Game of the Week: van Foreest vs Carlsen

by Merijn van Delft
1/15/2020 – Tonight's show will be recorded from Wijk aan Zee, very close to where the action happens. IM Merijn van Delft tackles the game from the Masters that was the talk of the town: Jorden van Foreest vs Magnus Carlsen. 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).
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.

Game of the Week #395

Super-talent Alireza Firouzja was the surprising early tournament leader, but yesterday Wesley So took over by beating him in a technical game with the bishop pair. Another great surprise in the first part of the tournament is local hero Jorden van Foreest. Tonight we will examine how he could have had great chances to beat Magnus Carlsen. The world champion drew the game and took over the record of longest unbeaten streak.

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

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

 
Van Foreest vs Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2020
Position after 15...♝h5

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Be2 Nf4 12.0-0 Bg4 13.d3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 f5 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 fxg4 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.Nce4 Be7 19.Ng3 Bg6 20.Qxg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 c5 22.N5e4 Nc6 23.Be3 Nd4 24.Rac1 Rac8 25.Kg2 c4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.f3 Rc6 28.b3 Ba3 29.Rce1 cxd3 30.cxd3 a5 31.Rf2 Bc1 32.Nd2 Bxd3 33.Nc4 Bf4 34.Ne5 Rc3 35.Nxd3 Rxd3 36.Nf5 g6 37.Re4 Bg5 38.Ne7+ Kh8 39.Nc6 Be3 40.Re2 Rd1 41.Nxa5 Rg1+ 42.Kh2 Rc1 43.Kg2 Rg1+ 44.Kh2 Rc1 45.Kg2 ½–½
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Van Foreest,J2644Carlsen,M2872½–½202082nd Tata Steel GpA4.1

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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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