The ONLY Opening You Need To Counter The London System [Complete Guide]

What is the name of this opening?

On the rare occasion I play the London, if I see 1. d4 Nf6, I transition straightaway to a bayonet attack instead, anticipating a KID. So be warned, you may just wind up provoking your opponent to play a different opening. Still, at lower levels, this seems like a really solid counter to the London. Great video!

This video has been very helpful.

And after 1. d4 Nf6 white plays Nf3 and completely ruins your preparation.

Every time I use k i d against London i lost how bout a vid

E5 , Bxe5 after Qa5+ bishop loss win the game .

Love the sly Brexit comment in the context of the London System, and speaking as a UK citizen :)

Solution to puzzle is e5?
If Bxe5, Qa5+,Nc3,Qxe5
If anything else well they are forked and lose a minor piece

Hi. You are simply extraordinary and God sent. Can you please make a video starting from the position 1) e4, Nc6; 2) Nf3...

In favor of black.

Thank you! This video pairs so well with your Nimzo Indian video from a few days ago.

Got the chance to try this out in an OTB rapid game yesterday. Worked like a charm.😄

And what if we wouldn't play Nf6 in the first move, but f5 instead right away : the Dutch Defense ?
Would White continue their London System set-up, or play something else against the Dutch Defense that'd be more interesting for White instead of the London System ?
Or is the Dutch Defense solid and playable against a London System ?

Nice video

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I feel betrayed. Time for the English opening ig

After d4 I always respond with the versatile move Nf6 to prepare :
- if Bf4 London --> c5 (thank you for this great video)
- if c4 queen gambit --> e6 (your made me discover the Nimzo) or e5 for my beloved Farajowicz variation of the Budapest defense (very tricky)

But I have a problem against the London when Nf3 is played before Bf4.
Because I don't know yet if they intend to play the London system or to transpose to the queen gambit.
As I didn't find a good waiting move, for the moment I play d6 c6 for the Pirc Czech Defense but it's too passive for my taste.

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Your video's is amazing and helped me in my rating climb
I am now 1700
Specially your idea of offence is best defence is very very helpful.

I gain 350 elo in just 1 and half month and its growing.

As a london player, I don't know whether to laugh or cry

I found this channel one day from shorts, maybe by accident but watching just couple videos you can see how brilliantly GM Smirnov teaches us these things. BRILLIANT!! Thank you Sir.

i really dislike leaving unanswered quizzes…y don’t you just ask to pause and then reveal the line….and for that unfortunately i’ll have to give 👎🏻

Sir can you teach me how I will be a chess master Remote chess academy

e5 Bxe5 Qa5+ Qd2 Qxe5

Sorry sir i play Dutch🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

Very similar to our anti London vid, nice 😮 :)

Lovely anti London video. I like anything that pressures a player who plays on autopilot

Lol F5 ALWAYS puts a damper on my Accelerated London

pe5 ,bxe5 +qa5 check

I'll keep asking Igor to make a video about Old Benoni with all potential transpositions

I already started playing the Nimzo Indian thanks to you. I normally played the Queen's Indian defense instead. You may not have the most viewers, but I think you're the best teacher on the Internet. Your numbers will improve.

B wins with ...e5 fork trick. Then 2. Bxe5 Q-a5# picks up the bishop.

Eyyyyyy finally my favorite line against the London gets covered. Every time I wanna play the Grünfeld or Benoni and my opponent plays the London, this line crushed my opponents every time.

I played the English Opening for a long time and did very well against the London. What you played is very similar to the English, just some move order differences

Outstanding! The lines of play recommended in the video give Black an interesting way to play against the London System. I will adopt this line of play. Thank you so much!

Guess i'll have to quit playing London:(

Those were great traps that I needed.🙏🏻😎

What do you do if white goes for the London with Nf3 then Bf4?

An improvement of GJ_Chess and his anti-london-system. Well done

Awesome set up against the lomdon!

Very informative

e5, and white lose one of the knight or bishop (if Bxe5, then Qa5+)

Qa5+ Nc3 e5 winning a piece

I really wanna see classical games you played with high elo opponents

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5!? 3.Nf3? cxd4 4.Nxd4?? e5! 5.Bxe5 Qa5+ I have won with this two or three times in online blitz.

Tq very much Igor I really appreciate u for taking ur time and helping us ❤pls don’t stop making great videos