what about the queen Indian defense because when i play it it feels strong but im unsure about any complexities and ideas for people who don't know what it is it essentially goes
d4, nf6,c4,e6,nf3,b6
and the other part i have played so far is the fianchetto traditional line and the capablanca variation which is where after the traditional line you do a nimzo indian esc move of bb3
what about the queen knight defense
There is no opening by that name.
The opening you wrote down is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Indian_Defense
what about the queen knight defense
There is no opening by that name.
The opening you wrote down is this:
Yea for whatever reason I thought knight
This is quite an old topic.
To provide a bit of an update, I have selected the French Defense and Vienna Game so far. I will probably go with the QGD in the future as well.
Why do you care? You are far from being "intermediate level".
At your level, tactics is all that matters.
I know my blitz rating isn't impressive but that's where I just mess around. In matter of fact, chess.com is generally where I mess around; I've recently preferred to play more serious games on Lichess.
I do consider myself to be at least a low end intermediate and gradually forming an opening repertoire a couple openings at a time is my current agenda.
IMBETTER
I think 1. e4 at that level makes you a better player in the long run. There is a greater variety of responses that you need to be able to deal with and it takes a while to make a solid 1. e4 repertoire. You need to know the french, italian, giuco, scandi, sicilian, caro, etc. You kind of need to know a variety of different positions or you will plateau if you just play the regular london system game after game.
in the past 6 months i have switched to 1d4 to play the jobava and it has been working out great for me. As black I still play the same 1. ...c6 against d4 or e4. This results in slavs, caros, QGD, etc. My black repertoire is excellent and after taking a jobava course it is pretty rare I get myself into a position Im unfamiliar with. If I am playing multiple games with the same player I will bust out my 1 e4 to surprise them and I haven't really forgotten anything. If anything I am a better 1e4 player after playing many games from the 1d4 perspective. Gotta mix it up!!
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I was also playing Nf6 and exf6 classical caro. Until everyone learned it in the last year or so from streamers. And i switched back to the Bf5 lines. Internet is a bad thing 😭