The Top 3 Openings for Beginners
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I am very sorry for leaving you for the last 3 months or so, I have been pretty busy. I hope you are all having a great week, and that you enjoyed your Christmas. Today, we will be focusing on the Top 3 openings, for beginners, so, lets get right into it. Please do note that these are opinions of me, and the internet.
Top 3 Openings For Beginners
1. Scandinavian Defense
This opening is a simple, and easy to learn. There isn't much stories behind it, and the trap is easy to grasp. To give you a concrete example, I recommended the Scandinavian Defence with 3…Qd8 (after 1.e4 d5 2.ed Qxd5 3.Nc3). Black’s idea in the Scandinavian is simple – he gets the bishop out to f5 or g4, then the pieces are developed in the following fashion: the pawns go to c6 and e6, the knights go to d7 and f6, the other bishop to e7 and Black castles. here are a few ideas in the middlegame, like the knight jump to d5, what to do if White takes on d5 and a Carlsbad Structure arises after Nxd5 cxd5, striving for the …c5 push, the ideas with …a5-a4 and that was pretty much it. This makes the Scandinavian Defence a very practical opening and one that all beginners love because it is the ideal opening for them – a little to learn and then they feel ready to play it.
2. Queen’s Gambit Declined
Beginners would also like this opening because it allows them to play the opening comfortably and they would obtain a good position with it. The reason for this recommendation is that the set-up of the Queen’s Gambit Declined is universal against everything – against 1.Nf3, 1.c4, 1.b3, 1.f4 Black can simply develop in Queen’s Gambit Declined fashion by 1…d5, 2…e6, 3…Nf6, 4…Be7 and 5…0-0. Then his main idea is to develop the light-squared bishop to b7 with the help of …b6 and aim for the …c5 push. The knight from b8 can go to d7 or c6, depending on circumstances.
3. The London System
Similar to the Scandinavian, it is simple and straight-forward. It guarantees smooth development and a robust position in the center. It can also be learned easily as White’s moves are almost automatic: 1.d4, 2.Bf4, 3.e3, 4.Nf3, 5.c3, 6.Nbd2 (these last two moves can be played in inverted move-order), 7.Bd3 (or 7.Be2) and castling. At some point, the move h3 can be played to secure the dark-squared bishop and there you are – White has a solid position with good centre control and development and no weaknesses. His plans afterward are also relatively simple: he can jump with the knight on e5 and build his play around it, he can take on c5 and push e4 or c4, he can expand on the queenside with b4 and a4, he can use the a-pawn to grab space on the queenside with a4-a5-a6. Again, this is more than enough for the beginner to start the game with White and obtain a good starting position in the middlegame.
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