What is your favorite and least favorite opening as black and white

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Mine (Also an example) You don't need to add least favorite white

Favorite white: Queen's gambit accepted center variation, possibly Alekhine's defense Scandinavian variation, 3rd might be Nimzo larsen

Favorite black: Slav Defense or Italian

Least favorite black: Reti opening 

Here's queens gambit center variation:

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Favorite (white): Nakhmanson Gambit

Favorite (black): French Advance

Least Favorite (white): Duras Gambit

Least Favorite (black): Bowdler Attack

 

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Favourite (white) - Queens gambit declined exchange variation

Favourite (black) - Sicilian defense (kan variation)

Least favourite (white) - idk

Least favourite (black ) - French exchange variation

 

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favorite White: French Tarrasch, favorite Black: 6 Bc4 Classical Sicilian. Least favorite White: Sicilian Kan and Taimanov. Least favorite Black: Bowdler Attack (not because I don't know how to Play it but because it's boring)

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Screw Colors!  I simply have a Favorite and a most Hated.  Doesn't matter if I'm Black or White.  Give me 100 games, 50 with each color in my favorite, and doesn't matter which color I am, you will not see my least favorite on my board under any circumstances!  You will not see me play said opening pretty much ever again!

 

Favorite - French Defense

Most Hated - Grunfeld Defense

Avatar of Chuck639
As white, I enjoy opening up with c4.

As black, I like to see white open up with e4 and defend with c5.

I don’t enjoy d4 games at all.
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Chuck639 wrote:
As white, I enjoy opening up with c4.

As black, I like to see white open up with e4 and defend with c5.

I don’t enjoy d4 games at all.

I don't like d4 games either, so I respond to 1.d4 with 1... Nf6 to start the Indian Game.

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ShuckleSquad13 wrote:
Chuck639 wrote:
As white, I enjoy opening up with c4.

As black, I like to see white open up with e4 and defend with c5.

I don’t enjoy d4 games at all.

I don't like d4 games either, so I respond to 1.d4 with 1... Nf6 to start the Indian Game.

Thanks for the response. I did explore the KID but it was very heavy in theory, took a lot of patience and timely or critical pushes; that was new to me and chose not to learn.

I use to play the Englund Gambit as a band-aid solution because I was enjoying the tactical opportunities and no theory. Plus games are not decided by opening theory anyways, on my level at least despite the criticism.

Worked with a coach on the Modern Defense-Pterodactyl line that transposes to the Sicilian Dragon. The only concession is it’s a closed game to start (in most cases), but I am familiar and comfortable with the positions from playing the Sicilian so much.

Also experimented with the Beef Eater as a side line  but I didn’t like giving away the dragon bishop away so early in the game even though it is funny to see white with a double or even tripled pawn structure.

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Favorite (White): Against 2 knight defense in the Italian

Favorite (Black): Tiger's Modern

Least Favorite (White): e6.......idk, I like playing c4, d4, e4, and Nf3

Least Favorite (Black): 1.e4e5

Avatar of WongTzy

Favorite (White): English opening

Favourite (Black): Najdorf 

Least favorite (white): d4(london)

Least Favorite (black): french

Avatar of DasBurner

Favorite as white: Torre Attack or Colle-Zukertort

Favorite as black: Alekhine's Defense 

Least favorite as white: Nimzo-Larsen attack

Least favorite as black: Queen's Indian 

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Favorite as white: Vienna Gambit

Favorite as black: Englund Gambit

Least favorite as white: Spanish Game

Least favorite as black: ALL indians

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chessmates960 wrote:

Favorite as white: Vienna Gambit

Favorite as black: Englund Gambit

Least favorite as white: Spanish Game

Least favorite as black: ALL indians

How can a statement be so true but yet so racist at the same time lmao

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chessmates960 wrote:

Favorite as white: Vienna Gambit

Favorite as black: Englund Gambit

Least favorite as white: Spanish Game

Least favorite as black: ALL indians

For the all indians part I can EASILY agree

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hmm well my least favorite opening for both white and black would be the one where i hang my queen

and i have no idea what my favorite openings for white and black are anymore

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frosty21p wrote:
chessmates960 wrote:

Favorite as white: Vienna Gambit

Favorite as black: Englund Gambit

Least favorite as white: Spanish Game

Least favorite as black: ALL indians

How can a statement be so true but yet so racist at the same time lmao

lol

Avatar of andrew47221

Favourite white: closed Sicilian Favourite black:Italian(except for e4 e5 Nf3 nc6 Bc4 Bc5 C3 Nf6 d4) Least favourite white: Bongcloud Least favourite black: Scandinavian

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Favourite White - Kings Indian Attack
Favouritie Black - Kings Indian Defense

Least favourite White - Grob

Least favourite Black - Alekhine Defense

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Favourites as White: Italian Game, London Opening, London System or Reti Openings 

Least Favourites as White:  Sicilian Defence, Kings-Indian Defence except for Samisch and Makagonov variations, Mainline English Openings or Mainline Caro-Kann Defences

Favourites as Black: Semi-Slav Defence, Mediterannean Defence, St George Defence, Carr Defence, Caro-Kann Defence: Masi Variation or Caro-Kann Defence: Campomanes Attack 

Least Favourites as Black: London Opening, London System, Mainline English Openings, Vienna Opening,  Mainline Caro-Kann Defences or Reti Openings