i play everything and mostly anything
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Thymo wrote:
Scandinavian! Facing e4 with d4...
d5 - you mean :-)
I would play the Sicilian Najdorf with e7-e6 in a must-win situation. But I'm currently exploring the french defense. And I'm a bit iffy about the pirc defense.
Caro- Kann is awesome
DMX21x1 wrote:
Kasparov is the reason most people play the Sicilian. As for what openings I play, sorry but you're on a need to know basis. And you don't.
??? Are you trying to imply that Fischer playing the Sicilian didn't help its popularity at all? Or the other 50% or more of grandmasters over the last half century who have played it regularly?
So this thread seems to have come back from the dead again. I posted my opening repertoire 2.5 years ago, when I was on my "play gambits to learn how to attack or die trying" kick. My USCF rating has increased 400 points since then, so I guess it worked.
My repertoire now is much tamer. As white, I play 1. d4 without c4, aiming for the Colle-Zukertort, Barry Attack, or 150 Attack. Basically, it's the repertoire recommended by GM Summerscale in his "Killer Opening Repertoire" book.
As black, I'm doing "e6 against everything" these days. That's the French against 1. e4, going with the Fort Knox variation against Nc3 or Nd2. Against 1. d4, it's e6, then f5, playing the Classical Dutch while avoiding most of the anti-Dutch nonsense.
--Fromper
What is your opening? What is the best opening? What fruit do you like best? Do you like Britney Spears??
Know the difference between openings and know how you can benefit from each (or how the opening and its variation can fit your playing style).
I know almost all openings. I study many openings because I want to understand the characteristic of positions and know what to do with similar positions. Sicilian is popular among begineers because it is popular among top grandmasters. Caro-Kann is not popular among top grandmasters so it is also not popular among beginners. Imo, beginners should not play the Sicilian and have more respect on the Caro-Kann...
And the French, that is very good for positional players as long as they don't have tactical weaknesses. There are so many ways for White to go wrong positionally (and tactically) in the French (Usually French players play the French because of it's tactical nature, not it's surprisingly good positional advantage). Only in GM level imo the French loses its teeth because they just know almost everything.
Fromper wrote:
My repertoire now is much tamer. As white, I play 1. d4 without c4, aiming for the Colle-Zukertort, Barry Attack, or 150 Attack. Basically, it's the repertoire recommended by GM Summerscale in his "Killer Opening Repertoire" book.
As black, I'm doing "e6 against everything" these days. That's the French against 1. e4, going with the Fort Knox variation against Nc3 or Nd2. Against 1. d4, it's e6, then f5, playing the Classical Dutch while avoiding most of the anti-Dutch nonsense.
--Fromper
Wow. Didn't you become a boring old fart.
I usually play 1 d4 as white, though I do play c4 and e4 occasionally, as well.
Against d4, I usually play the Slav, though I'll occasionally play the Queen's Indian.
Against e4, my main defense is the Caro-Kann, but I'll sometimes mix in the Scandinavian or Petroff.
Patzer24 wrote:
Am I the only one who plays the French around here?!
I play the French!!
Jan 12, 2010
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My favorite as white is the Sicilian Pelikan
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5
marvellosity wrote:
Fromper wrote:
My repertoire now is much tamer. As white, I play 1. d4 without c4, aiming for the Colle-Zukertort, Barry Attack, or 150 Attack. Basically, it's the repertoire recommended by GM Summerscale in his "Killer Opening Repertoire" book.
As black, I'm doing "e6 against everything" these days. That's the French against 1. e4, going with the Fort Knox variation against Nc3 or Nd2. Against 1. d4, it's e6, then f5, playing the Classical Dutch while avoiding most of the anti-Dutch nonsense.
--Fromper
Wow. Didn't you become a boring old fart.
Are you being sarcastic? The Fort Knox is a pretty quiet variation of the French (but VERY easy to learn, so good for a "low study" opening repertoire). But everything else is still fairly aggressive, just not quite as much as my old gambit repertoire.
--Fromper
Sicillian Najdorf