Game of the Week #631: E. L'Ami - P. Karsay, Vlissingen 2024

by Merijn van Delft
8/14/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a game by Erwin L'Ami, in which the Dutch Grandmaster combined subtle positional defensive play with a keen eye for dynamics and tactical surprises. | 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 #631

One of the best summer tournaments is the HZ tournament in Vlissingen, in the southwest of the Netherlands. The games are played in the evening which makes for a nice atmosphere.

In the fifth round, top seed Erwin L'Ami played a very inspiring game against German FM Pascal Karsay. Black was doing very well for a long time, but suddenly White's subtle strategy paid off.

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

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The flexible Open Spanish

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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