System for black and white

Hello !

I recently learned the London system which I love to play as white but I would like to have a system for black and white.
There are quite a few situations where I can't get my bishop out on F5 when i try the London as black.
That's why I would like to have a versatile system for both sides that doesn't play too much with the pawn advance like the king's indian.

Wrote by a low elo player, be kind please

Try the Caro-Kann and Semi-Slav. Solid choices and similar.

It is difficult to find a good system that works every time with both colours, and playing like this is a questionable approach if your goal is to improve at chess over the long term.

That being said, there are a few systems you could try that can be played every game with both white and black.

If you want actually good openings, the closest would be something like a KIA with white, and KID + Pirc Defense with black, these are 3 very separate openings, but you still get to play the same sorts of moves every time with both colours so one could argue it is a "system".

Other than that, there's the Hippo setup, which you can truly play as a universal system with both colours, but is an objectively slightly weaker choice. You should probably be prepared to get some slightly worse positions with white playing like this.

You could also try a Hanham Philidor setup with both white and black, which is very solid, but a little cowardly to play with the white pieces. There is a good book on it called Sidestepping Mainline Theory by Gerard Welling.

There are also some even weirder systems that can be played vs. literally anything, such as the aggressive Elshad System, or even the "Drunken Roo" system invented by Tony Miles.