most feared openings?

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Avatar of ARandomPerson

I am wonder what openings do you NOT like being played against you. As white I have seeing black pull out the french (I play 2. Nf3 to avoid it, or exchange the pawns). and I also hate the petroff in must-win situations, (will play the KG or QP if opponent is a known petroff player).

As Black I do not like the KG (though I like the Fischer defence). it is awkward to play with.

what about you guys?

Avatar of Valour

For me its hard play to as a black against English opening, and as a white against Sicilian defense. There is a lot of side ways, variations ...

Avatar of Crazychessplaya

Petrov.

Avatar of BigTy

Usually the stuff I don't see very often, because I cannot remember what I am supposed to do against it and end up worse somehow. These lines usually include the alekhine, nimzowitsch, latvian and elephant gambits, some lines of the scandi, the modern, the petrov, winawer sidelines and probably some others. As black I get into trouble against anti-sicilians sometimes, as well as anti-dutch lines. I just need to review these openings more often, especially after playing against them.

Avatar of Tricklev

As white, I hate to go up against the Petrov, not because it's supposedly drawish, but because I allways go down in flames against it.

Avatar of Natalia_Pogonina

That is confidential information... Smile

Avatar of Elubas

I'm happy to see most people don't like to face the french!

Avatar of Ziryab

When I played the Sicilian I had to get a book on the anti-Sicilians, but players of 1.e4 seem to have an even rougher time against the French. That makes the French worth playing IMHO.

Avatar of mnag

As black, the London and the Veresov, as white, since I play 1. c4, I usually don't  mind what black opens with.

Avatar of bluehorn

KIA and KID and Stonewalls

Avatar of siamesenightmare93

i love when people play the sicilian against me, because then I can play the morra gambit!

as white: i hate playing against the petrov, the french, and any of those insanely sharp countergambits, like the latvian, the elephant, or falkbeer

as black: people who open with e3, and then bring the queen to h5. its so stupid, just pisses me off. i hate when i play the french, or the caro-kann, and white immediately exchanges pawns. ruins all the fun.

Avatar of Jimvger20

So how do you really feel.

Avatar of LHCS96

yeah as white i hate the caro, but against the french i do this 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3. nd2 then transpose it into the KIA. now that i think about it you can do this against the caro also. its very solid for me. then as black i hate the c3 sicilian it pisses me off.

Avatar of polydiatonic

I don't worry too much about that as I play g3/modern or KID or KIA pretty much exclusively unless it's a lower ranked player than I just go for e4 crushes... :)

Avatar of Last_Sire03

Sicilian is scary!!!

Avatar of rooperi

Not feared, but I intensely dislike 1 e4 d5. The games are always so boring....

Avatar of Kernicterus

I don't really fear any but yeah...I don't like the Scandinavian much.  Ohh, and I hate when White initiates a Closed Sicilian or that Grand Prix stuff.  Ick.

Avatar of SavageLotus

All of em...

Avatar of mottsauce

the danish gambit scares the crap out of me if i'm playing black, but i'm getting better at it.

Avatar of msoewulff

neat thread, I got rocked by the schliemann defence in the ruy lopez two weeks ago. I fear it cause i am yet to spend the time to figure it out.