which opening do u h8te when u r black

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KING'S PAWN OPENING: WAYWARD QUEEN ATTACK
SCOTCH GAME
SPANISH GAME: EXCHANGE VARIATION
ITALIAN GAME: TRAXLER, KNIGHT SACRIFICE LINE
QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING
KING'S FIANCHETTO OPENING
QUEEN'S FIANCHETTO OPENING
BISHOP'S OPENING (A.K.A: KING'S PAWN OPENING: NAPOLEON ATTACK)
Josh11live
I like all options you put there.
aerefs
U mean bishop sac line? I love the knight sac line for black.
bkirkey
I hate the Byrne variation of the Pirc defense personally.
crazedrat1000

- London, not because it's good, it's simply lame 
- Polish, I don't know it as well as I need to 
- Alapin, again it's just lame, it's not good
- Exchange Slav if they avoid all the interesting deviations I can go into

I just don't want to be bored.

Chessletsky

None of the openings here are hard to play against.

ThrillerFan
crazedrat1000 wrote:

- London, not because it's good, it's simply lame 
- Polish, I don't know it as well as I need to 
- Alapin, again it's just lame, it's not good
- Exchange Slav if they avoid all the interesting deviations I can go into

I just don't want to be bored.

The London is a joke. I beat it at a very high rate!

Most annoying to face is the English Opening.

outwittedyou

Woah, first off why in the exchange Ruy lopez was bxc6? played? Instead, black should have played dxc6!, where Nxe5? is met by Qd4!

Openings that are hard to play against:

  • English (I play it myself as white, symmetrical variations are impossible to play as either side)
  • Fianchetto variation of the KID (at least there's the Panno)
  • Ritcher-Rauzer attack (I play classical Sicilian and am probably gonna get destroyed the first time I face this)
  • Sozin attack (even worse than the rauzer 😭)
  • KIA (I never know how to play against the other side of the King's Indian lol)
badger_song

Playing black, there are no openings I hate. There are some that I consider trash and they annoy me because I'd rather play against something more legitimate.

GraysonKellogg

Someone recently hit me with the Haxo Gambit a few days ago, and I’m completely traumatized. I still as of right now feel so humiliated. And I can’t even find any way to counter it, everything is talking about how good it is, but not how to decline, defend, or punish it as Black, if there’s even a way at all. I know this is just an online game, but that one game has scarred me so much that as of right now, I’m still seriously considering switching from e5 to Caro-Kann.

Josh11live
Put the moves in analysis and see what people online recommend to people playing the gambit and see the best lines to counter it in analysis. It barely appears so maybe not worth the effort.
GraysonKellogg
Josh11live wrote:
Put the moves in analysis and see what people online recommend to people playing the gambit and see the best lines to counter it in analysis. It barely appears so maybe not worth the effort.

Thanks! The game isn’t over yet, but when I do, I’ll take your advice!

PromisingPawns

I hate when they play the English against me, it's kinda annoying to deal with and you have to be cautious.

Josh11live
Your welcome #12. #13 just play the dutch. I like the Lenningrab variation, but was too lazy to study it yet. I didn’t know there were traps in the English. You are making me scared now.