I'm only new to the game, and usually use the Scotch game or the Italian game, cause thats what was recommended to me as good openings for beginners.
Best Opening for Newbie???
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probably something along silican variations or king knight openings. I know obvious answer but oh well
maybe u can learn ruy lopez.
it is not hard.i suggest you choose a openıng and play only with it for a while till u learnt its all variaton, then start learning a new openıng.
Thanks for the input. The problem is sticking to the opening when the other guy starting making off the wall moves. I think Nuts it right. Play only one way until you master it.
You might try the King's Indian Attack as white. It is important to stick with whatever you try, win, lose, or draw until you have played it dozens of times and can evaluate it. It is tougher to learn what to do as black because you need a response to e4, d4, c4, and some others. If you play here, all your games are available to you and it should help to play back through them several times. Your question is one that many new players never do resolve and the result can be never achieving your potential. Good luck and stick with it.
I've been playing d4 as an opening, it offers lots of variations, and it's harder to counter than e4. My opinion.
WHITE: The lolli attack!!! The best attack ever!! its simple and has been played by numerous Grand Masters including Bobby Fischer(One of the best chess players in history)!!!
BLACK: The Sicilian dragon!!
Lolli Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0
Try this site:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov/perreux/lolli_attack.html
check out bobby fischer's games - good sites are chessgames.com
he plays a lot of games with e4 as white - and against e4 as black with sicilian.
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Colle system is pretty solid and foolproof opening for white, as for black maybe Caro-Kann (as response to 1.e4) and Slav defense (as response to 1.d4) because of their similar pawn structure.
Well I suggest stick with Roy Lopez. When you have free time, try out moves you like and form your own style.
Roy Lopez = 1. e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 ...
From here it variates.
The Sicilian if you are Black
I think i'm being an annoying idiot now...
GO THE LOLLI ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For both players either Ruy Lopez or Lolli attack or try focusing on a centre game with king pawn. I generally like to play gambits. For black, defence could involve the sicilian although that does require sharp play, another could be the french defence.
I don't think the King's Indian Attack is a good choice for a new player at all -- too subtle, too positional.
In my opinion, the best answer is to not worry about a specific "opening". Learn good opening principles, and then just play good moves and you'll find that you're playing this opening or that variation without even realizing it. It's not going to be possible to force your way into the same variation every game anyway, so you need to be able to think on your feet.
If you're interested in a little bit of research, I think far and away the best openings book for a beginner is Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine. It discusses the strategic plans behind each different opening, rather than specific moves, so it's a lot easier to grasp.
stick with e4 [2]
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I am new to chess and am teaching (and being beaten by) my 10 year old. There as so many openings and defences. I tend to go with Kings pawn openings but from there I just wing it. I would like to learn (and teach my son) a good opening. Something that is not too hard but can keep us in a game with a better player while we learn. I know there are a million opinions and favorites. This might be a futile question. But the question has been asked. What's the "best" opening to study for novices. I will ask the "best" defense question later!