[Event "Ideas in the London System: A Brutal Example"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/El9igr12/XNmu6J22"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FunnyAnimatorJimTV"]
[Black "Elizabeth"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Degocortes"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System"]
[UTCDate "2022.09.14"]
[UTCTime "15:14:11"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ This is a game I played in a G60+10 tournament in early March. I used my favorite London Opening and completely crushed my opponent on the kingside. } 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 { Stage 1 complete } 2... e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 { Stage 2 complete [%csl Rb2,Rc3,Rd4,Re3,Rf2][%cal Rf2d4,Rb2d4] } 4... c6 { Okay here black is playing in Semi-Slav Defense style, but the main problem for her is the light squared bishop and how it's stuck inside its pyramid. This is why we played Bf4, to avoid this problem! [%csl Bc6,Bb7,Bd5,Be6,Bf7,Rc8][%cal Rc8b7,Rc8e6] } 5. Nd2 { [%cal Gb1d2] } 5... Be7 { The more passive square. At this point I think white is much better [%csl Rd6][%cal Bf8e7] } 6. Ngf3 { [%cal Gg1f3] } 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 { Stage 3 complete [%csl Gd3,Gd2,Gf3][%cal Gf1d3] } 7... c5 { Okay here black realized her mistake and played c5. But she lost one important tempo and it helps me to develop an attack quicker. [%cal Rc7c6,Rc6c5] } 8. h3 { My idea is to tuck this bishop back to h2, then play Ne5 and finally f4. [%csl Gh2,Ge5][%cal Gf4h2,Gf3e5,Rf2f4] } 8... O-O 9. O-O cxd4 { She released the tension: This is really bad [%cal Rc5d4] } 10. exd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 { We have to meet Qb6 with Qb3 (more explanation in chapter 6) [%cal Rd8b6,Rd1b3] } 11... Qc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 { dxe5 was also good, but I wanted to play f4 [%csl Ge5,Bf4][%cal Gd4e5,Bf2f4] } 13... Nd7 14. Bh2 { I'm getting ready to play f4. [%cal Gf2f4] } 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 { Black is ready to play e6-e5 [%csl Be5][%cal Rd7e5,Rd6e5,Be6e5] } 16. f4 { So I stop her. [%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4e5,Gd4e5] } 16... b6 { Black wants to develop the bishop to b7, but why waste two moves? The bishop won't be doing anything there at all
Don't spend the time developing pieces to squares they won't be improved on!! [%cal Bb7b6,Bc8b7] } 17. Rae1 { Bringing my last piece in [%csl Be1,Bf1] } 17... Bb7 { Okay now I need to come up with an attacking plan. My first will be to transfer my queen near her king. [%cal Gb3d1,Gd1h5,Gh5g4,Gg4h4] } 18. Qd1 Rfe8 19. Qh5 { Honestly I was expecting g6, so h6 came as a surprise to me. [%cal Rg7g6] } 19... h6 20. Qg4 Nf6 { I was kinda happy to see this move because it blocks her f-pawn which is the only way she will be able to play e5. [%csl Gf6,Rf7][%cal Gd7f6,Rf7f6,Re6e5] } 21. Qh4 Re7 { And now I just need to do some maneuvering and calculation } 22. Re3 { [%cal Ge1e3,Ge3f3,Gg2g4,Gf1e1] } 22... Kh8 23. g4 Ng8 { Knight goes back to the corner. Super passive and this is the beginning of the end for black. [%csl Rg8][%cal Rf6g8] } 24. g5 Rae8 25. Nf3 { [%csl Ge5][%cal Gf3e5] } 25... f6 26. Rf2 fxg5 27. fxg5 Rf8 28. Ne5 { Now I'm attacking the weak light squares [%csl Gg6][%cal Ge5g6,Gd3h7] } 28... Rxf2 29. Ng6+ Kh7 30. Nxe7+ { Here I think Rf5 was also good [%cal Rf2f5] } 30... Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. Qxf2 hxg5 33. h4 g4 34. Ne5+ g6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Nxg6# { That shows you the kind of epic, brutal games you can play in the London Opening! [%csl Rb7,Rg8] } *