Game of the Week: Nico Zwirs vs Sipke Ernst

by Merijn van Delft
6/5/2019 – At the moment several interesting tournaments are played but IM Merijn van Delft prefers a little privacy and looks at a game between Nico Zwirs and Sipke Ernst, two of his friends. The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is live at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).
The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is considered one of the most promising replies to 1.e4, often giving rise to sharp and complex positions which require precise and inventive play from both sides. Thus, an opening tailor-made for Alexei Shirov (FIDE World Cup finalist in 2007), who has included it into his repertoire with both White and Black and knows the mutual tricks and traps all too well.

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Ideas and strategies in Grandmaster games can be quite instructive. IM Merijn van Delft presents games like these every Wednesday. On this week's show:

As so often, there are several interesting chess tournaments being played at the same time. Norway Chess has just started with a new tournament format (armageddon in case of a draw) and before that Magnus Carlsen won the Lindores Abbey Chess Stars rapid event. Meanwhile, the ladies are playing their Candidates Tournament. But the game that stands out most to me this week is a game between Nico Zwirs and Sipke Ernst, two friends of mine, played at the Groningen weekender.

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Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?

 
N. Swirs - S. Ernst, Groningen 2019
Position after 19...Rac8

White to move

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 0-0 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 b5 9.f3 c5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Nc6 12.g4 Nd4 13.Be3 Nxf3 14.Qg2 Ne5 15.Be2 b4 16.Na4 Nfd7 17.g5 Re8 18.h4 Qc7 19.Bf4 Rac8 20.Bxa6 Ra8 21.Bb5 Reb8 22.b3 c4 23.f6 Bf8 24.Bxd7 Nxd7 25.fxg7 Kxg7 26.g6 fxg6 27.h5 cxb3 28.axb3 Rxa4 29.bxa4 Qc3 30.Rd3 Qa1+ 31.Kd2 Qf6 32.Bg5 Qe5 33.hxg6 Nc5 34.Rxh7+ Kg8 35.Rh8+ Kg7 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Qd5+ Qxd5 38.Rxd5 b3 39.Rxc5 1–0
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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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