For Robbie
19 Sep '12 16:12An Open Letter to the Stonewall:
http://www.chessvibes.com/davidsmerdon/an-open-letter-to-the-stonewall
http://www.chessvibes.com/davidsmerdon/an-open-letter-to-the-stonewall
20 Sep '12 07:47Originally posted by Fat LadyLOL, what a thoroughly wonderful read, which of us has not gone through some love affair with an opening only to realise later, that love was not all that it purported to be!
An Open Letter to the Stonewall:
http://www.chessvibes.com/davidsmerdon/an-open-letter-to-the-stonewall
23 Sep '12 16:451 editThe post that was quoted here has been removedA song of unrequited love, ouch, straight for the heart. In Pakistan they have a name
24 Sep '12 00:41 24 Oct '12 10:34Originally posted by greenpawn34Hi GP. Nice game!
I don't know anything about the lad Smerdon.
But did his Stonewall not contribute to his GM title.
Seems a shame to ditch it now if it served him so well.
Maybe it's a bluff to stop his opponents prepping against him.
Wrote a similiar article around 5.Qe2 in the Pirc many years ago.
'The End of a Variation' think it's in an old Scottish Chess.
...[text shortened]... Alastair White was something like 4-0 against at the time so this was a good win.)}[/pgn]
24 Oct '12 11:151 editThe post that was quoted here has been removedThat was one of my very first books. I played the Stonewall in my very first tournament, and won all three games where I had white (as Black I lost a QGD Lasker and a Dragon, staying true to the book!). I tied for 3rd in the section, won $50, and bought my first chess clock.
24 Oct '12 16:082 editsOriginally posted by Paul LeggettI myself am a little bemused why the great fatlady chose me, perhaps because he
That was one of my very first books. I played the Stonewall in my very first tournament, and won all three games where I had white (as Black I lost a QGD Lasker and a Dragon, staying true to the book!). I tied for 3rd in the section, won $50, and bought my first chess clock.
I abandoned it after that one tournament to play the KIA due to the influe e, the very idea of preparing for tournaments in that manner was incredibly eye-opening for me.
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