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Jobava London

A sharp London cousin: 1.d4, early Nc3, Bf4, Nb5 ideas, and opposite-side castling plans.

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About the Jobava London

A sharp London cousin: 1.d4, early Nc3, Bf4, Nb5 ideas, and opposite-side castling plans.

This is a playable repertoire, not a video course. You meet each position on the board, play the move yourself, and the opponent answers with the reply club players actually choose. Lines you have seen come back on a spaced schedule so they survive past the day you learned them.

You play
White
Level
Beginner-intermediate
Lines
10
Positions
28

Main line

Every branch in this course grows out of this opening sequence.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3

What you'll learn

10 lines and 28 positions to recall.

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  1. 1. Enter the Jobava London

    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4. London bishop with an early Nc3.

  2. 2. Jobava setup: Bf4

    Vs ...d5, play Bf4 and head for Qd2 / O-O-O ideas.

  3. 3. Nb5 ideas

    A trademark Jobava idea: Nb5 hitting c7.

  4. 4. Queenside castling plan

    Qd2, O-O-O, and h4 storm ideas.

  5. 5. h4 pawn storm

    After O-O-O, h4-h5 is the Jobava kingside plan.

  6. 6. Vs ...Bf5

    If Black copies with ...Bf5, play e3 and Nb5 ideas anyway.

  7. 7. Vs early ...c5

    Meet ...c5 with e3 and keep the Jobava pieces active.

  8. 8. Quiet Jobava: short castling

    You can also castle short and play a London-like middlegame.

  9. 9. Jobava wrap-up

    Nc3+Bf4, Nb5/Qd2 ideas, and choose your castling side.

  10. 10. Vs ...g6 setups

    Against kingside fianchettos, keep Bf4 and consider Qd2.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Jobava London course on Chessply?
A sharp London cousin: 1.d4, early Nc3, Bf4, Nb5 ideas, and opposite-side castling plans. It covers 10 lines built from 28 positions you play move by move.
Which side do you play in the Jobava London?
You play White. The course opens with 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 and branches by Black's reply.
How do I start learning the Jobava London?
Open the course and press Continue session. You watch the next move, play it back, and the branch map unlocks the following line. Nothing is quizzed before you have seen it.
Is the Jobava London course free?
Yes. There is no paid plan. You can train without an account, and signing in keeps your progress in sync across devices.
How long does it take to memorise the Jobava London?
Recall is capped at five lines a day, so a session is short and repeatable. The schedule stretches the gap between reviews each time you remember a line correctly.

Related openings

These courses start from the same first move, so what you learn here carries over.