Here's a simple plan used by GM Ubilava when white goes directly for a stonewall with 2.d4.
[Event "Lisbon op 5th"] [Site "Lisbon"] [Date "1999.11.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Costa,Americo"] [Black "Ubilava,Elizbar"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "D00"] 1.f4 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Ne5 h6 9.c3 a6 10.g4 Bh7 11.Qe1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bf3 Nf6 14.Qh4 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Qe7 16.Rf2 0-0-0 17.Rg2 g5 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Qf2 Ne4 20.Qe2 Rh3 21.Bd2 Rdh8 22.Rf1 Qc7 23.Be1 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.dxc5 Qxc5 26.Nd4 Bxh2+ 27.Rxh2 Rxh2 28.Qxh2 Rxh2 29.Kxh2 Qc4 30.Rxf5 Qxa2 31.Kh3 Qxb2 32.Rxd5 g4+ 33.Kh4 Qh2+ 34.Kxg4 Nf6+ 0-1
Ok, this is a Bf5 system, but I thought this was an effective system when white has committed himself to f4 so early in the stonewall.
Here are some games of interest with ...g6:
A bad day for Tartakower. When he played 10.Bxe4, I wondered if he missed the loss of the exchange. Well, anyway I think black was doing quite well already at this point. This shows a problem the stonewall has against this setup: black has firm control over e4, but with black able to contest the e5 so easily, the stonewall seems to lose a lot of its point.
[Event "Teplitz-Schoenau"] [Site "Teplitz-Schoenau"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Tartakower,Saviely"] [Black "Teichmann,Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "A03"] 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nbd2 b6 7.Qe2 c5 8.c3 Bb7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Ba6 12.Qf2 Bxf1 13.Qxf1 Nd7 14.Ndxe4 h6 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ exf6 17.Bd2 Re8 18.Rd1 Rc8 19.Bc1 Qe7 20.d5 c4 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Nc6 b5 23.b3 Re4 24.Ba3 f5 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Bb4 Kh7 27.Qe1 a6 28.Qd2 Bf6 29.g3 h5 30.Kf2 h4 31.Bc5 Kg8 32.a4 Kh7 33.a5 g5 34.Bb6 g4 35.Nb4 Kg6 36.Nxa6 hxg3+ 37.hxg3 Rh8 38.Kg2 Rh3 39.Rh1 Bxc3 40.Nc5 Bxd2 41.Nxd7 Rxh1 42.Kxh1 c3 43.Nc5 c2 44.Nb3 Rb4 45.d6 Rxb3 46.d7 c1=Q+ 0-1
I think the plan used by Yanofsky is a model plan for black to follow. Watch how he slowly strangles white:
[Event "CAN-ch"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Veszely,Frank"] [Black "Yanofsky,Daniel Abraham"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "A03"] 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Qc7 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.Ndf3 Nd6 11.Bd2 c4 12.Bc2 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.Qc2 f6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Rae1 Nd6 17.Bc1 b5 18.a3 a5 19.g4 Ne4 20.Nd2 f5 21.gxf5 Rxf5 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Rf2 Rb8 24.Ref1 Qd5 25.Rg2 e6 26.Rg3 Rh5 27.Qg2 Bf6 28.Kh1 Qf5 29.Rg1 Kf7 30.Qc2 Qd5 31.Qg2 Qf5 32.Qc2 Bh4 33.Rg4 Be7 34.R4g3 Rh4 35.Qe2 Qd5 36.Qf2 Qh5 37.Qg2 b4 38.axb4 axb4 39.Qd2 b3 40.Qg2 Ra8 41.h3 Qf5 42.Kh2 Rh5 43.Bd2 Ke8 44.Rf1 Ra2 45.Bc1 Ra1 46.Kg1 Rb1 47.Kh1 Qd5 48.Rg4 Rf5 49.Qe2 Qc6 50.Rg2 Ra5 51.Qg4 Qd5 52.Rgf2 Raa1 53.Qg1 Ra2 54.Qg2 Qf5 55.Re2 Bh4 56.Rd2 Bd8 57.Rfd1 Qd5 58.Rf1 Ba5 59.Kg1 Kf7 60.Qh2 Bd8 61.Qe2 Ke8 62.Qg4 Kd7 63.Re2 Qf5 64.Qg2 Kc6 65.Kh2 Qd5 66.Rg1 Bh4 67.Rd2 Qh5 68.Rf1 Raa1 69.Qh1 Be7 70.Rg2 Qf5 71.Rd2 g5 72.Rg2 gxf4 73.exf4 Rxc1 0-1
I hope this helps.
Although this isn't a stonewall (though it is a Bird by transposition), I am reminded a rapid game between Larsen and Karpov, where Karpov seemed to obtain a clear advantage after Larsen made typical Bird moves. It reminds me of the dangers stonewall (or Colle, Torre, London system, etc.) players face when they play their system against everything without look at what their opponent is doing. Ok, this isn't fair to Larsen, since is one the most imaginative and innovative players in chess history, but by his play in the opening, I wouldn't have guessed he was playing the white pieces. Karpov's refutation is so simple!
[Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site ""] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [NIC "VO 8.10.6"] [ECO "A01"] [PlyCount "114"]
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bg5 14. Rf3 d4 15. exd4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be3 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. a4 Rd8 21. a5 b5 22. a6 Qxe5 23. Ra5 b4 24. Qg1 Rd5 25. Rb5 h5 26. Rb7 Qe2 27. h3 Rf5 28. Kh2 h4 29. Rxa7 Rf1 30. Qxf1 Qxf1 31. Rb7 Qa1 32. a7 Kh7 33. Rxf7 Kg6 34. Rc7 Qa2 35. Kh1 Kf6 36. Kh2 g5 37. Kh1 Ke5 38. Rxc5 Kf4 39. Kh2 Qxa7 40. Rc4 Kf5 41. Kh1 Qe3 42. Kh2 Qc1 43. Rc8 Kf4 44. Rc6 e5 45. Rc5 Qa1 46. Rc8 Ke3 47. Rc7 Qd4 48. Rc4 Qd6 49. Kg1 Ke2 50. Re4 Kd2 51. Rc4 Qb6 52. Kf1 Qf6 53. Kg1 Qf8 54. Kh2 Ke1 55. Re4 Kf1 56. d4 Qf2 57. dxe5 Qg1X
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