December Sun(way)
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.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).
The featured game will be Ivanchuk-Eggleston. A positional masterpiece — something we know 'Chuky' is capable of.
But first, Trent vs Mohata. Black has just played 11...♞xc3, ostensibly winning a pawn. However, I had a cunning plan up my sleeve. White to play!
Trent vs Mohata, Sitges 2019
White to play - Try your moves!
This week's show
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This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines.Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Re8 12.Rfd1 c6 13.b3 Rc8 14.e3 Qe7 15.Qb2 Rcd8 16.b4 b5 17.a4 a6 18.a5 g6 19.Nd2 h5 20.Re1 h4 21.Re2 hxg3 22.hxg3 Nf8 23.Nf3 Ne6 24.Rec2 Nd7 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.Bh3 Qd6 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Rh1 f6 29.Nh4 Ndf8 30.Bf5 Kf7 31.Bd3 Rc7 32.Qb1 f5 33.g4 f4 34.Rcc1 Ke7 35.Bxg6 f3+ 36.Kxf3 Ng5+ 37.Kg2 Bc8 38.Ng3 Kd8 39.Bxe8 Kxe8 40.Nhf5 Bxf5 41.Nxf5 Qg6 42.Rh6 1–0
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| Ivanchuk,V | 2690 | Eggleston,D | 2404 | 1–0 | 2019 | | VI Sunway Sitges International | 4 |
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Lawrence Trent's latest
Read a review of Trent's previous FritzTrainer on the "Bombastic Bird's Opening"!
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.
Solution to the puzzle
SHOW12.♗xc4!
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