Recommendations for an e4 player- help needed

The Stonewall is easy to learn but hard to defend at the higher levels. Maroczy vs. Tartakower, 1922 (www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1003826) is a good example. The rest have much theory.

Against the Ruy, you can play the Jaenisch Gambit, but I prefer the Bird's.

Against the Italian, I prefer the two knights with the Traxler counterattack.
EDIT: If you want a bad reputation, try the trap 3...Nd4. A weak move but an early fight.

1) KID is good here. While there's a ton of theory at the elite level, intermediate players aren't going to know it and the setup / plan for black is simple enough it can almost be auto-piloted. Also explore the accelerated fianchetto systems like the Modern (1... g6) and English (1... b6) defenses. These often transpose into e4 games after 2. e4, you can play these systems against 1.e4 or 1.d4 and you'll be amazed at how many intermediate players eventually blunder something along the long diagonal after something like 1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4.

2 & 3) Don't play 1... e5. ;) Seriously though, learn something like the Caro-Kann, the plans are pretty intuitive and there just aren't that many traps white can play in response. If you really want something tricky against the Ruy try the Schliemann defense (suggested by someone else above) which is 3... f5 and against the Italian the two knights (also suggested previously) and prepare the Traxler (4... Bc5) against the fried liver.

I am now basically an e4 player. I was a d4 player. D4 as black you got to look my opening choices. Black's Queen's Gambit Accepted for example seems to be fine for me. Evading a bit of well-studied theory but without losing quality.

I'll throw out some opinions !?

@ExcalibuFighter said in #1:
> Hi, I am a typical e4 Player, looking for three things:
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> 1. a good and solid weapon against d4 with not too much theory
Tartakower QGD is solid and aims for more than a long defense. Playing with hanging pawns can be fun.

Tarrasch is less solid but more fun when it goes well.

> 2. an agressive response to the Ruy Lopez (Spanish)

Bird, Schliemann, Marshall come to mind. I think the 3rd is the most fun but few white players will let you go into the Marshall's mainlines.

The open Ruy is both solid and active. Karpov couldnt break it in match play and Euwe played it his whole life including vs Fischer.

> 3. ideas how to deal with the giuccio piano

I always automatically play the 2 knights defense. If white goes into the main line it is a lot of fun for black.

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> Thanks in advance !

As usual, I will recommend openings covered by free Chessable courses:

1. a good and solid weapon against d4 with not too much theory
The Slav - great, simple, solid.
www.chessable.com/short-sweet-slav/course/5878/

2. an aggressive response to the Ruy Lopez (Spanish)
Marshall is the best.
www.chessable.com/short-sweet-jan-gustafssons-1-e4-e5/course/31256/
You could play Jaenisch, but it's just not that strong.

3. ideas how to deal with the giuccio piano
If you want a sharp game, Two Knights sound very reasonable.
www.chessable.com/two-knights-defense/course/18646/

All the repertoires are more than enough up to 2000 Lichess Rapid.

1) Full Slav Defence ... Also Rare Winawer Counter Gambit 2) Open Ruy ... Dillworth Attack (Two Pieces for Rook & Two Pawns) ... 3) ... Against Italian ... 3,,, Be7 (Easier to play) & some Nxe4 tricks ... also avoids White "nutso crazy" attacks

3) - I'm not an e5 player, but I like the look of the line that Giri played against Esipenko yesterday. It's against the c3 d3 slow-maneuvering setup that white can go into regardless of whether you play Bc5 or Nf6 first, and the line (after, say, 3 Bc4 Bc5, 4 c3 Nf6, 5 d3) is just 5... 0-0, 6 0-0 d5. The quick push blows the center open while white's still carefully preparing for d4, and seems to get you nice easy development into a sort-of reverse Scotch style position, except with white's c pawn left looking a bit silly on c3.