I cant decide if i should play e4,d4, or f4?

I have a tournament coming up and im really puzzled by which opening i should lean towards. I have always been an e4 player. I understand the ideas of the opening well but im very uncomfortable with after e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 because i despise having to play ruy lopez or italian game unless it leads to a fried liver attack. I dont like the danish gambit because that is a HUGE gambit. I cant play vienna game either because i dont know much theory on it. But i do feel more at home with e4 and frankily its a tad more fun then the other two openings :).

On the other hand, with d4 i have a full opening repritore. I know countless variations. I really understand how to dominate the kings indian and the slavs. I love the exchange variation of grunfield but i am shakey on the Nimzo indian. I am a VERY positional and a bit tactical player. I really am a book chess player meaning i dont go for anything too fancy and i follow a lot of guidelines. D4 probably has the least chance of me blundering in the opening but i truley despise having my knight pinned to my queen. 

Then comes F4. Once again i have a full repritore but it willt ake a lot of work until the tournament (a week away). F4 puts me into a very positional match were my light squares may turn out weak but i have a strong spatial advantage on the king side and frankily i love the fact that most people dont understand how to play against the bird opening. Element of suprise. I feel that i am very solid with this opening as well.

I am asking this because my tournament is simply a week away and i really want to do good because my last tournament went pretty bad. If it helps at all i just finished reading the books Amateurs Mind and How to reassess your chess 4th edition

Going through about 10 of your 15-minute games, I feel that you should go for something closed--anything, really. Your positional play looks pretty decent, and you seem to have a plan most of the time. However, I spotted quite a few missed tactics, even in your wins (but being a novice, myself, who am I to judge?). My point is that your best shot at preparing the quickest for your tourney would be to play d4 (you seem to win more frequently with it), but spend your time brushing up on tactics, with the tool on this website, or the one on chesstempo.com.

Good luck!

Have you dedicated so much study to middle-game and endgame as in opening?Are you sure your last tournament's bad performance was an opening disaster?Is it possible that it was a middle-game-endgame disaster?

From what you say it is obvious that you don't know openings so good as you think.For example , you have always been an 1.e4 player but you found nothing to like against 1...e5.But isn't that a reason not to be an 1.e4-player.Can I love French but hate Winawer?Can I love Sicilian and hate Open Sicilian?

"Full repertoire",and "countless variations" on 1.d4 but "you despise having your knight pinned?"I suppose that you don't know that 3.Nc3 is not even obligatory but how can it be full repertoire if you haven't found anything in one of the most important black defenses(Nimzo/Queen's Indian complex)?

"Then comes 1.f4" again you have a full repertoire but it will need a "lot of work until the tournament"(what kind of work? memorising more lines?).

Let's summarise:

Full repertoire on 1.e4 but nothing on 1.e4 e5

Full repertoire on 1.d4 but nothing on 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6

Full repertoire on 1.f4 but still need "a lot of work"

and the books you just finished are actually beginner's books.

 It is obvious that you are doing something terribly wrong.The disaster in your tournaments come from the fact that if they don't play by the book , you don't know what to do (in one of your games you took a bad position as white after  1.e4 e6 2.d4 Qh4!?.How can that be for someone that understands 1.e4 so good?).

     The advise is obvious and it's the only one anyone can give you.

Stop studying opening and start studying middle-game and endgame.

If anyone tells you anything else, either he does the same mistake or he lies.

Me? I usually play 1.  c4 or 1.  g3. Why? Because I'm sick of classical openings. And as Black, against e4 I play the Pirc or the Alekhine, and against d4 I play 1 ... Nf6.

With Nf6, I usually play the Nimzo-Indian, Bogo-Indian, or Queens Indian.

It's like MonochromeRainbow said, try something new. I play 1. c4, and as Black 1. e4 c5.

Of course, it's a matter if you will feel comfortable with that kind of openings. So practise a little and then decide.

E4 iseasy.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4

You don't have to play the Ruy Lopez ;)

After reviewing your games, you DO NOT have a full opening repritore, nor do you even understand opneings.  Im not saying this to be mean, just being honest with you :-)

At your level stick with e4 openings.  Start studying basic endgames like rook and pawn (They will account for roughly 80% of your end games) Learn the Lucena, and Philador positions (These are essential!)

Study tactics, and postional chess. 

Analyze your own games (Not through a chess engine)

Play what you feel most confident with.

If you like e4, then play e4. 

After that, just make the best move you can find. Don't worry about the opening. After every game, go get an opening reference, look up what you played, look at where you (or your opponent) deviated from theory and try to figure out if you missed a major idea. Try to understand why theory says the "right" move was not your (or your opponent's) move. Have the humility to presume that the countless GM's who have built current theory probably know more than you!

Beyond that, forget about the opening. Develop your opening repertoire organically, one game at a time. When you go over your games, learn one or two new ideas in your favorite opening, but don't try to go much further than that.

Focus instead on tactics, calculation, board visualization, avoiding simple blunders, and so on.  

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Play the scotch against E5.The theory is relatively easy and will usually give white a slight lead in development or a strong attack against black if he slips up which is easy to pick up on with limited knowledge of the opening. This opening can be drawish against a strong black player but it’s my suggestion for someone of your rating that is getting hung up on E5 and does not like ruy lopez or the italian game.

IIf you wanna to play D4 .. Learn London system But If you are a beginner don't play that (D4) You can be destroyed.. If played E4 (( Italian , King gambit )) .. This opening is painfull for your opponent .. Watch matches of Marshall ,Frank james With E4 and learn from it .. ########################################### You wanna to confuse your opponent play g3 ^__^ .. Try it ! It is save but losing center control in the beginning but you don't realize that you control the game in specific momment ! !!

When i was first serious about the King's Gambit i loved it. But it did not fit my style of play then. I now may go back and give it a try. I have way stronger other e4 openings to play so not sure when.