Live game

Hi

This is a recent live game I played

White opened with 1.d4, so I decided to respond with a version of the Stonewall Dutch. Standard line involves black 1....f5, 2...Nf6, 3...e6, 4...d5.    I was then able to get a quick and powerful attack on whites king, ultimatly breaking through.

I haven't played this opening much and after this game I think I might try it some more, particularly since I've been told it can be used almost against any white opening except for 1.e4

Any feedback/analysis of this game would be great, and any general tips, tricks or traps regarding the Stonewall Dutch defence would be awesome.

cheers

White was a bit cavalier about his king position.

@lelsatis

thanks for the advice, particularly in regards to teh lsb. Do you mean exc lsb for lsb, or just get rid of mine? I can see where youre coming from: late game i'll have little play and no movement for the lsb with stonewall.

thanks again both chrisr and lelsatis.

chrisr, im  guessing you mean dont follow advice/move tips just because it was given - ie reassess each game/position and analyse what move/stratergy is individually best: "even a good move made for the wrong reasons is a poor move". not sure who im quoting there

heres another game I played, employing the stonewall dutch. Havent had much opportunity to play it (lack of games etc).

When the guy takes your outposted knight, usually it's better to take with the f pawn to open the file for your rook after you castle. Just something to consider

@ Spinaltap

Thanks for the tip: in these games I castled queenside so used teh d pawn to reclaim the outposted knight (opening d-file for rook).Also, my plan is that it loads another pawn deep in my opponents kingside, supposedly making it harder for them to build a solid pawn structure.

Often when playing this defence i castle queenside, but thats not the 'normal' direction: is 0-0-0 a strategic misstep that better players will be able to exploit and used to break me before I can reach whites king?? What I'm asking is "is 0-0 significantly stronger for black in this defence".

I've really only used this tactic in live games: in longer versions of the game will 0-0-0 leave me strategically outpositioned?

In the first case, looking at fxe5, say he plays nh2, you can then play qc7 and if white plays g3 bxg3 fxg3 qxg3 kf1 o-o+ wins immediately. Your attention shouldn't belong to the d file, because your attack is on the kingside. The f file is a lot more relevant. After qc7 he should play f5 to block the bishop out, if you take enpassant he can take back with the knight. It's a little less weakening than playing g3. His counter play on the queen side then comes very fast, because your b pawn is advanced making it easy to trade pawns and open files like playing a4 for example.

In the second game, when you take with the d pawn the d file immediately is under white's control, he can play qd6 disrupting any castles, followed by a rook or two to the dfile, and black is in trouble. Hope that helps.

ok, thanks Spinaltap! Opening the f-file is a much more direct path to whites king, gotcha

I'll try to get another game up soon, when I get a chance to play the stonewall dutch again

also, (I'll check other threads too), but can anyone recommend a really good book about the stonewall dutch?

another game

I would like to get a loss using the stonewall up here, but havent gotten too many chances to play the stonewall fully, and when i do things seem to go my way. I have had a bit of trouble white prevents the stonewall from forming

In the 2nd game .. (47.Rc7 [ Kh6 48.Qc1+#] Kh8 48.Qb8+#)