Scott L
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Scott L posted an update a year ago
A couple quick questions on the openings.
In the Owens (which is super fun), any tips for if white puts their knight on d2 instead of c3? Pinning with the bishop no longer works because the pawn can block.
In the Stonewall, any tips for if black gets crazy and immediately attacks with e5? I ended up pushing both pawns, which was okay, but…
Anthony L, Roberto and Charles5 Comments-
For the Owen’s, I would still move my Bishop to d2 to get ready to castle or attack the center with a c5 pawn move.
For Stonewall, I would take the free pawn. It’s a center pawn.
But…I will definitely will be wrong. Just sharing with you what I would do and not to ignore your post. A better player may chime in.
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Thanks Roberto. Owens reply makes sense. For the stonewall, it’s not a free pawn as the knight would just take back. I could be using the time to develop, and if they want to trade they can… maybe they’re both ok.
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Good point on the stonewall.
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Scott, in the Owen’s, if you can’t play Bb4 to pin the knight, then the bishop will usually go to e7 instead. In the stonewall, in that example after Nc6 I supposed you could try f4 right away and then follow up with e3 to prevent e5. But generally speaking if they play e5 you just have to take it with your d pawn and the game goes…
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