Game of the Week: Chandra vs Lenderman

by Merijn van Delft
1/8/2020 – For tonight's training IM Merijn van Delft turns West to Charlotte, North Carolina and a rare Alekhine's Defence between grandmasters. The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). Merijn is live this week starting at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 4 PM EST).
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Game of the Week #394

The past week was a relatively quiet one, as the 2700 club had a break from classical chess. When checking the other tournaments, I came across a model game played with the Four Pawns Attack against the Alekhine Defence. Since this variation has never gained main line status, it is an interesting topic for study tonight.

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Chandra vs Lenderman, Charlotte 2020
Position after 13...♞d7

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1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qh4+ 12.Bf2 Qf4 13.c5 Nd7 14.Qc1 Qf5 15.Qb1 Qxb1+ 16.Rxb1 0-0-0 17.f4 g6 18.Bf3 Ne7 19.Bh4 Re8 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.c6 bxc6 22.Bxc6 Bh6 23.0-0 Rd8 24.Rbd1 f6 25.Kg2 Nb8 26.Ba4 fxe5 27.fxe5 Kb7 28.Rf3 a5 29.Ne4 Ka7 30.Nc5 Na6 31.Nb3 Rb8 32.a3 Rb6 33.Rf2 Ka8 34.Nxa5 c5 35.dxc5 Nxc5 36.Rd8+ Rb8 37.Rxb8+ Kxb8 38.Nc6+ Kc7 39.Nxe7 Nxa4 40.Rf7 Kd8 41.Rxh7 1–0
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Chandra,A2524Lenderman,A26381–02020Charlotte Open 20205.1

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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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