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  

Recent news

Game of the Week 474: M. Carlsen - R. Wojtaszek

7/28/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a look a close look at the encounter between Magnus Carlsen and Radoslaw Wojtaszek at the FIDE World Cup 2021 - a game full of tactical blows and surprises. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 473: M. Krasenkow - K. Alekseenko

7/21/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a look a close look at a stunning game with a brutal rook sacrifice from the World Cup: Michal Krasenkow's fine attacking win against Kirill Alekseenko. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 472: I. Nepomniachtchi - A. Korobov

7/19/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Grand Chess Tour Croatia rapid and blitz tournament. He wonders about Kasparov's collapse and analyses the instructive and interesting rapid game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Anton Korobov. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: L. Aronian vs V. Artemiev

7/8/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft analyses a game from the finals of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid tournament. Levon Aronian showcased excellent strategic understanding and a keen tactical eye to score a great victory over Vladislav Artemiev. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: M. Carlsen vs P. Svidler

7/1/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look how Magnus Carlsen surprised Peter Svidler - and chess fans around the world - with an unusual move in the starting position of the Najdorf Sicilian. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Vachier-Lagrave vs Radjabov

6/23/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look how Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won a fine positional and attacking game in a popular opening line against Teimour Radjabov at the Grand Chess Tournament in Paris. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Gukesh-Praggnanandhaa

6/16/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at the game Gukush D. vs Praggnanandhaa, which ultimately decided the Gelfand Challenge, a rapid tournament, in which 20 of the world's best juniors (10 male, 10 female) faced each other in a round robin. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: W. So vs F. Caruana

6/9/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at Wesley So's fine win against Fabiano Caruana at the Superbet Chess Classic tournament in Bucharest. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: V. Keymer vs V. Laznicka

6/2/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game Vincent Keymer and Viktor Laznicka played at the European Hybrid Qualification Tournament. Keymer impressed with bold and creative play but then failed to convert a winning endgame. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Carlsen vs Grischuk

5/26/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game between Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk in which the World Champion sacrificed a piece in the opening to build up a slow and powerful attack. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Wei Ji vs Zhao Jun

5/19/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Chinese Championship and presents a wild tactical win by Wei Yi. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: A. Esipenko vs M. Kobalia

5/12/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Russian Team Championships, in which the 19-year Russian talent Andrey Esipenko showed a fine performance and played a number of impressive games. The focus will be on his win against M. Kobalia. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: I. Nepomniachtchi vs K. Alekseenko

5/5/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes another look at the Candidates and presents a game by Ian Nepomniachtchi, the winner of the Candidates, who will challenge World Champion Magnus Carlsen in November. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Anish Giri vs Ding Liren

4/28/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes another look at the Candidates and presents a fine attack with which Anish Giri won against Ding Liren. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Anish Giri vs Wang Hao, Candidates, Rd. 8

4/21/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Candidates and presents the highlight of round 8: Anish Giri's fine win against Wang Hao. Instructive and pleasant. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: M. Bluebaum vs A. Heimann

4/14/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at another duel from the German "Kader-Challenge" in Magdeburg: a positional masterpiece by Matthias Bluebaum. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Svane vs Svane

4/7/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft shows a duel between two brothers - Rasmus Svane and Frederik Svane. The two faced each other in round three of the German "Kader-Challenge" in Magdeburg and everyone who expected a lifeless draw was pleasantly disappointed. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Beating the favourite

3/31/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft shows how the young German FM Julian Kramer (Elo 2419) defeated Ivan Cheparinov (2667) at the European Club Cup. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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