Stop playing the London

London is very good. But I wonder how someone who plays only london doesn't get bored.

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"I wonder how someone who plays only london doesn't get bored."
++ Wonder how someone who plays only Queen's Gambit/Ruy Lopez/Najdorf Sicilian/Grünfeld Indian Defense doesn't get bored. Think of professional players, who play and analyse much more than us amateurs. Wonder how tennis and golf players do not get bored.

@gorsleydave

Lol. With C5 black equalises. Even if you specifically know what to do against it you're 1% maybe even less of the London players who actually know what they're playing

@tygxc

London player spotted. If you've ever bothered playing queen's gambit or ruy lopez you would know that the positions arriving are hardly ever the same. Even with subtle differences they are different. Most of the Londons I face have the same 5-10 moves. It's one of the opening's characteristics, the repetition of the positions

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***** Agreed....

On a "theoretical" level Black does equalize in many lines of the London ... however, what many detractors of the London (especially the ones who have a butt hurt getting beat by it) that is THEORETICAL Equality.. & NOT a PRACTICAL Equality

truth is there are different types of equality.

If the position is equal, and white ( or black) has several moves available and each one requires thier opponent to play extremely accurate...

in OTB play , is that really Equality?

In a practical sense No

In many cases that is the type of Equality you see in the London (note: not specific to the London but in every opening )

Even if the position is truly equal.... and the position has a lot of play... white still retains the tempo advantage of moving first...

The London with its generic positioning, the opening hard to quantify .... which is why to get good at playing it you have to be versed in themes and many positions

In OTB plat the London is a solid opening at all levels

All this talk of the London is scaring me.

Who is this guy? The 'opening police'?

London is solid. And that's it. With all its popularity people have learnt how to defend against it. I don't mind facing it. It's just most people play it in the autopilot and not in a challenging way. I've used it many times in blitz and have had a good number of games where i had a devastating king side attack. But many times when black played d5,Nf6,c5,nc6,Qb6 i had nothing. And yeah i know the nc3 lines when black plays Qb6 early.

London is good if you are a good engame player as many games if black is booked, go to the endgame pretty quickly

Aye! Caramba!

Stop playing D4Stop

Catalan extremists? Like ETA?

I play the Queen's Gambit and the London and I like it more than when I used to play the Danish Game and the Italian...

The thing with those openings is that there is much more room for creativity and the games are often sharp and fun. People who play the london below the master level play either because they dont know what they are missing or because they hate chess.

Most openings are equal in advantage, with a slight edge for white, and that's no difference in the London. Anyway unless you're 2300+, why would you worry about that anyway? The London is a top tier opening, whether boring or not.