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What is your favorite chess opening?

I don't have any favorite chess openings, I play whatever works.
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White : smith-morra, but d4 first to avoid e4/e5 prep, sicillians etc etc . Usually go for double pawn gambit (f3) with 90% knight recapture, if the opponent goes for the french I transpose into advanced french, especially if the game was d4 nf6 e4 e6 nf3 d5 to get that delicious extra tempo on the knight. if nf6 wasn't played, I play e5 to restrict the kingside knight and gain space advantage with more activity possibilities due to the advanced pawn aiding captures.

black : against e4 : HYPERACCELERATED DRAGON sicillian. This line is the most solid with the least stupid traps on the white side so it lets me exit the opening without being an absolute idiot. also, gives me lots of activity and a solid defence in the opening. I still need to be more aware of Qa5+ tactics I can take.

against d4/c4 : kingside fianchetto variations. sometimes hedgehogs. this allows me to re-use the prep from the HYPERACCELERATED DRAGON to achieve similar structures, constellations and tactics.

bizarre answers/Random Rapport BS :

as white : grab the center, gambit pawns to accelerate development, if possible, get tempo while developing pieces

as black : castle ASAP and stay closed up. if possible, assume hedgehog structure.

I kinda tried fianchetto english and catalan but it didn't work so good, the theory is well developed into like move 15 and not much to do.

for funzies, here's a HYPERACCELERATED DRAGON from magic the gathering :

https://i.imgur.com/G9RkCLX.jpeg

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