this is not a puzzle - my mistake in formatting. Just click on solution and advance the plays.
Sorry about that.
this is not a puzzle - my mistake in formatting. Just click on solution and advance the plays.
Sorry about that.
Ok I lied, I ended up putting a few comments in the game, but really they do not suffice.
I was really hoping for some knowledgeable feedback regarding how my oponent played, and how I dealt with this stonewall defence. Like I've mentioned I don't come across it too often in gameplay.
Thanks.
against the stonewall/ birds opening (reverse stonewall) you should always play d4/d5 respectively to control the e5/e4 square. one of the disadvantages of the stonewall setup is that white establishes an unbreakable hold on the e5 square (or black the e4 in a reversed stonewall/birds opening), while black's e4 square can always be opposed with a later f3 (and generally e4).
The general setup against the structure (for the normal stonewall, just reverse everything to get what you could have played in the game) is d4, c4, g3, Bg2, Nc3 and Nf3/ nh3-nf4. White fights for (and generally gets, thanks to his control of e5-- white has an overwhelming advantage if he can secure a knight on that square) an advantage in the center, which then often translates into an advantage in the QS (or occasionally KS) as well.
your plan of d6-b6-c5 is misguided (as it doesn't fight for those advantages which are in the position) , and with 4.c4 or even 5.c4 white would have obtained a very nice advantage. Both players neglected the center in the early stages (you with not playing d5, him with not playing c4).
while 6... Nc6 "gains an edge in development", it allows 7.e4! after which your position is more difficult to play than an oscillating and out of tune piano.Hence 6...d5, nd7 or g6 would have been much better.
7...e5 seems like a clear blunder-- if instead of playing 9.d5? (blundering a pawn), your opponent had played 9.exd5 ng4 10.e6! you would have been in quite a pickle (not the sweet kind either). fxe6 is very dangerous, given that you haven't castled yet--and if White can get ng5 in, there will be no escaping the salty dill-iness that is your position :-P
I don't have time to go over the rest right now, but I hope this was helpful
Don't really have time to annotate this game, and I don't want to bias others' analysis either, so I'm pretty much just going to post this game.
As the title suggests, white used the stonewall defence structure which I patiently waited to attack - one I made holes in it I started with the kingside pillage of pawns and thrusting my bishop, queen and rook right into my oponents face, until a mate was achieved.
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know in advance that my oponent's last move was a deadly mistake - his only safe move was to move his king. I was prepared for that move too with 27. ... Qxe1+ winning the rook, the lead, and the initiative !
Eitherway, i figure it was a won game - but I haven't gone up against the stonewall that much, especially as black, and I wanted to get some feedback.
Thanks in advance: