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Re: 6. h4!?  is it dangerous to take the bishop?
Reply #2 - 04/10/09 at 06:50:28
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Re: 6. h4!?  is it dangerous to take the bishop?
Reply #1 - 04/08/09 at 19:30:18
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Taking the pawn, generally to be followed by queenside castling, has long been one of the main lines.  You could consult a general reference such as ECO or MCO on such questions.  The latter's main line for 6...Bxg5 follows the game below (albeit with the move order 8. Qd3 g6 -- Kortchnoi played 8...Nc6 in a well-known loss to Kasparov which is also cited -- 9. Nf3 Qe7); it thinks White was slightly better out of the opening.


[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aabling Thomsen,Jakob"]
[Black "Grassie,Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C14"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nf3 Qe7
9.Qd3 g6 10.0-0-0 Nc6 11.Qe3 Nb6 12.g4 Bd7 13.Rh6 0-0-0 14.g5 Na5 15.Qf4 Nac4 16.Bxc4 dxc4
17.Nh2 Bc6 18.Ng4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.c3 b5 21.Qf6 Qf8 22.Rdh1 Rd8 23.R1h3 b4 24.Kd2 Qc5
25.Rxh7 bxc3+ 26.bxc3 Rxd4+ 27.cxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Ke2 Rd8 29.f3 c3 30.Kf1 c2 31.Kg2 c1=Q 32.Rh1 Qxg4+
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C13: 6. h4!?  is it dangerous to take the bishop?
04/08/09 at 15:45:12
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Hi Chesspub,
im new here and already start with a problem i got in my last game.
I'm playing the French Defense since 3 Weeks now and meet the first time in the classical variation 6. h4   -  i've heard about it and because of that i didn't take the bishop plus the pawn. But is it dangerous to take it and if i do so better castle long?

hope you can help me out

greets

Lukas
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