I have written about my favorite opening line against 1.e4. You can find it here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/the-sicilian-four-knights-a-good-practical-opening
I have written about my favorite opening line against 1.e4. You can find it here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/the-sicilian-four-knights-a-good-practical-opening
1.e4 French but looking at the Caro
1.d4 1.c4 and others still open 1...e6 and look for a French QGD or Stonewall Dutch
Against 1. e4, I play the main-line Nimzowitsch (1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5) these days, and against 1. d4 I play Nf6 and usually angle for a Grunfeld (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5). I would warn folks that the Nimzowitsch can be very sharp, though, so you really have to know what you're doing.
e4 - Two Knights Defence, Wilkes Barre (or Traxler) variation
d4 - e6 Hoping for a French defence.
If 1 d4, e6; 2 c4 -what is your plan then? Nimzoindian?
Against 1 e4 I like the Caro-Kann Defense with pawns on c6 and d5, the QB on f5 or g4, then soon is usually played ...e6 and Nbd7. A counterattack is usually launched Q-side and often begins with ...c5 and perhaps Qb6.
Against 1 d4 I like the Slav Defense with pawns on c6 and d5, the QB on f5 or g4, then soon is usually played ...e6 and Nbd7. A counterattack is usually launched Q-side and often begins with ...c5 and perhaps Qb6.
BOTH Defenses have similar setups, have goals of getting the QB outside the P-Chain and of attacking Q-side.
I usually play 1 e4 as White, but when I play 1d4 I usually like the London System which is often a mirror image of the Slav and Caro-Kann with a pawn on d4, the QB on f4, and N's on f3 and often d2. As White you have a move in hand and can often play c4 in one move instead of two as you do with Black. Attacking with Qb3 is also a possibility.
The Breyer, plus a whole repertoire of NID/QID lines.