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Hanging Pawns' London

Pre-made chess opening repertoire for White

Made for Chessbook by Hanging Pawns.

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About this repertoire

The London System is a very powerful, yet simple to learn and simple to play opening. Rather than learning a ton of theory and memorizing variations, in order to employ it successfully, you should be equipped with a solid strategic understanding of the common patterns and structures, main pawn breaks and typical piece placement.

This repertoire covers all the main lines and all the weird sidelines black could try against the London, and it should provide a full arsenal with the white pieces!

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What it looks like at your rating

Chessbook trims every repertoire to the moves opponents actually play at your level, so the same repertoire is a different size for a 1000 and a 2000. These numbers use the default coverage target of one game in 150; effectiveness and soundness are Chessbook's own scores, explained in the help pages.

Lichess rating Moves to learn Effectiveness Soundness
0-1000 104 59 / 100 72 / 100
1000-1200 120 54 / 100 68 / 100
1200-1400 124 50 / 100 68 / 100
1400-1600 118 48 / 100 69 / 100
1600-1800 128 54 / 100 67 / 100
1800-2000 130 61 / 100 66 / 100
2000-2200 132 66 / 100 63 / 100

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Questions about pre-made repertoires

Is Hanging Pawns' London free?

Yes. Every pre-made repertoire on Chessbook is free to add. The free Starter plan holds up to 200 moves across your repertoires; Chessbook Pro removes the limit.

What happens when I add it?

The lines are copied into your own repertoire, trimmed to the positions that actually occur at your rating. From there you can edit any move, add lines from other sources, and drill everything with spaced repetition.

Can I combine it with my own White openings?

Yes. A Chessbook repertoire is one tree per colour, so a pre-made repertoire sits alongside anything you add yourself and the coverage report treats them as one.

Train it with spaced repetition

Add the repertoire, set your rating, and Chessbook schedules every move until you never forget it.

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