Good opening? 1 d4 e6

1 d4 e6

I think this has the potential to be a good opening choice for black as it offers many possibilities and does not give in to the pressure posed by the white queens pawn advance almost making it worthless.

what do you think? I am only an intermediate player and would like some advice on this opening by some experts as I can't find too much on it...

I am considering using this regularly, any advice would be helpful.

i like Nf6 because it doesn't allow white to occupy the center with whites e pawn

http://www.chessatwork.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=43640

The topic of answering 1. d4 with 1....e6 has been discussed (among other options) at some length in the above thread.

You may want to check it out.

Hope that helps.

Originally posted by kmac27
i like Nf6 because it doesn't allow white to occupy the center with whites e pawn

Originally posted by Tengu
http://www.chessatwork.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=43640

The topic of answering 1. d4 with 1....e6 has been discussed (among other options) at some length in the above thread.

You may want to check it out.

Hope that helps.

Ok, tengu, I saw your post in there, thanks... I will copy it here...

Quote from tengu:
"I like 1....e6

For many reasons.

1) I do play the french so if the response comes 2. e4 I'm a happy bunny
2) Its an extremely flexible response. It allows the nimzo/bogo/queens indian. It will also allow some transposition into the benoni.
3) Most of all - I play the classical dutch. It prevents a lot of the anti-Dutch second move responses. f5 comes as the second black move.
"

So I guess if I want to play it then I should look into dutch positions?

You can play e6 as a response to 1. d4 without knowing how to play the Dutch. Just don't play f5 as your second move. If you want to play the Ducth then by all means.

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
I also play e6 against d4. I'd say it's most important to learn the Nimzo/Bogo Indian to reply against 2 c4 and the French to reply against 2 e4.

Originally posted by ChessJester
ok, cool... I ran into 2 e4 acouple times and then played b6 and it seemed to work quite well...

Ok, so thats the queens indian... sweet!

Originally posted by Akashic
The Queen's Indian is reached after the following moves:

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6

The opening, 1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 does not have a name as far as I know, although if you like the type of positions that arise out of it I suggest you play it. Another option would be 2 ... d5 which would be the French.

Originally posted by Akashic
The opening, 1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 does not have a name as far as I know