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Anybody know any good openings I should experiment with?

notmtwain

I might ask myself the same question after looking at this one game. White gets the advantage of moving first. By moving a piece out and then back to its starting square, it looks like a deliberate way to give yourself a big handicap.

Still, it probably wasn't as bad as the previous game.  Nh3 is one of the worst ways to open a chess game.  (A knight's power depends on how many squares it can move to. Moving a knight to the side of the board keeps its power at a minimum.)   Moving the knight back to h3 after being chased from g5, you are close to being lost in only 3 moves. These moves are so bad that I find it hard to believe you aren't doing this deliberately.

On the off chance that you are serious,  I think you need to start with a book on basic tactics, the relative value of pieces, basic mates and so on first.  There are many.  A popular one is "Bobby Fischer teaches chess".

baddogno

Probably best to start experimenting by following basic opening principles and noticing how much more open and free your positions become.  Here's a killer introduction, the first 25 courses of Chess Mentor.  Five or so are about openings but all are first rate.  Enjoy!

http://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/free-chess-mentor-courses

RomyGer

Don't experiment anymore, just use good openings !

Why should you experiment, having a rating under 1000 ?

Choose a few specific openings for white and for black, and please : Play them !

e4 c5 / Nf3 d6 ;  e4 e5 / Nf3 Nc6 / Bb5 ; e4 e6 / d4 d5 ; d4 d5 / c4 e6 ; d4 Nf6 c4 / e6 or g6 ; some both for white and for black.

After a few 100 games you know what suits you best.     Success !

notmtwain

I don't want to be too discouraging to you. I see you won a game and you did make some good moves.

Your openings are really a terrible handicap for you. It's like you start every game a couple of pieces down.