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Game of the Week: Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi

by Merijn van Delft

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3/25/2020 – The FIDE Candidates Tournament is getting very interesting and IM Merijn van Delft takes a look at the highlight of the day. | 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 / 3 PM EDT).

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Game of the Week #405

The Candidates remains very exciting, as a few hours ago the second place Vachier-Lagrave beat Nepomniachtchi in their direct encounter to move into a tie at the top. Interestingly, they played a variation of the French Winawer that I have been analysing extensively with a few friends on Ibiza in 2019, so I will be able to show some hidden points.

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

Merijn will explain in the show!

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Marin's English Love Vol.1 and 2 - A complete repertoire for White after 1.c4

The aim of these Dvd's is to build a repertoire after 1.c4 and 2.g3 for White. The first DVD includes the systems 1...e5, the Dutch and Indian setups. The second DVD includes the systems with 1...c5, 1...c6 and 1...e6.

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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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