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lol_Ransom

I am kind of a beginner (if you look at my chess rating, its 700). I have been on and off of chess for a couple years, and its that time again where I am getting back into it. I am looking for an opening play for both white and black. I also took the chess personality quiz and I got positional over attacking, aggressive over solid, intuitive over calculating, and emotional over calm. So what do you guys recommend 🙂. I don't really care about theory or difficulty or any of that.

Ethan_Brollier

Start with what essentially all of the best started with.

1. e4 e5 and 1. d4 d5, with both colors. From there, go Ruy Lopez/Italian and Closed Morphy/Giuoco Pianissimo and Queen's Gambit/Catalan and QGD/Slav.

tygxc

As black defend 1 e4 e5 and 1 d4 d5, as white open 1 e4.

Chess_Strike_is_mate

Evans gambit and the Haxo gambit and blackmar-diemer gambit

Skye_1983

as a beginner, concentrate first on the e4 opening, just play it, and analyze your game after a game, yeah we are in the engine era, so analyze your game using a chess engine, just play many games using the e4 opening, playing is better that reading books . . . but you've got to read books to make it short . . . so to make you better, read books, watch videos, and the very important thing is play chess, playing chess makes you understand what chess is . . . do not just stand there . . . play

dallasprogamer
Gothem Scandivian
blueemu

Don't sweat too much over the opening.

At our level - mine as well as yours - the only important goal in the opening is to reach an early middle game position in which you feel comfortable and confident.

Everything else is just habit, or even fashion. Chess grandmasters are as fashion-conscious as teenage girls.

dallasprogamer

blueemu your one to talk you only play daily games

dallasprogamer

you level could be trash for all I know you dont play rapid blitz or bullet

springerarchie

Play against one of the available free chess programs at a setting of (1200-1400), test your knowledge of the openings you’re most comfortable with, and evaluate the results.

dallasprogamer

yeah like chessly gothem chess has free courses samples

dallasprogamer

Gothem chess is 2500 (you know Levy Rosman

blueemu
dallasprogamer wrote:

you level could be trash for all I know you dont play rapid blitz or bullet

A Heroic Defense in the Sicilian Najdorf - Kids, don't try this at home! - Chess Forums - Chess.com

When you can play like that, then come back and hint that I might be trash.

dallasprogamer

but do oyu play rapid?

or blitz

dallasprogamer

can i can play the nardof

dallasprogamer

i can