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New: Nigel Davies: The Accelerated London with 2.Bf4

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5/19/2016 – Alexander Grischuk plays it, Ruslan Ponomariov plays it, and a lot of strong grandmasters play it: 1.d4 followed by 2.Bf4, the Accelerated London. For a long time this line has been underrated but it is more dangerous than many people believe. On his new ChessBase DVD Nigel Davies shows how White can make life difficult and dangerous for Black. More...

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