1. Nf3 How limiting is it?

I am always an e4 guy and am trying Nf3.

It seems limiting, especially with 1…d5.

looking for basic tips/opinions on this move.

good day players

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Yeah

Do you mean Nf3? If you are black Nf6 is perfectly fine for openings like King's Indian, London, and QGD. A quick glance at Nf3 brings up English. I think Awonder Liang does that kind of stuff and maybe Christopher Yoo. Hans Niemann might, but I think he tries to steer his English games more down a similar path as the QGD. Irina Krush might be another one to look into.

Yes. Edited.

Here are two Awonder games with an early Nf3. He also plays four knights.

1. Nf3 is a great move. It is about as strong as 1. e4; that is to say it's as good a first move as any. I've played it OTB on many occasions.

It does tend to be more connected to d4/c4 openings than 1. e4 openings, because after 1...Nf6 or 1...d5 you can't really play an e4 opening, whereas you can play d4/c4 stuff or remain in Reti-type territory. So for a 1. e4 player it might be a bit of a new language.

Sounds like you didn't study any openings

Nearly 100% of position types can still happen after 1.Nf3 so it's a nonsense question to ask for "basic tips/opinions" (and I mean that in a nice way, I'm not trying to be mean).

Some basic questions you'd have to answer:

Will you play e4 if you can?
Will you typically play d4 or d3?
Will you allow any color reversed structures (benonis, KIDs, etc)?

I have two only

I certainly was not going for nonsensical llama. 

I find myself playing e4 if I can, yes but as @dpnorman says after 1…d5 or 1…Nf6 it doesn’t fit. 2. d4 yes, I don’t think I’ve tried 2. d3 but why not. Lol

Your last question does not compute. Sorry.

This is what I am seeing, new language. Thank you for clarifying @dpnorman

I am still trying to figuree out a possible interpretation of "how limiting it is". I came up with nothing.

limiting?

it is the most flexible opening around!

to #16 and #17 : I now see I was considering it limiting because I play e4 and after 1…d5 or 1…Nf6 e4 openings are not viable.

and this is very good news

I still don't understand it at all. If you want to play openings that arise after 1. e4, you should play 1. e4.

Obviously.

That’s right, captain

Ok. That’s interesting. I have noticed myself playing some other moves from the English system.

The most versatile players will use 1.Nf3 as a transpositional move. These are the players who play both e4 openings and d4 openings, and are comfortable transposing to either one of these, depending on how Black defends. If Black plays 1...c5, for example, these players are comfortable playing 2.e4 (to transpose into the Sicilian), or playing 2.c4 (to transpose into the English), or even 2.g3 (to transpose into a King's Indian Attack) ... These are the most difficult players to face, because they can play it all.

A less versatile (but still valid) approach is to use 1.Nf3 as a preparatory move (hitting e5 first), before switching to a more specific opening (like the English, or the Nimzo-Larsen, for example). These players like to go into certain openings, but want to prevent the 1...e5 variations, to keep their opponent's options a bit more limited.

Then there are the 1.d4 players who treat 1.Nf3 as just another way of reaching similar d4 positions ...

I'd say 1.Nf3 has the benefit of being very flexible and undefined - like an opening move that exists in a transient state. But this is also its drawback, as it leaves Black with a bit more choice of his own to dictate the direction of the game, as well ...