Game of the Week: Dvirnyy vs. Shirov

by Merijn van Delft
9/2/2020 – In his “Game of the Week” show, Merijn van Delft looks at yet another impressive attacking effort by “Fire on Board” author Alexei Shirov! | Merijn's show is freely available at 15.00 UTC (17:00 CEST, 11:00 EDT) for a limited time, and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

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Game of the Week #427

The FIDE Online Olympiad is a rich source of interesting games and tough battles. One of the most fascinating games, the game we will study in the 427th edition of the show, was played between Danyyl Dvirnyy (Italy) and Alexei Shirov (Spain). In the first part of the game, it was actually White who had the upper hand, but halfway into the struggle, the legend from Riga managed to grab the initiative and do what he does best.

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

 

The Solid Slav Defence

This Slav DVD is a complete opening repertoire for black after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6. GM Nick Pert has played the Slav defence for over 10 years and provides all his latest and most up to date analysis crammed into one video series. Nick has spent many hours studying the best Slav lines, and he explains his favourite variations, plus includes some interactive clips where the viewer is tested on a range of theoretical questions and tactics arising from Slav games.


The live show is free to watch for a limited time, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium accounts.

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Fascinated by the French Winawer

The Winawer Variation in just 60 minutes - that can only work by reducing it to a clear repertoire for Black and, where possible, general recommendations rather than variations. Alexei Shirov was surprised at how quickly he managed to make of the French Winawer an opening he himself could play. And now he will let you share in his conclusions.


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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.

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