The Weekly Show: A Prague Masters battle

by Lawrence Trent
2/18/2020 – IM Lawrence Trent looks to Prague for inspiration this week. | Puzzle time: In the diagram, it's White to move! How did he break through? | Lawrence is live this week from 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 12 Noon EST) and free for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can always register a free 90-day account to watch.
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.

Firouzja vs Vitiugov

Today I'm going to take a look at Firouzja vs Vitiugov from the Prague Masters.

But first: What was the winning blow for White?

 
Navara vs Grandelius, Prague 2020
Position after 40...Qd8

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 10.a4 Bb7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Nf1 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.Nh2 d5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qf3 c4 19.Nhg4 Nxg4 20.Nxg4 dxe4 21.dxe4 Qe6 22.Qg3 Kh8 23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Nb3 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.e5 Nc5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Nf6 gxf6 29.Qh4 Rd3 30.Bxh6 Bxh6 31.exf6 Qxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Ne4 33.Qh4 Kh7 34.Qh5 Nd6 35.g4 Bf3 36.Qe5 Bf8 37.Kf2 Ne4+ 38.Kf1 Kg8 39.Qxb5 Rd5 40.Qb8 Rd2 41.Bxe4 Bxe4 42.h4 Bd3+ 43.Kg1 Be4 44.Kf1 Bd3+ 45.Kg1 ½–½
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Firouzja,A2726Vitiugov,N2731½–½2020Prague Chess Festival - Masters4

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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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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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