I am a long time London player, with several books and other courses - Matt & Jesse bring some unique and fresh ideas I have not seen elsewhere, particularly in the King's Indian, Queen's Indian and Dutch chapters. A great course for new or intermediate London System players.
Brock
(5)
An ideal approach for adult improvers
I have played the London system for over a decade (before it was cool...) I have gone through the entire course, drilled all lines in Chessable, and am now playing the lines from this course. I really appreciate the direction Matt took with his approach to this opening.
This course is a practical, efficient and effective approach to the London. He did a great job curating the lines to maximize the success for club players, focusing heavily on lines club players will actually see in their games (as opposed to 2700+ GM battles).
The course focuses on ways to punish black when it is practical to do so, while maintaining consistent approaches to most things you will face (for example usually meeting ..c5 with c3, storming with the h pawn when it is advantageous, etc). This approach helps make the memorization of lines easier.
One overarching theme I really appreciate in the ChessGoals opening courses is a focus on active play. As an adult improver, this is something I had struggled with in the past. These courses encourage me to go out of my comfort zone and play more active/fighting chess from a position of strength - this has been a good confidence booster for me.
I can't recommend highly enough!
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James
Highly recommended!
I am a long time London player, with several books and other courses - Matt & Jesse bring some unique and fresh ideas I have not seen elsewhere, particularly in the King's Indian, Queen's Indian and Dutch chapters. A great course for new or intermediate London System players.
Brock
An ideal approach for adult improvers
I have played the London system for over a decade (before it was cool...) I have gone through the entire course, drilled all lines in Chessable, and am now playing the lines from this course. I really appreciate the direction Matt took with his approach to this opening. This course is a practical, efficient and effective approach to the London. He did a great job curating the lines to maximize the success for club players, focusing heavily on lines club players will actually see in their games (as opposed to 2700+ GM battles). The course focuses on ways to punish black when it is practical to do so, while maintaining consistent approaches to most things you will face (for example usually meeting ..c5 with c3, storming with the h pawn when it is advantageous, etc). This approach helps make the memorization of lines easier. One overarching theme I really appreciate in the ChessGoals opening courses is a focus on active play. As an adult improver, this is something I had struggled with in the past. These courses encourage me to go out of my comfort zone and play more active/fighting chess from a position of strength - this has been a good confidence booster for me. I can't recommend highly enough!