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Tom_Tenk
hello, which openings are best to get started with and learn first?
Anonymous_Dragon

Depends on whether you prefer e4 or d4. If e4 , go for Italian , Ruy Lopez and if d4 , go for Queen's gambit , 

RussBell

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

jjupiter6

The best opening is one that enables you to carry out the basics.

nicolasmcls

Hi!

Sixtynine-nintysix
Art0fArcane wrote:
BUDAPEST BABYYyYYyYyY
(Don’t listen to me, I don’t play Budapest)

@Art0fArcane , I suspect , highly that you are an FIDE maater.

Also tricky of you to put a 0 instead of O

nastydiscoveries1

my advice is not to stick to e4 and expand your knowledge. I started learning chess with english (c4)

 

OpenSquirrel

Evans Gambit is good for us learners

 

Ardelico

Ruy Lopez was the first one I learned

sahebrode

xxx vxvbcdb

IHaveTHEChessSkill

borg or grob

AbstractApproach
nastydiscoveries1 wrote:

my advice is not to stick to e4 and expand your knowledge. I started learning chess with english (c4)

 

I disagree, as you learn opening you also learn the best way to reply, with almost every beginner learning the legendary 1. e4; the o.p. should have some e4 openings in his repertoire. 

 
 
 


opening themes : control center, develop pieces, knights before bishops

opining which follows them all: Scotch

boyd4891

I am quite clearly not an expert, but I just followed a course by Jeremy Silman (quite well respected chess author) and he recommended Colle/Zuckertort for white and Queen's gambit declined for black - basically, both systems lead to similar structures, and get you into the game.

He mentions French against e4.

I am a sub to IM Rosen's twitch stream and I asked the question, and he did agree.

AbstractApproach
boyd4891 wrote:

I am quite clearly not an expert, but I just followed a course by Jeremy Silman (quite well respected chess author) and he recommended Colle/Zuckertort for white and Queen's gambit declined for black - basically, both systems lead to similar structures, and get you into the game.

He mentions French against e4.

I am a sub to IM Rosen's twitch stream and I asked the question, and he did agree.

Small note, I think you mean queens gambit; I don't think black can choose the "declined" part (however I always accept and somehow my games transpose into a declined line?!?!? so maybe I'm wrong about that. I'll throw an example of one such game below



InnerFriend

hii

hoveringzeus217
AbstractApproach wrote:
boyd4891 wrote:

I am quite clearly not an expert, but I just followed a course by Jeremy Silman (quite well respected chess author) and he recommended Colle/Zuckertort for white and Queen's gambit declined for black - basically, both systems lead to similar structures, and get you into the game.

He mentions French against e4.

I am a sub to IM Rosen's twitch stream and I asked the question, and he did agree.

Small note, I think you mean queens gambit; I don't think black can choose the "declined" part (however I always accept and somehow my games transpose into a declined line?!?!? so maybe I'm wrong about that. I'll throw an example of one such game below



I may not know much, but even I know that you shouldn't accept queens gambit unless you're a stronger player. Stronger, more experienced players will use it on newer players to get easy wins against beginners. Queen's Gambit Declined is when you move your pawn to E6, if instead you move your pawn to C6, that's called the Slav defense, there are a few other ways to counter Queen's Gambit, but accepting it as a beginner isn't the best of ideas since you don't stick to fundamentals by accepting it, plus Black tends to give the pawn back within a few moves.

 



 

DinoFere

Here is a chess channel on Telegram that teaches openings for free. Here is the link - https://t.me/quality_chess_openings

1heViking

Hi Anyone want to play a quick match

Sixtynine-nintysix
1heViking wrote:

Hi Anyone want to play a quick match

Hey, this is disrespect of you to create a second account.

Don try to argue through

Dsmith42

The answer to this question depends on your goals as a beginner.  Is your goal is to beat other beginners quickly, or to leave the ranks of beginner behind and start seriously pressing strong amateurs and Experts at tournaments?

Without a doubt, if you want to learn to play well quickly, try something sound with limited book and which allows good central development.

Generally, I think the hypermodern openings are a better way to learn than the classical 1. e4 and 1.d4 openings.  Granted they are harder to get a handle on, but they force the novice to deal with deeper game concepts (restraint, tension, counterplay) and depend far less on memorization than the classical openings.  Just as importantly, hypermodern openings are flexible in that they don't require the opponent to "play along" on particular lines, and don't commit to a particular plan too soon.

I play hypermodern openings almost exclusively (mainly the Reti with white), but other strong players in my area, who themselves play 1. e4 or 1. d4, also show their more serious students hypermodern openings like the Reti and the English first.  Many of those players eventually switch to 1. e4 or 1. d4, but they know they can't get away with it in serious play until they're really studied up on the lines.

Hypermodern openings will put inexperienced opponents onto the back foot, and get rid of nearly all of the trap lines that veteran players often resort to for quick wins.  They lead to sharper and more dynamic play in the middlegame, but this simply builds tactical experience which is the first major step forward every beginner needs to take.