While looking through some of the content at the
Ultimate Chess Course website, I came across the following game by the sites owner, Roy Phillips. It was played at the 2002 Chess Olympiad, and it is almost a model game for players looking to use 1.d4 as an attacking weapon. He based his attacking plan on a game played by Capablanca some ninety year earlier, and it turned out to be just as effective. After aiming to mate on h7 out of the opening, Phillips then took advantage of the weaknesses created by Black in blocking the threat. Finally, after seizing control of the dark squares, he returned to the theme of mating the Black king, finishing off the game with a nice queen sac.
Philips,Roy - Medina,Ricardo [D46]
Olympiad Bled SLO (9), 04.11.2002
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe5 17. Qf6 Qxd4 18. Rae1 Qxb2 19. Bb1 Nxc4 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Bf6 Qb4 22. Re4 b5 23. Qxh7+ 1-0
1 comment:
I think I've been mated this way a dozen times by Milan and Gus over the years. It's a good simple way to put away rabbits.
Lee Forace.
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