The Weekly Show: New season of the German League

Eyes on Engel

The Sizzling Scotch Gambit

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!

This week's show

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And Action! - How to crown positional play by tactics

There are few names which, like that of Alexei Shirov, can be associated with fantastically imaginative and tactically influenced play. Now the Latvian grandmaster is presenting a DVD on precisely that element of the game of chess. And one that is completely based on his own games.

Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST)

Follow along with Lawrence and try your own moves

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Lawrence Trent's latest

Read a review of Trent's previous FritzTrainer on the "Baffling b3 Sicilian"!

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.

Solution to the puzzle

79.b6 or 79.Rg5 are winning.

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