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Volume A · Flank openings‹ A92A94 ›
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
Reference position · Black to move

A93 Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Botvinnik Variation

A93 holds a single named line. It leaves A92 (Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation) with 7.b3. Both kings have castled by the end of the reference line, White on move 6 and Black on move 5. That final move, by the b-pawn, covers a4 and c4 and opens a line for the bishop on c1.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4f5
2c4Nf6
3g3e6
4Bg2Be7
5Nf3O-O
6O-Od5
7b3

The road to A93

  1. 1.d4 … 5.Nf3seven earlier stops: A40, A80, A84, A86, A90, A91
  2. 5...O-OA92 Classical Variation
  3. 6...d5A92 Stonewall Variation
  4. 7.b3A93

The position after 7.b3

White has brought out the knight on f3 and bishop on g2; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on e7. Black could capture with dxc4. Black is to move and has 33 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed22Moves spent on pawns43Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e511Squares attacked in the other half65castled kingside, move 6castled kingside, move 5

Codes that branch off from A93

The reference lines of one other code leave A93 from the position after 7.b3, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
A947...c6 8.Ba3Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A96Dutch Defense: Classical Variationfour squares: b2, b3, d5, d6
A95Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variationsix squares: b1, b2, b3, c3, c6, c7
A99Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Modern Main Linesix squares: b1, c3, d5, d6, d8, e8
E07Catalan Opening: Closedsix squares: b2, b3, f5, d7, f7, b8
A97Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variationeight squares: b1, b2, b3, c3, d5, d6, d8, e8
D77Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variationeight squares: b2, b3, f5, e6, g6, e7, f7, g7
E08Catalan Opening: Closedeight squares: d1, b2, c2, b3, f5, d7, f7, b8

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 7.b3. It belongs to the code listed above.

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