"Strategic Concepts, Typical Plans and Tactical Themes"
The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it's easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don't have much time to study.
Creative elite players such as Alexander Grischuk, Baadur Jobava, Richard Rapport and even World Champion Magnus Carlsen have the London in their repertoire.
Following the enormous success of The Agile London System, the book he co-authored in 2016, Oscar de Prado revisits his favourite opening. The general focus is less on theory and has a more practical and introductory approach – although he does present recently played games and some important theoretical updates. De Prado avoids long and complicated variations and concentrates on explaining straightforward plans, clear-cut strategies and standard manoeuvres.
If you follow De Prado's lessons you are unlikely to face surprises or to emerge from the opening in a worse position, and you will learn to make the right middlegame choices.
Studying this book is the most efficient way to acquaint yourself with a flexible chess opening that is easy to learn and hard to counter.
CONTENT
006 Explanation of symbols
007 Preface by grandmaster Pepe Cuenca
013 Introduction
015 Lesson 1 General ideas and move-orders
028 Lesson 2 The attack on the b2-pawn
059 Lesson 3 The early exchange of the f4-bishop
076 Lesson 4 An interesting scheme with f2-f4
088 Lesson 5 Typical attacks in the London System
106 Lesson 6 Ideas with a quick h2-h4
120 Lesson 7 Play on the queenside
134 Lesson 8 Good knight vs bad bishop
152 Lesson 9 Typical queen manoeuvres in the London System
170 Lesson 10 Typical London System endgames
192 Lesson 11 Latest theoretical developments in the London System
219 Appendix Notes on the book Fighting the London System by Kiril Georgiev
223 Lesson 12 Exercises: tactics, theory and strategy
233 Solutions to the tactical exercises
244 Solutions to the exercises in theory and strategy
255 Index of main variations
263 Index of names
272 Bibliography
The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it's easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don't have much time to study.
Creative elite players such as Alexander Grischuk, Baadur Jobava, Richard Rapport and even World Champion Magnus Carlsen have the London in their repertoire.
Following the enormous success of The Agile London System, the book he co-authored in 2016, Oscar de Prado revisits his favourite opening. The general focus is less on theory and has a more practical and introductory approach – although he does present recently played games and some important theoretical updates. De Prado avoids long and complicated variations and concentrates on explaining straightforward plans, clear-cut strategies and standard manoeuvres.
If you follow De Prado's lessons you are unlikely to face surprises or to emerge from the opening in a worse position, and you will learn to make the right middlegame choices.
Studying this book is the most efficient way to acquaint yourself with a flexible chess opening that is easy to learn and hard to counter.
CONTENT
006 Explanation of symbols
007 Preface by grandmaster Pepe Cuenca
013 Introduction
015 Lesson 1 General ideas and move-orders
028 Lesson 2 The attack on the b2-pawn
059 Lesson 3 The early exchange of the f4-bishop
076 Lesson 4 An interesting scheme with f2-f4
088 Lesson 5 Typical attacks in the London System
106 Lesson 6 Ideas with a quick h2-h4
120 Lesson 7 Play on the queenside
134 Lesson 8 Good knight vs bad bishop
152 Lesson 9 Typical queen manoeuvres in the London System
170 Lesson 10 Typical London System endgames
192 Lesson 11 Latest theoretical developments in the London System
219 Appendix Notes on the book Fighting the London System by Kiril Georgiev
223 Lesson 12 Exercises: tactics, theory and strategy
233 Solutions to the tactical exercises
244 Solutions to the exercises in theory and strategy
255 Index of main variations
263 Index of names
272 Bibliography