What opening have you not learned that you are curious about?

@Playmore55 said in #10:

The jobava, cause all these content creators are playing it now

Jobava is a fun opening.

#11

Two games above are Rapport-Jabova System.

' @morphyms1817 said in #1:

I need to get to the Czech..

Also curious about Q's Indian because I play KID and KIA.

Go ahead, make my day! :)

Here‘s an appetizer, a video of one of my last encounters.

https://lichess.org/@/Sarg0n/blog/the-czech-defense/0x2QHb00.

@tpr said in #2:

Sargun is an expert on the Czech.

Thx. Last tournament I had at least one model game.

https://lichess.org/forum/game-analysis/when-you-get-the-dream-variation-of-your-course-in-the-otb-tournament#1

@Noflaps said in #9:

Actually, any opening I last studied more than a year ago will do -- since it will seem brand new when I next revisit it.

Dead on. Also to @DragurKnight in post 6, and @PPlayer10 in post 8.

For me, the openings that I struggled most to "learn" (wrong word, but let that go for the moment) are the ones that, in hindsight, would probably most repay study. From both sides of the board. The Spanish (Ruy Lopez), the semi-slav, the QG, both accepted and declined; those are the openings that, if I studied and played them regularly, would teach me more about the middlegame and endgame than the openings I have more experience with. But when game time comes, I am more likely than not to go back to old favourites. I see other older players look at my openings and they screw their faces up like they'd swallowed a bag of lemons. Should tell me something.

Petrov defense with black, with white maybe King's Gambit

The Catalan. In most openings like the Ruy or the Queen's Gambit you're always doing something like hitting knights, pressurizing. But in the Catalan, you're taking a few moves to purely develop with long-term ambitions in mind. With the King's Indian Attack or Colle you play fianchetto but instead of c4 and d4 you play d3 or e3 or some variation like that, often to kind of "catch out" the opponent with a surge through the centre or kingside attack, and the Reti and the English are similar where you're always playing a "move up" from the Catalan in a way. With the Catalan it's more strategic squeezing, though there can be sharp and deadly tactics down the long diagonal also. Of course I haven't learned it, so I don't really know, but that's my impression and why I want to learn it.

@verylate said in #15:

Actually, any opening I last studied more than a year ago will do -- since it will seem brand new when I next revisit it.

Dead on. Also to @DragurKnight in post 6, and @PPlayer10 in post 8.

For me, the openings that I struggled most to "learn" (wrong word, but let that go for the moment) are the ones that, in hindsight, would probably most repay study. From both sides of the board. The Spanish (Ruy Lopez), the semi-slav, the QG, both accepted and declined; those are the openings that, if I studied and played them regularly, would teach me more about the middlegame and endgame than the openings I have more experience with. But when game time comes, I am more likely than not to go back to old favourites. I see other older players look at my openings and they screw their faces up like they'd swallowed a bag of lemons. Should tell me something

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The Caro-Kann for me. I've played it without knowing much and it has worked, but I would like to know more about the theory then my chess book made in 2006 (Which is the newest addition I am waiting for the version 16 to be out).

@barrelcactus said in #19:

The Caro-Kann for me. I've played it without knowing much and it has worked, but I would like to know more about the theory then my chess book made in 2006 (Which is the newest addition I am waiting for the version 16 to be out).

I'm taking my medicine now and playing Caro-Kann again after running into a brick wall with Modern.