D4 is better than E4 and C4 and its also whatever works best for you

yes nf3 again is stronger then d4 in win rate

Im talking to an older comment

do you wanna know the problem with both the indian and ret'i

ussually this first move is bad

however now both sides actually force an opening you can force the opening against this well specific openings sometimes you cant after the reti this can happen its a forced sequences and this is actually not a good openings for them if they dont know about this trick then they lose against the reti or indian because its such a powerful opening but it just doesn't work out after scenario

if both pawns get in the center for either side the other side looses but the opening ther forced to play isn't good with where the knight is and black will put both pawns in the center if white doesn't play d4 cuz its impossible to stop a d4 pawn from being pushed 1 or 2 squares almost

if they don't play d4 then I take the center you'll get crushed because um well Magnus bot taught me that

2 pawns in the center overpowers the opponents even a central knight does and if the manage to kick the pawn push forward expand breaking there position up kicking the Indian you choose the opening and it bad for the opponent

Maybe let your ratings do your talking for you next time

Im just sayin if they don't do d4 in that position then you put both pawns in the center no matter inless d4

Also I do no theory I can fully remember cuz it so long but I know a 21 book move white 20 book move black I also know how turn a game with no theory into theory from good then book Im great with theory look at this I don't know when I stopped playing theory bit it was atleast 9 moves and Im not looking up book I promise

wait I messed up on rb8 so then its this

ok its exd4 its something else let me try again

ok I think I messed somewhere in theory near there so how many book moves did I get each side

what about this book

I think Jobava london book Im pretty sure from what Ive learned on chessable this is Jobava London book

I know the pirc defense main line Jobava London mainline sideline sub sidleines a few queens gambit kings gambit halloween gambit grob gambit Borg the ware the carr the london system the accelerated london system the (Ruy Lopez Keres Breyer Hybrid variation I cant remember the full name its so long)najdorf Sicilian Dutch defense caro kann KID KIA trompowsky queens gambit declined trash defense slave defense semi slav defense Fred Spanish Indian and that's 1/30th the openings I know

fine unrated game Ill do the best theory I know against you lets try the ruy Lopez Morphy defense do your best theory