Hi everyone, i was just wondering if a tournament can be created for the club based on the London opening featuring the various ideas and systems against it. We can even have this tournaments on daily at specific times for all who want to practice it.
Lichess does allow tournaments to be scheduled, and there are many options for opening starting positions, but I don't believe they have the London System opening positions on there. You can't create your own starting position for tournaments either.
We could make private tournaments and only share the password on this team for members of the club to join, and members will play the London System in the tournaments. They aren't forced to, though.
We could make private tournaments and only share the password on this team for members of the club to join, and members will play the London System in the tournaments. They aren't forced to, though.
I'm in
I'm in too.
FunnyAnimatorJim, in fact there is London System in the opening start positions! It has the code D02. :)
FunnyAnimatorJim, in fact there is London System in the opening start positions! It has the code D02. :)
@bspinto
There is London System in the opening start position, but, It's more the "London Opening" than a system - or a London Setup : It's basically 1.d4 d5 2. Nf6 Nf3 3.Bf4 (the move order can be changed). Then you can't play some Dutch or Benoni, or modern defense, etc. And you can't choose to build the pyramid and bring out the bd2 Knight first.
In most of my games, the London System - with 2.Bf4 - is called by lichess "mason attack" and not London System.
So if it's possible to create a tournament from the lichess starting position, it would be less interesting because of the lack of flexibility.
But it's surely possible for players to start from the position 1.d4, and then play flexible with the london system.
There is London System in the opening start position, but, It's more the "London Opening" than a system - or a London Setup : It's basically 1.d4 d5 2. Nf6 Nf3 3.Bf4 (the move order can be changed). Then you can't play some Dutch or Benoni, or modern defense, etc. And you can't choose to build the pyramid and bring out the bd2 Knight first.
In most of my games, the London System - with 2.Bf4 - is called by lichess "mason attack" and not London System.
So if it's possible to create a tournament from the lichess starting position, it would be less interesting because of the lack of flexibility.
But it's surely possible for players to start from the position 1.d4, and then play flexible with the london system.
thanks for your replies. and hope we get to play this very soon.
@Furo951
You're right: when I play the London System, it is almost always called "Queen Pawn Game: Mason Attack" for every chess databases.
But this "London Opening" is also interesting and I think it would serve to a good tournament, don't you? :)
You're right: when I play the London System, it is almost always called "Queen Pawn Game: Mason Attack" for every chess databases.
But this "London Opening" is also interesting and I think it would serve to a good tournament, don't you? :)
@funbeat
London opening is beetween " ". It's not it's true name, but to significate the difference beetween a system (no big care about opponent's moves, and about the move order - what import is the setup) and an opening (a response - the best response sometimes - to an opponent's move from the beggining of the game, a forced move response sometimes, tactically or positionnaly speaking).
London opening is beetween " ". It's not it's true name, but to significate the difference beetween a system (no big care about opponent's moves, and about the move order - what import is the setup) and an opening (a response - the best response sometimes - to an opponent's move from the beggining of the game, a forced move response sometimes, tactically or positionnaly speaking).
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