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STEVESMITHFAN49

Jul 18, 2019

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Hi everyone, I'm looking for a new opening I could play in future. Previously after 1. e4 e5, I have enjoyed playing the scotch, but I have grown to not enjoy the opening that much. Any suggestions on openings I could try out at relatively low levels? (Around maybe ~1500-1800 FIDE)

I wouldn't mind something a bit uncommon would such as maybe ponziani or something. If its not too much to ask, maybe link a few good books for that as well?

Thanks in advance

Mi_Amigo

Jul 18, 2019

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#2

Try reti opening

ThrillerFan

Jul 18, 2019

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d0gofch3ss wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a new opening I could play in future. Previously after 1. e4 e5, I have enjoyed playing the scotch, but I have grown to not enjoy the opening that much. Any suggestions on openings I could try out at relatively low levels? (Around maybe ~1500-1800 FIDE)

I wouldn't mind something a bit uncommon would such as maybe ponziani or something. If its not too much to ask, maybe link a few good books for that as well?

Thanks in advance

I am on a cell phone and not a laptop, so I will not be copying links, but will mention a few possibilities and you can search Amazon or the publisher's site (I mention the publisher in parenthesis).

Only decent book I know on the Ponziani is "Play the Ponziani" (Everyman). I think it was written about 10 years ago, but theory does not change much there, unlike say, the Najdorf.

If you want a line many GMs are using these days since the Berlin is getting to annoy Ruy Lopez players, you could try the more modern way of playing the Italian with d3 and c3 instead of c3 and d4. There is a book from a few years ago named "The Slow, But Venemous, Italian" (New in Chess)

Otherwise you have "Playing the Kings Gambit" (Quality Chess). Something like 700 pages of theory, almost all of the lines where black accepts is 3.Nf3 as Shaw seems to think 3.Bc4 is busted, though GM Damien Lemos would beg to differ.

Darthmambo

Jul 18, 2019

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#4

I would try the Ponziani, it is very interesting. the everyman book is good and I like Andrew Martin foxy DVD is a good intro.

RussBell

Jul 18, 2019

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#5

The following book provides detailed, comprehensive coverage, focusing on the 4.c3/5.d3 (i.e., not 5.d4) Italian Game....while also covering everything after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 ...

Winning With the Slow But Venomous Italian by Karsten Muller & Georgios Souleidis...

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9037.pdf

Here Tim Harding analyzes the Ponziani Opening and reviews the book "Play The Ponziani" by Taylor & Hayward...

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043022/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz172.pdf

shashm

Jul 18, 2019

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#6

spanish worral is interesting:

shashm

Jul 18, 2019

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#7

London System:

kindaspongey

Jul 19, 2019

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RussBell wrote:

… Here Tim Harding analyzes the Ponziani Opening and reviews the book "Play The Ponziani" by Taylor & Hayward...

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043022/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz172.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627053117/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen130.pdf

kindaspongey

Jul 19, 2019

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ThrillerFan wrote:

… Otherwise you have "Playing the Kings Gambit" (Quality Chess). Something like 700 pages of theory, almost all of the lines where black accepts is 3.Nf3 as Shaw seems to think 3.Bc4 is busted, though GM Damien Lemos would beg to differ.

https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/KingsGambit-excerpt.pdf

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/kings-gambit/

http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/2013/09/chess-reviews-223.html

kindaspongey

Jul 19, 2019