Worst Opening

Ladies and gentlemen, there are many solid chess openings to choose from. For instance, the London, Vienna, or the Catalan with the white pieces. With the black pieces we have the French, Sicilian, and Caro-Kann, just to name a few. However, in this blog, I am going to show you one of the worst possible openings which your "beginner" opponent might play... I don't think anyone above 1200 plays this kind of opening.

Below is a game I played and won in a couple of moves.

I am a scotch player, so obviously, I started with e4 and my opponent responded with e5 - a very logical and common move. I then went for Nxf3 on the second move - typical scotch build-up... And folks, if I gave you a million chances to predict black's next move (or didn't put the thumbnail), I am pretty sure most of you wouldn't be able to get it right. MY OPPONENT PLAYED PAWN TO F6. Who does that? Well, let me tell you... Beginners! These mistakes are very common at this level. Now, I am certain my opponent thought he was re-enforcing his centeral pawn with another pawn. However, that simply blocks the development of his king-side knight. Also, the pawn on e5 is not really defended because I can simply just capture it with my knight on f3 - which I did in the game. My opponent played fxe5, where I then gave a check (Qh5). In this position, the guy had other options, such as pushing the pawn on g5 to g6 attacking my queen, which will lead to the loss of material after queen takes e5 forking his king and rook. However, he opted for none of that and moved his king to e7 instead. I took on e5 with the queen forcing him to play Kf7. I then gave a check with the light-squared bishop. He played Kg6. And from here onwards it was just a series of checks, first with Qf5. He played Kh6. I took space in the center with the move pawn d4 whilst simultaneously giving him a check with my dark-squared bishop which is on its starting position. Black responded with pawn to g5 blocking the check. I undermined his pawn on g5 with the move pawn to h4. He re-enforced with Be7. Finally, I took the pawn on g5 with tempo (opening up my rook and giving him another check). He played Kg7 (a forced move), which loses on the spot, to Qf7# (checkmate).

IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM THIS GAME:

1. Open with a central pawn (d4 or d5, depending on white's 1st move)

2. Try to develop your pieces quickly (preferably towards the center)

3. Move knights before bishops (you know where your knights are suppose to go, unlike the bishops)

4. Try to avoid unnecessary pawn moves (they can prove costly in the middle/end game)

Thank you for your time!

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