Good Openings

Hey, It's DragonWizard101, asking for some ideas. All of you Chess.com people sure are strong, but how do you do it? I want you to send me a description of your openings, and/or a picture or puzzle. This is optional, but I would love to have atleast more than 4 comments. This is DragonWizard101, signing off.

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White:

Ruy Lopez 

Queen's Gambit

London System

Black: 

Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation

Sicilaian Defence: Scheveningen Variation

Queen's Indian Defence (vs d4)

King's Indian defence (vs d4)

Symmetrical english (vs c4)

Berlin Defence (sporadically vs Ruy lopez)

I'm not a strong player, but thesearre the  openings find easiest to play, and the most sound as well

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Openings are irrelevant at your level. Things like opening principles, pawn structures and tactics are far more important.

For someone seeking help with choosing openings, I usually bring up Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).

http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html

I believe that it is possible to see a fair portion of the beginning of Tamburro's book by going to the Mongoose Press site. Perhaps DragonWizard101 would also want to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM Johm Emms (2006).

"If you find an opening here that appeals to you and you wish to find out more about it, the next step would be to obtain an introductory text devoted entirely to that subject." - GM John Emms in his 2006 introduction to basic opening principles, Discovering Chess Openings

"Throughout the book Emms uses excellently chosen examples to expand the readers understanding of both openings and chess in general. Thus equipped the student can carry this knowledge forward to study individual openings and build an opening repertoire. ... For beginning players, this book will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board." - FM Carsten Hansen, reviewing the 2006 Emms book

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

"Each player should choose an opening that attracts him. Some players are looking for a gambit as White, others for Black gambits. Many players that are starting out (or have bad memories) want to avoid mainstream systems, others want dynamic openings, and others want calm positional pathways. It’s all about personal taste and personal need.

For example, if you feel you’re poor at tactics you can choose a quiet positional opening (trying to hide from your weakness and just play chess), or seek more dynamic openings that engender lots of tactics and sacrifices (this might lead to more losses but, over time, will improve your tactical skills and make you stronger)." - IM Jeremy Silman (January 28, 2016)

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Colle

Benko Gambit

Scandanavian

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