As White

London System · Advanced

Positional but deadly against lower-rated players who don't know how to react. Very fashionable.

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Lines

1. 5.Bd3 Bxd3

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Bd6 7.Qb5+ Nbd7 8.Qxb7

2. 4.Nf3 Nf6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Bd6 7.Qb5+

3. 4.Bg3 Bxg3

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Bg3 Bxg3 5.hxg3 Nf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.c3

4. 5.Bd3 Bg6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bxg6 hxg6 8.Nbd2

5. 4.Bg3 Nf6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.O-O

6. 5.Nd2 Bf5

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Ngf3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6

7. 3.e3 Nf6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bg3

8. 4.Nf3 Bd6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.c4

9. 3.e3 e6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3

10. 5.Nd2 Qb6

    1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 g6 8.e4