Game of the Week #666: B. Khotenashvili vs T. Injac, European Women's Championship 2025

by Merijn van Delft
4/10/2025 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the European Women's Championship as it nears the finish line. With two rounds to go, Teodora Injac from Serbia is leading with 8.0/9. In round 8, she won an important and exciting game against Bela Khotenashvili. | 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 #666

Last week we looked at a game of the new men's European champion: Matthias Bluebaum. This week we take a look at the European Women's Championship and a game by Teodora Injac, who leads the tournament with 8.0/9 after 9 of 11 rounds and has a good chance of becoming European Women's Champion 2025.

Our game of the week is her round 8 win against Bella Khotenashvili. It was a very tight game with a lot at stake. It could have gone either way, but once Black took the initiative, she never let go.

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

B. Khotenashvili - T. Injac, European Women's Championship 2025
Position after 26...exd3

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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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