Lawrence in London (Part 2)
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 cover the GCT finals this week, since as I was there commentating. The featured game is the classical game Ding vs Vachier-Lagrave, a beautiful controlled positional masterpiece by the GCT winner.
But first, Aronian vs Carlsen, the third place match: Here Carlsen is a rook and exchange up and must be winning. But is it so straightforward? Black to play!
Aronian vs Carlsen, London 2019
Black to play - Try your moves!
This week's show
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This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines.Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST)
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.0-0 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.a3 a5 9.Rb1 0-0 10.b3 Rb8 11.Bb2 h6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Nd5 b5 14.e3 Qd7 15.Re1 Bg4 16.Qc2 Rfc8 17.Ne4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Ne7 19.Nd2 Bh3 20.Bh1 Nf5 21.a4 h5 22.axb5 Rxb5 23.Ra1 h4 24.Bc3 Ra8 25.Ra4 Qd8 26.Bf3 Rab8 27.Rea1 Bh6 28.Re1 Qg5 29.Ne4 Qd8 30.Ra3 Ne7 31.Nd2 Nf5 32.Qd1 Bg7 33.g4 Nh6 34.Kh1 f5 35.gxf5 gxf5 36.Rg1 Qd7 37.Qe2 Kh8 38.Ra4 Rxb3 39.Rxh4 Rxc3 40.Rxh3 a4 41.e4 Rc2 42.Rh5 f4 43.Qd1 Rbb2 44.Nc4 a3 45.Bg4 Qd8 46.Nxb2 Rxb2 47.Be6 a2 48.Rxg7 Kxg7 49.Qg1+ Kf8 50.Rf5+ 1–0
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| Ding,L | 2801 | Vachier-Lagrave,M | 2777 | 1–0 | 2019 | | Grand Chess Tour Finals | 12 |
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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
SHOW39...♚h5! The mistake 39...g6?? was played by Carlsen!
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