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Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation (A93)
1 d4 f5 2 c4 Nf6 3 g3 e6 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O d5
7 b3

Number of games in database: 190
Years covered: 1920 to 2021
Overall record:
   White wins 45.8%
   Black wins 21.6%
   Draws 32.6%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Lajos Portisch  3 games
 
 
Evgeny Gleizerov  14 games
Nigel Short  5 games
Lars Karlsson  5 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Timman vs Short, 1990
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1983
V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1940
Lautier vs Short, 1990
H MacGrillen vs D A MacDaeid, 1965
S Ravot vs G Schroll, 2011
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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Gruenfeld vs W John 1-0851920Gothenburg BA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
2. S Kogan vs N Zubarev  0-1411937Moscow ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
3. S Kogan vs A Chistiakov  0-1401937Moscow ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
4. H Avram vs J Fulop 1-0381939Manhattan Chess Club ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
5. I Jerman vs J Siska  1-0371939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
6. V Makogonov vs Botvinnik 1-0441940USSR ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
7. J C Almeida Soares vs Eliskases  0-1261943Rio de Janeiro freeA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
8. V Hanak vs V Mohapl  ½-½361944OlomoucA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
9. D B Scott vs A Truscott  0-1361946Nottingham-B2A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
10. J de Souza Mendes vs Letelier  1-0661946Mar del PlataA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
11. R Kujoth vs B Rosenthal  1-049194849th US OpenA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
12. Kotov vs Lisitsin 1-0411948USSR ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
13. B Tot vs T van den Tol  ½-½341950Vienna 1950/51A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
14. R Fuchs vs E Budrich  ½-½311951GER-ch U20A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
15. Golombek vs J H Donner  1-0341951Bad Pyrmont ZonalA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
16. J de Souza Mendes vs F de Carvalho  ½-½411951Brazilian ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
17. M Vidmar Jr vs H Steiner  0-1531951Schlechter MemorialA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
18. H Platz vs O'Kelly  ½-½661952BudapestA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
19. T Salo vs T Sakellaropoulos  1-0401952Helsinki Olympiad qual-3A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
20. Filip vs Szabo 1-0411953BucharestA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
21. Bolbochan vs C Guimard  ½-½211953Mar del PlataA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
22. E Reichel vs B Mellberg  ½-½461953World Junior Championship qual-1A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
23. L Herrmann vs Uhlmann  ½-½691953East German ChampionshipA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
24. M Rohland vs H F Stockhold  0-155195455th US OpenA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
25. J L Alvarez del Monte vs O Trompowsky  0-1401954MontevideoA93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
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  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


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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


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