[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessVideos Show: Stomping the Stonewall

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessVideos Show: Stomping the Stonewall
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1224943918.shtml


   The Stonewall is a pretty rare guest in master play, but in club play
   it, along with the Colle (also addressed in the video, but more
   briefly), is fairly popular. After all, it's easy to learn and it
   comes with a simple middlegame plan as well: pile up on the kingside
   and pray for mate. Of course, if it were that simple, then
   grandmasters would play this opening, but they don't.
   How should Black meet this opening? As a public service to those who
   don't know what to do or are just sick of facing this opening, I offer
   some ideas [1]in this video. After offering some fine points about the
   most accurate move orders, I present game in which Black first
   neutralizes White's Ne5 jump, succeeds in achieving his own knight
   leap with e4, and then utilizes his extra space on the queenside to
   win. It's a nice game I think you'll enjoy, and hopefully all
   Stonewallphobes will feel that their long nightmare is now over.
   The video is available [2]here, free and on-demand.

References

   1. http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4000
   2. http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4000