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what's better - London or queen's gambit?
Queen's Gambit
London is boring and therefore worse
Queen's Gambit offers a richer set of positions to play and makes a bolder claim for an advantage ( whether you get that advantage or not is a different discussion). The queen's gambit requires more study time though. Perhaps start with the London but every now and then give the Queen's Gambit a try, to start getting a feel for the positions that come up.
Feb 4, 2023
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#5
London is more of a system and so it’s a little easier to apply in a variety of positions.
Feb 4, 2023
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#6
Queens Gambit is better if you want a low IQ game, and London is better if you want a confusing one.
Feb 4, 2023
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#7
Both are losers openings people who can't calculate and are too lazy to study plays the queens gambit and London system, the sharp, calculating genius boys plays the kings gambit , the grob g4 and the Italian, the scotch gambit etc , ruylopez also sometimes
Wainlist wrote:
what's better - London or queen's gambit?
The London is better... for Black. Queen's Gambit is better for White.
Feb 5, 2023
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#10
Yerachmeal wrote:
Queens Gambit is better if you want a low IQ game, and London is better if you want a confusing one.
I should specify that by London I'm talking about London accelerated.
Queens gambit imo
Feb 5, 2023
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#12
I hate the London from both sides. You have a lot of traps for either opening. Either one can get you in trouble.
swarminglocusts wrote:
I hate the London from both sides. You have a lot of traps for either opening. Either one can get you in trouble.
I don't mind the London System, but you really have to know when to use the Accelerated, Traditional, Jobava, and all the ideas they contain. It really isn't as simple as a lot of people think that it is.
Yerachmeal wrote:
Yerachmeal wrote:
Queens Gambit is better if you want a low IQ game, and London is better if you want a confusing one.
I should specify that by London I'm talking about London accelerated.
If you think the QGD is low IQ you haven't understood a thing about the opening.
Once you see how your initial moves determine the endgame, you will come to respect its royal sophistication. It's one of the most popular Super-GM openings for a reason - its devious logics are hidden behind layers and layers of pseudo-logic that the less experienced players operate by.
Therefore I highly recommend the QGD, in particular the Orthodox and Capablanca-Duras Variations. But the Alekhine and Cambridge Springs Defense are nice lines too.
