Please!! Some help with my black repertoire against 1.d4,1.c4, 1.Nf3

Hey guys.

I am facing a lot of difficulties and problems with my black repertoire against d4, c4 and Nf3.  I was playing the QGD as black against d4, c4 (1.c4 e6) and Nf3 (1.Nf3 d5), but it’s a defense that I’m not enjoying to play (plus I hate to play against the Exchange variation is very hard for black to fight against the minority attack), I’m a solid player, but against d4 I like to have more counter play chances. So I am deciding to change to Nimzo/QID or the Grunfeld, but the main problem is the english as black. I dont like the symmetrical or the playing the english lines as black (I was using the QGD move order against c4). But I think is not possible to play the grunfeld or Nimzo/QID against the c4 and Nf3 right?? Can anyone give me some advice?

Thank you!

I think that the  King's Indian Defense is one of the most solid responses; in fact, it's the only response I play against 1. d4. I suggest learning it and trying it out in some games

I believe you can still play in Grunfeld or QID fashion against 1 Nf3 and 1 c4.

I found it difficult to have a repertoire covering 1. d4, 1. Nf3 and 1. c4 while avoiding d5 openings altogether. For a Nimzo player the most consistent choice would perhaps be to add the Ragozin and play QGD move orders when White doesn't go 1. d4 2. c4 3. Nc3.

Also the minority attack can be successfully dealt with. The plans and manoeuvers Black can use to counter it are quite clear and widely published (like in Sadler's book).

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"I am facing a lot of difficulties and problems with my black repertoire against d4, c4 and Nf3." ++ What problems and difficulties exactly?

"I was playing the QGD as black against d4, c4 (1.c4 e6) and Nf3 (1.Nf3 d5), but it’s a defense that I’m not enjoying to play"
++ Why do you not enjoy it? Not enjoying is not the same as problems and difficulties

"I hate to play against the Exchange variation is very hard for black to fight against the minority attack"
++ There is no need to fear the minority attack.
Kasparov as white did not even play the minirity attack: he played as white for a king's side attack.

"I’m a solid player, but against d4 I like to have more counter play chances."
++ 'd4 = dull & drawish' - Fischer.
Fischer played King's Indian Defence, Grünfeld Indian Defence and Nimzovich Indian Defence.

"So I am deciding to change to Nimzo/QID or the Grunfeld"
++ Those are sharper indeed and allow to play for a win with black, but at greater risk of losing

"but the main problem is the english as black."
++ English is not played as often as 1 d4, and it often transposes

"But I think is not possible to play the grunfeld or Nimzo/QID against the c4 and Nf3 right??"
++ You can: 1 c4 Nf6 or 1 Nf3 Nf6. One problem is 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 g6 3 e4 when you trranspose to a King's Indian Defence. In that move order you must opt for 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 to steer towards Grünfeld.
Here is how Fischer steered towards Grünfeld
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361 

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008419 

In the English (and 1.Nf3), you would need to know what to do against the Anti-Nimzo (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2/4.Qb3) and the Mikenas-Flohr (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4) or the Anti-Grunfeld (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 - 2...g6 3.e4! Forces you into a KID - 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3!, virtually forcing the Queen's off.

There is another solution to the Minority Attack.  Do not allow it!

Study up the line where Black, after b4 by White, plays ...a6 and after a4, Black plays ...b5.

The idea is to get a Knight on c4.  White wants to prevent it, and also wants to get a Knight to e5.  Often ...f6 is played to avoid this.

If a White Knight gets to c5, it is best not to take it and work around it.  Taking it allows dxc5, giving White a juicy outpost on d4.

Your weakness is still c6, but get a Knight to c4 via Nd7-b6-c4 or Nf6-e8-d6-c4, and you plug up the file.  If White ever takes, you have a protected passed pawn on c4.  White, of course, needs to prevent ...Nc4 and dictate the tempo of the game if he is going to succeed.

I'm a bit surprised you have troubles against the minority attack. I played the QGD for years, and I don't think I ever faced a successful minority attack once. It's a long-term strategy, and, for most club players, the game is won or lost by tactics long before such a strategy can come to fruition. Actually, most of my opponents (1600-ish) didn't even know the minority attack was an option - they tended to go straight for the kingside.

you could play 1.e6 against 1.d4 and 1.c4 or 1.c6 against both and against 1.Nf3 you could go 1.h6 or 1.Nc6 or 1.Nf6 

You like grundeld play the grunfeld 

Try Peter swidler free chessable course where he teaches you how to face d4, c4 and nf3 with the grunfeld

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.chessable.com/short-sweet-grunfeld-defense/course/70030/&ved=2ahUKEwi16eW04sj2AhVQzTgGHRSuAMEQFnoECDYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0_XoKExdgeE_9-l_6RG8iM

For 1. d4 and 1. c4 , I would recommend the dutch defence as it can be played against both and more directly controls the e4 square. against 1. Nf3 I would just play Nc6 as this will often transpose back to normal e4 e5 systems

What about playing the Tarrasch Defense type setup (1...d5, 2...e6, 3...c5) against those? I've found that my opponents who open 1 c4 always transpose to the Queen's Gambit Tarrasch Defense by playing d4 sooner or later, and the 1 Nf3 players usually do. 

Be ready to play with an IQP though, which may not be to everyone's taste. There are also some tricky ways to play as White that lands Black in a bad version of IQP positions.

Be careful about changing openings just because you are having some difficulties. If you consider yourself a solid player, QGD should be something you enjoy. It sounds like to me that you are having trouble with the QGD declined because you havent studied theory thoroughly enough. What I would do if the idea is to play just one opening against d4 is to study the QGD theory more thoroughly and then see if you enjoy it more. Its going to be a lot more work to switch to something like the Grrunfeld or nimzo or some other opening unless you have studied them before. 

The Kings indian Solid? lol

Against Nf3 and c4 I play the dutch f5. Against d4 I play for a Benko Gambit or Kings Indian on other moves than c4.

I play 1…Nf6 and e6