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 The Stonewall Attack.
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2.e3
white plays 2.e3, This supports his d4 pawn,allows his light squared Bishop, and Queen access to the board.
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2....Nf6
Black plays 2....Nf6,suporting his d5 pawn and applying pressure to e4
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Now to the heart of the Matter
White plays 3.Bd3. This puts the white bishop on a wonderful 'diagonal' aimed at blacks h7. And starts the process of controlling his e4. The importance of this will become very apparent as we go forward.This opening is about 'square complexes'. Or to put it into Military terms, 'field of fire'
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3.....e6
Black plays 3....e6. A perfectly normal and good move.
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Interior lines
A very important concept in War and in Chess is the idea of Interior lines. This means to arrange your forces in such a way as to facilitate the flow of Reinforcements and supplies to run smoothly without things blocking or slowing down you objectives. So White plays 4.Nd2. This a very important move in the stonewall motif. White 'has' to control his e4. He cannot allow any Enemy forces blocking the b1-h7 Diagonal.This must be kept clear to facilitate the movement of Whites lights squared Bishop.This Bishop will become in the fullness of time, a 'Tomahawk' cruise Missile of massive power.
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Black moves 4....c5
in order to begin an attack on whites center and if possible to chase whites bishop off the vital diagonal by later playing c4.
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5.c3..... White 'cannot' allow
his light squared Bishop to be driven from d3. So he creates a 'pocket' for the Bishop at c2. He does not fear cxd4 because he would recapture with his e-pawn,thus releesing his dark squared Bishon on c1
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So Black plays 5....Nc6!
this is a good move.He develops a Piece,applies more pressure to Whites center. And even more important Threatens to play 6...e5!!!. Once again it is essential for white to not only prevent e5 but to dominate e5 for his own purposes,which will be revealed later.
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The Wall is complete
So now in order to stop blacks looming e5 and to once and for all completly control his e5 he now,as with his control of e4 plays, 6.f4. This completes the Pawn formation known as the Stonewall. It resembles in a way the fortifications on a Castle or a 'trench' formation. But in a deeper sense it shows a very subtle strategy of 'locking the center' and 'funneling blacks aggressive energy's to whites left flank. In a sense 'refusing his flank' a military term.Whites center of gravity is where his King is.Not on his left flank.And as important is the fact that White now has under his control, a great outpost on e5,behind Enemy lines, to place his assault forces!!
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Black plays 6....c5?
9 out of ten players will play this move.It is hard to resist. Even if black played something else,White would have still continued in the same vain as in this game.The problem with c5 is it releases all the Central tension too early and facilitates Whites strategy by splitting the board in two.Black flows to his right flank and White flows to his right flank. This channeling effect plays into whites hand. Black thinks (with some reasoning) that after he later plays b5 he will have a well directed Attack on Whites completely underdeveloped left flank
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White plays Bc2
as mentioned before the reason White played c3 was to secure a safe 'pocket' for his all important Bishop. So he slips into it like a quarterback slips into the shotgun formation!!. Also take note of whites position;1.His light squared Bishop is still aimed at Blacks h7. 2. He 'owns' e5. 3. And he will use his f3 as a road network or nodal point to bring his forces toward the Black king. And 4. his e4 is secure at the moment from any enemy forces trying to camp out on it.It must be kept clear!!!This is good 'interior' lines!!
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now black plays 7...Be7
developing his Bishop and preparing to castle.Then he will launch his attack against whites left flank.
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Now white, according plan
plays 8.Ngf3. It is not hard to see where this Knight is headed.To the advanced outpost at e5 where it will sit quietly waiting, like a Helicopter assault force till it is directed with great violence at the Black King!!
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black plays 8...0-O
bringing his King into safety and activating his Rook. Black is now ready to Attack.
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White plays 9.O-O
All seems quite on the western front. Black is ready and White is ready. It is but the calm before the storm. I will continue tomorrow with the dramatic finale.
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correction on board 9
on board 9,i wrote 'black plays c5. I meant to write c4!!.Thank you dynamic_dv for pointing this out.
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black plays 9.b5
and begins his Assault on Whites left flank. His plan is to open the b-file, force a weak backward pawn on c3, and destroy Whites COMBAT-ABLE Forces in the Field. As you can see then, when he later plays b4 he will link up his dark square Bishop and Knight with that b-pawn.His light squared Bishop will then be able to move to a6, after he plays a5!!! His Queen has an excellent square on b6,and his rooks (or his Tanks as i like to say), will then be in communication with each other. In other words 'communication' between his assault Forces. This is of fundamental importance. If your own Army cannot communicate with itself then how in hell are you going to defeat an Enemy that can???.
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now the long planned 10.Ne5
Things now get very interesting. Black needs to protect or move his Knight on c6. Though White has absolutely no intention of taking it. He has in this Knight, An Awesome weapon, secure in an advanced outpost. Now black can play at this juncture...10.....Nxe5, an eliminate the occupant of this outpost.But he realizes that by doing so white can recapture with his f-pawn,thus opening his f-file for his Rook and can then more easily release his Bishop on c1 when he plays e4. In other words the exchange would enhance Whites attacking ability!!!. So he devises a cunning plan.
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black plays the cunning 10....Bb7!! 'Stealth tech'
Seemingly black has just protected his Knight on c6. But beneath this 'subterfuge' lay his true intent!!. He plans to capture the White Knight on e5, and after White plays fxe5, he will place his other Knight on e4 blocking Whites Bishop on c2!! and throwing the proverbial fly in all Whites planning. For after White responds with Nxe4, black can recapture with his d-pawn safely because it is now protected by Blacks Bishop on b7!!!!! and to make matters worse he now will have a beautiful square at d5 for his 'assault forces'. Subterfuge is very important in War and Chess.
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White plays 11,Qf3 And the Battleship steps out on the field.
and stops the aforementioned plan. And if you notice is using the 'f3' nodal point to maneuver on.
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11....a5
Black trebles his attack by playing a5. As it will act as a 'force multiplier' when b4 is played.
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High Noon....12.g4
With his left flank under severe pressure, White begins his long planned Assault on blacks 'Command and Control' headquarters. It begins with a thrust by an Infantry Regiment. Its aim; to dislodge one of blacks few Defenders,his Knight on f6
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Black plays 12....b4!?
He deems his Defenses for his King are adequate. He underestimates his enemies capabilities. A general must never do this.
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13.g5..White now sends the Infantry regiment 'over the line'
and dislodges the enemy Knight from f6.
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13....Ne8
Black retreats the knight to e8 so as to keep it near his King for defense. Notice that black is compelled by White to turn his attention to his own left flank. Blacks attack began so promisingly, has now ended.
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Adlerangriff or Eagle Attack. 14.Bxh7 ch!!!
The Miracle of Combination. Remember that 'tomahawk cruise Missile?. Carefully protected on its Diagonal,tucked away, seemingly innocuous?.The order is given and it is launched.Tearing a gaping hole in the Enemies Defences. Black has no alternative but to play Kxh7.
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Black plays 14...KxB and White plays 15.Qh5 ch.
The White Battleship vacates f3 so as to free this square for the smooth transfer of Reinforcements. And checks the Black King,forcing him back to g8.
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White moves his 'heavy Tank Division' forward. 16.Rf3
horizontally forward to the f3 nodal point. This clearly illustrates the concept of 'Interior' lines. This Tank Division will now move 'laterally then horizontally again to reinforce Whites Attack.
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16....g6,17.Qh6
Black takes defensive measures to protect himself. He knows that when the Whites Tank division moves to h3 he will be in mortal danger. So he first plays 16...g6,so as to be able to move his Knight at e8 to h5, via g7, where it will block the dire threat of Qh8 mate. White in turn plays 17.Qh6.
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