Game of the Week: Goganov vs Puranik

by Merijn van Delft

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2/27/2019 – Ideas and strategies in Grandmaster games can be quite instructive. IM Merijn van Delft presents games like these every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET, 2 pm EST). On this week's show: Goganov vs Puranik from Round 8 of the Aeroflot Open. The live 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.

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

The Aeroflot tournament in Moscow is always a rich source of fascinating games. I came across several extraordinary material imbalances. For tonight I picked Goganov vs Puranik from the eighth round.

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

White to move

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To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is live at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET, 2 pm EDT).

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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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