Thursday, August 5, 2021

London System 2.Bf4 Djordjevic

Vuk Djordjevic wins with the London System using a kingside attack. In the olden days, this opening helped White get an easy game with minimal danger. Most of the focus tends to be on the center and queenside, but aggressive-minded players like to work up a kingside assault. A typical such attack came in this blitz game between International Master Vuk Djordjevic of Serbia and Grandmaster Steven Zierk from the USA.

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Djordjevic – Zierk, Titled Tuesday chess.com INT, 25.05.2021 begins 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Nd2 Bd6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Bg3 0–0 8.Ngf3 Qe7 9.0–0 [Another popular continuation is 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qa4 Bxg3 11.hxg3 cxd4 12.cxd4 with equal chances.] 9...Bd7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bd3 Nh5 [11...Bxg3 12.hxg3 e5=+] 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Ne5 Nf6 [13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 wins the Black knight.] 14.f4 b5 15.g4 Be8 16.g5 Nd7 17.Rf3 f6 [Black has a chance to hold the position with 17...g6=] 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7
19.Rh3+ Kg8 20.g6 fxe5 [20...Bxg6 21.Nxg6+-] 21.Rh8+ Kxh8 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Qh7# 1–0

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