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Four-Player Chess/Common openings/1. h3/1...d6/1...h11
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1...h11 - Hypermodern Sicilian tright 14 yR yN yB yK yQ yB yN yR 13 yP yP yP yP yP yP yP 12 11 bR bP yP 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 gP gR 3 rP 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
G-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-3-
3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/
3,yP,yP,yP,yP,1,yP,yP,yP,3/
14/
bR,bP,5,yP,4,gP,gR/
bN,bP,10,gP,gN/
bB,bP,10,gP,gB/
bK,bP,10,gP,gQ/
bQ,bP,10,gP,gK/
bB,2,bP,8,gP,gB/
bN,bP,10,gP,gN/
bR,bP,10,gP,gR/
7,rP,6/
3,rP,rP,rP,rP,1,rP,rP,rP,3/
3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rN,rR,3
Common moves: /1...l9/
Hypermodern Sicilian, 1...h11
Yellow pushes the pawn two squares rather than one, gaining more space and opening up the possibility to play Qh12. Since the pawn blocks the e14-n5 diagonal, it does take away the idea to play Bg12.
Green's responses
/1...l9/
1...k9
1...l8
1...Nl6