As White

London System · Basic

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

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Lines

1. Opponent's mistake · 5...Nb4

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 Nb4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.d5 Bd7 8.dxc6 Bxc6 9.Bb5

2. 5.Bb5 a6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Qa4

3. 5.Bb5 e6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bb5 e6 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.Nxc6

4. 3.e3 Bf5

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

5. 3.e3 e6

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

6. 3.e3 e6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Bxg3 6.hxg3

7. 4.Nf3 e6

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Bxg3 7.hxg3

8. 4.Nf3 Bf5

   1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bb5 e6 6.Ne5

9. 4.Nf3 e6

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