A00 · Grob Opening
Grob Opening: London Defense
1. g4 e5 2. h3 Nc6
In the Grob Opening: London Defense, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Grob Opening: London Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code A00. It is reached after the moves 1. g4 e5 2. h3 Nc6: 4 moves in, with White to play.
It belongs to the Grob Opening family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the Grob Opening: London Defense in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.
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