24 Feb '09 20:07>1 edit
Originally posted by !~TONY~!I am looking at 1. g4 too, mainly to stop Black from playing 1. ... Kf7 to cover the Rook and indeed play d3. Now g4 looks pretty powerful as 1. ... fxg4 2. Qxg4 Kf7 3. f5 is looking mighty good.
I think in this example I prefer White after 1. g4! He's opening the g-file for his rook(s), and Black's king and pieces look a bit uncoordinated to defend against this. 1...d3? is obviously met by 2. Rxd3, and Black would be much worse after 1...fxg4, so he probably has to allow 2. gxf5 gxf5 followed by either 3. Qh5 or 3. Rg1+, both of which are probably going to hurt a little bit.
Also it must be added that there is no other idea White can play on. If he sits around doing nothing those central Black pawns will inevitably prove lethal I believe.