I know I'm not part of the team here, but I was the first person to play this 15...b4 idea (after losing to Jonathan Rowson with 15...Rc8 I decided to find a new idea for black-see the NIC Yearbook article) and feel I have to add my tuppence worth!
For what it's worth, my plan after 18.h4 was to play 18...d5. I know it's perfectly playable OTB, but might not stand up to the scrutiny of someone's computer if they give it enough time : )
That being said, they would have to over-ride the computer a few times to reach the critical position! There are some beautiful lines here, and 19.g5 is not the clearly winning move it first appears to be!
Another plan I played recently was ...Rb8+ followed by ...Be8 (giving both defensive and attacking options from f7 should white play h5 and hxg6) and then re-route the knight (via d7) to c5 or e5.
Anyway, i'll follow this game with interest-good luck!
Andy Burnett
For what it's worth, my plan after 18.h4 was to play 18...d5. I know it's perfectly playable OTB, but might not stand up to the scrutiny of someone's computer if they give it enough time : )
That being said, they would have to over-ride the computer a few times to reach the critical position! There are some beautiful lines here, and 19.g5 is not the clearly winning move it first appears to be!
Another plan I played recently was ...Rb8+ followed by ...Be8 (giving both defensive and attacking options from f7 should white play h5 and hxg6) and then re-route the knight (via d7) to c5 or e5.
Anyway, i'll follow this game with interest-good luck!
Andy Burnett