Lawrence Trent

Lawrence Trent, born in London in 1986,
is an English International Master, chess commentator and coach.
As a junior, he won several British youth championships and represented England at numerous international youth events,
finishing seventh at the 2003 World Under-18 Championship.
Trent earned the International Master title in 2005.
During his tournament career, he achieved two grandmaster norms and reached his peak rating of 2487 in January 2009.
He studied Spanish and Italian with European Studies at Lancaster University.
Trent became best known as a commentator at major chess events.
Among others, he covered the London Chess Classic, the Candidates Tournament,
the 2013 World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen,
the 2013 World Cup and the 2014 Chess Olympiad.
From 2015 to 2016, he also served as manager to leading US player Fabiano Caruana.

 

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The Bombastic Bird's - an energetic and exciting repertoire after 1.f4
The Bombastic Bird's - an energetic and exciting repertoire after 1.f4
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, I uncover a number of groundbreaking theoretical novelties and new ideas that will soon have sco
by Lawrence Trent
€29.90
The Sizzling Scotch Gambit
The Sizzling Scotch Gambit
The Scotch Gambit is a brazen yet utterly sound system for White who immediately opens up the position, by sacrificing a central pawn, in an attempt to assassinate the enemy king as quickly as possible.
by Lawrence Trent
€9.90
The Baffling 2.b3 Sicilian
The Baffling 2.b3 Sicilian
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.
by Lawrence Trent
€29.90
The Ne2 Caro-Kann
The Ne2 Caro-Kann
Caro-Kann players typically love their solid structures and modest setups, but with this bamboozling sideline they will be forced to enter unknown territory right from the off!
by Lawrence Trent
€9.90
The Amazing Albin Counter-Gambit
The Amazing Albin Counter-Gambit
On this DVD IM Trent shows the Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5). Trent found a number of extremely dangerous Theoretical Novelties which will truly put the Albin Counter-Gambit back on the map.
by Lawrence Trent
€29.90
The Fort Knox Variation in the French Defence
The Fort Knox Variation in the French Defence
If you're one of those French Defence players who has been desperately searching for a reliable and easy-to-learn system against White's two main 3rd moves (3.Nd2 or 3.Nc3) then this is the 60 Minutes for you! The Fort Knox variation (3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7!
by Lawrence Trent
€9.90
The modern Grand Prix Attack
The modern Grand Prix Attack
This DVD will provide you with a comprehensive repertoire that explores all of Black’s ideas against the Grand Prix set up. My recommendations include a number of lines which are relatively unexplored by theory, and I have analysed them extensively.
by Lawrence Trent
€27.90
Winning with the fantasy variation
€9.90
The Sicilian Gashimov Variation
The Sicilian Gashimov Variation
The variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 aims to throw Black off his normal game right from the word 'go', where he'll be forced to play accurately and deal with a number of intricate nuances just to get an equal position.
by Lawrence Trent
€9.90
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