Looks like Dzindzi has had a big effect on your choices ?!
I used to play the scotch gambit but got bored with it quickly .
As a french player myself , i love seeing the exchange....it's pretty harmless .Dzindzi does not recommend the french but in my opinion it's a good choice as 1.e4 players dislike facing it. They tend to underestimate the weakness of the d4 square .
After playing 1.e4 myself religiously for 6-7 years i decided to try 1.d4 a try and my results improved , I think the reason for this is because people tend to put more preperation into their response to 1.e4 .
give the torre attack or london system a try....it wont hurt you to expand your horizons a bit :)
and if you are really feeling adventurous have a look at the french as black...its more of a religion than a choice though !! :)
During the summer i want to build a new opening repetoire, and could use some advise and thoughts on the defenses/variations i picked. My Elo is around 1800.
With white i play e4:
-vs e5: The scotch gambit (transposing to gioco piano or two knights defense)
-vs c5: Open sicilian, aiming for the h3-najdorf (used to play the grand prix attack)
-vs e6: Exchange french (i dislike the winawer)
-vs c6: Exchange fisher variation
-vs pirc/modern: 150 attack
As black:
vs e4: Used to play the najdorf, then switched to the caro kann, but now i want to play either the Petroff or the Scandinavian with 2. Nf6. I have a book on the petrov, and a dvd on the Nf6 Scandinavian, which should i study?
vs d4: the Nimzo/Bogo indian combo. I've played this for a while, but need to learn some more variants.
vs c4: e5 aiming for a Sicilian grand prix attack reversed.
What do you think about this repetoire? Any advise