Week 35
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:
Check out the recent ChessBase post on this "Fischer challenge"
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Lawrence Trent's latest
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.
Solution to today's puzzle:
28.Qh7+!
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