Game of the Week: Winning with the Maroczy Bind

by Merijn van Delft
11/21/2018 – Ideas and strategies in Grandmaster games can be quite instructive. IM Merijn van Delft presents games like these every Wednesday at 20:00 CET (19:00 UT, 2 pm EDT). On this week's show: A model game from the Tournament of Peace in Zagreb. The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders. To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows.

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Week 47

At the Tournament of Peace in Zagreb, Cheparinov won a model game in the sixth round with White against Amin, combining modern move order nuances with classical middlegame strategy. Tonight we'll have a look at this instructive positional game.

As a warm-up question: How did Cheparinov break Kozul's fortress in the second round? White to move.

 

White to move

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The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders.

To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows

This show is in two parts — click or tap the second part to switch
Merijn is live at 20:00 CET (18:00 UT, 2 pm EDT)

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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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