If you could only choose three Chess Openings

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brettregan1

Hyptheotically, if you were put on a desert Island with other castaways AND the only way to get off the island and back home was to win a chess tournament AND you were only allowed to play any one of only three chess openings. three when playing white and three when playing black.( six in total ) ( three per colour ) Well, which Chess Openings would you bring in your repoirtoire for this tournament?

Dekker

=) To actually answer your question, it is hard to develop something, because your opponent has to do the things you want, but

White:
- Ruy Lopez
- Danish Gambit
- Kings gambit

Black:
- Ruy Lopez - Berlin defense
- Nimzo-indian defense
- Falkbeer countergambit

Fair enough? I dunno, it depends on how you'd ask the question...

Flamma_Aquila

What the hell, I'll answer, I'm bored.

White, I'll take the English, the Bird's, and the Scotch.

Black, I'll take the French, the Dutch, and the Accelerated Dragon.

Dekker
Flamma_Aquila wrote:

What the hell, I'll answer, I'm bored.


I had exactly the same feeling... Undecided

kevinjin

White: KIA (works against almost anything) Catalan (Similar to KIA because fianchettoed bishop) and Reti (also very versatile)

Black: KID (versatile), e6 (French or Nimzo-Indian depending on White's first move), and Center-Counter

Travisjw

White I'll take e4, d4, and c4 (hey, those are the only 3 openings I play with any regularity anyways Laughing).   As black I'll take e6, e5, and Nf6.  I'd love to have a 4th opening as black to give me access to the sicilian... but I guess I can transpose into it following 1... e6 if I'm careful about move order.

brettregan1

Tenna of New York USA wrote," What happens if you choose the Sicilian dragon and KITenna D, but you opponent plays 1g4 Do you get shot ---WELL--there is madness behind my madness --- I am stuck at a 1300 - 1400 chess level -- I don't want to spend fifty years memorizing all the openings and reading and mem---- orizing all the chess books ever written -- if I were to devote that much time to study I would instead choose to study something which could make me rich  or some other subject which would be more practical and useful. -- so I am basically conducting an informal survey and was going to memorize some openings depending on the answers submitted and go with that for my repoirtoire.