In his comment to "London Calling... Seven Months of Blog" and "The Next Best Thing..." Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) Gemeinde member Pete Banks ("blackburne") called readers attention to the opening 1.h4.Would giving a couple of games by some top past masters give a different picture of the possibilities of that opening?
Janowski,D - Allies
Paris, 1901
1.h4 e5 2.h5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.b3 Be6 5.Bb2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Bxf5 Nh6 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.c4 Be4 13.d3 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Bxf3+ 15.gxf3 c6 16.d4 e4 17.fxe4 Qxe4 18.Rg1 Nf5 19.Qd3 Qxd3+ 20.Kxd3 Rhg8 21.e4 Nh4 22.f4 Raf8 23.Raf1 g6 24.hxg6 Rxg6 25.f5 Rg2 26.Rxg2 Nxg2 27.Rh1 Rf7 28.d5 cxd5 29.cxd5 h5 30.Rh2 Nf4+ 31.Kc4 Be1 32.Be5 Bg3 33.Bxf4 Bxf4 34.Rxh5 Be5 35.Rh6 Bf6 36.Kc5 Bg5 37.Rd6+ Kc7 38.Re6 Be3+ 39.Kc4 Kd7 40.f6 Bf2 41.e5 Bg3 42.Kd4 Rh7 43.Ke4 Be1 44.Kf5 Bb4 45.Kg6 Rh4 46.Rb6 Kc7 47.Rxb4 Rxb4 48.f7 Rf4 49.Kg7 1-0
Bogoljubow,E - Schuppler
Haslach, 1949
1.h4 d5 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nd7 8.Qa4 h5 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Bf4 e6 11.Bh2 g6 12.Nd4 Bg7 13.Nxf5 gxf5 14.f4 Nc5 15.Qc2 Ne4 16.g3 Bh6 17.Bg2 0-0-0 18.Rd1 Rdg8 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.0-0 Rg4 21.Kh1 Rhg8 22.b4 Bf8 23.a4 Be7 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.a5 Rg8 28.Bg1 Rxg3 29.Bxa7 c5 30.Qa4 Qc6 31.b5 Qe8 32.Rg1 Qg8 33.Rxg3 Qxg3 34.Qc4 Qh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Qh3+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Qg3+ 40.Kh1 Qxh4+ 41.Kg2 Qg4+ 42.Kh1 Qh3+ 43.Kg1 Qg3+ 44.Kh1 h4 45.a6 Qh3+ 46.Kg1 Qg3+ 47.Kf1 e3 0-1
1.h4 d5 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nd7 8.Qa4 h5 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Bf4 e6 11.Bh2 g6 12.Nd4 Bg7 13.Nxf5 gxf5 14.f4 Nc5 15.Qc2 Ne4 16.g3 Bh6 17.Bg2 0-0-0 18.Rd1 Rdg8 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.0-0 Rg4 21.Kh1 Rhg8 22.b4 Bf8 23.a4 Be7 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.a5 Rg8 28.Bg1 Rxg3 29.Bxa7 c5 30.Qa4 Qc6 31.b5 Qe8 32.Rg1 Qg8 33.Rxg3 Qxg3 34.Qc4 Qh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Qh3+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Qg3+ 40.Kh1 Qxh4+ 41.Kg2 Qg4+ 42.Kh1 Qh3+ 43.Kg1 Qg3+ 44.Kh1 h4 45.a6 Qh3+ 46.Kg1 Qg3+ 47.Kf1 e3 0-1
