London against KID

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2nd September 2009, 04:27pm
#1
by PawnInTheGame
Warsaw Poland
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 319

Is there anyone playing london system against KID? I wonder what is you opinion about it and what were your results? Here is how the london looks like:

still I think you will see d6 more often than d5, most KID players always keep to their standard set-up (at least on my level), which in this case is worse than d5.

here are some exemplary draws, different move order but idea the same:


2nd September 2009, 07:11pm
#2
by Elubas
Buffalo United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 2370

I change my setup to ...d5 when I'm playing the KID and they try the london. I usually try to make it a reversed catalan but I'm not even sure if it's sound.

2nd September 2009, 07:34pm
#3
by KillaBeez
Kansas United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 4058

This is actually a Bf4 Grunfeld and not a London.

2nd September 2009, 07:46pm
#4
by ih8sens
Sudbury, Ontario Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 2814

Yeah that's the Grunfeld :P ... black can play very actively and try for c5 to break open the center (it's not a pawn sacrifice despite appearances) ...

 

The annoying thing is when white concedes equality if not a slight advantage to black by playing c3 instead of c4 and says 'come and get me' :P.

3rd September 2009, 05:08am
#5
by CarlMI
White Post, VA United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 697

When looking at Master games pay attention to the ECO codes as they are the most commonly used, it helps a great deal in sorting out opening theory and references.  Start here: http://www.sahovski.com/other/index.php?other=5  Names are more problematic, especially here at Chess.com, since everybody seems more interested in pasting their name or a pet name (for whatever reason) on every variation and sub variation.

The New in Chess system (http://www.newinchess.com/)  is also helpful and has the advantage of using generally standard names along with its code but it is not as widespread.  You can go to there online dBase, input an opening sequence and have it classified by there system.  For some odd setups you might have to extend a few moves to get to a standard position due to transpositions.

3rd September 2009, 06:01am
#6
by marvellosity
Portsmouth United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 1415

Yes, here's a clue chappies - ...d6 = KID, ...d5 = Gruenfeld.

 

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