post you favorite hypermodern opening or defences

mine is the hippo system

I have fallen in love with the Reti when playing with the white pieces and I love the Owen with the black pieces. I like Reti a little more though.

I just recently discovered the pirc defence!

For me it is Larsen's Opening 1.b3 (A01) - more commonly referred to as the Nimzo-Larsen Attack although the Nimzo version usually opens 1.Nf3 with a subsequent b3 played in the following few moves. For reasons I do not understand it appeals to me and my sense of logic. I have had fairly good success with it, winning about 65% of the 150 or so games I have played with it. It all started many years ago when I saw Raymond Keene's book and was intrigued by this tiny move 1.b3. I am so thankful to GM Keene for his wonderful treatment of the subject. It is my favorite chess book. But I didn't really start playing the NLA (or chess for that matter) enthusiastically until the past couple of years when I started playing CC type games on the internet. I've studied other more mainline center pawn openings but it seems like I always go back to my old favorite.

With black I am still experimenting - having tried Owen's Defense 1...b6 and the QID and KID (are they considered hypermodern?) More recently it's been the Pirc/Modern complex.

yes they are considered hypermodern as black you might also try the hippo system

chesschamp1020 wrote: yes they are considered hypermodern as black you might also try the hippo system

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 Thanks for the suggestion. I looked it up at Wikipedia and it bears a strong resemblance to an opening I stumbled across once which was called by the undignified name "Beginners Opening". I have used it a few times but not enough to make judgement. I will probably look into this some more. Thanks again.