – In the latest episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a game that he discovered at the Limburg Open. In this game, underdog Eelke de Boer (Elo 2409) outplayed Brazilian Grandmaster Alexander Fier (Elo 2556). | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
6/6/2025 – In the latest episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents the encounter between Hikaru Nakamura and World Champion Gukesh from the Norway Chess Tournament. Nakamura achieved a convincing victory through strong play. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/29/2025 – In the latest episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses a game played by two of India's top grandmasters at the Norway Chess Tournament: Arjun Erigaisi vs. Gukesh. Erigaisi demonstrated both his class and creativity. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/22/2025 – Vincent Keymer began the German Championships in style, scoring 6.5 points from his first seven games. His game in round 1 already indicated that he was in great shape. In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a closer look. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/16/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft shows how Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won a fine game against World Champion Gukesh at the Superbet Classic Tournament in Bucharest. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/9/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses a game from the Superbet tournament in Bucharest: Alireza Firouzja's masterclass in attacking against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/30/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a game of Arjun Erigaisi, in which the Indian Grandmaster once again proves his talent for attacking chess. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/24/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses a game, in which Black found a recipe against White's Rossolimo-Variation, and then showed why a pair of knights can be a powerful duo. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/19/2025 – In his latest Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses an encounter played at the Reykjavik Open between Lu Shanglei and Eltaj Safarli. Lu conducted the game in beautiful positional fashion, and once White gained the upper hand, the tactics all started to work in his favour. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
In this 60-minute course, IM Andrew Martin introduces you to a flexible and refreshingly simple opening setup - that Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has used to rack up numerous impressive wins.
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How do you play the Queen's Gambit Accepted? Does White have promising variations or can Black construct a water-tight repertoire? The Powerbook provides the answers based on 300 000 games, most of them played by engines.
In this 60-minute course, IM Andrew Martin introduces you to a flexible and refreshingly simple opening setup - that Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has used to rack up numerous impressive wins.
If you are looking for a practical, easy-to-learn system to sidestep the main lines and catch your opponent off guard, the Two Knights Variation is your perfect weapon against the French!
ChessBase is re-releasing this timeless classic in the modern ChessBase Media format - complete with brand-new training features. Get ready to rediscover a masterpiece of chess instruction!
How do you play the Queen's Gambit Accepted? Does White have promising variations or can Black construct a water-tight repertoire? The Powerbook provides the answers based on 300 000 games, most of them played by engines.
€9.90
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