Are you referring to me by any chance?!?
I like the modern, because it sidesteps the Scotch, Rui Lopez and Italian game, all of which I find highly irritating to play against as black, and which people are well prepared in at all levels.
Also, it can easily transpose into King's Indian type structures, which are very solid and rely on logic and concepts rather than stacks of theory.
I used to play the Caro Kann against e4, but there's so much theory to swallow it's untrue, and there's loads of capacity to go wrong!
What are your prefered defenses against 1. d4?
Are you referring to me by any chance?!?
I like the modern, because it sidesteps the Scotch, Rui Lopez and Italian game, all of which I find highly irritating to play against as black, and which people are well prepared in at all levels.
Also, it can easily transpose into King's Indian type structures, which are very solid and rely on logic and concepts rather than stacks of theory.
I used to play the Caro Kann against e4, but there's so much theory to swallow it's untrue, and there's loads of capacity to go wrong!