I play
Opening... Italian
Defense... Sicilian
Im not so Complicated.
attack: Kings gambit, Ruy lopez, italian and sicillian (open)
defence: sicillian( most najdorf or taimanov), gruenfeld indian, a little slav( way to complicated for now) and the old benoni
To be honest with you. I don't know. If you take a look at some of my games as white and black in speed chess you will understand why. I do not recognize openings very will when someone says I use a variation of sorts but the moves seem to come naturally to me sometimes. I do tend to use the Ruy Lopez as white though. Why don't you look at some of my games in blitz and tell me what you guys and gals think :D? I could use some comments and some opinions anyway. I am trying to prepare for a big tournament that begins at the end of October so I am running out of time lol. I don't really study book openings the way other players do. For instance. My USCF rating is 770 and it is a provisional rating still. I don't get out very much to tournaments lol. They are all far away lol. I play against a guy who plays against 1900-2000 rated players in tournaments and who trains people. He said I used a variation of the English Opening against him that he sees in 1900-2000 rated players against him and think about this also, I NEARLY beat him.
Which Opening and Defense do you prefer?