Game of the Week 475: L. Engel - R. Svane

by Merijn van Delft
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.
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Game of the Week #475

While the World Cup is wildly entertaining, our attention was drawn to the German Masters, which was sensationally won by the talented young grandmaster Luis Engel with a round to spare.

Without any fear, he checkmated one strong grandmaster after the other, in mind-blowing fashion. Luis has a very original style of play, with his own interpretation of otherwise normal openings.

The calculated risks handsomely paid off in the decisive 8th round battle against his HSK teammate Rasmus Svane.

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

 
L. Engel - R. Svane, German Masters 2021
Position after 12...Bxf6

When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.

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The Modern Pirc is actually a mixture of the Caro-Kann and the Pirc. In many lines Black combines the ideas of the classical Pirc in which the fianchettoed bishop is important with the Caro-Kann idea to fight for the center with c6-d5.

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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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