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<Play the Whip! Winning with 1...h5!! A complete Defence for Black!> 1...h5 was the siliest move I could come up with.

On a serious note, I'm searching for a pattern...
Middlegame strategy with or w/o castling.
Nuff said for teh mom.

The most interesting point in my view is the h5-pawn, which is an advanced defender on the kingside with the paradoxical effect that Black’s king cannot castle as easy as in other openings. In the stem game this pawn went to h4 and later on got lost, whereas White won the game by promoting his h-pawn. Arno Nickel: # 04b./ Arno Nickel

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5


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7... h5! Attaboy!


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It is unusual in such a theory-heavy opening as the Sicilian to see a top player like Vallejo leave the well-trodden paths at such an early stage in the game. The audacious <7...h5> was first played by Bent Larsen in a period when he experimented with many opening ideas. The launch of the h-pawn may remind you of coffee-house chess (or ICC blitz), but it really isn’t just about attacking bluntly on the kingside. Positionally speaking, the move <7...h5> is quite sound:

1. To stop the h-pawn in its tracks White would have to play 8.h4 here, which weakens the g4-square (as f4 is a normal part of White’s plan).

2. Playing 8.h3, to meet 8...h4 with 9.g4, on the other hand, weakens the dark squares.

3. Allowing Black to play ...h4 gives him the opportunity to open the h-file whenever he wants to, and also weakens the g4-square somewhat (in these fianchetto lines White often wants to play h3 to protect g4, but this isn’t possible when Black and White have exchanged their h-pawns on g3).

The main line is 7...Nf6 (your database will easily list some 3500 games!), but we do well to remember that 7...d6 8.0-0 Bd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qg4 h5!? 12.Qe2 h4 is another not unpopular line that scores very decently for Black: 13.a4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Nf6 is then the normal continuation.

Jeroen Bosch on A Berelovich vs Vallejo-Pons, 2011 in http://www.newinchess.com/Archives/...

1...h5
I Ivanov vs G Minchev, 1992 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

1...h5!
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 34 moves, 0-1

1...h5!
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

1...h5!
M Pavlov vs G Minchev, 1992 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

1...h5!
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1

1...h5!
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

1...h5!
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

10...h5!
A Nickel vs The World, 2008 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

9...h5!!? (with 4...0-0)
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 72 moves, 0-1

12...h5!
S Plukkel vs Li Chao, 2010 
(B50) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1

10... h5 --> 8. 0-0-0 vs 16...0-0
S Garcia Fuentes vs P Kokol, 2009
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 23 moves, 0-1

10...h5 + 29...0-0 (1/2)
N Huschenbeth vs R Swinkels, 2008 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

10...h5, 24...h4; (1-0)
Leko vs Morozevich, 2007 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 33 moves, 1-0

10...h5, 13...h4
G C Ardelean vs C Lupulescu, 2007
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 56 moves, 0-1

10...h5, 13...h4, 29...0-0
M Dutreeuw vs Kotronias, 2005
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2

19... h5?!/!?
M Umansky vs The World, 2009 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

20... h5!
I Cheparinov vs Aronian, 2008 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

28...h5! (draws the rook endgame)
Petrosian vs Keres, 1951 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

11...h5! (but black blundered later)
M Agopov vs M Thesing, 2009 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 1-0

16... h5!
Purdy vs M Napolitano, 1950 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 45 moves, 1-0

7...h5 + pawnstorm
Short vs Kamsky, 1990 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

12...h5!
Uhlmann vs Korchnoi, 1972 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 0-1

11...h5
Tal vs E Nievergelt, 1959 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0

10...h5, 14...h4, 26... 0-0
Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1993 
(B57) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

16...h5 u. 17...h4
A Van Foreest vs Mieses, 1949 
(B44) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1

here, not
Moun Moun Latt vs M Hafizulhelmi, 1999 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

12...h5 + 15...h4
Akobian vs V Mikhalevski, 2011 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

not
C Lutz vs Ftacnik, 2001 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0

12...h5/ 15...h4
Ganguly vs Judit Polgar, 2011 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 60 moves, 0-1

3...h5
N Noritsyn vs B Sambuev, 2011
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

5...h5! + 6...h4!
NN vs Carlos Torre, 1928 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 0-1

21...h5 + 22...h4
V Kovacevic vs Jansa, 1973 
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 25 moves, 0-1

6...h5
K E Engel vs J S Morgado, 1978
(A25) English, 31 moves, 0-1

13... h5!
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1967 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 28 moves, 0-1

7...h5 + 12...h4 + 13...h3
Rubinstein vs M Lowcki, 1912 
(A84) Dutch, 30 moves, 0-1

6.h4 + 11.h5
V Zvjaginsev vs Kiriakov, 2008 
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

2... h5
L Paichadze vs B Savchenko, 2011 
(B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

6...h5 + 7...h4
Bagirov vs Gelfand, 1989
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 61 moves, 0-1

17...h5
Svidler vs Motylev, 2011
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

14... h5!
B Lalic vs Khalifman, 1997 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

7...h5 / 8...h4 / 20...0-0 / 39...h3! (0:1)
A Berelovich vs Vallejo-Pons, 2011 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

8...h5 / 20...h4
Grischuk vs Le Quang Liem, 2012
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 60 moves, 0-1

7...h5 / 9...h4 KID
Bologan vs Bacrot, 2012 
(E70) King's Indian, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

10...h5 (good for a draw)
Grischuk vs Jakovenko, 2012 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2

10_h5/17_h4/18_h3
Shirov vs Kasparov, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 0-1

marching-through 11_h5/12_h4/13_hxg3/15_g2/17_gxf1=Q+ (0-1)
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

7... h5
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866 
(B20) Sicilian, 54 moves, 0-1

6...h5
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2013 
(B32) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

9...h5 /13...h4
G Welling vs J Van Mil, 1976
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

11.h4/12.h5/13.hxg6 ftw!
R Rapport vs K Dragun, 2012
(A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0

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