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  • Dear Nelson

    I do hope you feel better soon and a speedy recovery..

    Well done last night (it was 1:00am here in Merry England 🇬🇧)

    I Love ❤ Owen’s Defence, but,I can’t get along with the Stonewall ie the issue of our Black Bishop Being Blocked , I have tried it in the past but lost too many rating points because of it…

    However, using Owen’s…

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    Attila S, Andrew and Richard H
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    • Agreed 100%

      • Same here…eventhough I manage to lift the rook or transfer my Queen to King side, I couldn’t finalize mating attack. So after several loss with stonewall, I’ve quit it; but Owens still works well. rgds (1250 Rapid Chess Rating)

        • I’ve found a lot of success with the stonewall. Mostly through pinning the g2 pawn with rook after the lift. I often get that dark bishop in to the action using the c1-d2-e1 slip that Nelson shows. Ultimately getting it to h4 prior to the rook lift either push their queen around or get a pesky night out of the way on f6. I will say,…

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        • Dear Nelson…

          I’m enjoying the course very much, however, Tuesday 8:00pm for you is 1:00am Wednesday for me here in Merry England…. Will I still be able to see the event afterwards ( I won’t be able to watch it in ‘real’ time) ?

          Kevlar257

          • Ditto… I guess Nelson’s trying to balance timeframes for people at work on west coast in the US etc, what about weekends, surely there’s a morning/mid day EST possibility? Of course that probably doesn’t help people in another area of the world then.


            Nelson what about hosting the other 2 sessions on different days/times so people around the…

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