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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.
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