Wednesday, 30 May 2018

The Bh6, h4 hack

The kingside hack against fianchettoed bishop is a bit of a double edged sword. On the surface it looks appealing, but it can back fire. I had the chance to successfully play it last night, but when looking up the theory on it, the position after White's 9th move only scores around 40%. In my game I was certainly helped by 9... Qa5 but if my opponent had chosen something like 9...Bxh6 instead, then I would have had a lot more work to do.


Press,Shaun - Hosking,Ian [B26]
Autumn Leaves, 29.05.2018

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 Qa5 10. h5 b5 11. hxg6 Nxg6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qh6+ Kf6 14. f4 Nd4 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. f5 Nh8 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Qxd6 f6 19. Qe7# 1-0


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