QUEEN'S
PAWN GAME
STONEWALL
Variation
Sunneli
A. - Terzioglu C.
0:1,
5/
3/2004.
1.
d4 d5 2. e3
This
move announces that White will probably be playing the STONEWALL
variation {he could still play the Colle System (Nf3 without f4), or a
delayed Queen’s Gambit (c4 )}.
This
Stonewall setup is shown below
The
Black Defences
Line ONE the Bf5 variation
2… Bf5 The logical reply taking up the key diagonal.
3.
Bd3
(White’s best is probably 3. c4 abandoning the Stonewall and playing a delayed QG e6 4. Nc3
(4. Qb3 Nc6 (4… b6 is safest. 5. Nf3 Nf6 6.
Nc3 Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf3 Be4 =) 5. cxd5 Nb4!? (5… exd5 6. Qxb7 Nb4 7. Bb5 Ke7
8. Na3 is unclear.) 6. Na3
(6. Qa4 c6 7. dxc6 Nc2 8. Kd2
b5 9. Bxb5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Kxd3 Nxa1 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Nb5 Rxb5 14. Qxb5 +=.) 6… Qxd5 =+)
4… c6 = 54% Black in 34)
3…
e6
(3… Bg6 is also playable. 4. f4
e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 (6. Bb5 Nc6 7. Ne5 Qb6) 6… c4 7. Bc2 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Ng4)
4.
Bxf5 exf5 5. Qd3
5…
Qc8 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. b4
(10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Nb6 12.
O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Be1 Rad8 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Nf1 Bb8 18. Qe2
f4 19. Qf3 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nc4 21. Rc2 Nd6 22. Bh4 Rd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rf2 f5
25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Rde7 27. Rf3 Nc4 28. b3 Ne5 29. Rg3 Ng4 30. Rf3 Be5 31.
Ne2 Qh6 32. Neg3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Rxe3 35. Qxf5 Re1 36. Rf1 Qe3 37.
Kh2 Qh6 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2, Pedersen Eigil (DEN)
2200 – Milner Barry Philip S (ENG), Helsinki (Finland) 1952) 10… O-O 11. b5 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Qb3
a6 14. bxc6 Qxc6 15. O-O Nc4 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. h3 Rc7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7
20. Ne2 b5 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Bd4 g6 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Qb3 Re8 25. a4 b4 26. Ne2 a5
27. Rd1 Qa6 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Nc1 Rd8 30. Nb3 Nb2 31. Bxb2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rc2 33.
Bd4 f4 34. Rad1 Qc6 35. Nxa5 Qxa4 36. Nb3 Qc6 37. Ra1 Qe4 38. Rad1 f3 39. g4
Ng5 40. R3d2 Nxh3 0-1, Vorotnikov Vladislav V
(RUS) 2455 – Kobalia Mikhail (RUS) 2573, Moscow (Russia) 1999;
Line TWO The Queen’s Gambit Reversed line
2… c5. This is quite an ambitious defence – playing the QG a
move behind ! I cannot really recommend it unless you are playing a poorer
player or want to be particularly aggressive. In any case White can steer it
into the Classical Defence – see line 3.
3.
c3
(3.Bd3 is a mistake Now follows an instructive
game by Capablanca. c4 {Of
course. White loses a tempo and …}
4.Be2 Nc6 5.f4 Bf5
{…Black gets the key diagonal under control ! He has already solved the
problem-child development.}
6.Nf3 e6 {Allows Bd6 ,
prevents Nh4 incidentally} 7.O-O Bd6
{Most aggressive square – not e7 as King Knight is coming to e7.}
8.c3 h6 {Black prepares
a luft for his Bishop. He has time as White is going nowhere.}
9.Ne5 {Yup great square. The two main strong points of the
Stonewall are Bishop on d3 and Knight on e5.}
Nge7 {BUT, Black will kick the Knight on e5 out
with f6 !!}
10.Nd2 f6 {YES ! Now
White will not have the e5 square for a Knight, nor the great square d3 for his
King Bishop. He is positionally busted}
11.Nxc6 bxc6 {Look at
Black’s position !} 12.b3 cxb3 13.axb3
O-O 14.Bg4 e5 {The can opener in the centre !! Peake’s
golden rule:” If you can play the P-K4 break v Stonewall u r winning”}
15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Qc2 e4 18.c4 Qb7 {Gives a luft for the King Bishop and
pressure on b3}
19.c5 Bc7 20.Bd2 Rfb8 21.Rfb1 Qb5 {This ensures White is saddled with a chronic ill Bishop. (no a5 escape) and Black dominates
the white squares.}
22.Kf2 { ?? a blunder} exf3
{ 0-1 White cannot recapture the
Knight on f5 because of Qe2 check.}
Kreymbourg Alfred – Capablanca Jose Raul (CUB) 2720, New York
(USA) 1911
3. c4 is
interesting as after cxd4 4. exd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 we have Panov attack in Caro Kann;
3. dxc5 Queen's
Gambit Accepted reversed !! e6 4. c4
(4. b4 a5 5. c3 axb4 6. cxb4 b6 etc.) 4... Bxc5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3
Nf6 is really a QGA reversed !)
3... Nf6 4. Bd3
(4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. Bb5 (6. a3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6=+) 6... Bd7 7. Bxd7 Nfxd7 8. a3
axb4 9. cxb4 b6 10. cxb6 Bxb4 adv Black)
4...
Nc6 5. f4
(5. dxc5 a5 6. Bb5 e6 7. b4 Bd7
8. a4 axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. cxb4 b6 11. Bb2 bxc5 12. b5 is actually the
Noteboom reversed !)
5...
Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 has transposed into the Classical variation {see line 3)
. Bd6 73 % Black. A recent game went:- 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Bf5 10. e4 ? dxe4 11.
Nxe4 cxd4 12. Nfg5 ? dxc3 13. Qh4 ? This loses because of the pin on the g5
Knight. Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bc5 15. Kh1 Bxe4 16. Qh3 Qd3 0-1, Yap Choow Tun 2054 - Zaw Win Lay 2497 , Ho Chi Minh City 2003
SEA Games ]
Line THREE the Classical variation
2….Nf6 This allows White to get a Bishop on d3.
3. Bd3
3... c5!?
4.
c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 is the Classical Stonewall main line 73%
Black.
8.
h3 Bh5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 =]
Line
FOUR the Nc6 variation.
2… Nf6 3. Bd3
Nc6 !? is very interesting - threat e5 and also Nb4.
4. c3
[4. Nf3 Nb4 5. Bb5 c6 6. Ba4 Bf5 7. a3 Na6 8. O-O
e6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6›;
4. f4 Nb4
5. Nf3
(5. Be2 Bf5 6. Na3 c5 7. c3 Nc6
8. dxc5
(8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4
Be4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nb1 Rc8 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Nbd2 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. Qxc4 Qe4 21. Nd2 Qxe3 22. Nf3 Qe4
23. Re1 Qg6 24. Qe2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Bc5 26. Nb3 Bd6 27. c4 Bb8 28. Bd2 Rd3 29.
Rad1 Rxc4 30. Bb4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Qc4 Re8 33. Nc5 h6 34. Nxb7 Ne4 35. Rf1
e5 36. f5 Qg4 37. Qc6 Nf6 38. Bc5 e4 39. Be3 Qe2 40. Qc1 Ng4 41. Bf4 Nf2 42.
Kg1 Nd3 43. Qc6 Bxf4 44. Qxe8 Kh7 0-1,
Laube Bernhard (AUT) 2267 - Kuba Guenter (AUT) 2307, Austria 2002) 8... e6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nb5 a6
11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. cxd6 Qh4 0-1 Guest - Peake ICC)
5...
Nxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Nc3 c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. Be3 O-O;
4. Nd2 e5;
4. c4 e5;
4. a3 e5
5. Bb5 e4 6. c4 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nc3 looks like a French Winawer reversed !!]
4... e5 5. Bb5
[5. Nd2 Bd6
6. Ne2 (6. f4?! exf4 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qh4) 6... O-O 7. O-O e4! 8. Bc2 Bxh2 9. Kxh2
Ng4 10. Kg3 Ne7 0-1 Guest152 - Peake ICC;
5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. Nd2
c6 adv Black]
5... exd4
[5... e4!? 6.
c4 Bd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qg5 adv Black]
6.
Bxc6 bxc6 7. cxd4 Ba6 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 Rb8 12. Na4 Bc4
13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Bb3 15. Qxc6 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 h6 17. O-O Bxh2 18. Kh1 Bd6 19.
f3 Nh5 20. f4 Qh4 21. Kg1 Ng3 22. Nxg3 Qxg3 23. Bd2 Re6 24. a6 Rb2 25. Rad1
Rxe3 26. Qd7 Rxa3 27. Rf2 Bb4 28. Qh3 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Bxd2 30. Rfxd2 Rxd2 31.
Rxd2 Rxa6 32. Kf2 Rf6 33. Kf3 g5 34. Rf2 Rxf4 35. Ke3 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 f5 37. Kf3
Kf7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. h4 Kh5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kf3 Kh4
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