Glenn Snow wrote:
Quote: I did find [lines after 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 where White plays h2-h4 without an early f2-f3] analyzed ... starting on page 47 where he gives 9...e6!, a move not mentioned by Tiger.
Is this the line 5 Qd2 Nd7 6 h4 h5 7 Nh3 b5
8 Ng5 Bb7 9 0-0-0 (given '!' by Tiger's 1st edition)
e6 10 f3 Ngf6, as in Dunis-Sulava? -- a line also reachable via other move orders including, here,
8 f3 Bb7 9 Ng5 Ngf6 10 0-0-0
e6!? (played here, I presume, on the basis that Tiger's original 9 ...0-0 doesn't work because of 10 g4!).
Can anyone tell me, is it still thought that after 4 Be3 a6 the lines with h2-h4 and not f2-f3 represent the biggest danger to Black, and if so is there any consensus on what's best for each side? After 5 Qd2 Nd7 6 h4 h5 7 Nh3 b5, as well as Dunis-Sulava there's also: (1) 8 Ng5 Bb7 9 a4 c6 10 f3 Ngf6 11 Be2 0-0 12 0-0 Qc7 (the ancient game Ciocaltea-Andersson!); (2) 8 Ng5 Bb7 9 0-0-0 e6 10 f4!? Nh6 11 Bd3 Nf6 (Crosa-Peralta); and (3) 8 0-0-0 Bb7 9 f3!? Rc8 10 Ng5 c5 11 e5 cd 12 e6 fe 13 Bd4 e5 14 Be3 Qa5 (Iriarte-Ott), which looks wild and perhaps dangerous. In all these lines, there are the usual mind-boggling transpositions that you need a flow-chart to get to grips with!
Also, is 6 h4
h6 still(?) under a cloud? I'm wondering about, for example, 7 0-0-0 b5 8 f4 b4!? 9 Nce2 Ngf6 10 Ng3 Ng4!?, followed by ...c5.