Thank you very much benkku52 for the reply, appreciate it a lot.
I always hesitant to move d4 unless in the middle game as i felt moving d4 will put me on d4 opening instead of english c4. i even lost few games avoiding d4 and played d3 even d4 is what the board is telling.
some books/articles say "if you want to stay on english teritory play d3, playing d4 might transpose to d4 opening territory (sea of theory).
Hi Gurus,
I only play 1 c4 or english as white for the last 2 years, formerly e4 player.
As English opening i prefer that the game is semi close where i can either attack queenside or king side with central pawns in the board.
How to best approach 1c4 d5, i usually do 2 cxd5 black will do Qxd5 then swing his queen on h5 waiting for my g3 -Bg2 then eliminate the Bg2 via Bh3.
I found it iritating that i cannot do my g3-bg2 formation.
What is the best way to play 1c4 d5?
Should i accept that i need to play english without g2/Bg2 formation when Q is in h5?
Or i'm missing something?
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