santiR wrote:
if i play 1. h4, it may be unexpected, but you can't say it's powerful. I personally would trade my bishops for the knights, because the doubled pawns are even worse on the rim then in the center. not only can they not support each other, they can't support any other pawns and can only capture in one direction. it's pitiful.
Well I think too much emphasis is put on pawn structure nowadays, IMO giving Black the Bishop pair would be way more compensation than he deserves..
All of these "quirky" openings seem to get shredded by halfway decent players let alone the really good ones.