World Youth 2019
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).
This week we'll take a look at one of Prag's oustanding games from the World Juniors en route to his historic victory (plus some special comments from Vladimir Kramnik about the future of this young Indian star).
But first, White to play, did Black overestimate his defensive resources?
White to play
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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:
21.Qh3!
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