Everyone knows to move your king or queen's pawn is a usual start off. Don't pick starting with the queen. It is bad bad bad bad. No commas for a reason. That is what moving your queen pawn up is like. Forgetting commas. I can really screw you up. Please don't do this! It screws you up!
Eldeon101
Really???
oh wait i think that he meant unless youre pretty high rated and to a one thousand that means like twelve hundred he's saying when a beginer like him dont do it its to complicated and subtle
I think d4 is not bad. It is as good as e4
This blog is absolutely incorrect. d4 is not bad, infact, I always employ it, and my stance is not going to be swayed by some 1000-rated player...
I just hope no newbie at chess is going to see this and never play d4.
"Never move your queen pawn up, it is bad bad bad bad!"? I seem to have met my polar opposite. Anyway, name one bad thing about it(and don't say the king is vulnerable on a diagonal because that is easily blocked by a knight attacking the checking square, a knight blocking to gain tempo developing, a bishop blocking for positional pressure, or some pawn moves that avoid or block it).
To quote from John Watson's excellent book on chess openings "every main line opening is playable". He means that all the openings that we see in common use are fine, and then goes on to explain the main 'themes' of each opening. The basic idea is to pick an opening that suits your style and learn as many variations of it as you can. Even some very odd looking openings are quite playable, but in these enlightened times when most possible opening moves have been analysed to death, it is quite foolish to say that a main opening is a bad idea.
thank you for trying to be helpful, but have you ever even tried to play 1. d4? Try going to opening explorer and learn some of the openings, such as queens gambit
by Elubas - 23 hours ago Buffalo United States
I think moving the queen pawn is just as good if not better than moving the king pawn.
i agree.
We all know that E4 is the best opening move. However, for Eldeon101, maybe his best opening move is tipping the king. Sorry buddy, but your article is only opinion. Try using facts next time.
Obvious you shouldn't play a line you don't know the basic variations for. Stick with an opening you are comfy with and POUND IT INTO YOUR MEMORY.
Eldeon101, I appreciate your attempt to be helpful, however I think your advice is misleading. I understand you believe that one should not move the queen's pawn first unless that one is comfortable, but I would argue that one shouldn't move any pieces unless that one has a plan. As I observe the games of today's masters and GMs, many, if not most of them begin 1. d4. If I aspire to play on master's and GM's level, then I should emulate masters and GMs, and try to understand why they do what they do.
To say that this is a "bad" move unless you "really know what you're doing" is condescending. rather than listen to a tabloid of a heading, figure out for yourself why this opening is good or bad for you. i've had a lot of success with opening queens pawn. The advice "Never move your Queen pawn up unless you REALLY know what you are doing..." makes me want to move my queen pawn up every time!
no d4 or d3 in opening wtf are you on this is a failure of a thread
well I think we should only move our H pawn up two spaces for the opening
why is it bad??i always move the queen pawn 1 square and the king pawn 2 squares ...i dont undestand what is bad in moving the queen pawn?
Queens gambit and the indian defences are actually easier for a beginner to play than a king pawn opening as they tend to be more strategic. I myself prefers king pawn openings even though I score better with queen pawn openings. I think it is a bit misguiding to say that a perfectly acceptable opening is bad.
mvh Fredrik
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