Innovating in the opening

If you had to study one to three openings/defenses to make important innovations, what would they be? What criteria would you follow to choose such openings/defences?

1. 1.f4 Nh6 and 1.d4 f5 2.Nh3
2. Italian game, in some sideline of some sort.
3. Modern Scandi

My criteria for choosing such openings:

1. they look cool (no joke, I choose an opening to impress my opponent).
2. I don't care if Stockfish gives -1 or -1.5 in a position with White.
3. The practicality, how often I could land the opening in a match.
4. The compensation, how much advantage I get for the opening I play.

• 1.b4, Polish/Sokolsky/Orangutan opening.
• 1.g4, Grob opening.
• 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6, Bird, From gambit.

My criteria, I like unusual openings.

I don't waste my time with openings.

@CheerUpChess-Youtube Damn, u r so cool bro.....

@EvilPyrokar said in #5:

@CheerUpChess-Youtube Damn, u r so cool bro.....

I know!

1. Queen's Gambit, Exchange Variation.
2. Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation.
3. Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack

I know in the first two we have a lot of theory but there's always room for more discoveries. I've played those two openings. In the third case I am learning to play this opening and am very curious.

Its not exactly innovating as all people do is just look at the engine

@Autofill said in #8:

Its not exactly innovating as all people do is just look at the engine
The engine doesn't show all the possible moves in the position in the opening, in 1.f4 the engine doesn't even consider Nh6 even if it's a fine move.

@WassimBerbar said in #9:

The engine doesn't show all the possible moves in the position in the opening,
in 1.f4 the engine doesn't even consider Nh6 even if it's a fine move.

This is nonsense. I'm guessing you don't know how to set MultiPV value in your engine user interface. Depending on the engine and depth of search it is somewhere in the first dozen of variations offered as a response to 1.f4 .