Chess Speed Run 52: How To Play The Stonewall

[@direwolf7080]

Simon Ive watched your streams, dee vee dees, and courses for probably at least 10 years now. Always appreciated the humor and dedication to chess. Your an all timer and deserve much more recognition than you get in this crowded chess content space. Heres to many more years sir.

[@kennethkakande]

I agree.

[@Sparkinside-wp5wr]

Couldn't agree more 👏 well said!

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

Ive been watching Simon's content for a while now and went from 2200 to 1900 in just 4 years!

[@scottysutherland3568]

Nice comment ❤

[@offtopwiteez]

Best Chess on KZbin! Started playing 9 years ago and Ginger was the first streamer I began watching, and he's still #1! Deserves way more than 100k

[@berndwind]

We are in the same boat! Also started around the same time and began with Simon!

[@darnk9785]

Those were the days. Simon, John Bartholomew, and Danny Rensch.

[@berndwind]

This was a beautiful game. Wonderful stuff 😮

[@vincentkrenn8015]

Inspiring as usual! Please keep the speed runs coming!

[@aaronsontube2647]

really appreciate you playing live games to put your ideas to the test. it helps us patzers see the ideas in realtime! thank you simon - ps.. your jobava london course is starting to win me games!

[@davinconvey6887]

Amazing instructional content and lessons for free Simon. Cheers mate

[@StephenWhite55]

Bravo, Mr. Williams! I’ve been watching & following your triumphs/tragedies for years, and I think this is one of your clearest, most instructive videos, ever! Excellent work, Sir!

[@Thaddeus9287]

Perfect timing, Simon! As a player of the killer dutch, I've been trying to get a better feel for when it's appropriate to go into a stonewall structure and so have been experimenting with it This video came right on cue!

[@XVRMEDIA]

I’m happy this guy’s channel is growing, he deserves it 👏

[@sijumathew2234]

Was waiting for this!!!

[@johangamb]

Wow so many great (and fresh at least for me) ideas for the dutch, where normally ive been more or less trying to follow your course lines. loved the way bishop was coming in to action at the end.

[@vicerexciser1842]

Simon you are my favorite chess content creator. Always able to articulate one-off moves into the grander “ideas” of the game. Not only helps with openings but also gives a good concept of how to play in the middle game. Keep it up!

[@EylonShlomo]

You are the GOAT!

[@WhatTheForkChess]

I think the footballer you referred to is Dennis Bergkamp. Great game, Ginger!

[@JeffPHamm]

I really enjoyed this. I've played the Dutch since the 90s, and used to play the Stonewall all the time. Since I began watching your streams I've been trying out the Classical and having great fun with it. I as I have so many fond memories of the Stonewall it is fantastic to get some top level instruction on that as well. Thanks heaps Simon, and keep the long play games and instructions coming as these are invaluable to duffers like myself.

[@haddymcbatty]

Nice one. Will need to give the stonewall a try

[@playtimbo7345]

I like it when Simon plays the dutch...learned so much

[@davidbrown9414]

Dealing with that bishop was so instructive!

[@slagorourke]

Smooth as greased weasel poo on a door knob! I tried the Stonewall when Aman Hambleton did a speed run on it. Not sure I ever learned it very well, but when it works it really works.

[@bobbychess5652]

since im a big ginger gm fan and always like ideas of rapport, and i dont know what to play against d4, finally i got the answer! Thanks

[@Golyadkin36]

Thanks for all the great content Simon. I play the stonewall as white so would welcome your planned course for the stonewall Dutch as black 😃👍🏼

[@MatthieuSCHREK]

Thank you very much for sharing !

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Come on the Stonewall is awesome! It's a wall made of stone! Fun fun opening. I like Bd6 but I don't know if it's better. Finding that killer Be3 move was worth the price of admission!

[@markphc99]

nice one, more speedruns please

[@Andha1]

Great game!

[@topgunbass]

That pawn move was a great idea. Can't wait till the next one.

[@LoFiSymphony]

Simon uploading more content is going to save youtube.

[@Socrates...]

Amazing game

[@IMustHaveThatApe]

f4 was brutal

[@KF1]

That was great.

[@ianpierson9935]

I play Stonewall as white AND black. I get ridiculed for it, but I find I can beat significantly stronger players with it where I can't with mainstream openings. They don't like rook lifts and queen swinging over to the Harry file with all their pieces sealed off on the queen side ! A great anti-London opening leaving London players clueless ! I will certainly be purchasing the course when it is available. Let's get Simon his 100 000 subscriber KZbin plaque. People who don't know about his channel would love his enthusiasm and ability to explain stuff. Once he gets fully into the algorithm I'm sure it will be exponential.

[@buk0100]

Hell, this dutch went as smoothly as a penguin on a watered iceberg!

[@zzashkittyzzonna2474]

Best you tuber to watch for any subject Fatass finegold chess videos put me to sleep.

[@improbdrunk8447]

bishop e3 blew my 1800 mind

[@tinbadger8097]

Clinical, opponent stretchered off the pitch.

[@milkyBK370]

Smooooove

[@rinat_fan_chess4260]

Pliz 1...e6 repertoire!!! French and Stonewall , English and Stonewall!

[@oraz.]

I could never find such moves.

[@StoyTheOld]

Can this setup transpose from the white side with 1f4?

[@crazymulgogi]

What do you mean exactly? The f-pawn spent a lot of time on f3 here.

[@KF1]

​@@crazymulgogihe means to play it from the white side

[@lololamize]

Edgar Davids would be fitting. Others might be Robald Koeman as a player. Wouldn't go as far as Cruyff...

[@KF1]

How fo you do the searchable terms?

[@rococo9194]

❤

[@tomwaters8409]

👍

[@mcpartridgeboy]

he mixed his ideas up, he playd f3 presumably to play e4 then played on the flank, also c5 ? that guy is 400 points higher than me so he would beat me, but he seemed to make some obvious mistakes, i guess he saw problems that i didnt idk

[@sergehol2017]

After an accurate game like that, as a Dutchman I endorse the ‘God of the Dutch’ title 😉

[@gunproduction9995]

Nah you're the real dutch god

[@daemons7703]

Dutch - the lead character from Predator...

[@brandonbuckmaster3077]

I'm really surprised that you don't try the leningrad dutch, or the nimzo indian. Even in the nimzo you get dutch like positions. Is there any reason as to why you don't play those systems or explore them if you're looking to try new openings?

[@josketobben]

Simon does play a kind of leningrad against the dutch london. I've played the nimzo myself, and even though you can indeed go for dark-square, dutch-like strategies, it requires some cooperation from the opponent. If white wants to play it purely strategically, you have to follow suit. And of course that's not the williams way!