{"id":50,"date":"2021-01-04T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=50"},"modified":"2021-01-12T00:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:08:56","slug":"how-to-play-the-london-system-chess-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"How to Play The London System Chess Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The London System is a great chess opening for beginner players. White can quickly develops the dark square bishop which usually is a very underutilized minor piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/londonsystem-opening.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/londonsystem-opening.png 327w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/londonsystem-opening-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/londonsystem-opening-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/londonsystem-opening-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually arises after <strong>1.d4 and 2.Bf4<\/strong>, or <strong>1.d4, 2.Nf3 and 3.Bf4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a &#8220;system&#8221; opening that can be used against virtually any black defence and is extremely good against the King&#8217;s Indian Defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The London System is one of the Queen&#8217;s Pawn Game openings where White opens with 1.d4 but does not play the Queen&#8217;s Gambit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening has a reputation for being extremely solid, and it can often be a great way to beat set defenses against 1.d4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to get more detailed explanations of the opening, multiple variations, and extended lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Play the London System - Super GM Style! FIDE 2507 - (Lemos Deep Dive)\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f5c6uXgo9RA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London System is a great chess opening for beginner players. White can quickly develops the dark square bishop which usually is a very underutilized minor piece. It usually arises after 1.d4 and 2.Bf4, or 1.d4, 2.Nf3 and 3.Bf4 It is a &#8220;system&#8221; opening that can be used against virtually any black defence and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opening-moves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}