If you don't know what to do just develop your pieces, fight for central control or put your king in safety (usually by castling).
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Dec 12, 2010
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ok like im trying to use the ruy lopez opening and i move pawn to e4 but black doesnt move to his pawn to e5. what do i do then
Bigw77 wrote:
ok like im trying to use the ruy lopez opening and i move pawn to e4 but black doesnt move to his pawn to e5. what do i do then
Come on, there are 19 other options for black!! There is not a general solution for all of them.
There are only two solutions to your problem: using your instincts or study all the opening theory avaiable. I suggest you use your instincts first.
Dec 13, 2010
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Estragon wrote:
Use the basic rules of development, and you won't have to worry so much about your opponent not cooperating.
They have a nasty tendency to play unwelcome moves.
I agree! Here is why: when I first learned to play chess I knew no one that knew anything about chess, so I had to teach myself. (That was before computers.) I bought books and I read about openings, so I decided to buy a book on openings. I bought, CHESS OPENINGS: Theory and Practice by I. A. Horowitz. 780+ pages! It didn't take long for me to figure out that was not the way I needed to go at that time. I finally learned about the rules of development and I learned more about surviving in the openings than from the book about openings, not that I didn't learn from it later. I still am.
hey im new to chess and was wondering what im supposed to when i plan to use a specific openging and black doesnt make next move that goes with that opening?