chess_pro5 asked for help on openings. From his games, his opening looked to improve the more games he played, but still messing it up, especially with hanging his pieces (Leaving pieces to be captured). I'm no opening expert, but I do often times follow the basic rules of the opening.

1. Only make about 2-3 pawn moves maximum. These will usually be your King and Queen pawns. The 3 pawn move would be could be used to fianchetto (moving the g pawn or b pawn forward one square with usually the bishop moving where the pawn was previously was.), c3-c5 (English Opening, Queen's Gambit), Sicilian Defense, etc.

2. Don't move a piece twice, until all pieces have been developed, unless necessary. This will usually include castling to get king to safety.

3. Don't be afraid to use gambits. For me this is either Queen's Gambit or King's Gambit. There are others that are posted in Chess openings/Book Openings you can look at.

4. Make the opponent's developed pieces move (breaking the 2nd rule). This will put their piece in a possibly worse spot, as well as you developing a new piece afterwards and putting you in the lead in developing.

5. Focus on a few openings at most.

6. Don't neglect other parts of the game (tactics, middle, end game), and check out my other topics in this group.

You can also read this

http://blog.chess.com/likesforests/my-system---join-the-adventure

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