@Alcadeias said in #1:
> As White, I've been thinking about playing all the openings that arise after the moves 1.d4, 1.Nf3, 1.c4, 1.g3, and perhaps also 1.b3. Except those that transpose to 1.e4 openings (for example, after 1.Nf3 c5, I will never play 2.e4 transposing into the Sicilian).
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> Since I would have so many different openings in my White repertoire, in total my White repertoire would be theory-heavy. In order to ensure that my White repertoire is not too theory-heavy (so theory-heavy that it just becomes completely impossible), I will only play openings that are slow, quiet and theory-light, openings that I can play without needing to spend countless hours studying them and memorizing moves, openings that allow me to avoid opening theory and just play chess.
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> I will exclude the moves f4 and f3 (e.g. against the KID, I will never play the Four Pawns Attack and the Samisch), I will always play an early Nf3 (no later than move 5), firstly in order to reduce the size of the repertoire, and secondly because f3 and f4 tend to be sharp and theory-heavy, while an early Nf3 tends to be slow, quiet and theory-light. Are there other sharp and theory-heavy openings that I can exclude to further reduce the size of the repertoire?
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> What do you think about this XXXL White repertoire? Objectively, it's probably a bad idea, but I think I really like this idea anyway. How bad is it really? Would it be so big that it would be completely impossible for a 2000 Elo player to learn? How much time would it take someone to learn this super-wide White repertoire compared to a regular White repertoire? 3 times as many hours? 10 times? Are there people who have this White repertoire?
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> With this White repertoire, I would be the ultimate master of transpositions, I would be able to exploit transpositions to their fullest.
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> The advantages of this White repertoire:
> - Diversity: I will play many different openings and structures so I will never get bored.
> - Unpredictability: I will be unpredictable and it will be impossible for my opponents to prepare against me.
> - Anti-preparation: The openings that I play are slow, quiet and positional. Preparation is useless against these kinds of openings.
> - Perhaps I will be able to move-order my opponent out of his repertoire? For example: If he is a Grunfeld player, I could try 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 and he can't play the Grunfeld anymore. If he is a Slav ...Bf5 player, I could try 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 or 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 (or 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5) 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3, and he won't be able to play ...Bf5.
If you play g3 I'm gonna chuck h5 at ya. If you go Nf3 I'll go for a KID/Reverse closed sicillian. If d4 I'll go c5 and force you to go d5 and now you're in MY prep
