Today at the ACT Juniors I saw what might be the 'troll-iest' opening line ever. The game started normally with
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Then Black unleashed
4. ... Ng4?!? Now before you mock this move too much I'd like to point out my database has 8 games with this move and a score of +1=3-4 for White! The obvious intent is to provoke h3, and then meet it with h5! If White takes Black is just winning after hxg4, while leaving the knight on g4 helps black play moves like Bc5 etc. The game in question went
5.h3 h5 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.d4 exd 11.Nxd4 Bb7 when 12.Nf5 is very strong. Unfortunately White chose 12.Nf3 instead and Black eventually won after using the open b file to grab some pawns.
As I don't have the full game score to hand, I'll instead show you an earlier game, also played in Australia. White decides not to go in for the h3 line, but Black still tosses in h5 and after playing Qh4 is winning up until the end.
Rigo,Bernard (1720) - Goldsmith,Alan (2130) [C65]
Adelaide Interclub Adelaide (2), 2004
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxd4 h5 8. Nd2 Ba6 9. Re1 Qh4 10. N2f3 Qxf2+ 11. Kh1 Bc5 12. c3 O-O-O 13. b4 h4 14. Qd2 h3 15. gxh3 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd3 17. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 18. Kg2 Nxe4 19. Re3 Bc4 20. Nf3 f5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. h4 d6 23. Nxc6 Rde8 24. Nxa7+ Kb7 25. Nb5 f4 26. Rd3 g5 27. Nd4 Bc4 28. Rd1 Nxc3 29. Rd2 Bd5+ 30. Kg1 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rh1 32. Rc2 Rxh2+ 0-1
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