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The world's elite played in the Freestyle section of the Grenke Chess Festival, with Magnus Carlsen scoring a perfect 9 out of 9. For our game of the week we looked at the Classical section, where Aswath S and Brandon Jacobson both scored a fantastic 8 out of 9.
Aswath won their direct encounter, but Jacobson scored 100% in his remaining games. In the final round, Jacobson used a very impressive strategy with Black, which is difficult to beat once it has been set in motion.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
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