Timothy M
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Timothy M posted an update a year ago
I decided to try the Stonewall using my computer, and quite unsurprisingly, it immediately went to the Dutch Defense, planting a pawn directly in my bishop’s path. This is just one of those issues that make people hate school, and I say this as a retired Physics teacher! Anyway, I pivoted, played the game using basic principles, and did fine,…
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If you pick a different bot, they probably will not use the Dutch. At least that’ll let you practice vs different setups
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HI Tim, I had exactly the same experience with the computer… Don’t play the computer – it gives you a distorted view on your openings as it knows them all and a lot deeper than any of us mere mortals. I wasted hours/months drilling lines on Chessable that no-one ever played and I was usually out of prep after 3 or 4 moves as people at our…
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I know, and it gets so aggravating, but now I’ve got it in my head, so I’m hoping there is some approach that has the same flavor of the Stonewall that I can learn. Here’s hoping!
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Hey Tim, unfortunately there’s no opening that anyone can learn and play it every single time against anything. The best you can do is try to get a high probability that you’ll end up in a comfortable position but you’ll always have those one off situations where you can’t play the opening. The dutch is one of those…
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