Game of the Week: Banikas vs Meier

by Merijn van Delft
10/30/2019 – The European Team Championship is a fantastic source of fascinating battles and theoretical developments. Today IM Merijn van Delft highlights the game between GMs Banikas and Meier. 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 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 3 PM EDT).

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After six rounds, there are already too many games to choose from, but I decided to pick the game Banikas vs Meier for us to study tonight. The Greek grandmaster is in good shape and won a creative game. The German team is doing well by the way, and is now in second place.

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?

 

Merijn will explain in the show!

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Topics: European Team Championship 2019, georg meier, Hristos Banikas, The Game of the Week, Training and Improvement
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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