d4 defenses

I'd like to work on my games as black against 1. d4 (need to practice forming/carrying out plans in the games that result from those types of openings).

Anyone want to play a couple 3+ day/move games? Please send a challenge my way! Rated or not, whatever.

I actually used to play the white side of the reverse-Sicilian, but right now I'm going for the Indian defenses against 1. d4 (because I love the KID).

Anyhow, this thread was less about what opening to play, rather, getting in some practice with what I do play.

that isn't the sicilian, the sicilian isn't even played against d4

Guess what, I have a book on openings right here Under heading Sicilian defense Sveshnikov variation so I'm going with the book... Personally I don't care if it is played "often" against d4, I never said it was, I was merely making a suggestion to give it a try...

the thing is though, that wasn't evena  d4 opeing, it was an e4 opening.... if you play c5 against a d4 opening you get into some kind of benoni. the sicilian is only played against 1 . e4. you can get a reversed sicilian after 1.c4...

i think either you or the book made a mistake: the sveshnikov is the same thing as what your diagram says, except the the first move should be e4 instead of c4. This is the sveshnikov:

this is the same position as what you have, but a pawn on e4, not c4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence#Sveshnikov_Variation:_4...Nf6_5.Nc3_e5

Semanics really, wasn't looking for a debate on chess openings or the hair of a defference between them, just wanted to make a suggestion. But after this I won't be making this mistake again on this site...

the difference between 1. e4 and 1. c4 can hardly be called a hair.....