Keymer Shines in 2022! | Grandmaster’s Choice – GM Alex Yermolinsky

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Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky looks at games from young German grandmaster Vincent Keymer, who performed well at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in August.

2022.11.29
Vincent Keymer vs Avital Boruchovsky, Chennai Olympiad (2022): D35 Queen’s Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line, 5…c6
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2350170
Tobias Koelle vs. Keymer, 2022: D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
https://www.365chess.com/game.php?back=1&gid=4368280

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