IM Pawel Chess Coach - How to play against London System? 😬

The London System is popular 1.d4 opening for White which has the reputation of being very solid. The London is considered a system because White can play the same basic setup for almost all of Black's responses. For this reason, the theory on the London is not as extensive as it is for other openings.

If you didn't build up a solid opening repertoire for white yet it might be a good idea to start with the London System. It's like going for shortcut.

In this post I would like to show you how to react against it. Check out this line. 

I found an interesting game in this variation Artemiev - Shirov 2016

I played against London System on my recent stream. If you missed the game you can watch it here. In the 5th move I played Bf5 instead of cxd4 but the game went in an interesting direction.

If you like to play chess and want to grow your knowledge about the game you can contact me. During my classes I help people to improve the game much faster.

Take care 😁
IM Pawel