I doubt anyone is willing to teach you the complete English opening but on listudy there is a repertoire to train, spaced repetition.
https://listudy.org/en/studies/edmfn8-english-opening-repertoire
How do you play the English opening?
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I want to learn the opening for a few reasons:
1. In over the board play, I always get matched up against 5 different openings (as black): Vienna, Kings Gambit, Kings Knight, London, or English. Learning how to play the English could help me counter it, too.
2. Not a lot of people know how to sufficiently counter the English (Nor do I, as stated in reason one)
3. I've started to experience burnout with Italian, and the defenses made by my opponents that prevent the Italian game are either bad (Like damiano), easy to play against (Like scandinavian) or really similar (like phildor)
4. Starting the game with c4 prevents a lot of openings. For example, the Sicilian is impossible against c4. (Seriously, the Rossalimo is so boring imo but it's the only one I know how to play please make it stop.)
Ok enough of that, How do you play the English? I was thinking of kind of merging it with some d4 openings (Like if my opponent plays d5 or Nf6 I can play the Indian game or the queens Gambit) but I am a complete noob at this so I have no idea if thats good or not (And as stated before maybe I should consider other options so It's not just queens pawn at that point)
But also what do I do against c5? or b5? or e5? or Nc6? Is there a specific setup I should go for? What opening traps can I play? What opening traps can my opponent play? How early do I bring my queen out? When should I play e3 or e4?
This is my first time considering the English, so I'd mostly be happy with some simple opening ideas that a toddler could understand. Thank you all very much for reading ^ v ^