best defensive openings

what do you guys think are th e best defensive openings forr white and black. ive noticed lately i play way to aggresivley and am trying to change that.

Start with d4 and mostly u will get semiclosed and closed positions.

To e4 u can aswer e5.

Try to avoid gambits

If you plan on developing your defensive technique than you need to play passive openings.

Stuff like

• Sicilian, Hedgehog
• English Opening, Hedgehog
• Hippo defense
• Pincer Attack
• London System
• Colle
• Torre Attack
• Trompsky Attack

Also alot of Hyper-Modern openings are considered passive usually lines with Fianchetteos most are passive.

• Kings Indian Defense

• Kings Indian Attack

• Pirc Defense

• Modern Defense

• Owens Defense

• Queens Indian Defense

• Rats Defense

All the lines I mentioned are considered passive. However, they are solid lines. So its a way of playing a solid passive line which can help you learn some defense. You usually get very solid positions.

X_Player_J_X, I agree with most of these choices, but the KID and Modern Defense are very complex to learn at a ~1000 level.

I think at this level the opening does not really matter; it's the kind of moves you play.

I would be interested in seeing one of the OP's games in whcih he played "too aggressively."

X_PLAYER_J_X 

Are you seriously suggesting that the Sicilian and the King's Indian Defense are passive? 

In general, you should not play passive openings to attack less. You should always play active, attacking openings. Just be careful when attacking, and don't sac your queen for one check. ^^

The best defense is a good offense!

vice-versa is right

there is nothing like offence defense openings see what opening's are applied by recent grandmaster's and follow them.

good advice

The reason the Sicilian, hedgehog and KID are considered passive is becuase they allow white the option of occupying the center with pawns.

Which gives white more space. Space is considered an advantage in chess.

If you allow your opponent the option of getting space you have condemned yourself to a passive position.

Generally when people commit themselves to a passive position they do so with compensation of other sorts to justify there means of allowing white the space.

In the KID that compensation is a dynamic compensation with a fairly easy plan. Mating the white king with a kingside pawn storm.

In the Sicilian, Hedgehog blacks compensation is a compact structure with virtually no weaknesses. They aim to prove a compact small structure is easier to maintain than a large one. Whites huge center must be defended and looked after.

There is nothing wrong with playing this way. In fact, Against aggressive players these lines can be very effective.

These lines will teach you patience, defense, and will help you increase your counter attacking skills.

The problem of these lines is when you run into positional players.

Attacking players usually like sac-ing stuff and trying to be aggressive. You simply can not be aggressive in a compact solid position. Usually they attack only to find out a few moves later there attack has achieved nothing. They than resign and play someone esle lol.

Positional players on the other hand have a way of making a position with not alot of space feel miserable. Positional players are more content to small advantages. Than they seek to build on those small advantages. The fact they have more space is 1 small advantage. They will sit on the position all day and squeeze you until you can not move. They don't need a crushing tactical blow. They don't need an amazing sacrifice. They know they are winning because they have space advantage. They will crush you slowly. If it takes them 100 moves to do it. They will play 100 moves. An when you play the black side of these positions with little space you will feel the torture all those 100 moves.

However, It is a lesson worth learning. It will teach you to appreciate the value of space. You will remember that lesson far more than if a chess coach was to tell you.

Hypermodern is not synonymous with passive.

Not all of them but most of them are.

You will win easier against a positional player with sicilian then an attacker :) So your claim is wrong

No not against a strong positional player. In the Sicilian Hedgehog against Macrozy Bind position.