The more I look at 2.Nh3, the better an idea I think it is. If white can play Nf4 and black is forced to respond with ...e5, then d5 is a hole and a half. Also, in many sicilian lines (especially dragonesque ones), black plays Nd4, with a view to forcing concessions such as a clamping pawn on d4 after Nf3xd4, which also forces white's c3 knight to move, or exchanging off white's f3 knight. Here, neither option is available (or, rather, the latter is unavailable while the former is less attractive, with the option of c3).
I'm not usually a fan of flexible play, and usually commit myself to moves like f4 early, but I feel that 2.Nh3 might actually be, if not a try for advantage, an option which gives white equality in a unique position in which he has prospects. This is discounting the reversed Albin, which seems like a way of giving black a pleasant edge out of the opening.
I'm just wondering about something crazy... 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3 d5 3.Ng5!? h6 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.Ne5 is a reversed Fajarowicz with ...h6 thrown in - maybe this gives white the option of something like Qh5, where ...g6 can be met by Nxg6 due to the weakening of this square with his little ear on h6. If black has to play 5...a6 (I believe 4.a3 is considered strongest against the Fajarowicz variation, although I must confess that I haven't played it myself), then white may have 6.Qh5 immediately, or perhaps will choose to just play 6.f3 and open the f-file. If black refrains from the second little ear, then maybe 6.Bb5+ is the move, playing in usual Fajarowicz fashion?
Of course, 3.exd5 could well just be fine for white, too - I imagine 3...Nf6 would be the move, where in analogy with 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5, white hasn't "weakened" his position with f4, and white may even have the possibility of Nf4 to hold the pawn (or, more likely, to exchange for the knight on d5 after ...Nxd5), to then gain a tempo on the queen with Nc3. Of course, these are all just general ideas, which may prove to not work in analysis, but it certainly merits attention.
We have the first textbook on 1.e4 c5 2.a3 - maybe someone could write the first monograph on The Brick?
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