This system is good against weaker players of the london system. A stronger player will just guide you into a passive pirc defence or start a dangerous attack with opposite castleing.
i agree, and that's why i made an analysis on that, white players transposing to a pirc defense with the Jobava system: th-cam.com/video/pFfWUoeMqlY/w-d-xo.html Still, i think some strong players rather staying with the london without transposing to Pirc for psychological reasons like simply being more comfortable with the system they've prepared for the game. Yes, the transposition into a Pirc is the trendy thing to do and it's considered as the best option for white, and that is why i made that other video but it's not an automatic advantage for them. it's all relative in chess and i guess it's just good to know your options against several possibilities.
But you don't know they're going to play the London after 1. d4 g6 so now you're stuck with having to play the modern defense against austrian attack, etc.
Yes definitely, if fact the trendy thing to do for white is to try to transpose to the white side of a pirc even with the bishop on f4 as i showed in the related video, you can watch it clicking on the card above and to the right in this video. But i know you mean that after 1-d4...g6, white could simply follow with e4-Nc3-f4 to play vs Pirc or even add c4 to play the white side of a king's indian defense, both defenses that i love and that are my main weapons with black so yes, in general to use this you should like those openings. Personally when i play pirc i love it when white goes for an austrian attack as it's the most ambitious for them but at the same time it gives a lot of counterplay. On a wider note, you can transpose yourself with black, as you only commited with ...g6. So you can choose between Pirc, Modern classical, Modern with c6, Robastch, Double Fianchetto, Gurgenidze, Caro-kahn de bruycker variation, King's indian defense, Grunfeld, etc. But yes, this are all modern defenses more or less related to each other and if they are not of your liking than you should not use the line i recommend in the video.
6-Bg5 is definitely a possible move and the one they play more often in blitz. The reason is simple: white wants to keep the initiative. However the most "professional"move if you wanna call it that is 6-Bh2. Here are the reasons why: 6-Bg5 leaves three options for black: the first is 6-...Ngf6 followed by 0-0 to play it normal. The second is 6-...Ne7, a little weird at first but black is flirting with the constant idea of following that up with ...f6 and if Bh4 then...Nf5, to hunt that bishop. And the third is a very interesting gambit: 6- ...f6 7-Bh4...e4!? 8-Nfd2...Ne7 and if 9-Nxe4 then ...Nf5 which is complicated but black has good prospects. On the other hand, with 6-Bh2 what white does is not only leaving that bishop out of reach but mainly maintaining it on the h2-b8 diagonal and this is much more sound because then white generally goes for the c4-b4-c5 plan, the classical london plan in this pawn structure for black. If at any point white gets c5 and later on cxd6 without being disturbed, then the london bishop is a successful one exterting pressure on the right diagonal.
@@PauseTheVideoAndThink awsome information thank you. I don't dispute anything you are saying but wanted to mention I might not play 5.h3 as white in anticipation of playing Bg5 instead of Bg3 or Bh2
@@brianbledsoe3758 oh definitely DO dispute all you want as i'm wrong quite often and i welcome any comment such as yours! :) :) :) in the video i didn't mention anything about an alternative to h3, maybe i forgot or maybe it was not to make the video too long, so now thanks to your comment i was able to point out alternatives. And i think you're right: if you don't wanna hide your bishop on h2, than is probably better not to include h3 altogether. There is another thing a lot of white players use in blitz on the internet: they don't play h3 like you said but after ...e5 they put the bishop on "g3"instead of "g5" and when i play ...Nf6-Nh5 to take it, then they go Bh4!?...again is not the soundest line but interesting. And again, thanks a lot for your comment!
Très intéressant ! La liste des coups en description de la vidéo serait un gros + !...
Very useful and well explained, thumbs up!
Thank you a lot!!!
An interesting take on countering the London...this is worth a try. Thanks!
Thank YOU for watching!!
Andrew Soltis wrote a book about this system around 1990.
Oh, i had no idea! and i really like soltis, he used to play different types of modern defenses so i studied a lot of his games.
This system is good against weaker players of the london system. A stronger player will just guide you into a passive pirc defence or start a dangerous attack with opposite castleing.
i agree, and that's why i made an analysis on that, white players transposing to a pirc defense with the Jobava system: th-cam.com/video/pFfWUoeMqlY/w-d-xo.html
Still, i think some strong players rather staying with the london without transposing to Pirc for psychological reasons like simply being more comfortable with the system they've prepared for the game. Yes, the transposition into a Pirc is the trendy thing to do and it's considered as the best option for white, and that is why i made that other video but it's not an automatic advantage for them. it's all relative in chess and i guess it's just good to know your options against several possibilities.
Yes totally agree. And understanding the idea of e5 is very usefull in the london system in general.
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Thank YOU!!
But you don't know they're going to play the London after 1. d4 g6 so now you're stuck with having to play the modern defense against austrian attack, etc.
Yes definitely, if fact the trendy thing to do for white is to try to transpose to the white side of a pirc even with the bishop on f4 as i showed in the related video, you can watch it clicking on the card above and to the right in this video. But i know you mean that after 1-d4...g6, white could simply follow with e4-Nc3-f4 to play vs Pirc or even add c4 to play the white side of a king's indian defense, both defenses that i love and that are my main weapons with black so yes, in general to use this you should like those openings. Personally when i play pirc i love it when white goes for an austrian attack as it's the most ambitious for them but at the same time it gives a lot of counterplay. On a wider note, you can transpose yourself with black, as you only commited with ...g6. So you can choose between Pirc, Modern classical, Modern with c6, Robastch, Double Fianchetto, Gurgenidze, Caro-kahn de bruycker variation, King's indian defense, Grunfeld, etc. But yes, this are all modern defenses more or less related to each other and if they are not of your liking than you should not use the line i recommend in the video.
After e5 Bg5 is best
6-Bg5 is definitely a possible move and the one they play more often in blitz. The reason is simple: white wants to keep the initiative. However the most "professional"move if you wanna call it that is 6-Bh2. Here are the reasons why: 6-Bg5 leaves three options for black: the first is 6-...Ngf6 followed by 0-0 to play it normal. The second is 6-...Ne7, a little weird at first but black is flirting with the constant idea of following that up with ...f6 and if Bh4 then...Nf5, to hunt that bishop. And the third is a very interesting gambit: 6- ...f6 7-Bh4...e4!? 8-Nfd2...Ne7 and if 9-Nxe4 then ...Nf5 which is complicated but black has good prospects. On the other hand, with 6-Bh2 what white does is not only leaving that bishop out of reach but mainly maintaining it on the h2-b8 diagonal and this is much more sound because then white generally goes for the c4-b4-c5 plan, the classical london plan in this pawn structure for black. If at any point white gets c5 and later on cxd6 without being disturbed, then the london bishop is a successful one exterting pressure on the right diagonal.
@@PauseTheVideoAndThink awsome information thank you. I don't dispute anything you are saying but wanted to mention I might not play 5.h3 as white in anticipation of playing Bg5 instead of Bg3 or Bh2
@@brianbledsoe3758 oh definitely DO dispute all you want as i'm wrong quite often and i welcome any comment such as yours! :) :) :) in the video i didn't mention anything about an alternative to h3, maybe i forgot or maybe it was not to make the video too long, so now thanks to your comment i was able to point out alternatives. And i think you're right: if you don't wanna hide your bishop on h2, than is probably better not to include h3 altogether. There is another thing a lot of white players use in blitz on the internet: they don't play h3 like you said but after ...e5 they put the bishop on "g3"instead of "g5" and when i play ...Nf6-Nh5 to take it, then they go Bh4!?...again is not the soundest line but interesting. And again, thanks a lot for your comment!
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oh! and i don't speak indonesian either, but i have a friend who does!
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