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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).
Today, a final round-up of Sitges with a brilliant attacking game by Karthikeyen and some wicked home preparation to defeat Aroshidze in the last round. I talk about the dangers of having an inflexible opening repertoire and the depth to which top class open players now achieve in their home prep.
But first, in the diagram below my young opponent just played the move 25.f3, a counterintuitive decision which was duly punished. Black to play!
See you all next year!
Anees vs Trent, Sitges 2019
Black to play — Try your moves!
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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.e4 | 1,173,500 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 952,126 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 283,503 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 183,155 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,796 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,442 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,921 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,851 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,771 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,234 | 54% | 2405 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,075 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 961 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 668 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 465 | 54% | 2381 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 436 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 283 | 56% | 2419 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 116 | 60% | 2462 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 99 | 47% | 2428 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rad1 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qd6 17.f4 0-0 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.d6 Qxb2 20.d7 Rad8 21.Bh3 Qxa2 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Bf5 Kg7 24.Qc3 b5 25.Rd6 Qb1+ 26.Kf2 Qc1 27.Qxf6+ Kg8 28.h4 Rde8 29.dxe8N Rxe8 30.Bh7+ Kf8 31.Be4 1–0
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| Karthikeyan,M | 2611 | Aroshidze,L | 2514 | 1–0 | 2019 | | VI Sunway Sitges International | 10 |
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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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