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Opening Encyclopedia 2018

Merijn van Delft

Merijn van Delft is an International Master who lives in Hamburg. He analyses recent Grandmaster Games in his weekly playchess.com show.

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Fier wins 10th Batavia Tournament

3/7/2018 – The dMP Batavia tournament (made possible by main sponsor De Melker & Partners), was won by Brazilian GM Alexander Fier, who flew to Amsterdam fresh off his success in the Brazilian Championship last month. Fier also won the blitz tournament for the second straight year. Tournament director and ChessBase contributor, IM Merijn van Delft, sent this recap. | Photos: Lennart Ootes

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