Game of the Week: Svane vs Svane

Game of the Week #458

At the moment a highly interesting German top tournament takes place in Magdeburg: nine young German top players and nestor Daniel Fridman are battling it out. Vincent Keymer, who is going to play in the Julius Bär Challengers Chess Tour that will begin tomorrow, was replaced last-minute by U16 European Online Champion Frederik Svane and what a great choice that was: https://en.chessbase.com/post/german-top-tournament-starts-with-a-surprise.

In the third round the Svane brothers met, and again the fans were not disappointed. If you expected a peaceful draw you were in for a surprise. German chess is very lively and promising at the moment!

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