Rate my opening repertoire

Rate my opening repertoire

White, 1. d4: Queen's Gambit vs d5, Catalan vs Nf6

Black against e4: Dragon Sicilian

Black against d4: King's Indian Defence

Hypermodern/Offbeat openings (Reti, English, Grob): King's Indian Defence (such a flexible opening)

Also that isn’t to say that you can’t play them. But I would just suggest adding some openings that are much more common, as well as possibly having two variations or so against a single opening, like the Catalan and Trompowsky against the Indian, or Sicilian and French against e5. You don’t need to necessarily learn them in depth for them to be effective at your level, just the goals and intentions and maybe a few shorts line. So it’s probably better to keep your options wide than to focus in on one very specific opening or line of an opening right now

White needs major improvement.

The Catalan only works against the Queen's Gambit Declined and 1...Nf6/2...e6. If the Bishop is not blocked, Catalan doesn't work.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3

Now you say QG against 1...d5, so I assume you are OK with Slav, Semi-Slav, etc.

But you have no Catalan against:

Benoni

Kings Indian

Grunfeld

Dutch

Modern

Polish

Owen's

Etc

8/10. Very good stuff, but you don’t have a response to all the Indian Games like @ThrillerFan mentioned. You’ll need a response for those, and honestly if you’re playing d4 that’s like almost a fifth of your games that you just don’t have a good way to play against.

7/10. I like it. Personally, I think there are two issues, though.

Firstly, you don’t have anything against the actual Indian defenses. Sure, you have something against the e6 Indians, but what about the KID, the Benoni, the Benko, and the Grunfeld? You need to do your studying if you want to successfully play the Indian defense as white, especially against the Grunfeld and the Benko.

Secondly, the Dragon is incredibly hard to play. One slip up from either side and the game goes crashing. Also, the Yugoslav is just incredibly uncomfortable for black.

Arguably, that makes the Dragon stronger, since your opponent might not exactly know how to play it, and you win immediately.

If you’re comfortable with the Dragon, you win games with it, and you understand how to play it, go ahead. I’m not saying “don’t play the Dragon.” I’m just saying it’s hard.

7/10 IMO, not bad but as someone mentioned you can't play the catalan against every indian defense. Also the dragon can be very sharp in some lines

If it’s your personal opinion, why are you stating it as an obvious answer? You literally have laughing emojis in your post

3/10 . Needs improvement and doesn't have response to all opponent moves and transpositions . E.g. 1.d4 e6

1.d4 c6

1.d4 b6

1.d4 Nc6

1.d4 g6

1.d4 d6

1.e4 c5 Nc3

1.e4 c5 f4

1.e4 c5 c4

1.e4 c5 c3

1.e4 c5 Nf3

1.e4 c5 Bc4

1.e4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O English Opening : Anglo-Indian , Anti-Anti-Grunfeld Variation

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 Pirc Defence : Lion's Jaw Variation ...etc .

0/0 First of all, you can't play the Kings Indian agaisnt the Grob. 2. g5 gets too much of a space advantage. Second, the queens pawn opening is horrible for beginners since it is not aggressive, especially the queens gambit. Finally, the Sicillian has too much theory you have to know, and many of the lines involve knowing perfect theory to survive. Instead, try a repeitore with the Birds Opening as white, and the Dutch/ Alekhines Defense as black.

why everyone talking about the siclian, the catalan, and the queens gambit on your Repertoire, when you playing the grob

the grob is completely acceptable for any level, regardless of how unorthodox it may seem

you guys should get more sophisticated and play bongcloud tbh

shut up the rook needs to go to a3 within the first 2 moves

it was just a joke sorry

Your openings are too advanced and theory heavy for an 800 player. You should try simpler variations. Go for Colle setups in your 1.d4 position. Against 1.e4 make 1.e5

after 1.e5 only short continuations and after 1d4 try 1.Nf6e6 and a few extra moves. Make it easy and fokus on all other aspects of chess before you decide on more complex openings.

why

With all the "It's too theory heavy for a 800!" Out of the way, 3/10. You should play the scheveningen siccilian against e4 instead as it's a position of Strength. Queens gambit, no questions asked, A very aggressive and fine choice if you can fight for the center, But the catalan of all things? Seriously?

Honestly at his level I’d take his Dragon and Catalan over your Scheveningen and BID/QID, as I know there’s no way you’d recommend the Nimzo-Indian.

The Dragon is super easy to understand, and so is the Catalan, which is honestly a bit similar, whereas the Scheveningen is very complex and unintuitive for a beginner, and learning all the QID/BID/NID positions is way more work than just learning the Catalan, which will serve OP very well in the long run if learned now.