Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!

[Q8offsuit]

I generally play e4 as white.

As black, I like the Latvian Counter-Gambit (flame away [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]).

Against the Pirc, the Spassky System.

Against the Petroff, the Cochrane Gambit (hey, it's worked)

The From Gambit seems to work well against 1. f4.

Don't really have a defense yet as black for 1. d4, or as white against the Caro-Kann. Any suggestions?

[slickpoppa]

I'm a fan of the Polish opening:
1. f3
2. g4

[astroglide]

why not just memorize license plate numbers before a game? you could spot the winner a knight for advantage, randomize the piece placement and then play something closer to an actual game of strategy and tactics instead of "who has read more".

[Q8offsuit]

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I'm a fan of the Polish opening:
1. f3
2. g4

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Actually, the Polish opening is 1. b4.... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Q8offsuit]

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why not just memorize license plate numbers before a game? you could spot the winner a knight for advantage, randomize the piece placement and then play something closer to an actual game of strategy and tactics instead of "who has read more".

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Any actual replies?

No, seriously, I'm going to stop studying chess altogether and just wing it.

[slickpoppa]

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Don't really have a defense yet as black for 1. d4, or as white against the Caro-Kann. Any suggestions?

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I haven't played chess that much since I became addicted to poker, but against d4 have you tried 1. d5, 2. c5?
Can't remeber what I used to do against the caro-kahn. Seems like I always played against the sicilian, which I hate.

[TimM]

1.e4 for white, and you don't get to play Latvian. Main lines against almost everything else.

Sicilian vs e4
Grunfeld vs d4 (and aim for this vs c4, Nf3 lines)
From's vs f4 but rarely seen

Here's my best game (or at least biggest scalp):

Me (2204) - Novikov,I (2719)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 Nbd7 12.Nf5 exf5 13.Qxg7 Rf8 14.Nd5 fxe4 15.Nxe7 Kxe7 16.Rad1 Qc6 17.Bg5 Bb7 18.Rd4 d5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Qxh7 Rac8 22.Rd1 Rxc2 23.Qf5 Be6 24.Rxd7+ Kxd7 25.Qxf6 Kc6 26.h4 Rc5 27.Qe7 Rg8 28.Qa7 Rcxg5 29.hxg5 Rxg5 30.Qxa6+ Kc7 31.Qa7+ Kc6 32.Qe3 Rg4 33.b4 Kb7 34.Qc5 Bd7 35.Qd5+ Kc7 36.Qxf7 e3 37.fxe3 Rxb4 38.Kf2 Ra4 39.Kf3 Kd6 40.Qf8+ Ke6 41.e4 Bc6 42.Qf5+ Kd6 43.Kf4 Rc4 44.g4 b4 45.Qf8+ 1-0

I worked on this line for over a year before I got to play it, with this opponent in mind. 18.Rd4 was my improvement over a game my opponent played in Cuba in 1987, and I had the position after 21.Qxh7 in my analysis. I don't expect Astro to approve. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[exist]

as White: 1.d4 and then basically the repetoire given by Richard Palliser in "Play 1.d4!"

as Black: 1.e4 -- the French
1.anything else -- the King's Indian

I'm currently learning this repetoire but I don't think I'll finish, poker is higher on the priority list right now. $$$

[BlueBear]

I have a very narrow repetoire. Used to play at the 1800 level.

As white 1. d4, aiming for London system setups (d4, Nf3, Bf4) or Colle system setups against anything that black does

As black,
against 1. d4 - Budapest defense (against 1. ... Nf6 2. c4 e5), or King Indian defense-like setups
against 1. e4 - Center counter and Caro-kann

[Duke]

1. O-O-O

~D