Game of the Week: Van Delft vs Paulet

by Merijn van Delft
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Game of the Week #403

Last weekend I played in two leagues: the Dutch league on Saturday and the Belgian league on Sunday. There was one particular dynamic theme (which I won't reveal yet) that played a key role in both games I played. Both games were very exciting and I will show them in tonight's lecture.

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Van Delft vs Paulet
Position after 13...Nc6

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5? 7...h6 is normaal. 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.0-0 Qc7 Dit kende ik niet meer, maar blijk ik nog een keer meegenomen te hebben in mijn analyses. 9...b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.exd5 Be7 en tijdens de partij wist ik het vervolg niet meer: 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Nf5 0-0 14.Qd4 10.Re1 Be7 11.g5 Mijn file zegt 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 11...Nfd7 12.a4 bxa4 12...b4 13.Na2 had ik gepland. 13.Rxa4 Nc6? Hier zat ik op te hopen. 13...0-0 14.Nf5! Het standaard Velimirovic offer. Nb6 Deze had ik gemist, maar dat maakt niet veel uit. 15.Nd5! Deze was ook lekker om te doen. Ook 15.Nxg7+ Kf8 16.Nh5 is goed voor wit. 15...exd5 16.exd5 Ne5 17.Rb4 De rook swing 17.Rh4 heb ik ook overwogen. 17...a5 18.Rb3 a4 19.Rc3 Qd7 20.Nxe7 20.Nxg7+ Kf8 21.Ne6+ is ook een heerlijke optie, geen seconde overwogen. 20...Qxe7 21.f4 0-0 22.fxe5 Ra5! Deze had ik niet aan zien komen, ik schrok er een beetje van. 23.Rd3?? 23.Qd4! Nxd5 24.Rd3 blijkt de manier te zijn. Na de partij dacht ik 23.exd6 Qxd6 maar ook hier moet het weer van 24.Qd4! komen. 23...Ba6?? Na 23...dxe5 staat het opeens weer gelijk. 24.exd6 Qxd6 25.Rd4 Nu is alles weer in orde voor wit. Bb7 26.Bf4 Qc5 27.Kh2 27.Be3 Nc4 28.Bf2 Nxb2 durfde ik niet goed aan vanwege de zwarte e-pion, maar was wel significant beter. 27...Nd7 Dit is te passief. 27...Rb5 was de laatste vechtkans. 28.Qd2 Rb5 29.c3 Qb6 30.Re2 Nc5 31.Rb4 Rxb4 32.cxb4 Nb3 33.Qc3 Ba6 34.Re1 Qf2 35.Bg3 Qf5 36.Re5 Qg6 37.Qc6 f6 38.gxf6 gxf6 39.Re4 Bc8 40.Qxa4 Nc5 41.bxc5 1–0
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Van Delft,M2381Paulet,I23081–02020Meesterklasse6

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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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