Trent's Tactics - Alekhine's tactical brilliancies

by Arne Kaehler
1/21/2022 – Normally, Lawrence and Arne approach the tactic section, and solve some puzzles to reach a higher rating. Today, Alexander Alekhine takes over. Lawrence shows us two prime examples of Alekhines tactical understanding. Trent's Tactics is about exceeding your tactical understanding, with plenty of different motifs. We highly recommend trying the puzzles on your own for a couple of minutes, before watching the solution.
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.

Trent's Tactics

with Lawrence Trent and Arne Kaehler

Lawrence Trent takes us through the world of tactics. In every new episode, he teaches us a new tactical motif, which his co-host Arne Kaehler tries to solve. 

The viewer is encouraged to actively participate in the tactics, stop the video, and try to solve the chess problems on their own.

The second part of "Trent's Tactics" dives straight into the ChessBase training section. Each episode, the two try to solve the tactics, and together with you, the viewer, embark on a long journey to brush up the score.

 
 

Don't forget: The bottom-right corner of the board indicates the colour to move!

The Scotch Gambit is a brazen yet utterly sound system for White who immediately opens up the position, by sacrificing a central pawn, in an attempt to assassinate the enemy king as quickly as possible.

The ChessBase tactic training guide

by Albert Silver

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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