Teplice Open
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.Each week, I bring you the latest trends, games and combinations from elite chess tournaments on Tuesday at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 12 Noon EDT).
Going to be doing a roundup of some of the big opens going on especially the Teplice Open and a great game by GM Saloman against the Accelerated Dragon. Does his system really pose a threat to the entire opening?
I played Greg Shahade in an online match and much to my shock the move Rd7 appeared on the board. But White didn't resign immediately, why?
White to play. Can White save this position?
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1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Qa5 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.Qe2 e6 9.Ne5 Be7 10.c3 Bf6 11.d4 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.g4 Bg6 14.f4 b5 15.b4 Qd8 16.Bb3 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 Rd8 18.Bd2 h5 19.f5 exf5 20.e6 Nf6 21.exf7+ Kf8 22.Kc1 Ne4 23.Be1 Qg5+ 24.Kb2 hxg4 25.a4 Bxf7 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 27.axb5 cxb5 28.Rxa7+ Kg6 29.Qxb5 Rd1 30.Qc6+ Kh7 31.Qc7 Rg8 32.Kb3 Rb1+ 33.Ka4 Qe3 34.Kb5 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 Qxe1 36.c4 Nc3+ 37.Ka5 Qa1+ 38.Kb6 Qg1+ 39.Ka6 Qd4 40.Qf7 Qd6+ 41.Ka5 Qg6 42.Qd7 Rf8 43.c5 f4 44.Ra6 Qf5 45.Qd4 Qc2 46.Kb6 Rb8+ 47.Kc6 Qg2+ 0–1
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| Gunina,V | 2506 | Goryachkina,A | 2522 | 0–1 | 2019 | B11 | FIDE Women's Candidates | 9.2 |
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21.Rxc6! Qxc6 22.Nxe5 Qd6 23.Ng6 Rf7 24.Bb4 Qd7 25.Ne5 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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