1. c4

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26th November 2008, 10:18am
#1
by euovo
Portugal
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 136

I saw that topic about "what do people play after 1. d4?", and I got curious about what people answer to 1. c4.

Post here your move after 1. c4.

I'll start:

After 1. c4 I play 1. ... e5, because I think the following moves are easy to guess, as they are quite obvious.

26th November 2008, 10:23am
#2
by sniperghost360
maryland United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 264

1...c5,1...e5,or 1...Nf3.

26th November 2008, 10:24am
#3
by Kentering
Bac Son, Dong Nai Vietnam
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 121

Probably you have the most played reaction of Black. But there are several possibilities on c4. Like I said in http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/jaenisch-gambit-on-c4 I come with b5. The Jaenisch Gambit.

26th November 2008, 12:16pm
#4
by BirdBrain
KY United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 1806

I play 1...f5 against 1. c4, trying to veer the lines into Dutch territory.  You may consider the Classical Dutch lines - they are pretty fun to play!

26th November 2008, 12:54pm
#5
by mnag
San Diego United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 136

Mostly I play 1. ... c5, the idea that White will usually play 2. Nc3 or 2. g3 and I follow with 2. ... e6 and then with 3. ... d5 trying to get White to transpose (by playing d4) and play against a Tarrasch Defense. Basically I am praying my English playing opponent won't know the Tarrasch as well as I know it. If White doesn't transpose I usually get equality or just a slightly worse position.  If I need to win, then I usually will play 1. c4 e5 and end up with a reversed Sicilian, a much more difficult proposition for Black.

23rd December 2008, 10:13pm
#6
by Ir_Kamikaze
Tehran Iran
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 315

When I play as white I mostly start with C4 and I don't care what my opponent will answer except one move: 1 ... C5 I hate Symmetrical! Yell

23rd December 2008, 10:16pm
#7
by LYCAN148
Auckland New Zealand
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1170

i hate c5 too!!!!!!!!!!!

23rd December 2008, 10:26pm
#8
by ericmittens
London, ON Canada
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1870

I play the symmetrical.

18th July 2009, 12:32pm
#9
by stanhope13
The Celestial City or Armageddon United Kingdom
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 365

1...nf6.      1c4 is the english opening.

19th July 2009, 02:28pm
#10
by ericmittens
London, ON Canada
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1870

Well, I play the symmetrical because I play the english as white too and therefore am very comfortable in english - y positions for black!

19th July 2009, 02:31pm
#11
by mattattack99
Ann Arbor United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 1435

I play several moves after 1. c4:

19th July 2009, 02:32pm
#12
by mattattack99
Ann Arbor United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 1435

Oh and I forgot:

19th July 2009, 03:10pm
#13
by Tricklev
Gothenburg Sweden
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 869

1... g6 or 1... e5

21st July 2009, 09:20am
#14
by rich
My Home United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 23113

d5.

21st July 2009, 10:35am
#15
by BigTy
B.C Canada
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 137

I have played 1...c5 for a while, going for a botvinnik set-up most of the time. I find that the positions are often too symmetrical for my taste though and get boring. Therefor I am switching to 1...f5, since that will be my new defence against d4, I might aswell get more practice with it by using it against other openings aswell.

21st July 2009, 10:42am
#16
by brfc
Bristol England
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 4485

I don't like c4! e4 is the only way forwards

21st July 2009, 10:48am
#17
by GotGoose
Indiana United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 330

I play 1... c6 hoping that white will play 2. d4 and then I will play 2... d5 transposing to the slav.

21st July 2009, 10:49am
#18
by eaglex
Seoul South Korea
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 289

e5,or c5

21st July 2009, 10:53am
#19
by rookandladder
Murfreesboro, Tennessee United States
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 476

I play the reversed closed sicilian, as that is what I play as white against the Sicilian.

21st July 2009, 11:50am
#20
by rooperi
Pretoria South Africa
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 3935

I like b6 and e6 (note, and, not or)

 

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