The London System - IM Eric Rosen - 80/20 Tactics Multiplier

80/20 Tactics Multiplier #04

Typical Tactic Ideas in The London System – IM Eric Rosen

If you want to really know an opening, you should be familiar with its typical positional ideas and remember the most important theoretical lines. But this is not enough.If you want to know an opening, you should be familiar with its typical positional ideas and remember the most important theoretical lines. But this is not enough.

Each opening has its own unique tactical patterns. Patterns you need to know to succeed.

IM Eric Rosen’s course on the essential tactics in the London System gives you a complete understanding of the typical patterns for both sides.

Even if you only play against the London System, knowledge of these resources will prove invaluable.

The London System is a flexible opening which White can use virtually against any of Black’s setups. This makes it the perfect choice for players who prefer to understand key strategic and tactical ideas instead of having to memorize an endless number of theoretical variations.

The aim of this DVD is to give you a high-level understanding of the typical themes of the London System, and really cement this knowledge in your long-term memory with the included practical tests.

1. London System: Magnus style! (Carlsen – Bosiocic)
2. Grischuk crushes the King’s Indian (Grischuk – Khusnutdinov)
3. Organizing your attack (Rosen – NN)
4. Nakamura beats the London in 11 moves (Bareev – Nakamura)
5. Studying new variations with an engine (Stockfish – Rosen)
6. The best line against the London (Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora – Viktor Laznicka)
7. Countering the “best line”
8. Setting up a devastating attack (Rosen – Do)
9. Playing the London in bullet (Rosen – NN)

1. Didn't see that coming...
2. Most famous London tactic
3. Crazy novelty
4. Simple and venomous Nc3
5. Positional and tactical chess combined
6. Activity over material
7. Identifying targets
8. Knockout punch
9. Kingside destruction
10. Capitalizing on the awkward queen
11. Punishing greed
12. Common trap
13. Double attack (piece targets)
14. Double attack (pawn targets)
15. Attacking the uncastled king
16. Leveraging the open h-file
17. Most common London trap
18. Punishing black’s weaknesses
19. Restricting the opponent
20. Pin and win
21. Poison pawn
22. Rubinstein plays the London!
23. Simple oversight
24. Sacrificing to rip open the castled king
25. Forcing moves
26. Tactics for positional purposes
27. Taking down the King’s Indian setup
28. White blunders on move 4
29. Cruel and unusual tactic
30. Concrete calculation
31. Unusually strong positional idea
32. Capitalizing on an awkward setup
33. Aronian’s awesome attack
34. Super GM destroys a master with creative play
35. Positional bind leads to tactical massacre
36. Beating an IM in 9 moves with epic queen sac
37. Look for the counterattack!
38. Black should have castled sooner
39. Unstoppable threat
40. Double piece sac to mate
41. Don’t mess with Naroditsky
42. Overwhelming attack
43. Unexpected intermezzo
44. GM crushes 2100 in a positional masterpiece
45. The power of alignment
46. Super GM Gelfand falls into deep prep
47. Aronian’s creative miniature win over Nepomniachti
48. Grandmaster makes quick work of amateur
49. Breaking through a locked position
50. Grandmaster brutally attacks 1800