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Sicilian vs Scandinavian vs French vs Other
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Dec 23, 2018
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#7
I don't like to recommend openings because players, too often, think the opening wins or loses for them. Most of the time it simply gets you to a playable middlegame and THAT is where you win.
So the opening that's best for a very tactical player may be the Scandinavian but the French, the Sicilian Kan, or the Caro-Kann may work better for someone who is more positional and strategic.
I like to play the Caro-Kann the most or the French Defenses because they often involve an early ...c5 that gives me a Queenside plan for the middlegame. The Caro-Kann also provides a solid defense and some basic moves that prepare that position for the middlegame: ...Bf5 or ...Bg4 to made my bad B active, Nd7 to support ...c5, ...b6. or ...f6 or move to f6 if needed, etc. Still, for variety I've played the Sicilian Dragon twice lately, but I don't like the large number of variations you need to know to be good with the Dragon, so now I'm looking at the Sicilian Kan, Taimanov, and Paulsen group.
Dec 23, 2018
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#8
MickinMD wrote:
I don't like to recommend openings because players, too often, think the opening wins or loses for them. Most of the time it simply gets you to a playable middlegame and THAT is where you win.
So the opening that's best for a very tactical player may be the Scandinavian but the French, the Sicilian Kan, or the Caro-Kann may work better for someone who is more positional and strategic.
I like to play the Caro-Kann the most or the French Defenses because they often involve an early ...c5 that gives me a Queenside plan for the middlegame. The Caro-Kann also provides a solid defense and some basic moves that prepare that position for the middlegame: ...Bf5 or ...Bg4 to made my bad B active, Nd7 to support ...c5, ...b6. or ...f6 or move to f6 if needed, etc. Still, for variety I've played the Sicilian Dragon twice lately, but I don't like the large number of variations you need to know to be good with the Dragon, so now I'm looking at the Sicilian Kan, Taimanov, and Paulsen group.
Caro-Kann is a fine opening, but it can get a bit ugly in the Advance Variation, otherwise I'd be playing it
Which one do like like to play as black
Sicilian
Scandinavian
French
or Other
Which one do you recommend?