One way to study openings is to watch youtube videos, use the openings explorer, buy a book ( online or offline), memorize the lines, watch lectures on this website or elsewhere, participate in group or individual lessons with a chess coach.
But if you get stuck, here's an alternative way. The idea is to get inspiration from professional players, primarily GMs and IMs and see if you could memorize the idea rather than the moves like 1e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 or 1d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Nc3 etc
Here's an example
do you face opponents who like to play g6,Bg7 which is called "fianchetto" ? do you have a pawn on d4 ( and maybe e4 as well) ?
Well, one idea is to throw h2-h4 on the right side of the board, and planning to push the pawn further. especially in blitz or bullet.
THERE ARE 2 MAIN WAYS BLACK MAY GO ABOUT THIS ?
1 is to play h7-h5 to block our pawn on h4
2 is to continue developing pieces.
HERE's EXAMPLE 1
GM Bortnyk decided to put a knight on g5, because that is the drawback of Black playing h7-h5
key moment of this fast-pace game here
Bortnyk uncorked Qxg6!!. from move 3, he had in mind a fast attack
I wouldn't say that you are done with studying plans against g7-g6 ( I WISH OPENINGS WERE THIS SIMPLE) but you have already ideas about how you want to develop your opening repertoire.
Would this work using Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, or Alireza Firouzja games ?
Of course it would because they play lots of games online and also games over the board.
you could use Gukesh or Vaishali games. and it can be several players.
So you would study a bit more, practice in games, study again, until you get a feel for the positions and get more knowledge. and you will not try to memorize opening until move 25 with chessable or 10 opening books
sharing a suggestion for our club members.
One way to study openings is to watch youtube videos, use the openings explorer, buy a book ( online or offline), memorize the lines, watch lectures on this website or elsewhere, participate in group or individual lessons with a chess coach.
But if you get stuck, here's an alternative way. The idea is to get inspiration from professional players, primarily GMs and IMs and see if you could memorize the idea rather than the moves like 1e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 or 1d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Nc3 etc
Here's an example
do you face opponents who like to play g6,Bg7 which is called "fianchetto" ? do you have a pawn on d4 ( and maybe e4 as well) ?
Well, one idea is to throw h2-h4 on the right side of the board, and planning to push the pawn further. especially in blitz or bullet.
THERE ARE 2 MAIN WAYS BLACK MAY GO ABOUT THIS ?
1 is to play h7-h5 to block our pawn on h4
2 is to continue developing pieces.
HERE's EXAMPLE 1
GM Bortnyk decided to put a knight on g5, because that is the drawback of Black playing h7-h5
key moment of this fast-pace game here
Bortnyk uncorked Qxg6!!. from move 3, he had in mind a fast attack
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But what if Black lets White push h4-h5
so once again, you get the idea, putting pressure on Black from move 1 pretty much.
but lets say you want 1d4 and 2 Nc3 but Black doesn't go for g7-g6 and Bg7 ?
well you can be sure that Bortnyk played hundreds of games, so pick one of the games you like as White
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I wouldn't say that you are done with studying plans against g7-g6 ( I WISH OPENINGS WERE THIS SIMPLE) but you have already ideas about how you want to develop your opening repertoire.
Would this work using Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, or Alireza Firouzja games ?
Of course it would because they play lots of games online and also games over the board.
you could use Gukesh or Vaishali games. and it can be several players.
So you would study a bit more, practice in games, study again, until you get a feel for the positions and get more knowledge. and you will not try to memorize opening until move 25 with chessable or 10 opening books
How does this sound ?