Basic Openings

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xEvil-breathless
rishikeshwaran wrote:

This is not the place to fight! This is the place to answer my question!

kponds

To be serious for a second -

 

A very easy to learn opening repretoire that will take you a long way, geared for the attacking player:

White: Scotch Game (vs 1. ... e5), Exchange variation vs French, Panov-Botvinnik attack vs Caro Kann, c3 Sicilian.

Black: Petroff (vs 1. e4), Leningrad Dutch (vs everything else)

 

Most of these openings you only need to learn like 3-4 moves and then can just follow normal development principles.  There are a few tricks (like in the Petroff not taking back immediately if he takes the pawn), but they will be learned very quickly through play and not through memorization.

Some more work will need to be done when the student hits around 2000, probably will want to drop the c3 Sicilian for an open sicilian as white, maybe switch the leningrad dutch for the kings indian, and look into the ruy lopez.  And perhaps the student may play an open sicilian as black himself.

rishikeshwaran
xEvil-breathless wrote:
rishikeshwaran wrote:

This is not the place to fight! This is the place to answer my question!

 

I said, "Speak in this forum ony if you wanna answer my question".

rishikeshwaran
kponds wrote:

To be serious for a second -

 

A very easy to learn opening repretoire that will take you a long way, geared for the attacking player:

White: Scotch Game (vs 1. ... e5), Exchange variation vs French, Panov-Botvinnik attack vs Caro Kann, c3 Sicilian.

Black: Petroff (vs 1. e4), Leningrad Dutch (vs everything else)

 

Most of these openings you only need to learn like 3-4 moves and then can just follow normal development principles.  There are a few tricks (like in the Petroff not taking back immediately if he takes the pawn), but they will be learned very quickly through play and not through memorization.

Some more work will need to be done when the student hits around 2000, probably will want to drop the c3 Sicilian for an open sicilian as white, maybe switch the leningrad dutch for the kings indian, and look into the ruy lopez.  And perhaps the student may play an open sicilian as black himself.

Thank you, friend.

xEvil-breathless
rishikeshwaran wrote:
xEvil-breathless wrote:
rishikeshwaran wrote:

This is not the place to fight! This is the place to answer my question!

 

I said, "Speak in this forum ony if you wanna answer my question".

You never said that.

hithesh1111
rishikeshwaran wrote:

Hi friends,

                    I have a small question. What are the basic openings that should be learnt by a beginner?

If you are a beginner, you are probably searching for this page. Check this out. Step by step learning of beginner openings

http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-for-beginners-the-opening2

hithesh1111

Hope you'lll find it useful

rishikeshwaran
hItHeShFaNoFcArLsEn wrote:

Hope you'lll find it useful

Thank you!

rishikeshwaran
xEvil-breathless wrote:
rishikeshwaran wrote:
xEvil-breathless wrote:
rishikeshwaran wrote:

This is not the place to fight! This is the place to answer my question!

 

I said, "Speak in this forum ony if you wanna answer my question".

You never said that.

I just said that! Tongue Out

macer75
cruelpulse wrote:

Macer's choice of queens gambit was an excellant opening choice its very solid and powerful but if you perfer something else there is always the bongcloud. It gets your king into the center where its most active.

Yup, that's my second favorite opening when I'm playing white, just behind the Queen's Gambit.

macer75
sammnduch wrote:

very risky play..u must be a very good player to win without a Queen. Any one with historical stats of white wins with queens gambit?

According to the chess.com database,

39.75% white win 38.42% draw 21.83% black win


In other words, very good for white.

Derekjj
macer75 wrote:

Well, if the queen's gambit leads to a lost position, as you claim, then why is it so popular, even at the highest level of chess?

He is a beginner, and so are you. I think you have some kind of superiority complex.

Derekjj
rishikeshwaran wrote:

This is not the place to fight! This is the place to answer my question!

What you will find are some trolls here. I am sure there are better or respectful chess forums out there. Your question is a good one. Follow basic opening principles. http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening    Also look up the Sicilian or Ruy Lopez to get some ideas.

idreesarif

you should read this, it'll make you feel much better ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_opening

 

(Queens gambit is obviously d4 d5 c4, no queen sac involved. Kings gambit is e4 e5 f4 ........ they are called so because queen side or king side pawn is being sacrificed)

idreesarif

these are good:

http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory

macer75
chessph wrote:
macer75 wrote:

Well, if the queen's gambit leads to a lost position, as you claim, then why is it so popular, even at the highest level of chess?

He is a beginner, and so are you. I think you have some kind of superiority complex.

Nope, just a compelling desire to troll.

rishikeshwaran
chessph wrote:
rishikeshwaran wrote:

This is not the place to fight! This is the place to answer my question!

What you will find are some trolls here. I am sure there are better or respectful chess forums out there. Your question is a good one. Follow basic opening principles. http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening    Also look up the Sicilian or Ruy Lopez to get some ideas.

Thank you, friend.

rishikeshwaran

Thank you for your comments!

xEvil-breathless
chessph wrote:

What you will find are some trolls here. I am sure there are better or respectful chess forums out there. Your question is a good one. Follow basic opening principles. http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening    Also look up the Sicilian or Ruy Lopez to get some ideas.

The answer is simple & it doesn't require a forum for a member who has been active here for nearly an year. Being that said, his question ain't a good one.

HarshadMathur

Ave Comrades !

It should be Queen's Pawn's Gambit ! Laughing