[Event "15SQ14"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/VJG8X9qD/kM6gkNKh"] [Date "2015.??.??"] [White "Irons, Robert"] [Black "Shannon, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1831"] [BlackElo "1746"] [Annotator "Dunne, Alex"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/VJG8X9qD/kM6gkNKh"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,41,19,27,79,36,47,23,32,28,65,69,50,52,61,57,51,21,38,51,80,62,62,65, 70,60,76,69,76,79,71,62,108,108,104,104,115,157,169,131,236,231,252,260] } 1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 { The opening thus becomes a Denglish, a cross netween an English and a Dutch. The opening is designed to tame the ferocity of the Dutch player by avoiding direct combat in the center. } 2... Nf6 3. g3 { White can also play 3. b3 here when setting up a Stonewall formation as was done in Zageris-Shannon, Walter Muir 2012 does not quite equalize -- 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 00 6. Bg2 d5 7.00 c6 8. d3 when White contols both critical central squares e4 and e5. } 3... e6 { A more modern approach here is 3...g6 and fianchettoing the Bishiop. This has proved effective in meeting White's treatment of leaving the center relatively undefined by Pawn moves, Jakovenko-Mamedyarov, Tashkent 2014. } 4. Bg2 Be7 { The insistence of constructing a Stonewall formation can crumble. Bu Xiangzhi-Fedoseev, China-Russia match 2015 saw 4...d5 5.00 Bd6 6. Nc3 00 7. d3 c6 8. e4! with advantage to White. } 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 { A 2500+ rated Master E. Gleizerov has had some mixed success with 6....d5 here. An earlier game of his, Collutiis-Gleizerov, Alghero Open 2011 saw 6...c6 7. d3 d6 with an early draw. } 7. cxd5 { Inferior is Wood-Arnold, 17 US Preliminary 7. b3 d4 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Bb2 e5 10. d3 a6 11. Na3 Qe8 with a slight Black pull. } 7... exd5 { Relatively uninvestigated here is 7...Nxd5 which looks playable. } 8. e3 c6 { Too ambitious is 8...Nc6 9. d3 with a shaky Black center, Hollande-Owen, Corres. 2013. Now Black has established his Stonewall formation, but White has not played in typical Stonewall fashion, although Sadler scored an impressive win in Griffith-Sadler, 4NCL 2013 after 8...Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd6. } 9. b3 Qe8 { Meier-Gofshtein, France 2010 saw 9...Na6 here with the plan of ....Nc5 keeping contact with the sensitive e6 square. } 10. Bb2 { Andersen-Vojinovic, Biel 2015 continued with queenside action after 10. d3 Qh5 11. Rb1 Na6 12. a3, though White would seem to do better with an immediate 10. Bb2 as in the game. } 10... Na6 { The Knight can be used to defend Black's weak e6 square from c7. Once there, Black may try ...a5 and queenside action. } 11. Ne2 { The Knight heads toward f4 where it exudes strength on the center and kingside. } 11... Nc5 12. d3 Be6 { Bravery? Black seeks to challenge White's coming influence over e6, but a better way of doing this might be 12...Ne6 13. Nf4 Bd6 with some control over the square. } 13. b4 Ncd7 { After the more ambitious retreat of 13...Na6 comes 14. b5! anyway with the continuation 14...cxb5 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Ne5 Nc7 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bh3 with a plus to White. } 14. b5 { White could continue with 14. Nf4 or 14. N3d4 and 15. Nf4, but the text move is good also. } 14... c5 15. Nf4 Bd6 { Black can stay in the game in an unpromising ending of two healthy Bishops against two passive Knights after 15...Bf7 16. Ng5 Bd6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Nxf7 Bxf4 19. exf4 Qxf7 20. Rac1. } 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Ng5 Qe8 { Better 17...Qe7 but White remains with a healthy plus. } 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Bxf6 c4 { White is just two Pawns plus after 19...Rxf6 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxb7 } 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxc4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0