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
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.
4/10/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the European Women's Championship as it nears the finish line. With two rounds to go, Teodora Injac from Serbia is leading with 8.0/9. In round 8, she won an important and exciting game against Bela Khotenashvili. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/4/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks back at the European Championship, which was won by German grandmaster Matthias Blübaum. Merijn analyses one of the decisive games of the tournament: Blübaum's win against Daniil Yuffa, which helped Blübaum win the tournament. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/28/2025 – When Hikaru Nakamura plays against Fabiano Caruana it is always worth watching. In his new "Game of the Week" show Merijn van Delft takes a look at their latest encounter in the Grand Final of the American Cup 2025. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/24/2025 – Trainer against student - in his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at the game Simen Agdestein, former coach of Magnus Carlsen, played against Carlsen in the Norwegian League. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/17/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at a model game that helped Dutch grandmaster Thomas Beerdsen to win the Open at the Chess Festival Prague. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/11/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at one of the most remarkable games played in 2025: Aravindh Chithambarm's crucial victory against Anish Giri at the Prague Masters. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/27/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at a game from the German Bundesliga - and at a game, in which Vincent Keymer, Germany's number 1, played against Frederik Svane, Germany's number 2 - it was an interesting game. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/20/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft presents a game from the Djerba Festival - a short and instructive Sicilian, in which Daniel Dardha used a tricky variation to defeat Parham Maghsoodloo. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/14/2025 – Despite all the current excitement about Freestyle Chess, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a classical game in his new Game of the Week show. He analyses the game Gukesh lost against Arjun Erigaisi in the final round of the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee - a game, in which Erigaisi showed his attacking skills. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/7/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game by Praggnanandhaa, the winner of the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Praggnanandhaa played against Alexey Sarana and crowned a skilful attack with a nice sacrifice. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/1/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft takes a look at the performance of World Champion Gukesh at the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee and wonders how risky Gukesh plays. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/24/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He analyses Vladimir Fedoseev's win in round 5 against Fabiano Caruana. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
This video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.
Chess Festival Prague 2025 with analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara and others. ‘Special’: 27 highly entertaining miniatures. Opening videos by Werle, King and Ris. 10 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
Experts examine the games of Max Euwe. Let them show you which openings Euwe chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, which tactical abilities he had or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.
This interactive video course of over 8 hours, provides an in-depth exploration of the Pirc Defence, a favoured opening for people looking to play for the win with the black pieces.
This video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.
Chess Festival Prague 2025 with analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara and others. ‘Special’: 27 highly entertaining miniatures. Opening videos by Werle, King and Ris. 10 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
Experts examine the games of Max Euwe. Let them show you which openings Euwe chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, which tactical abilities he had or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.
This interactive video course of over 8 hours, provides an in-depth exploration of the Pirc Defence, a favoured opening for people looking to play for the win with the black pieces.
€49.90
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