Play e4 as white, as black e6 against both e4 and d4. Study french defense (1. e4 e6) and Queen's gambit declined (1.d4 e6 2. c4 d5). This openings and defense would keep a beginner's mind busy.
Which opening should I choose?
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Thank you very much. :)
The most common advice for beginners is to open with e4 and answer e4 with e5 and d4 with d5. When you stop dropping pieces then move on to following Mandy's advice or choose your own openings. Right now you just need to look out for "checks, captures, and threats" on every move. The Italian game is a rite of passage for all beginners and will keep you busy for months if you absolutely need to learn an opening. And yes, Google it and the Wiki article will have more than you need. My $.02.
Thank you. How do I practice these openings as efficiently as possible?
Lots of approaches to learning openings. You could play 5 minute blitz and then review your game to see where you (or your opponent) left the opening. If you deviated, then learnt the correction and add another move to your knowledge. If your opponent deviated hit a database to find the most common responses (there are free databases); sometimes he can be punished quickly, sometimes it's just a slight positonal advantage.
You could take the opposite approach and play a 3 day correspondence game and research the heck out of the opening. There is the web (wiki mostly, but sometimes articles from chess clubs), there are databases, videos, and opening books. Don't stop researching the position until you are clearly out of book.
You could play against an engine. One reason I like HIARCS is because you can play starting from any of about 100 popular openings but most engines will let you do something similar even if initial setup isn't as easy.
You could spend some time with a database or a book and a chessboard. Play out the opening for both sides until you're stuck. Consult your reference, reset the pieces and try again. Rinse and repeat.
You could filter a certain opening from a database and just either watch a whole bunch of games or play "guess the next move".
You could buy a commercial program like Chessking's Chess Openings, What you need to know.
You get the idea. Lots and lots of ways to study, but it's basically all BS if you're still hanging pieces. Besides, your opponent at beginner level won't know the opening anyway and you'll be out of book in usually 5 or 6 moves. Good luck!
SnapesSoulmate wrote:
Hello,
I'm a chess beginner and I know beginners are advised to ignore specific openings. Yet I would love to learn one, and be it only for staying motivated. Can somebody give me a tipp, please?
Learn the Queen's Gambit as motivation for reading through the classic games in books like "Logical Chess: Move by Move" and "Capablanca: Move by Move." Learning the Queen's Gambit helps you understand the games in those books, and conversely, reading the games in those books that feature the Queen's Gambit will help you play the Queen's Gambit better. You can also learn some important strategies in the Queen's Gambit such as the minority attack, the isolated queen's pawn, and proper use of central pawns.
Then, when you are better at chess, you can still use the Queen's Gambit as the backbone of your repertoire (as a 1d4 player) but then you would also need to learn something against the various Indian defenses out there.
Good luck.
Hello,
I'm a chess beginner and I know beginners are advised to ignore specific openings. Yet I would love to learn one, and be it only for staying motivated. Can somebody give me a tipp, please?