Game of the Week: Wojtaszek vs Demchenko

by Merijn van Delft
10/16/2019 – Watching the top-flight chess on the Isle of Man, IM Merijn van Delft wonders whether the King's Indian is still playable at the elite level. The show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). Merijn is on-demand this week starting at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.

Game of the Week #384

The FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 tournament is a rich source of top-level chess, with so many grandmaster pairings every day. Caruana and Wang Hao are leading with 5 out of 6. Tonight we'll discuss the question, to what extent the King's Indian is still playable (at grandmaster level). Our main game will be Wojtaszek-Demchenko.

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

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

 
Wojtaszek vs Demchenko, Isle of Man 2019
Position after 9...a5

The solution will be revealed tonight!

This week's show

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.bxa5 Rxa5 11.a4 c5 12.Bd2 Ra6 13.Qc1 Nh5 14.Rb1 b6 15.Rb3 Bd7 16.Ra3 f5 17.Nb5 fxe4 18.Ng5 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Nxe4 Nf5 21.Qxf4 Bh6 22.Qf3 Ne3 23.Rxe3 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Bxb5 25.axb5 Ra2 26.Bd3 Bg7 27.g3 Ra3 28.h4 h6 29.Re1 Be5 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Nd2 Ra2 32.Nf1 Qa8 33.Nh2 Ra1 34.Re4 h5 35.Rfe3 Qa4 36.Re1 Rd1 37.Rxd1 Qxd1 38.Bf1 Qb1 39.Re2 Kf7 40.Nf3 Bf6 41.Re6 Be7 42.Nd2 Qc2 43.Ne4 Kf8 44.Nxd6 Bxd6 45.Rxd6 g5 46.hxg5 h4 47.Rf6+ Kg7 48.gxh4 Qe4+ 49.Kg3 Qe5+ 50.Rf4 Kg6 51.Kg4 1–0
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Wojtaszek,R2748Demchenko,A26551–02019FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss6.15

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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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