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  • Hey Nelson, thanks again for putting this all together!

    I had a question about the stonewall, how do you approach:

    1. D4 d5, 2. E3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4, 4. f3 bh5

    I feel stuck here bc i cant play my kings night where i want to, and am hesitant about playing g4 because it weakens king side without a quick pathway to then castle queenside

    Nelson, Ananth and Andrew
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    • Poss block with knight instead of pawn ??

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    • If you really want to play stonewall you could continue with 5. c3 c6, 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. f4 …
      Engine does not really like it but would get you into a reasonable stonewall I think.

      • Tim

        Just play 3. f4 if they start with Nf6, and you can block with the knight next move if needed.

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        • In that case I would probably just okay Ne2, 0-0, Nd2 and then you can continue with f4 and Nf3 if you’d like.

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