Fritz 16 - He just wants to play!
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The Dutch Stonewall - A fighting repertoire against 1.d4
In the Dutch Stonewall Black from the very first move fights for the initiative. Let Erwin l'Ami take you on a fascinating journey to the depth and attractions of this unique opening. At the end you will be rewarded with a new repertoire against 1.d4!
This weeks pair of games are by Kevin Winter who is in his late fifties and lives in Bradford, England. He appeared here a couple of years ago and has now sent two nice Dutch defences against strong juniors: one in which his opponent escaped, the other in which he hammered his attack home.
He has a predilection for attack and wrote two years ago about how he "loves to play in international tournaments and [has] played in masters' tournaments in Vienna, Riga, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Sicily amongst others". [Pictured with Hikaru Nakamura.]
These two games, though, are both form tournaments in the UK and we start with Agony ion which his opponent escaped. He's provided plenty of notes and I've added mine as JS.
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The Beliavsky Plan against the Stonewall Dutch
You exchange the bishop on f4 to open the g-file (gxf4) and double rooks there. Black will protect his weakness on this file with all his forces. You transfer your pieces to the other side, create a new weakness there, and the opponent will be helpless
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