Little tactics in the Jobava London

Today we will learn a few tactics in the Jobava London. These tactics have worked on 2200+ rated players so they can work on advanced players as well as beginners. So let's get stuck in!

Tactics in the Jobava London

We are always looking to try and hit the black pawn on c7

If your opponents ever go for Nc6 we then come in thick and fast with the knight to fork the King & Rook.

Here is a video of this beautiful little tactic winning the opponents Queen and giving white a better position.

Sometimes you have different lines like this one with the Bishop checking on b4.

This can simply be thwarted with some tricky tactics, which may lead to getting hold of the opponents Bishop or Rook. If your openent goes c6 instead we then continue with Nf3. If they move e6 we move e3.

The opponent usually tries to exchange the Bishop. We don't want to do this so we block and take the nice e5 square with the Knight. If the opponents Knight goes to d7 this is where the tactic comes in.

We don't exchange Knights, we simply take the pawn on f7 with the Knight and we are forking the Queen and the Rook.

The King has to take otherwise they are losing a piece. We then take the unguarded Bishop with ours and we're in a winning position.
Check out the video below on the Nutty Chess Tips Channel.