Stonewall Attack Beginner Chess Openings Series - Managing the Sidelines (Part 3)

[Brundo031]

6:39 better move for black would be Bg4 with an annoying pin on the knight..

[Kadabeats]

after white moves the pawn to c4, how come the black bishop on e5 doesnt get to eat the night on b1?? would that be a mistake too??

[OnlineChessLessons]

@Kadabeats If ...Bf5 takes Nb1 then white gets the bishop bair and can still attack black's weakened b7 pawn with Qb3 (which also puts a good deal of pressure on d5)

[McQuaid1981]

Great video series. I'm wondering what the line would be if after black plays Bf5, white plays c4 and then black responds with Nf6. Once again, I'm very impressed with the video series and feel like it's made me a better player.

[DereksDiscourse]

I really enjoy your openings / beginner series. It reminds me a lot of Kevin from the chess website and his videos. Not sure how you feel about him...but you both are the best sites/videos on the web for newbs like me.

Keep up the good work sir.

[TylerGuru]

Quite literally the best chess video series I've yet seen on YouTube. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this channel to help get over my annoying lack of cohesion in the opening.

[bababu7]

I agree. Id think most upper level players have access to higher elo study material from other sources. People who may come onto youtube prob need fundimental learning. So its nice that you're fleshing your beginner series more. A 40/40 of GM games and beginner series sounds great to me with the last 20 for bug house.

[gtrxdude]

Negotiating with terrorists, haha! You keep your videos entertaining, keep up the great work!

[regime123]

If black plays knight c6 and then doesnt decide to go after the bishop, and decides instead to keep an eye on the E5 sqare. How does white continue to attack when he can't maintain a knight on E5 because black can exchange his knight for whites?

[OnlineChessLessons]

@regime123 that's a good question. white has to immediately respond to ...Nc6 with f4 to make sure black can't open the center with e5. later, i would recommend that white finishes as much development as possible - then to start the attack with ne5. the exchange doesn't necessarily hurt white's attacking chances - a lot of times it can strengthen them (ex. fxe5 will gain space and open up the F file for attack)

[regime123]

@OnlineChessLessons I have thoroughly enjoyed the stonewall series and found it very easy to understand and the key concepts are well explained and therefore easy to remember. I hope you will do the same for other openings. Perhaps some strong defences for black against common white openings would be interesting.

[OnlineChessLessons]

@regime123 Thanks, that really means a lot. My channel will be much more focused on this kind of thing now. I'm planning on covering 20+ opens/gambits/tactics etc over the next 3-4 months.

[regime123]

@OnlineChessLessons Thats great. It's one thing to memorise the first moves of an opening. But without knowing the key themes behind the moves and more importantly the "plan" once your pieces are developed, it's easy to come unstuck. I think many players, me included, get a bit lost and I often go on to lose simply because I don't know what to do next and so i make moves which don't put pressure on my opponent

[MrEmanuel1223]

very good......thanx

[failboy98]

cool is the dutch stonewall for black??

[mostawesomedude]

very helpful! just never forget that maybe you'll understand something super obvious, but some of us baddies in the audience would never notice it :P

[3patm]

I'm digging that jazz tune in the intro

[Carlisle412]

Thank you a lot! You're certainly among the best chess channels out here!