1.nc3 or one of the fianchetto openings
White openings for a Chigorin/Nimzowitsch player
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What about the Veresov and the Jobava London? Those are pretty uncommon and while not objectively the best are still quite good.
I would also think Jobava London would be good.
Jun 1, 2023
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especially since spiritually its like the flipped version of those openings
its d4 Nc3 Bf4 stuff btw
Yes that should be a good one. I think Simon Williams also made a book and a Chessable course on it but naro and bortnyk’s should be more worthwhile
Heya, I'm looking for an opening recommendation for white. As black, I've been playing the Chigorin Defence against d4 for a few years now, and recently swapped from the Pirc to the Nimzowitsch against e4. I really love both openings, as they're quite sharp, off-beat and quickly get out of more classic lines that people are usually more booked up on.
As a result, I'm really enjoying my games playing black, but starting to dislike playing as white a lot of the time, as I don't have any openings in my repertoire that speak to the same kind of identity as the Chigorin/Nimzowitsch. I've pretty much always played the English as white, which helped to cut down on a lot of theory, but tended to give me less exciting positions. I'd really like something equally unorthodox to play as white, which - even if doesn't give the best positions objectively - remains playable, and creates quite sharp and dynamic positions, whilst avoiding more common lines.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!