[Event "Hoogeveen"] [Site "masterchessopen.com"] [Round "0"] [White "Spoelman, W."] [Black "Stellwagen, D."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French: 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 ( { Here I would recommend that White try } 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Bb5 { and if } 7...O-O 8.Qd2 { , which is hardly mentioned in the reference works. (Only 'ECO' gives a little sub-note: 8...dxe4 9 Nxe4 Bd7 'unclear'.) Play might continue: } 8...-- ( 8...a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.O-O-O { (White signals his intention to start a kingside attack) } 10...a5 11.Qe3 a4 12.h4 Bd7 13.g4 Be7 14.Ne5 Be8 15.Nd3 Ra5 16.f4 Qa8 17.g5 Bd7 18.h5 { gave White fine attacking chances in R.Lau-M.Thesing, German League 1996. } ) ( 8...Na5 9.O-O a6 10.Bd3 b6 11.Rfe1 Bb7 12.e5 Be7 13.Ne2 { (the knight swings across to the kingside in preparation for an onslaught) } ) ( 8...dxe4 9.Nxe4 Bd7 10.O-O-O a6 11.Bd3 e5 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qxd7 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Qxg2 18.Qxc7 Rad8 19.Qg3 { with an extra pawn, P. Treffert-A.Stromer, German League 1988. } ) ) 6...dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nb4 ( { Stellwagen tries to fox his opponent by avoiding the drawish line } 7...Nxe4 8.Bxe7 Nxf2 9.Bxd8 Nxd1 10.Bxc7 Nxb2 11.Be2 Na4 { with equal chances, I. Nataf-N.Short, FIDE World Championship, New Delhi 2000. } ) {#R} 0-1