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Welcome all, Please feel free to post and comment in the fourms anything that maybe helpful. A focus on new lines, interesting variations and responces to different tactics black commonly uses. If you have a line that gives you trouble please post it for suggestions, that is what we are here for. Matthew

For analysis or to share info and etc. Ill post some of my old ones.

These are games I found from opening explorer about a year ago. The Kings Indian Defense is a tough way to play against the stonewall and often wins equality. However, by opinion, if there were to be a perfect game, the stonewall would prevail mainly because of its focused attack on the king side, slow and steady and patience, attack and defense. Here are the games.

Assuming that you all know the Dutch stonewall (if not then I suggest an admin better make a forum explaining that opening), I will post games about the Dutch Stonewall. A little different than the normal one but with the same idea and actually gave white a lot of trouble back in the early 1900s. Its still feared today but like the regular stonewall, the Dutch stonewall can get hard if white plays the Kings Indian Attack. One of the best Dutch stonewall players who ever lived was Mikhail Botvinnik, often crushing people with this opening. Here are some games.

Looking for suggestions for study materials on the Stonewall. I have a few books that are really just chess notations and I would like to find some study materials that would cover the Stonewall with text as well as chess notation. Suggestions Please! Thanks ~ Rich

In the 1920's, 1.d4 Nf6 was considered an irregular opening. Then Tartakower read an old German journal in which there was a game played in 1875 by two Brahmans which began 1.d4 Nf6. Thereafter he jokingly referred to this as the Indian Defense. This is a group for players who are interested in exploring the White and Black sides of the hypermodern "Indian" defenses to 1.d4. Collectively, our group repetoire includes 9 distinct openings: Benko Gambit, Benoni Defense, Bogo-Indian Defense, Budapest Gambit, Grünfeld Defense, Indian Game, King's Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, and Queen's Indian Defense. All our Team Matches, in-house Tournaments, and Vote Chess games are based around these openings. We currently have a 300 membership maximum. Please apply if you: play any of these openings are interested in joining Team Matches and Tournaments actively participate in Team Vote Chess games wish to contribute in some way to our group already belong to less than 50 groups. Click the Indians mascot to apply. GO INDIANS!

This is just a basic Stonewall Attack Demo I will place real games in the future forums post. Comments and games are welcomed

My view of the Four Pawns Attack is that it is essentially a more ambitious and more aggressive Stonewall. It's greatest effectiveness is against openings such as the Modern. I play the Modern a lot myself, but I will sometimes go old school when I'm on the receiving end of one. The Four Pawns Attack is, of course, a two-edged sword. You gain more central space and potentially a dynamic central pawn mass, but you also leave holes in your own camp. The trick is to cover what you can and not to over extend. This was a rather gutsy turn-based game by me playing the Black Stonewall's big brother. I feel that this is a valid game since you may reach positions like this occasionally with the traditional Stonewall. I have a few times, and I figure that this game will serve as a decent sample both to myself and to everyone else.

Just thought i would make a new forum to get rid of all the clutter

I will get more of mine, but this one was humorous lol To prove the stonewall can be used against any black response even crazy ones, also it shows the importance of the light bishop aiming down at the king. i will post all my stonewall games even losses from this point on

Individually, I have my ways of fighting it (Though I often respond with the Colle and currently right now is my repertoire against the KID) how do you fight it? Whats your strategy to play against this? Im sure its not very easy because its a formidable opening against the Stonewall as well as annoying.

The one above is the normal Colle system. The one on the bottom is the Zukertort Colle.

Just a small sample of the stonewall attack set-up