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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 87  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gruenfeld vs W John 1-0 85 1920 Gothenburg B A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 2. V Makogonov vs Botvinnik 1-0 44 1940 USSR Championship A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 3. D Scott vs A Truscott   0-1 36 1946 Nottingham-B2 A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 4. J de Souza Mendes vs Letelier   1-0 66 1946 Mar del Plata A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 5. Kujoth vs B Rosenthal   1-0 49 1948 49th US Open A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 6. Kotov vs Lisitsin 1-0 41 1948 USSR Championship A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 7. B Tot vs T van den Tol   ½-½ 34 1950 Vienna 5051 A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 8. Golombek vs J H Donner   1-0 34 1951 Bad Pyrmont Zonal A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 9. H Platz vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 66 1952 Budapest A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 10. T Salo vs T Sakellaropoulos   1-0 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) prel-C A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 11. Filip vs Szabo 1-0 41 1953 Bucharest A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 12. Julio Bolbochan vs Guimard   ½-½ 21 1953 Mar del Plata A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 13. E Reichel vs Bengt Mellberg   ½-½ 46 1953 Wch U20 qual-A A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 14. J L Alvarez del Monte vs Trompowsky   0-1 40 1954 Montevideo A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 15. M Rohland vs H F Stockhold   0-1 55 1954 55th US Open A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 16. Janosevic vs Puc   ½-½ 58 1955 YUG-ch A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 17. J Sherwin vs R Wilcox   1-0 48 1955 56th US Open A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 18. D Byrne vs P Brandts   1-0 23 1955 56th US Open A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 19. S Van Gelder vs R F McGregor   0-1 40 1956 57th US Open A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 20. Averbakh vs Botvinnik 1-0 44 1957 Training Match A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 21. Zamikhovsky vs M Usachyi   ½-½ 41 1958 Kiev-ch A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 22. M Bobotsov vs Tolush   ½-½ 26 1958 Asztalos Memorial 1st A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 23. V Osnos vs Kholmov   ½-½ 22 1958 URS-ch sf A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 24. A Hollis vs D E Lloyd   ½-½ 39 1959 7th Stevenson Memorial A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 25. B Vladimirov vs Smyslov 1-0 43 1961 USSR Championship 1961b A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 87

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Jul-27-04    Giancarlo: This position does seem rather drawish and the wins go in whites favour. As a dutch player tbough I like to play the same opening as shown here but with 6..d6 instead, does snyone have any thing to say about that variation? I think it's beter then this one... Jul-27-04    trogdor: It's about the same. Jul-27-04    Dudley: The win % looks terrible for black, but in my experience the stonewall is highly effective at lower levels of playing strength. The ...d6 line is recommended should white position his knight on h3 instead of f3-the Blackburne variation. If white doesn't fianchetto and castles K side, black has a virtually automatic attack with the stonewall. Jul-06-05    Giancarlo: yeaaaahaha this is what I call an opening of the day!! I think <Dudley> is generally right, that this type of play tends to work in the lower levels, however I have used it quite successfully in the exact opposite! Dec-13-11    Penguincw: Opening of the Day Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 1.d4 f5 2.c4 ♘f6 3.g3 e6 4.♗g2 ♗e7 5.♘f3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3 click for larger view Not a very common opening. Jun-23-12    BishopofBlunder: What does black do with the light square bishop? Fianchetto? Or just Bd7? Some variations have black playing c6, which would trap the bishop even further. What to do with a bad bishop? I like the Dutch, but mostly I play the Leningrad. Jun-23-12    King Death: <BishopofBlunder: What does black do with the light square bishop? Fianchetto? Or just Bd7..> Here's a game by the young Kramnik. One way for Black to play is ...Bd7-e8-h5, all of a sudden that "bad Bishop" isn't so bad anymore. Van Wely vs Kramnik, 1990 Jun-23-12    SimonWebbsTiger: Further to <King Death>s post, Kramnik actually wrote a section about the Stonewall Dutch in the 1990s Dvoretsky book "Secrets of Positional Chess". One point he noted is the Bishop on g2 isn't all that great either because it is restricted by the black pawn structure. The modern interpretation is often Bf8-d6, c7-c6 and b7-b6, Bc8-b7. c6-c5 is always in the position. Kramnik quickly dropped the Dutch! Jun-24-12    BishopofBlunder: <One way for Black to play is ...Bd7-e8-h5, all of a sudden that "bad Bishop" isn't so bad anymore.> This is pretty much what I figured, but it seems a bit slow. Three moves to get the queen bishop developed and then you have the queen knight. What do you do with it? C6? D7? Maybe I'm just too impatient for the Stonewall variation. Dec-30-12    Kikoman: <Opening of the Day> Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation (A93) 1. d4 f5 2. c4 ♘f6 3. g3 e6 4. ♗g2 ♗e7 5. ♘f3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 click for larger view

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