Opening · played as White

The London System

A rock-solid d4 + Bf4 system you can play on autopilot against almost anything. Bf4, e3, c3, Bd3, Nbd2, then strike with Ne5 and a kingside attack. 50 lines.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
White
Variations covered
50

The main line

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.h3 Nbd7

Some of the variations

…and 44 more in the trainer.

Train it

ChessReflex drills the branch points where a line splits rather than making you replay it move by move, so a repertoire this size is a handful of decisions instead of hundreds of moves. Free, and no account needed to start.

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