Play the Modern Defense, 2... g6 3...Bg7 and you can develop with the Sicilian pawn 4...c5 to create the Pterodactyl Defense. Because we are delaying attacks this becomes highly positional.
The Sicilian is great too and can be tremendously positional if you go for a Sveshnikov, Kalashnikov, Paulsen, or Kan, for example. Other variations tend to get tense soon.
hey thats something I'll look at!
What id do is mirror e4 and protect with knights. Use bishop to trade for a knight on their kings side. This makes it so that when they castle, a lane is exposed and checkmate can be done with only 2 pieces. e5 is a good start for white but can lead to problems if u use it as a counter for e4.
only problem with that is when you take the knight, the queen takes.
You can protect with a bishop so they have to use a pawn rather than a valuable piece such as the queen.
hmmm alright thanks I might try that sometime