Anti-Dutch Stonewall System
For White
1. d4 f5 [The Dutch Defence. Most players
play e6 first to avoid the feared Staunton Gambit 1. d4 f5 2.e4 !? so 1. d4 e6
2. c4 f5 occurs most often.]
2. c4 Nf6 (2...
e6 is possible. Again this position is
often reached by the move order 1. d4 e6 and 2. c4 f5. There follows 3. Nc3. Now Bb4 is the Rubinstein variation.
4.Qb3 ! Qe7 5.a3 Bxc3+
6.Qxc3 Nf6 7.g3 is 67% White - he has the two Bishops and the better centre.}
3.
Nc3 e6 { of course 3.. .. g6 is the Leningrad
Dutch which is considered separately
3...d6
is an interesting move. Black can still play a Dutch Leningrad – or, he may
play c6 + Qc7 with the idea of e5,
which is the Hort-Antoshin system.
3... d6 Black
retains the option of playing a Dutch Leningrad (King Bishop fianchetto) or he
may play the Dutch Hort-Antoshin variation
4. g3 Other moves tend
to go into poor variations of the Dutch Leningrad e.g. (4. Bf4 g6 5. e3
Bg7 6. Nf3 is 56% Black in 91 games.; 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 50% in 2734 games in the Dutch Leningrad.)
Now after (4.g3)4...
c6 5. Bg2 Qc7 This is the Hort-Antoshin variation.
6. Nf3 (
Other moves are unconvincing 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 =;
6. Bg5 Nbd7 7.
Qd3 e5 8. Qxf5 exd4›)
6... e5 The point of the Hort-Antoshin
variation (6... g6 instead is delayed Dutch Leningrad 7. O-O
Bg7 8. d5 77% White in 15 games.) 7. O-O e4 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3
g5 Other moves allow Nf4 and h4. 10. f3 Black's pawns may be "drafty"
and over-extended. exf3 11. exf3 Bg7 12. Re1 Kf7 13. Nf2 ! and now ...
13... Qb6 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Nxg4 fxg4 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Rf1¯ Kg8 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Kh7 21.
Qd3 Kh6 22. Bf7 1-0;
13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. f4 !±)
13. Na6 14. d5 Bd7 (14... cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5) 15. f4²)
4...
g6 Dutch Leningrad after all. 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7.
Nh3 60% White in 531 games. White intends Nf4 and h4 etc.)}
4.
Nf3 (4. Bf4 ?!is not as good. Nf3 first is more accurate
as Black can play Bb4 Nimzo-Indian style. Bb4 67% Black in 23 games, so 4. Bf4
cannot be recommended.)
Variation
1
4...
Bb4 A sort of Nimzo-Indian Dutch is interesting. White's
best is ... 5. Qb3
5... Qe7 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bxf6 Bxc3 (7... Qxf6 8. Qxb4) 8.
Qxc3 Qxf6 9. c5 O-O 10. e3 d6 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Bb5 Qd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bc4 Qe7
15. Rac1 d5 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Bb5 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qa4 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc4 21.
Rc2 Rc6 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. Rfc1 R8c7 24. Rc3 Qf8 25. h4 Qc8 26. Qa4 Nxb2 27. Rxc6
bxc6 28. Qa3 Nc4 29. Qa4 Qb7 30. h5 1-0, Langeweg Kick (NED) 2405 -
Gallus Gerald (GER) 2290, Ostend (Belgium) 1992;
Variation
2
4... Be7 is
a clever way of playing the Stonewall - delaying d5- for if now Bf4 then Black
can go for a d6 Dutch set-up instead of the Stonewall and use the Bishop as a
target for e5 or g5 or Nh5 later. But White has 5. Qc2 ! White keeps his options. (5. Bf4
instead isnot as good with the pawn on d7. O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 is now 64% Black
!!) 5... O-O Black also attempts to keep his options (d5 would
transpose into main Stonewall) ... but.. 6. e4 ! Hah ha ! 62% White in 13 games.;
Variation
3
4... b6 leads to a
sort of Queen's Indian / Nimzo-Indian Dutch.
5. g3 Best - 63%
in 49 games. Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. Qb3 ! has scored 95% for White !;
Variation
4
4... d6 Black has an
ambitious plan of the e5 pawn advance, which, of course is positionally a
wonderful idea. Dutch : Iljin-Genevski variation.
5.Qc2
{ However the move d6 weakens Black's control over e4 [Black controls e4 in the Stonewall with d5] hence this move.}
Nc6,
probably best.
(
5...Be7 {instead is the most common.} 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 { is 65% White.})
6.d5
{ Otherwise Black achieves e5.} Ne5 ( 6...Ne7 7.dxe6
Bxe6
8.Nd4 Bxc4 9.Qa4+ b5 10.Ncxb5 Bxb5 11.Qxb5+ Qd7 12.Qb7 Qc813.Qxc8+ Rxc8 14.b3
c5 15.Nf3 c4 16.bxc4 Rxc4 17.e3 Rc2 18.Nd4 Rc7 19.Ba3 Ne4 20.f3 Rc3 21.Bc1 Nf6
22.Kd2 Rc8 23.Ba6 Rb8 24.Ba3 Rb6 25.Bb5+ Kf7 26.Rac1 { adv White Peake -
Guest.} ) 7.Nd4 { !} g6 8.Nxe6 Bxe6 9.dxe6 Qc8 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.h3 Ne4
12.g4 c6 13.Nf4Qd8 14.Bg2 Qa5+ 15.Kf1 Qc5 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxc4 18.Qxc4Nxc4
19.Rb1 Ke7 20.b3 Nb6 21.Kg2 Be5 22.Nd3 Bf6 23.e4 Kxe6 24.f4Kf7 25.a4 Rhe8
26.Re1 Bc3 27.Re2 Nd5 28.Kf3 Nb4 29.Bd2 Bxd2 30.Rxd2 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 Rad8 32.Rbd1
Ke6 33.h4 Rf8 34.g5 d5 35.Kg4 Rd6 36.Rd4 Rf7 37.b4 Rf8 38.a5 a6 39.R1d3 Rf7
40.Rd2 Rf8 41.h5 gxh5+ 42.Kf3 dxe4+ 43.Rxe4+ Kd7 44.Rxd6+ Kxd6 45.Re5 Rg8
46.Rf5 Rg6 47.Kg3 Re6 48.Rf7 h6 49.f5 h4+ 50.Kf3 {1-0, Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER)
2560 - Farago Ivan (HUN) 2440, Cienfuegos (Cuba) 1973}
1-0
Variation
5
4...d5
Stonewall Variation.
Note
that this is often reached by the move order
1.d4
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.
Bf4 Now that Black has committed the pawn to d5 this move is
good. ....c6
(5...
Bd6 not a good idea to exchange his good Bishop. 6. e3 (6.
Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 is also good 78% White in 16 games.) 6...
c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 72% White in 29 games. Now the best line for Black is..
Ne4 9. O-O g5 10. Bxd6 Nxd6 11. b3 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4²)
6. e3
Be7 is considered best.
(6...
Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nh5 ?! 8. Bg5.
(i)8...
Nhf6 is a mistake because White can take the d-pawn now 9. cxd5²
! Black is unable to capture with the e6 pawn as he would like to. cxd5 10. Bf4
Nh5 ? 11. Ng5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nf6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Nxe6 Qe7 15. Qe2 adv White.;
(ii)
8... Be7 Unwise as this exchanges Black's good Bishop. 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. cxd5 This is normally unplayable as Black captures with the e6 pawn, but
here that is not possible. cxd5 11. Nb5 ! Qb4 ? 12. Nd2 Black resigned !)
(iii) 8.... Qb6 appears best 9.
Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Ne2 heading for
monster square at f4. Kf7 Black has to cover e6/ g6 15. Nf4 Qd8 (15...
Qc7 is not possible because of 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxf5±) 16. O-O-O White
is better.;
6...
Bd6 Again this exchange favours White.
7. Bd3 76% White
in 78 games. If Black takes he gives White a stranglehold on e5 and an open
e-file with Black's backward pawn at e6.)
7.
Bd3 65% White in 309 games.
....O-O
If 7... Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O (8... Nd7 9. g4
fxg4 10. Bxe4 gxf3 11. Bxh7 Nf8 12. Bg6 Nxg6 13. Qxg6 Kf8 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. O-O-O
Bd7 16. Bd6 Kg8 17. e4 Be8 18. Qg3 Rh5 19. Be5 dxc4 20. Qxf3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7
22. Qf6 Qf7 23. Rg2 b5 24. Rdg1 Rh7 25. f4 Kh8 26. Qxf7 Meyer
Peter (GER) 2325 - Borngaesser Rene (GER) 2360, Germany 1990 26. Qg5 ! Bd7 27.
Rd1 c5 28. Rd6 a5 29. f5 is
advantage White.)
9. g4 !
transposes to main line.)
8.
Qc2 Ne4 (8... Bd7 9. h3 Ne4 10. g4 Na6 11. a3
Qa5 12. Ke2 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. gxf5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 exf5 16. Ne5 adv White)
9.
g4 ! This is the crucial position to remember.
79% White in 96 games.
g4
line variation 1
9...
Na6 10. a3 Qa5 11. Ke2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc7 13. c5 Nb5 (13... Ne8 14.
Rhg1 Kh8 (14... b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. gxf5 Nf6 17. fxe6 bxc5 18.
Bh6 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxg7 Kh8 21. Rxh7 1-0, Vunder
Andrey (RUS) - Kovanova Baira (RUS) 2141, St. Petersburg (Russia) 2002) 15. Rg2 Nf6 16.
Rag1 Ne4 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rxg7 Bf6 19. Be5 Be6 20. Re7 Bg8 21. Rgg7 b6 22. Qb2
Nxc3 23. Kf1 Ne4 24. Ng5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qxc5 26. Ne6 Qa5 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Bxe4 1-0,
Lima Darcy (BRA) 2475 - Giardelli Sergio C (ARG) 2425, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1993) 14. Rhc1 Kh8 15.
a4 Nc7 16. h4 Ne8 17. Ne5 Qd8 18. Rg1 g6 19. f3 Bd7 20. a5 Bf6 21. Rg2 Ng7 22.
Qb2 Bc8 23. g5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Kg8 25. f4 a6 26. Kd2 Kf7 27. Be2 Rg8 28. h5 Ke8
29. Rh1 Kf7 30. Rgh2 Qxa5 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh8 Qd8 33. Rxg8 Qxg8 34. Qb6 Bd7
35. Qxb7 Qc8 36. Qb6 Qg8 37. Qc7 Qc8 38. Qd6 1-0, Raceanu
Valentin (ROM) 2339 - Salageanu Gabriel (ROM) 2169, Eforie Nord (Romania) 2002;
g4
line variation 2
9...
Qa5 10. Ke2 85% White. Ba3 !? 11. Rac1 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12.
bxa3 exd3 13. Qxd3 ) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. Rxc3 Bxb2 14. Rb3 fxg4
15. Rxb2 gxf3 16. Kxf3 e5 (16... b6 ) 17. dxe5 Nd7 18.
Ke2 Nc5 19. cxd5 Bg4 20. Kd2 cxd5 21. Rg1 Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Bf5 23. Kd4 b6 24. Rc1
Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kxd5 Kf7 27. Kd6 h6 28. Rb4 Rc2 29. Bg3 g5 30. f4 Re2
31. Rc4 Rxe3 32. Rc7 Kg6 33. Ke7 Ra3 34. Rc6 Kg7 35. Rf6 gxf4 36. Rf7 Kg6 37.
Bxf4 Bh3 38. Rf6 Kh5 39. Rxh6 Kg4 40. Bg3 Bg2 41. e6 Rxa2 42. Kf8 Bc6 43. e7
Bb5 44. Rh4 Kf3 45. Rb4 Bc6 46. e8=Q Bxe8 47. Kxe8 Rd2 48. Ke7 Rd5 49. Ke6 Rh5
50. Kd6 Kg2 51. Kc6 Rh7 52. Ra4 Kh3 53. Kb5 Rh5 54. Ka6 Rh7 55. Ra2 Rh5 56. Bb8
b5 57. Rb2 Rh6 58. Kxa7 Rh7 59. Kb6 Rh6 60. Kxb5 Rh5 61. Kc4 Rh4 62. Kd5 Rh5
63. Be5 Rh7 64. Rb3 Kg4 65. Ke4 Rf7 66. Rg3 Kh4 67. Rf3 Ra7 68. Kf5 Ra5 69. Rb3
Rd5 70. Rb8 Kh3 71. Rh8 Kg2 72. h4 1-0, Shariyazdanov Andrey (RUS)
2582 - Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2476, Biel (Switzerland) 2000;
g4
line variation 3
9... Bb4 10. Ke2 The King often
finishes on e2 in this line - safest square ! Bxc3 11. bxc3 fxg4 12. Ne5 Nf6
13. h3 g3 14. Bxg3 Nbd7 15. Rag1 Qa5 16. c5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b6 18. Bxh7 Kh8 19.
Rxg7 Ba6 20. Kd1 Kxg7 21. Qg6 Kh8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxf6 Kxh7 24. Rg1 Qa4 25.
Ke1 1-0, Martin F 2125 - Arasa P, Badalona (Spain) 2000)
g4
line variation 4
9...
g5 10. Be5
(a]10... Nd7 11. h4 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 gxh4 13. O-O-O Bd7 (13... Kh8 14. f4 Ng3 15. Rh2
dxc4 16. Bxc4 fxg4 17. Nxg4 b5 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Ne4 Be8 21. Ne5 Rg8
22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Bc2 Rc7 24. Qf2 a6 25. Bb3 Ng7 26. Rdh1 Rf8 27. Rg1 c5 28. dxc5
Bxc5 29. Ng5 Qf6 30. Qxh4 Nf5 31. Qxh7 Rxh7 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rgh1 Nh4 34. Bxe6
Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Kxh7 36. Rxh4 1-0, Castaneda Georgui (PER) 2403 -
Gutierrez Renzo (PER) 2268, Lima (Peru) 2002) 14. gxf5 exf5 15.
Rdg1 Kh8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Ng6 hxg6 20. Rxg6 Bg7 21.
Rxh4 Qxh4 22. Qxh4 Kg8 23. e4 Rf7 24. f4 Kf8 25. Qg5 Re8 26. f5 Rxe4 27. f6
Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Rg4 29. Qc5 Kg8 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qxa7 Ke6 32. d5 Kd6 33. Qa3 c5
34. Qc3 Rg1 35. Kd2 Rh1 36. Qf6 Kc7 37. Qe5 Kc8 38. Qg3 Rh3 39. Qf4 1-0,
Bloemhard Rudy 2116 - Wilschut Peter (NED) 2041, Dieren (Netherlands) 1998;
b]10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 (11... fxg4 12.
Bxh7 Kf7 13. Qg6#) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Rg1 h6 15. h4 Kh7
16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Qe2 Kh6 19. Rh1 Bh4 20. Bg3 Qe8 21. Bf4 Kg6 22.
Qg4 Kf6 23. Qxh4 Ke6 24. Qh6 Rf6 25. Qh8 Bd7 26. Qxe8 Bxe8 27. Rh8 Kf7 28. Kd2
Nd7 29. Bxb5 Nb6 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rh7 Kg6 32. Rah1 1-0, Garcia
Vicente Nieves (ESP) 2223 - Zagorskaya Tatiana (BLR) 2125, Istanbul (Turkey)
2000)
c]
10... fxg411. Nd2 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nef6 13. h4 gxh4 14. Rxh4²
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