Answers.Body: <p>You are correct; there is no initiative.  The author is overstating the idea behind Nh4 which is to throw pieces and pawns toward the black king, who is at this point in no danger.</p>
  
  <p>If you put this in a modern chess program it would probably show the position as completely equal.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a Russian translation of Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games. In the Game 1 (<a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008366" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008366</a>) in the annotations given after Black's <code>4. ...Ng8-f6</code> the author writes that  <code>4...d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nh4!</code> </p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen ""]
  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nh4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>results in White's initiative. I think that <code>initiative</code> means creating direct threats to which the opponent must respond immediately. But where is initiative after <code>Nh4</code>? White doesn't seem to create any direct threats at all</p>
  
Tags: <terminology>
Title: Annotations to Fischer vs Sherwin,1957
ThreadText: # Annotations to Fischer vs Sherwin,1957
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-20)
  
  I have a Russian translation of Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games. In the Game 1 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008366) in the annotations given after Black's 4. ...Ng8-f6 the author writes that  4...d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nh4! 
  [fen ""]
  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nh4
  
  results in White's initiative. I think that initiative means creating direct threats to which the opponent must respond immediately. But where is initiative after Nh4? White doesn't seem to create any direct threats at all
  
  **Tags:** terminology
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  You are correct; there is no initiative. The author is overstating the idea behind Nh4 which is to throw pieces and pawns toward the black king, who is at this point in no danger.
  
  If you put this in a modern chess program it would probably show the position as completely equal.
  
  
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