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Raalmeida wrote:
London
NO! People that play just London end up hating chess within a few months because it got boring. Better was Queen's gambit, Italian, Spanish, or even a Scotch
Noice
Oct 22, 2021
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#65
London is something people start to play when they get frustrated by making no progress in other openings and they think that if they simplify their openings to THAT, they'll have solved all their problems, when, in reality, their problem was their general inability to play chess.
:)
Oct 24, 2021
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#68
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is a pretty solid opening for beginners and intermediates with not too much theory.
@Caesar49bc I think that's not it...
Oct 25, 2021
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#70
Kraig wrote:
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is a pretty solid opening for beginners and intermediates with not too much theory.
This works only until your opponent plays the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Modern, Aljechin, Petroff... One line in the Ruy isn't really much of anything.
DrSpudnik wrote:
Kraig wrote:
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is a pretty solid opening for beginners and intermediates with not too much theory.
This works only until your opponent plays the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Modern, Aljechin, Petroff... One line in the Ruy isn't really much of anything.
It's not a bad thing to have in your repertoire. I play the French Defense against e4 and after 1.e4 e6, if they don't play 2.d4 and go for 2.Nf3, I go for a Sicilian with 2...c5 to avoid an Exchange Variations and have a backup repertoire in case the French either doesn't work and/or they play a boring variation in the French that I don't like
Oct 25, 2021
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#72
DrSpudnik wrote:
Kraig wrote:
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is a pretty solid opening for beginners and intermediates with not too much theory.
This works only until your opponent plays the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Modern, Aljechin, Petroff... One line in the Ruy isn't really much of anything.
The OP was asking for feedback specifically on the Ruy Lopez hence my reply...
Also, when starting out, it makes sense to start building your opening knowledge off of the most common starting positions. As an 1.e4 player, having an opening response to 1...c5 and 1...e5 2. Nf3... will account for probably 80% of all games you'll face. Against the lesser common openings, it's worth reviewing a few opening moves just to avoid the traps and adhere to opening principles thereafter.
In all honesty, since being 600 rated in 2019 to 2000 rated in 2021, the only two openings I've looked at beyond move 7 have been the Ruy Lopez and the Sicillian Najdorf.
I wing it against every other opening and I'll gradually improve my opening knowledge against the others as I improve.
EKAFC wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
Kraig wrote:
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is a pretty solid opening for beginners and intermediates with not too much theory.
This works only until your opponent plays the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Modern, Aljechin, Petroff... One line in the Ruy isn't really much of anything.
It's not a bad thing to have in your repertoire. I play the French Defense against e4 and after 1.e4 e6, if they don't play 2.d4 and go for 2.Nf3, I go for a Sicilian with 2...c5 to avoid an Exchange Variations and have a backup repertoire in case the French either doesn't work and/or they play a boring variation in the French that I don't like
Lemme guess, the exchange variation?
Marcyful wrote:
EKAFC wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
Kraig wrote:
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation is a pretty solid opening for beginners and intermediates with not too much theory.
This works only until your opponent plays the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Modern, Aljechin, Petroff... One line in the Ruy isn't really much of anything.
It's not a bad thing to have in your repertoire. I play the French Defense against e4 and after 1.e4 e6, if they don't play 2.d4 and go for 2.Nf3, I go for a Sicilian with 2...c5 to avoid an Exchange Variations and have a backup repertoire in case the French either doesn't work and/or they play a boring variation in the French that I don't like
Lemme guess, the exchange variation?
Yes because a lot of players just take on d5 and I hate the exchange. Plus, it's a good thing to have a backup repertoire in case you need to change things up.
For White, I'm trying to implement the Classical French and the Pirc Defense into my repertoire by going 2.Nf3 instead of 2.c4. Maybe later I will try the Ruy Lopez and with 1.d4, I'm sticking to the Semi-Slav until I feel very comfortable with adding something else
Oct 27, 2021
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#75
The only reason to play any opening is to get to a middlegame position you feel comfortable in.
I think the italian is way better than the Ruy Lopez for a beginner, it's like the Ruy Lopez, but the white bishop goes on c4
Which is why it isn't the Ruy Lopez.