Game of the Week #733: Beerdsen vs Radeva

by Merijn van Delft
8/3/2026 – Thomas Beerdsen is in good shape this summer and won the Dutch Open in Dieren. Before that, he played in the Swiss Open in Grächen, and in the penultimate round he played against his girlfriend, Viktoria Radeva. When you know eachother so well, it's not easy to surprise eachother in the opening, and so Thomas ended up taking a considerable amount of risk with the uncommon 1.e4 e6 2.b3, after which soon a unique position appeared.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 #733

Thomas Beerdsen is in good shape this summer and won the Dutch Open in Dieren. Before that, he played in the Swiss Open in Grächen, and in the penultimate round he played against his girlfriend, Viktoria Radeva. When you know eachother so well, it's not easy to surprise eachother in the opening, and so Thomas ended up taking a considerable amount of risk with the uncommon 1.e4 e6 2.b3, after which soon a unique position appeared.

Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
 

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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.