• Nathan posted an update

      a year ago

      I seem to be losing games with the Stonewall Attack when my opponent castles queenside. Anyone else having a similar issue and know how to combat it?

      Carlo G and Nelson
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      • Plan to talk about this in the first live group coaching call!

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        • Hello all! Really lloking forward to improve. Just joined 2 days ago. I´m also loosing quite a bit with stone wall attack.. when are we planning for the live group coaching call, any info anywhere on this site for dates?

        • Sounds good! It’s been working very well for me other than that. I’ve also been super successful with Owen’s Defense.

        • Tim

          I’ve found the chess.com bots play about 300-400 less than their supposed rating, so I tried out stonewall against an 1800-1900 bot and it always delays castling which makes it much more challenging.. really if they don’t give you the king side you’re just jammed up with a rook and bishop that are out of the game.. not really liking the opening thus far.

          • Tim

            Well, after losing to the Augustus (1865) bot (as an ~1050 player) about 20 times, the first time it castled queenside I finally won! I liked being able to get my stuck bishop and rook in the action on that side, actually. Here it is in case it helps: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/computer/139768223?tab=analysis