In you personnal choice what do you think the best opening and defence for an engineer like us?!

Me, When playing white, I used to play E4 also English opening. In black, I love Pirc, Slav defence also queen's gambit accepted.

I like the Italian game/Evan's Gambit as white and the Sicilian as Black. When somebody plays the sicilian against me, I play the Morra Gambit.

Opening: Trompowsky Attack.

Defence: The Squirrel.

as engineer i tell u something , we like to unify things , ie make it more universal and reversable too.....think about that

in white play the kings indian attack...or reti...or the english opening , thethree of them r v similar and u can switch from one to another

now against d4 play kings indian defence...compatible to pawn structure of the KIA...u may sometimes switch to modern benoni when ur opponent plays early Bg5...again a sister opening

against e4 play the pirc ...sister of the KID ...or modern...or hyper accelerated dragon

look about the PAWN STRUCTURE of all the above ...they have the same spirit

an engineer opinion

As white I always open 1. d4 - I know the line better, and I find that it tends to be more flexible and less theory-packed (Sicilian) than 1. e4. As black, against d4 I play Queen's Indian or Nimzo-Indian, and against e4 I usually play Sicilian.

White: the Ponziani

Black for kings pawn, the french

queens pawn, Slav (Will go into the Noteboom if given the opportunity)

English, symmetrical

and that's basically it

i'm relatively inexperienced so try to stick to familiar lines where possible; e4 and c5 being my usual first moves...along with a thousand other ppl

what is the noteboom

Danish Gambit, Scotch opening, Ruy Lopez, Guioco Piano as white, Slav defence or Sicilian as black.

pvmike> what is the noteboom

pvmike, that means he plays the triangle system eg 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 and if White plays 4.Nf3 he plays 4...dxc4 (the Noteboom) with the intent of holding onto the pawn. White doesn't have to cooperate... 4.e3, 4.e4, 4.cxd5, etc.

french / dutch defense, never realy had a favorite for the white side of the board

1 d4. Queen's gambit or Trompowsky.

French defense as black against white.

Trompowsky gives you a better start.

I like Caro-Kann against 1. e4. I'm especially used to playing against the advance variation. Also, the closely related French Defense also appeals to me. Sicilian Najdorf is also nice.

Against 1. d4 I play the Dutch Defense, Leningrad Variation, or the Cambridge-Springs defense. 

 The Noteboom:

heracrossx, a small note: 3...dxc4 isn't the Noteboom, although your game did transpose into a Noteboom after 6.Nc3?!. Here's a Noteboom from beginning to end:

nice. another person who plays the ponziani! my favourite opening atm!

I play ponziani, French defense, Nimzo Indian Defense!

When playing white, I like the Queen's Gambit, or the Vienna Game.  With black I play the Sicillian or Queen's Gambit declined.

Queen’s Gambit and a tie between Bogo Indian, and the classical variation of Nimzo Indian

My favourite opening for white is queens gambit (d4).

For black i play the sicilian.