What is your favorite response to 1.d4?

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Avatar of TimTianYu

I personally like the Grunfeld or KID, but what about y'all?

Avatar of aanval22

Albin Countergambit, if white plays wrong you can underpromote.

Avatar of Chuck639

E5. I like to feint stupidity (which isn’t hard to do lol) and surprise my opponent with a sideline or tactic.

Other than that, I recently started preparing the Grunfeld along with the transpositions (originally a semi-Slav player) in hopes to play it soon at the cost of my embarrassment but it’s only fun and games. I also need a classical defence for OTB so I figure the Grunfeld and Semi-Slav are decent choices.

I did dabble with the Modern Defence and KID transpositions  but didn’t enjoy the closed positions.

I always prefer imbalance, counter play and opportunities.

Avatar of Steven-ODonoghue

1.d4 Nc6

Avatar of Argonautidae

My favourite and only response to d4 is to sigh as loudly as I can, play d5, and wonder why I keep playing the Slav even though I have no idea of its theory beyond the second move.

Avatar of Lidja09

Salut

Avatar of kendalight

Semi Slav happy.png

Avatar of JamesW0924

Nf6

Avatar of GeorgeWyhv14

I prefer to copy d4 with d5, least brain power consumed.