What openings do you recommend to play as "black"???

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Xhive24

I know I've made similar forums to this, but I'm still a bit confused. I normally play, Caro Kann against e4 and benoi or England Gambit for d4 but both ways don't work out we'll!!! What do you guys reccomend? (I know Sicilian is a popular one, but I don't really understand it)

DasBurner

French is simple for most variations for e4. d4, idk I've played both Grunfeld and Benko gambit

Platypus

copy till castle

Chess_Player_lol
icyboyyy wrote:

grunfeld against d4 maybe, and whatever u want against e4 

+1

 

Xhive24
chessPlatypus01 wrote:

copy till castle

lmao

DasBurner
Xhive24 wrote:
chessPlatypus01 wrote:

copy till castle

lmao



MegaPro-123
Xhive24 wrote:

I know I've made similar forums to this, but I'm still a bit confused. I normally play, Caro Kann against e4 and benoi or England Gambit for d4 but both ways don't work out we'll!!! What do you guys reccomend? (I know Sicilian is a popular one, but I don't really understand it)

i play pirc against 1. e5

1. Nf6 against everything else

i'm not good at alekhine opening

DasBurner

i dont think anyones good at the Alekhine besides Alekhine

sndeww

I am Alekhine god on chess forums 

 

sndeww

Anyways I’d recommend either caro kant or French, but I prefer French as it leads to strategic battles and the occasional opposite side castling hassle

KeSetoKaiba

It surely depends on what you are comfortable with and what types of middlegames you more enjoy getting. This will take a little experimenting, but any solid mainline opening is probably fine. I know a lot of people give heat to 1. e4 e5 and 1. d4 d5 because it is symmetrical and often recommended to beginners, but I actually play this myself and it has served me well. I didn't always play 1. e4 e5 (used the play the French Defense for a while, but I didn't like the play and especially the space disadvantage), but it is what I feel most comfortable with currently. 

With 1. e4 e5 especially you can be pretty sure the opponent knows common theory as well, so perhaps you may need to study the mainlines deeper than your potential opponents or look for ways to sharpen the play, but I'm okay with 1. e4 e5 and 1. d4 d5. 

Any opening you choose will require some study. I'd just experiment a bit and play whatever solid opening you like. You can always change in the future as well or study openings you don't play on the side just to become a better-rounded chess player, but generally-speaking it is best to pick one opening you like and stick with it (whatever you choose).