Answers.Body: <p>It seems to me that the <em>Slav defense</em> is what you are after. </p>
  
  <p>It has similar pawn structure to the <em>Caro-Kann</em> / <em>Scandinavian defense</em>, and no weak pieces ( Black gets <code>...Bf5</code> early ). Notice that it is theoretical, and that <strong>it can be dodged</strong> with clever move order, like <code>1.c4 c6 2.e4! d5!? 3.ed cd 4.d4!</code> when you have <em>Caro-Kann ( Panov-Botvinnik attack ).</em> </p>
  
  <p>You could also try <em>King's Indian defense</em>, as pawn structure is similar to White's in <em>Closed Sicilian</em> (there White goes for <code>f4</code>, light squared bishop is fianchettoed, <code>d3+e4</code> center formation, here you aim for <code>...f5</code> and bishop is also fianchettoed, <code>d6+e5</code> center formation ). </p>
  
  <p>It really depends on your style, please tell us more about your criteria for defenses against <code>1.d4</code> so we can offer better answer ( closed/open game? highly tactical/positional? space advantage/counter-attacking? ).</p>
  
  <p>Sorry for posting this as an answer, but the content is too big to fit inside a comment.</p>
  
  <p>I will transform this into answer, if it solves your problem, or if you update your post with more details as I have said above.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I recommend an excellent youtube channel. It has chess videos by the master Bill Richards; it's called "Bobby Fischer": <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyJFischer1943/featured" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyJFischer1943/featured</a></p>
  
  <p>In it Bill explains many closed openings. </p>
  
  <p>I play a lot of closed games. My general advice would be that in closed positions you want to build up your positionally gradually. You should always ask yourself "which piece is developed the least?" and then ask "where can I make it most effective?" </p>
  
  <p>Against 1. d4 or 1. c4 A good, solid system is to go for a ..Nf6 and ...e6 and ..d5 set up. I would add a diagram but I'm not sure how to add 1. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I play Scotch or Closed Sicilian (or 2. c3) as white and Scandinavian as black. Against d4 I sigh. I am still struggling to find a proper way to play the closed positional games. Any suggestions?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: *I am still struggling to find a proper way to play the closed positional games* -> Perhaps *Andrew Soltis-Pawn Structure Chess* will solve that problem. I highly recommend it.
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Title: Struggling with my moves
ThreadText: # Struggling with my moves
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-29)
  
  I play Scotch or Closed Sicilian (or 2. c3) as white and Scandinavian as black. Against d4 I sigh. I am still struggling to find a proper way to play the closed positional games. Any suggestions?
  
  **Tags:** strategy
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Related:http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/4588/what-can-i-play-against-1-d4  
  > **username_2**: *I am still struggling to find a proper way to play the closed positional games* -> Perhaps *Andrew Soltis-Pawn Structure Chess* will solve that problem. I highly recommend it.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-07-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  It seems to me that the *Slav defense* is what you are after.
  
  It has similar pawn structure to the *Caro-Kann* / *Scandinavian defense*, and no weak pieces ( Black gets `...Bf5` early ). Notice that it is theoretical, and that **it can be dodged** with clever move order, like `1.c4 c6 2.e4! d5!? 3.ed cd 4.d4!` when you have *Caro-Kann ( Panov-Botvinnik attack ).*
  
  You could also try *King's Indian defense*, as pawn structure is similar to White's in *Closed Sicilian* (there White goes for `f4`, light squared bishop is fianchettoed, `d3+e4` center formation, here you aim for `...f5` and bishop is also fianchettoed, `d6+e5` center formation ).
  
  It really depends on your style, please tell us more about your criteria for defenses against `1.d4` so we can offer better answer ( closed/open game? highly tactical/positional? space advantage/counter-attacking? ).
  
  Sorry for posting this as an answer, but the content is too big to fit inside a comment.
  
  I will transform this into answer, if it solves your problem, or if you update your post with more details as I have said above.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-07-30. Score: 0
  
  I recommend an excellent youtube channel. It has chess videos by the master Bill Richards; it's called "Bobby Fischer": <https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyJFischer1943/featured>
  
  In it Bill explains many closed openings.
  
  I play a lot of closed games. My general advice would be that in closed positions you want to build up your positionally gradually. You should always ask yourself "which piece is developed the least?" and then ask "where can I make it most effective?"
  
  Against 1. d4 or 1. c4 A good, solid system is to go for a ..Nf6 and ...e6 and ..d5 set up. I would add a diagram but I'm not sure how to add 1.
  
  
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