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The London System is an opening system in chess where White opens with 1.d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with pawns on e3 and c3. The other bishop is developed to d3 (or occasionally e2) and the knights typically to f3 and d2.
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The East Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 [2] [1] ... 3.Bf4, the London System; 3.Nc3, the Barry Attack [3]
He learned chess only at the relatively late age of 16. [1] He later took chess lessons from future World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz in London, and, like his teacher, became known for his superior defensive ability. [2] Aron Nimzowitsch, in his book The Praxis of My System, named Burn one of the world's six greatest defensive players. [2]
Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack vs. London System One independent option available to Black is to play a reversed kind of London System with d5, Bf5, Nf6, e6, c6, etc. In this case White may change tack and play a double fianchetto , forcing through e2–e4 (via d3, Nd2 and Bg2) and disrupting Black's solid development .
Along with the Trompowsky Attack, Colle System, London System, and Torre Attack, the Richter–Veresov Attack is one of the more common branches of the Queen's Pawn Game. The Richter–Veresov Attack looks like the more popular Ruy Lopez opening mirrored on the queenside, but the dynamics of play are quite different.
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(1980) Best Games Of The Young Grandmasters, with Craig Pritchett (non-fiction chess), publisher Bell and Howell, London (1985) Master Chess: A Course in 21 Lessons (non-fiction chess) (1997) Practical Middlegame Techniques with Rudy Blumenfeld (non-fiction chess) (1998) Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess co-author Hal Terrie (non-fiction ...