The biggest mistake in the Stonewall and how to punish it · Road to GM, Game 346

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The Stonewall Dutch is a tough opening to play. You're left with a bad bishop and a single strategic mistake or an untimely trade could mean disaster.

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There's a thematic strategic trap White can set up in the Stonewall that threatens to trade off Black's best piece, the dark squared bishop, if White doesn't prevent it, they will lack the usual dynamic play because of the reduced material. I managed to set it up and force the trade due to my opponent's mistake.

After that it was almost a clean conversion. The position became much tougher for my opponent to play and he'd never started an attack at all. So he had all the downsides of playing the Stonewall and no compensation and no attack.

Tomic S. (1981) - Cvetkovic B. (1656)
Kup Zagreba, Rd.2
Stonewall Dutch

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