The Weekly Show at the London Chess Classic (2/2)

by Lawrence Trent
12/10/2019 – From London IM Lawrence Trent is on the scene at both the Grand Chess Tour Finals and the London Chess Classic ancillary events, and brings you his take in this Weekly Show. | Puzzle time: In the diagram, it's Black to move! | Lawrence is on-demand this week beginning at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / Noon EST) and free for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can register a free 90-day account to watch.
Welcome to the Bombastic Bird's, a revolutionary repertoire for one of the most enterprising and underrated openings in chess theory (1.f4). In this series, IM Lawrence Trent uncovers a number of groundbreaking theoretical novelties and new ideas that will soon have scorners of this romantic system regretting they ever doubted its soundness.

Lawrence in London (Part 2)

Each week, I bring you the latest trends, games and combinations from elite chess tournaments on Tuesday at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12 Noon EST).

I cover the GCT finals this week, since as I was there commentating. The featured game is the classical game Ding vs Vachier-Lagrave, a beautiful controlled positional masterpiece by the GCT winner.

But first, Aronian vs Carlsen, the third place match: Here Carlsen is a rook and exchange up and must be winning. But is it so straightforward? Black to play!

 

Black to play - Try your moves!

This week's show

Lawrence is on-demand this week and free for a limited time. You can register a free 90-day account and will gain access to this and many more shows from a variety of authors. 

Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST)

 

Follow along with Lawrence and try your own moves

Previous shows on-demand

After each show, the video is available along with all previous editions in the videos archive. To watch those you'll need a ChessBase Premium Account.

Lawrence Trent's latest

Read a review of Trent's previous FritzTrainer on the "Baffling b3 Sicilian"!

Make life difficult for the Sicilian! 2.b3 is a thoroughly venomous but still solid kind of "Anti-Sicilian". No matter what setup black chooses, the bishop on b2 will always be unpleasant for him.

Solution to the puzzle

39...♚h5! The mistake 39...g6?? was played by Carlsen!

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Born in 1986, Lawrence Trent is an international master, who has represented England in numerous international youth championships (including a 7th place in the U18 WCh in 2003). The Londoner, who has a degree in Romance languages, already has a lot of experience as a trainer. Trent has recorded several DVDs for ChessBase.

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