Game of the Week #684: V. Keymer - Karthikeyan M., Chennai GMs 2025

by Merijn van Delft
8/14/2025 – The latest instalment of the Game of the Week series features Germany's highest-rated player, Vincent Keymer, who currently leads the Chennai Grandmasters with 5½/7 and has entered the top 10 in the live world rankings. In the game, Keymer surprises Karthikeyan Murali by adding 1.e4 to his repertoire, unveiling sharp preparation that paves the way for an impressive attacking victory | 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 #684

Germany's highest-rated star Vincent Keymer is in top shape at the moment, leading the Chennai Grandmasters with 5½ out of 7 points, with a performance that allowed him to enter the top 10 in the live world rankings.

In our Game of the Week, Keymer adds 1.e4 to his repertoire, based on super deep and sharp preparation. It looks like this took Karthikeyan Murali by surprise, allowing Keymer to produce a nice attacking game.

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.