linksspringer wrote on 06/30/10 at 16:15:27:
Okay then

, quoting Thomas Johansson from that site:
Quote:What is the point of 3...h5 - ? The main idea is, given the time, to play ...h4 and ...g5, erecting a pawn fortress on the kingside.
Exactly so.
Quote:If White tries to stop this with 4.h4 Black can choose from 4...d5 5.ed5 Nf6 (...Ne7!?) or 4...Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 when Black seems to have an improved version of the Modern or the Schallopp.
My first reaction was that 4.d4 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ne5 d6 7.Nd3 must be good for White… The question is whether Black has improved on the Long Whip or if White has an improved version of the Berlin Defence, (i.e. Black has played ...h5 instead of ...Nf6). However, it seems that White's position isn't all that comfortable after all.
Johansson gives an "old main line" 4.d4 g5 5.Bc4 h4 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nxg5 and a "positional main line" 4.Bc4 h4 5.b3 – though I'm not sure (several years on) that either of these is really dangerous for Black. The critical line seems to be: 4.d4 g5 5.Bc4 h4 6.Nc3 (by whatever move order) 6...d6 7 e5, forcing through in the centre before Black is ready (after ...c7-c6) to answer it with ...d6-d5.
A few games:
[Event "correspondence thematic"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Tait, JA."]
[Black "Nightingale, Darrell"]
[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
Bg4 8.Qe2 Be7 9.e6 f5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qd3 Nh6 12.d5 O-O 13.Bd2 a5 14.O-O Na6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rae1 Bf6 17.Nb5 Qe7 18.Nbd4 Be8 19.Kh1 c5 20.Nxf5 Qh7 21.Nxh6+ Qxh6 22.e7 Rf7 23.Qf5 Ra8 24.Qe6 1-0
[Event "correspondence thematic"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Nightingale, Darrell"]
[Black "Tait, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h5 4.Bc4 h4 5.d4 g5 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Bh6 (7...c6) 8.e5 (i.e. 6.Nc3 d6 7.e5
Bh6 8.0-0) 8...Bg4 9.Qe1 Ne7 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Nxg5 Bxg5 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Nxg5+ Ke8 15.Rxf4 Bc8 16.c4 h3 17.Be3 Rg8 18.Qf2 Qa5 19.Rf7 Nbc6 20.Bd2 Rxg5 21.Rf8+ Kd7 22.Bxa5 Rxg2+ 23.Qxg2 hxg2 24.Bc3 d5 25.h4 dxc4 26.h5 b5 27.h6 Bb7 28.Rxa8 Bxa8 29.h7 Ng6 30.Kxg2 1-0
[Event "
www.ChessWorld.net"] [Date "2008.??.??"]
[White "taquin"]
[Black "tsmenace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h5 4.Bc4 h4 5.d4 g5 6.Nc3 d6 7.e5
Nc6 8.Qe2 dxe5 9.d5 Nce7 10.Nxe5 Bg7 11.Bd2 Qd6 12.Ne4 Qxe5 13.Bc3 Bg4 14.Qd3 Qf5 15.Bxg7 Rh7 16.Bb5+ Kd8 17.d6 Nd5 18.h3 c6 19.hxg4 Qxg4 20.Bc3 f5 21.Nf2 Qh5 22.Ba5+ Nb6 23.Bc4 Nh6 24.0-0 g4 25.Qd4 h3 26.Qf6+ Kd7 27.Be6+ Ke8 28.Rfe1 1-0
Any suggestions for Black?