vs Stonewall
Against the Dutch · A90 · you play White. 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.O-O Bd6
About the vs Stonewall
Against the Stonewall White plays b3 and Ba3 to trade the dark-squared bishops, leaving Black with a bad light bishop. A knight on e5 and play on the c-file give White a lasting edge.
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5: that is the start of the vs Stonewall, a A90 line of the Against the Dutch for White. There are 3 lines of this opening to train. Learn the vs Stonewall move by move, then play it against the computer until the book moves come automatically. Knowing the moves is only half the work, so this page also covers the plans for the middlegame, the endgames to aim for and some grandmaster games. Use it to build your set of lines to play with White, and test what you remember with speed training or the random-position drill.