Thanks! I plan to do a video on the Catalan, to finish off the d4-d5 series. After that I want to get back to my middle game series, so the other openings will have to wait for now.
It's not very common that black will castle queenside against the Stonewall Attack. But if that happens, you can try playing with a4 and b4, and pawn storm the queenside. White is actually very solid on the kingside and center, so this ought to lead to a good game for white.
Thank you so much for your reply. I just discovered, that this is also possible in lichess. For any reason I prefer lichess. Everything is for free there
The stone wall with the white pieces.I have a book by I.A Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld How to think ahead in chess.they show three variations after1. P-Q4 2. P-K3. 3. B-Q3! 4.N-Q2! 5.P-QB3 6.P-KB4 7.N-B3They say the moves should be played in this order
You don't show the black moves. Let's try some plausible moves: 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 At this point black can play 5 ... e5 and white is under a lot of pressure. Continuing with 6. f4 is losing for white, and other moves leave white at a disadvantage. Old books like this can have lots of interesting ideas and principals for guiding your play, but they can't be trusted when it comes to specific lines.
It's not that common, I guess because black usually plays c5 to try and soften up the center, which leaves the queen side a bit exposed. But it does have the advantage of getting the king away from white's normal attacking plan. I can't say how it would work out in practice, I guess you just have to try it and find out!
@@JimsChessChannel 1:26 is when the move is available but it's definitely more optimal at 2:37 after the e pawn has moved forward. That bishop has nowhere to go but back afterwards. Unless white does the sacrifice you mention. But that wouldn't be a move had black not short castled.
@@pureskill123 I see what you mean now. There are times when c4 is a good move, it gives black more space on the queen side, and takes away the d3 square from white. But there are down sides to this move as well. The main issue is that it releases the pressure on d4, giving white more options. For example white can consider playing e4 and breaking through in the center. Also, pushing the bishop back to c2 is not much of an accomplishment for black. The bishop is still on a good diagonal, pointing at the black king side. So black usually prefers to keep the tension in the center and leave the pawn on c5.
@@JimsChessChannel Great response Jim, thanks. So essentially it's about double attacking White's d pawn. And white isn't likely to take black's c pawn because that would leave his bishop wide open I'm assuming. It's good to know about black not accomplishing much - I have a push back mentality with pawns because my opponent is always pushing back my minor pieces and generating a pawn rush as a result.
I guess you are thinking of a position like this: 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 Now if you play 4. c3, black can play 4 ... e5, which is good for black. So on this move white plays 4. f4 to get the Stonewall setup. Now black can play 4 ... Nb4 to attack your bishop. But this is OK for white, black is taking extra moves to capture the bishop which gives white an edge in development. The game might continue 5. Nf3 Nxd3 6. cxd3 The pawn on d3 gives white a strong center, and prevents black from playing Ne4. Later white might try for e4 and f5 to control the center and cramp black's kingside.
Nice runthrough! Those 36 minutes flew by, lol. I love this opening
A very good explanation of the various ideas in this opening. And well-explained games. Thank you!
Very great video Jim...I'd like to implement this opening in my repertoire.
Good job & best regards
this is my favorite opening, thank you so much for covering it!
Love this video, i was planning to make one on my own channel, but would have to substantially improve it to add value - this one is great.
Thanks a lot for this lesson, very interesting!
Wonderful stuff. Really helpful!
4. N- d2 , before
...f4 , is the recommended move order .
Awesome stuff as always. Any plans on covering more openings? There is a lot of ground uncovered, namely the French and Caro-Kann for instance.
Thanks! I plan to do a video on the Catalan, to finish off the d4-d5 series. After that I want to get back to my middle game series, so the other openings will have to wait for now.
this was my main line i played it 5 years
Did you play it for another 5 years?
best video !!!thank so much Jim! we bow to u
Thanks for this attack.
What if the opponent castles on the queen side? Please cover that as well. This is awesome teaching.
It's not very common that black will castle queenside against the Stonewall Attack. But if that happens, you can try playing with a4 and b4, and pawn storm the queenside. White is actually very solid on the kingside and center, so this ought to lead to a good game for white.
Mind blowing great analysis!
thank you Jim very well explained...the best
Very good explanation
4:20 - Black moves: …e6 v …Bg4, …Ne4 …e6, …f5. 5:46
great video, any chance that you have a PGN of this lesson?
wonderful video master
Great video. Which program is that? It’s really good for teaching with all the arrows and highlightings of fields. Thx from Germany
I was using ChessBase in this video, but Fritz also has the ability to draw arrows and highlight squares like that.
Thank you so much for your reply.
I just discovered, that this is also possible in lichess. For any reason I prefer lichess. Everything is for free there
The stone wall with the white pieces.I have a book by I.A Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld How to think ahead in chess.they show three variations after1. P-Q4 2. P-K3. 3. B-Q3! 4.N-Q2! 5.P-QB3 6.P-KB4 7.N-B3They say the moves should be played in this order
You don't show the black moves. Let's try some plausible moves:
1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3
At this point black can play 5 ... e5 and white is under a lot of pressure. Continuing with 6. f4 is losing for white, and other moves leave white at a disadvantage.
Old books like this can have lots of interesting ideas and principals for guiding your play, but they can't be trusted when it comes to specific lines.
I have that book too. It clarifies at other points in the text that while they show you the moves, you have to decide when to play them.
I too have this book this is the better move order , I have had many a good game using it .
I typically play KN-d2 earlier to prevent KN-e4
Is casteling queens side a good counter to stone wall?
It's not that common, I guess because black usually plays c5 to try and soften up the center, which leaves the queen side a bit exposed. But it does have the advantage of getting the king away from white's normal attacking plan. I can't say how it would work out in practice, I guess you just have to try it and find out!
But why the (d4 d5, e3 Nf3, Bd3 )black n came to nb4 and attack to bishop send me a reply
White usually plays c3 in this system, which will stop black's knight from coming to b4.
But then black came to e5 send me a reply
Looks like the London but you can't do much with your dark squared bishop
Yes. Did remind of london aswell. King side attack with the white bishop incoming
Bg6++ kg8 Bxf7++ Rxf7 Ng6 ?? Is that wrong?
Why wouldn't black play c4 to push back the bishop?
At what point in the video?
@@JimsChessChannel 1:26 is when the move is available but it's definitely more optimal at 2:37 after the e pawn has moved forward. That bishop has nowhere to go but back afterwards.
Unless white does the sacrifice you mention. But that wouldn't be a move had black not short castled.
@@pureskill123 I see what you mean now. There are times when c4 is a good move, it gives black more space on the queen side, and takes away the d3 square from white. But there are down sides to this move as well. The main issue is that it releases the pressure on d4, giving white more options. For example white can consider playing e4 and breaking through in the center. Also, pushing the bishop back to c2 is not much of an accomplishment for black. The bishop is still on a good diagonal, pointing at the black king side. So black usually prefers to keep the tension in the center and leave the pawn on c5.
@@JimsChessChannel Great response Jim, thanks. So essentially it's about double attacking White's d pawn. And white isn't likely to take black's c pawn because that would leave his bishop wide open I'm assuming.
It's good to know about black not accomplishing much - I have a push back mentality with pawns because my opponent is always pushing back my minor pieces and generating a pawn rush as a result.
Bad - e4 hole, black sq Bishop.
Do - Ne5 though …Nc6 already, if NxN f4xN,
If
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Good lessons GM
Are you from Atlanta?
No, why do you ask?
Is in min 26 a mistake
nice!🙂
23:00 i think Knight F6 is better
Nf6 is just as good, since it also forces mate, but it does allow some nuisance checks from black. So Rxh7+ is the fastest way to end the game.
But then black came to e5 then ...add a reply quick (please )
I guess you are thinking of a position like this: 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6
Now if you play 4. c3, black can play 4 ... e5, which is good for black. So on this move white plays 4. f4 to get the Stonewall setup. Now black can play 4 ... Nb4 to attack your bishop.
But this is OK for white, black is taking extra moves to capture the bishop which gives white an edge in development. The game might continue 5. Nf3 Nxd3 6. cxd3
The pawn on d3 gives white a strong center, and prevents black from playing Ne4. Later white might try for e4 and f5 to control the center and cramp black's kingside.
Thanks
Minute 20. 49, move pawn forward first then queen eat bishop checkmate
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Subtitles arabic please