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title: Game of the Week XXXVI-Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2792) - Karjakin,Sergey (2758)
description: The "Berlin Wall” was used by Johannes Zukertort in the first World Championship match of 1886 without success; however, the variation got full recognition when Kramnik used it against Kasparov successfully in the 2000 World Championship match. This “wall” was first a headache for Kasparov, and now it has become a headache for all 1.e4 players.  Therefore, whenever I see the “Berlin Wall” fall in a high-level game, I feel quite amused as a 1.e4 player myself and a blogger and wanted to annotate a game in which this occurs for the weekly blog. However, the victories were dull due to the nature of the opening, until this game...
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## **Game of the Week:** Nepomniachtchi, Ian vs.Karjakin, Sergey

https://lichess.org/study/4VeDIjqu/Se7L7S1Y

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)