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weird that it called "the london system" yet the queen is still alive Edit: in a few years england will turn into the kings gambit

Dude, i need more opening guide. And this concise, you earn my sub.

I like how you come with this passion everytime

Some extra tips: Watch out for black’s e5 pawn push to force your bishop away from f4, and then e4 to fork your knight and bishop on f3 and d3. So make sure black can never successfully make that e5, e4 pawn push. They usually play Re8, Qe7, d6, Nc6, and Bd6 to allow them to push their e pawn. If you want to avoid this, just put your light-square bishop on e2 instead of d3, or make sure to take the e5 black pawn with your d4 pawn. Put your Queen on c2 if your bishop is on d3 and instead of castling kingside, wait to see what your opponent will do. I played the London exclusively from 1100 to 1650, and waiting, then deciding queenside or kingside castling allows for some enjoyable games and tactics and sacrifices on the kingside. Queenside castling allows you to attack their kingside-castled king a lot easier and more enjoyably, but it also makes your king more vulnerable to their queenside attack. Your aim in the London is to develop, castle, then stick a knight on e5. Your knight on e5 is very strong. Black will often have the following setup, especially at 900 to 1300 elo: Nc6, Nf6, Bd6. Here, you can usually play Ne5 (as long as there is no white bishop on g5, pinning your knight to your Queen. With a bishop on e2 this doesn’t matter), and if they take with their c6 knight, you can fork their bishop and knight with dxe5. If they take with the bishop, the same dxe5 forces their f6 knight away from defending the g4 square, which often has a black bishop on, which you can take with your light square bishop on e2 if they play incorrectly and move their knight first, before trading light square bishops. After their knight moves from f6, usually to d7, you can play either f4 or Nf3, depending on whether your bishop is on g3 or f4. After this, you have a partially open d file, which you can place your queenside rook on, either by just moving it, or castling queenside if you’re feeling bold. This lines up your rook and their queen on the same file. You can then push e4 or c4 to open up the e file. And of course, not castling at all is an option. Never think you HAVE to castle. The London is flexible. When I played the London, I castled kingside 60% of the time, queenside 30%, and not at all 10%.

-What you mean you're boring? +I play Lo- - Say no more

My favorite opening except I put my Queen on C2 and castle Queen side so I have a strong attack

Always gotta make your bishops cozy that’s the number 1 chess rule

Me wondering what I am supposed to do after my pyramid is built :v

Thx for some tips but just rest and get better please, more content later, less stress

I'm a 500 Elo and have been unconsciously playing this opening for weeks without even knowing what it's called, like I made it up or somthin

*Opponent plays differently* "WHAT IS THIS WITCH CRAFT"

Now you just have to pray that opponent play the same moves shown here otherwise we all know what happens

Playing the London is basically selling your soul to win against 1400-rated opponents. absolutely worth it

Absolute banger, bri'ish chess

“The bishop gets nice and cozy” - GothamChess

Hey Levy, make more if these 30 second short openings which are this concise. This will definitely improve our openings at least 😅

If you play the E3 before you let your bishop out, then that's the Colle System.

Cool.. I can play chess but don’t understand any kind of strategy… now I have something to work with haha😅

**Benoni enters the chat*

I picked the London since I liked the name and the structure. Turns out, in my elo, 90% of people had the same idea.

The black's pawn pushes threatening the bishop 🌚

For some reason I'm seeing a bunch of ur content.. guess it's time to start playing chess

Yes pawn to d4 is always the best opening

Me-Hey can u move that Enemy-👁👄👁

Me: The Egyptian Opening

I WAS JUST THINKING OF LEARNING THE LONDON TODAY WHAT ARE THE ODDS

Me coming prepared, my opponent plays a different move. I lose. Everytime

Whenever I play the London system I get brutally violated so I’ll stick to the Italian game

I probably won't remember this due to me being a little tipsy xD

Having a game with my dad in a few minutes,let’s try this out

When i saw bishop go to f4 after queen’s pawn i knew i made a mistake watching this video

Always love when I’m early and literally half the comments are “first” like it’s 2007 all over again.

I just play the England gambit whenever someone plays the queens pawn

I like that word when you say "London system" And it ended up as only thing i know how to play but not understand why to play

Thank god he didn’t sacrifice THE ROOOOOOOK

There's a guy copying your shorts content That guy's name was probably killa_chrisyt or something

“Pyramid” “And now you know how to play the London system ” Umm that brings back memories 💀

london is my go to opening

My favorite is a reti opening

Disliked because London system

go rest bro

ive found especially in faster time controls more aggressive openings tend to pay off

I move queens pawn, opponent move King’s pawn, i roast Levy

The waffle house has found it’s new host

The Waffle House has found it’s new host

I once played london system without even knowing any openings and it surprised me how easy the rest of the game felt and cheakmated my opponent in just 4-5 minutes.

When my opponent saw my pyramid they resigned LOL.

The Waffle House had found its new host

what if he plays pawn to c4 attacking the bishop

Me plays D4. Opponent plays Englund Gambit. *Well Shit*

What if the pawn attacks the light square bishop?

Only London course i know is the course to the back alley where i get stabbed to death

POV the enemy does something different and you have no script

I'm attacking that bishop immediately with a pawn

my favorite opening

Me who plays the kadas opening: yes the London

My favourite London opening

I played too much online chess and never tries to learn opening. I accidently build this opening from trial and error against countless of opponent.

Black king in top chess : it's the pyramid opening

Of course they would name it the London system, since they couldn't get the pyramids in their museum.

I use the London on almost all my games. Now. Its a good strong defense if you know what your doing.

Absolute favourite opening

This is my favorite system because you can easily capture their pieces while protecting yours.

I Love The Way He Speaks. 😊

DARN IT. The one course I take he has a video on

London was my second opening I learned and I LOVE IT! Recommend it to everyone. My first was the King’s Gambit but we don’t talk about that in the 100-600 rating field… 😅

I learnt this london in your d4 course, helped me gain 100 points to go to 1900, totally recommend this 👏🏻 although i loved e6 b6 too

Next will be the 9/11: how to win by sacrificing your two rooks

I remember this 'cause the White King in Top chess always plays it😅

I just want to say thank you your videos helped win a chess tournament at my school

I did this a lot I thought I made my own technichue but now I know it's name is London system

Definetly works against any defence

The bishop didn't get locked inside but outside instead.

Ah yes. My all time go to opening

I always prefer the accelerated London system cuz im too impatient to bother remembering everything

complete noob here but wouldn't the bishop in the middle of the pawn pyramid be kicked if black moves their pawn up one?

Instructions unclear, opponent didnt play C5 and im stuck now

I won like 20 games because when i played the Englund gambit the opponent still put his bishop out and lost it immediatly

My opponent on second move : *Bishop F5*

I'm a beginner, and this has probably helped me the most. Thank you.

Opponent: plays Differently Me: Okay, i'm done

The perfect london game

this bishop gets nice and cozy 🤣🤣

Nice I'm ready to use this in every chess game for the rest of my life

That voice crack when he said d2

We must call this Egypt oppening

That's my favorite opening but sometimes I don't finish the pyramid with c3, I use knight c3

I call that pyramid the wizard tower

Imagine if it was called the London subway system 💀

Very nice. I honestly think i struggle playing lower ELO chess. Players try the fools mate on me consistently and i get bored playing it safe and defending it the right way so i try new things… id like to play people who dont just watch videos on how to win chess games in less than 8 moves or w.e and try to get better at all areas of the game.

Weird when in a London system there's no queen sacrifice 😂

and i get checkmated before light bishop gets nice and cozy.

Thanks Levy. I forgot this system, so it’s always good to revise.

It's the longon system OR I call it the **PYRAMID**

Finally levy makes a video on my opening

A pyramid and a castle? Now that's a powerful kingdom

Thanks for the quick information!

Oh shit I played this all the time when I first played like a year ago and got to 1500 not knowing anything lmao getting back into chess though over winter break haha

Every opening will be wasted when your opponent will not play the moves shown in this video