Jonathan Tait wrote on 12/01/10 at 20:11:19:
Returning to this:
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 h5 4 Bc4 h4 5 Nc3 d6 6 d4 g5 7 e5 Bh6 8 0-0 h3!? 9 g3 Nc6 (Fournier)
again... There have been some recent developments in the theory/analysis:
[Event "ChessWorld.net"]
[Date "2015"]
[White "RickF"]
[Black "tsmenace"]
[Result "½-½"]
[ECO "C34"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e5 Bh6 8. 0-0 h3 9. g3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. exd6 cxd6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 0-0 15. gxf4 Ng6 16. Qe2 gxf4 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Bd3 Bg7 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf4 Rfe8 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf5 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27. Rxb7 Rab8 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. axb3 Ke7 30. Rh4 Rg8+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. Rh6 Rd2 34. Kxd2 Bf4+ 35. Kd3 Bxh6 36. Bxh3 Kd6 37. Kc4 a5 38. Bg4 ½-½
...was just about okay for Black. (And I had another game which followed the same path all the way to move 31. Presumably the players were using the same software.)
But this set-up seems now to have been refuted:
[Event "ChessWorld.net"]
[Date "2016"]
[White "AndyAndyO"]
[Black "tsmenace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5 4. Bc4 h4 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 g5 7. e5 Bh6 8. 0-0 h3 9. g3 Nc6 10. e6! fxe6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nge7 13. Re1 Kf8 14. gxf4 Nxd5 15. fxg5 Nb6 16. Rf1! Ke8 17. Nd4 Nxc4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qh5+ Kd7 20. Rf7+ Ke6 21. gxh6 Rg8+ 22. Rg7 Qe8 23. Qxh3+ Kd5 24. Qd3+ Kc5 25. b3 Bh3 26. Qxh3 Qe5 27. Qf1 Ne3 28. Bxe3+ Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Raf8+ 31. Ke3 Rh8 32. h7 Rf6 33. Rh1 Rh6 34. Rxc7 R6xh7 35. Rxh7 Rxh7 36. h4 Kb4 37. Rh2 Ka3 38. c3 1-0
I can't find anything for Black after 10 e6!. But AndyAndy came up with another, far more natural plan for Black:
[Event "ChessWorld.net"]
[Date "2016"]
[White "juliangon"]
[Black "AndyAndyO"]
[Result "½-½"]
[ECO "C34"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e5 Be7 8. Qe2 Kf8 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. 0-0-0 Bg4 11. Be1 Nh6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. Rhe1 Rh6 15. a3 Ng3 16. Bxg3 hxg3 17. e6 Na5 18. Ba2 c6 19. exf7 d5 20. b4 Bxf7 21. Ne5 Bh5 22. Ng4 b5 23. Qe5 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Bd6 25. Qf5+ Qf6 26. bxa5 Bxa3+ 27. Kd2 Qxf5 28. gxf5 Bb4 29. Kd3 Bxa5 30. Ra1 g4 31. Bb3 Bxc3 32. Kxc3 a5 33. Rg1 a4 34. Raf1 axb3 35. Kxb3 Rh4 36. Rxf4 Re8 37. Rff1 Kf7 38. c3 Kf6 39. Ra1 Re2 40. Ra6 Kxf5 41. Rxc6 Kf4 42. Rd6 Rh2 43. Rf1+ Rf2 44. Rf6+ Ke3 45. Re6+ Kd3 46. Rd1+ Rd2 0-1
The idea of 18...c6! and 22...b5!, I like very much