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Stonewall match #2 9....Ng4
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brigadecommander
28-Jan-13, 11:10

White moves 34.Kh2 Black plays 34....Rh6
The reason behind 34....Rh6 is 'Classified', subject to the Articles of War.


stalhandske
28-Jan-13, 11:53

a move by J. Bond?
classified, etc, but me thinks this is a draw unless some of our highly rated onlookers think I can win (I don't).
brigadecommander
28-Jan-13, 12:50

No not that Bond movie, i meant, Dr NO!!
White moves 35.Ra2 and Black plays 35...Kf7. moves so far;1. d4 d5
2. e3 Nf6
3. Bd3 e6
4. Nd2 c5
5. c3 Nc6
6. f4 Be7
7. Ngf3 O-O
8. O-O c4
9. Bc2 Ng4
10. Qe1 f5
11. h3 Nf6
12. Ne5 Ne4
13. Nxe4 fxe4
14. Ng4 b5
15. Bd1 Bd7
16. Qg3 Bh4
17. Qh2 a5
18. b3 Rb8
19. g3 Be7
20. a4 cxb3
21. Bxb3 h5
22. axb5 Rxb5
23. Ba4 Rb7
24. Bxc6 Bxc6
25. Ne5 Bb5
26. Rf2 a4
27. Ng6 Rf6
28. Nxe7+ Qxe7
29. Ba3 Qc7
30. Bb4 Qc4
31. h4 Qd3
32. Re1 Rg6
33. Qg2 Be8
34. Kh2 Rh6
35. Ra2


bwaa
28-Jan-13, 13:18

Missing move
Looks like Black played 35...Kf7. Looking to support a g7-g5 advance, perhaps?
ptitroque
28-Jan-13, 13:20

@bwaa
Perhaps, but in this case, why having move the rook on h6 ?
brigadecommander
28-Jan-13, 13:34

not a g7-g5 advance.
black had considered before when the Rook was on g6 to play Rg4 followed by maneuvering the other Rook via f7-f6-G6 and attack whites g3 and h4.This proved impractical because white could intercede at g5 with his Bishop via e7. Ergo........
bwaa
28-Jan-13, 13:53

...Kf7
I was thinking the plan might be ...Kf7-f6 followed by ...g7-g6. My thought was that Rh6 allows for g7-g6 and Rh7, connecting the Rooks and allowing some lateral movement, but I am really having a hard time making concrete sense of 34...Rh6 no matter the situation, unless Black is planning a sacrifice of some kind.
ptitroque
28-Jan-13, 14:01

May be it was a defensive move in case if

g4 hxg4
Qxg4
bwaa
28-Jan-13, 14:06

@ptitroque
If she were concerned about g3-g4, wouldn't it have made more sense to simply leave the Rook on g6?
ptitroque
28-Jan-13, 14:13

@bwaa
You're right. You might about the eventual sacrifice but I cannot see how it could work in this situation. Brigadecommander probably needs a couple of moves more. Whatever she planned, it seems longterm.
stalhandske
29-Jan-13, 00:14

after 35....Kf7
white moves 36. Qf2 (not very innovative, but white sees no real avenues for a win). At this point my able opponent brigadecommander offers a draw, which I accept with delight. If anyone of the onlookers think 1) it was not a draw but won for black, or 2) won for white, I'd like to see evidence.

Otherwise, I thank you all sincerely for taking part in this excercise, and I hope that you will be interested in and follow the next one, being now planned btw brigadecommander & yours truly.
brigadecommander
29-Jan-13, 00:25

A masterful defense
i saw no way of winning. But the next match will be held in the far more difficult terrain of the Dutch Defense. en.wikipedia.org.

To begin in a week or so.
ptitroque
29-Jan-13, 03:22

@brigadecommander
Nice idea for the dutch defense. I'm not fond of pawn walls. In fact I do everything I can to evitate them but I'm very interested in dutch defense altough I don't play it for it seems very trickery but I would like to, because it seems quite cool, like GM Myevilluck could say.
brigadecommander
29-Jan-13, 03:47

walls
i play the Dutch stonewall!!! sorry. But still its a more complicated wall.
ptitroque
29-Jan-13, 04:14

@brigadecommander
May be stalhandske doesn't play the dutch stonewall, it seems to me that one must be two to play a stonewall. Even so, it's interresting to "see" you think.
thebishop1000
29-Jan-13, 09:09

e5
game was drawn at e5. Great stuff here. thanks much
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