Hello. There are two types of openings; there's those where your options branch out exponentially fast and you have to memorize the book moves, and then there's setup-based openings where the moves you make generally don't change from game to game. For example, King's Indian style fianchetto setup is, for the most part, unstoppable. You can play it in every game, against every opponent, and your opening moves would generally be the same. The London setup is also universally doable whenever you want.
Question: How many of these are there? What are all the openings that have only one specific setup/formation in mind that, 99% of the time, won't be changing? Off the top of my head, I think these are what I know so far:
Hello. There are two types of openings; there's those where your options branch out exponentially fast and you have to memorize the book moves, and then there's setup-based openings where the moves you make generally don't change from game to game. For example, King's Indian style fianchetto setup is, for the most part, unstoppable. You can play it in every game, against every opponent, and your opening moves would generally be the same. The London setup is also universally doable whenever you want.
Question: How many of these are there? What are all the openings that have only one specific setup/formation in mind that, 99% of the time, won't be changing? Off the top of my head, I think these are what I know so far:
-London/Queen's Gambit with e3 formation
-King's Indian formation
-Czech Pirc formation
-Bird/Classical Dutch formation
-Nimzovitsch Defense with e5
-Colle/Italian Game with Bc2