Asymmetrical warfare in chess: The Ultra Flexible 1...g6 Part One

Hello Chess lovers
I wanted to explore with you hypermodern concepts that can arise out of 1.e4g6. The move order is amazing flexible for a number of reasons:

1) The knight has not been committed to f6 which means the bishop on g7 is not obstructed-like a sniper on the flanks ready to take aim at d4 and the b2 square.


2) Black is not compelled to play ...d6 and so he can also play ...c6 and d5.


3) Black can also get into Sicillian like positions with the inclusion of Bg7/Nd7/d6/c5 


I have very pleasant memories of  Tiger Hillarp Persson explaining his version of the Modern Defense.
He wanted to have a kind of Accelerated Dragon but the the knight not obstructing the the bishop on g7 for some moves. Petr Svidler seemed to find this attractive along with a number of other players. Kramnik played the ultra flexible move order against Grischuk this year. So this now leads to white's strategy. Often the strategy is one of containment of the wings with a2-a4 and h2-h4. We will look at black and white's strategy and I hope this will be exciting for you.

The first game features
Bonev v Chatalbashev
1.e4g6 2.d4Bg7 3.Nc3c6 4.f4d5 Chatelbashev wants an imbalance against the lower rated player so he plays in an asymmetrical way. 5.e5Nh6 and now one can determine black's idea. He will use the white center as a target and post his pieces from the flank.
6.Nf3f6 Phase two -black begins to hit at the center. 7.Be2Bg4 8.0-00-0 9.Be3Nd7 10.Qd2e6 11.Nd1White wants to free the c-pawn for action and black prepares for an assault on the center.
11...Nf5Black reaps one of the benefits of encouraging white to build his center.He gets a nice square for his knight.
12.Nf2Bf3 13.Bf3fe5 14.fe5Qb6!  A key move, black pins the d pawn and puts pressure on b2.
15.c3Ne5! 16.Qe2Ne3 17.Qe3Nf3 18.gf3e5! Strategically black has done everything right.The computer gives black a massive advantage with one type of software and a win on others.
19.Rfd1ed4 20.cd4Rae8 21.Qd3Bd4!! Out of nowhere black finds a lovely tactical blow. White had enough and resigned. If he went on he would have faced : 22.Qd4Re1!! 23.Kg2Qd4 24.Rd4Ra1 with a win.
That was a good advertisement for the strategy of encouraging white to build a big center then undermining it.
This can be compared with Aikido in the martial arts!!
Key Moments:
6...f6 - Undermining the center.
14...Qb6 setting up tactical possibilities