If you're looking to play tactical games, you should open with 1.e4 - this often leads to open games where tactics, rather than slow manuevering, is the most important thing. As for a specific repertoire, you should just experiment and figure it out for yourself - everyone has a different style, and what works for one person may not work for you.
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ok thanks, by the way i play e4 only :) , i have heard that kings gambit and 1.b4 opening are most tactical for white. am i right?
Mar 17, 2011
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1.b4 may or may not end up being tactical. Depends on what black plays...even though that is true for e4 as well. :P
IMO though...stick with e4 and not b4.
gmitchel850 wrote:
RabbitCold wrote:
1.b4 may or may not end up being tactical. Depends on what black plays...even though that is true for e4 as well. :P
IMO though...stick with e4 and not b4.
I would suggest you stay away from 1. b4. It will generally only work as a surprise to the uninitiated. You'll get more practical experience with tactics by playing e pawn openings.
I'm playing a turn-based game now with someone who chose it. I'm nt experienced with it, so I simply played good chess principles. I chose to reply d5 and then Nf6. Right now, it looks like a draw in the making.
Yes i somewhat agree with ur statement but if i will start playing only b4 as my 1st move ( as white ) then its variations will become 2nd nature to me and they will become pratical. As you said playing e4 is more practical ( in indirect words ) , practicality deponds on its use , anyways thats for the advice. The reason i have specifically mentioned b4 opening is that i have a good book on that opening system and it has glowing amazon reviews( although i have never tried reading it). whats more is that i really like kings gambit. My favourate chess player adolf anderssen used to play that opening( i have read a book on his games and i was really impressed by this opening system's tactical beauty ). the problem is that i am not able to find any specific book on kings gambit. In a book named " winning chess tactics" yasser describes Kings gambit as " ULTRA AGRESSIVE " opening so i thought i should learn kings gambit. may be some will say that beginners should not use gambit openings but in the book " back to basics - tactics " Dan heisman says that beginners should play highly tactical opening. Now what i want is some advice. returning to my initial point as what gmitchel850 said that i should avoid b4 opening, i think he is right because it will create some confusion as i will play as black. what i want now is that some more advice. what should i do ? are there specifically any books on kings gambit ? should i play tactical opening ? i want some good advice like the gmitchel. Can u offer some more advice ? ( by the way my rating would be around 1450 )
Mar 18, 2011
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#6
King's Gambit was my favourite when I was still in my teens, ultra agressive, open, very complicated positions, now I got lazy so I prefer calm, easy openings. If you would like to try it though just google it and you can find all you need over the intrnet. Here's one example http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=c33
gmitchel850 wrote:
By practical, I mean working on openings that you can use regularly in tournaments and elsewhere.
By learning the double e pawn open games, such as the Italian Game, the Scotch, the Petroff, the Ruy Lopez, etc, you will be playing openings where tactics are more predominant and that players in upper classes, expert, etc. routinely play.
Name the IM or GM for whom 1. b4 is a major part of their opening. By major, I don't me they've played it a few times.
My Chessbase Opening Book lists 699 games for 1. b4 out of 1.2 million with a winning percentage for white of 41.2%. Then look at 1. e4, white wins 53.7%, d4 55.8%, Nf3 55.6%, c4 56.1%, and g3 55.4%.
So, white has losing odds with 1. b4. Does 1. b4 gain space in the center? No. Does it open up lines, like 1. g3, for long range control of the center? Not really.
It opens the line for the black square bishop from c1 to a3. Pointing away from the center.
If you want to play strange openings, to try to get an advantage, you'll beat some weaker players and learn very little. Learn how to play some variations of the Italian Game or the Ruy Lopez and you can have a lifetime of learning.
That's what I meant by "practical."
thanks. I think i should scrap up the idea of b4 opening.
Cogwheel wrote:
1. e4 e5 2.Nf6 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5
(see diagram)
this trap is very good. it has helped me a lot against players of elo rating less that 1300
Mar 19, 2011
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#9
1.b4 isn't anywhere near as tactical as 1.e4 and in fact more often then not leads to games where planning is the more dominant theme.
ajedrecito wrote:
To you people who are posting 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 what will you do on 3...Qe7 (the best move)? Also, you should know the whole line, which runs
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.h4 h5 9.Bxb7! Bd6 (9...Bxb7? gets mated: 10.Qf5+ Kh6 11.d4+ g5 12.Qf7 and Black cannot stop 13.hxg5+ followed by 14.Rxh5 mate) 10.Qa5! (I think this is the only move, but certainly it wins) and White wins a rook.
seems interesting.
names of tactical openings for white with their names?