Simon Says: A Quick Guide to the Jobava London System

by Simon Williams
11/16/2020 – In this "Simon Says" show the Ginger GM takes a look at another interesting and dangerous opening weapon: the Jobava London System. | Watch "Simon Says" on-demand and with a ChessBase Premium account). (Normally 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 14:00 ET).

This DVD concentrates on the increasingly popular 5.Bf4 variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined and gives White a dynamic and aggressive weapon against Black's set-up.

The Jobava London System

Simon Says: "In this Simon Says I am to teach you all the main points behind the 'Jobava London System'. A tough task in under an hour, but I am confident that after this show, you will have another tempting opening to play!"

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B. Jobava - S. Mamedyarov, Dubai 2014
Position after 25....Nc4

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In early 2015 Simon Williams launched his own show called "Simon says" after producing the first of his ChessBase video series. On a weekly basis (with breaks for tournaments and chess events) Simon entertains the chess world with attacking ideas, play strategies and witty manoeuvres on the chess board.

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Simon's latest DVD series, "The Exciting Budapest Gambit" is now available. Check it out, starting with the sample below: 

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Jobava is inspired

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.f3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.e3 c5 7...a6 . 8.h5 Bh7 9.Nb5 Na6 10.c3 Be7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nd7 13.Ne2 0-0 14.a4 Bf6 15.Bd6 Re8 16.f4!? Nb6?! 17.g5 Jobava does not need a second invitation to take advantage hxg5 18.h6! g6 19.fxg5 Bxg5 20.h7+ Kg7 21.Be5+ f6?! 22.Nd6!? Rh8? 23.Nf4 Bxf4 The knight had to go, but now Black's kingside will be fatally levered open in any case. 24.Bxf4 g5 25.0-0-0 Nc4 26.Rh6!? Kxh6 27.Nf7+ Kg7 28.Nxd8 Raxd8 29.b3?! Nb6 30.Rg1 Rxh7 31.e4 Kh8?! 32.e5! gxf4? 33.Qg6 Rf8 34.exf6 1–0
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Jobava,B2713Mamedyarov,S27431–02014D00World Rapid Championship, Dubai3.1

Simon Williams presents the London System, providing the theory you need for your games (7 h 16 min). In addition Williams also introduces into typical tactics and patterns in a seperate product. (53 games, 96 training questions and 3h 14 min)


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Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. He also has a lot of experience commentating about chess. Being the regular commentator at the strongest and best open tournament in the world, Gibraltar. Simon Williams is the author of numerous chess books. His first chess book. 'Play the Classical Dutch' got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds. No wonder he produced two widely acclaimed ChessBase DVDs on the King's Gambit. More information about Williams can be found on his website.

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