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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.
Doesn’t every chess game get decided by mistakes? Absolutely. But most players never truly comprehend that they are making the same kind of mistakes over and over again.
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 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 12 Noon EDT).
Yesterday was the first round of the Spanish Team Championships and there were some cracking games. Will take a look at a GM scalp by Pablo Almagro in the first round, which featured a devastating attacking display.
I will also talk briefly about Pal Benko and his legacy. The warm-up for today is from Benko, but I'm afraid I don't know the year:
Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST / 12 Noon EDT)
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1.e4d62.d4Nf63.f3e63...e54.dxe5dxe55.Qxd8+Kxd86.Bc4Ke87.Ne2Bc58.Bd2Nbd79.Nc1Ke710.a4a511.Nb3Bb612.Bc3Ne813.Na3Nd614.0-0-0f61-0 (43)
Vallejo Pons,F (2707)-Onischuk,V (2637) Riadh 20174.Nc3Be75.Be3a66.Qd2B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems0-07.g4c5NPredecessor:
7...b58.g5Nfd79.h4c510.dxc5Nxc511.0-0-01-0 (39) Sion Castro,M
(2390)-Fernandez Lopez,F (2315) Ponferrada 19928.Nge2The position is
equal.Nc6Black should try8...b5=9.g5Nd710.f4cxd411.Nxd4Nxd412.Qxd4e513.Qd2!exf414.Bxf4Ne5
Threatens to win with ...
Nf3+.15.Be2Be616.0-0-0Rc817.Kb1b518.h4Qc719.Nd5Bxd5!20.exd5b4Black should play20...f621.Bxe5Much less strong is21.Bxa6Ra821...dxe522.Bxa6Rcd823.Qe2Bc524.Bc4Bd425.h5Rd626.Bb3Qb627.Rh3f527...Qd8±28.c3+-bxc329.bxc3Bc530.Qxe5Qa731.h6
g6! is the strong threat.31...g6?31...Qd7was called for.32.hxg7Qxg732.Re1f432...Qd733.Kc2Bf233.Rf3Accuracy: White = 76%,
Black = 36%.1–0
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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.
Lawrence TrentBorn 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.
Throughout the video course, Sasikran shows various examples from his career to explain sacrifices for initiative, an attack, a better pawn structure and much more.
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