16 Dec 07
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Originally posted by sydsadWell, you'll also need a repertoire for black! I might suggest Scandinavian (1...d5) against 1.e4 and the Dutch (1...f5) against pretty well everything else. I should make it clear I don't play either opening myself, so I'm not trying to proselytise!
So, I am bored with my lack of structure in my Opening Repertoire. What would you recommend for a lazy, "tactical" player?
Follow-up question for extra credits: What "compontents" (i.e what responses need extra preperations) are needed in a minimalistic Opening repertoire for white?
As far as white is concerned, if you like playing the Dutch as black and really are lazy, you might consider playing the Bird's (1.f4) for white. The only problem for that is that it tends to lead to less tactical positions than the Dutch itself, since many black players will content themselves with playing for safe equality against the Bird's, which probably isn't that difficult. So maybe it has to be 1.e4. Against 1...e5 you could play the King's Gambit (as recommended by some posters to this thread). I do! But beware, there is a lot of theory involved, though less so with the Bishop's Gambit (3.Bc4).
Against the Sicilian you could try the so-called Grand Prix Attack (2.Nc3 and 3.f4), also recommended here, though these days it's nothing special. And there's always the good ol' Morra Gambit (2.d4 and 3.c3), though it's not really entirely correct, and you'd have to learn the c3 Sicilian for when black declines. Or you could play some sort of hybrid repertoire like 2.Nf3 and 3.Bb5 against 2...Nc6 and 2...d6 and try 3.c3 (or even 3.b3!?) against 2...e6. Then as your laziness begins to wear off, you could begin to incorporate some Open Sicilians (2.Nf3 and 3.d4) into your repertoire!