You need to make time mate. There can be no short cuts to success in chess. However, when you learn the basics of a few openings you can use them against a range of different openings, and this is probably along the lines of a 'system' that you are looking for.

For example, if you learn the French and the Dutch Leningrad, there is basically nothing White can do to surprise you.

1. e4 will be met with 1 .... e6
1. d4, c4, and g3 can all be met with 1. ... f4

Hope that helps, even if its not really what you wanted to hear.

Alex
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