Facing a favourite
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?
White to play — Try your moves!
This week's show
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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)
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 "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
53.♔b2 was essential, but the challenger chose 53.♔Kb4 and suffered a crucial defeat.
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