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
- 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Bb7
- 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6
- 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O
- 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Bxg3 6.hxg3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6
- 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Bxg3 6.hxg3 O-O 7.Bd3
- 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bg3
…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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