Stonewall Attack
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So when trying out this opening i ran into 2. ... Bf5. What am i supposed to do against that as white since it stops the LSB from developing to its ideal square without getting traded off?
Chess is the opposite of dancing. Your playing partner will try and move in the opposite direction you want go in and not fall in step !
Presumably you mean 1d4 d5 2e3 Bf5
From white's point of view you may get something similar on the board if you begin 1d4 d5 2Nf3 with a later e3 that can transpose into a Stonewall IF black plays e6 and IF white can make the move Ne5 and support with f4. So what I'm saying is you can might get the same set up via a Colle set up, but you can always count on your opponent to be awkward and thus also begin to educate yourself on the long long journey to chess excellence and why the older systems fall out of use higher up the chess pecking order...
The other side of the coin of course is you now know what might be a good response to an attempted Stonewall from the other side of the board.
"That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one” (Bobby Fischer)
Apr 15, 2017
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I do not know whether or not it deals with your specific question, but Stonewall-related advice for White can be found in Chess Psychology: The Will to Win by William Stewart.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105336/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review901.pdf
