Answers.Body: <p>How you respond depends on your tastes.</p>
  
  <p>If you like tactical play then 3. e4 is the Morris Gambit. This is basically the Albin Counter Gambit with colours reversed and an extra tempo. It can lead to very exciting play.</p>
  
  <p>If you are more conservative and prefer a quiet life then 3. e3 is the normal move when play can quickly return to more normal lines.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I haven't played 3. e4 often, but thanks for the answer, I'll be sure to try that out sometime. 3. e3 I have played several times, but often ending up with the king being in a tight spot.
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Answers.Text: 3. c3 works too
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Body: <p>I've played the London System for about 3 months and am liking it a lot, however I have run across several games where Black played a weird, but good, move early in the opening, c5.</p>
  <p>Example:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>d4 d5</li>
  <li>Bf4 c5</li>
  </ol>
  <p>Here, c5 is threatening to take on d4, a key position in the London System.</p>
  <p>How does one play with a threatening move such as this with the London System, or what style of play has generally come of this move?</p>
  <p>My last question, when Black plays c5, does this generally spell the end for typical London System lines, if played out with typical responses?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I'm trying to find viable routes to take because this move seems to breakdown the typical structure that the London System is played with.
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Comments.Text: Refute does not always mean something is wrong, but rather stopping it in its tracks, I was not debating whether or not it was playable, but how to play against this move.
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Comments.Text: ok, would the word `reply` work?
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Comments.Text: Sure, if you rephrase your question title it would be more accurate is all.  maybe "how to deal with ... "
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Tags: <opening><london-system><refuted>
Title: How to reply to an early c5 in the London System?
ThreadText: # How to reply to an early c5 in the London System?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-26)
  
  I've played the London System for about 3 months and am liking it a lot, however I have run across several games where Black played a weird, but good, move early in the opening, c5.
  
  Example:
  
  1. d4 d5
  2. Bf4 c5
  
  Here, c5 is threatening to take on d4, a key position in the London System.
  
  How does one play with a threatening move such as this with the London System, or what style of play has generally come of this move?
  
  My last question, when Black plays c5, does this generally spell the end for typical London System lines, if played out with typical responses?
  
  **Tags:** opening, london-system, refuted
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I'm trying to find viable routes to take because this move seems to breakdown the typical structure that the London System is played with.  
  > **username_0**: Refute does not always mean something is wrong, but rather stopping it in its tracks, I was not debating whether or not it was playable, but how to play against this move.  
  > **username_0**: ok, would the word `reply` work?  
  > **username_1**: Sure, if you rephrase your question title it would be more accurate is all.  maybe "how to deal with ... "  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-26. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  How you respond depends on your tastes.
  
  If you like tactical play then 3. e4 is the Morris Gambit. This is basically the Albin Counter Gambit with colours reversed and an extra tempo. It can lead to very exciting play.
  
  If you are more conservative and prefer a quiet life then 3. e3 is the normal move when play can quickly return to more normal lines.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I haven't played 3. e4 often, but thanks for the answer, I'll be sure to try that out sometime. 3. e3 I have played several times, but often ending up with the king being in a tight spot.  
  > **username_3**: 3. c3 works too  
  
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