How I like to play the London system

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6... b6 shows a complete misunderstanding of the position. 6... Ne4 is premature but playable, but then you follow it up with the terrible b6 move. The a-pawn is a huge weakness that should cost him the pawn. Black should never allow white to simply trade it off.

Black should simply play the natural developing move 6... e6, followed by Bd6. Note that black is in no hurry whatsoever to take that a-pawn, it will fall of its own accord in due course. White will never be to develop their queenside without letting that pawn go.

The London is an objectively good opening…

ofc Nickolay wouldn't know that

London is about as good objectively as the bird. Take that however you want. But both throw away an opening advantage and seek to outplay them in the middlegame, except that the bird has the option of actually keeping the queens on 

I’m sure you know better than grandmasters, then?

Is 1. d4 played as common as 1. e4? NO! I guess 1. d4 is worse.

Wow! Great! So by your own logic, d4 is worse, right?

One IM vs literally every GM.

All openings end in equality anyways. Some just last more than others - if it ends in equality, it's equal.

I never said the London was the best… another straw man. I said it was objectively good.

Another straw man. Your original point was that the London was a bad opening. It’s not. Stop going off topic.

Hate the London. Really boring to play against. As a d4 player, Queen's Gambit is the way to go. It's a lot more fun and it's one of those opening you play to get better at chess instead of doing the same 7 moves against anything

I love to play a Botvinnik Semi-Slav. Many players don't play into one especially if they play London and when they play e3. They just want to avoid theory

I subbed to your channel. What type of content of chess content do you want to make?

I hate the London as much as the next person, Nickolay, but it is not a bad opening, so stop your stupid straw men.

If you want to nitpick then the London is simply slightly inferior to other openings, not bad compared to other openings.

It is not. There is not such a big difference.

Better, but not much better. 

not really a big difference.