Monday, 15 August 2022

Through the centre then left at the h file

 Toby Brookfield is quite a dangerous player when he gets an attack going, something I discovered when I played him at the 2010 Olympiad. In the most recent Olympiad, he opens with the Centre Game, and when his opponents fails to take in e4 on move 8, is able to directly target the king. 

Once Brookfield plays h6 he is completely winning, although it took a few more moves before his opponent also realised.


Brookfield,Toby (1815) - Naipal,Hoolan (1785) [C22]
44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Mahabalipuram, Chennai (3.2), 31.07.2022

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Qg3 Qe7 9. f3 d6 10. h4 Be6 11. Nge2 Rad8 12. h5 Kh8 13. h6 g6 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Qh4 Ned7 16. e5 1-0

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