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Are there any good books on the stonewall attack or other interesting resources?

Hi everyone. If you haven't read my Stonewall series (blogs), then I recommend to you that you should. I try to extend out my latest knowledge on the Stonewall Attack, and if you get to read one or two, please comment. Thanks!

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!

Hello all. I was wondering how you deal with systems where black follows the main line but then retreats the f6 knight and puts a pawn there so as to support an e5 push. Obviously you can take e5 with f4 but when black takes back with the f pawn if you take with the d pawn then the centre is looking messy. Is there anyway to discourage this line or cope with the akward situation. Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to play a asystem centered on the Stonewall but certain moves Bf5, KID/Gruenfeld, and early c5 lead to related but alternate plans of attack. I have a recent game on my blog, the errors aside I'd be very interested to hear how other Stonewall players handle this type of situation. The game is over here http://blog.chess.com/jlueke/stonewall-transposed-to-a-qga

Hello! I am new to the Stonewall attack..but very fascinated of it. I have decided to take it up as a weapon as white. But I can not only play the Stonewall attack....one must have a repertoire. Anyone here playing the Stonewall attack regurlarly ? Personally I think i will go for the 1.f4 Bird move order...there are certainly drawbacks to this as there are advantages. The point is that so many people are playing 1....d5 against the Bird but they dont play a pawn to d5 if you open 1.d5 Nf6 2. e3. Then they go for a KID setup aiming for a timely crushing e5 blow. Here we can represent our Stonewall attack repertoires and explain why we have chosen a particular repertoire. What is important to take into account when creating a Stonewall attack repertoire ? I will certainly represent my own Stonewall attack repertoire as fast as it is created. But any help from the group will help

Malis1959 #1 Question: The only SA left our group. How do we get a new SA?Answer: Make a forum to have group vote for a new SA. After three days, contact chess.com support and they will make the person with most votes the new SA (even if that person have just one vote).

Some annoying systems against the Stonewall are, the Queen's Indian Defense, the double Stonewall, and the King's indian defense. Do you guys have other ideas?

How do I beat king's indian? I'm having a hard time.

I saw that many players in this group is afraid to play 1.f4 because of the from's gambit. Therefore I created this thread to show you how to take this tricky gambit down.

Let's get some ideas/lines going on dealing with the Horowitz Defence:

Has anyone ever used the Saragossa Opening to set up the Stonewall formation? I used to play 1.c3 but after a series of terrible defeats, started using 1.f4 as my main move to play the Stonewall. I'm considering taking up 1.c3 again. Anyone think this is a good first move to set up the Stonewall?

What do I do against Bg4? I want to save the h3 square for my knight.

Everyone, I made a Stonewall tournament! Please join here: http://www.chess.com/tournament/stonewall

By fianchettoing the bishop to b7, black can seriously control the Stonewall itself by limiting white's options. For example, the bishop on b7 can target e4, which can support an annoying knight jump, the bishop can target the f3 square, which is absolutely needed for a rook lift. To make things even worse, white also can't have a thorough attack on the kingside, while black can keep attacking. Help, please?