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Topic: Looking for new all-purpose White opening
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I'm unhappy with my current selection of openings for White. I've basically got to be fluent in any number of responses to my first move (or two) as White, and so I know a little of everything.
I learned the KIA reasonably well, but am tired of defending against advanced black pawns on White's 3rd-4th rank. Are there other all-purpose openings I've neglected here?
Thanks.
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Do you know your record in the diferent openings? If so I suggest you stick with the one with the highest winning percentage. In the KIA is there some way to exchange those pawns are block their advance?
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I have two issues here, in which my psyche is the main component:
1) The KIA forces me to be patient, or inwardly panicky, about those central pawns. Right now I think of a white opening as being forceful. I *should* like e4, q4 in that order. I guess that means I should like the King's gambit (e4, f4). This also means I must prepare for the Sicilian, and still be prepared for Philador (ran against that several times already), etc.
Working thru my mind, it seems that a universal opening for white == being initially passive. That would mean back to KIA...
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Superdad, I used The Colle system for a while as white, and it is OK. It can get very agressive against average players but a little passive against strong opposition. It is a 1.d4 opening and you can play almost the same moves regardless what Black throws at you. Not very effective agaisnt King's Indian though, with that fianchetoed bishop...Check the link bellow!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colle_System
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Superdad, one thing in the KIA is to make sure you play c3 fairly early. If you do this, I don't see how black gets advanced center pawns. On the Q-side, the point is to bottle up black's pawns. I play my own version of the KIA...do you want to play a couple of games as B and W and see how we do? I'm no master, but maybe it would help.
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I'll set up a challenge with you on 2 boards. I've got my challenges set to a low number (keeping my total game count down), and am reluctant to expand it.
I actually take KIA advice from a book:
starting out: king's indian attack, John Emms, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1857443942.
If you still want to play, tell me in this forum and I'll set up the games.
Jerome.
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