Well I am a tactically player, but I am also a anti-thoery-trist (I'm bad at making up words). <I hate opening theory>. So most of my opening system revolves around avoiding theory. But for a suggestion to play against 1.e4 I'll suggest something called the Scanadavian.
I'm more a e4 player, but I've tested 1.d4 to see the positions I don't want to play against.
Well I am a tactically player, but I am also a anti-thoery-trist (I'm bad at making up words). <I hate opening theory>. So most of my opening system revolves around avoiding theory. But for a suggestion to play against 1.e4 I'll suggest something called the Scanadavian.
I'm more a e4 player, but I've tested 1.d4 to see the positions I don't want to play against.
I have played the Scandanavian before as black, and it is a nice opening. However, I feel that it is a bit drawish, at least for my games.
As for the d4, I have actually rarely seen an h6 so early, so that may not help.
Thanks for the time!
Truthfully, I have searched a lot for an opening suiting me against e4. I have tried everything from the open game to the pirc. The only thing that has no theory and gives black a good chance of winning is the french.There is a variety of plans for black to play. The "passive" bishop is nothin to worry about. It is supposed to be activated later in the game( black has many plans for this too). Also he bishop on c8 deters black from the f5 break in some cases. So it is not a completely useless piece for that matter. But if you plan on playing the french against lower rateds, anticipate the exchange mostly.
Truthfully, I have searched a lot for an opening suiting me against e4. I have tried everything from the open game to the pirc. The only thing that has no theory and gives black a good chance of winning is the french.There is a variety of plans for black to play. The "passive" bishop is nothin to worry about. It is supposed to be activated later in the game( black has many plans for this too). Also he bishop on c8 deters black from the f5 break in some cases. So it is not a completely useless piece for that matter. But if you plan on playing the french against lower rateds, anticipate the exchange mostly.
Thanks!
I am still looking for other ideas! Please look at my original post and give feedback on my original options, and what I am currently looking at.
Truthfully, I have searched a lot for an opening suiting me against e4. I have tried everything from the open game to the pirc. The only thing that has no theory and gives black a good chance of winning is the french.There is a variety of plans for black to play. The "passive" bishop is nothin to worry about. It is supposed to be activated later in the game( black has many plans for this too). Also he bishop on c8 deters black from the f5 break in some cases. So it is not a completely useless piece for that matter. But if you plan on playing the french against lower rateds, anticipate the exchange mostly.
The french has no theory ? !
The french has variations which can be played with just knowing basic ideasvand plans. And Im not talking about Winawer, Mccutchon,etc.
Truthfully, I have searched a lot for an opening suiting me against e4. I have tried everything from the open game to the pirc. The only thing that has no theory and gives black a good chance of winning is the french.There is a variety of plans for black to play. The "passive" bishop is nothin to worry about. It is supposed to be activated later in the game( black has many plans for this too). Also he bishop on c8 deters black from the f5 break in some cases. So it is not a completely useless piece for that matter. But if you plan on playing the french against lower rateds, anticipate the exchange mostly.
The french has no theory ? !
+1
play the archangel vs the ruy when you want to win. the giouco piano does not always involve na5...for example if white plays the modern line vs the 2 knights then black really doesnt have some good na5 move. sounds like this is a potential hole in your repetoire.
Which is?
Bump.
You need to settle on a very well-researched first move, or to copy the repertoire of your favorite champion and start from there.
Right now you're not even booked up to move two. Don't get ahead of yourself.
I already have settled, and I have been playing all my openings for several years, but feel that several of them don´t match my positional interest. If you read my entire post, I am very well booked uptil several moves in advance in ALL openings I play. In case you didn´t notice, I didn´t get to a real life rating of 1900 without that. My goal now is to improve on the openings I play, and I am willing to work on new lines altogether. I am having issues with consistently beating players lower rated than me that are just playing for a draw.
Hi! I came here because I need some suggestions on new chess openings to learn or to study a bit. I will provide my openings later in this comment, but I am willing to stick with the general idea of a line, but just change it up a little bit.
White:
I play the Queens Gambit Exchange when possible, which is a nice position not to lose with, but I can't seem to find myself finding ways to win when Black wastes tempos with moves like h6 at the wrong time. I am willing to stay with this, but are there particular ideas you could help me with?
I was looking at the Catalan, and I really like the idea. It seems less of a drawish position since White seems like it always has stuff to do! Any opinions?
Against the Kings Indian, I try to Bayonet, but am looking towards g3 lines. Would any of you suggest this? I am not the type of person who really likes too much pressure to deal with, but prefers sound games where all my pieces are great.
Against the Nimzo, I play e3 as soon as my opponent moves his bishop to b4. This hasn't been too much of a problem, even though my bishop gets blocked in. The position is fine, but I am always open to lots of suggestions based on your preference!
Black:
This is probably my biggest issue. I'll break it down into three main sections (well mainly two but I will keep one instead)
Against e4
I usually play e5 here, but have gotten fed up with it. Especially in scholastic tournaments, I tend to play lower rated players, and just can't seem to beat them; even if they make positional errors.
Against the regular Giouco Piano, I play just as a normal player would, and get in Na5 at some point. I was never really happy with this approach, but I tend to have decent chances here. The problem is that an e5 player doesn't really have much of a choice to play against the Giouco Piano.
Against the Ruy Lopez (No Bxc6) I tend to go for the Breyer, which is solid, but doesn't really give Black chances to win. The position is really, really solid, but I want to win these games against lower rated 1600's or 1700's.
Against the Scotch I play Nf6, which isn't too bad, but I always end pack forgetting how to play this. This isn't as much of a problem as other openings for me.
One opening that really caught my eye was the Alekhine's defence. It doesn't seem like White can attack like crazy in this opening, or have tricky lines that the normal e5 player might have to see like the Evans Gambit or d4 sacks. I do realize you move the twice, but at that same point, White has only moved pawns. I also like the fact that the bishops aren't completely passive here for a long time.
I think playing against e4 is my biggest issue. I definitely need ideas with this. I tried the French for a while, but absolutely hated the passive bishops and need for rearrangement. The sicilian just isn't my playing style, though I know a lot of people my level play it.
C4
I'm gonna keep this relatively short, but I have a friend whom I ALWAYS play in tournaments. He plays c4, I play e6, then he plays e4, Nc3, d3, etc. I find this SUPER drawish, and hate it when my rating tends to go down a bit after playing him 6-7 a year. I can barely find anything to do here, and he plays e4 for whatever I do, whether it be c6, e5, etc.
Before I leave everyone here to hopefully give great suggestions, I would like to tell you that I am a very positional player who doesn't go for attacking openings like the Kings Gambit. I used to play the Evans Gambit a few years ago, but everyone started planning for it and it never worked the way I wanted it to. Also, I had short stints playing the French and Sicilian, but neither ever caught on. I also am a 1860-1870 in real life. I used to be 1900 a few days ago, but my rating just went down after a really bad State K-12 tournament (~ 45 points). I have also had trouble in other tournaments as well (only being able to maintain the 1900).
To sum it up, my issue is that I can't comprehensively beat lower rated players. I know that the openings I am playing need a bit more chance for my corresponding side to win, so please consider that.
Thanks,
HiFive