Beat the London System with my Anti-London 

i would really recommend turning this into a series called :Weapons against: where you shows us some good weapons against certain openings and trust me that series will blow up!

This video comes in handy. Just the other I played against a much lower rated friend and we had a position very similar to the one first showed in the video, and I ( with the black pieces ) thought why I should give my weaker opponent an easy way to the middle game. I had already read that c5 is the only move that really takes the London away from their comfort zone. I will try that. By the way, you could make a video on the Benoni. I have seen you play it in your channel.

Really cool video! I like how detailed you went while also keeping the pace and keeping it relatively easy to understand. It felt well structured too. As for myself, whenever I face the London I just go into King's Indian setup, pushing c5 at some point and hoping to eventually learn to play this position well lol. I don't know if it's any good, but I don't think it's terrible.

Very well prepared video, amazingly concise and to the point. Thank you!

Interesting. In last line with the semi-Benoni-type structure, IMHO black can preserve his LSB & set white more problems by attacking White’s d5 pawn directly with Bb7 & Nd7-b6 since White can’t immediately reinforce d5 with c4 or e4.

Wow I didn't knew you had YT channel too. Great video there are some darn useful ideas.

Responses: 1:25 - Nf3 3:06 - dxc5 4:29 - c3 7:35 - e3 9:53 - d5

Yep, this is gold. My current focus is on developing my opening strategies, but I've been struggling to settle on my preferred response to 1. d4. I play the Sicilian against 1. e4, and I've been having fun with the Czech benoni, so this anti-London is basically perfect for me. If I can move it into a Sicilian structure, great 👍. If I can still fall back on a benoni, great 👍. This is excellent stuff!

Great video. @5:25 you are right but you could have explained 1 - that there is no Qc3 because of Fb4 2- moreover if white Bxe5 you have to make one more exchange Cxe5 until white Cxe5 and can't go back in c3

Excellent video. Superior content and pace.

Paul thanks a lot.Your analysis was great.Even though judging by me being a 2200,I don’t know London theory

!Nice video! I play 1...c5 against everything, since I like playing the benoni, so that prevents the London on it's own, but if people aren't really comfortable with the Sicilian or Symmetrical English, playing this way is very good! :)

I hope you come back to YT and make more opening videos. Tbh I really like your structure and flow more than Agadmator’s video because you quick and concise.

Good stuff! I didn't want to have to learn the KID.

Some good coverage here to be sure! Well presented...with a few interesting ideas! Nice one...cheers!

Always a good idea to try and play something white is uncomfortable with . Despite it's traps, in many lines the London is solid. So making the game very tactical can be good. I play the fantasy variation against the caro kann, and really white is not looking for a tactical battle, but a strategic game, and the fantasy give him a tactical game to deal with, and one he rarely faces i may add. have completely turned around my results with the fantasy variation and am now happy to see the caro kann.

Logical system. Good explanations. Thxs!

I'm in a love triangle with the Benoni & the Najdorv. This is perfect! 😍

Isn't this agadmator's anti-London?

But often its nf3 first and youre committed to d5 and nf6

Great Concise video. Subscribing right away. Waiting for more Anti- stuff as black and in some cases as white. Also would be nice for you to play the blitz/rapid tournament and show us how all these work real time. Thank you !!

Loved it!

It is very helpful

I like this system for black. Thank you for posting this.

if you dont mind me asking what is your rating

This might sound dumb, but can you do an anti closed sicilian?

4:41 what if white pushes the b pawn forward?

Nice video

do you have chessable about this course.

Great job! As a sveshnikov sicilian player I would not mind having that backward e pawn. Now I just need to watch the video 10 more times so it sinks in 😬 At 6:18 isn’t the e5 pawn hanging?

Howdo you changed in 1year

Na3? is better

Good vid. Subscribed. Please don't say "strategical" though.

Like & going to try it! Thanks! In last line, with Benoni type structure b5 seems a bit loosening as white can strike back with a4 undermining b5. Black may end up in a Benoni or a delayed Benko type structure with White’s Bf4 doing nothing as our d6 is well protected.. but Black will have to get b5 in safely with say Na6-c7, Bd7, a6, Rb8 & then finally b5. Anyway, great video. Could you do one on how to play against the English opening ( c4) as it’s another system type opening.

I see Sicilian najdorf, the dragon, haha, with same seeming ideas.

This is great, thank you! I was wondering if you go for the same setup if they play Kf3 instead of Bf4 as they second move?

u can destroy totally the london system with 1.c5 ! Simple, fast & efficient ^^

try to analyse this idea: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nd5 4. Bg3 Qb6 :)

I like if you can cover a good variation of the sicilienne grivas,thank you.

where did all your videos go?

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. Ill have to try this against my dad who is a London System player.

Excellent-RU-vid suggested I watch and I am glad I did. Thank You!

Nice video. Short and succinct. Thank you.

Great video, thanks for this.

this was good, thanks

Thanks; that's brilliant. I hate 'the boring London system' so any ways to beat it are most welcome!