Eyes on Engel
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 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12 Noon EST).
I am going to discuss the action from the opening weekend of this year's Bundesliga and a special focus on a young talent I've not spoken about on the show: Luis Engel. He had a brilliant attacking game in Round 2 vs Nico Georgiadis.
But first, This ending is completely winning, but even Super GMs are capable of messing things up from time to time. White to play and win!
White to play - Try your moves!
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| 1.e4 | 1,166,623 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 947,298 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,602 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 182,102 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,702 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,265 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,897 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,801 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,756 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,206 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 954 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 664 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 433 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 280 | 56% | 2418 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 110 | 60% | 2466 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 92 | 46% | 2436 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 Rb8 11.Nd2 c5 12.b3 Be7 13.Ba3 Qd7 14.Rad1 Qc6 15.Rfe1 0-0 16.Nf1 Bb7 17.Qh3 Rfe8 18.e6 d4 19.f3 f6 20.Ng3 g6 21.Re4 Bd6 22.Rde1 Re7 23.Qh4 Rf8 24.Bc1 f5 25.R4e2 c4 26.Bg5 Rfe8 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Bf6 d3 29.Qg5+ Kf8 30.Bd4 1–0
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| Engel,L | 2519 | Georgiadis,N | 2529 | 1–0 | 2019 | | Schachbundesliga | 2 |
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Lawrence Trent's latest
Read a 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 the puzzle
SHOW79.b6 or 79.Rg5 are winning.
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