Closing out the year
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.I'll be taking a look at a gem of a game to finish the year off: Narciso-Bernadisky from the Lorca open. One of the most aesthetically beautiful games you're likely to see this year.
I'll briefly talk about the World Rapid and Blitz, Hastings and what we've got in store for 2020.
White just played ♔c5 and Black has only one move to draw. Can you find it?
See you all next year!
Wagner-Lagarde, Sitges 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.e4 | 1,173,500 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 952,126 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 283,503 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 183,155 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,796 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,442 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,921 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,851 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,771 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,234 | 54% | 2405 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,075 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 961 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 668 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 465 | 54% | 2381 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 436 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 283 | 56% | 2419 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 116 | 60% | 2462 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 99 | 47% | 2428 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Nc3 c6 6.Be3 d6 7.Nge2 a6 8.c5 Nbd7 9.cxd6 exd6 10.Ng3 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Bb7 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Bf1 Re8 16.Rc1 Ne5 17.Qb3 h5 18.Nh1 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Bxd4+ 21.Nf2 Qh4 22.Rc2 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Qg5+ 24.Bg2 Rxe4 25.Kf1 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rxe1+ 27.Ne4 Bxe4+ 28.Kg3 Rg1+ 0–1
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| Narciso Dublan,M | 2516 | Bernadskiy,V | 2593 | 0–1 | 2019 | | Lorca Open | 7 |
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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.
Solution to the puzzle
SHOW12.♗xc4!
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