Game of the Week #680: J. Van Foreest vs L. Van Wely, Dutch Championship 2025

by Merijn van Delft
7/17/2025 – In the new episode of his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a close at the game that decided the Dutch Championship 2025: a scintillating attacking win by Jorden Van Foreest against Loek Van Wely. | 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 #680

Jorden van Foreest truly dominated the Dutch Championship, making chess look rather simple. In reality, he has been working hard on his chess recently, and his efforts are paying off.

Last week, we witnessed his positional masterpiece against Tiviakov, and this week, we will analyse his attacking victory in the final against Van Wely. Although it was a fairly one-sided affair, we will try to clarify the theoretical background.

This is Jorden's second Dutch title, and he has also returned to 2700.

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.