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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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Game of the Week #660: F. Svane - V. Keymer, Bundesliga 2024/2025

2/27/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at a game from the German Bundesliga - and at a game, in which Vincent Keymer, Germany's number 1, played against Frederik Svane, Germany's number 2 - it was an interesting 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 #659: D. Dardha - P. Maghsoodloo, Djerba 2025

2/20/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft presents a game from the Djerba Festival - a short and instructive Sicilian, in which Daniel Dardha used a tricky variation to defeat Parham Maghsoodloo. | 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 #658: Gukesh vs A. Erigaisi, Tata Steel 2025

2/14/2025 – Despite all the current excitement about Freestyle Chess, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a classical game in his new Game of the Week show. He analyses the game Gukesh lost against Arjun Erigaisi in the final round of the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee - a game, in which Erigaisi showed his attacking skills. | 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 #657: Praggnanandhaa vs A. Sarana, Tata Steel 2025

2/7/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game by Praggnanandhaa, the winner of the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Praggnanandhaa played against Alexey Sarana and crowned a skilful attack with a nice sacrifice. | 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 #656: M. Warmerdam - Gukesh, Tata Steel 2025

2/1/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft takes a look at the performance of World Champion Gukesh at the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee and wonders how risky Gukesh plays. | 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 #655: V. Fedoseev - F. Caruana, Tata Steel 2025

1/24/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He analyses Vladimir Fedoseev's win in round 5 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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