Interesting openings for Black against 1. e4
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rsmith87
Mar 12, 2017
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#1
Hi guys,
Mar 12, 2017
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#3
Let's try this again, I am a player graded about 1400-1450 who is looking for a good opening against e4 for Black. I currently play the Scandinavian with 2... Nf6 but are there any other lines you recommend? I am looking for a line that is less well-known where my opponent will have to play quite accurately.
Mar 12, 2017
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#4
That's a good enough opening. It's much easier to just do a lot of tactics and get better at punishing your opponents bad moves.
Ultra sharp Najdorf. Inaccuracy by White could be fatal. However, its a double edged sword; one wrong move by black, and white steamrolls black's king.
Although, in terms of lesser known..
The lovely Latvian Gambit!
What is required to play the Latvian Gambit with any degree of success is a sharp eye for tactics and a mental attitude of total contempt for whatever theory has to say about it.
— Paul van der Sterren, Fundamental Chess Openings
depends upon whether you are an attacking or positional player
Attacking Player:
Ruy Lopez
Sicilian Defense
Grunfeld
Positional Player:
French Defence (Winawer)
depends upon whether you are an aggressive or solid player
Aggressive Player:
Queen's Gambit Declined (Orthodox Defence)
Solid Player:
Semi-Slav
Petrov Defence
depends upon whether you are an intuitive or calculating player
Intuitive Player:
French Defence
Caro-Kann Defense
Calculating Player:
Sicilian Defence (Najdorf)
King's Indian Defence
Mar 12, 2017
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#8
Thank you for your contributions everyone. I am more of an attacking player, so I will have a look at some of the Sicilian lines you have suggested.
Mar 12, 2017
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#9
For someone seeking help with 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
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
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.
https://www.mongoosepress.com/excerpts/OpeningsForAmateurs%20sample.pdf
Perhaps PerpetuallyPatzer would also want to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006).
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)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/picking-the-correct-opening-repertoire
http://chess-teacher.com/best-chess-openings/
https://www.chess.com/blog/TigerLilov/build-your-opening-repertoire
https://www.chess.com/blog/CraiggoryC/how-to-build-an-opening-repertoire
https://www.chess.com/article/view/learning-an-opening-to-memorize-or-understand
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-perfect-opening-for-the-lazy-student
https://www.chess.com/article/view/3-ways-to-learn-new-openings
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-understand-openings
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9035.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627110453/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen169.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9029.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7277.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627040728/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ebcafe06.pdf
