Wrapping up March madness
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 will examine a key game from the Sharjah Masters plus the end of the U.S. Champs. But first...a warm up:
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Lawrence Trent's latest
Read a recent review of Trent's previous FritzTrainer on the "Baffling b3 Sicilian"!
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.
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