Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.10

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 & c4

Now we come to another popular line: 4.h4. An idea is to play an early c4 connected to 4.h4 h5 5.c4 which seems more dangerous than directly playing 4.c4.

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Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Intro

2 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 & Be3

2.1 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.c3 Qxc5

2.2 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 Bg6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Nh4 c5

3 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3

3.1 4...e6 5.Be2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2/c3: Sjugirov vs Carlsen

3.2 4...e6 5.a3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nh4 c5: Short vs Karpov

3.3 4... e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.0-0 Ne7 8.c4: Shirov vs Eljanov

3.4 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5: Shirov vs Bareev

4 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3

4.1 4...Qb6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.0-0 Ne7: Shirov vs Hracek

4.2 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Be7: Adhiban vs Idani

4.3 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5 8.dxc5 Nec6 9.h4: Shirov vs Bareev

4.4 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Neg2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5 8.dxc5 Nd7 9.h4: Kasparov vs Karpov

4.5 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4: Anand vs Karpov

4.6 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3: Kasparov vs Navara

4.7 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4: Shirov vs Topalov

5 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 & c4

5.1 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.Nd2 c5: Kramnik vs Leko

5.2 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qa5+: Shirov vs Bareev

5.3 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7: Shirov vs Lobron

5.4 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nge2 Qd8: Carlsen vs Fedoseev

6 Practice Positions

7 Exercises

8 Bonus