The London Opening: Essentials (White Repertoire)

By Theo van Stratum

A White repertoire built around the London System (1.d4 followed by Bf4). Covers the critical structures a student needs to actually understand the opening, not just the first few moves: the classical ...e6/...Bd6 treatment and its signature Bg3-Bxg3-hxg3 structure, the ...Qb6 'poisoned b2 pawn' try, Black mirroring with ...Bf5, the King's Indian/Grunfeld-style fianchetto set-up, and the early ...c5 with ...Bg4 pin. Every line and sideline stays within White's first 10 moves.