Hi guys, after experimenting with lots of different openings, i almost always now use this one becuase of how it opens up lots of pieces ( I dont know if this opening has a name, if it does please let me kno). Ill usually follow this with either pawn e4 or bishop f4. What i was wondering was if there was any way of improving this or any sort of game plan or tactics that i could employ after doing this. Any help would be much appreciated
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There is no lasting advantage to be had by playing 2.Nc3. Black can easily restrict e4 and your c pawn is stuck by the knight. Just play a regular 2.c4 theres more scope for your pieces.
You might want to look into the Veresov Opening. It begins with your first two moves but after Black plays Nf6 the White queen's bishop goes to g5 not f4. The Veresov is considered playable but not a particularly difficult opening for Black to meet.
It is the opening move of the Veresov Opening. The main line is 1.d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5. White does get active piece play, but he needs to get something going quickly or Black will grind him down positionally.
btw, Here's a recent repertoire book for White that features the Veresov.
http://www.amazon.com/Ferocious-Opening-Repertoire-Everyman-Chess/dp/1857446615
The level of games I play is relatively average, with few of my opponents likely to know any sort of opening, so I'm looking for one that opens up plenty of pieces and just generally puts me in a good position, any ideas ?
Also, if I do play Bf4 ill tend to then play Nb5 to try and target the week c7 pawn and take the opponents rook, this can work against my opponents at school, but opponents on chess com tend to tell me it'd 'balsy' yet ineffective, thoughts ?
esehcmade,
There is a principle in chess:
Winning chess is the strategically and tactically correct advance of the pawn mass.
The main reason this is so is because pawns only move forwards, not backwards like the pieces do.
Every opening in chess has at its core the above principle. Every position arrived at in chess has advantages and disadvantages on both sides. Every move made has advantages and disadvantages.
I will give you some examples. Take your 1.d4. It has the advantages that it controls the e5 square and c5 square in Black's camp. It also frees the Bishop at c1 along the c1-h6 diagonal.
The disadvantages are 1. that it opens the diagonal a5-e1 where your King is. 2. the pawn at d4 is now a target for Black's army.
Let's say that instead you played 1.b3 Black moves 2.Bb2. Now the advantages are that your Bishop is on the long diagonal a1-h8 and you control the central squares d4 and e5. But, there is an even greater advantage. The power of your Bishop controls the d4,e5 squares and there is no White piece or pawn for Black to target.
The disadvantages are that it took you two moves to control d4, e5 and you don't control c5. Also the diagonal c1-h6 is no longer controlled by your Bishop
I hope this helps in selecting an opening and eventually an opening repertoire. Mostly I would say that the best openings to choose are the ones that make common sense to you.