Playing Black against the London System

Playing Black against the London System
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This is a collection of promising and/or interesting ways for Black to play against the hated London System (1.d4 and 2.Bf4, or 2.Nf3 and 3.Bf4).

2...c5 3.Nf3? trap
Shuler vs C S Hall, 1990
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1
2...c5 3.e3 Qb6 drawing line
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karjakin vs Adams, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
...Bd6, ...Qc7, ...Nbd7, ...e5
Fridman vs Ponomariov, 2021
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
...Bd7 and ...Bb5
NN vs F Rhine, 2023
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5
D Radulovic vs S Atalik, 2012
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
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