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Queen's Pawn Game

D02 · Queen's Pawn Game: London System · you play White

The idea

The same set-up against almost anything: d4, Bf4, e3, c3, knights to d2 and f3. Easy to learn, hard to beat.

The moves

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O

Drill this line from memory

Free, no sign-up. The board plays the other side and you play every one of your moves. A line you miss comes back tomorrow; one you get comes back after 3 days, then a week, then three weeks.

When they go another way

• If they play 1...Nf6: Against a king-side fianchetto keep the same set-up; h3 gives the bishop a retreat on h2.

Opening names from the Lichess chess-openings list (CC0). Every line was checked move by move by the rules engine. Part of Chess Path, a free chess course.