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Game of the Week #672: M. Dobrikov - V. Keymer, German Championship, Munich 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #671: M. Vachier-Lagrave vs Gukesh, Superbet Classic Tournament, Bucharest 2025

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.

Game of the Week #670: A. Firouzja - M. Vachier-Lagrave, Bucharest 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #669: A. Erigaisi - M. Warmerdam, Bundesliga 2024/2025

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.
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Game of the Week #668: E. Amar - B. Jacobson, Grenke Open 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #667: Lu Shanglei vs Eltaj Safarli, Reykjavik Open 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #666: B. Khotenashvili vs T. Injac, European Women's Championship 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #665: M. Blübaum - D. Yuffa, European Championship 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #664: H. Nakamura - F. Caruana, American Cup 2025

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.
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Game of the Week #663: S. Agdestein - M. Carlsen, Norway 2025

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.

Game of the Week #662: T. Beerdson - A. Isik, Prague 2025

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.

Game of the Week #661: A. Giri - Aravindh Chithambaram, Prague Masters 2025

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.
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