444four444 wrote:
As Black:
Against 1.e4
1...c5 (The Sicilian Defense)
-I Play this opening exclusively as well.
congrats on mapping out an opening repertiore, it looks very sound and solid.
which Sicilian are you using though?
My Repertoire (after some studying)
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admiralackbar wrote:
444four444 wrote:
As Black:
Against 1.e4
1...c5 (The Sicilian Defense)
-I Play this opening exclusively as well.
congrats on mapping out an opening repertiore, it looks very sound and solid.
which Sicilian are you using though?
I've only starting studying not to long ago but as of right now I like the Najdorf the most, I plan on studying it a bit more to understand it a little better and then I will test it out on the board.
The Sicilian I use right now is just what ever looks the best to me after 1.e4 c5.
444four444 wrote:
admiralackbar wrote:
444four444 wrote:
As Black:
Against 1.e4
1...c5 (The Sicilian Defense)
-I Play this opening exclusively as well.
congrats on mapping out an opening repertiore, it looks very sound and solid.
which Sicilian are you using though?
I've only starting studying not to long ago but as of right now I like the Najdorf the most, I plan on studying it a bit more to understand it a little better and then I will test it out on the board.
The Sicilian I use right now is just what ever looks the best to me after 1.e4 c5.
nice that is the one I use now.. still learning it as well, getting shelled here and there. before that I used dragon and before that accel. dragon.they say the best intro the the sicilian is the classical
CarlMI wrote:
1. d4 Nf6 2. ??? There is only a QG if black desires such, then what?
Then I play 2.c4 and continue with the Indian Defense
May 27, 2010
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444four444 wrote:
CarlMI wrote:
1. d4 Nf6 2. ??? There is only a QG if black desires such, then what?
Then I play 2.c4 and continue with the Indian Defense
Ahh, but which one and which line in each? You will see Indians far more than you see QG's, and most QG's you see will be Slav's. White always loves playing the Queen's Gambit, which is why you rarely see it. If the majority of your time as White is studying the QG, the majority of your study won't be used.
It's not just Queen's Gambit I study. I study the move 1.d4, you guys just misunderstood me. I put "(playing for Queen's Gambit)" because that is what 1.d4 is most well known for.
I don't like your repertoire much, but that's just personal taste, purely subjective.
What I do like, is the structure of your plan:
1) What do I play as White
2) As Black, how do I respond to e4
3) As Black, how do I respond to d4.
This is the foundation for a repertoire that will serve you well. And remember, if you ever make a change, do not change more than one of those at the same time :) Good Luck!
couple things:
If you're playing najdorf, you should know what you are going to play against 7. Be3, 7. Be2, and 7. Bg5. the main decision is whether to play ...e5 or ...e6. I usually like to play e6.
As a d4 player you need to know how to respond to the budapest and the benko(if you've never seen them before you can easily be killed)
Make sure you know how to play against 1. f4. I have seen people get really scared when they see my big scary bird. I have also seen people look at it like it's a piece of crap and try to go for a 2 or 3 move mate
Just a thought here - and I suspect there will be disagreement. I used to think that against c4 and Nf3 I could just play it as if it is a d4 opening. I would play the King's Indian set up against either d4, c4, or Nf3. While I am not trying to dissuade you from doing this, it is important to note that you can get some unique positions from time to time that you might not get from a d4 opening. I am thinking specifically of when White goes for a position where the set up is c4, d3, and e4 AND c4, d4, and e3. So, it is good to study those positions as well.
Hope this is helpful.
I like to play the following myself:
1B4
1C4
1D4
1E4
1F4
1Nf3
1E3
1D3
ahh screw it I'll play almost anything, but its amazing what 1 opening can teach you about another opening, thats important to note that up, try this move find me a main line if you can 1d4,E5 whats up with that move? try to find a main line with that, no really itll put hair on yer chest and tell me you werent scribbled up by it, you can thank me in my email later
As White:
1.d4 (for a Queen's Gambit)
-I play this opening almost exclusively.
As Black:
Against 1.e4
1...c5 (The Sicilian Defense)
-I Play this opening exclusively as well.
Against 1.d4
1...Nf6 (followed by either 2...e6 (going for a Nizmo-Indian or a QID) or 2...g6 (going for a KID or a Gruenfeld), I haven't really played against enough 1.d4 games to know which one of those four openings I prefer yet)
Against 1.c4
1...Nf6 (pretty much the same as against 1.d4)
-I have never played against the English opening so My Indian defense will have to do for now until I play against more English openings.