Game of the Week #675: E. de Boer - A. Fier, Limburg 2025

by Merijn van Delft
6/14/2025 – In the latest episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft presents a game that he discovered at the Limburg Open. In this game, underdog Eelke de Boer (Elo 2409) outplayed Brazilian Grandmaster Alexander Fier (Elo 2556). | 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 #675

Although Magnus Carlsen ultimately won Norway Chess, our attention now turns to the Limburg Chess Festival, which featured a large open tournament with 600 players and a fascinating closed GM norm group.

Ultimately, it was Eelke de Boer from Groningen who achieved his first grandmaster norm, scoring 6.5 out of 9. Although Eelke lost a spectacular game with Black against Casper Schoppen, our Game of the Week is his impressive attacking win with White against Alexandr Fier..

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

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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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