Merijn van Delft

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  

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Game of the Week #615: Vidit Gujrathi vs Gukesh D

4/19/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the game Vidit Gujrathi vs Gukesh D from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto, a fine game and an impressive comeback by Gukesh. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #614: I. Nepomniachtchi - vs A. Firouzja

4/10/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Candidates and shows how Ian Nepomniachtchi instructively won against Alireza Firouzja in an Anti-Berlin. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #613: V. Ivic vs A. Mishra

4/4/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at an interesting game, in which Velimir Ivic countered Abhimanyu's Winawer French with a dangerous line that posed too many problems for Black. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #612: G. Oparin vs F. Caruana

3/28/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a fine game played by Fabiano Caruana against Grigoriy Oparin at the American Cup. In about a week Caruana will play in the 2024 Candidates Tournament in Toronto and he is one of the favourites to win this tournament. Especially if he shows the form he showed against Oparin. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #611: L. van Foreest vs E. van den Doel

3/21/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks at an all-Dutch confrontation from the Bundesliga, between Lucas van Foreest and Erik van den Doel. Erik played very patiently and suddenly managed to get an edge in a game featuring very instructive moments. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #610: N. Abdusattorov vs P. Maghsoodloo

3/13/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a real fighting game: Nodirbek Abdusattorov's win against Parham Maghsoodloo at the Prague Masters 2024. Both sides showed uncompromising fighting spirit, which led to a tense game full of unusual positions. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #609: D. Dubov vs A. Giri

3/7/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft delves into the depths of modern theory and looks at a Grünfeld line that Daniil Dubov and Anish Giri discussed at the Shenzhen tournament. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #608: P. Maghsoodloo vs Praggnanandhaa

3/1/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses a fine attacking game Parham Maghsoodloo played at the Prague Festival against Praggnanandhaa. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #607: M. Bluebaum vs N. Georgiadis

2/23/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft turns his attention to the Mitropa Cup and looks at a fine attacking game won by German Grandmaster Matthias Bluebaum against Swiss Grandmaster Nico Georgiadis. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #606: A. Pavlidis vs L. McShane

2/15/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft shows an interesting game from the German Bundesliga, in which White showed ways to overcome the Berlin wall. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #605: L. Aronian vs V. Keymer

2/10/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses a crucial and fantastic attacking game that helped Vincent Keymer to win Division II of the Chessable Masters. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #604: Wei Yi vs Vidit

2/2/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft turns his attention to the winner of Wijk: Chinese Grandmaster Wei Yi. Merijn takes a look how Wei Yi used the hidden potential of the seemingly harmless Colle System to win a crucial game against Vidit. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #603: P. Maghsoodloo vs N. Abdusattorov

1/19/2024 – The chess world's attention is currently focused on Wijk aan Zee, which is once again proving to be a fascinating tournament, thanks to an interesting mix of top players, young talents and strong up-and-coming players. In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft also turns his attention to Wijk aan Zee and, on the advice of Anish Giri, analyses the clash between Parham Maghsoodloo and Nodirbek Abdusattorov - an intriguing battle. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #602: Wang Hao vs Ding Liren

1/12/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses one of the games played by world champion Ding Liren at a rapid Chinese tournament. Ding returned to an official competition after a long hiatus. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #601: A. Firouzja vs G. Kamsky

1/4/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merin van Delft takes a close look at the game that helped Alireza Firouzja to qualify for the Candidates 2024 in the very last minute: Firouzja's fine win against Gata Kamsky in the Rouen Open 2023, which Firouzja won with 7.0/7. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #600: M. Carlsen vs T. Gareyev

12/29/2023 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merin van Delft analyses one of the wins that gave Magnus Carlsen his fifth World Rapid Championship title, an interesting battle against blindfold-chess expert Timur Gareyev. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #599: S. Sjugirov vs Gukesh

12/21/2023 – In his new game of the week show Merin van Delft takes a look at a game Sanan Sjugirov and Gukesh played at the Chennai Grand Masters Tournament in India - Gukesh impressed with calm and strong play. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #598: H. Niemann vs M. Bartel

12/15/2023 – In his new game of the week show Merin van Delft takes a look at the game Hans Niemann vs Mateusz Bartel, which was played at the London Chess Classic and which is perhaps one of the most creative and sophisticated swindles of 2023. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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