1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3

I played with white and lost terribly after:

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3

Which opening is this? How should I play this with white?

Hallo Evert,

I don't know in what match you played.

I am trying to get a view of that match, but I din't succeed in finding it.

Maybe you know a way to look in your match and give you an answer.

Greetz Frits

It might be that it would be helpful to look at Win with the London System by Sverre Johnsen & Vlatko Kovacevic (2005)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627074459/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen85.pdf

and/or Play the London System by Cyrus Lakdawala (2010).

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627100246/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen139.pdf

If you lost terribly, it's not the opening's fault. In fact, I wouldn't want to be on the black side of that at all, since I don't like the Benoni. White should just play d5 and then c4 from there. Why did you even begin with the London, if you don't know it. Why not just play 2.c4 or Nf3? The Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian, and Slav are very popular and succeful for a reason: aviod normal queen's gambit lines. Watch some  youtube videos on the London and you'll be okay.

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4Be7 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Na4 Qd8 12. c3 Bd7 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Na5 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Re3 a520. Nb2 Ba6 21. Rh3 axb4 22. Qh5 h6 23. axb4 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26.Ra5 b5 27. Re3 Rfc8