The London System is seen by most players as a sluggish framework, where white just goes for his typical set up paying little mind to blacks moves. When in doubt, such a methodology is innocuous for black, I wouldn’t prescribe it for somebody truly attempting to improve their game.

Magnus plays the London System at the World Rapid 2019

Grandmasters utilize the London system on the grounds that they can get a playable game and defeat a more weak or equal player by employing forceful varieties. for example, the Jobava-Prie and Barry attack variations in the London System are common choices. Grandmasters utilize their knowledge and combinatorial skills to destroy many adversaries, disrupt rivals whose strong point lies in open and attacking positions. Similarly London framework fanatics have involvement with an adaptable and rich pawn structure.

My principle intent for this article will be to give instructive models and clarify three advantages of playing London framework pawn structures.

The main explanation is a direct result of the structures immense flexibility. It wouldn’t be judicious to envision the London System structure (LSS) as a Classical Colle system but with the bishop outwardly of the pawn chain. This nonsensical impertinence exuded by Colle devotees vexes me. No, remember the London framework (1.d4 followed by 2.Bf4, no further particular) has just dedicated a single pawn in the middle and thus permits a range of structures which may vary extraordinarily. It’s a Semi-Slav structure and h3 is played for prophylactic measure and every so often a4 is played to pick up space. The long term plan is the development our pawn to e4 to support central control.

Lesser successive however significant structures incorporate when white plays Bxb8 and f4 arriving at a Stonewall structure yet trading his terrible bishop first. Another significant point is that knights are significant in closed positions like Stonewalls, yet white has two knights while black has just one. This first advantage which is flexibility itself convinces the reader to play the London System. However, let’s look at two more.

Secondly, let us not overlook the personality of our rivals! It is questionable whether the normal rival with the black pieces faces the London consistently. White can abuse the adversaries absence of involvement of such a position with playing a specific kind of pawn structure in the London, for example for somebody who hasn’t conscientiously inspected the London and fastidiously analyzed variation by variation however played many blitz games in a few diverse London varieties (for example Classical London, Barry assault and Patzer knight variety) can at present pick the Barry Attack against a Semi-Slav player on the grounds that the rival is less acquainted with the structure than the Classical London.

Reiterating the above subject, the London framework permits different pawn structures white can pick and decided to enter or evade. This is a critical point in opening arrangement. We can pick pawn structures least acquainted with the adversary. This also falls in line with our general principle that White should play for a slight advantage and Black should play for a draw in the opening only. Here, white can maintain the slight advantage with the accurate placement of his pawns and can maintain solace in the fact that the position would lead to comfortable pawn structures that White has familiarity with.

At last and without a doubt the most pivotal justification for practicing the structures emerging out of the London framework is that with the entirety of the various structures, none of the variations have genuine shortcomings that the adversary can capitalize on. We for the most part DON’T surrender the bishop pair early on, permit assaults on our king, or give a central advantage to our adversary. Basically, almost all London pawn structures are acceptable.

In a nutshell, you will practice many important pawn structures, you can cleverly

exploit your opponents lack of experience in certain structures, and you will be able to learn many typical positional maneuvers because the pawn structure isn’t clarified and often times the position is closed. Unlike other openings it’s white who will determine the structure and this gives white to power and dominance for determining the path of the game.

Hope that I’ve taught you something useful about the London system. Now that you have these ideas in mind, you can definitely try them in hyperbullet chess because you ultimately blitz out those moves and don’t care about black’s moves. Thanks for reading this article.

Happy Learning,

Yash Mehta