What do you play against the London System?

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zborg

Both the HIPPO and the Modern Defense are smartly taught in Tiger Hillarp Persson's (2014) book, "The Modern Tiger."

Excellent book, compact theory. What's not to like? happy

Hippo-Holmes

In Simon Williams Hippo course on Chessable he says that he thinks the Hippo is the best defence against the London, and that Hippo players should be delighted whenever they see it. But I never checked his lines to see if Stockfish agrees with him.

Hippo-Holmes
zborg wrote:

Both the HIPPO and the Modern Defense are smartly taught in Tiger Hillarp Persson's (2014) book, "The Modern Tiger."

Excellent book, compact theory. What's not to like?

I never understood why he never wrote more books, because Tiger's Modern is a classic. He could have gone on to be a top author.