jobava london
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Karrysparov
Mar 10, 2023
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#1
You guys think it would be wise to learn the jobava London? It caught my eye the moment I saw it. Currently I am just playing the fried liver and hoping for the best
This is probably my favourite openin, ive got a few vids coming up on some lines in the Jobava
This is a nice little vid to get a winning position, getting the opponents queen and stopping their castling rights.
Good question! how so?
Responding to 'it will hamper your chess development'... It is true that blocking your c-pawn in a d-pawn opening is positionally questionable, and so to the extent you are not experiencing 'typical' closed-game positions it could be said you are 'hampering' your development. HOWEVER... Having recently taken up the opening myself I've actually found the exact opposite. Not entering detailed QGD etc theory only really matters if you're 1900+. I've spent WAY too much time on complex opening theory for my level (c.1500) and I'm learning far more about chess having adopted simpler openings than I have in years. Besides, the Jobava London has a variety of plans (often determined by Black's plurality of responses) so it's not true that you only get to learn one kind of position. In short, go for it!
In my opinion the Jobava is an awesome opening I used to play the normal London and find this so much more aggressive.
Id say go for it. You can always try something else if you don’t like it
If you're currently playing the Fried Liver than any change is a good change.
That being said... stick with 1. e4 for the time being. Keep at it for at least six months, experimenting with the Ruy Lopez, the Italian (STOP with 4. Ng5, try 4. d3 if you want to be solid or 4. d4 if you want to still be aggressive), the Scotch, and the Bishop's/Vienna Hybrid. You'll most likely grow much more quickly as a chess player, but you'll also probably lose a lot more games at first as you stop winning on move 4.
Mar 17, 2023
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#10
Jobava London is at least ripe for agression compared to most of the other systems. But I am gonna have to agree with the other folk here. Why not a natural e4 opening or the beautiful Queens Gambit instead?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with learning and playing the Jobava London. It leads to tactical games with a lot of piece play, which is very good for developing tactical and calculating skills. That doesn't mean you have to play it for the rest of your life! Chess is too rich for that. But you can have some exciting games
Introduction To The London System & Jobava London System...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/the-london-system
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell