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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #8 - 02/26/11 at 05:55:11
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Against e4. = Scheveningen Sicilian. I tried Dragons but I don't like a fianchetto on my King side, especially if my opponent is castling on the other side.  
  
Against d4. = Usually Queen's Indian or some sort of defence that doesn't directly contest the centre but hopefully the a8 to h1 file, but I am learning the Slav.
  
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #7 - 02/26/11 at 00:27:54
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LostTactic wrote on 02/25/11 at 01:17:32:
Thought it might be interesting to see which is the most popular.

Personally I'm rated 168 ECF (English Chess Federation) which is the equivalent of 1994 elo (168 x 8 + 650).

I started off my chess with Scandinavian against e4 and Dutch against d4 because they didn't require much theory to play, but as I started to improve I decided to add the Najdorf and Semi-slav, which are the main 2 openings I'm using today, however I still do use the previous 2 every now and then as a surprise weapon.

I'm planning to add the Grunefeld and Caro-Kahn to my repertoire as well though, basically I want to have both an attacking choice and defensive choice ready because sometimes I like to play attacking or defensivley depending on my mood.

I think it would also be interesting to see whether there's some kind of correlation between what openings stronger players use compared to weaker players via this thread.

To anyone posting on this thread if you could post your rating; whether it be otb or internet and what openings you use against e4 and d4 it might be interesting to see results.

Thanks for reading.


The Caro-Kann isn't a defensive opening.  Tongue

The Grunfeld is a good counter-attacking opening, and the only practical disadvantage of it is that White has a very wide range of decent options, and Black needs to know some theory against all of them.
  
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #6 - 02/25/11 at 22:24:19
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I play the French against 1.e4, but I've faced the exchange variation far too often online, probably in over 50% of my French games, which is quite annoying. I've switched to Tiger's Modern there, but I want to play the same openings OTB and online, and I want something more solid for the tournaments, so perhaps Caro-Kann will be the answer.

Against 1.d4 I play Nimzo + Benoni.

  
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #5 - 02/25/11 at 17:26:50
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #4 - 02/25/11 at 16:58:16
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Against 1.e4, I play Petroff against +2000 and Najdorf or sometimes O'Kelly (if a draw is okay) against -2000

Against 1.d4, Nimzo+Tartacower (+2000) and Nimzo+Ben-Oni (-2000) - I'm learning the Triangle at the moment

Against 1.c4, mainly 1...e5 and learning 1...c5

Against 1.Nf3 c5, although this is still a soft spot in my repertoire  Sad

  
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #3 - 02/25/11 at 16:12:55
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vs 1.d4 I play the Nimzo/Bogo/QID complex but I have started out with the QGD and can play any of Black's main defenses in Blitz. 

vs e4 I play the Sicilian alternating between the Accelerated Dragon, the Dragon, or the Najdorf but I tend to play the AD against = or stronger opposition.
  
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #2 - 02/25/11 at 06:08:14
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Against 1.d4 otb I started with QGD but switched to playing the Slav early on but found too many people chicken out for draws with the exchange Slav. So I was encouraged to pick up the KID to be more aggressive. I now alternate them per my mood. I found that the KID increased my black win % in correspondence so much that I was inclined to begin a search for new more active and complicated openings like it for 1. e4 as well. For 1. e4 ever since I learned chess I only played 1... e5 because I love the two knights and the chance that I might get to play any variation of it excites me to no end. However, I found that in correspondence 1... e5 is very drawish. So only in correspondence (not otb yet), I've been experimenting with the Sicilian. Played a number of Caro Kann thematics as well (certain move orders can transpose you in tho this plus its pawn structure is like a sister to the Slav). Also been experimenting in Correspondence with various other active optins ie QGA, Semi Slav lines.
  
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Re: Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
Reply #1 - 02/25/11 at 05:07:08
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I'm around 1700ish USCF - actually lower right now due to a recent slump, but I was as high as 1777 about a year ago, and I think I should be able to get back up there within the next couple of months.

I've gone back and forth between e5 and e6 as my main response to e4 over the years, though usually avoiding the mainest of the main lines, which I now think was a mistake. Right now, I'm playing e5 and sticking to the main lines to allow the Ruy Lopez, Scotch, and Two Knights, instead of avoiding them with some of the stuff I've used in the past (Philidor, etc).

Against everything besides 1. e4, I've tried quite a few options over the years, and the Classical Dutch is the only thing I've ever been happy playing, so I'm sticking with it, at least against 1. d4 and 1. c4. I recently considered going back to the Tarrasch or trying out the Albin CounterGambit, to play more open games against 1. d4, but a couple of online blitz games reminded me of why I hate answering 1. d4 with d5. At low-intermediate levels, opponents just come up with the oddest second moves, which are theoretically weak, but it's not necessarily easy to prove that with the clock ticking. I'd rather avoid the whole mess and just play the Dutch, which forces them to play my game, instead of trying to figure out theirs.

Against flank openings, I actually tend to revert to a Tarrasch Defense type structure (pawns on e6, d5, and c5). The couple of times I've faced 1. b4 in serious tournaments, my opponents were surprised that I improvised great positions out of the opening without having studied that opening at all. 
  
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Which openings do you use against 1. d4 and e4?
02/25/11 at 01:17:32
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Thought it might be interesting to see which is the most popular.

Personally I'm rated 168 ECF (English Chess Federation) which is the equivalent of 1994 elo (168 x 8 + 650).

I started off my chess with Scandinavian against e4 and Dutch against d4 because they didn't require much theory to play, but as I started to improve I decided to add the Najdorf and Semi-slav, which are the main 2 openings I'm using today, however I still do use the previous 2 every now and then as a surprise weapon.

I'm planning to add the Grunefeld and Caro-Kahn to my repertoire as well though, basically I want to have both an attacking choice and defensive choice ready because sometimes I like to play attacking or defensivley depending on my mood.

I think it would also be interesting to see whether there's some kind of correlation between what openings stronger players use compared to weaker players via this thread.

To anyone posting on this thread if you could post your rating; whether it be otb or internet and what openings you use against e4 and d4 it might be interesting to see results.

Thanks for reading.
  
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