Game of the Week: Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi

by Merijn van Delft
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?

 
Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi
Position after 10.Qg4

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Vachier Lagrave,M2767Nepomniachtchi,I27741–02020FIDE Candidates 20207

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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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