Can I Still Play A Opening If My Opponents Moves Dont Correspond To What I Play?

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Look up Nimzo Larsen Attack. It's one of my favorites, as is just about as close as you can get to what you are wanting. Earlier posters are right about KIA, it really can be played against pretty much everything and would probably rank #1 as "I just want to play one opening no matter what they do." Nimzo Larsen would have to be up there though. 

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shagreezz3 wrote:
Franken_Berry wrote:

Are you suggesting that your opponent's response of c5 (I think that's what you meant) to your 1.e4 is terrible?

 

Sorry I meant d6..yes I think thhat is a horrible response to e4...

1. ...d6 is not a horrible response either. 1. ...g5 and 1. ... b5 are examples of horrible responses. Btw, there are a lot of youtube videos that explain openings in depth. Just make sure the instructor is credible. I like to pick people whom I know are above 2000 rating or have titles.

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1...d6 is absolutely fine against 1.e4, and is one of the mainline standard openings. Fischer played it in his world championship match. The history of the Pirc is a great one. Right now, I'd rather answer e4 with d6 than e5. 

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blueemu wrote (about five years ago):

... learn the King's Indian Attack. ...

The KIA is discussed in Winning Chess Openings by GM Yasser Seirawan (1999).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
For more on the KIA, one could try The King's Indian attack - Move by Move by GM Neil McDonald (2014)

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7277.pdf
or Starting Out: King's Indian Attack by John Emms (2005).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627034051/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen81.pdf

Perhaps, it would be of interest to look at The Fianchetto Solution by Emmanuel Neiman and Samy Shoker.

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9029.pdf

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shagreezz3 wrote (about five years ago):

Btw Im so confused right now everybody has a different opinion, I think Im gonna just look at these openings and decide which is best for me, I just dont like opening and not knowing what I am doing or why I am moving a piece thats how I end up in trouble and trapping a piece in and things of that sort...

For this sort of feeling, it might be helpful to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
and/or Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf

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Someone help a newb and tell me how to get the quoted comment in the grey box like i see above. Thanks.

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moosaythecow wrote:

Someone help a newb and tell me how to get the quoted comment in the grey box like i see above. Thanks.

Touch or click the " that is near the post number. The grey thing appears and you just add your comments.

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You gotta go with what's on the board, not what's in your head. 

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kindaspongey wrote:
moosaythecow wrote:

Someone help a newb and tell me how to get the quoted comment in the grey box like i see above. Thanks.

Touch or click the " that is near the post number. The grey thing appears and you just add your comments.

Thank you. 

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It depends I feel. Some openings depend greatly on the ideas of the opponent, while some can be played systematically
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You can never play any opening "whenever you want", since you are not soloing on the board, you are playing against the opponent. wink.png Usually the moves that go away from the main lines very early are somewhat subpar, so you should be happy to see them: it gives you advantage.

 

Of course, you can always play some closed system ignoring whatever your opponent does, such as this, but it is a bad idea, and if your opponent is good, he will put you in a difficult spot early on.

 

 Sorry, friend, but you can't get away with just learning a couple of basic systems on a high level. You will have to learn a lot of openings, even some of the ones you absolutely hate playing. There is no other way.