Week 39
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).
Today, we'll continue looking at the Skolkovo Women's Grand Prix with a focus on Humpy's convincing victory and her very interesting game vs Valentina Gunina.
But first, in the diagram below, after the moves 26...♛xa3 27.♕xd3 a4, should White resign or does she have a hidden resource?
White to play
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| 1.e4 | 1,165,570 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 946,474 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,312 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 181,937 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,688 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,236 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,886 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,796 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,753 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,197 | 54% | 2403 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 948 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 662 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 426 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 279 | 56% | 2416 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 108 | 60% | 2468 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 91 | 47% | 2431 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 Bxa6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Qb8 11.Rb1 Bd6 12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bxf6 Rxf6 14.h4 Ne5 15.Rh3 Qb6 16.Qb3 Qd8 17.Nb5 c4 18.Qc3 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Bb8 20.f4 Ng6 21.Rd1 Nxf4 22.Rg3 Ng6 23.Rg5 Bf4 24.Rg4 Be5 25.Qxc4 Nxh4 26.Nc3 Nf3 27.Ke2 Qb6 28.Na4 Qa7 29.Nc5 Rc8 30.b4 h5 31.Rg6 d5 32.exd5 Qf7 33.Rxe6 Rf8 34.Ne4 Qf4 35.Nf6+ Rxf6 36.Qxf4 Rxf4 37.Ke3 g5 38.d6 Bd4+ 39.Ke2 Ne5 40.Rxd4 Rxd4 41.Rxe5 Rxd6 42.Rxg5+ Kf7 43.Rxh5 1–0
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| Koneru,H | 2560 | Gunina,V | 2502 | 1–0 | 2019 | | Skolkovo FIDE Women's Grand Prix | 9 |
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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.
Solution to today's puzzle:
Show solution28.Qa6!
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