Hi all,
in this opening http://en.lichess.org/training/opening/17632 one of the 4 moves is h6. I consciously avoided h6 for the following reasons:
* after Bxh6 gxh6 (0-0-0) it's hard to find where black is going to castle, queen side castle is at least 2 moves away.
* h6 would be a nice place for the f8 bishop, but the pawn has to move first
* white can be pretty quick to sack central pawns to open lines on the black king in centre
* from white pov f7 looks like the obvious target, I'm thinking Bc4 at the right moment, and maybe even Nf5 knight sac, if it can force the e file open
At the same time I'm sceptical about blacks plans / what they have in this position, the only thing I see for black is the c file
Opinions? Are my reasons totally off? In this opening does white accept the king in the centre, castles into the shattered kingside or goes 0-0-0?
in this opening http://en.lichess.org/training/opening/17632 one of the 4 moves is h6. I consciously avoided h6 for the following reasons:
* after Bxh6 gxh6 (0-0-0) it's hard to find where black is going to castle, queen side castle is at least 2 moves away.
* h6 would be a nice place for the f8 bishop, but the pawn has to move first
* white can be pretty quick to sack central pawns to open lines on the black king in centre
* from white pov f7 looks like the obvious target, I'm thinking Bc4 at the right moment, and maybe even Nf5 knight sac, if it can force the e file open
At the same time I'm sceptical about blacks plans / what they have in this position, the only thing I see for black is the c file
Opinions? Are my reasons totally off? In this opening does white accept the king in the centre, castles into the shattered kingside or goes 0-0-0?