"h" For Hinderance

The h pawn in chess is mostly used as an attacking plan against all fianchhetto defenses. Hence h for hinderance as it hinders blacks counterplay and enHances whites attacking play. Here is one example of it played by me at the suitable moment

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Saxena, Vaibhav

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2014.01.14

B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e5 6.¤db5 d6 7.¥g5 a6 8.¤a3 b5 9.¤d5 ¥e7 10.¥xf6 ¥xf6 11.c3 O-O 12.¤c2 ¦b8 13.h4 a5 Black prepares b4 14.g3 b4

14...g6 15.¤ce3 ¥g7 16.h5 ¥e6 17.a4 b4 18.¥c4 bxc3 19.bxc3 ¤e7 20.¢f1 ¤xd5 21.¥xd5 £d7 22.¢g2 ¦fc8 23.£d3 ¦c5 24.¦ab1 ¦bc8 25.c4 ¥f6 26.¦b7 £e8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.£d1 ¦b8 29.¦a7 Shabalov,A (2615)-Kharlov,A (2560)/ Woburn 1998/EXT 2004/1-0 (35)

15.¤ce3 g6 Prevents intrusion on f5

15...bxc3 16.bxc3 ¥e6 17.¥c4 ¥xd5 18.¤xd5 ¢h8 19.¢f1 ¥e7 20.¤e3 £b6 21.¢g2 £c5 22.£d3 g6 23.¦ab1 f5 24.¦xb8 ¤xb8 25.h5 ¢g7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.exf5 ¥g5 28.fxg6 ¥h6 29.¥f7 1-0 Rojicek,V (2375)-Krupa,M (2215)/Marianske Lazne 2009

15...¥e6 16.¥h3 ¢h8 17.£d3 £c8 18.¥g2 ¥d8 19.¤c4 ¤e7 20.¤xe7 ¥xe7 21.¤e3 bxc3 22.bxc3 £c5 23.O-O ¦fc8 24.¦fc1 g6 25.¦c2 ¢g7 26.¢h2 ¦b6 27.¥h3 ¥c4 28.£d2 ¦cb8 29.¥f1 ¥e6 30.¥h3 Simon,N (2110)-Toth,J (2090)/Hungary 1998/ EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (32)

16.£a4 ¥b7 17.¥d3 bxc3 18.bxc3 ¥g7 19.h5 ¤e7 20.h6 ¥h8 21.£xa5 ¤xd5 (21...£xa5 22.¤xe7#) 22.¤xd5 ¥xd5 23.£xd5 Opposite coloured bishops which tends to favour the attacker (White in this case) in middle game 23...¦c8 24.¥c4 ¦c5 25.£d3 £c7 26.¥b3 ¦xc3 27.£d2 ¥f6 28.O-O ¦c8 29.¢g2 £e7? (29...£d7!?² may be a more viable option) 30.¦fc1+⁠−30...¦3c5 31.¦xc5 dxc5 (Or : 31...¦xc5 32.a4 ¥g5 33.£b4+⁠−) 32.£c3 ¥g5 33.a4 ¥xh6 34.a5 ¦a8 35.¥d5 ¦a7 36.¦b1 ¥f8 37.¦b6 c4 38.a6 ¢g7 39.£xc4 £c5 40.£b3 £a3 41.£b5 £c5 42.£b2 ¥d6 43.¥b7 h5 44.¦c6 £b4 45.£xb4 ¥xb4 46.f4 exf4 47.gxf4

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