@Ellie_MoreLike_Ewwie said in #1:
> I tried KID, Benoni and the Indian game and all seem to leave me with a debilitating space disadvantage. Usually, I copy with d5 and if c4 I play e5. My worst nightmare is the London and the only thing that prevents it is 1.e5. Very dubious gambit that I like, but at 2000+ it's garbage. I heard the Mikenas /Mexican defense is pretty good to surprise people and played it against some friends and won. My last options are the Dutch, Polish defense and St. George Defense. The St. George is an interesting one.
Well the Benoni opening (invented by the American National Master Ben Oni) is respected by lichess amateurs and the like, in most lines it gives playable positions. If I understand correctly, you prefer to play 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5, the Albin Countergambit (invented by the Arab chessmaster Al Bin) but it doesn't look so good after 3. dxe5, which is the main line by the way. Then you have only one good move which is the d pawn push, which simply doesn't look good and violates opening rules. The computer leaves no doubts, it's like playing a pawn down without compensation. Maybe look for something else. Then there is the KID, which was invented by some kid. I wouldn't go for that opening for obvious reasons. There was a video on youtube how to play against the London, but I am too low rated to learn such stuff. The St George isn't very interesting because it neglects the centre. If you don't take the centre you will often have cramped pieces, bad knights and unpleasant game.
> I tried KID, Benoni and the Indian game and all seem to leave me with a debilitating space disadvantage. Usually, I copy with d5 and if c4 I play e5. My worst nightmare is the London and the only thing that prevents it is 1.e5. Very dubious gambit that I like, but at 2000+ it's garbage. I heard the Mikenas /Mexican defense is pretty good to surprise people and played it against some friends and won. My last options are the Dutch, Polish defense and St. George Defense. The St. George is an interesting one.
Well the Benoni opening (invented by the American National Master Ben Oni) is respected by lichess amateurs and the like, in most lines it gives playable positions. If I understand correctly, you prefer to play 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5, the Albin Countergambit (invented by the Arab chessmaster Al Bin) but it doesn't look so good after 3. dxe5, which is the main line by the way. Then you have only one good move which is the d pawn push, which simply doesn't look good and violates opening rules. The computer leaves no doubts, it's like playing a pawn down without compensation. Maybe look for something else. Then there is the KID, which was invented by some kid. I wouldn't go for that opening for obvious reasons. There was a video on youtube how to play against the London, but I am too low rated to learn such stuff. The St George isn't very interesting because it neglects the centre. If you don't take the centre you will often have cramped pieces, bad knights and unpleasant game.
