The Game of the Week

by Merijn van Delft
9/19/2018 – Ideas and strategies in Grandmaster games can be quite instructive. IM Merijn van Delft presents games like these every Wednesday at 20:00 CEST (19:00 UT, 2 pm EDT). On this week's show: Learning from a painful loss in the Dutch League.
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Learning from a loss

Last Saturday was the first round of the Dutch League and both my team and me personally lost terribly. Since I have this tradition of sharing my most painful losses on Wednesday evening, we'll have a close look at what happened and try to draw some conclusions.

But first, here's a warm-up:

 

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Merijn is live at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UT, 2 pm EDT). The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders.

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Topics: Dutch League, The Game of the Week, Training and improvement
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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