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Subject: Re: Stonewall positions

Author: Martin Grabriel

Date: 05:27:21 10/21/99

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I think Mr Chen may be referring to the Stonewall Attack for White (against the
Computer which is playing Black) rather than the Stonewall Defence as Black
(against the Computer which is playing White). An example I came across could be
found at :

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Base/5978/mygames.html


On October 21, 1999 at 06:23:47, alfred palang wrote:

>it is a solid black setup with pawns on d5,f5,e6,c6,b7. it is a closed complex.
>black attacks on the king side using his g and h pawns supported by his pieces.
>black's queen usually manuevers e8 and then attacks via that diagonal.white may
>try to push to e4 but usually difficult because black has good grip with it
>especially with black's knight on f6 that usually lands on e4..likewise white
>usually plants a knight on e5 via f3. white usually relies on a pawn storm on
>the queenside because the center is usually locked, hitting c6 and exchanging
>with the pawn over there..black then plays b7xc6...leaving himself weak.this is
>the minority attack. this set-up is peculiar because both sides usually manuever
>inside their pawn walls..attacking only when enough forces have been
>accumulated. this position was greatly expounded by euwe in his books.it is the
>side who lands the first with his attack that wins. white's q side break is
>dangerous and black goes for a mating attack.



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