1.g4 is strong enough to draw with strong chess masters. And if you don't play good against 1.g4 - you are lost.
[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1986.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Basman,Michael J"]
[Black "Arkell,Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A00"]
1.g4 e5 2.c4 h5 3.gxh5 Rxh5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.h4 Ng4 8.Nf3 Nd4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 f5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qa4+ c6 16.Nf4 Rh6 17.h5 Bd7 18.Qb4 Qc7 19.Qd2 0-0-0 20.b4 Kb8 21.a4 d5 22.cxd5 Qe5 23.Ng6 Qd6 24.Rc1 cxd5 25.Rc5 Bc6 26.Qg5 a5 27.bxa5 Be8 28.Nf4 Rf6 29.Rc1 Qb4+ 30.Kf1 Qd2 31.Re1 Bxa4 32.Bf3 Rd7
33.Kg2 Ka7 34.Ra1 Bc6 35.Rhd1 Qc3 36.Ng6 Qc5 37.Qf4 Qd6 38.Qxd4+ Kb8 39.Rh1 Re6 40.Nf4 Re8 41.a6 Re4 42.dxe4 Qxf4 43.axb7 Rxb7 44.Rh3 Ne5 45.e3 Nxf3 46.Rxf3 Qg4+ 47.Rg3 Qxe4+ 48.Qxe4 fxe4 49.Rg5 Rf7 50.Rg6 Bb7 51.Ra4 Kc7 52.Kg1 Kc8 53.Rb4 Kc7 54.Kf1 Bc8 55.Rb5 Bb7 56.Ke2 Kd8 57.Rb1 Ke8 58.h6 1-0
[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1984.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Basman,Michael J"]
[Black "Strauss,David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A00"]
1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Nd7 5.c4 dxc4 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Ne4 Bc7 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Qd2 Nf4 14.Rg1 Nxg2+ 15.Rxg2 Qd5 16.Qe3 0-0 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Rd2 Bb6 19.f3 Nd3+ 20.exd3 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.Qxd4 Rxd4 23.dxc4 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Be6 25.b3 Kf8 26.Kf2 Re8 27.f4 Bc8 28.Nd6 Rd8 29.c5 b6 30.b4 bxc5 31.bxc5 Be6 32.f5 Bd5 33.Rb2 a5 34.a3 h6 35.Ke3 Ra8 36.h4 Kg8 37.Kf4 Kf8 38.g5 hxg5+ 39.hxg5 fxg5+ 40.Kxg5 Kg8 41.Rb7 Rf8 42.Ra7 Rf6 43.Rxg7+ Kxg7 44.Ne8+ Kf7 45.Nxf6 Bb3 46.Ng4 Bd5 47.Ne5+ Ke7 48.f6+ Ke6 49.f7 Ke7 50.Kg6 Bxf7+ 51.Nxf7 Ke6 52.Nd6 Kd5 53.Nb7 Kc4 54.Kf5 a4 55.Ke4 Kb3 56.Kd3 Kxa3 57.Kc2 Ka2 58.Na5 a3 59.Nxc6 1-0
[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1982.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Basman,Michael J"]
[Black "Large,Peter G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A00"]
1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.c4 h5 6.g5 Ne7 7.Nc3 Na6 8.h4 Ng6 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qxd7+ Kxd7 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nc7 15.Bf2 Bd6 16.e3 Raf8 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf4 19.Nf3 Ncd5 20.Ne5+ Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.c4 Ne7 25.Rd1+ Ke6 26.Rd6+ Kxe5 27.Bg3+ Ke4 28.0-0 Rd8 29.Rf4+ Ke3 30.Rxf7 Rxd6 31.Rxe7+ Kf3 32.Bxd6 Rd8 33.c5 b6 34.Rf7+ Kg4 35.Kg2 Kxh4 36.g6 Kg5 37.Rxg7 bxc5 38.Bxc5 Rc8 39.Be3+ Kf6 40.Bd4+ Kg5 41.Bxa7 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2 43.Be3+ Kf6 44.Bd4+ Kf5 45.Rg8 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Ke4 47.g7 1-0
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