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 486: A. Lenderman vs F. Caruana

10/20/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes another look at the US Championship and analyses the encounter between Alekandr Lenderman and Fabiano Caruana, a tactically and positionally rich battle, in which Caruana showed great fighting spirit. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 484: Fighting the Dragon

10/13/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft shows a theoretically interesting game from the US Championship, in which Daniel Naroditsky tried the Dragon with Black against Darius Swiercz but soon had to defend an unpleasant endgame. It was a game that makes you wonder whether the Dragon is still playable. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 484: Giri vs Carlsen

10/6/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft shows an instructive game in which Magnus Carlsen defeated Anish Giri with the black pieces after navigating a position with a curious material imbalance. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 483: J. Van Foreest vs E. Bacrot

9/29/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft shows how Jorden Van Foreest beat Etienne Bacrot with a fine endgame attack at the TePe Sigeman&Co Tournament in Malmö, which Van Foreest won convincingly. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 482: Crazy tactics - T. Beerdsen vs P. Velten

9/22/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game from the Dutch Team Championships in which White used a very aggressive approach against the French, which led to amazing complications and crazy tactics. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 481: R. Rapport vs S. Karjakin

9/15/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes another look at the impressive performance of Richard Rapport at the Norway Chess Tournament, focusing on Rapport's fine win against Sergey Karjakin in round 7. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 480: Rapport gives a masterclass

9/9/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft analyses a strategic masterpiece by Richard Rapport, who treated us to a ‘good knight vs bad bishop’ lesson in his first-round game at the Norway Chess Tournament. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 479: Naroditsky’s impressive attack

9/1/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft chooses one of the many exciting games played in the prelims of the Aimchess US Rapid tournament — Daniel Naroditsky’s impressive attacking win over Wesley So. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 478: Xiong stuns Caruana

8/25/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft analyses Jeffery Xiong’s victory over Fabiano Caruana from the fifth round of the Sinquefield Cup. The game was fairly messy — an oft-seen feature in modern-day chess. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 477: F. Caruana - S. Shankland, Sinquefield Cup 2021

8/18/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a look at Fabiano Caruana's fine attacking win against Sam Shankland in the first round of the Sinquefied Cup 2021. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 476: Wesley So - Le Quang Liem

8/11/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a fine attacking game between Wesley So and Le Quang Liem from the finals of the Chessable Masters Online Rapid Tournament, which was won by So. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week 475: L. Engel - R. Svane

8/4/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes a close look at the game Luis Engel against Rasmus Svane, which was played at the German Masters and in which the young German Grandmaster Engel shows his attacking and his tactical skills. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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

7/28/2021 – This week, Merijn van Delft takes 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.
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