London System Denial?
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AltiboxChef
Sep 11, 2019
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#1
I'm curious, is there an opening you can play against 1.d4 that makes 2.Bf4 not playable?
1...e5
1. ... g5
Sep 12, 2019
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#4
Well, Borg gambit 1...g5 looks too bad, but the Englund gambit 1...e5 is indeed playable and prevents 2. Bf4. 
Sep 12, 2019
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#5
Best way to avoid the London (or make it outright bad) is the Modern Defense.
1.d4 g6 2.Bf4?! Bg7 3.e3 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.h3 e5! and now retreating the Bishop is the best White has, which is equal. Bad is 6.dxe5?! dxe5 7.Qxd8 Kxd8 8.Bg5? f6! with advantage to Black. This is heavily covered in the "Chess on the Edge" series along with recent books (last 15 or so years) on the Modern Defense.
Sep 12, 2019
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#6
Yigor wrote:
Well, Borg gambit 1...g5 looks too bad, but the Englund gambit 1...e5 is indeed playable and prevents 2. Bf4.
WTF???? the Englund gambit practically loses by force.......
I've found Benonis seem to seriously complicate playing the London. 2.Bf4 is still playable, but the pawn structure that generally goes with the London gets really wacked.
Sep 14, 2019
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#9
Morphys-Revenge wrote:
Yigor wrote:
Well, Borg gambit 1...g5 looks too bad, but the Englund gambit 1...e5 is indeed playable and prevents 2. Bf4.
WTF???? the Englund gambit practically loses by force.......
Maybe the top-GM or engine force, definitely not yours.
Sep 14, 2019
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#10
pfren wrote:
Yigor έγραψε:
WTF???? the Englund gambit practically loses by force.......
Maybe the top-GM force, definitely not mine.
No need to thank me- I fixed your typo.
LoL All right, not mine too. I said top-GMs, but I guess that U also could refute the Englund gambit (at least, while playing with me). 
