Does anyone know any good positional openings against 1.e4?
I've played 1...e5 most of my life but recently, it has lead to drawn games against Ruy Lopez and Italian game albeit pretty accurate play from both sides (I'm around 1400 OTB now).
bro how r u so high rated onl and so underrated in otb
inflation. and I'm really bad I just play speed chess
I can relate.
I am 1200 USCF lol. I am in a tournament now so my rating may go up a little bit
Does anyone know any good positional openings against 1.e4?
I've played 1...e5 most of my life but recently, it has lead to drawn games against Ruy Lopez and Italian game albeit pretty accurate play from both sides (I'm around 1400 OTB now).
bro how r u so high rated onl and so underrated in otb
inflation. and I'm really bad I just play speed chess
#relatable
Why are you all like that I'm like almost 2300 blitz and 1930 uscf
probably because I dont play classical OTB that much...
If we're talking rapid which is way more common here in portugal then I'm 1590
Why are you all like that I'm like almost 2300 blitz and 1930 uscf
Because I have only played like 3 big tournaments
also note FIDE is less than uscf in general but in portugal thee's even less inflation
tourneys here are 90+30 which I lack practice in so theres also that
tourneys here are 90+30 which I lack practice in so theres also that
isnt that all classical rated tournaments?
Only psychos play anything else
tourneys here are 90+30 which I lack practice in so theres also that
Yeah same here. 90+30 is a different beast. It is so hard.
after playing 90+30 every other classical event just feels too fast for me honestly
Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
tourneys here are 90+30 which I lack practice in so theres also that
isnt that all classical rated tournaments?
Only psychos play anything else
Bruh moment
HMmm soo it seems like caro, french and some sicillians are being mentioned. Are there any lines in particular that I would benefit studying from? Thanks for the responses btw
For Caro-Kann a good entry point is Landshoff's second book or get Houska's second book. In general as with all openings, there are many books on the Caro, I have about 20 books on C-K. Also games by Karpov, Botvinnik, Petrosian and the few games by Capablanca where he played the Caro are classics.
Above all, play a lot of games and analyse them in depth. I saw you have a good bullet rating but probably it's better avoid bullet & blitz, play slower games. It takes anywhere between 100-200 slower games to become proficient in an opening, so focus is key. Best of luck.
Owens
alrught thanks guys
The French is a great one- very simple positional ideas of undermining White's center with c5 and adding pressure on the d4 pawn with Nc6, and often Qb6. Often leads to a more closed center and a game which focuses more on each sides weaknesses.
If you don't like the French, the Caro is an alternative. The difference between the two is that in the Caro-Kann you give up a tempo (since you're playing c6 and then c5 instead of just c5 in one move) in order to get the light squared bishop out instead of trapping it behind e6 like in the French. Personally I would prefer the French of the two.
Does anyone know any good positional openings against 1.e4?
I've played 1...e5 most of my life but recently, it has lead to drawn games against Ruy Lopez and Italian game albeit pretty accurate play from both sides (I'm around 1400 OTB now).
bro how r u so high rated onl and so underrated in otb
inflation. and I'm really bad I just play speed chess