The Weekly Show: Edouard at the ECC

by Lawrence Trent
11/12/2019 – This week IM Lawrence Trent checks out the Euro Club Cup and specifically a win with black by French GM Romain Edouard. | Puzzle time: In the diagram below, it's White to move! | Lawrence is live for free and on-demand for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can register a free 90-day account to watch.

The Bombastic Bird's - an energetic and exciting repertoire after 1.f4 The Bombastic Bird's - an energetic and exciting repertoire after 1.f4

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.

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The European Club Cup

Each week, I bring you the latest trends, games and combinations from elite chess tournaments on Tuesday at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12 Noon EST).

Today we're going to be taking a look at the action at the European Club Cup including a special victory with the Black pieces by Romain Edouard vs Ruslan Ponomariov.

But first, here I had to be very precise to win this position. What should White play?

 

White to play - Try your moves!

This week's show

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Follow along with Lawrence and try your own moves

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Lawrence Trent's latest

Read a review of Trent's previous FritzTrainer on the "Baffling b3 Sicilian"!

The Baffling 2.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.

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Solution to the puzzle

56. Rb8+ Kh7 57.Rb3

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Topics: European Club Cup 2019, Romain Edouard, The Weekly Show
Born 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.
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Beating the French According to Viktor Kupreichik

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