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Game of the Week: A brilliancy by Max Warmerdam

1/13/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes a look at a brilliant game Max Warmerdam played at the Vergani Open. A game that was not only a piece of art but also helped Warmerdam to win the tournament and to become a grandmaster. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Alina l'Ami (Archive)

Game of the Week: Daniil Dubov vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

1/6/2021 – This week Merijn van Delft takes another look at the Airthings Masters. He focuses on the match between Daniil Dubov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, an interesting clash of styles and a tense battle with a lot of decisive games. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Game of the Week: A masterpiece by Levon Aronian!

12/30/2020 – This week Merijn van Delft shows a game in which Levon Aronian (pictured) came up with an unusual and creative rook maneuver to create a masterpiece in his quarterfinal match against Hikaru Nakamura at the Airthings Masters. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

Game of the Week: Coaching a world champ!

12/23/2020 – In his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft celebrates the fact that one of his students, Eline Roebers, has won the Girls U14 World Rapid Championship! He analyses a tense game from Roebers’ final match against Zsoka Gaal. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Harry Gielen

Game of the Week: Dubov does his magic!

12/16/2020 – In his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses a game that was not only spectacular but also critical in the fight for first place at the Russian Superfinals. Daniil Dubov played an absolutely fantastic game to defeat Sergey Karjakin, who needed a draw to tie for first place with Ian Nepomniachtchi! | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

Game of the Week: An amazing attack!

12/9/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a fantastic attacking game by the young Spanish Grandmaster Jaime Santos Latasa. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: So vs Carlsen

12/2/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes another look at the final of the Skilling Open between Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So and shows crucial moments of the match. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Nepomniachtchi vs Anton

11/25/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a game from the Skilling Open: David Anton's fine win with Black against Ian Nepomniachtchi, a model game against 1.b3. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Steinitz vs Lasker, a classical Queen's Gambit

11/18/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a classical game with the Queen's Gambit: Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Game of the Week: Fischer vs Spassky

11/11/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a classic encounter with the Queen's Gambit: Bobby Fischer's win against Boris Spassky in the sixth game of their legendary match in Reykjavik 1972. Fischer deviated from his usual 1.e4, and dared to play a Queen's Gambit against Spassky, at that time the world's greatest expert of that opening. Fischer won a model game. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Skáksamband Íslands – Icelandic Chess Federation

Game of the Week: Wesley So vs Jeffery Xiong

11/4/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a crucial game the U.S. Championship: Wesley So's hard-fought and fascinating win against Jeffery Xiong in round 5. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

Game of the Week: Wesley So vs Darius Swiercz

10/28/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a highlight from the U.S. Championship: Wesley So's fine attack against Darius Swiercz in round 5. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Alina l'Ami (Archive)
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