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Grunfeld, Alekeine, some structures for D4 sidelines like London and trampowsky is my black repertoire. I like imbalanced open positions.

Currently trying bird opening out. B3 Larsen turned out to be too slow for my liking. London I get bored having same structure every game. Aggressive Italian gambits were very fun but too double edged for my liking, 1 forgotten move and it's bad bad. Vienna was fun I remember but hate that one forcing move sequence, takes all fun out the opening and higher up that's line most do. Catalan and English too much theory for me.

I thought of just picking e4 or d4 and playing chess

I'm most comfortable in solid positions and prefer Caro-Kann structures so playing the Queen's Gambit is very similar or sometimes even a mirror.

From what you said, the Reti or the Trompowsky would be a good choice for an imbalanced white opening. If you want something more plug and play then the King's Indian Attack would be a decent choice but often is more closed than open.

There is nothing wrong with choosing and e4 or d4 line but you still need to know the structure/themes of whichever you'd like to play.

I did think queens gambit exchange variation with trampowsky and trying that out

Think I figured it out. I'm going to main trampowsky and colle-zukertort system. Feels like good combo to me. So now off to opening studying and then testing it out. Loving the Alekhine so much though and the grunfeld. So many people get thrown off by it, it seems. Even at 1100 level, especially the Alekhine.

Which for anyone wandering, I'm going to include an opening basic how to for the colle system. It is system base so it may benefit beginners.

FYI, this is not mine. I cannot take credit for it. This is a study I'm using on lichess to learn the colle-zukertort system myself. But found it very well made so figure I share it.

I played the Colle-Zukertort a long time ago. Its a cousin to the London. Its important to understand the reasoning of the opening moves and not just blitz them out the same way every game. After that focus on the various plans.

David Rudel's book:

Opening Priorities:
1. Prevent ...c4
2. Castle immediately after Black puts support on the e5 square
3. Prevent early checks or make them unappealing
4. Make sure Black can't play ...e5 unless he uses 3 pieces
5. Prevent ...Ne4

Thanks for tips. Plans are different I'm finding too. Regular colle it's all about getting e4 on board but this one kinda like a stonewall attack. Very interesting though still in learning and testing process.

Thanks for tip. Loving Trampowsky so far.

I need help. I am absolutely loving the Colle-Zukertort system when people aren't playing into my Trampowsky. Way more fun than the London to me and so much more versatile. I'm only having one issue that I really need help with. If they don't play into the best lines and no pieces are traded early on, I struggle to develop in sort of plan of attack or breaking into their position. Does anyone who is familiar with this system have thoughts or ideas as to what I can do in these situations? Or plans that y'all have implemented yourselves?