Chessmate

London System

Difficulty 2/3White repertoireECO A48–D02

Classical Setup and Qh5 Attack (D02)

Line progress0/21

Claim central space and open the diagonal for the dark-squared bishop.

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All lines in this course

ECO A48–D02

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Classical Setup and Qh5 AttackSample

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh5

  2. Reversed Stonewall Attack

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4

  3. ...b6 and the e5 Outpost

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 b6 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3

  4. ...Be7 Setup: Queen Lift Attack

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Qf3 c5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qh3 Re8 11. Ndf3

  5. ...Be7 and ...Nh5: Open the h-file

    1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3

  6. ...Qb6 and ...c4: Safe Queen Route

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qxf5

  7. ...Bg4 Pin: Capture on f3

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bb5 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3

  8. ...Bg4 Pin: Chase the Bishop

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bb5 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5

  9. Poisoned Pawn: Queen Chase

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Rb1 Qxa2 7. Ra1 Qb2 8. Rxa6 bxa6 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8

  10. Mirror Setup: Strike with c4

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nd7 8. b4

  11. King's Indian Setup: Center and Castle

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. O-O-O b5 8. f3 Nbd7 9. h4

  12. King's Indian Setup: Immediate e5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Nh5 8. Nd5 Nxf4 9. Nxc7+ Kf8 10. Rd8#

  13. Indian Setup: Meet the ...e5 Break

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bh2 Qe8 8. c4 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O

  14. Indian Setup: c4 Outpost, d6 Weakness

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 Re8 11. a4 e5 12. Nc4

  15. Indian Setup: Punish a Premature ...e5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxe5