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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.Today, in an unusual Wednesday Weekly Show, I will be covering Gibraltar — from Gibraltar — and specifically my first round loss to Le Quang Liem, a positional grind from a Spanish Archangelsk variation.
But first: Game 10 from the Women's World Championship match. White has a decision, to go up the board or go backwards. Which is best?
Goryachkina va Ju Wenjun, Game 10
White to play — Try your moves!
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The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST)
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 0-0 7.d4 Ba7 8.Re1 d6 8...b5 9.Bc2 d6 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.dxe5 Bxe3 14.exf6 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Qxf6 9.h3 9.Bxc6!? bxc6 10.h3= 9...Bd7 10.Be3N 10.Bg5 b5 11.Bc2 exd4 12.cxd4 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nb4 15.Bb3 c5 16.Bxd6 Re8 10...Re8 11.Bc2 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 12...Nxe4?! 13.d5± 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.a3 Bg6 16.Qb1 Qd7 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Re2 Rad8 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Qe4 c5 23.Rae1 b5 23...Re7 24.Qh4 24...f6 25.Qg3 Kh7 25...Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 fxe5 26.Re4 Qf5 27.b4 Bxe5 28.Nxe5 fxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxe5± Qf6 31.Rxc5 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.f3 Qd6 33...Rd3 34.Re5 Qf6 35.Re3 Rd4 36.Qb8 36.Re8 36...Qd6+ 36...Rd8± 37.Qg3 Rd6 37.Qxd6+- Rxd6 38.h4 Rd4 39.Kg3 a5 40.Re4 Rd3? 40...Rd7± 41.Re5 41.bxa5 Ra7+- 41...a4 42.Rxb5 Rd3 41.a4! 41.bxa5 Rxa3 42.Re7 Rxa5± 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Le,Q | 2713 | Trent,L | 2383 | 1–0 | 2020 | | Gibraltar Masters 2020 | 1.6 |
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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
SHOW53.♔b2 was essential, but the challenger chose 53.♔Kb4 and suffered a crucial defeat.
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