what openings do you guys play?
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mostly (99%) e4 if white and e5 if black into guy lopez.
"guy lopez"
what it SHOULD have been called
what it SHOULD have been called
I know alot of oppenings but for beginners is good to just know the principles of an opening: 1) Open the game with a center pawn. 2) Develop your Knights before your Bishops. 3) Don't move your Queen too soon in the opening. 4) Castle early in order to protect your King. 5) Develop your Rooks to central or open files. 6) Look to develop an attack after you have fully mobilized your pieces. 7) Capture towards the center. 8) If you violate the above, your opponent will swiftly deal with you!
murshid wrote: misteratoz wrote: I play all sorts of openings. Kings and queens gambit, sicilian, sometimes fianchettoing. My favorite is the spanish opening, since it allows rapid development and castling.
which one is the spanish opening? Ruy Lopez?
Yea ruy lopez=spanish oppening
If im playing a high rated opponent, i play the french defense coz im quite familiar about it. if the opponent is 'not so highly rated', i go for the sicilian.
E5 rules
I play 1...d5 against 1.e4. Will stay with that until I get the hang of the French and the Pirc.
I play sicilian:Taimanov defense
whats with all these stuff? i can play pretty good but i can never memorize the terms (openings)..hahahaha!
Aug 20, 2007
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I have quite a wide repetoire of openings, as Black against e4- the various Sicilian variations, Scandinavian, and the french while against d4- the modern benoni, black knights' tango and the budapest!
Its true that the french is kinda passive in some variations. However, it can lead to quite exciting play in others, whereby there is material inbalance put dynamic play!
The Sicilian or the Ruy Lopez. I try to play a couple of different openings so I am not completely predictable with those people I play on a regular basis (even though they should have their openings memorized enough so that they have a proper defense). I was really concentrating on my opening game until I read some wise words from a Grandmaster who stated that you need to work your end game much more when bringing your chess skills up. Remember, I'm not a great player and have much to learn (most of you probably know this little note of wisdom).
sicilian najdorf
Openings I'm completely comfortable with are
Scotch Defense/Gambit as White
Scandinavian as Black
Openings I'm experimenting with to increase my repetoire are
1.d4 openings, mostly Queen's Gambit Accepted/Declined as White
French Defense and Caro-Kann as Black
I like the Reti.
Aug 22, 2007
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#36
def sicilian agaisnt e4, there are soo many games you could play against that im a classical person, with white against sicilian i usually play the yugoslav, it is very strong on the king, i have won about 98% of my games with that
I'll preface this by saying that I'm an utter novice. I am an utter novice. That said, thus far I'm partial to the Sicilian/Morra Gambit and the Ruy Lopez when playing white, and the Sicilian/Tartakower Variation when black.
RichardHayden wrote: justice_avocado wrote: what is it with you people and the sicilian?
Cousin Vinny told us it was a good idea, and it didn't seem smart to argue.
Never trust a Sicilian...
MattHelfst wrote: Am I the only one who plays the French around here?!
i also do!
Edit: I've just found out what I was playing is actually called Queen's Fianchetto. Good old Chessmaster.