London System - Other 1st moves (1...e6, 1...g6, 1...c5, 1...c6, 1...d6, 1...f5, 1...b6, 1...Nc6)
Let's learn the rarer 1st moves! Black picks a rarer defence here, often meeting our centre with a flexible setup like 1...e6. We answer with 2.Bf4, a lighter choice that avoids heavy theory. Let's begin with 1.d4.
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- Main Line
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5
- 1...g6
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6
- 1...g6
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. Bh2 Nh6 7. Be2
- 1...g6
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3
- 1...c5
1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4
- 1...c5
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4
- 1...c5
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4
- 1...c5
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2
- 1...c5
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 Qb6 3. Nf3 Qxb2 4. Nbd2 Qb6 5. e4
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 Qb6 3. Nf3 Qxb2 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc4
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 Qb6 3. Nf3 Qxb2 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc4
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Qb3 Bc8 6. Nf3
- 1...c6
1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Bf5
- 1...d6
1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
- 1...d6
1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6
- 1...f5
1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. Bd3
- 1...f5
1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qf3
- 1...f5
1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3
- 1...f5
1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. Bd3
- 1...f5
1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. c4
- 1...b6
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4
- 1...b6
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O
- 1...b6
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3
- 1...Nc6
1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qd4 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 f6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. Bf4
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Learn Other 1st moves (1...e6, 1...g6, 1...c5, 1...c6, 1...d6, 1...f5, 1...b6, 1...Nc6) on the board
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