Game of the Week XXXIX-Bjerre,Jonas Buhl (2550) - Grandelius,Nils (2666)

The same probably goes for the current top players. Frankly speaking, I have not been very attentive and following the events closely.

Nevertheless, since I am always in search of a good game for my article, I have been feeling the benefit of checking the games and taking notes first-hand. I strongly recommend other players to do this for learning.

A while ago, the games between Firouzja vs. Vidit and Hakobian vs. Sindarov got my attention due to a very interesting opening idea with the Open Spanish. However, the results of White's 0.5 point did not reflect the strength of the idea. Often, when the result is not good, it goes unnoticed, but not for the world champion and/or his team. For example, Carlsen Magnus used the idea against Mamedyarov in the online rapid match on 26/09/2021.

The next day, I assume that young Danish Grandmaster Jonas Bjerre wanted to use the same idea against Nils Grandelius. To his surprise, Grandelius also took note of the game and came prepared with a rare idea....

Game of the Week is: Bjerre,Jonas Buhl vs. Grandelius,Nils

This is the continuation of the Game of the Week series. All the previous weeks could be found here.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 Edited by Della Almind