What's the best opening for a 700 elo?

I am currently studying openings but I can't decide which opening is the best. I ain't a scholar mater, I just want an opening that is easy to learn that doesn't risk anything. Currently I prefer Vienna when I'm white and I can't really decide which is the best to play when I'm black since I have to follow what white plays.

I think you should play the Italian game with white. It is such a beginner friendly opening. And with black I would recommend you to play the Caro Kann defense. It's so solid and you'll get very fun positions to play.

There is no best openings. Stay with your Vienna. It is fine and you will learn a lot. As black answer 1.e4 (wich should be what you will meet in most games) with 1...e5. Then 2.Nf3 (if they play 2.Nc3 you already at home. If they play 2.d4 or 2.Bc4 to often you have to prepare on that, but until then just rely on your instinct) 2...Nc6 and use your opening study time on finding your answer to 3.Bc4, 3.Bb5 and 3.d4.

1. There is no such thing as a "best opening".

2. Your opening choice should be based on the type of middle games you're comfortable playing.

3. At your level openings do not decide your games.

Best is you open door and leave. No come back.

Such bad advice. Do not listen to noob advice.

Play whatever you enjoy.

At the 700 level (and the 2300 level too) your best asset for improving your chess is your enjoyment of the game. That's what keeps you coming back, and it's what keeps you studying.

If your enjoyment of chess started to wane, your interest in the game and your impulse to improve would fade away as well.

Play whatever is fun.

A new person at chess must learn how to lose. That is that. And that means you lose a game as graciously as possible. If it bums you out and you get upset you give yourself space to cool off and then move on. Everybody wants to learn how to win win win. But if you cannot lose properly you will always be an unhappy chess player.

I must have lost THOUSANDS of games, with nearly a hundred of them being CFC-rated, over-the-board tournament games.

The single most important quality of a chess-player isn't visualization or calculation.

It's sheer, bloody-minded stubborness. It's the ability to fall flat on your face, lose in humiliating fashion... and then pull yourself back to your feet, give your head a shake, and play your next game at full strength. As if nothing had happened.

You will need 2 Black openings.

1 against 1.e4

I recommend the French

1 against 1.d4

I recommend the KID

The best one is the one you understand the most. So, play what you have traditionally played, but fully develop your pieces before attacking. Try to learn enough of the ideas to recognise when you are being threatened and how to develop. You are probably going to end up in 1.e4 e5 games and 1.d4 d5 games until you do better or get tird of them. Start with one for each of those then go from there. You can learn a new one when you get better.

e4 openings can get very sharp very quickly because of lines opening towards the kings. Therefore, I suggest a d4 opening: the London System.

Thanks for all the advices. Ones suggesting interesting openings, ones telling I should play what I enjoy most, and the ones suggesting I should learn to lose and accept it. I appreciate all the comments given.

There is nothing wrong with the Vienna.

You can play it for sure!

The only real issue is you’re going to need more a lot Lines.

The above position is the Vienna Game.

What happens if Black plays a different move?

Black can play 20 different moves against 1.e4.

The Vienna Game is 1 line played against Black move 1…e5, but you will need other lines as well.

The lines Blunder Master showed are not ideal.

Several of those lines are passive.

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However, It’s okay!

When you start out new, It’s okay if the lines you pick are not the best.

You can always improve later on.

The main goal is to at least have something!

Even if the line isn’t the greatest line in the world, it is still better vs. nothing!

Agreed.

I've said this before:

When you are new to the game and improving your play, your biggest advantage for getting better at chess isn't accurate calculation or intuitive positional feel... you haven't really developed those skills yet. Your biggest advantage is your enjoyment of chess.

Just that. It is your enjoyment of the game that keeps you coming back and learning more... that keeps you improving one step at a time. If chess stopped being fun for you, you would lose interest in both study and practice, and would soon stop improving.

Play whatever you ENJOY. Your only real task during the opening phase of the game is to reach a middle-game position in which you feel comfortable and confident.

Only that.

Agree: Weaker players should play 1.e4 or 1.d4.

Disagree: You should not lie to people. Others moves are just as fine.