Game of the Week #594: Adhiban vs Iturrizaga

by Merijn van Delft
11/16/2023 – Baskaran Adhiban had quite a rough start in the FIDE Grand Swiss, but that did not prevent him from returning to his trademark creative style in round six against Eduardo Iturrizaga. We don’t want to give too many spoilers, but Paul Morphy would have been proud! In Game of the Week #594, Merijn Van Delft takes a closer look at this encounter. | 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 #594

While the European Team Championship is being played right now with the strong young German team in the lead, we are going to return to the Grand Swiss once more, since that was such an amazing source of high-level games.

Baskaran Adhiban had quite a rough start in that tournament, but that did not prevent him from returning to his trademark creative style in round six against Eduardo Iturrizaga. We don’t want to give too many spoilers, but Paul Morphy would have been proud.

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

B. Adhiban - E. Iturrizaga, Grand Swiss 2023
Position after 19...Bd7

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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.

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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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