London system is a little more tricky than it looks like. In many variation, white seems to simply play "normal London move" but there is a lot of knowledge behind those like move order or something else. As a London system player, i like to play these because there is not a lot of theory compared to other system like Kings-Indian or Grünfeld.

Apr 2, 2020 · Bear in mind, the London System is not the strongest opening for white. While a lot of top white openings have a computer evaluation of about +0.4 throughout the early game, a well-played London System will have an evaluation of around +0.1 or +0.2, and a very rote, basically-played London System will have an evaluation of around +0.0 or worse.

Feb 21, 2020 · London System is an opening for white, that goes d4, Bf4, e3, Nf3, Nd2, c3. The move order generally doesn't matter too much and there are lots of ways to transpose into this.

Nov 20, 2019 · The London Defensive System is actually a named line in the Réti Opening. And yes, it is very playable. You don't see this very often nowadays, because White will try to stop Black from playing it. Here is a famous game Réti - Lasker, 1924, in which Lasker went for this line and won convincingly. Look at the position after 9.Nbd2. From my ...

Jun 27, 2024 · Why HangingPawns gave up the London System: Stjepan Tomic ( ~1980 FIDE ), also known as HangingPawns on YouTube, has a video explaining four setups for Black that equalize in the London and claims these led him to abandon the London as an opening for White.

Feb 1, 2015 · If you play the London then you have to be aware and ready for favourable transpositions to other openings like the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Barry Attack (John Nunn famously lost twice to Hebden against this and then complained bitterly that the derogatory name, "Barry Attack", just rubbed salt into the wound ;-), 150, etc.

Nov 17, 2017 · A black player who wants to play the King's Indian, but encounters the London instead, often chooses a system with the move ...d6. For instance, the book "Fighting the anti-King's Indians" by Yelena Dembo advocates such a system. The pawn on d6 restricts white's bishop on f4, and common white plans such as putting a knight on e5.

Oct 9, 2021 · The standard London System consists of the setup moves: d4, Bf4, e3, Nf3, Nbd2, c3, Bd3. I'm wondering about the nuances of what the most accurate move order is to play it in.

Nov 27, 2019 · As a defense against the London System, the King's Indian (g6 and Bg7) is much more logical since the Bg7 can help fight for control of e5, and the Re8 immediately helps too with a potential e5. In those lines, white usually plays Bf4, …

Apr 29, 2024 · As far as I know, the opening is known as "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System". I used the Lichess game analysis tool, and it gave me 0 errors and 0 blunders, so I'm wondering at what point I lost the game/played badly.