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- - The Stone Wall Project - Danger on the h file!
easy19 (2192) vs. waxwing1 (1209)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (D00), stonewall attack

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1. d4	Hi everyone! I would like to draw your attention to the fact that when you castle kingside, your h and your g columns can become very vulnerable to mating attacks. Black, who is a Class D player did not sort out his problems with the h column in a timely manner and as a result got Freddied. This was really sad because Freddy had made a horrible blunder costing him a rook for a pawn. If Waxwing (John) had done something about the h column then he could well have gone on to the Chessic Upset of the Century! This game came from the Stonewall project which I am not taking part in but I did see this game and thought it very interesting to annotate. The game starts with Freddy playing 1. d4.



1... d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3	3. Bd3 - this move to d3 hits at h7 and hints at a possible future Q/B line up on the b1-h7 diagonal.



3... e6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. f4 c5	5. ...... c5 - interesting pawn break.



6. c3 O-O 7. Ngf3 c4	7. ..... c4 - trying to put Freddy in a bind.
	3 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 02-Jul-10: but releases the tension in the centre yoshark (1409) on 03-Jul-10: Black would be better off to have the c-pawn remain on c5 due to the nature of the position. Though in lies the challenge of Freddy's tournament blacks logical queen side push will not be fast enough to meet whites fearsome attack. So Black must juggle both attack and defense if he/she wants to survive. sccadams (1815) on 06-Jul-10: The move was forced. Actual play starts at move 9.


8. Bc2 Nc6 9. e4	9. e4 - Freddy tries to undermine the pawn chain.
	2 comments rookie879 (1200) on 02-Jul-10: usually 9.h3 is played first to prevent the upcoming move yoshark (1409) on 03-Jul-10: Nothing wrong with the move played. Ng4 though it looks powerful but can help speed up whites attack.


9... Ng4	9. ..... Ng4 - hmm, aggressive and aiming to play a move like Bh4+ followed by Qh4+ which could be very unpleasant for Freddy.



10. e5	10. e5?? - this is a real howler which will cost Freddy a piece, but this is just for starters!
	5 comments rookie879 (1200) on 02-Jul-10: hey Freddy,can you blunder like this in my games? easy19 (1200) on 03-Jul-10: i try not to i worked out my move on a other board and changed taps by keystroke by mistake and made the move. i was fast to push the stop button but my Internet was faster and the move was made.. i ran outside and yelled at the neighbours aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 03-Jul-10: I hope you didn't have your gun with you when you did that...lol yoshark (1409) on 03-Jul-10: The simple Qe2 would have avoid all of this . pawnstar2010 (1200) on 04-Jul-10: x-machine: Freddy doesn't have a gun - he has laser beams installed in his eyes. They are specially designed so that when he looks at a king it just crumbles.


10... Ne3 11. Bxh7+	11. Bxh7+ - this is a desperado, but it does open the h column to a possible Q+R combo. Old Matey just lurves those back rows and corridors.
	5 comments rookie879 (1200) on 02-Jul-10: 10...Ne3! takes full advantage of Freddy's mistake. Idea is if 11.Qe2 Nxc2+ 11.Bxh7+ at least gives White a better chance purplelinkpl (1200) on 03-Jul-10: See I don't think Freddie blundered, he wanted his opponent to take the rook on a1 to completely take it out of the defense of the kingside. Sure it was a little careless but that's the fun of chess. black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 03-Jul-10: it's hard to believe... but yes it was. Look at the 'past games' on Freddy's page and GK database puts him at a -6 advantage yoshark (1409) on 03-Jul-10: haha I don't think Freddy would put himself in this position. This is the kind of thing many people would have nightmares about. easy19 (1200) on 03-Jul-10: this was not what i wanted. so i needed to be cunning and divert attention from the moves that matters to moves that are mater less . i would be in a devastating attack if john would become aware of this line after the logical moves played 10...Ne3 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.Ng5+ this would be killing 12...Bxg5 13.Qh5+ Bh6 14.Kf2 Nc2 15.Rb1 N6xd4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nf3 Nxf3 18.Qxf3 f6 etc and this is the best response i could find..


11... Kxh7 12. Ng5+	12. Ng5+ - this knight check opens up a line for the WQ to come to h5.



12... Kg8 13. Qf3 Nc2+	13. ...... Nc2+ - and here is the main course, that cadaverous black steed will gobble up Freddy's rook in the corner. John (Waxwing) was a very happy man at this point. Now, wouldn't we all be happy with this position against Freddy? Yup, but before you get that chamfers out of the fridge, just hold your, erm, horses until he either cops Old Matey (preferably) or waves the white flag, then and only then can you go absolutely and utterly besom!
	1 comment rookie879 (1200) on 02-Jul-10: I wouldn't be happy because I would still think Freddy would have something up his sleeve!


14. Kd1	14. Kd1 - good move here, that knight can be rounded up later. Freddy has some more important things on his mind though with a pawn march on that h column. Beware!



14... Nxa1 15. h4 Bxg5	15. ...... Bxg5 - I can understand him wanting to remove the knight but oh dear, this move opens up the h column to a WR!
	4 comments rookie879 (1200) on 02-Jul-10: big mistake #1. Black should not open any lines to the king willingly black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 02-Jul-10: wanting to trade down while 7 points up, but I imagine that would have been just what Freddy wanted easy19 (1200) on 03-Jul-10: I was just lucky if john would have taken a bit more time i would have a very very hard time to survive and getting away with a win was more then i expected yoshark (1409) on 03-Jul-10: Ouch this could get ugly as black not only opens the h-file but blocks out his defenders from action.


16. hxg5 Qd7	16. ....... Qd7??? - any improvements on Re8? That is what I would do in response to 16. hxg5 and then proceed to move Henry back towards the centre post haste!
	2 comments yoshark (1409) on 03-Jul-10: Re8 is most likely best f-pawn moving doesn't look to promising after f6-f5 g6 Rf7(only way to stop the mate) gxf7+ Kxf7 Qh5+ Ke7 Qg6 and black looks to be in a bit of a bind. easy19 (1200) on 03-Jul-10: Re8 was the only correct move to make.. and would leave me still in a bad shape


17. Qh3	17. Qh3 - it is too late for Re8 because 18. Qh8 will be mate!



17... f6 18. g6	18. g6!! - this little pawn move hammers the final nail in the BK's coffin. Whatever black does he is gonna get Freddied next turn. The rest is silence.



18... Rf7 19. Qh8#
	1 comment rookie879 (1200) on 02-Jul-10: unfortunately. Black underestimated the chance of the kingside being ripped open