Originally posted by greenpawn34
What you talking about...Hibs have not lost a game since April.

Spartak Moscow..Huh!. Boring, dull and defensive. No wonder Petrosian liked them.

Hibs, The Green Machine, are the Kasparov's of the football world.

(I think I managed to keep enough Chess in that to keep it in this forum).

Lol, Hibs are the Eric Schiller of the football world

Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper


Playing against 1. d4 any defense I use tends to end up in the same "locked in" feeling once the middle game is reached where I have fewer exciting attack ideas.

I'm looking for something to use that has exciting play but is playable for 1500 level players.

Well, that is the reason your opponent plays 1.d4. He doesn't like crazy games with kings running for their lives to the center of the board and there is pretty much nothing you can do as Black. You just complete the development, make sure your light-square bishop is not locked and you'll create attacking possibilities - if possible - later on. I prefer to play a Slav with an early a6 (like 4...a6), the advantage being that it's quite easy to learn and play. No long, tricky lines like in the Sicilian.