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 #535: M. Carlsen vs A. Erigaisi

9/28/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #535 Merijn van Delft shows how Magnus Carlsen won a fine and patient attacking game against Arjun Erigaisi in the finals of the Julius Bär Generation Cup. | 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 #534: Gukesh vs. G. Jones

9/21/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #534 Merijn van Delft looks at a nice win by rising Indian star Gukesh who defeated English Grandmaster Gawain Jones in a fine attacking game played in the Spanish League. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #533: Firouzja vs. So

9/15/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show, Merijn van Delft looks at a razor-sharp encounter between Alireza Firouzja and Wesley So. A crucial game which shed some light on current top-level chess trends. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #532: M. Carlsen vs O. H. Niemann

9/7/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #532 Merijn van Delft looks at the controversial game between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann at the Sinquefield Cup 2022. Carlsen lost with White and then withdrew from the tournament. The tweet, with which Carlsen announced his withdrawal caused a fervent and on-going debate whether Niemann cheated when he won against Carlsen. But what about the game? | 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 #531: M. Van Delft vs O. Almeida Quintana

8/31/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #531 Merijn van Delft looks at one of his own games - a loss, in which he fell victim to a fine queen sacrifice and a violent attack by the Cuban GM Omar Almeida Quintana. | 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 #530: F. Svane vs D. Fridman

8/24/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #530 Merijn van Delft looks at a fine attacking game by the young German Grandmaster Frederik Svane. At the German Masters Svane won against Daniel Fridman, a player who is notoriously hard to beat. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #529: Raunak Sadhwani vs Leinier Dominguez

8/17/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #529 Merijn van Delft looks at another impressive game played at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai: Raunak Sadhwani's win against Leinier Dominguez, in which the young Indian managed to make the of life the American top player surprisingly difficult. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #528: Caruana vs Gukesh

8/10/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #528 Merijn van Delft looks at another impressive game played at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai: Gukesh's convincing win with Black against Fabiano Caruana. | 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 #527: Caruana vs Abdusattorov

8/4/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show Merijn van Delft looks at one of the most impressive games played in the Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai: Nodirbek Abdusattorov's convincing win against Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces. | 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 #526: Crazy twists

7/27/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show Merijn van Delft recaps one of his own games from the Amsterdam Science Park Tournament. Merijn faced the ever-creative Manuel Bosboom and, not surprisingly, the game featured a number of startling twists! | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #525: Beerdsen’s amazing concept

7/20/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show Merijn van Delft recaps a lovely attacking game from the second round of the Sparkassen Open in Dortmund. Thomas Beerdsen employed a strong novelty, which was connected to an amazing concept! | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #524: F. Svane vs M. Adams

7/13/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #524 Merijn van Delft takes a look at fine game played in the last rounds of the German Bundesliga. In this game the young German Frederik Svane, who recently became a Grandmaster, outplayed Michael Adams in a Ruy Lopez. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week #523: An interesting loss

7/7/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #523 Merijn van Delft shows an interesting game he lost at the "Wine Open" in Naujac sur Mer, a unique tournament, in which prices are bottle of wines delivered according to the winners' weight. | 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 #522: A positional masterpiece

6/30/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #522 Merijn van Delft looks at a positional masterpiece, in which the knights got dancing and the pawns pushed ahead. | 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 #521: Nepomniachtchi vs Firouzja

6/23/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #521, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the game Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Alireza Firouzja, played in round 4 of the Candidates Tournament in Madrid, which also was a clash of generations. This time, experience prevailed. | 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 #520: Pechac vs Keymer

6/17/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #520, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game played between Jergus Pechac and Vincent Keymer, in which Pechac came up with an interesting concept in the opening and was close to winning but failed to overcome Keymer's stubborn defense. | 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 #519: Carlsen vs Mamedyarov

6/9/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #518, Merijn van Delft analyses Magnus Carlsen’s win over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from the sixth round of the Norway Chess Tournament — a trademark victory by the world champion. | 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 #518: Pragg vs Giri

6/2/2022 – In his “Game of the Week” show #518, Merijn van Delft takes a look how the 16-year old Indian talent Praggnanandhaa convincingly smashed Anish Giri's Grunfeld at 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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