FICGS - Wikichess - Article 1790

Terry Godat :

As bad as this move is, it does not appear to be any worse than 1.g4. The latter,however, has a following and some literature to its dubious credit. 1.h4 has never been popular.,

Yugi Inving :

This move doesn't really look good. it is an irregular opening so it has to be answer with an irregular opening. It is not an error, just the fact that the white are skipping a turn and begin an attack on G7.

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Contributors : Terry Godat, Yugi Inving

[ECO "A00"] [Opening "Anti-Borg (Desprez) Opening"]

e5 : 20 games, White ELO av : 1452, Black ELO av : 1462
1-0 : 60% , 1/2-1/2 : 5% , 0-1 : 35%

d5 : 12 games, White ELO av : 1387, Black ELO av : 1518
1-0 : 66.7% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 33.3%

c5 : 3 games, White ELO av : 1633, Black ELO av : 1598
1-0 : 33.3% , 1/2-1/2 : 33.3% , 0-1 : 33.3%

Nf6 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1057, Black ELO av : 1536
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

g6 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1214, Black ELO av : 1275
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

Nc6 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1600, Black ELO av : 1624
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

a5 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1677, Black ELO av : 2069
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

e6 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1139, Black ELO av : 1256
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

h5 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1965, Black ELO av : 1461
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

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