The London System in 12 Practical Lessons

Strategic Concepts, Typical Plans and Tactical Themes

Oscar de Prado

• Publisher: New in Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9789056919665
• Year: 2021

Oscar de Prado has revisted the London Chess Opening, after the enourmous success of The Agile London System, the book he co-authored in 2016. His new book has a more practical approach. De Prado avoids long and complicated variations and concentrates on explaining straightforward plans, clear-cut strategies and standard manoeuvres.

Table of contents

• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Explanation of symbols
• Preface by grandmaster Pepe Cuenca
• Introduction
• Lesson 1. General ideas and move-orders
• Lesson 2. The attack on the b2-pawn
• Lesson 3. The early exchange of the f4-bishop
• Lesson 4. An interesting scheme with f2-f4
• Lesson 5. Typical attacks in the London System
• Lesson 6. Ideas with a quick h2-h4
• Lesson 7. Play on the queenside
• Lesson 8. Good knight vs bad bishop
• Lesson 9. Typical queen manoeuvres in the London System
• Lesson 10. Typical London System endgames
• Lesson 11. Latest theoretical developments in the London System
• Appendix: Notes on the book Fighting the London System
• Lesson 12. Exercises: tactics, theory and strategy
• Solutions to the tactical exercises
• Index of main variations
• Index of names
• Bibliography