Game of the Week: Ivanchuk vs Palac

by Merijn van Delft
12/4/2019 – Opening novelties in the Najdorf made IM Merijn van Delft stand up and take notice this week, and he focuses on a game by fan-favourite Vassily Ivanchuk. The live 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 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 4 PM EST).
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The latest trends in opening theory are often dictated by the strongest players. This week, both Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk showed their own unique handling of the 6.♗g5 Najdorf. One would think that in this sharp, concrete opening, everything has already been analysed, but there is still enough room for creativity. Tonight, we will mainly focus on the Ivanchuk game.

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

 
Ivanchuk vs Palac, Zagreb 2019
Position after 10...♛c7

Merijn will explain in the show!

This week's show

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.g3 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Na4 Rc8 15.Re2 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qxb4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Qd4 Nxe4 20.Nb6 Rd8 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Qxg7 Rf8 23.Qxh6 Rd6 24.Qh5 Qd7 25.Nd4 Kd8 26.Nf5 Nf6 27.Qh3 Re6 28.Red2 Re4 29.g4 Rxf4 30.Qe3 Rxg4 31.Nxe7 Re4 32.Nxd5 Rxe3 33.Nxe3 Kc7 34.Rxd7+ Nxd7 35.h4 Rh8 36.Nd5+ Kc8 37.Rd4 Ne5 38.Re4 1–0
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Ivanchuk,V2679Palac,M25501–02019Tournament of Peace 201910.5

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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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