Fans of GM naroditsky, what are the openings he recommends in his opening speedruns?

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I just discovered his amazing channel a week ago and has been tuning in to his videos......especially the openings speedruns. Unfortunately it will take me a month or more to grasp what openings he recommends as I can only watch one or two videos a day. I believe he finished the sensi speedruns and is now going through the top gun speedrun.....what openings did he recommend through the sensi and top gun speedruns?

tlay80

It's not just a single repertoire -- I think he may have adjusted at certain levels and maybe tried different ones in different speed runs.

But from what I recall, he was mostly playing e4 as White.  At the lower levels, there were a lot of attempts at a Danish Gambit (I say attempts because almost nobody cooperated and played the main lines).  I think later he moved on to the Four Knights Scotch and the Ruy Lopez.  Against c5, he was playing the Alapin for a while, though I also seem to recall some where he played the Open Sicilian.  I can't remember what he did against the Caro or French.  Against the Scandinavian, I recall him trying a fianchetto setup.

As Black, he mostly played the Accelerated Dragon against e4, and I think the KID against d4 (and Nf3 or c4).  Though I seem to recall at least one QGD as well.

Barliman_Of_Bree

For lower to mid ratings as White he recommends the Vienna and the Four Knights Scotch, the Alapin or the Smith-Morra against the Sicilian, and the Fantasy Variation against the Caro. As Black against e4 he recommends the Accelerated Dragon and as Black against d4 he recommends the Gruenfeld. Not sure if these have changed as his rating has progressed in the current run.