Dutch Defense | Stonewall Attack!!

Chess Opening:

Dutch Defense:

1.d4 e6
2.Nf3 f5

Chess International Master and FIDE Senior Trainer, Miodrag Perunovic.

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[conquerinvestments]

I love the Dutch. Play it all the time. Thank you.

[luismichelcr]

Ce4 the variante Rapport is very interesting. Thanks Miodrag Perunovic, the best vídeos

[rafawangchess]

three minutes in and loving this!! i usually go for the stonewall beginning with f5, but hate having to deal with Bg5 after Nf6 😅
being a french player too, i’ll definitely try out 1…e6

[Patrick-loxp]

LOL at 12:10 when you were talking about the attacking reaction from humans i played in a team chess Tournament recently tought a 1100 the stonewall for white 5-10 min before his math vs a 2000, He played rf3 and his oppenent started to breath so load i could hear it from my board and he started visibly stressing and breathing just found it a funny coincidence it from the same move Rf3/Rf6

[Theoretical-Guy]

I knew that cambination but not the game. Really impressive. Also like the inmortal game from Najdorf in this stone wall structure

[niklasl.]

Hey Big Mio, thank you for this great lecture! Always nice to learn some new ideas. The finish was beautiful - I found it pretty fast.

[enriquevecerra]

Brillante ataque.gracias Perunovic.Saludos.

[mayday]

Great video, enjoyed the tactical/visualization exercise. Thanks big Mio!

[mharris]

Great video! When is the classical dutch lecture?

[Alekhinegun]

Hi Mio! Thanks for the Dutch! I am one of people who asked you about Stonewall. But, in last time i changed my mind about Stonewall. I don't know that i am right, but it seems to me that all type of Dutch a litle bit are brake down. I was watching Sedlaks games in Stonewall and in last time he can't win much low rating players then he is with Stonewall. As far as i can see, white players often plays black bishop on f4 to neutralize powerful black bishop. This is one of mutch respones, for my opinion. And in mean time, queen's side always remains weak and has great potential for white. But, big thanks for video!
Yes, and one question for you. Why much big players avoid to play Dutch in this time?
Regards from Tivat! :)

[OcteractSG]

I see a lot of players with the white pieces refuse to go into a Catalan position when I play the Stonewall. Most games also feature white playing Bf4 before I can play Bd6, so I either need to play Be7 or just trade it off. It’s always something slightly different, which makes this opening hard to use effectively.

[tfewald]

I don't understand why you and Ginger GM both say that d4 players won't play the French. Maybe at the titled level that might be true, but not at the club level. LOTS of people will see the opportunity to play both d4 and e4 together as irresistible. Actually, that's why I've tried the Dutch off and on, because I want to give my opponent the opportunity to go into the French, where I'm more comfortable.

[patrikholoch]

verry nice video, thank you verry much

[richymuller]

Sehr schöne Partie mit vielen taktischen Motiven. Aber könnte man nicht nach Df7 g5 durch h4 verhindern? Ich vermute, dass danach durch f4 der schwarze Angriff weiter läuft?

[peterlankton]

Can you record a video on the rubinstein variation for white?

[Patrick-loxp]

What if white Puts a knight on e5? do you just go qe8 qh5?

[alexlehrersh]

I dont see Problems with tromp, Krjick or Staunton so i stay with 1.f5 when playing Dutch

[baraklotan]

Hello miodrag, as a respected chess coach, (the best chess YouTube channel in my opinion) please give me your advice - I used to be a big Benoni player, learned all the lines, but this opening is facing some “difficulties” in some variations, would you still consider it to be not just playable, but a legitimate opening to be main weapon as black? Please let me know

[jeffersonparsons]

Looks like fun, but I would rather eat broken glass than be forced to play the French defense.🤷‍♂️

[alexlehrersh]

19:08
10 minutes i a bit too mutch to find the move