Thanks man!
I do play the Italian. I consider it theory heavy, and I do know some stuff... honestly I'm looking for an opening that I can mess around with, for starts...
For example; I play my friend who is 1200, I am not challenged to play Italian and e5 world against him, and I want to be challenged to enjoy the game... If I play my absolute best openings and then try hard in the middle game I would beat him probably 90%...
Also I want him to keep wanting to play with me lol
But every time I try to play Scandi or some opening I'm not familiar with he actually does really well... positionally - we are pretty much at the same level, funnily enough.
I'm inspired by players who play weird stuff to take people out of book, but I don't want to end up with closed positions... Also what would be the move order in Jobava to somehow make d5 and closing the game up more difficult?
Thx
Hi
I was looking to add some opening like Reti, Scandi, Jobava London, or something that aims to take away the opponent from known territory...
As an e4, e5, (+nimzo) player, I feel really comfortable in middle games that arise from the openings I know, I have a feel for the position... When I try to play d4 stuff my opponents normally play very positionally, slow, and I'm not great at that.
I basically want an opening to try out that dosen't require study, that you can just get the hang of and play but guaranteeing an open and dynamic game.
Also when I try the Scandi (which gets open) or d4 (which gets positional) I don't have a feel for the middle games...
I'm sure there are better openings to fit what I'm aiming for so please suggest
Thx