Game of the Week #615: Vidit Gujrathi vs Gukesh D

by Merijn van Delft
4/19/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at the game Vidit Gujrathi vs Gukesh D from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto, a fine game and an impressive comeback by Gukesh. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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Game of the Week #615

The Candidates Tournament in Toronto is super exciting, with Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh currently sharing the lead with 6 out of 10, half a point ahead of Caruana, Nakamura and Praggnanandhaa.

Last week we studied a win by Nepo, so this week we have chosen a game by Gukesh. In round seven, Gukesh suffered a painful defeat to Firouzja, but in the very next round he bounced back to win an impressive game with Black against Vidit, which is our Game of the Week.

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

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The flexible Open Spanish

In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.

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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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