Why London System is played by the most number of players?

London is suggested by the people who make videos for new players.

Well I'm winning more games with it. At least for now anyway.

Hi

Because it's easy and lazy. They are just told to play the same moves every game so they don't have to think that much about it or learn anything else about the game.

Agreed. Once popular streamers recommend it, or use it, it could influence others.

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then when you play do you face the london way more than 1.e4

or is it like 1 london player for 30 1.e4 ers

anyway, yes it is recommended by all the youtubers in the world because it gives their followers decent positions (so they stay) and it creates more clickbait-ey titles and shorter videos to appeal to the masses

but still way less people use it than "most amount of players"

Agreed. I see the Accelerated London from time to time, but pretty rarely the standard London System. Maybe depends on the rating of the opponent. Like with 100-400 you're going to see the Wayward Queen Attack a lot more than you do vs. higher rated players.

I'm thinking that I need to start learning something else. Have any recommendations for a couple new openings for a newer player?

Because they blindly follow the recommendation of their favourite streamers...

Can you recommend me some new openings to learn as a newer player?

You should spend your time memorizing ideas rather than moves, but if you want a few good beginner openings.

Scotch -> A good scotch game defense requires you to NOT take, which is what a lot of beginners forget, so it is a great way to cheese a few wins.

Closed Sicilian -> This is a popular anti-Sicilian on chess.com.  The recommendation for beginners to never play anything any opening with closed in the name. This is the one exception.  

Owen defense -> This is a refuted opening, which means that if your opponent has memorized the moves, they can get a better position than you.  So far, I have never found anyone in the "wild" who managed to know it.  Very simple opening, but it is very flexible, and most beginners have long diagonal blindness. 

Danish gambit -> Might be a bit early for gambit play, but this one is good because to play it well, you must attack rather than defend.  You can't just play blindly, you must react to your opponent's moves and be on the attack the entire time.  Definitely something you will lose more than you win, but it will help you develop your attacking skills.   

Thank you so much for this. I will look in to ideas as well!

i no longer play d5 or Nf6 due to the popularity of the london system, i used to love the rich QGD,semi slav, Nimzo, and QID lines but these london addicts have almost taken away that enjoyment

Luckily for me I have some time before I reach the level were the addicts pop up. But can we just play something more fun like the Italian, Ruy lopez or The french defense?

The Russian school of chess recommended that the development of a player in terms of openings should follow the development of chess history. So a good idea is to start with e4 and gambits, like the Danish gambit or the Evans Gambit or the King's Gambit. The ideas are straight forward (attack f7 and the king) and will teach you the concept of the initiative. Besides, the loss of a pawn doesn't matter much at beginner's level. So you basically get an attack for free.

The London on the other hand avoids confrontation. It's true, you will be save for the first 10 moves, but you will not really learn that much.

Thank you! I will look in to these gambits.

It's important to learn ideas, active piece development and attack. Understanding the openings is the most important.

For this reason, I recommend:

Ruy Lopez

This is the most perfect opening in terms of chess principles. White puts a pawn in the centre, develops a knight, develops a bishop and is ready to castle. Later, white expands in the centre with c3-d4 and re-routes the pieces towards the kingside for an attack.

Evans Gambit

This is an excellent alternative and a way to spice up the Italian Game. This is one of the strongest and soundest gambits as white has massive compensation with active bishops slicing the diagonals and open files for the rooks.

Open Sicilian

This is the absolute best way of challenging the Sicilian. All of white's pieces join the attack.

In the Closed Sicilian you often end up cramped, passive and uncomfortable. Black has several easy paths to equality. It's not so pleasant to play with white compared to the active play you get from the Open Sicilian.

Open Sicilian is just more fun.