second opening?

there's no videos on chess.com about the queens gambit

magnus carlsen has played the London

The problem with London in this case is not its soundness. It is true that it is probably less played on super GM level, but that is irrelevant for 99.99% of players. It is a playable opening.

There is one other problem in this case. If you play London System, you will generally play the same or almost the same moves every time with white pieces. For someone who plays chess for a long time and is a really a strong player, that itself is not an issue, because he knows other stuff as well.

For a beginner, playing the same type of games every time when you play with white is probably not a great way to play, and additionally it might become tiresome after a while.

most of the time my opponents are not prepared against the Evans's gambit

the London is a real opening ,not a opening like the bongcloud

I do the French defense so I don't face the Smith mora gambit

I play the French defense, so I don't face the Smith mora gambit

what do you do as black anyway

I do the kings Indian attack which you can play against almost everything

In any case, the difference between London System and something with great reputation like for instance Ruy Lopez is pretty much irrelevant on sub 2 000 level, because the difference between +0.3 and +0.1 for the first 10 moves or so, is not something that will decide a game on this level.

The main problem is if someone who just started playing chess plays London System, he will play the same type of positions almost every time with white pieces, which is not ideal improvement wise, as it means that 50% of his games will be similar.

the video I watched on the French defense had the idea of doing f5 to attack the knight defending the pawn .you don't castle or castle queenside

g5

King's Indian attack is with white broski

Another thread hijacked

you cannot do the kings Indian attack with black

you can do the kings Indian defense with black

the kings Indian defense is different from the kings Indian attack

in the London you can attack fianchetto set ups with h4

in the London you can attack fianchetto set ups with h4

why is your rapid rating a few hundred points higher than your other ratings