I want to try out London System. Any tips?

I am relatively new, and I was trying out a few openings. Can someone explain to me the London System so I can try it out?

Oh, and if you do not like the London System, what opening would you recommend I try out?

The London system is an extremely flexible setup of peices and pawn that lets you pretty much get a guranteed good game (there are some anti londons, but you will come to find those as you play.) I recommend the video by GothamChess if you wanna learn more, but it is a really good opening that I used to play a ton (and I likely will return to)

London is an excellent choice if you want to create an opening repertoire once and for all. Play it against everything as white and black except e4 and c4. Fill in that hole with the Scandinavian or Caro kann and you are good to go. One thing to know is that you can choose where to castle. London takes a lot of moves to setup(7 moves), so you can use it as a waiting strategy, and when your opponent castles you choose where to castle yourself(Qc2 OOO if queenside) the other thing is that you can always play c4 instead of c3, making a delayed queen’s gambit except it’s not a gambit anymore. Use this if your opponent is too weak on queenside(blocks the c pawn with the knight for example) or has castled there. Learn the greek gift sacrifice, london is perfect for making it. Instead of london i would maybe recommend the torre attack. It is much more aggressive because your bishop takes a more active position and doesn’t block your f pawn(making the maneuer Ne5 f4 possible) Colle-Zukertort + french defence is my repertoire rn, it’s pretty fun. You can try that out also

I'm happy this hasn't turned into one of those meme threads, I also want to try out london one day.

Have a look at this video. It explains everything you need to know. ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy-JX7hoy-g

London tips and tricks: only play the Accelerated London against 1… d5 as otherwise Black can play a hypermodern g6 system which the London does poorly against, play Bg3 against Nh5/Bd6 and retake with whichever pawn is blocking your rook, only play c3 once Black has committed to e6 or if you’re already developed enough to have played Bd3 already, against an early Bf5 play c4 Nc3 Qb3 and if Black plays Qb6 play c5 axb3, if Black threatens to push e5 as a pawn break play Ne5 and reinforce it with Ndf3 if necessary, if Black plays passively and castles kingside play d4 Nf3 Bf4 Nbd2 Bd3 c3 Qc2 0-0-0 Rdg1 and pawn storm the kingside.

That’s all I can think of at the moment, if you need clarification or have any more questions about what to do in the London I’ll come back later with answers.

It depends on your goal. If your goal is to improve at chess and keep improving to the best of your ability, then I don't recommend it. You should stick to principled classical openings like the Italian, Scotch, Queens Gambit, or Ruy Lopez. The London is not a good opening for chess improvement. If you play chess for fun and just want to learn an opening in 5 minutes then go for it.

DON'T PREMOVE...

There's this thing called 1...e5

I'll keep that in mind, thank you.

Try Liverpool System instead ! It BEATs it !
(it's a Beatlesmania joke)

The idea is simple

I‘d advise you not to play it. the life as a London system player is lonely and miserable.. no one will like you, you won’t have any friends, so just don’t do it! be better than that and just play e4 or something else

It's O.K. Niles... I don't mind the London. You won't get the chance to play it against me, but i don't mind it

There you have it, the memers have arrived.

Start with 1 d4.

THEN WHAT? The suspense is killing me!

You’re 1900 but your comment reads like a 900. You name the first 4 openings everyone learns (of which one is actively a detriment to your point of not picking noob trap openings) and then go on to call the London bad for player development. On what basis? It’s MUCH better than the SCOTCH! It’s also better than the Italian.
In the London, you learn how to delay moves, you learn how to stop pawn breaks, you learn how to attack with pieces, you learn how to attack with pawns, you learn how to attack kingside, queenside, and center, you learn how to keep tension and break if when necessary, you learn how to play both passive positional setups and tactical theoretical lines. It’s great for beginners.
You know what the Scotch teaches you? It teaches you how to give Black a free way to relieve the tension on their weakest pawn on move 3.

Everyone who downvoted my post. What did I say wrong?

That the london system is good