@NotABugIt_sAFeature said in #5:
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@Interesting_choice Thank you for your answer, i appreciate it, sir, as we say “one man's misfortune is another man's fortune” lol
> for the opening setup i still cannot figure out which one suites me the most, the thing is I've been trying to go for, i would like something more positional, without being too closed or too open, if you have any suggestions
It's a difficult question. For example, if we're talking about white... There's a theory that if you're a positional player, you should play everything except 1.e4 because there's, for example, the Sicilian and there's some kind of chaos going on there. This implies that other moves are positional. I both agree and disagree. I think that if you really want to play aggressive chess, you won't find a better move than 1.e4 because it obviously has much more potential for aggressive chess than, for example, d4, Nf3 or c4. It's true. But on the other hand, it doesn't mean that you can't play positionally if you choose 1.e4. The beauty is that as white, you're leading the parade (if you can call it that) and very often it's you who decides what direction the game will take (aggressive or positional). Personally, for about 1.5-2 years, I played 1.Nf3, then 2.g3, and so on. In fact, everything is much more complicated than it sounds and I did not play it automatically because I did not know how to play white. I used one course from chessable and in the end it helped me a lot. At the moment I am switching back to d4 but only because I want to play something new. I am also a positional player by the way. So that's it. I think that you can play any first move for white and almost always get a positional style of play. For example, if you want to play e4 you should remember that 3 of 4 main moves of black will most likely lead to something positional (e5 e6 c6). In the case of caro cann I would advise you to pay attention to the two knights variation (e4 c6 Nq3 d5 Nc3). The advantage of this variation is that it is not the main line and it has many opportunities where black can quickly get into a bad position (and again it is a very positional variation). Against the French I would advise something like Tarrasch (3.Nd2). If Black goes 3.Nf6 then the position may be a bit complicated but you should take into account that you are playing an improved advance because unlike the advance Black does not have a quick opportunity to jump out with his pieces and put pressure on your pawn on d4). If Black goes 3.c5 against Tarrash then it is quite possible that the position will simply be equal (if Black plays correctly) but from my experience as Black I can say that I do not really like such positions. The computer says equality but White has all his pieces active and Black still needs to correctly bring out the bishop from c8. Against e5 it seems to me that the Italian game may be a very good option or the Ruy Lopez (I prefer the Ruy Lopez because I think the Ruy Lopez poses more problems for Black) but in any case the nature of the game will most likely again be positional. Black can of course complicate the game but usually in this case you will have a good advantage. Against the Sicilian I would suggest the Alapin (2.c3). Many people who play the Sicilian against 1.e4 hate it when 2.c3 is played against them because they don't get what they want - aggressive positions. Something like that. In that case, you'll have to decide what to play against the Scandinavian and Alekhine, but it seems to me that it shouldn't be that difficult. These openings are objectively very good (for example, I'm currently studying the Scandinavian for Black), but if you spend a little time, I'm sure that you'll be able to find something interesting against these variations
