The Weekly Show: A spectacular finish from the Russian Higher League

A highly entertaining Sicilian

The Russian Higher League came to an end on July 5. Pavel Ponkratov won the event with a 7/9 score. Maksim Chigaev and Aleksandra Goryachkina finished a half point behind. In this week's video, I look at a highly entertaining victory by Chigaev, one that included a spectacular finish.

But first, a warm-up: Below is a position from the game Levon Aronian vs Vladislav Artemiev from the final of the Goldmoney Rapid tournament. Levon Aronian took the tournament by storm and was in fine form throughout. How did he defeat the tricky Russian GM here?

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The Baffling 2.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.

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