This is the compilation of sidelines from game 31 (Shytaj - THP) from The Modern Tiger. All annotations in quotation marks are by Tiger himself.
Here are the most important take-away points:
1. After an early g4, play ...b5! Don't experiment with knight moves unless you know exactly what you are doing. As the g4/h4 complex tends to transpositions, it is also more efficient to stick to ...b5 because this is being played anyway in the lines that include a later h4, so you stay within familiar territory.
2. If White plays h4 while the g-pawn is still on g4, respond with ...h6.
3. If White pushes to g5, the e-pawn belongs on e6 and the king's knight on e7.
4. If White plays h5 only after g5, you can respond with the immediate h4. In case of gxh e.p., the game takes an unusual direction where Black agrees to swap DSBs and opens the kingside followed by castling long in some cases.
This is the compilation of sidelines from game 31 (Shytaj - THP) from The Modern Tiger. All annotations in quotation marks are by Tiger himself.
Here are the most important take-away points:
1. After an early g4, play ...b5! Don't experiment with knight moves unless you know exactly what you are doing. As the g4/h4 complex tends to transpositions, it is also more efficient to stick to ...b5 because this is being played anyway in the lines that include a later h4, so you stay within familiar territory.
2. If White plays h4 while the g-pawn is still on g4, respond with ...h6.
3. If White pushes to g5, the e-pawn belongs on e6 and the king's knight on e7.
4. If White plays h5 only after g5, you can respond with the immediate h4. In case of gxh e.p., the game takes an unusual direction where Black agrees to swap DSBs and opens the kingside followed by castling long in some cases.