London Broil/Sarratt Attacked Fredthebear

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London Broil/Sarratt Attacked Fredthebear
Compiled by fredthebear

This is a combining of collections compiled by MidnightDuffer, MTuraga, Mislav, Jared10001, and EndlessKnot. Fredthebear has altered the labels and order of games. Thank you MidnightDuffer, MTuraga, Mislav, Jared10001, and Endlessknot!

Additional random games have also been included.

* Here's a link to games from Nigel Davies' DVD on the London System: Game Collection: X Games from N. Davies "London-System" DVD

This queen pawn system featuring Bf4 (leaving the b2-pawn undefended) gives White a slow, easy developmental start. The Bf4 games typically do not produce smashing miniatures in 25 moves or less. The Bf4 generates a safe, solid but slightly passive position; games are more strategical in nature, less tactical (tactics can break out at any time in any opening) so plenty of chess playing experience is not only helpful but necessary. (Rapid development is important, but simply setting minor pieces on certain squares does not win a game of chess!)

The Sarratt Attack/London System functions fairly well against the Indian defenses as well as classical d5, e6 defenses. It's not so hot against the Dutch Defense, but it's playable. Just be aware that any White opening that refrains from placing two pawns in the center along the fourth rank gives Black great leeway for a wide selection of defenses. After Bf4, White is allowing Black the liberty to paint tiger stripes and pin donkey tails on a skunk if s/he wishes!

Note that the Barry Attack places a Nc3 blocking the c2-pawn, whereas the Sarratt Attack 2.Bf4 and London System 3.Bf4 place a pawn on c3 (or c4). Some games in the database are occasionally miss-categorized (which occurs in all opening variations).

The Torre Attack 2.Nf3 3.Bg5 and the Richter-Veresov Attack 2.Nc3 3.Bg5 are more aggressive than the Bf4 openings above. Unfortunately, the Torre Attack does not work so well if Black refrains from an early e6 or g6. The Richter-Veresov Attack yearns to play e4 and more closely resembles 1.e4 openings, often transposing against a French, Caro-Kann, Pirc or Nimzowitsch defense. These two Bg5 White openings require more theoretical knowledge and are not included in this collection.

Personally, Fredthebear recommends 1.e4 lines, gambits, the King's Indian Attack, or 1.d4 Colle Systems for beginners and intermediates. Such openings strive for some type of specific central pawn advance or exchange to clarify the strategic aims. Their "built-in" pawn thrust plans might generate a more clear-cut approach in the early middle game that is easier for the amateur player to conduct.

It's best to learn any new opening off a professionally produced video and chess repertoire book (books cover way more ground than videos) AFTER you've replayed a 50-100 master games in a particular new opening and have decided you want to commit to studying it more in depth. Notice that nothing was said about you playing the opening...but you have watched OTHERS play the opening many times to get a feel for it through their handling! Human beings learn most by imitating others. Then let the published author give his/her expertise to show you the way for specific situations that will arise. Most good repertoire books have an opening index in the back that can be rehearsed for quick familiarization as to different branches.

If you're going to play the Sarratt Attack anyway, you'd better read this (and set out a glass of milk and a plate of cookies for ol' FTB): https://www.chesspublishing.com/con...

-- Fredthebear

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

The Bat and the Two Weasels

A blundering bat once stuck her head
Into a wakeful weasel's bed;
Whereat the mistress of the house,
A deadly foe of rats and mice,
Was making ready in a trice
To eat the stranger as a mouse.
"What! do you dare," she said, "to creep in
The very bed I sometimes sleep in,
Now, after all the provocation
I have suffered from your thievish nation?
Are you not really a mouse,
That gnawing pest of every house,
Your special aim to do the cheese ill?
Ay, that you are, or I'm no weasel."
"I beg your pardon," said the bat;
"My kind is very far from that.
What! I a mouse! Who told you such a lie?
Why, ma'am, I am a bird;
And, if you doubt my word,
Just see the wings with which I fly.
Long live the mice that cleave the sky!"
These reasons had so fair a show,
The weasel let the creature go.

By some strange fancy led,
The same wise blunderhead,
But two or three days later,
Had chosen for her rest
Another weasel's nest,
This last, of birds a special hater.
New peril brought this step absurd;
Without a moment's thought or puzzle,
Dame weasel oped her peaked muzzle
To eat the intruder as a bird.
"Hold! do not wrong me," cried the bat;
"I'm truly no such thing as that.
Your eyesight strange conclusions gathers.
What makes a bird, I pray? Its feathers.
I'm cousin of the mice and rats.
Great Jupiter confound the cats!"
The bat, by such adroit replying,
Twice saved herself from dying.

And many a human stranger
Thus turns his coat in danger;
And sings, as suits, wherever he goes,
"God save the king!" – or "save his foes!'

<Atterdag: Geoff - are you a descendant of Wordsworth?: There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more. :-)

Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
This is my tribute to Wordsworth. (Daffodils.)

I wandered lonely as a pawn,
o'er a field coloured brown and cream,
When suddenly I ran out of squares
and discovered I was now a Queen.>

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." ― Charles F. Stanley

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

This poem is dedicated to all members
who strive to become Masters of chess.

yakisoba's combination

in the middle of a cold Canadian winter night
a phantom creature was riding a stallion knight
but lo and behold it is the man called yakisoba
together with a bishop and queen chasing nova.
though the old bishop was getting pooped out
the merry queen in her glory was bouncing about
while riding hard yakisoba grinningly thought
"I know what to do with that nova when caught."
there on top of the castle was nova in hiding
strapped to a kite for a quick get-away gliding, then trembling he realized to his consternation: he was being killed by the bishop-queen combination.

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, approximately 3000 miles (4850 km) in diameter, hardly larger than the moon. Despite being the smallest, it's extremely dense. In fact, it's the second densest planet after Earth. It's also the closest planet to the sun, making it dangerous to explore. Mercury is 48 million miles from the earth.

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." — Siegbert Tarrasch

Z is for Zookeeper (to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?")

Oh do you know the zookeeper,
The zookeeper, the zookeeper?
Oh, do you know the zookeeper
Who works down at the zoo?

Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side.

P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1 11...Nd6 Q trap
D Ponziani vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1770
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
P-Q4 Sarratt Attack 3.Nc3 Nc6 (D00) 1-0 Both go after the c2/c7
J Sarratt vs NN, 1818
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack Copycat (D00) 0-1 Pile up on the pin
The Hague vs Amsterdam, 1834
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
Mason/Sarratt Attack vs Horwitz Def (A40) 1-0 N outpost on 6th
J Mason vs Gunsberg, 1883
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack vs QGD Tartakakower Nf8 (D00) 1-0 Semi-Bad Bs
J Mason vs Wittek, 1882
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack vs Tarrasch Def Qb6 (D00) 1/2-1/2 Some risk
J Mason vs Englisch, 1882
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt Attack vs Bf5, QxQb3 (D00) 1-0 Sudden K's opposition #
S Kovacevic vs F Asensio Soto, 2001
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack vs early Nh5 chases Bf4 (D00) 1-0 Blunder finish
S Kovacevic vs P Salcedo Tornero, 2001
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack Ne5 vs QGD Tartakower Ne4 (D00) 1-0 Both 0-0-0!
L Winants vs V Gervais, 2002
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack QxQb6 vs Bg4 (D00) 1/2-1/2 Doubled b-pawns
Miles vs Dominguez Perez, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt Attack QxQb6 vs Bg4 (D00) 1/2-1/2 Odd Black fortress
Miles vs A Abreu Delgado, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt Attack BxBd6 (D00) 1-0 Patient White 24.0-0-0!?
J Rowson vs S Haslinger, 2004
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack Ne5, Rb1 vs Qb6 (D00) 1-0 White has a close call
M Vasilev vs L Zanellato, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
London System vs Tarrasch (D02) 0-1 Juniors Unruly play!
F Ghaledar vs J Arun, 2011
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1
P-Q4: London System (D02) 1-0 Double poison, trap the trapper
H Vogel vs J Krivec, 2004
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 7 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 h-pawn lever, battery
J Retera vs A Haast, 2006
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack Qb6, Bf5 (D00) 0-1Promotion won't save the K
Adianto vs Fritz, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 0-1
Sarratt Attack / London System (D02) 1-0 They say U should know
Kamsky vs Shankland, 2014
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0
Kramnik vs S Sjugirov, 2015
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: London System (D02) 1-0 blitz
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
White knows a famous trap, but can't find the finish.
A Gorovets vs Niemann, 2018
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
London System vs. Classic Qb6 (D02) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2019
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 1-0
London System 6.Rb1 vs Qb6 (D02) 1-0 Exploiting weak squares
Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2020
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
London System Ne5 (D02) 1-0 Blazing Kside attack!
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2020
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: General (A45) 1-0 Video link
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2020
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
London System vs KID Yugoslav (A45) 1/2-1/2 SF notes
Duda vs Firouzja, 2021
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System Be2, c4 vs KID Wisbhone (A48) 1-0 Hog on 7th
G Bakalarz vs M Basem-Hassan, 2006
(A48) King's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0
Sarratt/Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 White Rs alter the course
J Mason vs M Weiss, 1882
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Sarratt/Barry 5.Nb5 Attack on c7 vs Tarrasch Def (D00) 1-0 LPDO
A Stefanova vs A Galliamova, 2007
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Sarratt/Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 Aimless B, Decoy K
Nakamura vs Giri, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 83 moves, 1-0
Barry Attack vs BxNf3 Gruenfeld (A48) 1-0 Blow open the g-file
M Fierro vs O Sabirova, 2006
(A48) King's Indian, 22 moves, 1-0
Barry Attack vs Dbl Fio Gruenfeld (D02) 1-0 Bxg5 sac Kside attk
M Hebden vs N Birnboim, 1992
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Barry Attack vs Dbl Fio Gruenfeld (D02) 1-0 h4-h5-hxg6 version
I Rogers vs J Pribyl, 1985
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Barry Attack. Gruenfeld Var (D02) 0-1 Mean Qs
D Norwood vs A J Mestel, 1988
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
P-Q4 Morris Countergambit /Reversed Albin CG (D00) 1-0
L Winants vs Korneev, 2005
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Morris Countergambit (D00) 1-0 SOS book #5
McShane vs Illescas Cordoba, 2005
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Morris Countergambit (D00) 0-1 Conversion to EG
Kharlov vs B Ofitserian, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
P-Q4 Morris Countergambit (D00) 0-1 messy scrap!
J Rowson vs M Stojanovic, 2006
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
P-Q4 P-Q5 2.Nf3 c5 Krause Var (D02) 1-0 Did U see it comin?
G Gessner vs N Whitaker, 1916
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5: Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 Discovery
J Mason vs Chigorin, 1889
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1 Black owns the center
E von Feyerfeil vs Lasker, 1889
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
London System vs Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 Anastasia's #
J Nogueiras vs G M Todorovic, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Crushing attack
Vidmar vs Janowski, 1908
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Nice quick attack
B Boyle vs T Lane, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Nice Sarrat attack
Janowski vs P S Leonhardt, 1908
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
Steinitz counter gambit
Rubinstein vs E Cohn, 1908
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein's end game skill
Rubinstein vs J Mieses, 1909
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Great maneuvering
Rubinstein vs L Loewy Sr, 1905
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Two strong masters in London!
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
Instructive game
Rubinstein vs K Treybal, 1912
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
London magic - very instructive.
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1922
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0
Black's technique in the London system
Saemisch vs Rubinstein, 1926
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 0-1
Game 13 in 'Alekhine: Move by Move' by Stephen Giddins
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 1-0 White Q has an edge on the Black Q
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1907
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "Lasker’s Chess Magazine" 1906
Rubinstein vs J Perlis, 1906
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Game 5 in Max Euwe: The Biography by Alexander Munninghoff
Rubinstein vs Euwe, 1922
(A48) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
London System vs Tarrasch Def (D02) 1-0 Q trap in the center
Blackburne vs Chigorin, 1897
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Instructive pawn storm
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1899
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1
Young Lasker
H Caro vs Lasker, 1890
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Play with flaws
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1896
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
Capa's Rook endgame in London
Capablanca vs A Kreymborg, 1910
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Endgame planning
Rubinstein vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1907
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
Queen side pawn majority positinal masterpiece
Rubinstein vs E Cohn, 1907
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Sarrat attack
Maroczy vs Martinolich, 1907
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Kings on opposite sides
Maroczy vs Spielmann, 1908
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 0-1 Weak pawns, weak squares
F J Lee vs D Przepiorka, 1905
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 0-1
Krause Def. vs London System (D02) 0-1 Exchanges Ne5
Schlechter vs Rotlewi, 1911
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
London System NxNe5 Stonewall Attk (D02) 1-0 Raking Bs, Pin
Maroczy vs Olland, 1907
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def Exchange. Rubinstein Var (B13) 1-0 QP move order
Vidmar vs J Kvicala, 1908
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0
1911 D00 1-0 48
Alapin vs Marshall, 1911
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Game 38 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1921
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
London System vs Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48) 1-0
Colle vs Euwe, 1923
(A48) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0
London System exchanges on e5 (D02) 1-0 Notes by Lasker
Znosko-Borovsky vs Salwe, 1909
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
G17 in Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Janowski vs Tarrasch, 1905
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 New York
Janowski vs C Jaffe, 1917
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 3 on the 6th
Janowski vs C Jaffe, 1917
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Fill in the blank Freddybear
Janowski vs Marshall, 1918
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2
Leningrad co-champs in 1925. Both perished in the Nazi siege
I Rabinovich vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1936
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
London System vs Chigorin Bf5 Var (D02) 0-1 Semi-Smothered #
Smith vs F Wenman, 1938
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Wonderful Knight Tour
N A Legky vs D Fingerov, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack QxQc3 (D00) 1-0 Closed game; Qside sac to passer
S R Mannion vs E Dearing, 2004
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Rob the pin of the backward h-pawn
Dobrivoj Popovic vs B Brujic, 2001
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 White triples on the open f-file
S Ghane vs AR Fanaei, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack/QGD vs Baltic (D00) 1-0 White seizes Qside, 7th
V Karlik vs P Krasnay, 2001
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Immune White N exposes Black K
N A Legky vs Bacrot, 1993
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack /Semi-Stonewalls (D00) 1-0 W dominates Kside act
A Stefanova vs T Vasilevich, 2004
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack QxQb6 Qless Stonewall (D00) 1-0 Blitz game
B Grachev vs Kamsky, 2008
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 91 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Hippity Hop
L Shytaj vs D Rogozenco, 2017
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack vs QGD Tartakower (D00) 1-0 W batteries vs 0-0-0
J Rowson vs T Nixon, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk vs Tartakower (D00) 1-0 Castling unpins the e-pawn
Kamsky vs A Goganov, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk Copycat BxBd3 (D00) 1-0 Go forward
Carlsen vs Giri, 2016
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Bxh6 sac lets in Q, N, Rs.
Shirov vs Sakaev, 1986
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Horwitz Def d5, c5, Be7, Bd7 (A40) 1-0 Weak back rank
O Heinzel vs M Rohde, 2006
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
London System vs Horwitz/Dutch Def(A40) 1-0 W knight on 5th
Petrosian vs A Chistiakov, 1954
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1-0
Rat/Modern Defense (lines with ...g6) (A41) 0-1 Slippery knight
P Doostkam vs M Darban, 2001
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 42 moves, 0-1
Old Benoni A43 0-1 1...c5 2.c3 Black space advantage
D Rozhko vs V Akopian, 2013
(A43) Old Benoni, 43 moves, 0-1
London System vs Baltic Def 3.Bf4 Bf5 (A45) 1-0 Use b-file
Ponomariov vs Fritz, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk vs QID (A45) 1-0 W cashes in on pin just in time
Kamsky vs Onischuk, 2012
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk vs odd QID (A45) 1-0 First things first - be safe
Kamsky vs Y Norowitz, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
London System vs c6 Slav (A46) 1-0 Good N rules over bad B.
H Nielsen vs N McInnes, 2001
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
London System BxBd6, Ne5 vs Ne4(A46) 1-0Qside positional battle
J Geller vs G Kozlov, 2009
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
London System vs Semi-Tarrasch (A46) 1-0 White Rs to bite first
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 2013
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
London System (A46) 1-0White attack is fast & vicious; turns EG
T S Nguyen vs M Kanep, 2010
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
London System vs Dbl Fio Hippo (A46) 0-1 Long exchange sequence
C Aghamaliyev vs E Inarkiev, 2011
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
London System vs Hedgehog (A46) 1-0 Seize open lines!!
Kamsky vs Tiviakov, 2007
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
London System vs QID(A46) 0-1Blitz; Black has Qside passer
B Grachev vs Karpov, 2008
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Capablanca Var (A47) 0-1 Three on the h-file
W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946
(A47) Queen's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1
Annotated in Andrew Soltis' London System book p. 10-13
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1922
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
London System vs Dbl Fio (A48) 1-0 Black has 2 en prise
P Cramling vs R Klipper, 2006
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
London System vs Dbl Fio (A48) 1-0 Back rank spearhead pin
Short vs W Kobese, 2011
(A48) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
London vs Dbl Fio Hedgehog (A48) 0-1 Minors target White Q
A Jadrijevic vs Z Kozul, 2011
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1
London System vs Dbl Fio (A48) 0-1 VK maliciously robs the pin
M Ballmann vs Korchnoi, 1995
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
London System vs KID 5...c5 (A48) 1-0 Black has 3 en prise
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2007
(A48) King's Indian, 17 moves, 1-0
London System Be2 vs KID (A48) 1-0 Switch from Qside to Kside
G Bagaturov vs G Olarasu, 2006
(A48) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
Egads! KID (Be6)-expert Sutovsky loses to the London system!
Speelman vs Sutovsky, 2006
(A48) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
London System Be2, c4 vs KID Dbl Fio (A48) 1-0Exhausted W horse
Kamsky vs Smirin, 2005
(A48) King's Indian, 84 moves, 1-0
London System Be2, c4 vs KID (A48) 1-0 Video annotation link
Kasparov vs A Horiguti, 2004
(A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
London System vs 5...c5 Indian (A48) 0-1 White doesn't 0-0
Kotov vs Petrosian, 1952
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
London System vs 5...c5 Indian (A48) 1-0 Connected outside Ps
Kamsky vs Shabalov, 2009
(A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
Q Pawn Game: Zukertort / London System BxBf4 (D02) 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Marshall, 1924
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 0-1 Black plays a Dbl Fio
F Mensing vs S Polgar, 2002
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
London System Copycat BxBd3 (D02) 1-0 Coordinate upon g7
V Bayramov vs D Arutinian, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
London System 5...Qb6 6.b3 (D02) 1/2-1/2 Active central battle
L Vadasz vs A Whiteley, 1965
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System vs QGD (D02) 1-0 A win for tripled pawns
Carlsen vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
London System 5.Bd3? blunder crushed by Qb6 raid (D02) 0-1
A Lougheed-Freedman vs Menchik, 1939
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 1-0 Nxf7 sac allows Qh7+
I Abonyi vs J Engler, 1908
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1/2-1/2 Short Draw
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1922
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
T Ivarsson vs J Hector, 2013
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
A Shvedchikov vs Sveshnikov, 2013
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
S Foisor vs Shen Yang, 2013
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
S Telljohann vs Adams, 2013
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
D Radulovic vs S Atalik, 2012
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
E Vaarala vs J Herman, 2012
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
E Torre vs Sofyan Jafar, 2011
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
V Chubar vs R Hovhannisyan, 2011
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
M Stefanovic vs B Abramovic, 2010
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
M Ayyad vs S Khader, 2010
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
M Ruzicka vs G Balazs, 2010
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
Kamsky vs V Akopian, 2009
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
V Georgiev vs M Sebag, 2008
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 78 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
Kamsky vs Carlsen, 2007
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 0-1
London System, Poisoned Pawn/5.Nc3 Barry (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
Dreev vs Rublevsky, 2007
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 2007
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Pile on pin, windmilled...
R Bancod vs M K A Russell, 2007
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
V Colin vs Tkachiev, 2006
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
J Nogueiras vs L Bruzon Batista, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
London System Symmetrical (D02) 0-1 En prise R blunder
J Nogueiras vs Ivanchuk, 2004
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 4.dxc5 White never castles
C Crouch vs Yakovich, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 2 Computers Contemporary
Crafty vs Deep Junior, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 74 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Very French-like
Anatoly Ivanov vs V Nebolsina, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Very French-like, long game
Stuclman vs K Burger, 1996
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 90 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1ContemporaryEarly exchanges, no castling
C Forbes vs S Polgar, 1990
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad vs London System (A80) 0-1 Hole-y White cramp
P Trajkovic vs R Petkovic, 2001
(A80) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1
Bf4, c4 vs QID Miles Var (E12) 1-0 Extensive GM annotations
Miles vs Spassky, 1978
(E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk/Delayed QGA (D02) 1-0 Heavy piece batteries
Andersson vs I Sokolov, 1995
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 1-0
London System vs Horwitz Def/QGD (D02) 1/2-1/2 Q+ perpetual
Bronstein vs Dzindzichashvili, 1971
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt Attk vs Benoni Def (A45) 0-1 Black keeps gaining space
M Said vs O Soto Paez, 2004
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
London System vs Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 P fork, Q+ fork B
V Agzamov vs V Veremeichik, 1968
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Game 14 in My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
Keres vs Fischer, 1959
(A48) King's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
London System vs KID (A48) 1-0 R on 7th, R on 7th
Keres vs Polugaevsky, 1959
(A48) King's Indian, 54 moves, 1-0
London System w/Colle e4 push (D02) 1-0 Qside P majority
So vs Caruana, 2018
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 1-0
London System loading up dxe5 (D02) 1-0 Black uses pins best
J A Fernandez vs P Ricardi, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1
London System Qb6 vs Qb3 (D02) 1-0 Extended Ps dissolved
Carlsen vs So, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
London System vs KID/Benoni (A48) 1-0 N on 6th, Exchange sac, P
Kamsky vs P Wolff, 1991
(A48) King's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 Black Q tied to defending h7
Kramnik vs A S Rasmussen, 2015
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
London System vs QID (D02) 0-1Destroyed like a Sicilian Defense
Blatny vs D Gurevich, 1991
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
London System Copycat (D02) 1-0 Black's Kside attack thwarted
D Roos vs M Adams, 1994
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0
London System vs raking Bishops (D02) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (A45) 1-0 Black castles long & shoves Kside
Karjakin vs G Gajewski, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
London System /Pseudo Colle IQP (D02) 1-0 Mayet's Mate next
H Ni vs I Krush, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
London System vs KID h6, g5 (A48) 1-0 Nxh6, pin
Harikrishna vs V S Gujrathi, 2016
(A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
London System Bb5 & 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (D02) 1/2- dual flank attacks
H Ni vs A Tari, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System (D02) 1-0 Ne5 w/P roller allows battery on g-file
S Kovacevic vs G Tokaji-Nagy, 1984
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
London System/Stonewall Attk (D02) 1-0 Greek gift declined
Blatny vs W Seifried, 1991
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
London System/Dbl Stonewall (D02) 1-0 big battery on g-file
V Kovacevic vs Fressinet, 2000
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
London System Ne5, Ng5 vs Ba6, Qa6 (D02) 1-0 h-pawn lever
Blatny vs O Sutter, 1991
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
London System w/a touch of Colle (D02) 1-0 Kside, Qside, Kside
Bronstein vs A Thorsteinsson, 1990
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: London System (A46) 1-0 Pawns upon the 5th fall
Bronstein vs C Zuidema, 1964
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 Ne5, h-pawn lever, Qe5+
A Lein vs J Maki, 1993
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 A pair of Ne5s, B trap
S Kovacevic vs E Palau Viol, 1993
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
G6 in The Agile London System by GM Romero & FM Oscar de Prado
Kasparov vs E Kengis, 1977
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk vs KID/Benoni Bg7, Bb7 (A45) 0-1 N pair on 3rd
P Ortega Morales vs G Bisignano, 2011
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1
Sarratt Attack vs Benoni Indian 2...c5 (A45) 0-1 Bold Q sac
B Eiti vs R Jumabayev, 2021
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
A46 0-1 35 Support mate, R-Q Spearhead, Pseudo-Dovetail Mate
J Rudd vs M J Turner, 2003
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1
London System 9.e4 (D02) 0-1 Open e-file, IQP passer
O Sarapu vs I Rogers, 1992
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: London System (A48) 1-0 Stockfish notes; Q v R
Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017
(A48) King's Indian, 78 moves, 1-0
28.c5?? Drops a rook, but White still ends up winning. :o
Seirawan vs P Biyiasas, 1981
(A48) King's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: London System (A46) 1-0 Mayet's Mate!
L Yee vs R Golts, 2000
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 Heavy piece ending halted by skewer+
O Sarapu vs A F Ker, 1990
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0
London System (A46) 1-0 Deflect from, Decoy to, etc.
F Braga vs G Gruen, 1988
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 0-1 The Q is tied so the Black R is a bully
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2015
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
London System vs Dbl Fio KID (A48) 0-1 FTB looked
Ivanchuk vs Caruana, 2012
(A48) King's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
London System->Stonewall Attk vs Bd6, Bb7, Nbd7 (D02) 0-1Rushed
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2019
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: London System 4...Qb6 5.Qc1 (A46) 1/2-1/2 member
S H Yim vs M Sana, 2017
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System QxQb6 (D02) 0-1 SUFFERIN' SUCCOTASH!
A Diulger vs Lupulescu, 2006
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 84 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 blitz
Dlugy vs R Svane, 2015
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2
World Blitz Championship (Women) (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 9,
E Danielian vs Asma Al Fawzan, 2017
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 Black chooses not to undouble Ps
P Constantinou vs P Shaw, 2010
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) · 1-0
A Hambleton vs M Brattain, 2018
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D02) 1/2-1/2 Greek gift, N+ perpetual
M Novik vs V Yemelin, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt Attack (D00) 0-1 IM Eric Rosen video link
J C Gonzalez Zamora vs V Laznicka, 2010
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Sarratt Attk/London System (D02) 0-1 IM Eric Rosen video link
J Yu vs A Sharevich, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 91 moves, 0-1
Sarratt/London System (D02) 0-1 Stockfish notes; video link
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1906
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Sarratt Attack 4.Nc3 (D00) 1-0 Pressure on Black royalty
S Beukema vs F Slingerland, 2020
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
London System 5.Nc3 dxc4 (A46) 1-0 49.?
Hort vs A Rodriguez Cespedes, 1987
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
London System vs Polish-Dutch Def (D02) 1-0 Side-to-side action
Andersson vs P Littlewood, 1981
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1/2-1/2 K-R vs K-R-B ending
D Gordievsky vs V Kovalev, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 109 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt/London System 4 square minors (D02) 1-0
E Blomqvist vs M Boudriga, 2018
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: General (A45) 1/2-1/2 Poisoned P Perpetual Threat
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System (D02) 1-0 OCB ending video link
Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2020
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 79 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 0-1 Both colors penetrate
Kholmov vs Gufeld, 1959
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 armageddon
Giri vs J van Foreest, 2021
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 0-1
London System, Delayed Stonewall Attk (D02) 1-0 Q cleans up
N Mitkov vs Shulman, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
London System vs Indian Game: Dbl Fianchetto (A45) 0-1
Le Quang Liem vs E Hansen, 2018
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 0-1
The Bull's Head vs Modern Defense: Bg7 Fianchetto (A40) 0-1
A Sharevich vs C Yip, 2021
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 0-1
Sarratt/London Sys 9.QxQb6 axQ(D02) 1/2-interesting pos. battle
V Sergeev vs F B Olsen, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 90 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sarratt Attk / London System (D02) 1-0
H D Holmes vs J Penrose, 1964
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0
Wade Defense: General (A41) 0-1 Queenside invasion
H Koller vs C Di Caro, 2004
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 9 moves, 0-1
Bluebaum vs A Mittal, 2022
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
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