Looking for an opening against 1.d4

I've been trying to find a good opening against 1.d4 and I haven't found much. Are there any recommendations that you have? I won't mind learning theory, just not too much.

- Ryan

Doesn't it depend on what their next move is? Anyway, I always play 1.d5

(I'm terrible at openings.)

Play 1.d5 against d4. If they play London system,there is a trap for that on my YouTube channel. If they play queens gambit,decline the gambit

I use Nimzo, hard to do against London though. A fun fringe line that throws people off that I use sometimes is C5

There are two objective bests: 1... Nf6 leading to the NID and BID/Grunfeld and Neo-Grunfeld and 1... d5 leading to the Slav, QGA, and QGD complex (which is comprised of dozens of independent complex lines and variations such as the Botvinnik and Meran Semi-Slav variations, the Orthodox, the Ragozin, the Vienna, the Tarrasch, and many many many more).

Indeed, Queen's Gambit Declined, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Slav Defense, Nimzovich Indian Defense/Queen's Indian Defense, Grünfeld Indian Defense are all viable.

Vienna game, move your right horse as black as white I would copy cat him as you have a step ahead. next is the pawn in front of your king, opening and making a protective hedge.

Personally am enjoying the QGA. d5 move ordering in my opinion makes for easier play against the London and offbeat d4 openings, and against the Queen's gambit you get pretty simple opening play and then a game of chess. You just need a little theory to not fall into the common trap of hanging a rook while trying to hold onto the pawn.

Nimchowitz defence as well is effective

Nf6 usually leads to more exciting games than d5. If c4 (the main move) is played, then both the Nimzo-Indian/Bogo-Indian (e6 and Bb4) and the Grunfeld (g6 followed by d5) are good options. If Nf3 is played, you can still follow the plans from the aforementioned openings.

What would you play if white were to play 3.Nf3 instead of 3.Nc3? I've been thinking of picking the Bogo over the QID.

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Queen's Indian Defense is more solid than Bogoljubow Indian Defense.

QGD Tarrasch. It can also be used against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3.

Very active defense based on fluid piece play.

"I've been trying to find a good opening against 1.d4 and I haven't found much"

Haven't found much? The Queens Gambit Accepted, the Queens Gambit Declined, the Slav, the Semi-Slav, The Grunfeld, the Kings India, The Nimzo, the Queens Indian or the Bogo-Indian, the Dutch. The menu is filled with playable choices

Let's try to define 'good'.

Goods: solidity, space, attacking chances, less theory, hard for the opponent, etc.

Every 'good' in here comes at the expense of the other goods.

What facing 1.d4 teaches you, is to be balanced.

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If you wanted to see your official options, voila:

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory/1._d4

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You can also look at the open Slav

It has some theory but not too much, it is a very trustworthy and solid opening (played by top gm's) that allows you to play for a win and as bonus it is a setup that works against almost everything (so you get Nf3 and c4 covered too).

This.

So bad, it's GOOD!

The Kings Indian Defense(KID) is considered positionally busted!

It trades Positional Solidness for Dynamical Attacking opportunities.

In fact, The Legend (Himself) Garry Kasparov was a deep advocate of the KID.

Legend has it Garry Kasparov stopped playing the KID due to Anatoly Karpov.

The World Champion Karpov was a Positional Master. Karpov made a living squeezing opponents to death like a Python. Every piece would still be on the board and yet the opponent was hopelessly lost. The rumor is Gary changed his line from KID to the Gruenfeld to have better chance of winning against Karpov.