@Kazecort said in #8:
> Hi, I need a tip, I'm 2000+ fide player, I'm positional player (positional squeezer, I like to limit the opponent and I'm good in endgames and openings, but I m bad at calculation which I'm trying to improving at). I tried tons of openings. I play as white d4 and against fianchetto lines (grunfeld benoni, kid) i dont have any problem. I allow nimzo ( I used to play catalan before but now I play Nc3) with Qc2 aggressive with e4 immediatly and its kinda good. I also succed against all d5 openings (QGD and Slav) I'm very good. But now as Black, I play QGD as black ( I used to play Nimzo but Idk why I was losing since nimzo is a lot positional). The problem is e4! I played everything and played sicilians for 15 years (all lines except sveshnikov, which will never fit my style). I played Paulsen for years and got amazing games (won against John Nunn in a simul and won against an IM in classical chess) but now it seems people prepare it against me and get a worse position. Changed to taimanov but got crushed by some 1900+, tried najdorf and won 2 games out of 2 but too much theory and too aggressive. Tried HyperDragon but maroczy kills it even if I played good games. Now tried Classical sicilian and seems good but I often lose. Which line can fit my style? I tried caro-kan all lines but it seems I get worse positions most of the times
My rating is slightly lower but I have same style and I am performing at similar rating. I used to play d5, but now play nimzo. However I always, and always will play e5. The Sicilian is too dynamic for me and I will admit that’s my weakness. E5 is actually, good, as long as you know what you play against openings. It requires very little theory just to be aware of lines. I play the Breyer for the RL for example, and this works well with my style bc it’s a lot of manoeuvring and positional plays, often long games. I would suggest trying out e5, it’s more positional than one things. If you get KG I play d5 and this leads to interesting play which is less tactical than an opponent would hope for, so it’s pretty positional over all.
