The Weekly Show: The British Championship begins

by Lawrence Trent
7/30/2019 – The British Championship is in its early rounds in Torquay, England, and IM Lawrence Trent looks at some of the highlights thus far. 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.

Week 31

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).

In this week's show, we have some exciting games from the British Champs as the main feature, especially the second round game between Richard Palliser and David Howell.

But first, a warm up:

 
Colbow-Kleimark, Xtracon Open 2019
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 0-0 7.Nge2 a6 E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3 7...b5 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Ba5 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.0-0 c4 13.Kh1 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nf5 Nc5 16.Rxa5 Qxa5 1-0 (37) Mamedyarov,S (2772) -Li,R (2577) chess.com INT 2017 8.Ng3 b5 9.Bf4 exd5 10.cxd5 c4 11.a4 Ba5 12.Be2 Qb6! 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Be3N Predecessor: 14.Nf5 Nc5 15.Ne7+ 1-0 (51) Baldauf,M (2431)-Powierski,E (2317) Germany 2017 14...Nc5! 15.Bd4 Nfd7 16.Nf5 Ne5! 17.Ne7+ Kh8 Hoping for ...Bd7. 18.Nc6 b4 19.Nd1 f5 20.Qg5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 fxe4 White should play 20.Nxa5= Qxa5 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Bxc4 20...Bd7 21.Nxe5 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Nxa5 Qxa5 23.Bxc4 21...dxe5 22.Bxe5 Rf7! 23.Ne3 h6 23...b3+ 24.Kd1 Nd3 25.Nxc4 Nf2+ Double Attack 26.Kc1 Rc8 24.Qf4 White has the initiative. b3+ 25.Kf1 Bd2 25...Nxe4!= 26.fxe4 Qg6 27.Bxg7+ 27.Nxf5? Bxf5 28.exf5 Rxf5-+ 27...Rxg7 26.Bd4!± 26.Nxc4?! Bxf4 27.Nxb6 Bxe5= 26.Bxc4 Nxe4 27.Re1 27.fxe4? Bxe3 28.Qf3 Raf8-+ 27.Ke2 Re8 27...Re8-+ 26...c3! 27.bxc3 Strongly threatening Nc4. 27.a5 Qb4 27...Qa5? 27...b2= and Black has nothing to worry. 28.Rb1 Qb3 28.Qxh6+ And not 28.exf5 Bxc3 29.Rd1 Qb4= 28...Kg8 29.Nc4! Discovered Attack b2 30.Rb1 30.Nxa5? loses. bxa1Q+ 31.Kf2 Nxe4+! 32.fxe4 fxe4+ 33.Bf3 Qxh1-+ 30...gxh6 31.Nxa5 Nxa4 32.e5 e6 is the strong threat. Bb5 32...Re7± 33.c4 aiming for Nb3. Bxa5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Bxb5 35.Kf2+- 35...Bc3 36.Bxa4 36.e6± Bxd4 37.exf7+ Kxf7 38.Bxa4 Rxa4 39.Ke2 36...Bxd4= 37.e6 Rxa4 37...Rc7= 38.Bc6 Ra3 38.exf7+± Kxf7= Endgame KRR-KRB 39.Ke2 Ke7
40.Rhd1! Kd6 40...Bc3± was worth a try. 41.d6+ Kd7 41.Rxd4+- Remove Defender Rxd4 42.Rxb2 KR-KR Rh4 43.Ke3 Rxh2? 43...Ra4 44.g3 Ke5 45.f4+ Kxd5 46.Rb5+ Ke6 47.Rb6+ Kd5 48.Rxh6 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 Ra8 44.Kf4 Kxd5 44...Rh5 45.Rb6+ Kxd5 45.Kxf5 h5 46.Rd2+ Kc5 47.Kf4 47.Kg5 h4 48.Rd8 47...h4 48.Ke3 h3 49.gxh3 Rxh3 50.Ke4 Rh8 51.Rd5+ 51.f4 Re8+ 52.Kf5 Rf8+ 53.Kg5 Rg8+ 54.Kh6 51...Kc6
52.f4? 52.Rd3!+- Re8+ 53.Kf5 52...Re8+= The position is equal. 53.Kd4 Black should prevent f5. Re6 54.f5 Rd6 55.Rxd6+ Kxd6 56.f6 Ke6 57.Ke4 Kf7 58.Kd4 Kxf6 Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 50%. ½–½
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Palliser,R2399Howell,D2697½–½2019106th British-ch 20192.1

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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.

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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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