Ban The London System

people who play the london system should have to register before tournaments. not even joking. like just a little disclaimer: “hi my name is steve, i’m gonna play the most passive sludge you've ever seen and call it 'theory.'” bro you’re not playing chess, you’re slowly griefing your opponent into submission. i swear it’s psychological warfare.

like, imagine sitting down excited to play a game, and boom—first move d4, second move Nf3, and you already know what hell you're about to enter. every piece moves once per decade, bishop locks itself behind a pawn voluntarily, and this man will not resign even when he’s down a rook and two teeth.

and then when they win it’s the smuggest little “gg” like they just composed a sonata. no bro. you won with a pre-installed IKEA opening and a dream.

at this point i’d rather play a khaospunk who opens with h4 and a cigarette hanging out his mouth than go through another slow suffocation by a london bot with an anime profile pic and a 78% win rate.

grow up. play real lines. and stop pretending the london is a lifestyle... you're coping

Choices. Either learn to how to play it or complain.

This might be the best post I have ever read 👌

So the London System allows someone to grief their opponent into submission. Sounds like a good argument for it.

The post translate into: I dont know how to play against it and im not going to learn how, so Ill blame my opponent.

Andrea Botez would be happy to see it gone (if it were banned)

There Is A Icbm Should We Ban It.

I agree

If the London System is passive sludge, why do lose more than you win against it?

(Your statistics as black)

Besides, people who write things like this fail to realize that they're giving people a good reason to play the London System. Playing something that annoys your opponent is a good strategy, is it not?

It's cringe. But I guess you might find it funny if you think that cringe is funny.

London System is the only opening in my repetoire

Just learn how to play against the london! If you dont want to learn then just play Kings Indian Defense. Its a solid opening for 1000-1400

I totally agree.

I dont know London as well as any other opening

But I think that my opponent may make any legal move and if I dont like them - it is my problem, not my opponent's

I crush the london

I like that the OP was both up 2 rooks and lost

https://www.chess.com/lessons/london-system-for-the-busy-chess-player/how-magnus-wins-with-the-london-1

Boohoo

I'm a total newb and I don't even know what most of the openings are. Lately I've been playing d4, nc3, bf4. The computer calls it the Van Geet opening. It seems really similar to the London though? Just moving the other knight?

I like it because if I can I will follow with nb5 and then nc7, forking their king and rook. I'll only do it if they don't move a pawn to c6, or move a piece that blocks my bishop's threat on c7. As long as my knight can make it to c7 with support from my bishop then their only response is to choose one of two terrible options:

1. take my knight with their queen, losing their queen to my bishop

2. move their king, losing the ability to castle, and also lose their rook

If I can't pull off that trick, I've found it's still a decent opening and I can continue to develop my other pieces in a natural way.