ok i have these chess classes on friday at my local school in tasmania it is a small group with inexperienced players and the teacher is just a placement and knows not alot about chess. so i began making a small compilation of openings for beginners. and i was wondering whether you guys could help me out a bit by posting in opening lines (at the moment i'm doing kings gambit accepted variations) and a short explaination of why you like this and possible lines to follow. thank you very much for any input.

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Why don't you just ask Loomis?

One word, Rexbo:  Google.

Actually it has been done. No need to reinvent the wheel. Why not wikipedia?

Great simple resource on chess openings. You can also try about.com 

Wikipedia has a brief explanation of most chess openings.

 

Another resource you might find really helpful is the Exeter Chess Club handouts page. Their opening advice is organized by playing level. The "D" opening handouts are probably the best match for inexperienced players.

 

And if you like the Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, Petroff, Sicilian, French, King's Gambit, or Queen's Gambit be sure to check out the interactive Chess Kids lesson pages.

I think that the only real openings a beginner has to learn is ruy lopez, french defense, sicilian, queens gambit, kings indian and four knights, those are probably the most common openings and some lines will take you 10 or 20 moves into the game... also just as important as knowing the opening is finding your best defense against it

ok thanks guys for the help specially stranger85 i taught the class the four knights and they took it up well.