Here my opponent plays 1...g5 Myers Defense in response to my English Openings 1.c4.
See game attached.
English Opening h4 Pawn Thrust
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Wow ! I'm just getting into the English opening so your games are very,very instructive
Yes my games are instructive. I used to play the English Botvinik System with pawns at c4, d3, e4 and g3, Ns at c3 & e2 with a kingside fianchetto, B at g2 and castled kingside.
Now I play some gambit versions of the English such as:
1.c4 Nf6 2.e4 Omega Achilles Gambit
1.c4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 e3 Liedmann Gambit
1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Kahiko Hula Gambit
1.c4 Nf6 2.g5 English-Weidenhagen Gambit
All of these are articles at Chessville in my Column called "The Search
for Dragons & Mythical Chess Openings" where I explore strange new gambits
and openings. Mostly gambits.
Best Regards
DarthMusashi
DarthMusashi Thank you very much for sharing such a cool tactic!
So, basically, you like to trick opponents into thinking you are a sophisticated english opening player so they respond with a fianchetto, and then revert to a crude, hyperaggressive h pawn rush. Very tricky, kind of has a barbaric feel to it. I'd put it right up there with the Latvian or the Parham attack.
With the English Opening 1.c4 if my opponent plays to setup a kingside
fianchetto position, I like to thrust my h pawn down my opponents throat.
I like to get my h pawn all the down to h6 to disrupt Blacks fiancheto
development. If Black plays h5 stopping the pawn push then this weakens the Kingside castled position because now the g6 and f7 become targets for a piece sacrifice. See attached games.