Best Opening for White | How To Play the LONDON SYSTEM against King's Indian Defence

In this video I will teach you winning chess opening for white, specifically how to play The London System or London opening vs King's Indian Defence. This is the most common opening for white played by beginners and today I will show you how to develop an easy attack which will lead you to fast and easy win against the king's Indian set-up by black. We will cover the basics of the London System and cover lots of tricks, traps, strategy and tactics that come out of it.
The London System, is an opening system in chess that can be used against virtually any black defence and thus comprises a smaller body of opening theory than many other openings. Also known as the "Mason Variation," it is a line in the Queen's Pawn Game where White opens with 1. d4, but does not play the Queen's Gambit, instead opting to rapidly develop the dark squared bishop. This will often result in a closed game. Because of its solid reputation, the London System has faced criticism for its lack of dynamic play.

[@michaelamuth8988]

That was great, thank you! 🙏

[@Klapaz]

Ty, I play d4 and i needed something for kings indian, and i found it :) Great job

[@gavinjones8543]

Thanks for providing some advice for black at the end!

[@MrSupernova111]

I recently learned the hard way that as a KID player I can't play ...d6 after white plays Bf4 and Nc3 without c4. Basically, black gets ran over with e4 and a Q + B battery on the h6 diagonal. After Bf4 black has to forget about KID ideas and play ...d5. There isn't a better solution. I won an otb game with Bf4 d6 because my opponent got greedy with the immediate e5 and I was able to refute it. But a more skilled opponent would have just crushed me on the kingside.

[@CarlWGriffin]

nice job very crisp.

[@RayT70]

Thanks 👍

[@didierjoannas5156]

Nice one

[@russellk3024]

Quite often when I i am met with kings indian as white, black plays bishop G4, I've seen videos saying attack with pawn e2 then pawn G3, but then black can attack my bishop with with G5, it then becomes a trade off, or something else. Could do with a bit better f advice. Thanks for the videos.

[@timothytrogdon5647]

There is a serious flaw in this line. Black should not play the immediate Bg7 on move three and instead play 3...d5 prompting White to play 4. e3 then play 4. Bg7 and get a good position with winning chances against White. If 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 favors Black and the mainline 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 gives Black counter chances in a fairly equal, but unclear position.

[@MrSupernova111]

Pretty cool! Thanks!

[@raiedfadhil6248]

Learning from your videos ,Thank you

[@Kestony]

Thank you Raied

[@raiedfadhil6248]

I have a Q if you don’t mind, which is better 2 bishops and a rock or/ 2 rocks and a bishop ?

[@Kestony]

@@raiedfadhil6248 2 rooks and bishop :)

[@raiedfadhil6248]

Sometimes the 2 bishops working great together so I wondered! Thank you again 😊