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1. e4
The most sensible opening move. Wherever white's king develops (d2, e2, f2), this move will need
to be played. White opens a line for his bishop as well. 1. b4 is another reasonable try. Other moves
just don't accomplish as much.
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2. e5 h5 ?
A losing series on the second move! Black's idea is
most likely to accomplish something with the queen on his
4, but this series turns out to help white eat more material
on his 5! Best is 2. e5 b5 (see Hyatt-Forzoni).
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3. Nh3 f4 fxe5 !
White wins at once with this strong series. Black is
prevented from removing white's queen due to the threat
of promoting the pawn on f8 defended by the rook on f7.
3. b4 f4 fxe5 is also good, but not quite as strong as the
text.
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4. d6 dxe5 Kd7 Bh4+
Black continues along "normal" lines, oblivious to the
weakness created by playing h5. Had black played 2. e5 b5,
the above series would be strong. However, this series
is necessary to prevent mate! 4. f6 fxe5 Nh6 Rxf1+ gets
mated by 5. Qxf1 Nf2 Ng4 Nxh6 Qf7#. Black cannot remove the
queen because of the threat of pawn promotion on f8 defended
by the rook on f7.
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5. Ke2 Rf5 Rxh5 Rxh8 Rxh4
White eats a winning amount of material. Black
can get the queen off on his 6, but white will respond
with a massive developing 7 that will leave black
unable to remove enough material on his 8 to stop
white from winning on his 9. Because of h5, white
is able to eat a piece, a queen, and a pawn in a mere
three moves.
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6. Nf6 Nxe4 Nf2 Nxh1 Rh8 Rxh4
Black makes a slight mistake on his 6. He should not
capture the e4 pawn, as this allows white's light bishop a
freer hand to deliver check on the 7. 6. Nf6 Ng4 Nf2
Nxh1 Rh8 Rxh4 would be an improvement, although white can
still create strong threats on his 7, even without the
disruptive check.
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7. b4 c4 Bc2 Rxh1 g3 gxh4 Bf5+
An economical seven, which develops the queenside,
eats the two pieces closest to the white king, and
ends in a disruptive check. Black will be unable to
eat both the pieces closest to his king and the pieces
farthest away. White's 3 advanced pawns are an enormous
threat as well (in fact, white threatens a nice double
promotion 2 queen mate in some lines).
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8. Kd6 b5 Bxh1 c5 cxb4 Rxc4 Rxh4 a5
I have yet to find a series for black that survives
to the 10. Pfeiffer chooses to eat all the closest
pieces and pawns, but he still gets mated.
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9. Nc3 Nd5 Ne7 Nf4 Nfg6 a3 axb4 Bxe5++
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Amazing that a single move (h5) could lead to so much
grief. But all of black's problems can be traced back
to his mistake on the 2 series.
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