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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.
The Zukertort Opening is a chess opening named after Johannes Zukertort that begins with the move: . 1. Nf3. Sometimes the name "Réti Opening" is used for the opening move 1.Nf3, [1] although most sources define the Réti more narrowly as the sequence 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4.
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]
In recent times, the line has become a popular battleground in computer chess, with operators trying to "out-book" each other by going progressively deeper into the different poisoned pawn lines. As a result, the line is extremely well researched.
Examples include London System, Colle System, Réti System, Barcza System, and Hedgehog System. Attack: Usually used to describe an aggressive or provocative variation such as the Albin–Chatard Attack (or Chatard–Alekhine Attack), the Fried Liver Attack in the Two Knights Defense, and the Grob Attack .
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 .
This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system.The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").
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.