Handicap, A Question to Titelholders

Imagine that you'll play the white pieces against a 1900+ opponent. But .... you must give him odds of 1 pawn.

Which pawn would you remove from the board, and what would then be your first move?

Cool question, I hope you get a lot of answers from titled players.

I remember Peter Svidler saying he played some odds games once, and it was harder than he thought. He remarked that odds games are a lost art.

 A pawn down in the starting position is always a handicap, but yes, open lines are a beneficial aspect.

if it was one of my pawns i'd pick the h pawn. if it was his i'd pick the f pawn.

Alas, so far no reactions from titelholders. I'll give the results of Spike 1.4 below at 24 ply:

White -h2  1. e4    c5  +0.63

White -a2  1.e4     b6  +0.64

White -c2  1.d4     e6  +0.87

White -e2  1.d4     e6  +0.98

White -d2  1.e4     e6  +1.03

White -g2  1.d4     d5  +1.05

White -b2  1.Nf3   e6  +1.09

White -f2   1.e4     c5  +1.24

So we can safely say that Spike 1.4 discourages White to remove the f-pawn.

And if it is so important to keep the f-pawn hat cannot mean anything else than that Spike 1.4 sees a promising future for it.