This Tricky Little Dragon Move

To me, the h-File Rook is not really important in the Opening, so white sac the Rook. But the knight was terrible so why? No Good.

As a dragon player, I think that black can defend against this exchange sac when it is this early - however it can be worrying if it is played later on at a critical moment - which is why i play h5 in reply to h4.

What can white do in this position? White does not have enough pieces on the king side to attack the black king.

How does black defend the h pawn?

Black can play Qa5 to defend the h-pawn and attack the white king at the same time.

Immediately, but long term you don't want a queen defending a pawn.

White is supposed to play 15. g4. 15. Rxh5 doesn't seem to be correct, but that does not mean that it isn't tricky.

I am not sure if h-pawn is even worth defending since it is a weak pawn. Even if black loses the h-pawn, black is still winning.

Yeah, maybe white has some play down the h file in that case though. But nothing really he doesn't have after g4.

I'm not suggesting it as an alternative. Jeez. I play the Dragon as Black, and everytime I've faced this I've won with it, though it's often been tricky to defend OTB. It's possible, too, that it just threw me off and in a situation like that I got shaken and played too cautiously. I was just curious as to whether anybody had ever come across it before.

I've come across g4 once or twice as well ;). I either play 11. ... Nxd4 followed by b5 or 10. Rb8 now, though. 

There are better moves for white to play than Rxh5.

I am *NOT* saying that Rxh5 is a good move! I'm just saying I've seen it a few times. 

Also, yeah, who plays Bxh6 there?

It's not meant to. Quirky, interesting. Good is not supposed to be implicit anywhere in there. My bad.

You mean the moves that get black mated quickly aren't the best?!

I'd love to! The Sicilian Dragon's my favorite.

By the way why would you play 18... Ne8?? leading to immediate mate and instead play 18... Nh5.