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Game of the Week: Manuel Bosboom vs Hing Ting Lai

by Merijn van Delft

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7/31/2019 – The Dutch blitz legend IM Manuel Bosboom is the star of IM Merijn van Delft's Game of the Week as he showed his class in the annual Dutch Open in Dieren. The 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 on-demand this week starting at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).

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At the Dutch Open in Dieren, Dutch chess legend Manuel Bosboom is shining by beating many exponents of the new generation. In round 6 it was a case of teacher versus student, when Manuel beat Hing Ting Lai. These days Hing has taken over Manuel's position as the number one blitz player in the Netherlands, but Manuel showed what he is still capable of when it comes to classical chess.

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Merijn van Delft 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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