e5 d6

Hi, 

I am a beginner 700 elo player. I have been playing chess recently but my opponent play e5 and d6. Is there any trick to punish this opening?

*as white*

Les have a match

Not helpfull tho...

Pleaseeee

Ok

Nvm busy rn

Maybe tomorrow

Okie

It sounds like you're describing the Philidor opening.
In general, after 1.e4 e5 2.nf3 d6... you should aim for 3.d4 and strike at the centre, effectively punishing their lack of central control by virtue of making only pawn moves, and passive ones at that.
Look up the Philidor opening on chess.com and/or chessable and youtube, you'll find some interesting ideas to help you navigate it.

That being said, at 700 glicko/elo, to be honest, you'd be better suited dedicating your study time to 'opening principles' instead of researching specific opening lines, and spend the rest of your time learning tactics (drilling puzzles).
Good luck!

Thank you, it was really helpfull.

Philidor is passive because it blocks the bishop and shouldn't really be played on 700 elo level, so when they play it just learn one or two most common lines and you should always be up a tempo considering that they probably won't know much theory either

Oh hi :3

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You cannot really 'punish' the Philidor Defense. It is solid but passive. Here is an example game: