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I’m not very confident in my opening so take this with a grain of salt. My recommendation would be to learn the London System as it is one of the easiest openings to learn and then play to get experience
I stumbled upon the van geet opening which is Knight to do I think, but what do I play after the first move by the Knight? I play anything, I usually play Knight do, pawn e3 to e5, he takes my pawn. I don't know how to play van geet, is it just the opening moves with the Knight? My mate says he plays van geet opening but then plays saracossa opening, WHAT?????
I suggest watching some Gotham chess videos. You can learn some pretty neat beginner openings (such as fried liver, which he has a 20 min tutorial on it, and it works wonders for me, a 900 rated, so it will work well for you aswell!), he also teaches some good tactics to improve your play.
Anyway have fun playing chess!
Anyway have fun playing chess!
Jan 26, 2023
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Opening with central pawns and developing knights towards the center are the best things a beginner can do in the opening. Saragossa (1. c3) or van Geet (1. Nc3) are not top tier openings, though for a beginner they are not catastrophic, either. (I play van Geet sometimes, myself, but preferably against a weaker opponent. If Black understands the position, they equalise almost immediately.)
I would recommend you to watch the first video of Chessbrah's Building habits series, which shows a relatively simple and solid setup. It leads to a number of standard openings, whose names you don't need to know (Four knights, Italian, Scotch etc.) to play well enough at the beginner level. The series goes on for higher ratings, too, and looking through those will be reasonable, once your rating increases.
The short version (about 1 hour) of the first video is here (for ratings below 500):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRvksIZpGc
and the long version (about 2 hours) is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8pZbhjL-fQ
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"im stuck with opening moves"
Apply opening principles. Lasker formulated 4 common sense principles:
- Only play your d- and e-pawns.
- Play your knights before you play your bishops.
- Do not play the same piece twice.
- Do not pin the KN with your QB before the opponent has castled O-O
"What i do is put my pawns and knights to the center" ++ Right.
"go with the flow" ++ The principle is to always play your piece that stands worst.
"Saragossa or the van geet opening" ++ Both are playable, but not recommended.
"What openings should i use"
++ Most recommended is 1 e4 e5 and 1 d4 d5 as black and 1 e4 as white.
"how do i learn them please?"
++ Just play and then analyse your lost games to learn from your mistakes.
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Hi im Ash from North Wales. Im disabled and use a wheelchair. I like playing chess, im a beginner but im stuck with opening moves. What i do is put my pawns and knights to the center of the board and then go with the flow until the end. Sometimes i win. My friend who plays told me he uses the Saragossa or the van geet opening. What openings should i use and how do i learn them please?