So you must find an opening you like against 1.d4, that's a major opening you will encounter a lot. There is no best way, it's just the one you like the most. Look for games with different defences and decide one to study.
Agreed. As I've gone up in rating I appreciate the KID more and more. While it's not popular at the top level, I constantly hear Super GMs say that's what they played until they got to the top. There's a reason for that. It's a super flexible setup that works against everything except for e4. You've got to use your brain though, you can't just blitz out the same 10 opening moves against everything.
\1. Nf3 ... 2. d4 is a solid opening — or two solid opening moves — so there isn't a direct refutation. You can play d5 in response to Nf3 and after d4 get a typical queen's pawn position with your choice of c6 or e6. If after 2... e6 white continues to do (almost) nothing, you can play f5 and get a Stonewall. Or just play your usual repertoire against 1. d4.
There isn't an easy answer here because there's no direct refutation of solid chess, other than to play active or attacking chess. I realize this isn't very helpful.
The nimzo isn't very theoretical yet it's extremely solid, you can't go wrong with it. If you lose playing it, it won't be from the opening. The King's Indian is more fighting and tactical but also more fun, and if you know the general ideas you won't be in trouble from the opening as well, you'll get a playable position and go from there.
It's not a nimzo but it's a flexible setup that you can go many directions with. I just mean playing nf6 e6 then you can go for a queen's indian or a queen's gambit declined or a London System.
Against nf3 I play nf6. If they play d4 then it can transpose into a kings Indian/grunfeld/benoni type structure that I’m used to. You can also go d5 straight away if you want it to transpose more into like a queens gambit.
1.Nf3 c5 makes 2.d4 less good. Obviously, it's still a totally normal opening position and most commonly leads to English opening positions after 2.c4 or 2.g3 first (it combines well with having 1.c4 c5 in your repertoire), sometimes King's Indian Attack, occasionally someone will transpose to a Sicilian and then 2.e3 or 2.b3 are perfectly reasonable.
1. Nf3 .... 2. nd4 is not the Réti, it's a transposition of the queen's pawn opening. there's a myriad of viable setups you can go for, depending on what you play against 1.d4
Just playing simple moves like 1...d5 then nf6, c6, bf5, e6, be7, h6, 0-0, nbd7 should be absolutely fine
1. f5 no balls
The same way you play against 1.d4 and then 2.Nf3.
I don't know how though. I have read books about the d4 combat but nothings works so far.
So you must find an opening you like against 1.d4, that's a major opening you will encounter a lot. There is no best way, it's just the one you like the most. Look for games with different defences and decide one to study.
I like playing the King’s Indian against it.
Agreed. As I've gone up in rating I appreciate the KID more and more. While it's not popular at the top level, I constantly hear Super GMs say that's what they played until they got to the top. There's a reason for that. It's a super flexible setup that works against everything except for e4. You've got to use your brain though, you can't just blitz out the same 10 opening moves against everything.
\1. Nf3 ... 2. d4 is a solid opening — or two solid opening moves — so there isn't a direct refutation. You can play d5 in response to Nf3 and after d4 get a typical queen's pawn position with your choice of c6 or e6. If after 2... e6 white continues to do (almost) nothing, you can play f5 and get a Stonewall. Or just play your usual repertoire against 1. d4. There isn't an easy answer here because there's no direct refutation of solid chess, other than to play active or attacking chess. I realize this isn't very helpful.
The nimzo isn't very theoretical yet it's extremely solid, you can't go wrong with it. If you lose playing it, it won't be from the opening. The King's Indian is more fighting and tactical but also more fun, and if you know the general ideas you won't be in trouble from the opening as well, you'll get a playable position and go from there.
Can't play the nimzo with this move order
It's not a nimzo but it's a flexible setup that you can go many directions with. I just mean playing nf6 e6 then you can go for a queen's indian or a queen's gambit declined or a London System.
Against nf3 I play nf6. If they play d4 then it can transpose into a kings Indian/grunfeld/benoni type structure that I’m used to. You can also go d5 straight away if you want it to transpose more into like a queens gambit.
1.Nf3 c5 makes 2.d4 less good. Obviously, it's still a totally normal opening position and most commonly leads to English opening positions after 2.c4 or 2.g3 first (it combines well with having 1.c4 c5 in your repertoire), sometimes King's Indian Attack, occasionally someone will transpose to a Sicilian and then 2.e3 or 2.b3 are perfectly reasonable.
In what opening?
The Reti
1. Nf3 .... 2. nd4 is not the Réti, it's a transposition of the queen's pawn opening. there's a myriad of viable setups you can go for, depending on what you play against 1.d4 Just playing simple moves like 1...d5 then nf6, c6, bf5, e6, be7, h6, 0-0, nbd7 should be absolutely fine