As I was the 'house player' at my club last week, I ended up playing a casual game against a player who had the bye in another event. She actually took it more seriously than I did, as she was recording the game (and we were playing with a clock). The player in question is fairly inexperienced, but the first few moves were still interesting. After 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.bxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.Bg5 Nge7 7.Bb5 0-0 8.0-0 h6 she played 9.h4. Although I figured that this was just a blunder, I still wondered if 9 ... hxg5 10.Nxg5 night be an issue for me. No less of a player as Kasparov was known to like this sort of attack, although not in this exact position. It turns out I can survive after Nxg5 as 10. ... g6 11.h5 Kg7 holds, and there aren't many moves to improve the attack.
It turns out that whole point was moot, as she recaptured with the pawn (rather than the knight), and the extra material was enough to win more material
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