What are the Best Chess Opening Moves?

• The four best chess opening moves for White are 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3
• The best chess openings after 1.e4 are the Ruy Lopez, the Italian, the Sicilian Defense, the French Defense, and the Caro Kann.
• The best chess openings after 1.d4 are the Queen’s Gambit, the King’s Indian Defense, the Slav Defense, the Grunfeld Defense, and the Nimzo Indian Defense.
• The move 1.c4 leads to the English Opening – one of the best chess openings for White.
• The move 1.Nf3 leads to the Reti Openings – a strong chess opening for White.

Dubious Chess Opening Moves

1.h4, for example, is a dubious move. The move is not as bad as 1.g4, but it does nothing to assist in gaining control over the important central squares. Furthermore, castling kingside is less attractive after the move h4 as the kingside is already weakened. Thus, the move is rarely seen among serious chess players.

Obviously, White can’t fight for an advantage with this move, but it shouldn’t be too bad as it doesn’t create any weaknesses.

Chess moves such as 1.e3, 1.d3 or 1.c3 are playable and do not weaken White’s position, but there is no particular point to play them except for avoiding theory and your opponent’s preparation. Due to the fact, however, that we’re looking at all the moves from a beginner’s perspective, we don’t need to fear preparation at an amateur level at all.

Thus, such chess moves waste time, get in the way of developing all of your pieces into useful squares and they don’t fight for control over the center.

1.g3, for instance, is not a bad move at all and it can transpose to other openings such as the English. The main drawback of this move, however, is that it enables Black to occupy the center with any moves they wish to play.

I hope this guide will help you improve your chess especially the beginners. 

Have fun playing!!!