I'm mainly a White piece lover, but I know to be a good Chess player you need to be atleast decent with both colors.  Now my game with Black has improved, yet I'm still uncomfortable with Black.  So, yeah, any tips, and what would you say would be the easiest, yet effective opening for Black?

it's hard to say, because you have to base play on their opening. i like ruy lopez and tarrasch, personally. 

 

the  best thing you can do is pick a few of your own favourite openings and study and learn them well!!!openings are openings for a reason!they are solid and already studied by the best for you!hundreds of variations of every opening. People have different styles (gambits/fienchettoes/basic) in playing so pick one that suits your style. Its no help to you listening to what others like to play because others are not you and everyone is different.(i dont mean to sound harsh btw)

hehe Tips for being black...

 

learn from the mistakes of Mr. Jackson, of course :P 

White peace-lover trying to become a black man?

I suppose it's better to be a member of a stigmatized minority than a hippy.

Oops! Same thing. 

inb4 troll

Don't waste moves. You start out with a slight time deficiency as black so you don't want to make meaningless moves or move pieces onto squares where they can easily be scared off with pawns. You only go further into time deficit when you waste moves and you end up with poor development. Make sure every move accomplishes something and that you are solidly defended wherever your pieces land and it should help to keep white from expanding on their time advantage. 

Stay away from Vermont...

It is black's job, in a well fought game, to equalize first. Unsound/premature attacks will not suceed through desire alone.

ray

 

black must play for winning,not equalizing. 

 

YOU must decide the opening when black otherwise white will play with you like a toy.dont just play nc6 when he plays nf3.play nf6(russian game),play d6(philidor).YOU must decide the opening when black.

Judge,

of course black should play to win. First black must equalize! he plays second whatever opening he chooses and is therefore playing catch-up. If one attacks (naively) from an inferior position, one is doomed to failure (unless your opponent is a muppet).

I'v always loved black just because most people like white better.

i like being black the most, u get the chance to counter what ever they do with a move that will get u in the best range possible for attack 

Don't get hung over sides. Study openings and you'll be fine.

I Love playing black. My favourite defenses - greco countergambit, two knights [hoping for wilkes-barre ie traxler], Sicilian, nimzo-and-bogo-indian. If i ever get significantly better I will get serious about the Gruenfeld defense.

ray

 

not equalize.

 

black has an advantage.advantage of knowing what to do.think of it like this:two armies hiding in their trenches.first one to attack the enemy trench has the bigger chance to be defeated.white does not know what to do.so,black is equal already.

 

 

Try not to end up having to defend your position all the time just because white plays a certain opening.

There are plenty of good openings where Black can gain an advantage early.  Study the Schliemann and the Accelerated Dragon, for example.  Also, be wary of aggressive players who will disrupt your game by strong opening gambits and throw you on the defensive early.  If you can stay in control of the game, you'll always have a better than "50-50" chance to pull it off.

white has a slight time advantage, white gets the first move so you have to equalize against that. i try to take white off balance and play unpopular openings like philidor. try not to let white choose the opening.

judgeofthenight wrote:

ray

 

not equalize.

 

black has an advantage.advantage of knowing what to do.think of it like this:two armies hiding in their trenches.first one to attack the enemy trench has the bigger chance to be defeated.white does not know what to do.so,black is equal already.

 

 

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Judge,

my 34 years of play, and nearly 1000 point rating difference obviously count for nothing, I bend my knee to a lowly rated schoolboy: Yes black has the avantage.

There is nothing anyone could teach you about chess.

 

White gets the opening tempo... that is HUGE.  The ability to 'react' isn't a good thing!  All that means is that black has to start the game on 'defence' ... of course, coming out of 90+% of the openings black has already equalized and I'm sure it's possible to equalize in every opening (it would have to be if our theory of chess being a draw is true).  Nonetheless, black is NOT better than white in chess and an argument that it may be is entirely naive.  Now, to be fair, I score about the same with white and black and I'm sure most people do; the white advantage is VERY minor and some people have become 'experts' in certain black defenses, thereby making them actually 'better' with the black pieces.

 

Either way, there is no real argument over objectivity, just personal preference which really shouldn't be presented as fact. 

-matt