Game of the Week #627: M. Warmerdam - B. Bok, Dutch Championship 2024

by Merijn van Delft
7/12/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents another fine game by Max Warmerdam, who defeated Benjamin Bok in the semi-final of the (knock-out) Dutch championship to advance to the final and to reach a new rating peak. | 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 #627

Max Warmerdam is on fire. Two weeks ago we already looked at a game of his and noted that he is quickly approaching Jorden van Foreest in the world rankings. By beating Benjamin Bok in the semi-final of the (knock-out) Dutch championship, Max actually pushed his rating to 2671, which is exactly Jorden's rating.

Warmerdam-Bok is our Game of the Week, featuring a topical Italian variation, eventually resulting in a very instructive good knight vs bad bishop scenario.

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

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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.