Brodie v Yi – Peninsula Open 2021

Thanks Mark! in the Fide gold cup I played objectively strong chess where as this tournament my head was foggy (probably from having a new puppy… Blame the dog hehe) and as a result the games were not very good quality.

Below is my round 6 game against Yi Including the nice win I didn’t play because of missing Qxb4 in one variation. You can also see my 27 move preparation lol

I will be making a video on this game via Youtube on channel Chess People which can be found via the Chess People Facebook page.

Thanks again to everyone that made it happen.

Hope David is okay!

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 (7…
Nxd4) 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14.
Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. f5 Rfc8 (17… Bc6 18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6
Kh8 20. Bd3 Rg8 (20… e5 21. Qg4 Rg8 22. Qf5 e4 23. Bxe4) 21. Qf4 Bxa4 22. Qh6
Nf8 23. Rh3 Bxb3 (23… Qc7 {kills all the fun}) 24. Rg3 $3 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Rxg3
26. Bg6 Rxg2+ 27. Ke1 Re2+ {This was my nonsense 15 minute preparation in the
morning on the drive to the tournament} (27… Rg1+ 28. Kf2 Rxg6 29. hxg6) 28.
Kf1) 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. h6 g6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qg4 Nf8 22. Rdf1 Qc7 (22… Bxa4
23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Bxg6 Qc7 26. Rf1 Be8 27. Bh5 a5 28. Qg4+ Rg7
29. hxg7 Bxh5 30. Qxh5 Qxg7 31. Rf4 Kh8 32. Rf7 Qg6 33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Rd7 $18)
23. Qg5 (23. Nb6 $3 Qxb6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 (24… Qe3+ 25. Kb1 hxg6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Qxb4+ {I had missed Qxb4 in my calculation hence why I didn’t
play Nb6!}) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Ke8 28. h7) 23… Bb5 24. Kb1
Bxd3 25. cxd3 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Qxd3 27. Qf4 $11 (27. Rf4 $1 $16 Ra7 28. Rhf1 Qb5
29. Qh4 Qd7 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Nc5 a5 32. Rf6 $16) 27… Ra7 28. Rf3 Qe4 29. Qxe4
dxe4 30. Rf4 Rf7 31. Rxe4 Rf2 32. Rxb4 Rcc2 33. Rb8 Rxa2+ 34. Kb1 Rxg2 35. Rf1
Raf2 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Nc5 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Rb8+ {draw agreed because of
the following} Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kd8 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. Rxf8 $1 $18 *


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