The Weekly Show: Carlsen in Scotland

by Lawrence Trent
5/28/2019 – On the show today, the Lindores Abbey tournament was a fun little show up in Scotland and Lawrence will have a look at a key game plus review the important chess action of the past week. Live beginning at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 12 Noon EDT) 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.

The whisky tournament

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).

Today I'm going to be spending time with the game Carlsen vs Karjakin game where we'll learn to make most of our resources in a position where we are severely down in material. Will briefly cover results of other top events as always.

But first, Nepomniachtchi vs Wojtaszek, from Moscow Grand Prix. White clearly has the initiative and Black's pieces are poorly coordinated, but how best to proceed?

 
Nepomniachtchi vs Wojtaszek, Moscow Grand Prix
Position after 18...Bc5

Give up? You'll find the complete game at the bottom of this article!

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1.d4 Predecessor: 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 1/2-1/2 (11) Dizdarevic,E (2495)-Palac,M (2495) Montecatini Terme 1994 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bf4 c5N D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 7...c6 8.Qc1 Re8 9.c4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nb6 11.Qc1 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Nc3 Nfd5 14.Bh6 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc4 1/2-1/2 (34) Malakhov,V (2686)-Vitiugov,N (2722) St Petersburg 2017 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.Qb3 cxd4 The position is equal. 10.Qxb6 Nxb6 11.cxd4 Ne4 12.Rc1 Nd6 13.Nc3 Be6 13...Nf5= 14.a4 a5! 15.h4 Rfc8 16.b3 Rc7 17.Nb5 White should play 17.Bd2 17...Rxc1+= 18.Rxc1 Nxb5 19.axb5 Rc8 20.Rc5 Kf8 21.e4 a4 22.exd5 22.Rxc8+= remains equal. Bxc8 23.bxa4 22...Rxc5 Better is 22...Bxe5 23.Bxe5 a3 24.dxe6 f6 23.dxc5 a3! 24.dxe6 a2 Zwischenzug 25.Nd7+ Ke8! 25...Nxd7? 26.exd7 a1Q+ 27.Kh2+- 26.Nxb6 Wrong is 26.Be5? Bxe5 27.exf7+ Kxf7-+ 26...a1Q+ 27.Kh2 Be5 27...fxe6!? 28.c6 28.Bxb7 Bd4 28...bxc6 29.bxc6 Be5 28.Be3 Reject 28.Bxb7 Bxf4 29.gxf4 fxe6-+ 28...fxe6 29.Bxb7 Bd4! Hoping for ...Bxe3. 30.Nc4? 30.c6= and White stays safe. Bxe3 31.c7 Bxf2 32.c8Q+ Double Attack Kf7 33.Qc7 Qg1+ 34.Kh3 Bxb6 35.Qf4+ Kg7 36.Be4 30...Bxe3-+ 31.Nxe3 Qb2 32.Kg2 c6 is the strong threat. Qxb3 33.b6 Qb5 34.Bf3 Kd8 35.b7 Kc7 36.c6 Qb4 37.g4 Qd4 38.Nf1
38...h5! 39.gxh5 gxh5 39...Qxh4? 40.Ng3-+ 40.Ng3 e5 And now ...Qb4 would win. 40...Qxh4? 41.Nxh5 Qd4 42.Ng3-+ 41.Ne4 Qc4 42.Ng5 Kb8 43.Be4 Qe2 44.Bf5
44.Bf3 Qc4 45.Be4 44...e4!-+ Black is clearly better. 45.Nxe4 45.Bxe4 Qg4+ 45...Qc4 aiming for ...Qd5. 46.Ng3 Qxc6+ 47.Be4 Qf6 48.Nxh5 Qxh4 Double Attack 49.Ng3 Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 46%. ½–½
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Carlsen,M2861Karjakin,S2752½–½2019Lindores Abbey Chess Stars5.2

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Lawrence Trent's latest

Read a recent 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 today's puzzle:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qd3 Rc8 9.0-0 h6 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.h3 Nf6 12.a4 Be7 13.Rd1 0-0 14.Nf1 d5 15.exd5 Ne8 16.d6 Bxd6 17.Nd5 Qc6 18.Nfe3 Bc5 19.b4 Bd6 20.c4 b6 21.a5 e4 22.Qd4 Be6 23.axb6 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Qxd5 25.Rxd5 Bxb4 26.Rxa6 Nd6 27.b7 Nxb7 28.Rb6 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Wojtaszek,R27241–02019Moscow FIDE Grand Prix24

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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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