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Game of the Week: Papp vs Svane

by Merijn van Delft

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11/27/2019 – The new season of the German League caught the attention of IM Merijn van Delft, who this week shows a nice win from the young German GM Rasmus Svane. 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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Game of the Week #388

Rasmus Svane is an enterprising young German GM, who plays in the Bundesliga for Hamburger Schachklub (HSK). Last weekend he contributed significantly to the victories of his team by scoring an impressive 2 out of 2 on the second board. We will study his win on Saturday against Gabor Papp.

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

Warm up question: What would you play here with Black?

Merijn will explain in the show!

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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.

To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is on-demand at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 4 PM EST).

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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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