Chess Openings

Thread by:  @TheLearnerofGames • @Cartoon46 • @Sebu13 • @Sans1600

See also:  Chess Middlegames • Chess Endgames

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Uhh... So what exactly should i write about??

Caro kaan

or my fave Englund Gambit

Sicilian Defence, King's Pwan Opening, French Defense, Scandinavian Defence, etc. from e4

I play the England but it does not work if they play the right move which are not hard to spot

Yeah it's better to play Benko if u are looking for a gambit to play against d4

e4 the Classic opening

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR PATAPIME

opening courses are very expensive

guys I am going to tell a Beautiful trap from d4 which many players fell for

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Bc5 3. Nf3 (the most natural move) d6 4. exd6 Ne7 5. dxe7?? Bxf2 6. Kxf3 Qxd1

e4 or c4 or Nf3

Italian game my fav

My fav is def the king's indian

I have faced this trap many times

1. g4

in bullet

I play ruy Lopez, GPA, tarrasch against the French and panic against the caro, as black I play the French, benko gambit. Honestly one day I might play pseudo Catalan in the English, it’s really nice

I decided to get to know well only two openings, rather than learning a lot of different ones. Currently I use Scotch with white and Scandinavian with black. But I have to adapt them depending on what my opponent plays. After the first 2/3 "book" moves, I like to experiment, otherwise it just gets boring. I would rather understand why a certain opening is better and how to find the best move, rather than memorizing moves. Am I the only one?

So far I have:

1. Control the middle 4 squares (with your pawns if possible?), but do not sacrifice pieces to do so.

2. Develop your pieces (but still defend them)

... and stronger pieces (Queen and rooks) after the other pieces? Is this is an actual principle? But it looks like what most openings do.

3. Castle as soon as possible.

4. If you want a "sharper" (more aggressive?) game, (as I do, since I find the end game boring), castle on the opposite side from your opponent.

Am I missing some?

@Chessics1211, 1. d4 .. 2. e4 and let the fun begin!

Vs I started with king's pawn e5 and love the scraps you can get into but have been learning and playing c6 d5 caro kann which is super solid.
Vs d5, queens gambit declined currently which I'm happy with, tried the slav prior which some players recommend to improvers for the better light squared bishop, but I was finding my queen's knight becomes a problem piece in return.

yes play the grob