Game of the Week #640: K. Tarlev - J. Kramer

by Merijn van Delft
10/10/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft looks at a game from the Bundesliga, in which underdog IM Julian Kramer defeated GM Konstantin Tarlev. | 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 #640

Like last week we decided to select a game from the German Bundesliga as our Game of the Week. The beautiful chess club HSK from Hamburg (which was founded in 1830!) sensationally beat the current champion Viernheim with 5-3.

The team from Hamburg was lower rated on all eight boards, but scored two wins and six draws. Both wins were scored by homegrown players: GM Luis Engel and IM Julian Kramer. Since Julian first crossed the 2500 mark with his win against Konstantin Tarlev, we will study that game.

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

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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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60m The Two Knights

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