This book seams to be out now. Finally

According to Gambit's list of forthcoming books http://www.gambitbooks.com/forthcoming.html, the book is now at the printers. There is a pdf sample including the Table of Content:

Symbols 4
Bibliography 4
Preface 5
Foreword 6
Stonewall Invitation 8
Lesson 1 7 b3: Introduction 15
Lesson 2 The Critical 7 b3 Qe7 8 Ne5! 36
Lesson 3 7 Qc2, 7 Nc3 and Rare 7th Moves 54
Lesson 4 7 Bf4 67
Lesson 5 Lines with a Delayed Bf4 89
Lesson 6 Early Deviations 100
Lesson 7 4 c4 with Nh3 117
Lesson 8 2 c4: Non-Fianchetto Lines 145
Lesson 9 2 Nf3: Non-Fianchetto Lines 156
Lesson 10 2 Nc3 and 2 Bg5 169
Lesson 11 The Staunton Gambit and Rare 2nd Moves 183
Lesson 12 1 c4, 1 Nf3 and 1 g3 195
Solutions to Exercises 211
Index of Variations 222
Index of Players 223

There is some additional information at http://sverreschesscorner.blogspot.com/

WIN WITH THE STONEWALL DUTCH
(Sverre Johnsen, Ivar Bern & Simen Agdestein)
208 pages (248 mm by 172 mm).
£14.99/$29.95/€23,45
Forthcoming.
February 2009

The Stonewall Dutch is a traditional favourite amongst club players, as it offers Black ready-made attacking plans on the kingside. As Grandmaster Bent Larsen has noted, the Dutch also has the tendency to 'bring out the coward' in opponents, giving it an added practical sting.

However, up until the late 1980s, the Stonewall wasn't fully trusted at grandmaster level, despite its earlier use by Alekhine and Botvinnik. Black's attacking plans were too one-sided, and White's methods too well worked out. The change came when a new generation of players, including Nigel Short and Simen Agdestein, showed that Black could handle his position in many other ways, including play on the queenside and in the centre, with the 'Stonewall' structure stifling White's attempts to generate play of his own. Agdestein in particular has continued to experiment with many new set-ups and move-orders for Black, and this book contains a wealth of new recommendations and suggestions based on this work.

The authors are all from Norway. Sverre Johnsen is an enthusiastic chess analyst, researcher, organizer and writer, and co-author of Win with the London System, one of the most popular openings books of recent years. Sverre Johnsen also wrote, with GM Leif Johannessen, The Ruy Lopez: a Guide for Black. Ivar Bern is a Correspondence World Champion and an International Master over-the-board. Grandmaster Simen Agdestein was for many years Norway's leading player, and also achieved fame for combining his chess activities with a career as a top-level professional footballer.

The book is now announced on Gambit's website: http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/stonewall.html

tafl wrote on 03/13/08 at 14:44:40:


Tafl,

Sorry to take so long to respond.  Yes, I would play c4 here.  The point of the move order, though, is that I've managed to get the dark squared bishops off first.  

In the main line with 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 c6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.b3 Black can prevent the Bishop trade for a move by 7..Qe7.  White can insist with 8.a4 but I think this becomes a case where the cure is worse than the disease.  After 8..a5! 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 0-0 White's q-side pawns are fixed.  

My idea is to insist on the Bishop trade by hurrying the Bishop to a3 -- before Black can get in Bd6 and Qe7.  The downside, which I've noted, is that White ends up with an offsides Knight on a3 that has to be re-maneuvered.  

If you're now saying that another downside is that this move order permits Black to avoid ..c6 and play a q-side fianchetto instead, then I confess that I did not consider that idea and will have to look into it.   

LeeRoth  

@IMRichardPalliser:

Yes, I think a close inspection of 'Sverre's Chess Corner' will make it quite clear that this is indeed a Dutch repertoire book with the Modern Dutch Stonewall as the core variation. Just two quotes to support the claim:

"The Dutch defence (or rather counter-attack) is much easier to play if you can confidently meet 1.d4 with 1...e6, but that's only an option if you don't fear 2.e4. So one of the main goals of the book must be to show that 1.d4 f5 is a perfectly valid move-order."

"In particular I was eager to see Collins' ideas on the Stonewall versus 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. It would be a great selling point for a book on the Stonewall if it offered a complete answer to the Closed games. The subject hasn't received a lot of attention in sources that I have access to."

Well tafl, we got you!

TalJechin wrote on 03/11/08 at 18:47:03:

It seems more likely to me that they were (nick-)named for the same quality, i.e. solidly standing there, particularly considering that most of the early games I found where not played in the USA/CSA, but rather by Saint Amant (1830s and 40s).

Btw, does anyone know if the opening name Stonewall was inspired by Stonewall Jackson? He died from 'friendly fire' in 1863 (http://hometown.aol.com/gordonkwok/stonewall.html) and might have inspired the name of the opening - unless it's older than the 1860s?

There is actually an indication about the whenabouts in the comments at http://sverreschesscorner.blogspot.com/2007/04/dutch-stonewall.html

That's correct. There may be a connection.

Yes, Ivar Bern is correctly spelled. The Dutch Stonewall was his weapon against 1.d4 when he became world champion and he also used it on first board in the 15th ICCF Olympics which Norway now has a good chance to win.