To all 1.d4 players...

What's your favorite variation of 1.d4 opening? Just wondering what the most popular line is...

QGA/QGD? London/Colle System? Torre Attack? Trompowsky Attack? Like to face King/Queen/Nimzo Indian defences?

Anyway, if you really enjoy queen pawn games, please consider joining the 1.d4 group :)

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/1d4-group

All those passive queen pawn openings are LAME.  I prefer to play Nimzo/KID/SemiSlav and other sharper openings.  

Colle and London are lame, yes.

I like to play against the Nimzo and the Grunfeld. They always give an interesting game.

Trompowsky/Veresov =/= passive/lame

Speaking as one that occasionally plays 1.d4, primarily plays 1.Nf3 with direct transposition to many QP openings (I specifically avoid gambit lines, like the Albin [1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5] or Booty [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5], along with the Nimzo-Indian, Modern Benoni, and Benko Gambit), I can tell you my favorite QP opening is the Catalan.

As for QP openings, I basically play the Catalan, Fianchetto KID, Fianchetto Grunfeld, 4.Qc2 Slav, Classical QGA, 3.g3 against the Chigorin (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nc6 3.g3), early b4 against the Leningrad, fairly mainstream against Stonewall or Classical.  Most attempts at a Semi-Slav end up a Closed Catalan.

queen's gambit accepted

1.e4 is for heros , 1.d4  is for bookworms , avoiding tactics and playin a boring final . 

I respect the Tromp, and although the Veresov isn't passive, I still think its lame.  

I like to play Nimzo and Grunfeld, but only as black :D

e4 is for people who are happy to memorize 20+ moves of theory. d4 is for people who prefer to have an interesting strategic battle where you're actually playing against your opponent.

1.e4 is for those that want to lose!

3 of us have the proof!

ThrillerFan
Horatio Caro
Marcus Kann

"I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4"

-Anatoly Karpov

"I consider both moves of equal worth but prefer the closed positions arising after 1.c4 and 1.d4 because they offer more scope for the strategic player. 1.e4 produces many forced sequences of moves and thus compels a player to learn far more variations."  

-Viktor Korchnoi

'E4, best by test'

-Bobby Fischer

But e4 isn't Best by Test, according to databases 1.c4 and 1.d4 are more successful, right?

Play either and escape foolish e4/d4 arguments?