Anyway, the more interesting stuff comes after 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5!? There are various ways for both sides to continue. Conventionally Black will go for Queenside castling while concentrating all its pieces on White's Kingside. Of course, White must defend it's King and seek long term advantage for instance pawn structure superiority. Something very important is that Black needs to play aggresively in this opening. Chickening out in the middle usually leads to White's consolidation of it's position heading to endgame advantage and likely a victory. Also, very brave and ambitious Black players will choose not to castle at all, and attack both the Kingside and the Queensides while the King itself sits in the centre. Enuff said, here are some popular continuations:

7.d3(offering the maximum availability of choices for White, in particular Be3, Nbd2) 7...Qf6(Of course the Queen must remain on the d8-h4 diagonal so long as the g4 Bishop hangs. Also, Black gets ready for 0-0-0, and increased number of attackers on f3 Knight. Notice that some Black players like to play Bxf3 Qxf3 Qxf3 gxf3 wrecking White's Kingside pawn structure before going for simplification which seems to be even for both sides. 8.Nbd2 (Of course White can play 8.Be3 which is in fact the better looking development move, but then it will depend on whether Black will be going for 8...Bxf3. From databases it seems that 8.Be3 usually leads to a draw as Black has sufficient options as counterplay in the mid-end game.) 8...Ne7(Alternatives are 8...0-0-0, 8...Bc5. White is very difficult to progress from here. 8...Ne7 IMHO is preferred to 8...0-0-0 because it is somewhat too early to decide if 0-0-0 is good here!? I find the eventual ...Ng6 to be desired. 8...Bc5 no doubt looks like a natural good move, but again it is too early to play it!? I prefer to reserve these moves only after White has madeit's choices. In fact I find White unable to progress from here:)

Personal conclusion: Play 5.d4 and/or 5.h3 instead. It avoids unnecessary complications:)

Theory says that Black has the two bishops and good development. This gives Black a lot of dynamic chances. I guess grandmaster practice bears that out; there are a lot of traps and pitfalls for White.

I love and play the opening from both sides because it obeys opening principles and both sides have clear-cut strategies that keep it within my amateur grasp.

Also, the idea of pawn majority is somewhat long-term and abstract, so the White player has to be very patient and sometimes be on the defence for a long period in the middlegame to survive Black's tactical chances and hold the advantage as <micartouse> mentioned.

[White ""]
[Black "jcm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteELO "1916"]
[BlackELO "1718"]

12...h6 (+0.81 better is 12.Qd6 13.Rae1 Nd5 14.Qxe5 Rae8 15.Nxd5 Qxe5 16.Rxe5 Bxd5 17. Nf3 +0.13)

14...Qf7 (+1.56 better is 14...Qg5 15.Nxf8 Rxf8 16.Kh1 Bxf2 17.Qb4 Qh4 18.Qxh4 Bxh4 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.Rf1+ Ke7 21.a3 +0.63)

16.Nd1 (+0.88 better is 16.Qxe5 Bxf2+ 17.Kh1 Qd7 18.Qe2 Bd4 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.Re1 Bf7 21.Ne4 Kg8 22.c3 Be5 +1.56)

19.Kh1 (+0.13 better is 19.Qh4 Be6 20.Nc3 Rf4 21.Qg3 Rg4 22.Qf3 Rb4 23.Ne4 Bd5 24.c4 Bxe4 25.dxe4 Rxb2 +1.34)

20...Bc8 (+1.47 better is 20...Re8 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Bxh3 23.Rg1 Re2 24.Ne3 Rxf2 25.Rge1 -0.72)

22.Qf3 (+0.22 better is 22.Qe2 Qh4 23.Qf3 Bc1 24.Qe4 Rf4 25.Raxc1 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 Be6 27.Rce1 Qf4 28.Nc5 +1.43)

22.Qh4 (+1.81 better is 22...Qxf3 23.gxf3 Bxh3 24.Rfe1 g5 25.Rad1 Kf7 26.Ne2 Bd6 27.f4 gxf4 28.Kxh2 Be6 +0.22)

29...Rf6 (+2.65 better is 29...c5 +2.00)

30.Qe8+ (+1.57 better is 30.c5 Bf8 31.Ng3 bxc5 32.dxc5 Bxc5 33.Qxc5 Qxg3 34.Re3 Qg6 35.Qc4+ Be6 36.Qxa6 Bd5 37.Qc8+ Rf8 +2.65)

31.Qxc6 (+0.35 better is 31.c5 bxc5 32.Qe3 Rg6 33.Kh2 Re6 34.Qg3 Qf6 35.dxc5 Bxc5 +1.50)

31...Rg6 (+1.37 better is 31...Bb4 32.g3 Rxc6 33.gxh4 Bxe1 34.Rxe1 Rxc4 35.d5 Bd3 36.h5 Bxe2 37.Rxe2 Rxf4 +0.35)

32.Kh2 (0.00 better is 32.g3 Qxh3 Qg2 +1.37)

32...Bg4 (+3.09 better is 32...Bb4 33.Qd5 Be6 34.Qf3 Bxe1 35.f5 Rf6 36.g3 Bxg3+ 37.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 38.Nxg3 Bxc4 39.Rc1 Bxa2 0.00)

33.Ng1 (-2.00 better is 33.Qe4 c6 34.c5 bxc5 35.dxc5 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Bxc5 37.Qc2 Bd6 38.Re6 Qg3+ +3.09)

35.Rxf4 (-7.97 better is 35.Kg1 Bh2+ 36.Kxh2 Rxc6 37.b3 Qxd4 38.Rd1 Qe5+ 39.Nf4 Rf6 40.Rd5 Qe3 41.Rf3 Qe1 -2.32)

You can copy the analys with edit menu > copy game. Thís will copy the game in pgn format, then just paste it out where you want the text to appear. and delete the player and tournament info, much easyer than typing the whole thing :)

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looks like a draw to me as white doesn't have a pawn majority on either wing.

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