I've been playing the english almost exclusively for quite awhile now. I like that people aren't as booked up on c4 as they are on e4 and d4. I like the fact that when players face it they usually play some crap subpar line or make "natural developing moves" and quickly get a worse position.
The best books I have read on the english are:
The Dynamic English (probably the single greatest book ever written on the english)
How to Play the English Opening by Anatoly Karpov (the best games collection ever assembled on the english)
For those who have played the English.
1. What do you like about it?
2. If you played it for a while then stopped, why did you stop?
3. Can you recommend books for an advanced beginner player?
For books I'm thinking:
Starting Out: English, McDonald.
The Dynamic English, Kosten.
If you've read my other posts you may know that I just have the KIA now as white, and am looking to expand my repertoire for white. I have the Pirc and KID as black and am happy with that for now as black. I'm gonna study the Reti a little further as I think it's a natural extension to the hypermodern knowledge I already have. I want to add some Colle-Zukertort to get some attacking tactics related to that opening. And now the English. I've got a blurb written on what interests me about the English, but I'm gonna withhold it for now, and am interested to hear about your experiences with it, per my questions above. Thanks.