London System, with Be2 (5. Be2 O-O)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O
The London System, with Be2 is a chess opening classified as ECO A48, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 125 times by this move order. White won 47%, 6% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 6. O-O (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.07 (Stockfish, depth 52; best line 6. h3 c5 7. O-O Qb6 8. Qc1 Nc6)
- ECO
- A48
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 9 | |
| 1500-1999 | 53 | |
| 2000+ | 63 | |
| All | 125 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. O-O | 62 (50%) | |
| 6. h3 | 34 (27%) | |
| 6. Nbd2 | 16 (13%) | |
| 6. c3 | 4 (3%) | |
| 6. h4 | 3 (2%) | |
| 6. c4 | 2 (2%) | |
| 6. Nfd2 | 2 (2%) | |
| 6. Ng5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
327 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 18%, Black 41%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2747) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2723) 0-1 · Chess.com Classic Losers · 2025-05-21
- GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (2621) – GM Hao Wang (2729) 1-0 · FIDE World Blitz 2014 · 2014-06-20
- GM Aleksey Dreev (2668) – GM Ilia Smirin (2663) 0-1 · FIDE World Blitz 2013 · 2013-06-09
- GM M. Amin Tabatabaei (2624) – GM Naroditsky, D. (2623) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 7th Sept · 2021-09-07
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2711) – GM Antonios Pavlidis (2536) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 22nd Dec · 2020-12-22
Search all games of the London System, with Be2 and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM GrandByniolus (2615) – CH-Subject029 (2656) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- Tushkanchik77 (2533) – Bebas_BKD (2541) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Tushkanchik77 (2527) – DanT13 (2513) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
London System, with Be2 (4… d6 5. Be2) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2
More London System, with Be2 lines (all)
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.