Game of the Week
A weekly series by GMs Vasif Durarbayli and Burak Firat, selecting games for their sporting, scientific, and artistic value—not simply for engine perfection.
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Game of the Week XLVII Carlsen, Magnus (2855) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2782)
“A Knight on f5 is worth a pawn” Garry Kasparov Kasparov made this statement because often, the Black side castles…
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Game of the Week XLVI: Shirov, Alexei (2673) – Erdos, Viktor (2615)
What should you do if you cannot figure out how to equalize against a certain opening variation? The old chess…
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Game of the Week XLV: Keymer, Vincent (2639) – Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (2569)
Wilheim Steinitz famously claimed that the king is a strong piece and can defend himself. The first World Champion’s firm…
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Game of the Week XLIV: Gelfand, Boris (2680) – Martirosyan, Haik (2624)
This last round game was neither important for the final standings, nor particularly spectacular. However, it was a very clean…
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Game of the Week XLIII: Van Foreest, Jorden (2691) – Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2617)
The talented young Dutch grandmaster with the white pieces introduced one of the most creative opening novelties I have seen…
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Game of the Week XLII: Yoo, Christopher (2485) – Mardov, Dimitar (2373)
The new generation of chess players has been fascinating me with their approach to the opening. The opening ideas that…
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Game of the Week XLI: Narayanan.S.L (2647) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2634)
“Why should I learn an opening that I won’t play with either color?” The best way to answer this question…
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Game of the Week XL: Mastrovasilis, Athanasios (2523) – Nikolov, Momchil (2522)
“Pattern Recognition” has become a common term in chess language, and everyone wants to find an easier way to master…
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Game of the Week XXXIX: Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (2550) – Grandelius, Nils (2666)
The story goes that Robert James Fischer used to study all published chess games, including the USSR Women’s Chess Championship.…