@Toscani I've seen that video before when I was exploring openings for white. However it doesn't really help me as it does not go into *major* detail on how to combat the stonewall with the black pieces.
@soni777 I apologize. I did mean the Stonewall Attack, or playing a d4+e3+f4 setup with the white pieces. He does play the Dutch Defense too, but I will be playing black in the second round.
I don't know any aggressive tries for Black, but I usually just aim for a positionally better position.
For example:
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Bg4!? Developing this bishop outside the pawn chain is very important for this setup.
6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Qe1 [8.Nbd2?! allows 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 0-0 and White will have to spend an extra tempo to stop ...Nb4] 8...0-0 9.h3 Bf5! This is the whole point. Black exchanges White's strongest piece and will just aim to play on the light squares.
White has no attack in this line and it's more fun for Black than White.
Yeah i suggest you a c5, d5 Bg4! structure, such as flintrook said, it is one of the best setups, the main idea is to change his best piece that is the light squared bishop, i think with this setup you should be able to gain easy advantage against the stonewall, gl with the game :)
Like in many openings the tempo up in reversed positions yields: nothing.
A tempo up in a reaction position makes it possibly worse.
@flintrook Thanks; you've been the best help so far in this thread. I may give that a try. Still I'm debating if I should try something new against him that I haven't really practiced or play 1...Nc6 where I know I can get an edge against my slightly weaker opponent.
If the guy is hell-bent on playing a Stonewall setup no matter what then I think a King's Indian like setup makes sense with the idea of playing a quick e5. I would think it's rather annoying to face psychologically and it's quite a decent choice objectively. See this game for example:
lichess.org/o8KrcSL1@erikelrojo Yeah he's just a club player and he's like 80 years old so he'll probably stick to what he already knows...That's another good suggestion; I'll consider it also.
a game of kings gamit against sicilian would be intersting
You could consider playing a classical Dutch yourself, maybe. With a pawn on d6 the moves f4+d4 aren't doing so much, and you can plant your knight on e4. Good luck :)
@soni777 Thanks, that seems interesting too, and I can play 1...e6 and then followup with f5 Nc6 Nf6 b6 Bb7 Ne7 Nc8 Nd6 Nde4 Be7 d6 0-0 :)
I played against a different person on Monday :P But I won so thanks for the good luck for Rd 3 :)
