I like playing against it ... it's positionally difficult for black. First things first ... play a more tactical opening like the QGA first. Then move on to positional openings.

Why do you prefer playing a Nimzo and avoid a Queen's Indian? Personally, as white, I'll play against a Nimzo happily and yet I prefer to avoid the Queen's Indian.

Benoni and Budapest defense (Benoni is better)

Budapest is awful.

Why do you have to like the QID if you play the NID?

Many play the NID because they are really Benoni players but avoid playing it straight up because of the Taimanov Variation (a.k.a. The Flick-Knife Attack), and so they will play 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 and if 3.Nc3, play a Nimzo, while if 3.Nf3 or 3.g3 (attempting to play a Catalan), they will replay 3...c5.

Others may simply go QGD only when White plays 3.Nf3 to avoid the Exchange lines with Nge2, and play Nimzo against 3.Nc3.

So there are reasons to play the Nimzo and not the QID.

I'm playing the Grunfeld right now, so none of this applies to me.

I have found the book "How to beat 1d4" by James Rizzitano helpful and readable; it is based on QGA. Readers of this column will know that, in QGA, Black should not try to hang on to the pawn advantage - but there is a nice video on this at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ue14nMxaO4

OK I quite like playing against the Taimanov. I tend to dislike the Grunfeld but will play the Russian or, sometimes, 4 Bf4 for a change, if I'm feeling adventurous, since that seems to be very difficult. I agree that many people think the way you suggest but, since g3 is strong against the Modern Benoni, it isn't all that logical to do so. I'd rather play the MB against the Taimanov than against g3, as a matter of fact.

The Dutch is a decent, though somewhat eccentric, defense to 1.d4.

With the early f5 it's probably not as sound as the QGD and few GMs play the Dutch, but at the class level it often leads to dynamic, imbalanced positions with lots of play -- if you like that sort of thing.

The Dutch also comes in three distinct flavors: Stonewall, Classical, and Leningrad, which allows Black to keep White guessing.

Since the Dutch is not played a lot even at the class level, you will usually be more knowledgeable than your White opponents.

In any event there is not a huge amount of Dutch theory compared to other major QP defenses. Plus it crosses up alternative White QP openings like the London, Tromp, Colle etc.

The QID isn't as dynamic as the NID. My most boring games have been QID games.

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that was my first fought after playing sevral openings