Play against the English opening

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What do you play with black against 1.c4?
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1...e5.

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1...g6 It has a really cool name, the great snake

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Depends what u play against d4

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Shobhin wrote:

Depends what u play against d4

He asked what do YOU play against d4, are you going to answer it depends in every forum?

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c4* I can't edit comments on mobile version.

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1...c5

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Ok personally i play the slav- but that depends on my style of play

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eaguiraud wrote:

1...g6 It has a really cool name, the great snake

A defence much feared by Tintin.

Image result for tintin great snakes

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copy up until move 6-10

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It's quite relevant what you play against 1.d4, for what you might choose against 1.c4. Against several defenses to 1.c4, white can still choose to transpose to 1.d4 positions, so if not careful can be move order tricked into playing opening don't play. The exceptions would be 1.c4 e5, or 1...c5. If play something like the KingsIndian or QGD against 1.d4, black can save work heading for these openings against 1.c4. If white decides to say in english lines, the nature of play is quite similar or promising for black.

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You are not transposing anything.

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LeComtedeMonteCristo wrote:
What do you play with black against 1.c4?


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LeComtedeMonteCristo wrote:
What do you play with black against 1.c4?

 

Depends on my mood that day.  I play either 1...b6 (English Defense), 1...Nf6 (Speaking as a King's Indian player) and 1...f5 (Also play the Dutch).

 

I don't push the e- or c-pawn one or two squares against the English, which are four other popular responses along with 1...g6.

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I would try 1-...g5. A reverse grob variation against sicillian defence. 

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alain978 wrote:

I would try 1-...g5. A reverse grob variation against sicillian defence. 

1. c4 g5 is the Jaenisch Gambit, and is a ton of fun, if fairly unsound.

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The Jaenisch Gambit is 1.c4 b5

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Oh sorry, I misread! c4 g5 looks nonsensical and crazy. I like it. happy.png

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Possibly helpful:
Beating Unusual Openings by Richard Palliser (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627072813/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen107.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire 19 - Beating Minor Openings by Victor Mikhalevski
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/BeatingMinorOpenings-excerpt.pdf
http://www.davidsmerdon.com/?p=1888

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I'll play the Classical Dutch against pretty much anything that isn't 1.e4 or the Grob (1.g4).