Learn the London System: Latest Developments!!!!

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This lesson discusses all of the latest theory developments in the London System. I also take a look at 1 d4 d5 2 Bf4 Bf5 - lots of secret lines in this video!
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[@nghiahoang7855]

6:33 Against early c5 9:18 Line Qe7 10:28 Line b6 14:05 Branch Be7 (V1)14:58 Nxg3 (V2)15:32 Bxg5 16:12 h5 (V2.1)16:52 Bxb2 (V2.2)35:10 h5 19:28 Mirror 20:16 Line e3 then Bf3 21:30 Line e3 then c4 22:38 Continuation 24:16 Against early cxd4 25:15 Line exd4 28:35 Against early g6 31:35 Line dxe4 32:08 Line cxd4

[@geraldjace1246]

instablaster.

[@PaulGaither]

Booyakasha!

[@NatanEstivalletPaintings]

Thank you for this update, Simon. I just purchased your Chess Improvement course and I'm very glad with it. You have a charismatic style and the chess content, for a club player like me, is a must. Please never stop doing free and non-free chess contents, someone will always benefit from them.

[@kiwikevnz]

Hey Simon, Thank You very much. I'm a beginner starting last year and since playing TLS and I have found it to be excellent and i use this all the time now for White and also as Black. It's so Easy to Learn, even easier to Remember (which I couldn't with a lot of the others). It's very flexible because I can change the opening move order depending on what my opponent is playing and it gives me an awesome attacking platform so I can launch in to the middle game which is where I struggled with so much before I found out about The London System. And when I have to defend I find I can stop a lot of my opponents attacks almost as if it was second nature because I have a much better feel for what my opponents are going to play because of those extra attacking lines you showed us. So for myself it's the complete package and the best overall Opening Ive ever used, hands down because of those benefits I mentioned above. Thanks for clarifying The London System and adding in the extra attacking lines, just great. Thanks heaps. Cheers Kev

[@Maltebyte2]

you must be a natural! how old are you? I have been stuck on 1100 for 5 years! i just play and dont study much, now im beginning to do so.

[@FatPandaCries]

Really appreciate these free contents your putting up here simon, you have no idea how useful these free lessons are for broke guys like me around the world looking to improve everyday. I just want to say thank you, you've really done me good cheers :)

[@sorentauberlassen]

Hello Simon! Great vid! :) At 19:10 you talk about 2...Bf5, the symmetrical system, where you recommend playing 3.e3 and 4.c4. Why not play 3.c4 straight away? Doing something similar to your example: e.g. 1) 3...Bxb1 4.Qxb1 e5 5.Bxe5 Bb4+ 6.Kd1 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxc4 9.e3 Nf6 10.Bxc4 e.g. 2) 3...Bxb1 4.Rxb1 dxc4 5.e3 e6 6.Bxc4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1 Bd6 8.Qb3 Qc8 9.Bg3 Nf6 10.Nf3

[@lewishaughton76]

Amazing video! Love your teaching style it keeps me entertained and had me bursting out with laughter at some points! 😂 what an absolute legend! 😂

[@tommonk7651]

Simon, I have your London video and many other videos you've done. I just got your improvement course yesterday. I really look forward to studying it! Your short video at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona! I was there last summer. Awesome place!

[@M4xerr]

That is *gold* as I buyer of the dvd this comes as such an important extra content. Thanks

[@Zp00kie]

Simon, you're a scholar and a gentleman and I don't care what anybody else says about you.

[@yargoook3802]

Really appreciate this video. Thank you. And a special thanks for 12:25 and following. I've probably thought these exact same words a hundred times at least!

[@MamboRasco]

Thanks Simon for taking the time to make an update.

[@indrekreiland1569]

Hi Simon! Absolutely love your videos and have had great success with the London System!

[@ayonmaity6150]

Best way to play The London System is 1d4 d5 2 Bf4 Nf6 3 e3 c5 4 Nf3 cxd4 5 exd4 6 Bf5 ... This way Black's light squared Bishop gets developed and both sides have equal chances . This line can also appear after the Caro kann exchange variation

[@ayonmaity6150]

@Bot AtChess Yeah Qb6 is the best move. After that white has the initiative but the position seems drawish.

[@1eingram]

I purchased your course. Thanks for keeping it current.

[@GaryFrancis-q3r]

Cool! Another video on the London System! Love this system... Thanks Simon!

[@jms4406]

Thanks for your honesty about why you are pushing your products. I really appreciated that.

[@adamzaluski]

Filmed in Barcelona - Sagrada Familia in the background :) Greetings Simon and thanks for very instructional videos you are making!

[@DarshanSenTheComposer]

Always excited for your videos Simon!

[@Brainsucker92]

Perfect timing, simon! I got a tournament to play on saturday and this one is definitely gonna help me out. Thank you a lot!

[@timonbrouwer2666]

Hello Simon, About the game in the first part of this video around 11:39, just after black recaptures with Bxc5. Why not instead of short castling play Qa4 pressuring the knight on c6 ? If black protects with Qc8 then the Greek gift is possible (Bxh7+) and a queen switch to h4 with check and then Ng5. If black decides to protect the knight on c6 with Rc8 then Rd1 seems strong and after the black queen moves (Qe7) to only then castle short.

[@Doc92IDH]

I like the history lesson! I know it's not always possible, but it's really interesting seeing how these lines develop, and it's good for OTB thinking too

[@exoplanet11]

Thanks so much for this valuable video....part of a series I am following closely. Looking forward to buying the more extensive content. Here's the funniest moment, IMHO: 25:00. "The knight can re-route...but can the bishop re-route? Not really...because you can't jump over pawns"!!

[@Igor-qb9yo]

I used to love this system for it's simplicity and flexibility. After 1.d4 d5 you're basically playing VS black's light Bishop: if e6 then you go for a mate on the K side, and if Bf5 or Bg4 then you hunt the b7 pawn on the Q side. Just a year ago I had 76% win rate with white using the London but these days I've crumbled down to 30% cuz almost everyone is fully prepared against it, there is NO surprise factor anymore which is critical for us amateur players. The London became a yet another mainstream opening with lots of theory, since Top GMs took it as their major weapon. Now it's time for me to find some other unknown opening system for white to surprise my opps.

[@khg.629]

Harry, Boom, Boo la ka shaaaaaa. Time for a bottle of champagne broooooo!!!!!!! Let’s hit thee bar!!!! Let’s shout Harry!

[@opjazz]

Love your DVD - great to have an Update!

[@hayrapetkalashyan71]

Thank you Sir, for your Chess Base DVD on The London System. When I bought it my blitz rating was 1100 on chess.com. Since I bought the DVD I almost exceptionally play The London as white, of course watching what my opponent does, and it is very often I go Harry, Harry and... boom.. boom and the readers can see my current rating (1428) and recent game on chess.com I just played: www.chess.com/live#a=175656 My FIDE rating is 1570 and recently I boomed! 1800 on the board... with The London! Thanks again. I strongly recommend that DVD to readers.

[@kiwikevnz]

Hey Hayrapet, congrats on your success with the TLS, I have watched a few of your games and you play very well using TLS. The games I saw, you checkmated your opponents quite easily at least it looked that way. I think you have a great future all the best on your way to 2000. I am a beginner as well and since Ive been using The London System my rating has shot up. Now I have an Opening I can actually remember and implement properly (most times ;)) and Simons video has just given me even more new lines which ive just used and had good results. All the best with TLS for you to. Cheers Kev

[@Anoyzify]

Uau, coordinated cheap marketing.

[@markhunter7986]

been playing the london had some great games thanks simon great videos

[@acstamos]

4:59 Black’s the three responses 19:20 - Symmetric Defense

[@andredubouis3338]

Simon great GM, great sense of humor, great man !

[@pankajnegi5030]

The London is NOT boring at all. ..With GINGERGM!!!!

[@thuytran1980]

you helped me got gold medal with this London system. thank you so much.

[@iv4nloko]

hi, any ideas for tarrasch systems with c5, Bf5 where black doesnt play an early e6? i just can get equal at maximun with white... thanks in advance!

[@bank2010th]

Thanks for the video! One question, is London refuted by : 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 g6 * intending Bf5 Can you give recommendation for White here? Thanks

[@tonimacaroni1658]

looks like the sagrada familia in Barcelona. Great vid again !

[@bobi5202]

Hi Simon, I found the feature on your website which counts down the time until the next show very helpful, it's currently not on there I know it's a new website perhaps you guys could include it. Thanks and appreciate the videos greatly

[@TGregers]

This ended up in my chess gems playlist. Amazing stuff man:) so much good info. And I love the london.

[@smar1k359]

Great work Simon!Any ideas against the dutch??

[@TheRealBenJammin]

OK I appreciate this. I have the Chessbase DVD and I have played the London in some over the board blitz. I crushed a lot of lower rated players but I played your line against . . .g6 from the DVD against a strong master and he just played 5. . .c6 and it seemed really solid. In another game I had a crushing attack against an FM but I missed a resource and ended up with an unsound sac. But that's blitz chess.

[@sorentauberlassen]

Been looking closer at the interesting idea of playing 4.f3 against the Kings Indian defence, and I've even gotten a chance to play it. Around 30:06 you talk about the 6.d5 move, but it seems to me to be a really dangerous move for white. I've found two games in ChessBase where black won both of them. After that move, taking on f3 seems okay for black. e.g. 6.d5 exf3 7.Nxf3 a6 and then black follow it up with ...Bg7, ...O-O, and something like ...b5, ...Bf5 or ...Nbd7 depending on white's moves. This seems solid enough for black and white seems too exposed to have any good compensation. I don't know the Albion Countergambit, so I can't speak to it's effectiveness, so maybe there is something I'm missing here. It seems, though, that white is better off playing 6.dxc5 with equal game, according to the computer (computer gives black a slight advantage with the above idea).

[@MagnificentCreature]

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[@o0OeftichisO0o]

Skip to 5:00 for the actual content.

[@alfreedom3971]

Nice job Simon. A London sys. player, I can use this info. Thanks. Have your DVD's by the way. Be well, play well!

[@johnz1582]

everyone and their grandmothers have been playing the london system ever since simon posted the videos on those

[@rittervsp]

Great video, really interesting and instructive! Like the way you explain. But i hoped that playing London system i'll never need to know any theory )))

[@Pawnlust]

I got your London DVD and noticed that you don't cover 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Qb6. I think this is a really important idea for Black and it's becoming more popular too. It would be great to get some coverage. Also, doesn't Chessbase let you do direct updates to your DVD? It would be great to have all the information in one place. So far my games have gone: 1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.b3 d6 I think this is a really tricky and clever move order from Black in order to meet White's equally cunning new London move order. I've also come across this very interesting system: 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 h6 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 BTW: I really appreciate you supporting the DVD and it's a big part of why I purchased it. Before seeing this video, I wasn't sure I wanted to since so many Chessbase DVDs have some lines and then the author completely abandons the work with no further updates or filling in of major missing lines.

[@jngroelae]

If you don't mind sacrificing a pawn, then 4.Nbd2 is an interesting idea. After 4...Qxb2 5.e4 you have a nice center and good development, which should give you enough compensation.

[@MagnificentCreature]

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[@MrDamarcusMiller]

I was looking to buy this dvd. Do you think its worth the money to get it?

[@danno1800]

Damarcus Miller absolutely!

[@robertaupton3221]

the position at 16:55 where black plays Bxd7+ what happens if black plays dxc6. i've played this out on my computer and there doesn't seem to be an advantage to white

[@wce-tube]

Loved that Ali G reference, ha! :-) Thanks for the useful video, as always!

[@whycantiremainanonymous8091]

Question: What should I do with my light-square bishop if black pushes c4?

[@khg.629]

I love this

[@Herodotortoise]

Sagrada Familia. Barcelona, Spain. I am a architecture student, and i wrote a huge report on it's architectrure

[@V8SupersQirreL]

you're a gentleman from england, and you make a video about the london system in Barcelona? Sagrada Familia from my favourite architect Gaudi? This is the european spirit in times of brexit - we won't let you down, you still belong to europe you Britains! Who are those politicians, we belong together!

[@MamboRasco]

Simon, I am going thru you chess base dvd, maybe I have not gotten to it yet, but what about when black plays the slav. I get that a lot online.

[@Pawnlust]

Simon, I am curious if you read Agile London and Winning With the Modern London System. Did those inform your recommendations at all? Thanks!

[@happybeavr]

I love your free videos Simon!!!!I was curious has your new course on the tigers modern come out yet? And thanks so much for your videos. I use the dragon as a intermediate player and have kicked some class B's butts!!!! I love your videos and appreciate your friendly and halarious comentary. I look forward to every video and you are the reason I am pursuing chess despite what peers say.

[@happybeavr]

Ofcourse sir!!! I hope you ,make loads of cash with your videos!!! So much great content with a ridiculessly low price. I am unsure if you are going to read this coment, because I know you are a very busy ginger, but is there any way to look at your recent games within the last few years? I been trying to find data bases with your chess games with the london system, but I can not find any more recent than 2012.

[@robertaupton3221]

I put the position after 4 f3 into Arasan and it came up with Nh5 as an answer. so far i haven't been able to come up with an advantage for white against this?

[@davidsvensson5919]

Excellent stuff, Simon! Some powerful stuff (for free!)

[@canesfanduke2465]

What chess board do you use in this video? I like how it shows the best squares to go to.

[@Hurkmaniacs]

Simon is rolling here!

[@iv4nloko]

Hi Simon, you never covered this line: 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 . No more than equality here with Qc8 or Qd7. Any solution for this?

[@MamboRasco]

I do get c6 a lot vs the London, I usually play c4, qb3, black plays qb6, I play c5, exchange queens and go for a queenside attack. Its not that easy though cause black gets play with e5. Is there a better way to play this?

[@danambru2917]

Great stuff ! By the way, where is the Titled Tuesday stream ? I can't find it on twitch nor here... Or you didn't manage to play it this month ?

[@MrManumona]

You are filiming this in Barcelona, Simon, Gaudi's The Sagrada Familia is behind you!

[@robertr9689]

I just bought your Jobava London System but now after watching these videos, I am confused. Which one should I study ? Should I ask for a refund ? I bought it a few days ago from chessable. Please kindly let me know. I am confused about the variations of the London that you are teaching. I am only a 1500 rated player. Thanks very much.

[@twinturbohenry]

Brilliant video!!!!!!

[@smashu2]

at 12:58 you can play Qa4 ! with a tactical mess but white should be clearly better instead of only a small edge.

[@dhruvjain4584]

amazing work simon.. 20000 subscribers stream on!? 😂 been here since you had one tenth of them!

[@sxdhopa]

simon is the best.

[@Fedez1879]

I know THAT picture at 1:15 ;) And BTW @3:30 Sagrada Familia on the background :D

[@timworrall4483]

Spooky. I'm on a school trip (as a teacher) in Barcelona and went to LSF on the day you posted this.

[@proxirr1509]

simon love the vids plz do a series on the dutch stone wall

[@martybishop6131]

Holy shit i played the f3 move online before i saw it anywhere!!!!!!!! and actually won that game too!

[@jmanthirtyseven]

...it's more full frontal. No wonder you love it!

[@julioaguilar346]

SIMON my birthday is on July 12th why cant you extend the SALE I promise to buy your dutch and london systems aswell! Pllleassee!

[@iscarus]

Thank you ! Love this system lot more than Ruy lopez and queen gambit.

[@Electronite1978]

Aman Hambleton played two very educational London System games as his opponents crushed him, while playing on latest titled Tuesday.

[@ChrisLevine14]

What if after C4 black immediately captures C4 with their pawn? That blocks Qb3.

[@Grateful4Today]

Could you please do a video about defending the Bishop in F4 as 2nd move ? The blacks tends to always come out with their bishop ( dark square naturally) to attack yours in F4 then will take it if you don't take theirs ! Either that or they come out with their knight in H5 to threaten your bishop in F4, they will also take it being a threat no matter where you move it to, eventually you have a crumbled king side ..:(

[@backlogguru3710]

one day I will buy your all dvd....

[@TymexComputing]

deeee-veeeee-deeee :)

[@saibalkmitra]

thank you

[@philipp7484]

Where can I find the "My name is Harry" picture?

[@thuytran1980]

I really admire you.

[@kurniadigautama6808]

very interesting.. thanks

[@wfcyellow]

What moves do I play if I accidentally open with 1.E4?

[@callmewisdom]

Most common amongs GMs is the Ruy Lopez I think

[@sleepy4x]

After 1.e4 black has so many different moves after which you can not answer with just stereotype moves. So avoid to play accidently plaing 1.e4. If you want to play something accidently, then 1. Nf3 with d3, g3, Bg2, 0-0 and either c4 or e4.

[@Heliossoileh]

Resigns.

[@wfcyellow]

Just a little joke. But thanks all for the genuinely good advice

[@sasiralla]

Lol lets not blunder a Qh4+ :P

[@srikanthk6932]

ur doing excellent gob sir

[@Stradivarius12]

Really, I like your videos but in the gambit-line inn the King's Indian I don't see how White can continue the attack after the simple 6. d5 exf...

[@trimmad]

G4 instead of C4 in the symetrical? :)

[@againnotavailable]

I'm watching your London System videos again to prepare for a very strong opponent in my chess league game tomorrow. I hope he is not a fan of yours... Thank you for the hints.

[@robojena2772]

Was the location Barcelona,Spain?

[@robojena2772]

My favourite city.

[@xoneeleven]

We just bought your DVD set, Simon. (lichess and chess.com XoneEleven )

[@ChesscomGames]

Thank you!

[@GoldenBoyXCM]

you mean the day vee dee

[@keithrezendes6913]

Awesome

[@bigsharkn1862]

make the same thing with the dutch plz

[@bigsharkn1862]

no problem take your time

[@serxuegoldisprettyuselessi2683]

Do u think he is still taking time? Uhnn

[@Grandcapi]

Why don't you do a video playing the London in blitz? Your videos are very entertaining and instructive (I am a londoneer). Another request, if you allow me, is making a NEW dee vee dee about the Dutch.

[@daleking8654]

hey mate you got a patreon?

[@sergiopaulo3412]

it begins at 5:00

[@artistryartistry7239]

Have you considered setting up a patreon?

[@marglroland2054]

How to play this system against 1... g6?

[@svhuwagv2965]

Video starts at 5:00

[@proxirr1509]

at 27:55 you hear a noise

[@alvincruz8296]

I see. So this is why a lot of players are playing the London these days.

[@proxirr1509]

at 3:50 it shows he is in spain

[@Hellmuth4]

"i kinda hate watching myself, i think everyone does...." maybe a little hard to look at but i don't hate watching you :D

[@artistryartistry7239]

Well you're an asshole aren't you?