You should have a read through this: http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/ten-rules-opening
It's fine to learn some mainlines in the Ruy, Italian, etc. just concentrate on learning why the moves are made and understanding the ideas (it's usually all about controlling the centre).
Your opponents probably won't follow theory for very long anyway, so any deep studying of a particular opening will go to waste.
"it's usually all about controlling the centre"
You should have a read through this: http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/ten-rules-opening
It's fine to learn some mainlines in the Ruy, Italian, etc. just concentrate on learning why the moves are made and understanding the ideas (it's usually all about controlling the centre).
Your opponents probably won't follow theory for very long anyway, so any deep studying of a particular opening will go to waste.
Checked the link, thank you.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/can-anyone-teach-me-some-openings it's a topic i started a long time ago
Ok, I will probably get bashed for this by higher rated people, but my line of thoughts is, when you play e5 against e4 you're playing straight into white's hand. I play French and Caro kann a lot against e4, in my first 1K live games I probably only played french against e4.
I only play e5 against lower rated players.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0rtNl4OyE
Chess.com's strategy on how to attack shows some great concepts from the opening play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0rtNl4OyE
Chess.com's strategy on how to attack shows some great concepts from the opening play
That went way too fast for me... I am going to pause/play that. Question: can you pick specific strategy training on Chess.com? Thanks for the link.
I am new to chess and would like to start learning some openings. I am a bit lost with this. There are so bloody many of them. If I were to pick two openings for white based on e4 and two for black in response to e4, which ones should I pick? Keep in mind my rating of 1200...