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Jobava London repertoire for White

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Tuned for Lichess 1400-1600: 148 moves.

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[Event "Chessbook Jobava London repertoire (1400-1600)"]
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[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 ( 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 ( 2... g6 3. e4 d6 ( 3... Bg7 4. e5 Ng8 ( 4... Nh5
5. g4 ) 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 ) 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Nbd7 7. e5 ) ( 2... e6
3. e4 Bb4 ( 3... d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 ) 4. Bd3 ) ( 2... d6
3. Bf4 g6 4. e4 ) ( 2... c5 3. d5 ) 3. Bf4 e6 ( 3... Bf5 4. f3 e6 ( 4... Nc6
5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 ) ( 4... c6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 ) (
4... a6 5. g4 ) 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 ( 6... h5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. e3 ) 7. e3 c6 (
7... Bd6 8. Nh3 ) ( 7... Bb4 8. Bd3 ) ( 7... a6 8. Bd3 ) ) ( 3... Nc6 4. Nb5 e5
5. Bxe5 Nxe5 ( 5... Bd6 6. Nxd6+ cxd6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 ) 6. dxe5 Nd7 (
6... Ne4 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxc7+ Kd7 ( 8... Kd8 9. Nxd5 ) 9. Nxd5 ) ( 6... Ng4
7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxc7+ ) 7. Qxd5 c6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 ) ( 3... a6 4. e3 Bf5 (
4... Nc6 5. Bd3 ) ( 4... e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Ne5 ) 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h6 ) (
3... c6 4. e3 Bf5 ( 4... e6 5. Bd3 ) ( 4... Bg4 5. f3 ) 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4
h6 ) ( 3... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nb5 ) ( 3... g6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 ) 4. a3 Bd6 (
4... c5 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 ) ( 4... Nc6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 ) ( 4... a6 5. e3 c5 ) (
4... Be7 5. Nb5 ) 5. Bg3 Bxg3 ( 5... O-O 6. Nf3 ) 6. hxg3 ) ( 1... e6 2. g3 d5 (
2... c5 3. Bg2 d5 ( 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 ) 4. Nf3 Nc6 ( 4... Nf6 5. O-O
Nc6 6. c4 ) 5. O-O Nf6 ) ( 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 ) ( 2... d6 3. Bg2 ) (
2... b6 3. Bg2 ) 3. Bg2 c5 ( 3... Nf6 ) ) ( 1... e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 ( 2... d6 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. Bg5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Nc3 ) ( 2... Bc5 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 ) ( 2... f6
3. Nf3 ) 3. e4 Nxe5 ( 3... Qe7 4. Nc3 ) 4. Nf3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 ) ( 1... g6 2. Nc3
Nf6 ( 2... Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 ( 3... Nf6 4. e4 d6 ) ( 3... e6 4. Qd2 ) 4. e4 Nf6 ) (
2... d6 3. e4 Nf6 ) ) ( 1... c6 2. Nc3 d5 ( 2... d6 3. e4 ) 3. Bf4 Nf6 (
3... Bf5 4. f3 e6 ( 4... Nf6 ) 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Bg6 7. Nf3 ) ( 3... e6 4. a3 )
) ( 1... d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 ( 2... g6 ) ( 2... c6 ) ) ( 1... c5 2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 d5
4. Bd3 ) ( 1... b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. a3 ) ( 1... f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 ( 2... h6
3. Bh4 ) 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 ) ( 1... Nc6 2. Nf3 ) 2. Nc3 Nf6 ( 2... e6 3. Bf4
Nf6 ( 3... Bb4 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. a3 ) ( 3... Bd6 4. Bg3 Bxg3 ( 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 )
5. hxg3 ) ( 3... a6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 ) ( 3... c5 4. e3 ) ( 3... c6 ) (
3... Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 ) ) ( 2... c6 ) ( 2... Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 ( 3... Bf5 4. e3 e6
5. Bd3 ) ( 3... e6 ) ( 3... a6 4. a3 ) ) ( 2... Bf5 3. Bf4 Nf6 ( 3... c6 ) (
3... e6 4. e3 Nc6 ( 4... Bd6 5. Bg3 ) ) ( 3... Nc6 ) ( 3... a6 4. f3 Nf6 ) ) (
2... c5 3. Bf4 Nf6 ( 3... e6 ) ( 3... Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 ) ) *

About this repertoire

The Jobava London with Nc3 and Bf4: the aggressive cousin of the London System.

Chessbook's Jobava London repertoire for White, built from millions of games between players at your rating. It covers the moves your opponents actually play, to a 1-in-200 coverage target, and picks lines that score well and are easy to remember.

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