can someone pls help me find a good but easy opening so i can get 500 elo?

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Matyslaw2
pls help me guys🙏
Compadre_J

Wayward Queen Variation!

Go for the Scholars Mate!

Those 500 rated players are so gullible.

They will never see it coming.

Compadre_J

Oh, Yeah!

They fall for it all the time!

You can rake in so many points.

SwimmerBill

My experience--which is limited I admit-- playing people under 1000 on chess.com is that they have trouble seeing whether a piece can be captured or not. The way to get to 1000 is to not put pieces where they can be captured in 1 move rather than find a special opening to play. I'd suggest work on blunder checking moves until it becomes automatic then you'll be over 1000. - Bill

Npczyk
Compadre_J wrote:

Oh, Yeah!

They fall for it all the time!

You can rake in so many points.

lol this one frustrates me ngl

SacrifycedStoat
Wayward queen is bad!!!!!!
Try the ponziani.
Watch “the BEST opening for beginners” GothamChess’s video
Abtectous
Tbh don’t worry about openings at the 500 level- wait until 800, how I got past 500-800 quickly was just by play the king’s Indian every single time so I didn’t blunder in the first 5 moves
Att12

Here is a position I usually try to get to:

As you can see, the minor pieces are well developed, which means taking them off their starting squares, and moving them toward the center. Here is a possible line:

As you can see, it gets close, but not perfectly to that position. In general, I try to aim for it.

One thing to keep in mind, if the opponent moves their knights out, watch where they are attacking your pawns, and use your appropriate knight to protect the pawn. So don’t do this:

This is just my personal favorite opening. Check out the chess.com opening tutorials. Hope this helps you!

Compadre_J
BobbyFischerBrilliant wrote:
Compadre_J wrote:

Wayward Queen Variation!

Go for the Scholars Mate!

Those 500 rated players are so gullible.

They will never see it coming.

every single 500 elo i played countered this easily

Another option is Qf3!

Start with the Bishop so they don’t see your intentions.

Than Pounce like a Lion!

pcalugaru

Stonewall Attack... if taken seriously is a pretty good opening

 

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lacry13

Lol, no. The Scholar's Mate is a terrible idea.
We, as low Elo players, see it so often that we quickly learn how to avoid it... and you end up not developing your pieces and often blundering your queen.

I don’t understand why people still go for it. In my opinion, it's much better to try to understand the logic behind good openings rather than relying on Scholar's Mate variations to gain Elo without consistently learning the best moves. 

lacry13
SacrifycedStoat a écrit :
Wayward queen is bad!!!!!!
Try the ponziani.
Watch “the BEST opening for beginners” GothamChess’s video

Thank you so much for the recommendation

jcidus

The simplest thing is d4, e3, Be2, Nf3, and 0-0. You don't even have to think. Then you can play c4 and expand on the queenside.

Compadre_J
lacry13 wrote:

Lol, no. The Scholar's Mate is a terrible idea.
We, as low Elo players, see it so often that we quickly learn how to avoid it... and you end up not developing your pieces and often blundering your queen.

I don’t understand why people still go for it. In my opinion, it's much better to try to understand the logic behind good openings rather than relying on Scholar's Mate variations to gain Elo without consistently learning the best moves.

I have to disagree.

My low level chess brothers and sisters have told me the truth!

The Scholars Mate is a powerful Low Elo Meta Opening that strikes fear, terror, and pure annoyance into the hearts of its enemies.

Bringing out the Queen early is a clear and direct Power move designed to cause the opponent to be intimidated.

The Scholar Mate Opening is highly effective in the below 750 Chess ratings.

In fact, some players have called it the Scholars plague due to how overly popular it is.

I am not low level, but I enjoy listening to people at various levels tell me and others about their chess experiences.

NohJay

For White, aim for the Italian game. You can do this through the King's Knight variation or the Bishop's opening. The main line is: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4.

For Black, consider the Hippo defense. It's a robust hypermodern system with strong middlegame attacking opportunities. Check out the YouTube channel The Chess Giant, he has a ton of videos on the Hippo. https://www.youtube.com/@TheChessGiant

chuckedup22

i dont think openings are th problem

jcidus

e4 is risky for a very beginner player; they might face the Sicilian Defense, the French Defense, the Latvian Gambit, or the Elephant Gambit and could end up lost in just a few moves. It's simpler to play a basic setup like d4-e3-Nf3-Be2 and 0-0. The only problem would be the Englund Gambit (1. d4 e5), which is the only line they would need to study, but everything else is a piece of cake.

lacry13
Compadre_J a écrit :
lacry13 wrote:

Lol, no. The Scholar's Mate is a terrible idea.
We, as low Elo players, see it so often that we quickly learn how to avoid it... and you end up not developing your pieces and often blundering your queen.

I don’t understand why people still go for it. In my opinion, it's much better to try to understand the logic behind good openings rather than relying on Scholar's Mate variations to gain Elo without consistently learning the best moves.

I have to disagree.

My low level chess brothers and sisters have told me the truth!

The Scholars Mate is a powerful Low Elo Meta Opening that strikes fear, terror, and pure annoyance into the hearts of its enemies.

Bringing out the Queen early is a clear and direct Power move designed to cause the opponent to be intimidated.

The Scholar Mate Opening is highly effective in the below 750 Chess ratings.

In fact, some players have called it the Scholars plague due to how overly popular it is.

I am not low level, but I enjoy listening to people at various levels tell me and others about their chess experiences.

Agree to disagree… I guess if the goal is just to gain Elo, then it's fine.
But I stand by my point that it seems more interesting to practice various openings rather than relying on a tactic that will stop working at higher Elo. After all, I don't even consider it a real opening, haha.
(And yes, I’ll admit it—I hate it because I fell for it a few times before learning how to counter it!)

yetanotheraoc
lacry13 wrote:

Lol, no. The Scholar's Mate is a terrible idea.
We, as low Elo players, see it so often that we quickly learn how to avoid it... and you end up not developing your pieces and often blundering your queen.

I don’t understand why people still go for it. In my opinion, it's much better to try to understand the logic behind good openings rather than relying on Scholar's Mate variations to gain Elo without consistently learning the best moves.

I predict you won't be low Elo for long.

Compadre_J thinks he is being funny recommending Scholar's Mate.

@Matyslaw2 (OP) - "good but easy opening". That's the dream, isn't it? Sadly, your choices are:

  • Good but requires effort.
  • Easy but not so good.
buzz960

I recommend not learning a specific opening sequence, but rather just remembering the general principles- controlling the center, space, center pawns, not pushing f-pawn (mostly), castling, no Queen moves before the middlegame except for developing/Q-Side castling, etc. -and looking out for early tactics and traps- on both sides! In general, developing an opening repertoire isn't hugely important until you get to ratings where middlegame blunders aren't guaranteed to neutralize early-game traps (probably somewhere around 1100-1200)- however, if you want to have this unnecessary asset- whether just to get it over with or just to kill time, I'd suggest the London System- specifically the Dynamic London (1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Ne5 or some variant of that) since it's easier to memorize than openings with seventy trillion variations (and counting). Alternatively, try the Ruy Lopez. It's theoretical, but theory shouldn't be too troubling until you get to an ELO where you'll need to have learned most of it anyway. For Black, King's Indian Defense, French Defense, and maybe a few versions of the Open Game.