International Chess Challenge: Further Developments

The International Chess Challenge between Hutt International Boys' School (New Zealand) v The Links (England) has now resumed after Hutt's school holiday.

As reported last time, the moves to date are the following.

1 e4 e5

2 Qh5 Nc6
3 d3 Nf6
4 Qh4 g6
5 Bg5 Bg7

6 Bh6 0-0

Hutt now developed their queen's knight with 

7 Nc3

The Links players looked at several moves here, including 7 ...Bxh6, 7 ...Nh5 and 7 ...Nd4, before the group chose 7 ...d5.

Hutt International Boys' School (New Zealand) v The Links (England)

The game is now opening up and it will be interesting to see if Hutt start a series of captures in the centre. Their queen is still hovering around the black king, so The Links must keep a careful eye on that too.