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London System · Black

Classical London, ...Qc7 and the ...e5 Break · Black (D02)

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White repertoire · ECO A48–D02

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  1. Classical London, ...Qc7 and the ...e5 Break · BlackSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5

  2. Classical London, 6.Ne5 and the Active ...Nc5 Defense · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bd3 b6 9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 h6 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc5

  3. Classical London, 6.Bb5+ and the Doubled c-Pawns · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. e4 e5

  4. Classical London, 6.Bd3 and Pressure on d4 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 9. g3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7

  5. Classical London, 6.Bxd6 and Immediate Central Play · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5

  6. Classical London, 5.Be2 and the ...Qb6 Counter · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 Bd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. dxc5 Qxc5

  7. Early 5.Nbd2, Completing the Queenside Development · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7

  8. Early 5.dxc5, Recovering with Development · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7

  9. Early 5.h3, Developing before the Central Break · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5

  10. 4.c4, Entering a Reversed Queen's Gambit · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O

  11. Early 3.c3, the Same ...c5 Challenge · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. c3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7

  12. Ignoring ...e5, the ...e4 Fork · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. h3 e4