0:10 the perfect stone wall setup 1:54 after bishop d3, black knc6 3:06 black pawn c5 response 4:25 against kings indian 5:06 some tricks black can play 5:16 disaster 5:35 stonewall black color 5:56 against queens gambit
Lol I do the same when practicing new systems or openings. Just get beat by a computer until the position is second nature and I have a better understanding of how to carry On
This has a similar feel as the London opening you did. I've been practicing and studying the London quite a bit as a low rated player, and I love it. The importance of Ne5 is similar. With this being similar I think it can be my next step to develop, adding it to my repertoire. Thanks for another awesome video.
I know I'm late , but this has to be one of the best videos on any kind of chess theory. You're not just giving us theory to memorize, but explaining why it became theory.
When it comes to complete beginners like myself, it's weird how none of my opponents play any of the expected moves you've shown lol. I'm kinda forced to wing it on move 3.
@@aidanstewart3011 The best replies to random moves is to see threats, if there are any. and execute your plans aggresively your opponent wouldn't have any chance to protect potentially weak squares and would definitely regret its wasted moves
It is because you are facing beginners who don't even know many openings. Once you start facing higher elo players they will react the way they are supposed to. Your best chance on improving is working on midgame/endgame. There's a rule by A GM I don't remember his name but he says to 20/40/40. Work on openings 20% mid game 40% end game 40% For beginners imo developing and basic openings are fine to learn. Midgame and end game is where the real skill happens.
I never thought that learning chess openings could be this easy. I started learning chess when I was a kid and youtube didn't even exist back then. Thanks for the great videos!
I didn't know this positon, I thought it was gonna be an hyper defensive position and I watched the video to learn how to fight it. Little did I know this would become my favourite attack against king's indian defence and attack.
Exactly, but the tricky part is you don't attack the king side. Just go rabid at center close the pawn chain if you have to and make lot of space on queen side.
Hey Levy, I hope this message of thanks reaches you. I just want to say I watched most of your 10 minute opening videos and decided I would write 2 of them down, 1 for black, 1 for white. I settled on the Stonewall Defense as white, and on the Dutch defense for black (still need to find an opening sequence for when they start e4). With these 2 openings I have been playing 10+0 rapid for a few weeks now and I love the stonewall opening. It feels very sturdy and yet open. I do crumble to aggressive play sometimes, but I have seen my rating climb from 1100 to 1200 already. Keep making these great videos and I'll keep watching :)
1:25 into the video, I feel N-KB5 is better. I was surprised by this opening, playing black against a friend who I never played before back in 1990. I instinctively castled queenside feeling the pressure on my kingside. This baffled my friend and I won. Over years he proved to be the better player slightly, but we had many hours of great chess. He taught me the stonewall and our playing enhanced both of our games. Great video. Like the style.
Love any type of fruity bubble tea smoothie. For content, watching the twitch coaching sessions has helped me because the streamers ask questions i didnt think about or will sometimes blunder and the coach uses a tactic to hard punish. This helped me understand "once you find a good move, try to find a better one" and understanding why you're making a certain move is crucial
Thank you for this free lesson. I will try out the black version in my blitz games. I started learning chess when I was 10. No internet and the club I joined had a book for beginners. The youngsters of today probably take great advantage of the information on the web. Anyway I never learned real opening theory until now that I watched a lot on RUclips. In the old days I often made my Chinese stonewalls, from left to right over the entire board.
You are the best teacher, i rewatch your videos repeatedly to absorb it and use it on my next games. My favorite smoothie is a bunch of berries and bananas and some sugar and milk lol, or milkshake would be banana, cinnamon, vanilla extract, milk, and sugar.. pure heaven. Before i even ask what video you can do, imma watch the rest of your videos so i dont ask for a repeat lol, and ill have a better answer. Thank you for the videos and how passionate you are and really explain it from your level so simply that beginners can understand. Albert Einstein said if you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it enough. I've watched dozens of your videos and each one you you do that and you walk us thru and show us different situations and opens our minds to thinking way ahead and more critically, you go above and beyond. I love this game even more after watching your videos. Seeing how fun chess can be, the tactics, making them move where u want them to like a sheep dog to sheep, beginning to predict enemies moves (one of the times i got high and played chess, i predicted this person's moves literally like 10 times in a row... i was like 😳🕷🧍♂️🕸🤟🤣), and the mental battle between the two opponents is like a dance, so graceful, it's beautiful 🥲💚
@@tuey3891 I clearly tried to be sarcastic as with the irony of my comment doing what I am saying I don't want to do and playing along with the end of his video. Did you even watch the video to the end?
Sir I am very thankful that I saw your stonewall defense video because I am a chess player here in Philippines only using stonewall. That is why I really appreciate your ideas.
I’d love a 10 minute video on the Scotch please. Also how about some middle game ideas following the opening. I play the Italian a lot but once the opposite has castled I struggle to get a decent attack launched - sometimes feel there is no game plan or strategy at that point until it opens up into the end game. Cheers
D4, C5 Levy - "You definitely need to play C3!!!" GM Aman (stoned and listening to trance music) - "You want to play a nice little E3 there to open up the E file for the Boys, if they don't take, then play C3. Don't ruin that sexy lil Stone Wall..."
Thank you Levy!You really helped me!Please make more videos on openings, middle game, and endgame!It helped me grow my chess.One videos connects to another and when I watch them in order I find it really interesting!Again THANKS!
This is great, I've gotten to a decent ground on kings indian when I play it and wanted a more defensive white position to play off of, and you just happen to use the KI as a starting point. Gives me a perspective from both sides
Just out of curiosity if after you play knight d2 and he still pushes knight up to e5 do you take and then recapture with bishop or retreat knight somewhere else.
Chess channels will post 1 video in 4 months but this guy works hard n provides the whole knowledge on daily basis,, this is the best channel on RUclips for chess,, keep up the good works
I have autism and when I was like 4 I was cleaning out adults who were trying. I stopped playing for at least 12 years basically all through school I resumed playing casually and was discouraged because I feel like I’m honestly worse than when I was a child. I came to the realization you just can’t get past a certain level by trial and error I am a Bobby Fischer guy I appreciate tactics and I was never the biggest fan of game theory. However at 1500 I feel it’s probably pivotal now that I implement them. I looked at a lot of different videos and you explain it in the best way for me to be able to retain. Good content.
Hey, please! I just started plaing profesional chess and I use your stone wall defense on white every time, I love the opening and I could say I have almost mastered it, I even play the stone wall Dutch with black when permited by white. The only problem is that i haven't found any books on the stone wall with white or any body else that gives a more in depth course. I would love if you added a more extended version of the stone wall on your channel or your courses o if you could recommend me any book on the stone wall. This has been by far the most solid and effective opening I have learned from white without needing a lot o theory. Thank you so much for showing this opening, this opening is the reason I'm playing at a professional level now. :)
Nice refresher for stonewall. Another idea that is sometimes good if you have the time is bishop d2 e1 h4. It takes time and isn't always good, but it's worth knowing this maneuver. Sometimes this bishop can be enough to make the attack work.
Question: At around the 3:45 mark, why would white want to take the black pawn using e3 instead of c3? Is it because you want to have those 3 pawns still together so you can castle behind them queen side eventually?
2:47 DO NOT MOVE THE QUEEN THERE! They can fork your King and Rock by taking Nxc2. Unless there is a way of punishing the enemy for taking the Rock I wouldn't place my Queen to protect that Bishop.
The bishop on d3 is protecting the c2 square, and if they try to deflect your bishop off that square, you can just kick the knight off that square with c3
But what if white takes the D5 pawn at 6:07 or later at (exotic) 6:33? The stonewall is no longer on the board and in second position you have an easy to take F file pawn. Some ways to use this oppontent moce?
I’ve tried laying this as a bad 850. I keep coming up against Nc4 on blacks 2nd move and coming unstuck. I cant play f4 and bishop to d3. Any help from anybody would be much appreciated.
I really enjoyed the lecture. High quality, first one I've watched from you. 10 minute opening breakdowns...grab your vodka, I'm asking for the Grob Attack!
Hi, favorite smoothie is raspberry and I would be interested in a Torre Attack and a Trompowsky Attack please. I realize you made these 3 years ago but really enjoy them and will benefit. Thanks!! Bought your e4 class for my son too.
Thank you Levy for, once again very good and educational video! I enjoyed watching, hopefully I will enjoy playing this opening. Idea for future vids may be something on how to exploit opponents vournabillty. I can tell, sometimes, that my opponents setup is not so good, but I just can't find the way to take advantage on that after we finished with opening moves, how to start breaking. Something like 'checks, captures and attacks' video, but on breaking opponents opening setup. Thank you once again! Excellent work!
I have a question that I really need you to answer. In the Stonewall opening with the move f4 followed by Nf3, what would happen if Black plays Bg4 or tries to restrict the development of the knight at f3?
This is very difficult to play against, especially since I like open positions. How do you play against this with the opposite side? Is there any way to force an open game if your opponent plays this every time?
Stonewall stuff: 1. Any move that prepares for e5 we put the pawn to defend 2. C5 - C3 3. IF number 1. Doesnt happen simply develop knights first then push the pawn.
Can somebody explain me from 7:21 how is the game over? If we take the pawn gaurding the king by bishop or rook , there is a knight gaurding it .. Can anyone help me?
Great video, very instructive. Seems similar to the Botvinnik System but pawns on the dark squares instead. Does that mean you could play the stonewall in similar fashion with a dark-square fianchetto? Curious how those two systems compare
i'm not particularly the best player but what i would do is move the bishop just one square back to c7, they've kinda broken up their center and after you push e5 it just shatters.
I used to try this as my main Q pawn defence and never knew what I was doing after the initial setup. Not even the rook lift! Then start thinking it's bad but it's just my bad play. Time to try again! And the Leningrad.
Love this! Tried it out for the first time today @ 1385 rating and I won against the London! Maybe this’ll get me to 1400… fighting d4 is a huge weakness of mine. Any good game archives I could look at games of this for?
I enjoyed seeing this video about an opening that I play. I suggest that an easy 10-minute opening would e the traditional Nf6, d6 n1d7 e5 Old Indian, because one avoids so much of the Saemisch-type variations playing that. Also, one could sneak in the Janofsky in the last 2 minutes, offering 2 openings in 10 minutes.
I need a hand here to find a book, maybe more out of nostalgia than anything. It is mid 80's, a guy at work (called Guy btw) has this book (not sure when published) about the Stonewall. The author describes this strategy is one that can be played by beginners but if they employ the strategy they will play like a grand master. He describes it similar to this video! One line from the book goes something like: "Knight to E5! the knight is placed on this magnificent outpost,..,black has barely advanced beyond the third rank". If someone knows what book I'm talking about PLEASE help me find it and the chess Karma will be strong with you maybe.
Just wondering...after 1.d4 why not 1...f5 immediately going immediately into a Dutch? Is it because white can avoid the stonewall easier? After 1.d4 d5 is there any way White can avoid a stonewall defense besides the London system or a dubious gambit?
0:10 the perfect stone wall setup
1:54 after bishop d3, black knc6
3:06 black pawn c5 response
4:25 against kings indian
5:06 some tricks black can play
5:16 disaster
5:35 stonewall black color
5:56 against queens gambit
Thx for the help
Thank you
Thx 👍
Thank you
You're definitely a GM when it comes to teaching.
How would you know?
Aniket Joshi Thats Ratzlaff you idiot, famous Fide coach who trained multiple FMs and IMs who became GMs what an idiot.
Mr Green Just Tryna Get 450000 Subs chill out, why are you so salty
@@zenmaster1958 For fun?
@@zenmaster1958 Maybe he is friends with Levy. Or maybe he likes chess videos.
After 50 losses against computer lv5, I finally beat it with Stonewall opening. Thank you for your guidance.
Lol I do the same when practicing new systems or openings. Just get beat by a computer until the position is second nature and I have a better understanding of how to carry On
Weak engines tend to be bad in closed positions. It used to be that engines were considered unreliable in closed positions.
Nice job!
Lvl 4 computer absolutely annihilates me.. every game
are you joking? please tell me you are not losing against a bot that blunders their queen on move 10
8 minutes and 27 seconds for a 10 minute video? This guy is efficient!
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This has a similar feel as the London opening you did. I've been practicing and studying the London quite a bit as a low rated player, and I love it. The importance of Ne5 is similar. With this being similar I think it can be my next step to develop, adding it to my repertoire. Thanks for another awesome video.
When I go to a bar or library, women play this defence against me every time
Good one
The opening of yout town
Try using the king's indian on em
Picking up girls at the library as you do
Hilarious 😂
I know I'm late , but this has to be one of the best videos on any kind of chess theory. You're not just giving us theory to memorize, but explaining why it became theory.
When it comes to complete beginners like myself, it's weird how none of my opponents play any of the expected moves you've shown lol. I'm kinda forced to wing it on move 3.
I feel your pain. When you put a ton of time into opening prep, and then your opponent is like " nah, I'll just randomly move my next piece"
Watch his 800+ rating climb. That may help
@@aidanstewart3011 The best replies to random moves is to see threats, if there are any. and execute your plans aggresively your opponent wouldn't have any chance to protect potentially weak squares and would definitely regret its wasted moves
@@bsbedi3842 Thanks a bunch!!!!
It is because you are facing beginners who don't even know many openings. Once you start facing higher elo players they will react the way they are supposed to.
Your best chance on improving is working on midgame/endgame. There's a rule by A GM I don't remember his name but he says to 20/40/40. Work on openings 20% mid game 40% end game 40%
For beginners imo developing and basic openings are fine to learn. Midgame and end game is where the real skill happens.
I never thought that learning chess openings could be this easy. I started learning chess when I was a kid and youtube didn't even exist back then. Thanks for the great videos!
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I didn't know this positon, I thought it was gonna be an hyper defensive position and I watched the video to learn how to fight it.
Little did I know this would become my favourite attack against king's indian defence and attack.
Exactly, but the tricky part is you don't attack the king side. Just go rabid at center close the pawn chain if you have to and make lot of space on queen side.
@George Lipscomb yes that is correct. Stonewall basically doesn't work vs KID
Every move has a purpose, he says. I say, "You have never seen me play"😂😂😂
Hey Levy, I hope this message of thanks reaches you. I just want to say I watched most of your 10 minute opening videos and decided I would write 2 of them down, 1 for black, 1 for white. I settled on the Stonewall Defense as white, and on the Dutch defense for black (still need to find an opening sequence for when they start e4). With these 2 openings I have been playing 10+0 rapid for a few weeks now and I love the stonewall opening. It feels very sturdy and yet open. I do crumble to aggressive play sometimes, but I have seen my rating climb from 1100 to 1200 already. Keep making these great videos and I'll keep watching :)
Dutch and Stonewall OP
1:25 into the video, I feel N-KB5 is better. I was surprised by this opening, playing black against a friend who I never played before back in 1990. I instinctively castled queenside feeling the pressure on my kingside. This baffled my friend and I won. Over years he proved to be the better player slightly, but we had many hours of great chess. He taught me the stonewall and our playing enhanced both of our games. Great video. Like the style.
Love any type of fruity bubble tea smoothie.
For content, watching the twitch coaching sessions has helped me because the streamers ask questions i didnt think about or will sometimes blunder and the coach uses a tactic to hard punish. This helped me understand "once you find a good move, try to find a better one" and understanding why you're making a certain move is crucial
Thank you for this free lesson. I will try out the black version in my blitz games. I started learning chess when I was 10. No internet and the club I joined had a book for beginners. The youngsters of today probably take great advantage of the information on the web. Anyway I never learned real opening theory until now that I watched a lot on RUclips. In the old days I often made my Chinese stonewalls, from left to right over the entire board.
Ya caught me 💀
Had a pineapple smoothie once that was bomb
hey man how you doin just checking if you still remember that smoothie's taste man nothing personal have a grat day
Aq
imagine reading this comment without watching the last seconds of the video lmao.
@@samu.bionda728 lol I didnt
Never found such clear chess video explanation, please keep it coming
I'm a London System player and the Stonewall with the white pieces reminds me of it a lot.
You are the best teacher, i rewatch your videos repeatedly to absorb it and use it on my next games. My favorite smoothie is a bunch of berries and bananas and some sugar and milk lol, or milkshake would be banana, cinnamon, vanilla extract, milk, and sugar.. pure heaven. Before i even ask what video you can do, imma watch the rest of your videos so i dont ask for a repeat lol, and ill have a better answer. Thank you for the videos and how passionate you are and really explain it from your level so simply that beginners can understand. Albert Einstein said if you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it enough. I've watched dozens of your videos and each one you you do that and you walk us thru and show us different situations and opens our minds to thinking way ahead and more critically, you go above and beyond. I love this game even more after watching your videos. Seeing how fun chess can be, the tactics, making them move where u want them to like a sheep dog to sheep, beginning to predict enemies moves (one of the times i got high and played chess, i predicted this person's moves literally like 10 times in a row... i was like 😳🕷🧍♂️🕸🤟🤣), and the mental battle between the two opponents is like a dance, so graceful, it's beautiful 🥲💚
I'm not falling for the smoothie ploy and leaving an inconsequential comment just to boost your RUclips Metrics or whatever.
@@tuey3891 I clearly tried to be sarcastic as with the irony of my comment doing what I am saying I don't want to do and playing along with the end of his video. Did you even watch the video to the end?
Tuey
The joke is that in saying this he left an inconsequential comment, which helps boost Levy’s youtube metrics. Welcome to humor 101
Hey I found it funny
The analysis of this comment is almost as good as the analysis in the video. Mine's strawberry.
Blows marijuana smoke on the screen
Here after Yuzi played this against Angad Ranyal in COB 3
Lol Mr.Yuzi plays only this. I stalked his chess.com archive :D
I also came here after that!!!👍
Sir I am very thankful that I saw your stonewall defense video because I am a chess player here in Philippines only using stonewall. That is why I really appreciate your ideas.
I’d love a 10 minute video on the Scotch please. Also how about some middle game ideas following the opening. I play the Italian a lot but once the opposite has castled I struggle to get a decent attack launched - sometimes feel there is no game plan or strategy at that point until it opens up into the end game. Cheers
2:38
Walter Sobchak: "fuckin' prick's stonewallin' me"
D4, C5
Levy - "You definitely need to play C3!!!"
GM Aman (stoned and listening to trance music) - "You want to play a nice little E3 there to open up the E file for the Boys, if they don't take, then play C3. Don't ruin that sexy lil Stone Wall..."
Thank you Levy!You really helped me!Please make more videos on openings, middle game, and endgame!It helped me grow my chess.One videos connects to another and when I watch them in order I find it really interesting!Again THANKS!
This is great, I've gotten to a decent ground on kings indian when I play it and wanted a more defensive white position to play off of, and you just happen to use the KI as a starting point. Gives me a perspective from both sides
Wish you did more opening videos. Loved this.
Just out of curiosity if after you play knight d2 and he still pushes knight up to e5 do you take and then recapture with bishop or retreat knight somewhere else.
Chess channels will post 1 video in 4 months but this guy works hard n provides the whole knowledge on daily basis,, this is the best channel on RUclips for chess,, keep up the good works
I'm getting a chess set for Christmas, and I don't know how to play, but just watching this vids I get so many ideas.
Chess is amazing u will b a gr8 player
I have autism and when I was like 4 I was cleaning out adults who were trying. I stopped playing for at least 12 years basically all through school
I resumed playing casually and was discouraged because I feel like I’m honestly worse than when I was a child. I came to the realization you just can’t get past a certain level by trial and error
I am a Bobby Fischer guy I appreciate tactics and I was never the biggest fan of game theory.
However at 1500 I feel it’s probably pivotal now that I implement them. I looked at a lot of different videos and you explain it in the best way for me to be able to retain. Good content.
Hey, please! I just started plaing profesional chess and I use your stone wall defense on white every time, I love the opening and I could say I have almost mastered it, I even play the stone wall Dutch with black when permited by white.
The only problem is that i haven't found any books on the stone wall with white or any body else that gives a more in depth course. I would love if you added a more extended version of the stone wall on your channel or your courses o if you could recommend me any book on the stone wall.
This has been by far the most solid and effective opening I have learned from white without needing a lot o theory. Thank you so much for showing this opening, this opening is the reason I'm playing at a professional level now. :)
Nice refresher for stonewall. Another idea that is sometimes good if you have the time is bishop d2 e1 h4. It takes time and isn't always good, but it's worth knowing this maneuver. Sometimes this bishop can be enough to make the attack work.
Gotham's ability to teach openings so confidently and effectively is absolutely amazing. Keep it up!
I've never seen an opening explained so well. Thank you!
Question: At around the 3:45 mark, why would white want to take the black pawn using e3 instead of c3? Is it because you want to have those 3 pawns still together so you can castle behind them queen side eventually?
What a clean intro to stone wall. TY!
My favourite smoothie is avocado !!
Thanks for this helpful video :)
In the position exactly at 5:16 is it okay to reinforce the c3 pawn with the rook instead of the Knight move?
Hey Levi
Why at 6:07 do you play e6 rather than c6? You were very clear about responding to c5 with c3 immediately when playing as white.
Great video.
GothamChess is the most effective channel on youtube for explaining the game of Chess in a very absorbable approach. #Salute
2:47 DO NOT MOVE THE QUEEN THERE! They can fork your King and Rock by taking Nxc2.
Unless there is a way of punishing the enemy for taking the Rock I wouldn't place my Queen to protect that Bishop.
The bishop on d3 is protecting the c2 square, and if they try to deflect your bishop off that square, you can just kick the knight off that square with c3
@@StanbyMode oh. That is ture. Thanks
But what if white takes the D5 pawn at 6:07 or later at (exotic) 6:33? The stonewall is no longer on the board and in second position you have an easy to take F file pawn. Some ways to use this oppontent moce?
This the first opening I've mastered, I always play this at club so they always counter this with Bg4 which totally breaks the stone wall
“and i know this blocks in your bishop, but bear with me for a second”
the lines ive heard 3108 times
Very good stuff levy!
at the 5:19 mark when black opens with an immediate queen-side fianchetto, is there a name for this opening defense?
thank you!
against d4 playing the fiancetto there is the english defence i think, at least the analytic bord is calling it like this
I’ve tried laying this as a bad 850. I keep coming up against Nc4 on blacks 2nd move and coming unstuck. I cant play f4 and bishop to d3. Any help from anybody would be much appreciated.
It's pretty hilarious seeing this sophisticated levy that teaches you chess openings in an aristocratic way, and then we have our levy on Twitch.
A RUclips intro that is actually informing and only lasts 10 seconds? That’s rare these days
I really enjoyed the lecture. High quality, first one I've watched from you. 10 minute opening breakdowns...grab your vodka, I'm asking for the Grob Attack!
Levy is great, I reccomend checking out his other 10 minute opening videos if you ever want to learn quick
Hi, favorite smoothie is raspberry and I would be interested in a Torre Attack and a Trompowsky Attack please. I realize you made these 3 years ago but really enjoy them and will benefit. Thanks!! Bought your e4 class for my son too.
Very helpful thanks, Another opening I need you to explain is the pirc defense
This is really good
I lost 6 matches in a row and youtube recommended me this on a bunch of different home pages. I think it's trying to help me
Thank you Levy for, once again very good and educational video! I enjoyed watching, hopefully I will enjoy playing this opening.
Idea for future vids may be something on how to exploit opponents vournabillty. I can tell, sometimes, that my opponents setup is not so good, but I just can't find the way to take advantage on that after we finished with opening moves, how to start breaking. Something like 'checks, captures and attacks' video, but on breaking opponents opening setup.
Thank you once again! Excellent work!
I have a question that I really need you to answer. In the Stonewall opening with the move f4 followed by Nf3, what would happen if Black plays Bg4 or tries to restrict the development of the knight at f3?
This is very difficult to play against, especially since I like open positions. How do you play against this with the opposite side? Is there any way to force an open game if your opponent plays this every time?
Stonewall stuff: 1. Any move that prepares for e5 we put the pawn to defend
2. C5 - C3
3. IF number 1. Doesnt happen simply develop knights first then push the pawn.
Great video. Lots of folks asking what to do if black plays an early Be5. Suggestions?
1.d4 d5
2.e3 Nfb
3.Bd3 e6
4.Nd2 c5
5.c3 and what should i do if the opponent go c4.Should i go Bc2?
I would love to see a 10-minute video with the London in White and Black. Just as you did here with the Stonewall. Thanks.
I know this isn't such a popular opening, but I would love to see a video on the "smirnov gambit"
Can somebody explain me from 7:21 how is the game over?
If we take the pawn gaurding the king by bishop or rook , there is a knight gaurding it ..
Can anyone help me?
Ok g5 is the answer
I guess didn’t watch the full video😂
This immediately fixed all of the mistakes I keep on making! So much love.
As white i have been winning a lot with this opening. The kingside attack is truly overpowered.
@@Chris-kl3zy yes, its a little harder to do with black but it still gets around a 70-80% win-rate for me
Great video, very instructive. Seems similar to the Botvinnik System but pawns on the dark squares instead. Does that mean you could play the stonewall in similar fashion with a dark-square fianchetto? Curious how those two systems compare
can you teach bishop's opening please?
Fantastic explanation. Cannot wait to see more openings. The Dutch, the French, and D4-C4 strategy would be wonderful :)
I know I'm late but does anyone know what to do if white decided to push the pawn on C4 attacking the bishop? 7:08
i'm not particularly the best player but what i would do is move the bishop just one square back to c7, they've kinda broken up their center and after you push e5 it just shatters.
I used to try this as my main Q pawn defence and never knew what I was doing after the initial setup. Not even the rook lift! Then start thinking it's bad but it's just my bad play. Time to try again! And the Leningrad.
Love this! Tried it out for the first time today @ 1385 rating and I won against the London! Maybe this’ll get me to 1400… fighting d4 is a huge weakness of mine.
Any good game archives I could look at games of this for?
man your teaching is very good. Your a true GM
The fact my opening both sides are stone wall my coach teaches me. this is where i look how and where .
This is a great video! If you were doing more I'd love to see an anti-sicilian setup as white
your video is very clear and direct.i find it very useful -a couple minutes on middle game would be fun 0thanks Earl
Two years later it's still one of the best videos in the history of RUclips
Wow you're fast. Asking on twitch if you should do it and then on the same day produce two very informative videos!
i’m a beginner, I love setup openings and you explained it very clear, thank you GothamChess 👏
I tried this opening and it helped me get to my goal which was 1400 ND for that I'm extremely grateful for you levy
I haven't ventured much into the world of smoothies, but my favorite treat is a classic vanilla malted milkshake--with cream and a cherry!
I am a Washington Square Park chess player , I have been using your teaching to get players, thank you
Thank you for your very easy to absorb material. Have you written any books?
Thanks for the excellent video. Could you do one on the Meran Variation?
This video is awesome. Never heard of this opening. Thanks 4 sharing.
I enjoyed seeing this video about an opening that I play. I suggest that an easy 10-minute opening would e the traditional Nf6, d6 n1d7 e5 Old Indian, because one avoids so much of the Saemisch-type variations playing that. Also, one could sneak in the Janofsky in the last 2 minutes, offering 2 openings in 10 minutes.
5:10 captions popping off
I was thinking at the start: "one second, isn't that just the non-accalerated london system?????????"
I have a doubt at the starting d4 d5 then e3 if black plays bf5 what to do
Thanks for all the videos Levy, it really helps me learn. Also mango kiwi is a great smoothie combination.
as a beginner, i only really play e4 as white - i found this video while trying to find some d4 openings i would like. this looks like lots of fun!
make a playlist of this type of videos
What is the best move against the c5 pawn push towards c4?
this opening helped me in a lot of elo crisis, thanks gotham chess
Love da Stonewall. Tis my most effective opening against the computer. For whatever reason, I don't know. Thanks.
What if they play e5 early?
I need a hand here to find a book, maybe more out of nostalgia than anything. It is mid 80's, a guy at work (called Guy btw) has this book (not sure when published) about the Stonewall. The author describes this strategy is one that can be played by beginners but if they employ the strategy they will play like a grand master. He describes it similar to this video! One line from the book goes something like: "Knight to E5! the knight is placed on this magnificent outpost,..,black has barely advanced beyond the third rank". If someone knows what book I'm talking about PLEASE help me find it and the chess Karma will be strong with you maybe.
Very active expressions in a brief time.best wishes for you to be like this ever.
Just wondering...after 1.d4 why not 1...f5 immediately going immediately into a Dutch? Is it because white can avoid the stonewall easier? After 1.d4 d5 is there any way White can avoid a stonewall defense besides the London system or a dubious gambit?
I like mango smoothies.
Also thank you for the stonewall defense tutorial, it's helpful