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Originally posted by Mark AdkinsOn reflection I prefer going straight in with 2.Bh6 (rather than 2.Bg5) and after say 2...Rfb8, maybe the less committal 3.b3. Whether black then tries 3...Qe7 4.Qf4 Bxh6 5.Qxh6 Qf8 6.Qh4 or 3...Bh8 4.Re3 Re8 5.Ng5 Re7 6.Rae1 Rae8 7.Rh3 f5 8.exf6 Bxf6 9.Rf3 he is doomed in the long (or not so long) run, since he is, as I remarked previously, effectively playing a piece down. I would hate to play this position as black and wouldn't expect to survive long (at least against decent opposition).
OK, I am attempting to incorporate more of Northern Lad's suggestions. Allow me to preface this by saying that, first, he is rated a solid 2300 and I am a (probably soft) 1700; and second, I am feeling rather poorly today (mentally): the point being, in what follows if I have adapted these suggestions incompetently it is not with the intent of creating a am also wondering about the possibility of a Black king-walk to an area of relative safety.
Originally posted by Mark AdkinsIn fact this is completely wrong because the knight can still take the rook with check. I'm afraid that (as previously noted) I simply wasn't thinking clearly when I posted this, owing to personal problems taking place after my reply to zzyw, and their effect on my state of mind. My apologies for this misleading, blunderous remark.
. . .(Also note that Ng4 can best be answered by ...Qf4, at several points.). . .