Four-Player Chess/Common openings/1. h4

1.h4 - Double Push King's Pawn Opening tright 14 yR yN yB yK yQ yB yN yR 13 yP yP yP yP yP yP yP yP 12 11 bR bP gP gR 10 bN bP gP gN 9 bB bP gP gB 8 bK bP gP gQ 7 bQ bP gP gK 6 bB bP gP gB 5 bN bP gP gN 4 bR bP rP gP gR 3 2 rP rP rP rP rP rP rP 1 rR rN rB rQ rK rB rN rR a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Position in FEN4 B-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-1- 3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/ 3,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,3/ 14/ bR,bP,10,gP,gR/ bN,bP,10,gP,gN/ bB,bP,10,gP,gB/ bK,bP,10,gP,gQ/ bQ,bP,10,gP,gK/ bB,bP,10,gP,gB/ bN,bP,10,gP,gN/ bR,bP,5,rP,4,gP,gR/ 14/ 3,rP,rP,rP,rP,1,rP,rP,rP,3/ 3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rN,rR,3 Common moves: /1...d6/ Double Push King's Pawn Opening, 1.h4 Red pushes the pawn two squares instead of one. This is slightly weakening the king's position, since the pawn can no longer block checks supported by g2 and i2 and on h4 the pawn is undefended. Blue's responses Blue can reply in the same way as against 1.h3. /1...d6/