Who can reccommend a repetoire??

I was wondering who can reccomend a repetoire or a place to start looking for one for me. My playing style is as follows:

I am good at visualizing fantasy positions and plans but I prefer more clear-cut plans than multiple speculative plans. I am more positionally orientated than tactical but I don't mind tactics. I prefer clear positions to complex and disharmonious ones. I don't mind either calculating or using my intuition but I prefer definates though I tend not to calculate deeply. I prefer extreme accuracy for 10 ply (half moves) to speculation at 20 ply. I prefer dynamic and active play (not nessesarily agressvie) but I don't mind slower-paced manevering games. I severly dislike being cramped. I prefer a nice classical pawn centre but I can also use a hypermodern centre.

I open with the Nimzo or Queens indian against d4 as black but this is the only real section of my repetoire I am happy with.

Can anyone help?

As white the Ruy Lopez is very popular.

In the closed/open lopez you set up your pieces to nice squares and prepare an eventual c2-c3 and d2-d4 advance of pawns.

As white, 1.e4 and then:

1...c5 2.c3 aiming for the classical pawn center, gives strategical play, see games by Tiviakov

1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3, scores well, clear play, see games by Glek

Against the French I don't know, perhaps 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 ?

Against the Caro-Kann and others the main lines seem to give more or less your preferred game.

Thank you for the replies so far.

Thats given me a fair bit to think about.

Can anyone add to the comments previously posted or suggest alternatives?

I'm biased, but it sounds like the Colle-Zukertort would be perfect for you.

I put a youtube video up recently describing it. You can find it here.

You can also take a look at the one-page "Zukertort Wisdom" Pdf on my Excerpts Page.

If you want to ask other Zukertort players why they like the opening, feel free to come to the Zukertort Players Forum.

As white, I think you are best off trying d4-openings. These are usually more positional than tactical but this also depends largely upon your choice against each of the different defences black may try. White is also usually the one who sets the pace. I think it's best to start with some d4-systems which don't require you to know too much theory like the London system, Trompowsky, or the Colle, and then slowly add the mainlines of d4 (queen's gambit and indian defences) to your repertoire.

As black against e4 I suggest the Caro-Kann. You will usually get a solid, reliable position in which you can try to outplay your opponent positionally. You do have to know your theory here and there, but as long as you do all is fine. Some of the positions you get also resemble the London system (or vice versa).

How about the Italian?

I'm apologize if this is not the place for dumb questions from noobs, but someone please tell me why, in the examples above, black does not take the king's pawn with the knight? It looks like a free pawn to me.  I assume that since it wasn't taken, it must be a tactical error to do so... but I don't get it. What am I missing?

Which example above, and at which move?

Thanks guys. As always really helpful responses. Given me a lot of food for thought here. If anyone has any other suggestions that would be great

He can take the pawn. That would be the Open Ruy Lopez (if you are talking about the first two diagrams given by Kupov). White can win back the pawn anyway after either d4 or Re1.

I'm assuming you mean move 7 in the italian game.

Well, this could happen.

This is one of those time when you don't want to snag pawns in the opening.

I think that this is more accurate but I could be wrong.

do a french defence it does not have so much theory but try going on google

These might also be of interest.

Attacking:  http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_open_rep_attack.htm

Positional:  http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_open_rep_position.htm

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/beginner-repertoire

Bahahaha!

Sorry I just found that segment amusing 

Anyway, for beginners I always suggest playing mostly open games (1.e4 e5) and in general advocate gambit play and a general emphasis on tactical chess.

Thank you all for your comments.

I have had reservations about putting a LOT of effort into openings but I am beyond the simple tactics stage. (my rating on this site is far from my real-life rating. I just don't do well on faster time-controls) I am at the point I am getting serious about the game and wish to put an hour or two in here or there of openingwork aside from my tactic work so its not going to cost me 15 minutes OTB trying to find the continuation.

I agree right up to master level the difference is almost always tactics, but that doesn't mean this is the only aspect of the game we should improve in. My openings need some serious revitalisation!

I don't intend to take up something like the sicillian dragon. The kind of time something like that would suck up would be immense. I'm looking for a reliable opening that I can learn the basic ideas of and use without lines memorised but more with an understanding of whats going on to make most use of my time available for study.

That's precisely why people take up the Colle. Purdy suggested it because it let people use their time studying tactics rather than lines.