Which opening is good for Blitz and Rapid?

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I currently use Pirc Defense for Blitz, and I use Queen’s Gambit for Rapid

if there are better openings for Blitz and Rapid, what are they? 

Comment below if you know any of them ↓

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I use italian or giucu piano =)

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ok

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i use teddy bear gambit.

toilet paper defence.

eraser opening.

despacito song.

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bruh-

 

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Introduction To The Vienna Game & Gambit...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-the-vienna-game-gambit

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I use King’s Gambit for blitz, and Scandinavian Defence for Rapid

maybe

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Blitz & Rapid with white : Vienna Gambit / London System / Danish Gambit

Blitz & Rapid with black : King's Pawn Opening/French/Sicilian/Caro-Kann

 

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in bullet use Scandinavian 

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I'm just here so I don't get fined

Avatar of NikkiLikeChikki

Ever since I switched to the Alekhine as black, my win% as black has gone way up. I actually win more as black than I do as white now. Few people know the theory, so they don't play into the main lines and this allows black to equalize immediately. Nf6 in response to e4 is also the only one where black wins more than white in that other web site's database of 92 million games of e4 played.

It's a weird hypermodern opening that violates every principle that you learned, but if you learn the theory, you're going to win a lot of games.

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According to the Sveshnikovs in their book A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz & Rapid, the answer is a repertoire that's forcing, both narrow and deep, and aggressive. In this context, they like the Alekhine for example.

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Something rare is always good for blitz 

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I just use Queen's Gambit, French, Taimanov, Semi-Slav, Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange, and English Defense

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EKAFC wrote:

I just use Queen's Gambit, French, Taimanov, Semi-Slav, Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange, and English Defense

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rychessmaster1 wrote:

Something rare is always good for blitz 

true, opponent not sure of which opening to counteract your opening, wastes time =)

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LifetimeParadise wrote:

Which opening is good for Blitz and Rapid?

Could you what you mean with a good opening? What makes an opening good?

Also, when is an opening good for Blitz and Rapid? Since you play everything, you could mean compared to bullet, then you are looking for openings that are better suited for longer time formats. Or if you compare to classical and daily, you are looking for openings that better fit the shorter time format.

LifetimeParadise wrote:

I currently use Pirc Defense for Blitz, and I use Queen’s Gambit for Rapid

if there are better openings for Blitz and Rapid, what are they? 

Comment below if you know any of them ↓

Do you play black in Blitz and white in Rapid? Or you looking for additional openings or openings to replace these openings?

 

Avatar of ConfusedGhoul

I think it was Nigel Short that once said the King's Gambit is the perfect opening for Blitz because Black has so many good defenses against him that he will lose on time happily contemplating his options

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*against it

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Scandinavian is trash