London 1922: Origins of "the London System" name for Bf4
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1922  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs Reti, 1922  (A48) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs Euwe, 1922  (A48) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Capa already knew the best line for Black.
C G M Watson vs Capablanca, 1922  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1922  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0
A first example of the "Barry Attack"?
Tartakower vs V L Wahltuch, 1922  (A48) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
Tartakower called his 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 "an archaic continuation."
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1921  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0
Lasker / Haalebos vs Reti / Oskam, 1923  (A48) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Of course, Bf4 was played before the 1920s
J Mason vs Englisch, 1882  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Mason vs Chigorin, 1889  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Blackburne vs Harmonist, 1889  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Jobava Attack: the Veresov with Bf4
A Stefanova vs A Galliamova, 2007  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Short vs F Amonatov, 2012  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 78 moves, 1-0
Rapport vs Sutovsky, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Rapport vs P Bobras, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Rapport vs T Sachdev, 2014  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rapport vs L Rindlisbacher, 2014 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Rapport vs Vitiugov, 2014  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Jobava vs Korneev, 2014  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs R Hovhannisyan, 2014  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Jobava vs B Savchenko, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs M Tissir, 2014  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs Nepomniachtchi, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 95 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs S Zhigalko, 2014 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Jobava vs I Salgado Lopez, 2014 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs L Winants, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
M Chigaev vs M Iskandarov, 2015 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs B Savchenko, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs Wojtaszek, 2014 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Barry Attack / Tarzan Attack
M Hebden vs J Hawkins, 2008  (A48) King's Indian, 45 moves, 1-0
J Dudas vs Predojevic, 2002 (A48) King's Indian, 17 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs A Lewis, 2007  (A48) King's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
J C Sadorra vs O Sepp, 2008 (A48) King's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0
C Philippe vs J Roos, 2013  (A48) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs R Holmes, 2013 (A48) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
T Fiebig vs B Voekler, 2009  (A48) King's Indian, 68 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs E Denayer, 2009 (A48) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs V Neverov, 2008 (A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
J F Nelis vs A Budima, 2012 (A48) King's Indian, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Gurgenidze vs Tukmakov, 1977  (A48) King's Indian, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Bosboom vs Nijboer, 2009  (A48) King's Indian, 54 moves, 1-0
H Rothen vs M Dzevlan, 2004 (A48) King's Indian, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Dgebuadze vs L Salles, 2014 (A48) King's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs M J Turner, 2007 (A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
The Pirc 150 Attack is a necessary part of the repertoire.
J Hawkins vs M Galyas, 2015 (B08) Pirc, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs F Felecan, 1993  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs E N Holland, 1993  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0
P Dankert vs C Engelbert, 2001 (B08) Pirc, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
Y Hou vs T Sabure, 2007 (B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0
Yagupov vs A Masalov, 2001 (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
What about the 150 with Bf4?
K Varberg vs N G Larsen, 2009  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
The 150 Attack with Bf4 also inhibits ...c5
B Kamber vs C Flueckiger, 1990  (B07) Pirc, 9 moves, 1-0
Traditional London d4, Bf4, e3, and c3 Tabia
B Boyle vs T Lane, 2005  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
N Katte vs S Bromberger, 2007  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
I Fattorich vs Sax, 2007  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
S Ghane vs AR Fanaei, 2001 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
J Pribyl vs J Penrose, 1974 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Dlugy, 1989  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Blatny vs J Luchan, 2001 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
V Kovacevic vs J Pinter, 1983 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
V Kovacevic vs R Byrne, 1980  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
V Kovacevic vs H Ree, 1980  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs J Kristiansen, 1991  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs E Kengis, 1977  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
S Polgar vs P Schaffarth, 1987 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Le Thao Nguyen Pham vs F Sun, 2012 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
A Bagheri vs M Gunbayar, 2008 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Dobrivoj Popovic vs B Brujic, 2001 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
K Mouroutis vs G Doumas, 2011 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Robson vs Onischuk, 2016  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
J Ashwin vs Kesav Viswanadha, 2017 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 1-0
E Rosen vs S Agdestein, 2017  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Lputian vs Vaganian, 1980 (E12) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
R Markus vs L Galego, 2005 (E12) Queen's Indian, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Ponkratov vs M Vavulin, 2013  (E12) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
Morris Gambit (Albin Reversed) 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e4!?
I Enchev vs A Issakainen, 2015 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
L Winants vs Korneev, 2005 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
L Winants vs P Tregubov, 2005  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dlugy vs Bluebaum, 2015  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
McShane vs Illescas Cordoba, 2005  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Albin Reversed with 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4!
K Richter vs J Mieses, 1931  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Aronian vs B Annakov, 1995 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Vidmar vs J Perlis, 1909  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Prie vs D Dumitrache, 2012  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Dealing with the Dutch
V Eingorn vs V Malaniuk, 2000  (A80) Dutch, 49 moves, 1-0
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