well the ideal answer would be "books" but so many of them just go line crazy and dont tell plans at all!
what openings are you trying to find plans out of? maybe we can help you
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Well an example would be the italian game.
To really know the opening getting a good book on it is key.
Wikipedia is a great help if you want to know a breif bit about it, John Watson's opening book is fantastic and has my reccomendation. But stay away from Seirawan's book on the openings (his other books are fantastic) as it doesn't explain much. The books above cover alot of openings and systems but for sharp lines you need a specialized book for that.
I personally love Evan's Gambit from that opening in blitz play. I'm not sure if I'd try it OTB (over the board), but it throws a lot of <1400 players off, and sets up for a very dangerous attack.
A great resource to read is Bishop's Bounty.
Most useful there, I found, though the videos total about 3 hours, are the full analysis videos conducted by a guy with a pretty awesome accent:
So, lately I have been having problems of identifying a plan for openings. How can I learn the basic ideas of an opening? I'm having trouble finding them, and I have heard that it is a good idea to know and understand the basics of any opening I plan on playing. Thanks for your help
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