Game of the Week: So vs Carlsen

by Merijn van Delft
12/2/2020 – In his "Game of the Week" show, Merijn van Delft takes another look at the final of the Skilling Open between Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So and shows crucial moments of the match. | Merijn's show is available at 16.00 UTC (17:00 CET, 12:00 EDT) and on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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Game of the Week #440

Merijn van Delft: "Magnus Carlsen seemed well on his way to win the Skilling Open, but in the final against Wesley So, the World Champion was surprisingly vulnerable with Black against 1.e4. He lost against a sideline of the Sveshnikov and in the final match his Caro-Kann was not stable enough either. In our Game of the Week we will examine how the American managed to shake Carlsen's trust in 1...e5."

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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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