The London System

Hi friends,
I have explained the main concepts of one of my favorite systems: "The London System" in the next article: https://www.albertochueca.com/blog/the-london-system/

You don't need to memorize moves and I explain the opening talking only about concepts. The concepts are the key to understand properly the ideas. I hope you like it

FM Alberto Chueca

Hi , I am not a fan of London System and i have not played it  and i dislike it.

But Thanks for giving such a useful resource to the chess community

Agreed, nice article.

Thank you, that was helpful.

Thanks for that article. It looks great.

Good article for those learning the London System.  Thanks.

AlbertoChueca: I probably shouldn't tell you this, but ... regarding your advice not to take the pawn after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5, and instead continue 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2, it's worth bearing in mind that Black probably wouldn't continue 5...e6, but instead play 5...cxd4 6.exd4 Bg4, and we're in the Rubinstein Variation of the Caro-Kann Exchange (as pointed out by Ludek Pachman in his book on the Queen's Gambit). This is clearly not terrible for White by any stretch of the imagination, but it's much more likely that it's Black who feels s/he's in safe and well-known territory.

If White instead captures the pawn on c5, it's up to Black to prove that he has something in this Queen's Gambit Accepted with reversed colours.

Thanks for your article!

i have to agree,the London is such a solid opening in which it provides stability for white as well as an advantage.

Great article anyway.