Game of the Week #634: F. Caruana - A. Firouzja

by Merijn van Delft
8/30/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft analyses an encounter between two of the biggest stars of the chess world, Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja. The latter seems to be in great shape now and came out on top! | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM” with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.

Game of the Week #634

The Sinquefield Cup was a significant event in terms of who is absolute world-class at the moment and who is dropping out for now. Gukesh drew all his games, probably because he is saving his prep for the World Championship match. Ding did much worse, just like Ian Nepomniachtchi and Anish Giri.

Our Game of the Week is between the two stars of the moment: Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja. The latter had a tough Candidates Tournament earlier in the year, but seems to be in great shape now and came out on top.

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

F. Caruana - A. Firouzja, Sinquefield Cup 2024
Position after 36.Bb5

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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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