The Game of the Week

by Merijn van Delft
10/3/2018 – 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: More excitement at the Olympiad! Featuring Peter Leko vs Maxme Vachier-Lagrave in a Najdorf Sicilian.

The complex Najdorf The complex Najdorf

When choosing an opening repertoire, there are days when you want to play for a win with Black, when you want to bear down on your opponent’s position with a potentially crushing attack. The Najdorf is perfect for just such occasions. Strategy, combinations, attack and defence, sacrifices and marvellous manoeuvres — exciting chess is all about the Najdorf!

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Excitement at the Olympiad - Part 2

It's tough choice between many attractive games. Most impressive was Caruana's win against Mamedyarov. In the end I decided we'll have a look at Vachier-Lagrave's magic in the Najdorf against Leko. Here's a sneek peak:

 

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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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