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Re: Critique my repertoire please.
Reply #1 - 04/17/11 at 15:03:15
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I'm not sure I like some of the more complex lines in your repertoire, e.g., the Advance Caro, the Advance French, the Schveningen, etc. It might be better to go for simpler, open alternatives until you get a little better, like 2 knights Caro, Tarrasch French, 1... e5 etc.
  
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Critique my repertoire please.
04/17/11 at 14:20:21
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I'm wondering if my opening repertoire fits together at all or if it even matters that much...FWIW, I'm about USCF 1600 right now.  I seem to enjoy positions that are unbalanced and slightly dynamic with multiple plans possible in the middlegame, but not wide open positions or wide open attacks.  My strengths would be decent positional feel for my rating level and good basic tactics pattern recognition.  My weaknesses would be poor time management and struggle with wide open position calculations (perhaps partly interrelated?)

As White I play 1. e4 and go for the:

     scotch against e5  (mieses and Be3 against Bc5)
     advance french against e6 (i've always played the old main line with Be2)
     advance caro-kann against c6 (with Nc3 and g4)
     grand prix against c5 (but seem to do well with open sicilians in blitz so may switch sometime)
     exchange variation against Nf6
     classical system against Pirc's

As Black I've played:

     d5 against d4 (in the past always going for QGD Tartakower but 90% sure of switching to Tarrasch as some lines of QGD seem to not offer enough counter play and must defend White's pressure for very long time)

     QGD type set up against Nf3 or c4.  though against Nf3 I play c5 first.

     2...e6 Sicilian against e4 aiming for Scheveningen though Keres atack is a pain.  have considered switching to Taimanov but probably just book up more on Keres for now.  against Alapin I just play d5 and though the positions are a little quiet, there is enough play for me.  against GPA or closed, I look at Nc6, e6 and Nge7 type set ups.


So, my question is, how much of a mess is my repertoire and does it matter if it doesn't fit together that well?

These are the lines I've played up till now, but it seems that in some cases I'm going for closed positions (advance french, caro-kann, QGD) while in others I'm going for pretty dynamic openings (scotch, sicilian, possibly tarrasch) and in yet still others, I'm just playing more simply and classically (exchange versus Alekhine, d5 vs c3 sicilian)

Any constructive opinions or advice appreciated!
  
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