Players with a rating in the 1500s tend to have a style called "Thud and Blunder".
If you want to pressure your opponent right from move 1, then the Reti probably isn't your best choice.
Do you play any gambit openings? King's Gambit, Vienna Gambit or Danish Gambit after 1. e4 e5; Morra Gambit or Wing Gambit after 1. e4 c5; and various gambit lines against the French (Wing Gambit, whatever the 2. c4 line is called, the Alekhine-Chatard, etc).
Hi everyone ^^
My elo ranking is around 1550 - looking for openings for both White & Black maybe 1 or 2 for each.
1). Im looking for some openings that might go with my playstyle, so basically i really like to play aggressive in the openings, i like to keep my opponent under pressure until he gets checkmated, i feel like everytime i have pressure on my opponent, that's where i feel i have advantage and i can crush my opponent, always 1 move ahead of him even with black sometimes.
2). Im looking for a source (website/forums/..) that provides openings informations (for example: aggressive and defensive openings / the recommanded opening (for Black) to play against certain White openings) each opening winrate and other useful informations.
3). a Friend recommand that i learn the Reti system as white, and i want to know some infos about this opening.. is it considered an aggressive opening? Does black have good moves to stop it? How good is the Reti in general?.
Thank you