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title: Game of the Week XLVI-Shirov,Alexei (2673) - Erdos,Viktor (2615)
description: What should you do if you cannot figure out how to equalize against a certain opening variation?
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**The old chess wisdom says to play the variation with the opposite color and let your opponent show the equality to you if it exists.**

**Of course, wisdom evolves over time. Nowadays, we can run strong engines and get a report that usually somehow finds equality almost everywhere. However, the lines are often quite complicated for mortal minds, and most probably, a person without prior knowledge of them would not figure them out.**

**So, why not follow the old wisdom using modern computer analysis and see if your opponent figures it out or not?! This brings us to this week’s Game of the Week...**

## **Game of the Week is- Shirov vs. Erdos**

https://lichess.org/study/GWPZqTsb/YIw6F7fP

This is the continuation of the Game of the Week series. All the previous weeks could be found [here](https://www.chess.com/blog/gameofweek). Thank you for reading! If you find any noteworthy games that you think should appear on **Game of the Week**, please send me a message on lichess.org.Please note that **Game of the Week** will cover games played from Saturday to Saturday of each week, and any games played on Sunday will go to the next week. See you next Sunday! Contributors: Grandmaster [Vasif Durarbayli](https://lichess.org/@/Durarbayli) Edited by [Della Almind](https://lichess.org/@/QueenDella)