Stonewall attack chess games

Now the reasons for our LSB on the b1 — h7 diagonal become apparent. So now it's time to have a look at an actual game. So that's about as good as it gets playing the Stonewall Attack. It's very interesting to run it through the computer this many years later.

Apparently some of this still lingers today. If you want to see it try playing the Chess. Nxe5 then it swings rapidly in Whites favour. The Stonewall Attack — Basic concepts for beginners. Updated: Jan 22, , PM. So here it is from Whites point of view. Move order is important here for White. It seems easier to respond to black moves and panetrates the black king side.

Never mind of the dark bishop because the black cant use his dark bishop too. Not many players used this opening compared to e4, so there is always element of suprise. Use it once in a while. Only works once or twice against same opponent. Stonewall — great unless opponents know it! I used to play only the Stonewall with white, and managed to win the national junior tournament with it. However, at higher levels opponents can suck any joy out of this, I got very few wins and I lost interest.

Early Bf5, or systems with Nf6, Nc6, followed by e5 or Nb4 leave white struggling for anything interesting. But the aggressiveness of the attack always appealed to me. I never used it very often until one day, as a recent new member of a club, I walked into my first and only speed tournament.

I pulled this little gem out of my pocket every time I had white and I just clobbered the opposition. They had never seen it before and had no idea at that speed how to respond to the heavy fast attack. I took second place trophy against some very good players. My proudest moment. So my advice is to learn an uncommon opening or two and keep it in your arsenal. Skip to content. YouTube page opens in new window. Stonewall Attack. Stonewall Attack — a positional understanding The rigid nature of the pawn structure makes for few early tactics in the Stonewall Attack.

Plans for White After white finishes up development, white might eventually play g4 and begin an aggressive attack on the kingside of the board. Plans for Black Black can try to change the course of the game in several ways. Finally, black also has ways to play with pawns. These are the ideas. The Stonewall Attack — in action! Rxa8 Qxa8 The Stonewall Attack is a Queen's pawn 1.

While it is true that the opening is not currently in fashion, and isn't generally seen at the highest levels as those who do have 'Master' in their title are more capable of finding ways to defend against it , nevertheless the Stonewall is certainly playable by the improving amateur, and at the club level, as most opponents at these levels are unlikely to be familiar with how to best defend against it.

In the hands of one who knows how to play it, the Stonewall Attack can be a very dangerous weapon! Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld are devoted to an introductory tutorial on the Stonewall Attack.

The book is an "oldie but goodie" , written in the older descriptive notation.