As white I strongly prefer the queen gambit accepted, but have no trouble with a queen gambit declined either.
As black, I love the caro-kann. Just because I have more success with this one.
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I believe that's called the slav defense I think.
Semi-Slav yes.
I like the Ruy Lopez for its strategic positions.
as white, fried liver
as black against e4, caro-kann
as black against d4, albin-countergambit or tarrasch (I play both)
As Black against anything else, bwahahahahahahaha
Bring it on!
Much like my overly-wordy post on favorite chess players, I have more favorites than I can count! (This is likely attributable to me being unable to count past ten on a good day, right?) I'll just randomly pick a few off the list.
As White: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, Caro-Kann Defense: Panov-Botvinnik Attack.
As Black: Sicilian Defense: Sveshnikov Variation, Queen's Gambit: Slav Defense, Caro-Kann Defense: Capablanca Variation.
Those are the ones I generally play in more serious games. At the club level, I really enjoy (again, too many, but a few will suffice) the KIA as White, the KID as Black, and either side of the Four Knights Game. Odd, no?
White: Ponziani Opening
Black: Gruenfeld Defence
White: Sokolsky (Orangutan/Polish), the Bird, or e4.
Black: Caro Kann, Dutch, or Scandinavian.
White:um...KGA,
Black:Alekhine Def
Lots of good openings and I've begun to study them in depth, but I think it would be more helpful to the community to post guides/introductions to the openings and a short explanation. I myself have begun to play the Ruy-Lopez as white, and French Defense as black.
your favorite opening and why? what opening would you suggest for different levels of players? Theory behind the opening? I hope this will be a big thread and i'll update on the most popular openings and why.